I know, I know, it's been too long. And you're probably all going to run after me with pointy objects when you realize chapter 14 isn't a chapter at all...that YBN is still on a now year-long hiatus. But I figured, you know, I'd respond to reviews, and try to explain a bit on WHY I haven't updated in almost a year. Oh, and yeah, my penname, Amora, is sadly no more since because of the new system I ended up as Amora1, and I just wasn't going to stand for that. So yes, Amora and Catty Vancouver are one and the same, for those of you that have seen my profile, my real name is Sara-Catherine, but I usually go by Catty or just Sara. If the other Amora falls off the face of the earth, I'll return to the other name.

WHY THE LACK OF UPDATE:

Oh, where to begin...life in general, put together with a new school, starting high school, keeping up with friends at old school, not to mention an extreme case in writer's block and a desire to update my other poor, unfinished, fic...but I promise, a new chapter is coming, this story isn't dead. I've put too much thought into it to give up now, but it might still be a while L

Reviewers:

Freak Apple: Don't worry, I promise they're not related. Apparently Marco just goes for much older woman. innocent shrug Not that it's my fault or anything.

LadyLarian/SaraM/Simply Sara: I'm not the only one with the name change, then? Well, I'm glad you like it but feel a certain amount of sympathy to anyone enthralled since I take so long...I know how much I hate it when I get involved in a story I really like and then the horrible writer stops updating.

EsotericEric: Yes, Rachel tried to hit him with a Bible. Just something I thought was ironically funny, although I guess no one else except Jinako thought so. Get used to the animosity, it will be there for a while. And does Rachel like Marco? Lol, even I'm not really sure, but I think the best answer is "not yet". And Marco has more then a thing, he's ooey-gooey head over heels...but I'm still working on conveying that. It's coming.

Jinako-chan: Ah, my absolute favorite reviewer. backtracks Uh, not that the rest of you aren't important, but...but...her's are long!! And she got that the Bible thing was supposed to be funny. And yeah, Marco's timing might have been bad, but you know, people often don't realize their feelings for someone until they see them with someone else, right? So I think it was necessary in the big scheme of things later to come that I better stop talking about before I give away my story. And yep, it was Metallic Emotions, and I loved it, but it ended with the writer hacking up blood, and that was like over a year ago, so I don't think there's much of a future for that one.

Jesse: Tell me about it! I can't find any! sniffles someone has to write me one.

Phnx/Chaos: Yes, they're pissing me off to, but I couldn't just have them fall into each other's arms, I have an obsession with making things believable. Hope I'm doing a good job And this is another one where I sympathize...an update is coming!

BlackOpal: Chapter 12 Review: Whoops...must have forgotten to mention it. No one else mentioned that paragraph tear of appreciation I'm so glad someone else got it, it took me a few tries to make it sound right and then I guess everyone was a bit distracted with the rape thing.

Chapter 13: Yes, I thought the die-hard Tobias/Rachel would like that

FacelessName: Well, I'm glad at least one person responded with something other than a dropped jaw. I'm not really sure why or when I decided that a rape, or at least an attempted rape, had to happen, but I put it off for a while because I was nervous about writing it believably, but I felt it was something that had to happen to Rachel to make the Marco/Rachel work. I wanted an excuse to tweak her personality a bit, so some big trauma was needed. I toyed with several ideas, one of her actually being raped, but I don't think I would be able to write that accurately, another of it almost happening but Marco rushing in like a Calvary or something to save her, but to me it seemed like the typical female weaker then male thing, plus I didn't think Rachel would let, or almost let that happen just to keep her morphing secret. So I hope I did a decent job with what I ended up with, although I'm sure you'll all tell me if I didn't

Healer Arial: Haha! I got Tobias/Rachel-er's jumping on the Marco/Rachel bandwagon? Or at least appreciating it? Whoo-hoo!

Mikayla: Meh, it's close enough. I love reviews.

Christina: Oooh, compliments!!! I love, I love, thank you, thank you.

Redcoat: Look, dude, I'm trying here ok? I've said a few times that I'm not sure how accurate anything is, and I really don't appreciate the snottiness. I have absolutely no objections to being told I'm wrong, but I don't see why you seem to be taking it as a personal insult. If you'd like, send me an email sometime and I'd be happy to go over some of the true facts with you to try to make the story more authentic, but only if you're a little less rude.