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1. What happened to Katie? Does she get run over by a bus in New York? A taxi? Any type of motorized vehicle? (AHigherOctave)
Excuse me as I laugh for the next five hours XD

Let's discuss Katie, shall we? I'm a bit mad at myself about her because I didn't intend for her to be so hated; if you think about it she was angelic and helped Oliver through his heartbreak. Yeah, there is the fact I played a bit with their natural teenage hormones when I kept throwing them together into odd situations, but I don't know if that was still a reason to hate her. Now here's where this questionnaire thing gets fun…I tell you secrets. Here are some excerpts from some early versions of the outline (the outline went through at least 20 changes…no joke):

Ch 16- …Oliver starts dating Katie for good (Lils catches them kissing ) [Lilly gets mad at him because she thinks he liked Katie all along; and he gets mad at her for pushing him towards Katie just so he could get over Lilly]

Ch 17—…week of avoiding-ness … They become friends again when both late for class & Lils tries to become friends w/ Katie too. 4 Days later, on V- Day, he asks Katie out. (Lils makes 10 Reasons list)

Ch 18—…Oliver becomes closer w/ Katie after they go out for V-Day.
As you just read, three times I almost made Oliver and Katie date. Obviously my Loliver obsessed self was unable to do that so I just decided to make her irritatingly nice hence how you ended up wanting her to get run over LOL. Urm, because there's this slight, tiny, possible chance I may write a sequel or epilogue *shh* I'm not gonna tell you exactly what happens to Katie. Lilly finally admitted she was jealous yet, technically, besides the off-the-wall kiss, nothing happened between Katie and Oliver…right? Do we want to give Lilly a reason to be jealous? Can you see my mind going off, my goodness XP No, but really I don't know. I've actually started working on the possible sequel, and I'm not sure how she'd fit…..


2. What happens to Miley? I know she's not a huge part of the story but I was
still wondering. Is she with Jake? Did she give up the Hannah secret? (AHigherOctave)
I am a Jiley fan so it'stechnically alwaysassumed Miley will end up with Jake but in this story I really did not focus on her what-so-ever. And Jake wasn't ever mentioned was he…? Again, because of a possible follow-up I'm not going to go into details because I tend to change my mind.

She did go to UCSB with them because I realize many times Miley ends up going somewhere different than Lilly and Oliver but Lilly needs Miley to shake her to reality in this story. Ever considered that if Miley were there over Christmas break Lilly would have never broken up with him? Lilly tends to do things while being in her own world and Miley snaps her out of it in her own girly way. I did mention Hannah a bit because I didn't feel like doing an AU story but I'm unsure what more to do with her. See I didn't even bring back the whole Mikola thing, hmm…crap.

So far in the sequel Miley will still be part of Loliver's life, I'm not sure what she'll do but she's there.


3. Where did you originally expect to have the story end? (AHigherOctave)
Well lots of these chapters were split because I made them longer than I expected. Quite a few of these were never even supposed to exist (Ch 10 – Awkward was just random, Chs 12-14 were only supposed to be one chapter, the dance only one chapter and the conversation with Katie (in the bathroom) was new too, and many of their fights came out of my own crappy mood…). The whole Katie vs. Lilly thing wasn't supposed to take up as much of the story.

I always had it end with the kiss in the rain because of some crazy decision from Oliver. That part of the outline was never altered since day 1—except for very minor things. It's the middle that was thrown out of proportion (way out). When the idea first even popped into my head, this was going to be a ten-shot of why she couldn't date him, and then happy ending you know. But over thoughtful nights I made it an actually story (:


4. What exactly is the future for Lilly Rose Oken? What does she do for a
living? Does she have children? Do they have Oliver's signature dorky grin? (AHigherOctave)

Lilly started out strong-willed and ended vulnerable to her Ollie, if you agree I did my "hated" Oliver but really it was more as if she knew how she felt about Oliver didn't matter because they would always be together somehow. Obviously she didn't think growing up through. Their break-up plus Katie and everything in between showed her living in denial was self-destructive and lots of dramatic plots later…they live happily ever after lol.

Wow AHigherOctave, you just may be my inspiration for a sequel. I so badly want to answer your questions with detail. The problem is if I do so now and decide to write a follow-up, there's a 99.9% chance I will change my mind about something I said. So what they'll do for a living, in this story, I'm not sure. I've enjoyed exploring who they are deep down (vulnerable and mischievous) compared to the first impression they portray (malicious and dorky) so maybe their jobs should reflect that too…? We'll see.

Either way, something interesting I imagine is them having fraternal twins (boy and girl) who reflect Lilly & Oliver's hidden personalities. For example (subject to change), the boy would have that hidden mischievous-almost-cocky secret Oliver personality and the girl would have Lilly's unexpected vulnerability. But all in all would be the dorks' kids XP I don't know though. So far the sequel isn't--well, you'll see =P

5. "You should have added more Katie and Miley…they weren't really in this [ending]." (smaginn)

Darn, too bad. Lmao totally kidding!

I don't know if you noticed but Katie and Miley had common roles in this story: Katie supported Oliver and Miley supported Lilly. Sidekicks to the sidekicks! I didn't make it super obvious since I made them all interact but when it came down to it, that's who they were. So in the end I didn't bring them back up because I didn't feel like they ever had their own plot. The story started centered around Lilly and Oliver's messed up relationship and then they show up in the chaos in the middle and then it all ends with our two main dorks in love. I slightly feel bad for not bringing them up because I'm most definitely not dismissing them as unimportant; I just didn't feel like that was their place.

I really wanted to further explain to you the "plan" Katie and Oliver held, and just exactly how Katie felt about Oliver…. And Miley's more important than I realized because she kept our dear Lilly slightly sane…or at least tried to. So yeah, don't worry, they weren't forgotten I just hoped for a solely Loliver ending :)

6. "This is one of the best Lolivers I've read." (You crazy readers XD)

You guys kill me with joy. Seriously, you just kidnap me and then take your joy-bats and hit me repeatedly XD That is SO sweet! So many times when I wrote I was like 'Wow this all sounds so mediocre and I wish a better writer were writing this' but you guys made me enjoy writing this and that's what mattered. Just the mere fact you guys kept reading this amazes me. I've been reading Loliver fanfiction for over a year now so calling this one of the best befuddles me! I never (ever ever ever ever…) considered myself a writer, I just adore Loliver too much not share my crazy imagination. So, seriously, thank you times eleventy-billion.

7. Do you think you will write a sequel? I know they are married, but how? When? (nicolasdes)

*Drumroll please* The final answer is in fact yes. I've started out an outline and everything BUT don't get your hopes up. I'm in the process of ending high school and taking 4 AP classes. Also I started a story over the summer and I'm already three chapters in. I don't have the time or patience to submerge myself into a new plot which I haven't completely thought through so far. I'm crazy excited for it yet slightly afraid I may fail you guys.

Either way my sneak peek, or spoiler, is that although this story ended with them married that's not where the sequel starts. I mean, come on it's Lilly & Oliver we're talking about. Their happy endings never come so easily. The current working title is 'An Oken in the Making' so look out for that, and other random things I'll be posting (:

Wooh, there's the end of that. THANK YOU again (: For the last time under this title…xoxCamy.