NOTE TO MY READERS: I know it is taking a long time to update this story, and I truly am sorry for that. But on top of my brother getting a puppy, my sister moving out to college today, and having to get ready for school starting tomorrow: I have been sick all week with a bacterial infection that has left me very, very weak. This is the first time I have turned the desktop on in 8 days. I'll try very hard to get another chapter or two up within the next week. Thanks to everyone who hasn't forgotten about me or given up on me! I haven't left you! -snugs-