A final word -

Hi everyone, it's been a while since I've been around :) I've found that lately, I have been revisiting old places to reestablish whatever sense of comfort they used to make me feel. That's why i ended up here, i guess. They were some of my most wonderful escapes, both fanfiction and one tree hill. I seem to have drifted away from them both, but in doing so I take many memories of writing and posting Scratch. It was a very therapeutic time for me.

Since I am admittedly overly-nostalgic, I wanted to send this story for a final go-round. I've started writing from my own world now, and I credit this fanfiction community for giving me the confidence to do so :) I haven't been very good at responding to reviews, so I apologize to every single one of you that I haven't directly thanked (- note this is still indirect and i am still sorry, heheh). I'm retiring from fanfiction for a while...though maybe I'll stumble upon this comforting place again somewhere down the road.

Though only months ago, I look back on those days of Scratch as a different stage in my life...and I suppose I felt the need to formally bid farewell to you readers, to this story, to everything this place meant to me. I'm peaceful and still writing, majoring in english or creative writing when I begin college in the fall. maybe if I ever publish a novel someday, I'll use a familiar face or two. Who knows :) But for now, I'm going down the path with my chin up. In the wake of a progression-themed story, what better to do than just that ;)

Take care, all :)

Love, Brennan