"How I could've forgiven you is irrelevant. I just did." To be honest, even Spike didn't know why he'd forgiven Riley. Although the sex probably helped. But it was more than just that, something else that he couldn't quite put into words yet, if ever. "And yeah, it will be a problem if you can't ever forgive yourself. You were a different person back then. Whether it was because of you or because of what's-her-name, I don't really care. You're not like that anymore. I'm not who I used to be either. Maybe I'll never be the world's nicest person, but at least I'm not trying to break up you and your girlfriend anymore. Besides, we both know you're the girlfriend in this relationship." And that was probably the first time he'd ever called it a relationship -- of any kind -- but there was no point in trying to deny it. When you ran away with someone, it was pretty much impossible to argue that you were just sleeping together and nothing else. "And I won't change my mind about that. About wanting to be with you, I mean. I already know what you did to me in the past, and I know what I did to you too. But I've moved on. I like who you are now. That's all that matters."