HI!!!!!!  You are back!  YAY....we need to get together again.  Jim and I have thought about you and talked about you so much.  You are a delightful person on all levels.

Glad you liked this one too. I love to write Joyce especially as I think Buffy (and Dawn) lost so much of themselves when they lost her.  I don't think they used her as well as they could have on the show for that matter.

Kathleen

Thank you very much for reading and commenting.  I am delighted you enjoyed the story and that it touched you.   k

Now I love it when Buffy takes off the blinders. Thank you. K

Thank you! Yes a sequel in time. I'd love more from ME/Joss too but am losing hope. Glad there's fanfic to see us through (and some of it is better than what we got at times IMHO). K

Thank you, so glad you did. K

Yes later there will be a sequel dealing with season 7 and Spike's return. Thank you. K

In time there will be a sequel. May take a little while but I'm glad you'll read. K

Yup my muse put the plot bunny for a sequel in the hutch. It may take a bit but I think I'll revisit this one later. Thank you. K

Thank you!  Thanks for the kind reviews too.  k

Thanks! K

Buffy wouldn't have been hard for one thing. Her mom kept her grounded. Thanks. K

That always got my goat. If she wanted to hide the sex, fine, but he had EARNED friendship and respect from all of them. K

Sometimes she needs it spelled out for her but she does get there.  k

Thank you. K

Ungrateful wretch wasn't she? I want a Spike too (and there is a looooong line for one for that matter). Stupid Slayer! I wouldn't TAKE an Angel or Riley! K

I dabbled in Witchcraft for a few years while trying to decide what I believed (I'm Christian now) and I remember well that rituals were very specific. You had to have everything JUST RIGHT and every detail mattered. They never addressed the fact that Willows MAJOR ritual was interrrupted!!!! That had to have consequences beyond just magic using consequences. It seemed to make sense to me. Thank you. K

Denial only lasts so long!  k

Thank you! K

Oh me too!!!! I loved their friendship so much and there was never that wonderful moment they needed to reconcile either. I hated that!

Glad you liked that line, I admit I liked it too. K

That's appropriate IMHO. Buffy doesn't owe anyone a detailed report of what happened. That relationship up to and including the AR was between she and Spike. Xander butted in and mouthed off so something had to be said but Dawn doesn't need details. I just wish Buffy had done this with all her friends on the show. K

Glad you liked that. k

I try to avoid character bashing because I can see some good in most of them. I may stress a bad point or two for story purposes, but try to make everything in character. Thank you. K

Gee in a dream we can kill him multiple times, multiple ways too *G*. K

Thank you I really loved Joyce and wanted more use of her than they gave us actually. She was central to Buffy and Buffy began to fall apart with hr death. Thank you again. K

Joyce had to die to finally "get it" but she's the perfect one to make Buffy see. Thanks. K

There will ALWAYS be Spuffy *G*.    In my world Buffy loves Spike and Spike loves Buffy and they will always be together eventually.  k

True, Riley had the added problem of being breakable! There is a reason I am a Spuffy shipper....he was the right guy for her. Strong enough but bringing out her strengths too. Spike took her as who/what she was (and encouraged her to be all she could be) and therefore made her strong. Angel and Riley tried to mold her into what they wanted which weakened her terribly. Thanks. K

She'll learn! If she ever REALLY wanted normal (or found it attractive) Xander would have had a shot and we all know that was never going to happen *G*. K

Thank YOU. K

It was a character trait too...he did the same things in LA with his people there making decisions that completely effected their lives, their choices and never told them. I've always felt that part of the reason Buffy clung to Angel as the love of her life is that it helped her deal with not killing him when she should have and preventing Jenny's death, etc. Just my opinion. K

Yes, I am not a Bangel shipper....think it was a first serious crush that would have faded if they were together long enough to see who they really were not the pedastal they had each other on.  k

ITA....another thing is that it seems to have been a character trait with Angel....notice how he was always making all the decisions for the LA crew too up to and including the mind wipe. Angel never consulted anyone for decisions...he ALWAYS frlt he knew best. He would have been disasterous for Buffy, weakening her until she was killed. Gaaahhhh. K

Sarah also thinks Freddie Prinz is a dreamboat ..:::snicker:::... I think JM says what he knows Joss was spouting though. At times he slips and I think he's more aware of Spuffy rightness than he lets on. Gotta please the boss though. Thank you. K

Buffy needed a moment to really look at some people and events in her life, she never really got that change on screen...sigh. Thanks K

Joyce was the only choice for the role. Her opinion mattered to Buffy more than anyone else's. K

TEE HEE Not much twisting needed! This IS Angel you know. K

Thanks.  Joyce would want to help Buffy figure things out.  k

Thank you....nothing like a mom to tell a story worth listening to *G*. K

Joyce was pretty shrewd anyway but has the advantage of being in heaven now as well Thanks. K

THank hun. K

That was always what I noticed...Buffy claimed to want normal but the normal in her life is what drove her nutty. She wanted normal because everyone said she should. K

They really did use her indecision after Angel became Angelus to make her doubt herself didn't they? K

Thank you. SOmetimes we just need the way to be pointed out to us. K

Thank you.  Hope you enjoy it all.  k

...::::blushing brightly:::... thank you so much! K

May take a while but Buffy will get with the program. Thank you. K

Thank you! K

Oh yes...Buffy had plenty of justification and lots of reasons to wonder. Thank you K

Thanks! K