A quick A/N (nearly 17 years later)... For those of you still following me, this story or it's sequel, I've posted a new story—a rewrite of this the way I originally wanted to write it, but didn't know how. Now, sixteen years later (after years of wondering what I could have done differently) I'm finally writing it the way I should have written it all those years ago.

Thank you all for your readership and support. I hope you enjoy my new(ish) tale: Twisted Fate.

(FYI: I'll pull this chapter after I get the new story standing on it's own two feet... just needed a quick way to alert the masses about my newest endeavour!)