Previously on Flowers for a ghost: Buffy: 1 ; hell bitch: 0

Chapter 2: Buffy: -100; non-evil Faith: 1

I soooo like how freaked out Buffy is, with her "questionable dating taste". She needs to chill out, what if she gets stuck for a while, or rather indefinitely, in this new dimension?

And poor Faith, how hard it is for her to lose her lover and get instead a self-righteous b*tch!! :'(

As I was too keen to move on to the next chapter I forgot half of what I wanted to comment in the first place for the 3rd chapter (*blushing*) - I am so sloppy!

I was actually wondering what happened that day at the motel and was hoping that we would find out soon - thanks for not leaving me too long in the dark about it ^^

It is how Buffy behaved which explains the different turn of event - on one hand a self- & Angel-centered Buffy, who clearly doesn't give a sh*t about Faith (ok, I recognize that when the love of your life comes back from hell, you may struggle putting yourself together... but still!), and on the other hand a Buffy who somehow manages to dedicate enough time and energy for a new relationship. So basically, it's (mainly) Buffy's fault that Faith turned all evil! XD

I also wanted to comment on how Giles interacts with Buffy - he's so nice and wise! I hope Buffy can make the best of him to cope with the situation that she's got to live with from now on. 

I was so heartbroken to witness Faith breakdown like that - it is essentially the end of her world :'( I only hope she can find peace and heal, but it's not going to be easy with the other Buffy around.

It's a shame that the start of their friendly relationship (if I can call it like that) was ruined on the same day with that journal. If Buffy had not read the journal, I think it would have meant she doesn't care about this Faith. As spooky as it seems, I support her reading the journal (but maybe not the whole of it), but she has to deal with the consequences after (of course Faith is going to be extremely mad at her, that is soooo private!). However she could have done better with her explanations, it all came out wrong (I was curious - urgh!!), or think of a better moment to give it back to Faith.

To recap, Buffy: -75 + 50 (for the comforting and finally showing some humanity towards Faith) -5 (because she doesn't get it yet, she did not try hard enough with her Faith... but she's on the right track to recognize it) + 0 (for journal reading) = -30; Faith: 3 +1 (for being able to show her vulnerability) +1 (for wanting Buffy to go back to school) + 5 (for asking Buffy the right questions but not being too pushy - wow how can some "small" events make a person totally different!) = +10

The gap is reducing :) 

Yay! Buffy managed to chill out!! I loved the movie evening with the popcorn - too bad they were loud enough and woke Dawn up XD, I would give anything to know what Buffy was ready to give Faith to set her free!! (*mischevious grin*)

Thank you Willow for being so cheeky monkey - can't wait to see what happens next!

Buffy: +5 (she accepts her feelings toward Faith, and she was convincing in front of the social worker); Faith: +11 (she's loosening up :D)

Thank you Aliceinwonderbra for being so creative ;)

Uh-oh - major freak out time! I'm not sure I want to know what are Buffy's intentions when she believes she has to let Faith go :/ o_o'  

It's cool to have Tara joining the group, she's so kind! :) Maybe she can help them somehow?

Buffy:+?; Faith: +? - I lost track of the counting :/

I'm glad Faith made that first step during the wedding, and that Buffy wrote that letter to the other Faith and shared it - they both made the extra effort --> Buffy: 0; Faith, 0 ! ^^

Tara is definitely an excellent friend - I'm thinking, is it because Buffy wanted to have a *real* friend, who did not know her from this dimension Scooby crew, that she went after her? (not sure I'm making any sense after so much binging on your fic).

If you considered this series to be not as good as your most recent work, then I'll retort back: who are you kidding, serioulsy????

The plot was excellent, the variety of emotions your B/F characters and myself experience is huge and it felt good (at least for me, not so much for B & F sadly). The only frustration I have at this stage is the uncertainty of the relationship between B & F, are they going to manage to make it work and if yes, how and what will result out of it (platonic friendship or loving relationship, or...)? Frustrating but that's actually a good end for the story. Maybe there's more onto it with your fic Graduation but I need to go through The Girl From Away first and see what it's like for the other Buffy and con-Faith, which promises to be thrilling (no pressure ^^).

So, THANK YOU!!!!!

Hope you enjoyed the comments, even though they are obviously coming long after you published the story and they can't influence it anymore (although I am not sure at all they would have influenced it in any way!!).

See you soon ;)

Zombies literally crawling from everywhere... for someone who doesn't particularly enjoy writing fight scenes, you did well! Or is this setup different somehow?

I'm glad Faith and Kim were able to find some civilisation (although having a gun pointed at them is probably not their ideal outcome).

Clearly this is a more-than-crappy situation here, zombies and vamps.... which definitely requires two slayers!! :D

At last!!! They made it to Sunnydale :D

Haha I'm joking. At last!!! Buffy's here :D

I could feel the cold tension in that store! It is hard for Faith but it's not like she does not deserve some of it... but nothing hurts more than indifference :/

I hope she'll manage to make her way through Buffy's heart somehow... which may have already started! (yeah that's me being too romantic perhaps).

That's a strategy, to have only the two slayers surviving the Zombi-pocalypse! This may give Faith more chances with Buffy XD

I was not too bad guessing what Cordelia had seen: it did involve Angel saving the world!

I'm not too sure how they will manage to cure all the zombies though, apart from somehow (magically? why not, they have Tara with them) making a rain of the demon's blood :/

Just FYI, the videogame where you have to literally drive on people to get points and finish the race is actually Carmageddon, not GTA :X Just saying... XD

I must admit that yes, it took some time to get there but I did enjoy the slow build up; although I'm relieved somehow that they went for a slay --> hungry probably, horny for sure! I'm pleased they managed to get there eventually - not just the sex part, I think it is deeper than that for Buffy (it definitely is for Faith). You surely know how to captivate your audience, and keep them hooked until the end of the story :D