Well, this is about the only chapter you've really been spoiled for, so I'm gonna be kind of curious to see what you think of the rest, especially since this one's gonna get a bit sexier than I usually get... (hopefully)

Here, the road trip functions as another kind of invisibility; like they say in those Vegas ads, What Happens In Bakersfield Stays In Bakersfield.

Hee! Hadn't quite thought of it that way myself, but I think unconsciously I'd planned the story on that track, so, uh... like you said. Leaving Sunnydale equals freedom... of a sort.

Did I ever mention that you write a really great Anya?

Aw. I blush.

Heh! Perhaps, like Angel, Buffy is most fun when she's being petty.

Most fun to write, anyway.