STUPIDLY LONG AUTHOR'S NOTE THE SECOND (and hopefully the last)

Right I think I've sorted myself out and I only have to retcon two chapters. Basically (and I have literally no idea how I've managed to do this) I started writing this story assuming Sarah's life followed one storyline but recently I have been writing it following another storyline. Anyway the upshot is I have retconned two chapters and delted them from this fic.

Okay so I know I promised you a chapter forever ago but it's taken me this long to sort this story out and figure out what needs to change to make sure it's going where I need it to go. So this chapter is a summary of what's happened so far just to make sure everyone's on the same page and to make it obvious what's happened so far. I will then rewrite chapter twelve and leave myself a memo never to post a chapter when I am at the beginning of a migraine again no matter how keen I am to start writing again. Then it will be regular updates every Thursday from now on.

TIMELINE

Sarah attends university/college (still don't really understand the American Higher Education system even though an American friend tried to explain it to me. Can anyone explain it to me? Please message me if you can) in some part of America that is far enough away from New York that you definitely couldn't get there in under four hours. I would specify a place but if I did I would have to find a real university for Sarah to attend because I'm fussy like that and for that I think I need a better understanding of how American Universities actually work. She takes literature (majors in literature? Again can someone please explain American Universities to me) if anyone is interested.

One of her friends had a bad experience with one of the professors so Sarah took it upon herself to investigate. She meets Hermes who has been dragged to a party at this university by Apollo who thinks Hermes needs to stop sulking/despairing over Luke's death.

Then a little while later Hermes accidently turns up at Sarah's door while he was trying to look for a girl called Leanne (for reasons that will become apparent later. But don't get too excited as it's not that interesting or particularly big a plot point) Incidentally Sarah's friend is fine (Also will come up later but just reassuring everyone I hadn't forgotten about her)

Sarah goes to a street festival party type thing. She sees a Greek mythical monster, and sees Harry again and is introduced to Apollo.

There is a council on Olympus. Hermes remembers seeing the girl in a marketplace a long time ago and wonders how as he knows she is not an immortal.

Hermes takes a walk in New York and sees Sarah. Then while he is in a coffee shop at Sarah's university less than two hours later he sees Sarah there and wonders what she is doing there. There is a slight confrontation between Sarah, John and Hermes which results in Hermes apologising to Sarah for his erratic behaviour and for appearing to stalk her and Sarah kisses him to shut him up and to psych him out.

Hermes then realises that he may be slightly too interested and invested in Sarah. The knowledge that he likes her is cemented by a dream he has and a conversation he has with one of the fates who tells him that the fates cannot see Sarah's future. He is warned that Sarah could be his downfall (or she could make him happy again but he chooses to focus on the negative)

Not wanting another May scenario he freaks out a little and goes into depressed mode. Meanwhile Sarah is happily getting on with her life and gets a cute pizza delivery guy's number.

Then it's the summer holidays and Sarah's trying to get a flight back home but her booking went wrong for some reason and the only flights available are ones leaving New York. So she goes to New York for a few days for some more sightseeing but ends up getting kidnapped. And that brings us to the next chapter which will be coming to you all very soon.

Thanks for your patience. You are all wonderful people.

Thanks for reading

Xxx

(Also GazmRules I have not forgotten about your extra chapter. I WILL do it, hopefully by next week)

Tell you what anyone else who reviews this week can have the secret oneshot chapter that I promised I'd write ages ago. Partly to bribe you all into reviewing and partly because now it's even more official and I have to do it even thought my broken toe is making me feel like I want to throw up. Seriously it's only a little toe why does it hurt so much?

See you next Thursday guys.

xxx