I love how she thought about it, but didn't do it!

Hee. I just couldn't imagine Buffy and Giles not having some outstanding issues on that one topic, so I figure she has her ways, sometimes, of making him uncomfortable, just to express that.

So where's Spike then?

Well... I'm debating. Like the other story, I like this ending and am kind of reluctant to go past it, but something may come to me. This format's been pretty good for a sort of disjointed narrative, so even if I skip ahead in time, it won't be too farfetched. Hmmmm...