Oh, it's great to meet someone who's suspicious of that party line! Because when I watch season 2 it's hard to think they didn't have some idea about the role Spike was ultimately going to play in her life.

I think you can argue that Angel's human side has embraced the demon side in NFA. But I've seen no hint at all that Angelus would want the soul back if Angel ever got unensouled. So the demon is emphatically not down with the human part, and that's what I was talking about.