I don't think Buffy ever used the phrase "God willing" in the series and overall, I think you make her sound a bit too grown up with a somewhat too large vocabulary.

"Of the muchly" was a nice line, though.

Not sure why Spike's last line made her go complete furious, tho. :P

Another good chapter. Well presented. I like that you didn't rewrite the whole episode, since Angel in the original didn't have too much to do with it, and so there wouldn't have been much change.

Personally, I'm looking forward to see how Season 2, as it were, goes in this universe. Probably Angelus and Drusilla, since you still have Darla working for the Master, I saw. Be an interesting read when you get there, but then, it'll be an interesting read until you get there.

I hope you write all the way to end of the (both?) series(es). I'll keep reading.

He better fess up soon. The truth is always better.

OMG! Please update! I love this story! I have seen a few with the same idea but none this good! :)

Hi, just wanted to say I really like the idea of Spike helping Buffy instead of Angel and I can't wait to see how it plays out!

oh i knew that dialogue was from later, i just could quite pin down the episode. i'm really quite enjoying this since your characterisation is pretty accurate and therefore invites amusement. keep up the good work

Haha, loving this fan fic! Clever idea, and pretty well written. I think you're pretty good at making the characters do/say things that I can actually imagine the character would do/say. Some fanfics wind up with charcters behaving way out-of-character, but this is done really well. Keep it up, I'm bookmarking it! XD

I never understood how she couldn't tell that Angel (and now Spike) was a vamp. I mean do the vamp tingles not work on attractive vamps? Granted Spike is way hotter than Angel but still how can she not know?

Good chapter. You present a Spike who's been souled for nearly a hundred years very well, while keeping the essential nature of the guy.

Like I said, not normally a Spuffy fan, but I do think Spike is a cool character. Good fic, and I await more.

I really like (and love to read) stories that have her meeting Spike first. I hope he wont act the way Angel did and try to keep what he is from her like Angel did.

Still interesting, still good, still funny.

Keep going. :)

I like the way you write, but what annoyed me was the resemblence between this fic and the actual scene. I liked Angel, but I always loved Spike, even whenn he was trying to kill her and all - I think the only time I felt something bad torwards him was when he tried to rape Buffy.

Spike is too much of a unique character to be so similar to Angel. The lines you made-up by yourself were the ones I liked the most :) Keep doing that you've got your fic a follower.

I'm not sure if I'm biased against rewrites or Buffy/Spike stories, but I was certain this was going to suck. As it turns out, it didn't.

As a matter of fact, it was a solid read. Good job on Spike sounding british enough and being cooler than Angel.

I realize they hadn't exactly figured the Angelus storyline out when they wrote those first episodes, but he was such a pussy. I hope the story kinda diverges off Buffy canon, though, or it'll be boring.

Oh... This one's kind of irrelevant, but you realize that Spike was about 30 when he was turned. Angel's 25 is kind of creepy enough.

Probably should keep that in mind because as much of a douche as Spike is, he probably would realize this too.

So, I'm assuming that the changepoint is that Spike was the one souled by the Gypsies? And so when Spike showed up in the original Season 2, this time it will be Angelus?

Either way, I eagerly await more. Even though I'm not generally pro-Spuffy, this is a unique enough approach to interested me.