Mabel , I apologize all this neg reviews have to be a real downer and I don't mean to make you feel bad , Pari's right when she said your a REALLY GOOD WRITER, because you are, any writer that can make me feel this way can't be anything but good , I know youv'e said it will be Spuffy and I believe you , although I still can't wait for the lovely helen to disappear and Giles to suffer , I'll still read and review and promise to sing your praises once everything in my Spuffy fantasy land is righted and I trust it will be, It's just that everything i've read lately seems to end on this sad chapters, did you read TEMPESTA DI AMORE's layest chapter, talk about depressing . Anyway hope to see more later today . Your fithful reader JO.

Author's Response: Thanks Jo, really appreciate that especially putting the really good writer thing in capitals!! tee hee!! I only do happy endings just with lots of angst ( and violence later) on the way!!

Sorry I ranted on and on with the last review! 's what I/ya get with me reading and writing at 0-dark-thirty in the a.m...! Hey, per your response, and your linked to writing injuries, you get a linked action to your writing a great sex scene, as you put it, and you let me know the secret---so I can write one too hopefully with the same benefits! But I WILL definitely stay away from the leg injuries...I fell out the back door nekkid (was wrapped in my comforter and having a fight with my beau and fell down the steps, foot caught in said quilt, just as he drove off; I thought he was leaving--me, he was going to the store) on New Yrs Eve a number of years ago...tore my MCL (you didn't say which one---mine the one on the inside of the knee)--was stubborn, didn't go to the ER, not for two days--ended up in a hip to ankle heavily metal boned leg immobilizer---ie, velcroed "cast". Prob was the belly dance troupe was just startin' intensive work on a tough piece to dance in a big show in three or 4 mos time focusing on gypsy-ish dancing...and I was determined. So I went to class, waay painkillered up, but not too so to spin, wearing said leg splint...for months, up til the show. Yeah, and I bet you're saying idiot you, if you've been there!
So, you slipped ? and said you're setting poor Helen up for the fall....vamp? Or just irresistible draw of Buffy?
Oh, and lots & lotsa those med'l thangs were stuff that could/would be handled at home. Even once he goes home to London, his medical records could be faxxed over...or sent. One thing I didn't mention that I meant to, was that he should've gotten, Rupe's shelled out, or leased some low end home workout equipt.
And I didn't mean any of this for you to change anything, just FYI, to bring some things to light, you said you'd already written the whole story and weren't going to change things. I appreciate that. I see a lot of writers beg for reviews as if for candy. Sure a write *can* go back and tweak something, they might've missed something, or if writing in canon, have mixed up something in the timeline or who said what without reviewing script/video dialog,,,oft-times a quick reviewer is quicker than yet another proof-read or dragging out the DVD's! And there are some authors who dust their stuff off years later to polish it again, to amend it, go over it with a critical eye after learning more of their craft; to expound on it, to plump or round it out more....who's to say whether stuff in a review will be helpful one day down the road?
So, I just engaged typing fingers, which unfortunately, much like my mouth, once engaged, don't know how or when to shut up.
And on that note, know I'm well and truly hooked and will be here reading to the end.
Oh, and Spike all banged up...from luckily sort of killing, but at least fighting a vamp (snicker...named Doug....snicker)! For all it wore his ass out and tore him up, it had to still boost his confidence that he could still help (had to still be better than Xander), still put up a fight, had moves if not strength. But, it was disturbing to hear of his juxtaposed fear now of the night developing. Perhaps intelligent, but worrisome.
And speaking of intelligence---let us not forget his good English classical schooling and college, his 120 years to read and learn anything he wanted to, and his many linguistic talents, many human AND demon languages known, read and written! Sure old Rupes can find much for him to do. Of course if it's only to translate dry ancient texts in some library room filled with also relatively ancient geezers and bluehairs then Spike may rethink his question as to whether or not WRH had sent him to hell after all...
Write on, or rather transpose quickly, more, more, more and soon!

~~K.~~
~~fyreburned~~
fyreburned@yahoo.com

Author's Response: I like the way you think!! tee hee!! Nice to meet someone who can gabble away like me!! It's my LCL on outside of right knee. Also damaged the big muscle above it, can't remember it's name!! So knee a strange mixture of too wobbly yet does bend v well! Let me know if you wnat my email and we can rabbit away in private!! Tee hee

Is it evil of me to hope Helen never makes it to England , you said in an answer to one of your reviews that he's not in love wit Helen and that gave me hope ,but why ask her to uproot her life and go with him? that seems kind of selfish, He hasn't given much thought to Buffy throughout this fic , very little as a matter of fact, In my last review I told you I would give this fic the benefit of the thought and I will but these last two chapters have crushed any hopes of him returning to Buffy, and Giles thinks he's being crafty but I hope he loses Buffy for this betraya., Even if Spike does decide he still loves buffy and wants her back , it would be hard for me to forgive all these betrayals, even if he thought Buffy was lost to him. To answer a question you asked in a review : can;t he have some fun": this isn't fun Helen isn't a one night stand , this is a relationship he;s started and something you shouldn' do unless your feelings for anyone else are gone , I would rather Helen had been a one night stand , I could live with that, but this is just going to hurt her in the end , Maybe the good Doctor could convince her not to go to England ,because she;s going to get her heart crushed and as much as I like her I find that I don't care because Spike is Buffy's and she is Spike's.

Author's Response: As a better writer than me once wrote "the course of true love never does run smooth" or something like that anyway. Since this is on a Spuffy sight rest assured you'll soon be wallowing in Spuffyness. Poor Spike's scared to be alone think how he was with Harmony. That was never love but we don't always make the right choices in life!

I think I have never hated a chapter so much. Spike falling for someone else, his best day with her!!! Hate it, hate it, hate it. Why again is this spuffy??? This is Spike/Other, nothing else, and I think the fact I disliked Helen made you bring her in even more, but what you are missing is, that you make any Spike/Buffy relationship completely unbelievable by this, if you even want that at all. This is Spike giving up and betraying his love for Buffy. Yeah, betrayal. God, I´m so pissed off right now, and it´s only 10.20 am. My day is ruined.

Author's Response: Crikey!! Calm down petal! the story is written already I'm not changing anything as I go along!! It's spuffy cos there's another 19 chapters to come! Have you no sympathy for poor old Spike why can't he have a bit of fun with her. He knows he doesn't love her but thinks Buffy is lost to him!! Trust me keep reading you'll like it in the end!

This is a well written story. And I feel I need to say this before anyone gets out of hand. If you read the rules, it states that so long as Spike and Buffy are the central characters, the story is 'SPUFFY!'. Spike and Buffy DO NOT have to be invovled in a sexual relationship in order for it to be spuffy. If you want a Sexual Spuffy fic, then please check the warnings, if it says Buffy/Other or Spike/Other that means they are in relationships with 'Other' people, NOT each other. Now if this isn't something you fancy then move on and don't waste energy reading and reviewing a story you already know you're not going to like, nor try to steer the author to where you want them to take the story. Mabel you're doing a wonderful job, stay true to what you invision. So far Spike and Buffy are the key players, and that's all that matters, that's all that's required here...so keep up the great work hon :)

Author's Response: Thank you so much for that vote of support Pari! That means so much!

OKay, i'm gonna stick with this fic even though i'm completely eek out by the whole Helen and Spike thing. 'Ive been reading your answers to the reviews your getting and I'm trusting you to fix this all up and make it Spuffy. Helen must go, I don't care how nice she is ,I don't like what's going on and Giles deserves a major beating for incouraging it all , have Helen go fall for that nice Dr. who's pining for her she has no business with Spike. I really am enjoying this it's just hard getting through certain parts like this chapter and poor Buffy when she finds out the man she loves is in love with this nurse, oh boy mabel your bollixing it all up luv,LOL.

Author's Response: Cheers Jo!! I am such a minx for being so naughty but keep trusting me!! One thing that tickles me is that everyone reviews what they hate I hope you'll all (not just aiming this at you Jo) I hope you remember to review when you get a happy! :)

more more, please update quickly as i am really enjoying this fic.

Author's Response: Thanks a lot, updates will get quicker whan i learn how to copy and paste instead of typing it all out each time!! (Blooming useless with computers, bit like Giles me thinks!)

LOve it!!!!! omg fuckiing awesome :) no words really to describe it but ill try...

Moving Perfect Gripping

Everything written is done at the perfect time in the perfect amount in the most perfect way :)

best WIP ive read in ages!

cannot wait for the next update :)



Author's Response: Hi Emily! I think I love you!! Tee hee! That sort of thing really inspires me to update quickly!! Thank you so much and keep letting me know!!!! Tell your friends to read it!! LOL

Author's Response: Hi Emily! I think I love you!! Tee hee! That sort of thing really inspires me to update quickly!! Thank you so much and keep letting me know!!!! Tell your friends to read it!! LOL

More...more... I'm like Andrew and don't want to wait.

Author's Response: next chapter's a long one! Having trouble copying and pasting so lots of typing up me thinks! Thanks for the review!

Author's Response: next chapter's a long one! Having trouble copying and pasting so lots of typing up me thinks! Thanks for the review!

I love NFA stories and this one sounds good so far, glad their at least looking for Spike especially Buffy ,update soon , you write very well ,your able to convey their emotions through your words ,very important in writing.

Author's Response: Thank you very much for your review. Means a lot! this is my first fic so really want people to like it! Will update as quickly as i can!