She was silent like still water. No movement whatsoever. It's been three hours and she had been sitting like a lifeless body. Stefan tried to convince himself that it was just the atmosphere of the hospital, but even he knew the truth. He could understand the pain she must had been feeling. The fear of losing a mother is never good. But, she hasn't lost it, nothing is over. He had been constantly trying for ten hours, thinking of a way, anything to make her response. But, all his efforts were fruitless, in vain. His eyes never left its position from her. The only thing which was confirming that she was alive were her heartbeats. How could he hear them from so far standing opposite to her? He could though... loud and clear. They went high and low making the peaks on the graph, and that peak increased exponentially when some doctor passed by. And during that minute, the response rate was the highest as well. The cornea of her eyes re-flexing, moving in the direction of the doctor, waiting for an answer. But, they just passed by, and she didn't try to ask them either.
Was she scared of asking the question as a lot of time had gone after the accident?
The first few hours after they reached the hospital, she never stopped asking about the status of her mother, the one who was battling for life inside the ICU room.
"You can't just let me hanging in here." She almost shouted at the doctor operating on her mother seven hours before.
"You see, her condition is critical. And it's a long duration surgery."
"Fine… but is she going to be okay? You guys have been dodging me. I tried to get my hand on that nurse, and she just went away without even giving me a proper answer." Her eyes were red, probably because it was 5 a.m. in the morning, and she didn't have her sleep. Neither did Stefan.
"She told you that we are still operating on her." The doctor said keeping the details away from Caroline.
"What are you hiding? Why are you talking so vaguely?" She demanded, and Stefan knew exactly the answer to that.
Fifteen broken bones inside Liz's body. Liz was Caroline's mother, and the sheriff of the town. When Stefan used to go to the high school with Caroline, he always called her by name, and Liz never told him to do otherwise. He had a talk with the doctor before, and Liz's condition was brutal. What can you expect from a collision of a truck with the police car? The paramedic team was unsure of how the operation was going to go. And the only request Stefan had for them was to keep Caroline's hope intact. Thus, the doctor never really answered her question.
"Caroline!" Stefan had to come in between the conversation.
"They are hiding something from me. I want to know what that is!" Her eyes were wide, and lips trembling, but her face was a mixture of emotions. Fear of, what if something wrong happened to her mother. Anger of being out of loop. Sad of not being with her mother when the accident happened. He knew that for a fact because he went through those emotions when he lost her mother.
"Caroline, you need to calm down…. and you have to keep praying for her well-being. It will be fine."
Caroline was about to run after the doctor again, but he held her hand and stopped her.
"Then you tell me what's going on, Stefan?" She looked at him, trying hard to keep her tears away. "I need to know." She murmured.
And he knew he won't be able to keep the truth away from her for long. She had to know it, and it had to come from him and not some stranger.
"Caroline… her condition is critical. It was a massive collision."
"But, they are operating."
"Yes, and I am sure they are doing everything in their hand to keep her alive."
"What do you mean by keep her alive?" she asked instantly.
"She has fifteen broken bones in her body right now, and that's why it's a long hour operation."
"Well, they don't know her… they don't know how strong she is. My mom is a fighter and she is gonna get through it, Stefan." She laughed in pain, the tears she had been holding back started to drop one by one. "Right?" She asked him, and he had no answer to that. He took her in his embrace, try and wishing to take the pain away from.
But, now she was silent as if all her tears dried up. She was numb and he never knew that he would see a day when his ears won't be filled with her voice. He went towards the bench chair she was sitting on, and took a seat beside her. She didn't move, didn't say anything….he didn't either. The only thing he did was to hold her hand, and squeeze it, making a silent promise that he was there with her, and hoped that the warmth could radiate through the palm of his hand, and somehow make her know that he was there.
Those ten hours became fifteen and then it wasn't long for a round up twenty hours. Caroline didn't have moved from the chair, as if fighting with someone in her head and being stubborn. Stefan didn't leave her.
It was the next day that the doctors informed that even though the operation went fine, they needed the patient to be under observation for coming to any conclusion. He had to go for his class. It was the finals week, but he didn't care.
"I think you should eat something. Have some sugar in yourself." It was Stefan who brought the energy drink can for her.
"And I think you should go." It was the first sentence in twenty four hours she said, and even though she asked him to leave, he wanted to smile, because it felt like ages since he heard her voice.
"I am not going anywhere."
"Isn't it your finals today?"
"It is."
"Then go."
"But…"
"Stefan, I don't want you to fail because of me."
He didn't care. All he wanted was to be there around her…. with her…. there for her.
"I will be fine." She mumble, like she had lost all her strength.
"I will go only on one condition…. you have to eat something."
She looked deep in his eyes, as if trying to find some answers. "I will take something from the cafe outside."
"Promise?"
"Yeah." She tried to smile, but it was all broken.
He got up to leave, but his heart stopped right at the moment in a shock of the new arrival of guests.
"Damon!" His voice was filled with shock to see his brother there. It had been long since they came face to face, and he had no idea about what he was doing there.
"Brother!" He greeted him, coming forward.
"What are you doing here?"
"Hello to you too brother." Damon has always been sarcastic, but right now Stefan was not in a mood of his sarcasms. He rolled his eyes, waiting for a proper answer.
"Liz is my friend." Damon said in a matter of fact tone.
"Your friend?" He raised an eyebrow on that answer.
"Yeah." Damon stared at him blankly. "It shouldn't be a shock to know that I have friends. I am the popular one and you are the one who always had problem with making friends, remember?"
Stefan rolled his eyes once again.
"How is Liz?" Damon asked. This time his expressions were serious. Stefan could see that his brother really considered Liz his friend, because caring for strangers wasn't his brother's thing.
"Under observation."
"I came here as soon as I could have had." Damon explained, he didn't need to though. Stefan frowned, because Damon had never been obligated to give reasons about his actions. He do what he wants to do. Stefan didn't say anything and just nodded.
"I will be going out for a while. Let me know if you get any news." Stefan told him and turned around to look at Caroline, who was still sitting at the same place. She didn't know that Damon was in the hospital as well. Probably because she was lost in her own thoughts.
"I am sure, she will be fine while you are gone." Damon said plainly.
"I hope so." Stefan whispered, still looking at her, and with the last glimpse, he went out of the hospital.
Stefan was still in the same clothes from last night/day whatever hours passed. He didn't have the time to do calculation, and no time for going back home and change. His test was in five minutes when he reached the class.
"You look like a mess." Lexi whispered when he took the seat beside her. "And smell bad as well. You should shower sometimes, you know?"
"I didn't have time for that." He was tired and exhausted, and no desire of giving any kind of test. "And can I borrow a pen?"
He waited for her, staring down at his table.
"What's wrong?" Her teasing tone was transformed into the serious one.
He looked at her, confused at from where to start. "I, uh, it's Caroline's mother. She is in hospital… She had an accident."
"Is she okay?" Lexi's voice was low.
"I don't know."
"Is Caroline okay?"
Stefan was silent, unable to come to a conclusion. "I don't know." And he really didn't know, and that was the most scaring part of his life at that time.
He went back straight to the hospital, no reroute to his apartment. The moment he finished writing his paper, he stood up and took the cab. He didn't even do his routine of checking his answers once again. He didn't care if he was going to fail. It was already away from her for almost two hours, and god knows what might have had happened in those two hours.
"What's the status?"
He typed the message to Damon.
"Still under observation. No new update."
"And Caroline?"
"She is here."
"Did she eat?"
He waited for his messages, but there was none, and it raised his heartbeat.
"Yes."
After a minute or so, the answer came. One word… just one word.
He paid the driver, and jumped out of the cab, and walked faster, almost ran into the hospital.
He saw her standing near the vending machine, pushing the buttons in irritation.
"Hey." He approached her, hoping that she would talk to him this time.
"The freaking coffee machine isn't working. If they can't make this machine work, how are they gonna operate on someone?" She said while having all her concentration on the machine.
"The operation is done."
"Yes, and she is still there…. with no activity from her." She turned around, and looked straight in his eyes. Her back was supported with the machine.
"She will be fine." He didn't know that, but he had to keep her hopes, she was losing her optimism and that wasn't Caroline.
"I will take her to another hospital."
"What?"
"Yes." She was determined and walked away from him. He followed. "I don't feel like they are doing anything to save her."
"Caroline… that is-"
"-Crazy?"
"No, I didn't say that."
"Yeah, well maybe it is. But, I am someone who fixes things, you know. And right now, I feel like I am paralysed and can't do anything."
"I know, Caroline. But, right now she is under observation. You can' take her out of the room. It will make things worse."
"What do you want me to do?"
"I want you to be by her side, and trust the doctors. They are doing everything they can."
Caroline's eyes were filled with tears, but they didn't come out, she tried everything to keep them inside. Her chest was heaving a little behind her crossed arms.
"Hey." Stefan put his hand on her shoulder, giving it a little squeeze. He wanted to hug her, but he didn't know what to do. They never talked about the kiss, didn't get the chance for doing it. And now wasn't the right time in doing so. Thus, he wasn't bringing the conversation. And neither did she.
They were still staring at each other when a voice came from his behind calling for Caroline.
"Caroline, I have brought some yogurt."
The voice, just stopped him at his place. He turned around and looked at the girl, the one who called Caroline. She smiled at him, thinking he would do the same. But instead, his eyebrows frowned."Elena." It shouldn't be a news to him, that she was here as well. She was his brother's girlfriend. And She was here, for Liz, for Caroline, for Damon, but was she here to meet him?
"Hi."
It was about two years since they broke up, and two years since he saw her last. He had decided to stay away as far as possible. But, now she was there in front of him, and all those memories of her with him were rushing into his mind.
"I, uh, I would go and check up on my mom." Caroline broke his chain of thoughts. He almost forgot that she was standing there as well. He looked at her and nodded, watching her walking towards her mother's room.
"It's nice to see you here." Elena started.
He smiled slightly. "How are you?"
"I am fine. We came as soon as we came to know about Liz."
We, as in her and Damon. Obviously they are a couple now, and wherever she goes, he goes and vice-versa. "Yeah. It's good that you came." He said, still focusing on the fact the he was seeing her after a long time. "We should go to Caroline."
"Yeah… sure." Elena said clearing her throat.
He went to meet with the doctors. He was studying medicine, and maybe knowing about Liz status might help him of coming with ways of handling Caroline's emotion.
"There is still no progress, and her condition is degrading." The doctor informed.
"What do you mean by degrading?"
"The heart rate is lower than it should be, the oxygen content is low in her blood vessels. She is on the machine right now, and that's the reason she is breathing."
Stefan's mind was frozen at the moment. Caroline!
"You have to save her."
'Why? Are you going to threaten me as well?" The doctor was a little aloof, and Stefan was confused where the conversation was going.
"Yeah, your brother stopped by an hour ago and threatened me to save the patient, and told us that we are not doing our job. Since you are going to be in this field as well, I hope you understand our position."
"I wasn't… I wasn't saying that."
"I know… you don't look like an irrational one."
He knows and Damon, and if Damon was calling out people, it meant that he really cares for Liz. "I apologize for my brother."
"Nevermind."
He came out of ' office, and went looking for Caroline. He needed to talk to her.
She was back to her old sitting place.
"Hey. Are you okay?"
"Yeah… no… I don't really know what to say." She looked at him, like there was a series of thoughts going through her head.
"What are we?"
"What do you mean?"
"The people who are here are in different category… friends, friends of friends, couple, family. What category are we in?"
"We are friends." the instant answer.
"And?"
"And whatever we need to talk, we will talk about it. But, this is not the right time."
She didn't respond. But, nodded just once. "Yeah, sure... I am so sorry to ask this right now."
"Hey you don't need to apologize."
She looked down, staring on the ground
"You should go home, and take some rest." He told her.
"This is all my fault." Caroline was looking down at her feet while talking. "I was supposed to go to her place in the weekend. But, I cancelled on her. I should have been there, this is all my fault."
Her words were breaking with her tears, and cries.
"Hey none of this is your fault."
"She was on her way from Grandma's place. We always used to go there together. If I would have been there, I could have had there with her in that car, and maybe she wouldn't have to go through this."
She was shaking with tears, and Stefan tried to held her tight in her arms, but his whole body started to vibrate.
"Her condition is degrading."
And now he knew the reason of her breakdown. She heard his conversation with the doctor.
"Caroline, I-"
"This is all my fault…. I would.. I would do anything to switch a place with her."
Stefan thought that he heard something wrong. How could she say something like that. The thought of losing her was pricking in his heart.
"Never… ever… say that again." His words came in a one syllable manner. He brought her head towards his chest, and stroke her back in circular motion. The tears were rushing, and they were his own, because it was getting hard and hard to see her go through all of this.
He was hitting the coffee machine with his palm, when Elena came to see him.
"Where is Caroline?"
"She is in the restroom." He told her, rubbing his eyes.
"I think you should go home, and take some rest." She stood beside him.
"No… I am good. I will stay here."
"I thought your finals are going on."
"Yeah, it's in the morning. I can go directly from here."
"Are you venting your anger on the machine because I came in front of you without any notice?"
"You really wanna hear it from me that this isn't about you, Elena?"
"No, but then I want to know what's the reason of your… whatever emotion this is." she waved her hands around him.
"Caroline, wanted coffee, and I just thought only if I can make this damn machine work."
"You can make her feel better." She finished his thought.
He nodded.
He sighed, he tried everything but it was still not working.
"She will be fine, you know. But, for that you have to be fine as well. To take care of her, you need to take care of yourself."
"I just want her to be… okay."
"I didn't know that you and Caroline are such a good friends."
Who wouldn't be her friend? "Yeah, she is… the best one."
"And that's it?" She prompted.
"What do you mean?"
"Just friendship… nothing… more than that?"
He knew what she was asking about. Whether he has feelings for Caroline, or whether there is something going on between them.
"It doesn't matter."
"Why?"
"Because… right now, it's not about me. And anything other than Caroline, can wait."
He could feel her hand on his shoulder, as if easing the muscles tightened in his body. For a second, he thought that he might feel something, anything like he used to when she was with him, when they dated before.
The truth was, he felt nothing like that anymore.
"Thank you!" He told her, turning his head towards her.
"For what?"
"For coming back." For coming back and let him know for sure what he wanted, to know what his feelings are at the present moment. Elena didn't know what he was thanking her for, and she didn't ask any more question either.
He was looking for Caroline, when he passed in front of Liz's room. He stopped and traced his legs back. The beeps were coming in periodic order on the machine, her heart rate making the graph on the screen.
"Hey. I, uh, I was just passing by. And I don't know if you remember me or not, but I went to Mystic High with your daughter. Damon… is my brother. I heard you guys are friends."
He was talking random stuff, and he must be crazy for saying the stuff he was about to say, but he needed to say it.
"Me and Caroline… we are friends. I know you already know this but I need to say that your daughter is the most energetic, brightest, and kind person. She can make anyone laugh." He chuckled thinking about the moments when he felt lonely and just by talking to her, he forgot the existence of his sadness.
"And right now, she is breaking. Her optimism is losing somewhere. I am just hoping that you can listen to me, and know that she needs you, that you have to fight back…. for Caroline."
He looked at her still body. "I can't see her in this way… I love her so much that it hurts to see her going through the pain."
He never realized when he admitted to himself that his feelings have changed for her, never noticed that he just admitted to a mother that he loves her daughter.
Her heart rate started to fluctuate, making the speed of the beep rising faster.
He pressed the button to call the nurse. "Someone call the doctor, there is some activity over here."
Caroline rushed in to see the commotion. "What? What happened?"
"I think there was a response, and-"
"-and she is out of danger now." Dr. Ross finished his sentence.
"She is okay." Caroline whispered the words, but echoed everywhere. At least that's what it felt like to Stefan. It was long since he saw her smiling, and now she was smiling and laughing again.
"She is okay. Stefan, my mom is okay." She turned to Stefan, and he couldn't believe that he would have happy tears in his eyes, but there they were… just because she was happy.
It was his second and last paper for the semester. And today he did went to take a shower. And it felt really good after not being in freshen up for about 48 hours.
"Thank god, Liz is fine." Lexi took a sigh of relief when he entered the class.
"Wait, how do you know?"
"Your face looks relaxed, your hair is combed and sensing with your changed clothes from last day, it's obvious that you had a shower today. Stefan… I know things when I see it."
Stefan smiled and took his usual seat.
"How is Caroline."
"She is fine now."
"I hope you didn't bombed your last paper, Stefan."
"What? I never-"
"You gave it in like 30 minutes. So, just shut-up and hope that you will pass."
He really hoped that else it wouldn't look good on his grade sheet.
It had been few days since Liz was back to her normal self. She was still hospitalized since the recovery was slow.
"I thought you might be bored of the hospital food." Stefan said while giving her the yogurt.
"Oh, you have no idea Stefan."
Stefan chuckled taking the chair beside her bed. "Where is Caroline?"
"I think Elena sent her home to take some rest."
He nodded. It had been rough, and pretty much becoming impossible to meet her. Every time he was there, she was on some other side. He had bumped into her once or twice, but she was always in a hurry.
"You are a good friend to Caroline, Stefan." Liz was looking at him with a gratitude, as if she owed something to him.
"I did nothing. She deserves to be happy."
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"For being there for my daughter, when she needed someone."
Stefan nodded, a thought nagging in the back of his head. He did confessed about his feelings, but now he wasn't sure if she heard him that day or not.
"I, uh, that day-"
"You don't need to say anything." Like she understood what he was gonna say, she stopped him for having the conversation. Maybe she knew that he had to have that conversation with Caroline first.
"Thanks." And he had nothing else to say to her.
An involuntary smile was all over his face, his right boot was continuously tapping on the floor. Even the thought of her was brighter than the daylight. It had been days but he can still feel her taste on his tongue. The moment was on loop in his mind like the rewind cassette. The way she held the rim of his jacket and pulled him closer. A soft chuckle left his throat when his brain started to re-enact how her nose was touching his cheek, and how flustered she was just by his single touch.
"Wow, you are smiling on a snowy day. Are we still on Earth?" Lexi was right beside him. "What's new?" She waggled her eyebrows, and he rolled his eyes at her.
"Nothing is new." He said plainly.
"Come on, Stefan. Tell me! You can't keep a secret from me." she nudged him, but he just started to walk.
"There is no secret Lexi."
"Well, there is something…." she looked at him closely, studying his expressions. "or should I say.. someone."
He side-eyed her, but didn't respond.
"What is it?" she asked him again.
"Nothing."
"Look at your face, I can tell from miles away that there is some kind of news."
"Why? What's on my face?" He tilted his head and looked at her.
"You have that glow which a two year old kid has when he gets a lollipop, or a teen girl has when she sees her crush, or a bride has on her wedding day. Which one is it in your case?"
"Ha-ha… Lexi is so funny."
Out of all that, the teenage girl was proximally closer to his case, but he wasn't a teenage girl, and it was definitely not a high-school crush he was having. He was in love with that girl, and finally his heart was admitting it. His brain has been adamant lately, pulling him backwards. But, now he was certain about it.
"Okay, all jokes aside, tell me one thing. Did something happened between you two?" If Lexi wants to, she could be a really pestering.
"I am not discussing anything, until I talk to her."
"Aha, so something did happened."
"I didn't say that."
"Then, why is there anything to be discussed to begin with?" she raised an eyebrow, and he just stared at her.
"Anyways, I hope this time this 'her' is Caroline, and not another distraction."
"Ivy wasn't a distraction."
"Right, tell that to someone who doesn't know you well."
Stefan laughed and looked at his reflection on the glass window. His face was glowing. And he had never seen himself like that ever before.
"Are you happy Stefan?" Lexi's question changed, and the tone implied the importance of her concern for him.
Stefan sighed and took a deep breath. "You have no idea. It's like I have born again, and it is impossible for me to put in words about the way I am feeling right now."
"Then I don't want to know the reason behind it. Your smiling face is what matters the most."
And Caroline mattered the most to him. That was his deciding moment. He had to talk to her, he needs to talk to her, because now he couldn't wait anymore.
Stefan walked faster, and it was nothing to do with the anxiety of meeting her. Still, it was everything to do with her. His heart raced at the speed of a lightning bolt, beating his own legs in the game. The smile was plastered on his face right from the moment he left his apartment and until he reached the place. Exactly at the corner of street, he bumped into someone, the one he was dying to see since last night.
"What the hell!" She shouted, looking at her dress which was covered with the spilled coffee from her cup in her hand.
"Please don't kill me." The words rushed through his mouth. That's when she saw him, and it looked to him like her heartbeat raised exponentially, just like it was happening for him.
"Hey" she whispered trembling a smile on her lips.
He responded in the exact same way.
"Coffee?" His eyes pointed at the cup in her right hand.
"The coffee machine is broken, remember." She told him, like it would explain her out in the street early in the morning. "So, I went to the coffee house to get one." she said slowly this time as if explaining a math problem to a five year old kid.
"And I spilled it, I am so-"
"It's okay." she didn't let him finish.
He was here to tell her how he feels. This was definitely not a good start.
"You wanted to say something?" It was her who prompted him.
"Huh? Y-yeah… I" He licked his lip. All of a sudden he throat was feeling dry and itchy. "I do have to talk about something."
"We should definitely do that inside."
Yes, I do want to kiss you inside. "What?"
"Talk. We should go inside, because I am freeeezing here."
"Oh." He smiled nervously, cursing his stupid head and throwing stupid suggestions at him. "Sure."
She walked forward, but he didn't move, and that made the collision again. "Sorry." He said, and tried to move on his left. And she moved on her right, blocking her way. It happened once or twice by accident. However, the third time was on purpose. He could see her cheeks with colors, flustering with the tiny bump. He was mesmerized with those rosy cheeks, and wanted nothing but to feel them under his lips. On the fifth block, she looked at him, and her smoothened forehead intended that she figured it out. Her lips turned into a smile, and his eyes were transfixed on them. It was the best thing to keep his eyes on.
"Sorry." He whispered once again, and her face flushed with the word. Was it because of the cold or because of him, he couldn't figure it out. But, he wished for the second option to be the case.
They went inside, and he stopped near the entrance. "You know what? You go ahead, I will be back in a minute." She didn't ask him any further question, and he walked towards the coffee machine. One last pressed his knuckled, and gave a good hit to the machine, pressing the combination of buttons. He wasn't going to lose this time, and he didn't. The cup came out of the machine, getting poured with the espresso coffee, with foam and everything. One half and half and no sugar, he knew her coffee order. When did he observed that? He asked that question to himself and the only thing that came to mind was that, he was a fool for not knowing things and his own behaviour for her.
He took the coffee cup in his hand, and walked towards liz room. He saw her coming out the room though.
"She is sleeping, so I don't think we should disturb her." She smiled at him and her eyes dropped down to the cup in his hand.
"Is that a coffee?"
"Yeah… yeah, someone fixed the coffee machine, I guess."
"But, it wasn't working before."
"I don't know. It's working now." He gave the cup to her, and she was looking stunning behind the vapors of the coffee.
"Its… perfect." She was lost in the taste, eyes closed and her nose still red, turning into the normal color with every intake of sip.
"Caroline, I wanted to talk to you."
"I wanted to talk to you about something as well."
Stefan waited for her to continue.
"I am moving back with my mom… She uh, she is getting discharged tomorrow."
"That's good, the more you will spend time with her, the more she will feel better."
Caroline smiled and nodded.
"When will you be back by the way?"
Caroline was silent. She licked her lips, as if looking for the proper words. "Stefan…. I am not coming back."
Stefan stood there, unblinking, still... so still. She was leaving the town, leaving him.
"You are talking about going to another city." miles away from him.
"My internship is about to finish soon, and then I am done with my college. And I just thought of going back to my home place now. Anyways, there is nothing for me here, once I am done with the job."
Stefan assumed that he was just hearing things, because she can't leave him, and moreover, she couldn't just say that nothing is stopping her to stay here after… after what happened between them, and after him realizing about his feelings, after him knowing that he really do love her. But, in every single thought, it was all him. He never came to know what she really felt after that kiss, and what she wanted from him. Whether she wanted just to be friends or more.
"And." she continued. "That night,when we… uh, when we kissed."
"It was nothing." Did he heard it right? "Just forget that it happened."
"Caroline-"
"It was just a moment of momentary lapse. I just want to tell you that we don't need to worry about it."
His mind was blank. He didn't want to hear anything. All this time he was battling with his feelings, but maybe she really did looked him just as a friend.
"Stefan…" She looked at him, as if her eyes were searching for something deep in his own.
He had to tell her, he had to stop her from going away from himself. "Yeah… we don't need to worry about it."
"So, are we… good?" Her eyes were expectant, and he couldn't lose her. He would rather have her in his life than making it awkward for her.
"Yeah… we are good."
But he wasn't.
A/N: So what are your thoughts? Let me know about it in the review box down below. Sorry for the late update. But, anyways there were some stuff which were not fitting in my opinion, so I have to add and delete some stuff. Anyways, the end is coming soon, and FYI next chapter is the last chapter for this fic :) It might be in parts as well or not. I am not sure right now. depends on my mood lol.
