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HOLLOWGO UPDATED!

Yes, I know, I did. Hollowgo lives, though not for long, I'd imagine. But...yeah, I know. It's been forever since I've posted and I won't make any excuses because I don't have any. I do apologize to my readers (those that remain, though I've been told there's a good number of you) for taking so darn long to write. To be honest, I just haven't thought much about Broken Aurora.

Okay, that's a lie. I have. I thought about making a post a while back and telling everyone that it would be a bit before my next update. However, it would feel wrong if I were to do that because then I'd be getting your hopes up. So I wanted to wait until I was finished with a chapter to let everyone know what's up with Hollowgo and why HE (some people still get that confused) hasn't updated in God knows how long. More at the bottom.

Troubles

"So Bells, what's the plan?" Emmett asked. He had barged into my room a few minutes ago, shut the door and sat on the edge of my bed with the most serious face he could make. I knew then that this wasn't going to be pleasant and his question only confirmed that.

"Plan for what, pray tell?" I asked, arching an eyebrow.

He grinned, like he'd wanted me to ask that. Oh boy. "Several things, actually," he replied, crossing his arms. "First, what're you gonna do about that jackass if you see him again? I mean, I know you've said over and over again that you won't fall for the same crap, which is good and all, but…well, he's got a lot of ammunition against you and…"

"Wait, wait, wait," I held my hands up. "Before you go on, tell me. Did Rose put you up to this in any way, shape or form?"

Emmett pouted. "No. I'm here of my own free will."

"Oh," was my surprised response. "No offense, Em, but usually she bribes you with sex or something like that to get you to be serious. And don't try denying it, because we both know that it's true."

"Yeah, yeah," he groaned, hanging his head for a brief moment. "ANYWAYS, I'm being real about this whole thing. I don't want to see you get hurt again and I really don't want that asshole to plague you anymore than he already has."

"I appreciate the concern, Em," I said, smiling at my brother. "Really, I do."

He grinned back. "Good! Now tell me, how will you deal with him?"

I pursed my lips. "I don't know, honestly. I haven't thought on it much. I've been trying not to think about him for the time being, but I would like to train with Jazz and Tori. Other than that, I have to learn not to let what he says rile me up. If I can do that, get better at fighting and learn how to, I don't know, manipulate my thoughts, I think I'll be fine."

He nodded slowly. "You should totally sing a song or something to distract him. Or maybe watch some hot porn video and think about that."

I rolled my eyes. "Very funny, Em." Though he does have a point…

"But, uh, there is one thing…" He licked his lips nervously, which was odd for Emmett.

"Yes?"

"Look, I know you don't like talking about it, Bella, but…you know, your, uh…child?" He asked sheepishly.

My daughter, I breathed inwardly. The creature that I had brought into this world, my own flesh and blood with something extra thanks in part to that bastard. I never spoke about her to anyone, but she was on my mind constantly. I always wondered what it would have been like if Edward hadn't taken her with him, how it would have been to raise her.

I didn't like thinking about the idea of my own child being turned into a monster by Edward, but I knew that he'd had to have done something to her. If I saw her again, I probably would lose it, or at least freeze up. And I had a feeling Edward would use that to his advantage. It worried me.

What could I do? I couldn't hurt my own child, regardless of what she was thanks to him. The thought scared me and the fact that there was no real way to prepare myself for it scared me even more. Emmett had a right to be concerned.

"I don't know," I whispered after a while. "I…I really don't know."

He nodded understandingly. "I know it's rough, Bells. But you…you should try to prepare yourself just in case."

"I know," I replied.

"Anyways!" he boomed, clapping his hands together. "The other thing I wanted to ask about was what you planned on doing about that little cutie of yours. I mean, you gonna date her and then bring her back here to bang her? Because if you are, I want to grab my video camera and—"

He was cut off by a sharp smack to the back of his head by a suddenly appearing Rosalie. I punched both his shoulders while he whined and rubbed his head, pouting like a little kid that had been caught with his hand in a cookie jar.

"That's enough of that shit," Rosalie growled, glaring at her husband. "You know damn well that that's Bella's private life, not your business. Now shoo. We have to be at that crap-hole school in a couple of hours and its sister talk time."

Emmett hung his head and trudged out of my room. The second he was gone, Rosalie shut the door, locked it and sat down in front of me in a matter of seconds, grinning smugly.

"Spill," she demanded. "I want the answer to his question."

I rolled my eyes. "Why am I not surprised?"

"As if I'm going to let you tell him and not me," she scoffed. "Now spill."

"Why is everyone in this family so nosey?" I asked no one in particular. "I swear. It's like the idea of having some form of a secret is forbidden in this household despite what Carlisle and Esme constantly say to us."

Rosalie crossed her arms. "Firstly, I don't pester you unless it's super important. And since you obviously stink at doing anything related to romance, I thought I would offer you my aid just in case the advice those two sex-hounds gave you wasn't good enough."

I chuckled at the memory of Kate and Amara's advice. Actually…

"Don't take this personally, Rose, but I think those two are more qualified to help since they're gay," I pointed out, poking my tongue out of my mouth at her scowl. "And since you're as straight as Emmett, I sincerely doubt—"

"Have you forgotten what we did?" she inquired.

"It wasn't technically sex," I protested. "It was…lots and lots of making out with some groping and a little bit lower involved, that was it. At least, that's how I saw it."

"Your moans of joy make that statement bullshit," Rosalie smirked.

I snorted. "Whatever. I'm going to call the "sex-hounds" after school today. Do you think it'd be cool if Alice sat with us at our table today at lunch?"

She shrugged. "I could care less. But you may want to talk to Jane about it."

I grimaced. That wasn't going to be fun.

A few hours later, we left for school. I carpooled with Jane and Riley, the former of whom was driving her precious baby to school despite her usual disdain for taking her car out to places she deemed "unworthy". I remained silent throughout the trip, fully aware of the looks I was getting from Jane and the brief glances shot to me by Riley.

Once we reached school, the three of us departed Jane's vehicle. My shortest sister immediately zoomed over in front of me, hands on her hips and a scowl on her face. Riley snickered, earning a glare from me as he ran off to class.

Thanks for nothing, Riley, I growled inwardly. "What is it, Jane?"

"Am I to understand that you want the human at our table?" Jane inquired, arching an eyebrow.

I sighed. "Does it really bother you that much, Jane?"

She opened her mouth, then shut it for a moment. "No," she replied. "Bella, I love you and I want you to be happy, don't get me wrong. I…I don't know, I'm just not sure about this Alice girl and all the trouble you'll be putting yourself through to be with her."

"Jane…"

"Hang on," she said, giving me a pleading look. "Just let me finish, okay?" I nodded. "Look, I know I have some bias against her, but I'll give her a chance. I just want what's best for you, alright? I don't want you straining or harming yourself just to please the human. In a relationship, both halves are equally important, after all."

I smiled and hugged my sister. "Thanks, Jane," I said, kissing her cheek. "But you know, you might want to run that speech by Rosalie and Emmett sometime in the future. Just to see how they'd react to it."

She snickered and jumped up to peck my cheek. Alice's Porsche drove in at that moment and Jane, after rolling her eyes, sauntered off to follow her mate. I smiled and strolled over to Alice's car as my blue-eyed beauty—I could call her that now, right?—stepped out. I slowed my pace down when I remembered our agreement and opted out from kissing her. Hugging, however…

"Morning, Alice," I greeted, right as she turned around into a hug from me. She was surprised at first, but it didn't take long for her to relax into my body and hug me back.

"Morning, beautiful," she replied, smiling at me. "Say, did you get shorter?"

I blinked several times and frowned. "Huh?"

She giggled. "Nothing, nothing. How are you?"

"Good," I replied. "To borrow a lame cliché, I'm better with you here. Yourself?"

Alice rested her head on my shoulder. "I'm alright, I guess. There's…some stuff I want to talk to you about, maybe during lunch, if that's possible."

"I was actually going to ask if you wanted to join our table at lunch," I informed her. "You'd be the only person eating, naturally, but it won't be so bad having the chance to finally meet my siblings, right?"

Alice's eyes widened in shock for a moment, then settled. "I'd like that," she replied. "Do your siblings mind?"

I rolled my eyes. "No. And even if they did, it wouldn't stop me from asking you."

She beamed brilliantly. "Then it's a definite yes. I'll see you at lunch?"

I nodded. "See you then."

For a moment, we stared into each other's eyes and slowly leaned forward, the temptation to kiss far too powerful. But we both knew that we needed to take this slow and kissing in public—especially in the middle of the hallway—would be moving too fast. So we settled for a hug and, when no one was looking, a kiss on the cheek, instead.

"I love you," she whispered, knowing I would hear. Then she sauntered off.

I didn't fail to notice that there was something bothering Alice, but now wasn't the time to ask her about it. With a sigh, I turned and shuffled off to my first class, not even caring if I was late anymore—not that I ever cared to begin with.

My classes went by tortuously slow, as if time wanted to make me wait for the time I would get to spend with my mate. It annoyed me to no end and there were moments when all I wanted to do was sprint out of the classroom to escape and simply wait for lunchtime. But no, I was a good student because that was how Carlisle and Esme taught me. Damn it.

My irritation was only made worse by the presence of the most annoying human male—okay, technically the third most annoying behind that weasel and Alice's father, but in school, he was on top of the list—Mike Newton.

Last I had seen Mike was when I had threatened him for constantly trying to flirt with me. Since then, the fool had been smart enough to keep his distance and keep his mouth shut. However, for some unexplainable reason, Newton decided that he was going to try his luck with me, again.

"Hey, Bella," he greeted me before our class started. The class before lunch, the one I silently hoped would speed up.

I grimaced and considered telling him off, but didn't. I merely gave him a curt nod, not even bothering to turn and look at him in hopes that ignoring him would make him realize that I wasn't interested in communicating with him. When will I learn?

"How're you?" he asked, turning to face.

"Fine," I replied, still not looking at him. Why won't this piss-brain quit?

"So, uh, what've you been up to aside from saving that Brandon girl's life?" he asked. From the sound of it, Mike was actually jealous that I had saved her. I almost laughed at the idea of him wanting me to "rescue" him. After all, most men wanted it to be the other way around, right?

"Life," I answered, resting my chin on one hand. Was this going to happen until class began?

I could practically see Mike frowning. "Why don't you like me?"

The things I could tell you, I chuckled inwardly. "You annoy me."

"And if I were to, say, make up for that fact?" he inquired.

At last I turned to him, annoyance growing within me. It grew twice as fast when I saw the look in his eyes, one that clearly said "I want you", coupled together with an incredibly idiotic looking smile that put Emmett's goofy grins to shame. I was repulsed by the sight and, were I human, may have even felt the need to vomit.

"There's nothing you can do to make up for you, jackass," I growled. "Now stop bothering me or I'll rearrange your insides like a balloon animal. I don't like you. At all. Or do we have to have another talk like last time?"

His eyes flickered at the memory and he ducked his head. "Look, can you please just help me out here just once?" he begged, giving me a pleading look. "I told a bunch of the guys that I had a super hot girlfriend and that I would show her off to them today after school. So…"

My eyes widened and I nearly gagged on my venom. "No! God, no!"

"But…"

"NO," I snarled. "Leave me alone."

Thankfully, the teacher walked in before Newton had a chance to respond and I turned my attention forward as class began. Mike tried on several occasions to get my attention without touching me, but I ignored each one until he ultimately stopped. Class itself was dull, as I knew it would be, but eventually the bell rang and I made a mad dash—at human pace—out the door.

In doing so, I almost collided with none other than Alice, who had been looming near the doorway by the time I sprinted out. She speedily jumped back right as I came to a screeching halt, my vampire balance preventing me from falling and making a fool of myself.

"Alice!" I breathed in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

Alice blinked several times, then relaxed her posture. "I was waiting for you, of course. I didn't expect you to come barreling out of the classroom and nearly plow me over." Her lips curled into a cocky smirk. "That excited to see me, huh?"

I bit my lip and moved away from the door as students started walking out. "A little bit."

"Bullshit," she snorted. I smiled; hearing Alice cuss was strangely attractive.

I was about to playfully respond when Mike walked out of the class and Alice's attention shifted to him, her eyes narrowing into the most vicious looking glare I had ever seen from her, one that could match up with Rosalie's death glare.

Newton didn't seem to notice her or was trying not to. "Can we talk?" he asked.

I threw my hands in the air. "What the fuck is with you? I don't want anything to do with you, so stop bugging me! Christ!"

Mike's eyes narrowed and for the first time, he looked upset. "You're a dumb bitch, you know that? I try and I try to be nice to you, but you always throw it back in my face. You think because you're rich and good looking that you can treat everyone else like shit? Huh?"

I blinked, not in surprise, but with interest. "Well now," I mused. "This is a first for you."

He jabbed a finger at me. "I'm tired of you treating me like garbage! You're just a freak, like the rest of your crappy family! The only reason I ever liked you was because you were hot, but that doesn't matter anymore! I hope you rot, you bitch!"

His petulant tirade was more amusing to me than insulting. Normally, though, when someone made fun of my family, I would be quick to stand up for them. But with Mike…I just couldn't take the poor boy seriously. His face was reddening, his words were on the verge of coming out in stutters and with a face like that, there was no way I could ever consider him a threat.

"Okay," I said, giving him a wave. "Bye bye, Mike."

I turned and started walking away, Alice soon joining me, though she still looked angry. Mike should have had the sense to leave it alone at what he'd said. Naturally, he had to have the last word in, which was his biggest mistake.

"Yeah, you walk away, whore," he spat. "No one likes you anyways."

I twitched at his comment, but was able to brush it off. I was about to turn to Alice, but when I did, she was gone. I whipped around just as Alice's left hand lashed out, smacking Mike across the face with so much force that he actually careened with the wall. My jaw dropped to the floor.

"Don't you ever fucking call her that!" Alice bellowed, grabbing Mike by the throat and pushing him against the wall as if he was the shorter one.

"W-what the—?" Mike's words were silence by a slap from the right side too.

"Bella is my friend and she's ten times better than you are, you dickless asshole, not because of her money, but because she's beautiful, smart and the sweetest person I've ever met," Alice snapped, slamming him against the wall again. "The only reason she's not nice to you is because you don't fucking deserve her kindness!"

His eyes bulged to the size of tennis balls and he tried to speak, but she silenced him with a glare.

"No! The only thing I want to hear from you is an apology to Bella, you got that? Because if you ever say anything bad about her again, I will make you suffer pain you can't even begin to imagine, you overgrown twerp. Got it?"

He nodded. "Yes," he squeaked.

"Good." She let him go and smacked him in the back of the head. "Now apologize."

He hastily bowed his head. "I-I'm sorry, B-Bella. I'll n-never do it a-again."

Satisfied, Alice flicked him in the shoulder, then strutted towards me. Without a word she looped her arm around mine and led me in the direction of the cafeteria. I was too stunned to even bother resisting. She let go once we were there and smiled at me before sauntering off to the lunch line. I stared after her for a good minute or so, then walked over to my family's table.

"What's up with you?" Emmett asked as I sat. "Alice flash you or something?"

Rosalie smacked him. "That's none of your damn business, Emmett."

"Ow!" he whined, rubbing his shoulder. "I was just asking…"

"Did I hear Alice shouting out there?" Jasper inquired, lifting an eyebrow.

I nodded, licking my lips. "She…she just…Newton…"

"Spit it out!" Jane grunted, poking my side. "What the hell happened?"

Quickly and quietly I told them what had transpired, watching out of my peripherals to check and see where Alice was. It wasn't that I cared whether or not she heard; I simply didn't want to give her the wrong idea with my whispering.

When I finished, all six of them simultaneously burst into laughter, Emmett's so loud that most of the other students turned to look at our table. Eventually I joined in laughing with them, which probably made our family look like a bunch of attractive hyenas to the prying eyes of the other students, but none of us cared about that.

Alice soon came to join us, hesitating when the laughter died down. I pulled the chair next to me out for her and gave her an encouraging smile as the entire lunchroom fell silent. Alice bit her lip and shyly seated herself next to me, the sound of her lunch tray hitting the table echoing throughout the entire cafeteria despite being so quiet.

"Awkward," Emmett drawled out in a vampire whisper, almost earning another smack from his wife, who glared at him instead.

I sighed. "I guess now is as good a time as any for formal introductions. Alice, these are my siblings; Victoria, Jasper, Emmett, Riley, Jane." I gestured to each and she greeted each as they greeted her in turn, even Jane. "And lastly, my best friend and super bitch, Rosalie."

Rosalie snorted. "That's QUEEN super bitch to you, punk."

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever."

"It's nice to meet all of you," Alice said, smiling softly. "I've been looking forward to meeting all of you for a while now, honestly.

"It's nice to meet the girl whose got our sister drooling her mouth out in her spare time," Jane replied, another surprise move.

Alice smirked, her eyes flashing with a myriad of emotions at the comment. I smiled shyly when her eyes met mine, but made sure to give a light punch to Jane's shoulder when Alice wasn't looking. She merely grunted in response.

"So…" Riley began. "Tell us a little about yourself."

Alice blinked. "Bella hasn't done that yet? I would have thought that she'd be bragging about me to her family by now." She shot me a look and I turned away, trying to suppress a laugh at the expression on her face. Plus, I felt a little guilty, mostly because I hadn't done much to get to know Alice yet.

"Not really," Victoria replied, grinning at me. "She hasn't bothered introducing you to us until now, so what do you expect?"

Thanks, Victoria, I growled inwardly.

"That's fine," Alice giggled, gently poking my side. "Well…I'm pretty simplistic. I like to shop, draw, sing, dance and listen to music. Shopping is definitely one of my biggest hobbies, I go every weekend to the malls in Seattle to try on and buy new clothes and shoes. Of course, the choices are kind of lacking, but I still love it."

Jane groaned next to me. "She's as bad as Rosalie."

Rosalie snorted, then smiled at Alice. "You sound like a woman with good taste, Alice."

"Why thank you," Alice replied. "I love your dress, by the way. Great designer."

That made Rosalie smile even wider, so I knew she'd won one of my siblings' over already. I wondered if she would be able to do the same with the others. Jane, if anything, would be the hardest of them since she wasn't fond of Alice. But I had confidence that she'd be able to make Jane like her. She was too cute to resist, after all.

"Do you play video games?" Emmett asked, tilting his head to the side.

Rosalie rolled her eyes. "Em, most girls don't like video games."

He grinned. "The four of you do. You play them as much as Riley, Jazz and I."

"That's different," Rosalie insisted.

"Uh huh," he replied, grinning wider. "So do you, Alice?"

Alice laughed. "I do, actually. My sister Cynthia bought me a PSP a few years ago and a DS the year after and we've been addicted to them ever since. Our parents won't let us buy any consoles, though, which kind of stinks, but I'm down for playing them if I ever get the chance."

"Nice!" Emmett crooned. "We got another gamer!"

"One who will likely end up beating your scores," Victoria snickered. "Everyone does."

"Shut up!" he huffed.

Everyone kept chatting with one another for the rest of lunch. I remained silent throughout most of it, content with the fact that Alice was able to mesh in well with my family despite the fact that we were all vampires and much, much older than she was. Even Jane, though she tried not to, was joining in with the conversations and talking with Alice.

It made me happy, happier than I'd felt in the longest time. Constantly seeking vengeance was pointless now and all these years of brooding over my past were a waste of my time. This was what I'd needed in my life; to have found my other half. And now that I had, I honestly felt that it had changed who I was as a person for the better.

"Bella?" Alice's voice broke through my thoughts as the others continued bickering.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"You okay?" She looked concerned and I shrugged. "Don't shrug, I'm serious."

"I'm fine," I replied with a chuckle, touching her shoulder. She shuddered at my touch and my grin grew. "I'm just happy that we were able to make this work."

"Same here," she murmured. "But…there's a few minutes left and I'd like to talk with you alone, if that's okay. Remember?"

I did recall her mentioning that she had something to talk with me about, so I nodded and the two of us excused ourselves from my family's table. I got a number of responses from Emmett giving us a wolf whistle to some quips from Rosalie, Victoria and Jasper. I ignored all of them as we sauntered out of the cafeteria to a hallway that was otherwise vacant.

"What's up?" I asked, leaning against a wall.

She giggled. "Hearing you say that is kind of funny." Her face grew serious after that and she moved closer to me, resting her head on my shoulder as my arms curled around her. "There's a few things that I wanted to tell you, one of which is good."

"What is it?" I inquired.

Alice looked at me and beamed. "I know you were planning on asking me out today after school and the answer is yes," she breathed, kissing my cheek. "I would love to go out with you, Bella and I really don't care where we go. Just being able to spend time with you sounds awesome."

I smiled warmly at her. "You know, it's really annoying that I can't openly ask you something like that without you knowing beforehand. It ruins the whole point of a "surprise"."

She shrugged. "You'll live."

I rolled my eyes. "Not the point, you brat." I tousled her hair affectionately and she giggled again, playfully batting my hand away. "Now, what's the bad news?"

Alice's smile dropped and she sighed. "There's two of them."

Joy, I muttered inwardly. "Go ahead."

"The first is…is that my parents are considering taking me out of school," she whispered. "I would then be homeschooled like my poor sister is and I'd never be able to see you. That would really fucking stink and I hope to God that they don't do it, but I can't change their minds if they decide to do it. My sister is trying to reason with them, so I hope they agree to let me stay."

I pursed my lips. "Why do they want to take you out of school?"

"Because they're afraid," she replied. "I think they saw us being together like that and it scared them because they don't want me to be a lesbian. And even though I told them again and again that it wasn't that, they don't believe me. That's why I hate living there, but if I left, then they would make my life a living hell on earth."

I started rubbing her back and my head rested against hers. "I know, Alice. But I keep telling you that you could come live with me at my home. You'd be happy there and you wouldn't have to deal with that bullshit at your place. Your sister could come too, for all I care."

"I know," she replied. "And I am grateful for that. Maybe soon, if things don't work out. I do want you to be prepared for it too since I'll be in your hair 24/7."

I snorted. "I deal with my siblings 24/7, I think I could handle you."

Alice gave me a cocky smirk. "I hope so. I'm pretty amazing."

"I know," I replied, pressing a kiss to her nose. "What's the other bad news?"

"It's James," she grumbled and I growled in annoyance. "Only worse; it's James and his family."

"He has a family?" I asked, astonished. "I wonder how much alike they are…"

"Too much," she replied.

I shook my head. "What's he done this time?"

"He hasn't done anything, actually," she admitted. "No, my parents have actually set up a date for us at our own house. What's worse than that is that his parents agreed and they'll all be there with us to make sure that we end up together. It's like some kind of pre-arranged marriage and it makes me sick to my stomach."

Alice pulled away from me and threw her hands in the air in frustration. "FUCK!" she cursed.

My jaw clenched tightly as I felt the venom starting to build up, rage gripping at my body. I took in several deep breaths to calm myself, not wanting Jasper to worry and come out to see what was going on. I wanted to punch something, but I kept my anger in check and walked over to Alice, who was still fuming.

"Alice," I breathed, placing my hands on her shoulders. "Alice, come here."

Her gorgeous eyes pulsated with multiple emotions, including anger and sorrow, as I pulled her back into my arms. She relaxed against my body and nuzzled into my neck as I pressed my nose into her hair, breathing her scent in to calm myself down as well.

"It'll be okay," I whispered, rubbing the back of her head. "It will."

"I hope so," she murmured. "I want to be with you, not him. I'm tired of my parents being assholes to me and I'm tired of having to hide who I really am." She clutched me as tightly as she could and I tightened my arms ever so slightly around her. "I don't know what to do."

I pressed my lips to her neck, though in truth, I didn't know what to say to her. I held her until the bell rang, at which point she pulled away from me and offered me a tiny smile.

"Thanks for holding me," she said, her eyes shimmering. "I've always wanted that."

"Any time," I replied. "When is this…thing…happening?"

"This weekend," she answered, shaking her head in annoyance. "Saturday night."

I nodded slowly. "We'll figure something out, alright?"

She nodded and kissed my cheek before sauntering off to her next class. I watched after her and let out a tense breath as I moved back into the cafeteria where my siblings still were. Jasper noticed me and tilted his head to the side, obviously having sensed the emotions.

I sighed as I sat down. "Damn it."

"What's wrong?" Rosalie asked.

"Her parents," I growled. "They're inviting that jackass over to dinner, but in reality, they're setting them up on some kind of date."

"That stinks," Victoria commented. "What are you going to do?"

"I don't know," I replied. "I'll figure something out."

"I have an idea," Jane said after a few minutes of tense silence. I looked up and appraised her curiously, noting the evil grin on her face. "You should crash it."

A/N: So I hope that this was semi-acceptable. Can't make any promises since I don't know when the next time I'll be updating will be.

Why have I not updated? I've been working on a book. Not just a book, in fact, THE book. I have been hard at work writing this thing for the past few months (along with school, though that was more recent) and that has been my primary focus. Here and there I've done a bit on BA, but for the most part, that was put on the back burner because my heart wasn't fully into it. And because my muses were on vacation, the lazy fools. Anyways, yes, that is why I haven't been around as much.

I hope that, for those of you who have still stuck with me, you can forgive me for my absence. Because if I can succeed in what I'm doing now, I'll be able to achieve something even better than what I'm doing here. Or at least, that's my goal. I'm going to really focus on my book for a while, so I won't be doing anything with BA any time soon. But fear not, because like I said, I won't drop it or anything like that. I'm not one of those authors who stops writing or changes after a long period of time like others would; that's not me.

So yeah. Thank you to those of you still reading and still on Team Hollowgo (:P). I haven't abandoned anyone nor will I. Peace, peeps.