uh oh... plot twist! love it!
~liz

I'm smelling a set up here...don't know why but I just don't trust her buddies not to be up to something of the not good.

A silent Xander isn't good either....

Excellent chapter. 

"She had definitely done the right thing giving Spike a chance. He made her almost deliriously happy- and at the same time, he calmed her when she was worked up. "
That is so very true and something Buffy threw away on the show.  Nice she's snapped to it in this story (YAY fanfic!!).

Kathleen

Loved the update, the fight scenes were great! I can't imagine what's coming next; looking forward to finding out. Thanks!

Just when I thought nothing was really going to happen in this chapter except the kissy face...  Makes one wonder what is going on - and extra glad Spike was with Buffy - and wondering whether taking Dawn with is a good idea or a bad one.  So I guess the story hasn't reached happily ever after quite yet...

Oops!  So now Xander has seen them together--and Buffy in Spike's shirt.  I wonder what the fallout will be and who is the demon that is after the slayer.  You stopped at a very suspenseful spot! 

This better be a real demon and not some lame-ass ploy by the Scoobies to hold an intervention!!!  Love the story, can't wait to see more!

Nice bonding - though I'm not sure why Buffy think's it's her fault that someone got hurt.