Well...it's been a while, eh?

Sorry to those of you who thought this was a proper update - the main reason I'm doing this now is because I wanted to say I'm so sorry for not updating in, what...2 years nearly? Jeez, bad form BEBs, bad form! I've still been getting updates and reviews and favourites for this story even after all this time on hiatus, which is why I thought you guys deserved an update - the fact that you've still been so enthusiastic and wanting me to continue really has taken me aback, for which I thank you.

But unfortunately, I'm gonna have to be the bearer of bad news...I'm afraid I'm discontinuing "BTRG". The only excuse I have really is that I don't realistically see myself having the opportunity to finish it the way I want as I'm moving away soon, and also starting something else career-wise which will definitely be keeping me heavily occupied for the forseeable future.

I figured it was only fair to let you guys know so you won't be hanging on forever waiting (small consolation, but it's the best I can offer given the circumstances!) And just to give you something, I'll solve that cliffhanger for you - Katie was the one who hit Naomi. I can't exactly remember where I was going to go from there, but here's a few hasty tidbits off the top of my head:

Don't read the next paragraph if you don't want to spoil the story for yourself.

I think it was something along the lines of Katie obviously finding out that Naomi was going out with Emily and "converting" her into a lesbian, and Emily having to stand up to Katie. Except she wouldn't have done it as quickly and willingly as Naomi would have liked, causing a little bit of controversy between them (remember that Naomi was concerned about Emily's meekness when around Katie earlier in the story). Not too different from the show mind you I know, but obviously I would have tried to make it more original in other ways. Also, Naomi would have gotten to see Emily's artwork and Emily would have been fucking amazeballs at it (because she's always amazeballs, duh) and some paintings would have Naomi and Naomi-related things incorporated into them in some way. Some more things with the band would have happened - in fact I think I was planning on breaking them up at some point for some reason, probably because Naomi just wasn't that arsed and Effy would become too difficult to be around as Naomi and Emily's relationship grew.

I know that all sounds like a really shitty summary but I thought I'd leave you with some of my thought processes into the direction this story was more than likely heading in since it won't come to fruition.

So...that's it I suppose. I'll just leave this by saying thank you to every single person who read, faved, alerted or reviewed this story and also "Heart Skipped a Beat". It means the world to me that you guys at one stage or another actually enjoyed my writing and even told me as much, because it really helped spur me on to keep writing. Sadly life has just gotten in the way for me.

I don't see myself writing another fanfic (at least not anytime soon, but who knows!). I will be tuning into the final "Skins" series in July though out of curiosity - of course I need to see how my Naomi and Emily bbs are doing! I really did enjoy my time writing on here and checking out all the wonderful fics on here - sure I tend to pop in every now and again, so I'll most likely be floating around reading some of them again soon!

All the best guys,

BEBs xx