It was time for Rose to go home and Scorpius's heart ached thinking he would not see her for three days. It was New Year's day and they would board the Hogwarts Express on January 3rd, leaving for school for the final time. It was these thoughts that saddened him for brief moments.

Scorpius tried not to dwell on the fact that Atria wouldn't be sitting next to him on the train. She would never know that he had told Rose he loved her. She would never know that Rose replied with the same confession.

But he was determined not to let these moments ruin his time with Rose. For the days they had alone together, Scorpius wanted to focus completely on Rose. Only suddenly the last day had sprung up on them. She was leaving around two o'clock. It was now nine o'clock, which left them only with five hours of uninterrupted alone time. After that they would be back at Hogwarts, busy with Head duties and their friends.

Scorpius was determined to make the five hours count. Both of his parents were out of the house until it was time for Rose to leave. Scorpius planned on bringing her breakfast in bed, they would eat together, kissing in between bites, and then he could take her to the garden room, which overlooked the outdoor gardens. There they would sit and talk and enjoy each other's company.

A house elf would bring the lunch and they would sit there until it was time to leave.

Scorpius balanced a tray of food on his left hand and rapped on her door with his right hand. He didn't wait for it to open and he entered her room, smiling at the sight of her tangled in the sheets that were pulled all the way up to her neck.

He set the tray down quietly on the nightstand and went over to the side of the bed. He brushed pieces of her hair back and her face scrunched up in the most adorable way. He sat on the edge of the bed and her eyes flipped open groggily. Rose blinked several times and then turned on her back, stretching her arms above her head.

"Scor?"

"Good morning." He pressed a kiss to her mouth and her eye's widened.

"Your parents-"

"Have gone for the day." Scorpius leaned onto the bed more and angled his body so that he could give her a deeper kiss. After several moments, Scorpius pulled back and Rose leaned up as if she wanted to follow him with her mouth. "I brought breakfast. I thought we could eat in bed." Man, did he love the blush that spread down her neck. Scorpius wanted to know exactly how far the blush went.

"That sounds wonderful."

Scorpius scooted into bed beside her and set the tray on his lap. He loved how Rose curled into his side and how she waited for him to feed her. They had done this almost every time they had eaten alone. He would pick up a piece of whatever food they were eating and she would eat it directly from his fingers.

Today, one of the things he was feeding her was strawberries. She licked the juice on his fingers after she had taken the strawberry slice between her teeth. Next, he held out a danish and watched her take a bite. It saddened him that this was the last morning he got to do this, at least for a while.

Which made him think of what would happen when they got back to school. They shared a dorm together, but couldn't go into each other's bedrooms or bathrooms. Luckily, they were the only ones with the password to their common room, so they could do whatever they wanted on the couches.

"Rose," Scorpius started as she was chewing the danish. "I was wondering… when we go back to school should we tell our friends?" Rose looked at him and set down the danish. She placed a hand on his arm.

"I think we should. I just worry about Albus."

"Because of Atria."

Rose looked at her hands. "I don't want to rub our happiness in his face."

"Maybe I should talk to him." Scorpius suggested. Rose stroked a hand down his bare chest.

"I don't know if he's speaking to anyone."

"It's been five days. He has to have spoken to someone."

"I don't know."

Scorpius sighed, thinking about what hell it was going to be in school. They finished the rest of their breakfast in silence and then Scorpius placed the tray back on the nightstand. He turned back and immediately pulled Rose into his arms. She was lying across his chest, one hand on his pec and the other on his bicep.

They kissed slowly, their tongues reaching out and stroking, testing, and dancing. Scorpius leaned onto his side so he could press himself against her completely. Rose nipped at his lip and he groaned, sliding a hand to her lower back. His hand slipped under her shirt, he was completely mesmerized by the feel of her skin. She sighed into his mouth and moved one of her hands to his lower abs.

Scorpius rolled over and put her on her back. He looked down on her for a moment, taking in how beautiful she looked with her red hair spread all over the pillow. She smiled softly up at him and he kissed her more urgently this time.

He leaned down into her, careful not to crush her beneath his weight. Rose greedily kissed him back and wrapped her arms around his neck, one hand pulling on his hair. Scorpius pressed himself against her more and she gasped, turning her head to the side, breaking their kiss.

Both of their breathing was labored and Scorpius pulled back, suddenly realized that when he had shifted his body his pelvic region had come in full contact with hers. He rolled back onto his back and looked sideways at her.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to…"

Rose cleared her throat, "I liked it, I'm just not ready… it doesn't feel right."

His heart shrunk a little. "I get it."

She rolled onto her side and leaned into him. "What I mean is… I feel like there's a black cloud over us. That's not how I want our first time to be, but I do want my first time to be with you. I love you and I want to be with you, just not now. We should give it more time, for Merlin's sake, I only had my first kiss a few days ago." She fiddled with her hair as her statement sunk into Scorpius's mind.

"I was your first kiss?" His chest expanded and he felt incredibly happy to hear that he was the only one who had tasted her amazing lips.

"You were my first kiss, the first boy I ever spent the night with, and someday… my first lover." The blush on her face melted him. Soon he would be no more than a pile of emotions and feelings all devoted to loving the amazing girl beside him.

"I love you." He whispered and kissed her nose softly.

Rose tucked her head under her chin and molded her body to the wide of him, tangling their legs. "I love you too." She giggled and released a content sigh. "It feels so good to say that."

A little while later Scorpius cleared his throat. "I should probably speak with your father sometime." Rose jerked her head up.

"Why?" She sounded very alarmed.

"Well, I have to ask his permission to date you."

She scoffed. "No, you don't."

"It's the polite thing to do. I think he'll respect me for coming forward."

"Yea or kill you." Rose said seriously.

He laughed and shook his head. "Your dad likes me."

"He's just gotten adjusted to us being friends! I think we should let that sink in more before we tell him about the dating thing." Rose insisted. Scorpius sighed.

"I suppose. And considering you just spend four nights at my house, I'm not in a huge rush to tell your dad kissing you is my favorite past time."

Rose yelped. "You should never tell him that! Ever!"

"But there is something I was thinking about… what are you planning to do after school?"

"Work at the Ministry. I already have a paid internship lined up."

Scorpius chuckled. "I meant about living arrangements." Her eyes widened.

"Well, I was planning on sharing a flat with… Atria and Amanda. Ugh, I know Atria spoke to Albus about us living together and you and Albus living together. Atria thought it would be better if she and Albus weren't together all the time." Rose said grimly.

"And now…?"

"Well, Amanda and I could still live together. And I think it would be good for Albus to have you around."

"What about us?" Scorpius asked, seeing that he was going to need to ask the question directly.

"Us live together?"

He nodded and Rose bit her lip. "You don't think that would be too much? I feel like we need to discuss this as a group."

"Why?"

"Our friends have a say in this."

Scorpius snorted, "It's our relationship, it doesn't concern them."

"Scor, we're going to have to stick together. Besides how would we pay for this? We're all going to be making crumbs, so we might have to all get a flat and share between the four of us in order to get by."

He rolled his eyes, "We're all rich."

"No, our parents are rich. You have a trust fund, but my parents fully expect me to be paying my dues."

"You have a savings as well."

"Yes, but not nearly as much as you. I imagine that if we all chipped in, we could get a nice flat in London. But this is why we need to discuss it with our friends."

"But I don't want to share you." Scorpius whined. Rose snuggled into his side.

"Well, too bad. Our friends need us… besides I have to share you as well."

He sighed, "Alright when do you want to speak with them?"

Rose went to find Albus as soon as she got home. She artfully dodged the rest of her family, knowing they would keep her tangled for hours before she was finally able to reach Albus. After speaking for hours with Scorpius she felt much more confident talking to her cousin.

She just hoped she could get through without completely falling apart.

He was staying on the sixth floor of the Burrow. Rose stood in front of his door for a few moments and dragged in a few deep breaths.

She knocked lightly on his door.

"What?"

Rose turned the knob and opened the door gently, peeking her head in. Albus was lying in bed with his arm thrown over his face. The blinds were closed and it smelled liked he hadn't showered in days.

"Can I come in, Al?" Rose asked hesitantly. He entire body stiffened but he didn't move his arm or look up.

"If you want," he replied.

Rose stepped into the room and shut the door behind her. "I just got back from Scorpius's place." Albus didn't say anything. "We talked about a lot of things. Albus… are you mad at me?" She ended the question on a whisper. She was a little bit afraid of what his answer would be.

Eventually, he sighed and Rose tensed. "I'm not mad at you. I don't blame you for what happened." Rose released a breath, perhaps too soon. "But it just… it feels like her death was unnecessary." He eased up and looked at her. His normally clear green eyes were rimmed with red and they seem fuzzy.

"It was!" Rose agreed. "The whole thing is messed up."

"But just because I wish she was alive, don't mean I want you gone. I'm so relieved that you're alright, it's just… a reminder."

Rose swallowed thickly, emotions clogging her throat. "Albus, no expects you to be okay. But I wish you would talk to me… or someone. Anyone really. It's not good for you to be holed up in your room, trapped with your thoughts."

He rubbed his stubble-covered jaw. "I don't like the way everyone looks at me. Like they're waiting for me to break down."

"That's why I went to Scorpius's house!" Rose exclaimed.

Albus blinked. "When did you go to his house?"

She looked at him in amazement. "I was staying at his house for the past few days. Did you really not notice?"

He shrugged, "I haven't really been paying attention to anyone. I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. This must have been hell for you." Rose sat down next to him.

"To be honest I haven't really thought about it. Mostly I've been thinking about Attie and you. I wish I could fix everything." Rose said quietly wrapping an arm around his shoulders. "But I was thinking it might be nice for us to go see Amanda. There are some things Scorpius and I feel like we should talk about."

"How is Scorpius?"

"He's… as good as he can be, I suppose." Rose blushed. "I think he's in denial to be honest. None of us have really thought about it, and I have a feeling it's going to get really bad when we get back to school."

"How do you mean?"

"Just… there's lots of reminders and it's going to be different without her. We need each other now more than ever."

Albus didn't say anything for a while and he barely moved, except to breath.

"You think we should invite Amanda over?" He asked at last.

Rose made a face. "I don't know…"

"Rose, you have to spend some time with the family. Everyone is so worried about you-"

"How would you know?"

"I can imagine! Look, I know you don't want everyone fawning over you, but there are things we need to talk to our parents about. You can't just ignore them for the rest of break."

Rose sighed, knowing he was right, but unable to admit it. "Alright, but first you need to shower. Seriously, when was the last time personal hygiene crossed your mind?" She leaned away from him.

"I showered… sometime."

"Within the last five days?"

"Yes! Three days ago… I think."

Rose jumped up. "You go shower. I'll write to Amanda and Scorpius."

"You just saw Scorpius."

"Yes, but we need to discuss things as a group!"

"Why do you always make things more complicated than they need to be?"

She huffed and crossed her arms. "Someone needs to be organized."

A shadow of a smile cross his lips and then it melted into a frown. "Atria always made you let loose."

Rose pressed her lips together and steeled herself. "I am perfectly capable of having fun."

"She did fun better than anyone."

Rose smiled softly. "Do you remember some of the things she, James, and Freddie used to get up to?"

"I remember James wanting to marry her." Albus said wryly and Rose laughed sadly. There were so many good memories that were now going to be tainted with sorrow.

"If we had known it was you who would end up with her… Has James said much to you about that. I can imagine him being put off by the fact that they were friends and she kept saying no to him, but the two of you started dating." Rose shook her head.

When she looked up Albus was smiling, but his eyes were brimming with tears. "I have a Christmas present for her," his voice cracked. "I need to do something with it… but I haven't been able to look at it."

Rose's heart ached. "I can take care of it, if you want." She offered.

"No," he shook his head, "I want to do it."

She hesitated as she opened the door, not quite sure if she wanted to leave Albus alone. "Can you write to Amanda and Scorpius?" She asked, thinking it might to him some good to have a task to complete. He had been alone with his thoughts for too long and needed to get his mind off of Atria.

"Sure," he said and Rose shut the door softly. She went downstairs and found her mum talking with Uncle Harry and Uncle George.

"Rose!" Her mum jumped up from the chair and rushed over to her. "Oh, darling we're so happy to have you home. You look well rested." She touched Rose's hair lovingly.

"You really do," Uncle Harry agreed.

Rose smiled, "I had a nice time with Scorpius."

"Astoria owled me a few days ago saying that you were getting better." Her mum told her. Rose's eyebrows shot up. She had no idea that the Malfoys had contacted her parents. Thank Merlin Astoria hadn't mentioned that Rose had just popped up. Her mother would not be happy knowing Rose had lied to them.

"Mrs. Malfoy is really lovely." Rose sat down at the table.

"How are you?" Uncle Harry asked.

"I'm okay," Rose said and was met with doubtful looks. "Honestly, I've been so caught up in everything, I haven't really had time to think about it. I'm glad Scorpius occupied my thoughts." She said, trying not to blush. Scorpius had occupied her thoughts, her time… her lips.

"Well, if you need to talk… you went through a very traumatic event."

Rose cleared her throat, "I think it was more traumatic for everyone else than it was for me."

Her mum stared at her, "Are you sure you're okay? You seem to be taking everything relatively well."

"I talked about it with Scor. It was horrible, but mostly I can't stop thinking about Atria. That's the worst part." Rose said quietly.

Uncle George coughed, "How did you know it wasn't her mother?"

Rose closed her eyes and immediately regretted it. She remembered Atria's mother's skeleton and her eyes flew open. "I ran. I tried to find and exit, so I went to the dark part of the dungeon thinking that's where she must have entered. But there was nothing but the corpse. I knew something was off… but I never imagined. I feel like I should have known, but she kept referring the "Atria's mother", but then she would call Attie her daughter.

"After I found the body… well, she changed into a man. I knew immediately it must have been her father. I remember Atria telling me that her dad was killed by Death Eaters and I was so confused. But it all started to come together. Atria technically never lied, well, except for about her name."

Her mum shook her head. "That's what I can't get over. It must have been so painful for Atria to find out about her mother." She swiped under her eyes and sniffed.

Rose ducked her head, blinking rapidly. "Uncle Harry, I wanted to ask you something."

He looked questioningly at her. "What is it?"

"I was wondering about Bellatrix's relationship with Voldemort."

All the adults looked at her. "Why?" Harry asked finally.

"Something that Atria's father said." Rose replied vaguely.

Hermione and Harry looked at each other. "She was devoted to him." Harry said slowly.

"So… if he wanted something, an heir for example, she would have given it to him."

Her mother gasped, "What are you talking about?"

"Atria's father told me that Bellatrix and Voldemort had an affair and that Isis Lestrange was Voldemort's child, not Rodolphus Lestrange's." Rose explained, watching the horrified looks on their faces.

Harry started muttering. "It makes sense, if she had the baby before she went to Azkaban. No one would have ever guessed…"

"Oh Atria." Her mother put a hand over her mouth.

Rose winced. "I wanted to know if it was true."

"That's bloody gross," Uncle George cringed. "Moldy Voldy having kids? That's too bizarre."

"Do you think Atria knew?" Rose asked Uncle Harry. He didn't respond immediately and he ran his hand through his hair several times.

"I have no idea."

"It really is amazing that Atria isn't crazy." Uncle George said and Rose bit her lip when he talked in the present tense. "I mean, she's got the crazy genes coming at her from both sides of her family."

Her mother looked at Harry with wide eyes. "Hold on, wouldn't that make her the Heir of Slytherin? She would have been a parseltongue."

Harry sighed, "Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if she hid that from us."

Rose bit her lip, "So you think it's true?" No one answered, giving Rose her answer. "What do we tell everyone?" She asked frantically. "It was bad enough when everyone thought she was Bellatrix's granddaughter, but Voldemort… that's… a whole new level."

"Why do we have to tell anyone?" Uncle George asked slyly. "I mean, we don't actually have confirmation. And with all your head injuries," he looked at Rose, "it's entirely possible you just imagined the whole conversation." He said slowly, giving Rose a heated look.

Rose opened her mouth, "You're right. Who knows what I heard?"

"Well, that's settled." Harry said quickly and Hermione have them all disapproving looks.

"Scorpius and Amanda are coming over." Rose told them.

Her mother looked at her, "You only got back from Scorpius's today."

Rose blushed, "Yes, but there are things we all need to talk about. Albus is owling them now." Harry perked up and it was easy to understand why. Albus was actually doing something instead of withering away in his room.

"He is?" Harry said hopefully.

Rose nodded, "There's so much we all need to talk about. And Al needs to come out of his zombie phase." Harry's smile wobbled.

"Thank you." Harry cleared his throat. "You should know we tried to go back to the house."

"Tried."

"The magic completely imploded. The barrier that we passed through to get to the property is gone - there's nothing there anymore."

Rose closed her eyes. "How is that possible?"

"We have no idea." Harry admitted, his voice full of amazement.

"So you never… actually found her?" Rose asked.

Hermione looked at her daughter in alarm. "No, but there's no way she could have survived." Rose knew what she was doing, trying not to give her daughter hope. Rose knew that was logical, because hope could be crippling, but there was a part of her that couldn't accept it without proof.

But if the magic that had been sustaining the house was gone… even if she had escaped the house, she would have made it off the property. Rose sighed and rubbed her head.

"But look at this," Uncle George lay "the Prophet" on the table. On the front page was a picture of Atria, Rose, and Scorpius. They were all laughing, Atria playfully punched Scorpius's shoulder. Rose's vision blurred.

"I remember this," her voice cracked. "It was one of the few times Scorpius and I saw each other in the summer before sixth year." She quickly swiped at the tears under her eyes. "I used to get angry because I never saw him over the summer so Atria brought us to Diagon Alley for a day." Rose choked back a sob.

"Ginny was upset because she just took off." Harry recalled.

"We had so much fun," the tears were falling freely down her cheeks. She said the words between heavy sobs. "I didn't even know there was a photographer taking pictures of us." She took the paper and crushed it to her chest.

For the first time, she remembered what it felt like to love Attie. And now she knew what it felt like lose that love. It hurt her soul to think that there wouldn't be any more moments like this. No more pictures of all of them laughing and smiling together.

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Amanda arrived before Scorpius. Grandma Weasley pulled her in for a quick hug as she stepped out of the fireplace.

"Rosie and Al are upstairs." She said, rubbing Amanda's shoulder. On her way up the staircase, Amanda ran into James.

They stared at each other for a moment.

"Rose said you were coming," James said eventually. Amanda couldn't look him the eye. She hugged herself protectively and looked at the ground. "How are you?" He asked in a strained voice.

"I'm… fine."

"That's a lie." James said automatically.

Amanda's head snapped up, "What do you want me to say?" She hissed.

He barked out a laugh, "How the truth? For once can you just tell me the fucking truth?" He growled and Amanda jerked away from him.

"The truth?" She let out a pained laugh. "How about this? Every fucking breath hurts! Every thought that crosses my brain makes me more and more depressed knowing that I will never see one of my best friends again!" Her voice cracked and tears pooled in her eyes.

She turned around preparing to run up the stairs, but her grabbed her arm.

"James," she tried to pull away from him, sobs still racking her body.

"Amanda…" he sighed and she struggled against him. He wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her back into him.

She fought against his hold, "Let me go!" Her voice broke.

"No." He said firmly.

As strength left her body, she couldn't fight anymore, and she succumbed to the sobs and tears. Her head fell forward, hair falling around her face as a shield, lips trembling and she felt his chin rest on her shoulder.

He was wrapped around her and all Amanda could do was let him hold her up.

Because without him she would have fallen over.

Eventually she stopped crying. Her head was pounding and her breathing labored, but the sobs faded away. Everything was hypersensitive to her, including James's touch. His arms were wrapped around her waist, his chest pressed into his back and his chin leaning on her shoulder, their cheeks nearly touching.

"James," her voice sounded like she had been swallowing nails it was so raspy.

"Are you feeling better?" He whispered in her ear. And despite the fact that this was probably the most non-sexual situation, given the fact she had had a panic attack a moment ago, a shiver rolled through her body.

She took a deep breath and opened her eyes. "I'm okay now. Really, I don't know what came over me." He didn't let her go and she tilted her head back to look at him.

Amanda stopped breathing when his disarming gaze met hers. Then James's eyes flicked down to her lips for a moment.

"Amanda," he whispered and her heart jumped as his nose brushed hers.

Until Rose's voice broke the spell, "What is all that shouting?" Her voice came from above them and they both jerked back. Amanda's mouth hung open, like she couldn't believe what had almost happened, and she looked up.

"Rose, I'm here." She called up in a hoarse voice. Footfalls pounded down the stairs until Rose appeared on the landing above where James and Amanda were.

"Amanda," Rose sighed with relief and jumped down the last flight.

The girls embraced tightly and James cleared his throat. "I'll leave you two."

"Thanks James, when Scor gets here send him up," Rose said and he nodded, looking slightly dejected. Thankfully Amanda's blush was covered by the red splotches of her tear stained face. "Are you alright?" Rose touched Amanda's arm lightly.

She blinked rapidly, imaging how horrid she looked, as Amanda was not a pretty crier. "Yes, just…" she trailed off.

Rose smiled grimly. "You look how we all feel. Sort of like a walking coma."

Amanda exhaled, "That's- that's exactly how I feel. It's weird, that was the first time I've cried." She admitted and Rose started to pull her up the stairs.

"I had a complete breakdown earlier. "The Prophet" had a picture of Scorpius, Atria, and me and it was the first time I was really reminded of what we're all losing."

Hell if that didn't want to make Amanda start sobbing again.

"How is Albus?" She asked quietly, figuring they were probably approaching his room. Rose stopped at the end of the hallway and looked towards the last door on the left. Amanda guessed that's where Albus was.

"To be honest, I've been at Scorpius's house, but when I got home today he was a mess. Apparently he's been sitting in his room, not talking, not eating…" Rose shook her head and walked up to the door. She gave a quick knock and then pushed the door open.

Albus was lying on his bed with his arm over his eyes. He looked up when they came in and Amanda winced. He looked like he was half dead, with pale skin, dark circles, and stubble that looked out of place on him.

"Hey Amanda," He said in a hoarse voice.

Amanda went over to the bed and sat down at the end. "Al, you need to shave." She said with a small smile. The corner of his mouth lifted, like he wanted to smile, but then dropped back into a frown.

"I know." He replied in an emotionless voice. Merlin, it was like the life had been sucked right out of him. What had Rose been doing at Scorpius's, when Al clearly needed some family. She gave Rose a look and the other girl seemed to know exactly what she was thinking.

"I didn't want to deal with my family." Rose explained quietly.

"Then we're in agreement." Albus said dryly.

Rose shot him a look. "Yes, but I had Scorpius. We all need someone to talk to."

Albus responded by closing his eyes and ignoring her.

The two girls shared a look and Rose shook her head.

Amanda sighed, "Al, we're not saying you don't have a reason to be upset. We're not saying that you may be feeling this loss more deeply than some other people. But don't think that we didn't love her just as much as you. Rose, Scorpius, and I all loved her so much," Amanda cleared her throat and demanded to her eyes that they not start weeping. "We have to get through this together. Otherwise, we're not going to get through it at all."

Albus didn't reply for so long that Amanda wondered if he had even heard her. Just as she opened her mouth Albus said in a strained voice, "I've forgotten what it's like to not have her around. It's strange because for years I wanted her gone, but I didn't even realize how much I had adjusted to her presence. I never imagined… after all the crazy stunts she's pulled, I had this imagine of her. Like she was untouchable."

"Albus, I think she did love you." Amanda said slowly, as if she knew that would be a fear of his. Finding out she had been lying to him must have been difficult, but Atria had loved him.

"I loved her," He wiped under his nose. "I still love her. It feels like this moment is never going to end."

"It's been five days. It's going to take longer than that to adjust." Rose told him and she had to wonder what was taking Scorpius so long. She could have really used it help with Albus in that moment.

"I don't want to adjust. I don't want to move on. Logically I know that I will, because I have to, but somehow it seems disrespectful to move on."

"She would want you to live." Amanda sighed and she had to remind herself of that as well.

Albus let out a heavy, aching sigh and his hands shook. "But I wanted to live with her." His voice cracked and once again he broke down sobbing. With his arm covering his face, he just lay in bed sobbing, his body shaking. Amanda didn't even realize that she was crying until Rose handed her a tissue.

Rose and Amanda were both crying, but this time because it was so difficult to see Albus in pain. They knew these next few weeks, probably months, were going to be trying.

The door opened and Scorpius looked at all of his best friends sobbing.

"Merlin, I leave you for a few hours and everything goes to hell." He said to Rose in amazement.

Hey! It's been a while since I've left a note at the end. I just wanted to say thank you for all the support and reviews! I would really love it if everyone took a moment to review this chapter. I know a lot of people read each chapter, but most don't review :( But for this chapter I would really love to hear your thoughts, even if it's just a few words. - Alex