Nice story. Though a bit unrealistic. I mean fighting cocaine addition is a hard painful process, and Spike didn't seem to have too much troubles with that, for the exception of one slip.

awww oh em geee(OMG) amazing

Heh, well at least 16 is legal by British standards... And I'm really not sure if its a British thing, but we have 16years old dating guys who are 21, np. I'm quite sure the age thing being such a big deal is more for Americans only. It seems that you people abhor it when it goes beyond simply 2 years. Really odd :P

I must say thank you to Francheska (Spelling) and Mac for saying absolutly everything I was going to say. I, as well, never leave an unconstructful (Is that a work?) review. There are some authors out there that are just terrible and I am speechless by how bad everything is. And then there are those that are so good, I'm left speechless. But, for this story, I have to agree with Mac. It's a pretty original idea and you're a great writer, but it did move a little bit too quickly and a lot of needed detail was left out. Also, how Buffy and Spike handled that fact that they could get STD's was very immature. Buffy will walk away from him for doing drugs, but she hears that he sleeps around and doesn't remember a condom? But, otherwise, I must say that the story was good and I read it in one sitting. Also, your grammar was great. It has real potential and I rate it a C+-Average. ~Ashley K.

Author's Response: Thank you for your review! I appreciate the fact that you left such a detailed one LOL I don't know if I ever addressed it or not, but I seriously wrote this fairly quickly and decided to post it just to test the waters before posting my two other babies that I'm fairly proud of ("A Fevered Dream" and "More Than 7 Minutes"). Also, it was before I started posting my other fics, the ones I really put work into LOL, which are under a different name on the site. The point of the story wasn't so much to delve into drug use and the ramifications of sex, but more to cover the romance between two people who probably shouldn't have hooked up in the first place:) But thanks again and I hope you enjoy the other fics if you read them!

I really enjoyed this story, keep up the awesome work!

Ohhh, I get it. Only offer glowing praise when reviewing, rather than point to any issues that might have arisen or offer constructive criticism. I assure you I am quite relaxed, but I stand by my problems with the story. It's well written, but too rushed for the subject matter dealt with and Joyce is completely unbelieveable in this story. And the STD attitude is the most irresponsible thing I've read in a story since, well, ever. I am not advocating that characters shouldn't say and do stupid things, but when the stupid thing is likely to result in death for that character it perhaps should be commented upon by another character - or at least disavowed by the author in a note - in passing. What I will not do is offer a review that is dishonestly glowing when in my opinion glowing praise is not appropriate. I do offer an opinion only to let the author know what may be a problem and corrected in future, or at least addressed. If a story is just horrible all round or an author appears to be just terrible or possibly just an idiot, I don't bother. This author is obviously a good author with interesting ideas and I enjoyed the story. But there are some issues there bear mention. That's all I'm saying. If an author doesnt' ever get honest feedback then all those glowing reviews become nothing but noise, meaningless. I'm not gonna give a meaningless review.

Okay, I've read the whole thing in one sitting. Thank you so much for posting it all quickly and not dragging it out when you didn't have to. A finished story, what a concept! :-) I have some problems with it though. Joyce was way too accepting of Buffy's boyfriend, way too quickly. I was especially alarmed by Buffy's statement that she's 'on the pill' (good) but that if she gets an STD from Spike she 'knows where he lives now'. What kind of attitude is that, and to remain unaddressed in any way in the story? I could see if this was 1970 and all it took was a shot to cure syphilis or gonorrhea, but with HIV and other incurable STDs out there this kind of attitude is deadly and I thought you let it slip by as though it were a perfectly rationale decision she made. I guess that's my maim problem with the story - too unrealistic and didn't really deal with any of the serious problems it presented except in a very superficial and dismissive way. I have no problem with the udnerage thing, and I don't think stories have to be politically correct or preach a moral, but the way it was handled just seemed completely unreal and too pat and easy for me to believe. Anyway, you do write well and I enjoyed the story for what it was, but those points spoiled what I think could have been a much better story, if things weren't glossed over so easily and quickly and dismissed. I guess for the issues involved it went way too fast. Thanks for sharing it though and I would definitely read more of your stories since you seem to actually know how to write them. :-)

great chapter!

I liked the happy ending. I picked up on the Joyce thing...sad but classy. Thank you for sharing your story. Look forward to more from you.

Perfect and sooooo romantic it brought tears to may eyes. Kimber

Happy endings are good, but you know the realistic (pessimist) in me is screaming "just once I want to see somebody choke on that damn ring". I used to believe in all those perfect happy endings, I swear. Sweet story, can't wait for the epilogue

Simple wonderful and romantic...excellent chapter

I love it so far! *sighs* they are a beautiful couple aren't they? dang Joss for ending Spuffy :p