Hello people of FanFic! Haven't seen you guys in a while… Ha ha…

I'm sorry if you guys thought that this was an update, but it (sadly) is not. This is to explain why this is not an update.

So, the reason. I have been very busy since February. My birthday was on the seventeenth, and I have been busy since. I was sick almost a whole week and I was behind on schoolwork and the midterms (since our school was on strike for a month…).

I have also joined a play for my school called Guys and Dollsand I have to be there for almost every practice, which is Mondays-Fridays between 3 and 6, and Saturdays from 9 or 10 am until 3 pm.

Yeah... that's three hours home on schools nights for homework, chores, supper, and piano lessons. Then I'm normally tired by 9 and have to go to bed.

See my dilemma?

I also have been having a large problem of the famous *jazz hands* writer's block.

And then there's German… *hides in a corner with aura larger then Russia's* Because of the strike, I couldn't start my classes when they were suppose to start. Then with being sick I missed some class time, so I have 6 assignments done…

… out of 55!

So between school and practice I will first be finishing a book for an Independent Book report (questions due next week, yay!), then I have to do my German, so by the time I get to work on the story again, it probably won't be until late April.

However, to make up for the wait, I have (just now) written a passage that will be in one of the next chapters!

Enjoy!

*Warning: Major Spoilers*

Delaware turned off the lantern next to him and crept out of the steering cabin. A thick fog had settled in since they had neared the OC Inlet, creating an ominous feeling that sent shivers up the dirty blonde's spine. He scanned through the clusters of teenagers for Damien and Jacob and found them huddled by the starboard, deep in conversation, occasionally looking off the starboard bow. Jaclyn was curled up in a ball at her brother's feet with a jacket, probably Jacob's, covering her small sleeping frame.

Jacob looked up suddenly and motioned the state over. "Damien thought he heard something in the water over there." He said quietly.

Delaware squinted in the direction where Jacob pointed, but only the night's grey fog and the gentle splash of the water against the boat's sides greeted him. "I don't hear anything." He said bluntly.

Damien crossed his arms. "It was a splash sound, like something dropping into the water."

"It could have been an animal going for a night swim." Jacob reasoned. "We're close enough to the shore; there could be anything out here."

"Or anyone."

The new characters will be explained in the next chapter.

See you later!