Chapter 5: Reckless Love

"So, tell me what's on your mind, son?" George asked.

Princeton and George were both driving downtown to the cake shop. Princeton never thought he would be asking his father, of all people, for advice about this subject, but he knew he needed it now more than ever.

"Well," Princeton began, "Mom asked me if I loved Kate…"

"And do you?" George asked.

"Well… yeah, I do." Princeton noticed he almost didn't say the right answer again.

"You don't seem so sure."

"No, Dad, I am sure," Princeton said, turning to his father, "I mean, I don't know why I hesitated; I did that with Mom too, but I swear I feel that way."

"Okay, well, how do you know you feel that way?" George asked.

"Well… I don't know. I've never felt this way about anyone else. She's really smart, and funny. She has a great sense of humor. She's also a great talker. I mean, we can sit on her couch for hours and just talk about anything. She just makes me happy. Plus…"

"Does she feel the same way about you?"

"Yeah. I mean, I think so."

"You think so?"

"No, I mean, I know she does. She always says she does, and sometimes she can be a little strict about things, but I know it's because she cares about me."

"Really? What sort of things is she strict about?"

"Just little things, like going to bed at the right hour, jobs, that sort of thing."

"Well, she's not a control freak, is she?" George asked.

"No, she's not that strict," Princeton answered. "She 's pretty laid back about everything else... except her own work."

"Good," George answered, sounding relieved. "She sounds like a very sweet woman, Princeton."

"She is…" After all the comments he made of his girlfriend, Princeton couldn't help but blush and melt a little inside at the thought of Kate and all her good qualities.

"I'm going to ask a few personal question now, alright?" George said.

"Okay," Princeton gulped.

"Now, do you and Kate, you know… engage in sexual-"

"Dad," Princeton interrupted, "this is confidential, right?"

"Of course. Don't worry your secret is safe with me," George answered with a smile, nudging his son in the arm.

"K, well, yeah we do… a lot actually."

"Aha," George said slyly.

Princeton was a little grossed out by that comment. Not about Kate, but about his dad suddenly having a perverted interest in his personal life.

"So," George continued, "things have always been pretty good in that department?"

"Yeah… really good actually," Princeton said with a smile.

"No big problems there?"

"No not really… Well except for one time…"

"Oh? When was that?"

"Um, really early actually, back in November after we had a separation for a few weeks…"

Princeton started reminiscing about that late November night. The night when Brian and Christmas Eve had their house warming party since they just moved into their new apartment on the Lower Eastside. It was only a week after Kate and Princeton got back together, and that night a few unexpected surprises happened between them.

It started after everyone had a few drinks at the cafe. Not the Around the Clock Café. Christmas Eve wanted to have their party at a much more decent and brighter place. The drinks were a little more expensive, but the music was lovely. A Jazz band was playing on a small stage in the restaurant.

After Christmas Eve nagged on Brian for ordering the wrong drink, they immediately changed their mood and decided to have a romantic slow dance on the dance floor. Princeton remembered sitting next to Kate at the counter, watching Christmas Eve and Brian dance so calm and lovingly even right after their little fight.

"Isn't that amazing?" Kate said.

"What is?" Princeton asked.

"That two people like them can be just so in love, even though it feels like they fight every 10 minutes."

"Really? I don't think it's that often."

"What do you mean?"

"Come on, knowing them I thought it was like every 5 minutes. I don't know maybe every 3…"

Kate couldn't help but giggle at his little joke, because what he said was so true. Princeton was surprised. He didn't expect it to be that funny, but it made him feel good that someone found weak jokes humorous. Kate however felt stupid having laughed at something so simple.

After watching the couple dance for another minute, Princeton turned to his girlfriend, a little nervous with his next proposal.

"Would you like to dance?" he asked.

Kate was surprised but also very happy he asked her.

"Sure, I'd love to," Kate said.

They both walked out to the dance floor with the other few couples that were already dancing. They didn't say anything while they slow danced. It was a little awkward at first, but they finally set in the mood after a few minutes. In fact, they got a little more in the mood than they meant to. They swayed in their little embrace, holding each other tight, before they ended up looking into each other's eyes and getting a little out of reality.

By the end of the song they had kissed, and it became a little more passionate than they had done in over a month. They had been taking it slowly that past week and their relationship had only come to a few small kisses and pecks. The mood didn't even break until they heard Christmas Eve, followed by everyone else, cheering them on and making catcalls.

"Woo hoo!"

"That's what I'm talking about!"

"So whose place is it happening at tonight?!"

Kate was probably more embarrassed than Princeton. She buried her face into his shoulder, trying to hide herself. Princeton was okay, knowing their humor, but when he saw how Kate reacted, he sort of empathized with her and tried comforting her.

On the way back home, Kate and Princeton both thought about the way everyone reacted to their kiss on the dance floor. Both were thinking that this might be leading up to something even bigger and soon. They got a little excited and their hearts were pounding at the thought. Even though they were thinking about the exact same thing, neither said anything to each other about it, fearing the other wouldn't feel the same.

When they got to Kate's door they were about to say good night, but they started kissing again. Then they remembered the dance floor again, and stopped.

"So, I'll see you tomorrow after work?" Kate asked.

"Yeah, see you then," Princeton said.

"Good night."

" 'Night."

Princeton only made it down the steps when Kate decided to stop him.

"Do you want to come in?" she asked.

Both were a little surprised when she asked this, but Princeton followed her in anyway at her request. Before too long, one thing led to another and they were making out on Kate's bed.

They kissed each other's lips over and over, battling their tongues back and forth. They held each other tightly, ready and wanting to feel everything they felt a month beforehand. It started with Kate lifting Princeton's sleeveless vest off, and then proceeded to unbutton his shirt. At the same time Princeton began undoing Kate's dress top until it finally slipped off.

They threw their tops off to either side of the bed, and then continued their kissing battle. Kate quickly grabbed Princeton's tight undershirt and tried to pull it off, lustfully needing to feel his muscular chest. Princeton broke the kiss and helped pull it off. Once it was discarded to the side of the bed Princeton preceded to lie on Kate and kiss her again, hugging her and holding her body close to his. Kate continued to enjoy this and started rubbing her hands on his back, hoping this would excite him more.

It did, and Princeton moved his lips from hers and slowly began kissing under her left ear. It was then suddenly Kate felt a surprise jolt of an unfamiliar and uncomfortable feeling. Not physically, but even worse, emotionally. Kate opened her eyes and saw the ceiling above her. But then she looked down, still feeling the tingly sensations of Princeton's lips on her neck. She saw Princeton's bare back. Her stomach felt sick. She thought of how the only thing between their naked upper bodies was her bra, which would probably be the next thing to go. Something didn't feel right. They had only been back together for a week. Were they actually going to have sex tonight? Did they even know how the other person felt first before going off and doing this again? Maybe it was just the atmosphere from the magical effects of the city, or maybe the romantic feeling of the restaurant. Whatever started it, Kate knew she couldn't let this go on. Not now at least.

"Princeton, I can't do this," Kate said bluntly. "I can't have sex with you."

Kate felt Princeton stop the kissing and he moved his head away to look into her eyes.

"What? Why?" he asked. "Did I do something wrong?"

"No…" Kate said. She rolled away and sat up on the edge of the bed. She continued, looking away from him. "I just feel like we're rushing this. I mean, we said we would take this one day at a time, and that's not what we're doing. I don't even know how you feel about me right now. It just doesn't feel right."

"Well, Kate, I can tell you how I feel," Princeton said, trying to be reassuring.

"No… I mean, not yet. I just think we need a little more time to explore how we feel about each other. We should do it when we're really sure, or else we're going to regret it."

Princeton thought about it, and he finally saw she was right.

"I'm sorry if this ruined the evening," Kate tried to apologies.

"No, it's cool," Princeton said. He sat up behind her and gently hugged his arms around her shoulders, trying to not get too close. "Is this okay?"

"Yeah, it's fine," Kate said, smiling. "You don't have to leave if you don't want to. You can sleep over if you'd like."

"What are we in high school all of a sudden?"

They had a good laugh and slept peacefully after the lights went out.

"But I wasn't able to prove myself that night," Princeton continued. "I was so embarrassed I didn't even try anything after that."

"Huh," George commented. "You didn't tell me before that you two separated."

"Yeah, it was literally right after we started dating, and it was my fault mostly. We worked it out."

"When did you start having-"

"A month later," Princeton interrupted his father again, knowing what he was going to ask, "around the holidays."

"I see I see, very romantic," George said.

Princeton felt a little awkward with George's response. Silence ensued the two men for a long minute, neither saying anything else.

"Princeton," George finally continued, "are you sure that your separation was mostly your fault?"

Princeton frowned, wondering what on earth this had to do with anything. "Yeah, why?"

"How exactly was it your fault?"

"It's really stupid. I said I couldn't be with her because I didn't want to make any commitments until I found my purpose in life. I know I wasn't fair to her, but like I said we worked it out. Dad, is this topic necessary?"

"Princeton, don't think I'm pointing fingers at you or anything. I'm just trying to figure out what you think may be going on between the two of you."

"I know, Dad." Princeton said as he shifted uncomfortably.

"Can I ask you something, son?" George asked.

"Alright."

"Have you two ever talked about getting married?"

Princeton's mouth went dry. The truth was, he had thought about marriage on a few small occasions. A few times when he would see how happy Kate was during that moment, or whenever they were just lying together, not saying anything. He would think for a while about what it might be like to spend the rest of his life with her. But he had never talked about it with Kate. Not yet at least.

"Well, I never mentioned anything about it. Kate never said anything either."

"Do you have any clue why she never asked you about it?"

"Well, no. Maybe it never crossed her mind, right?"

"I think it may be because she's afraid."

Princeton didn't believe him. In fact he laughed a little at his father's comment.

"Afraid?" he asked. "Afraid of what? I told you things have gone really well-"

"I think she's afraid of being hurt by you."

Princeton frowned. "Hurt by me? What are you talking about? Dad I'm not abusive to her, I don't know what you're talking about."

"I don't mean physically, I mean emotionally. Princeton, think about it. You broke up with her because you had a fear of commitment to her, and then it still took her quite a while to warm up to you once you got back together… If she never talked you about getting married, or about where your relationship is going, then maybe it's because she's afraid of how you'll react. Does that sound right to you?"

Princeton was almost speechless. He never thought about this logic, but now that he heard it, he wasn't sure what to think. In a way it made a lot of sense, but he also didn't want to believe it. He didn't want to think that Kate might actually be hiding this from him. He could almost see why though. If he never said anything to her, that could have been why she never said anything to him either. It never seemed to matter to him, but if they never talked about where their relationship was going, was it really possible that he was hurting her on some level?

"I don't know," Princeton replied. He didn't know what else to say.

"Princeton," George continued, "if Kate asked you today whether or not you wanted to marry her, what would you say?"

Princeton quickly looked at his dad, but then he looked away at his own feet. This time, he really didn't know what to say.

Kate and Adel had just entered the front door with a few groceries and, of course, Adel's wedding dress. Adel was the one carrying two grocery bags in both arms, and Kate carried the dress as carefully as possible, as if it where the most delicate piece of glass in the world.

"Could you please just hang my dress somewhere on the stairwell?" Adel asked.

"Of course," Kate said, finding a place where the dress could hang and barely touch ground.

"Just stay here for a minute. I'm going to put these groceries in the fridge."

"Alright."

Adel quickly left the room, leaving Kate alone in the front hallway.

Not quite knowing what else to do while she waited, Kate stared at Adel's wedding dress again. She looked at it and knew it was one of the most beautiful dresses she had ever seen in her life. Even though it was covered in plastic, she softly touched the front, hoping she would have one of her own someday.

"Adel, thank God you're finally here-" Janet said with an annoyed tone as she entered the front hall.

When Kate realized who was in the room with her, she quickly took her hand away from the dress as if she had just touched fire.

"Oh, it's you," Janet said.

Kate could hear the disgust in Janet's voice. She didn't say anything, fearing that whatever she said would lead to something drastic.

"Good afternoon, Janet," Kate said softly. That was all she could think to say to break the tension.

"Hey Mommy," Adel said happily as she entered the hall. "What's up?"

Janet rolled her eyes at her daughter and let out a very annoyed sigh.

"Where on Earth have you been?!" Janet asked rather harshly. "Do you realize your wedding rehearsal is scheduled to start in twenty minutes?"

"Yeah, I know," Adel said calmly, "that's why I'm here now, right?"

"How could you just go off like that without letting me know?"

"Mom, calm down, Charles and the Pastor aren't going anywhere."

"Well, if you want any chance of getting married tomorrow, we had better leave now."

"Yeah yeah yeah…"

Janet quickly grabbed her purse on the table and exited the front door, without even acknowledging or looking at Kate. Kate shook her head, knowing Janet was trying to ignore her.

"Kate, are you coming?" Adel asked, turning to her furry friend.

"Actually, Adel," Kate replied right before her body forced a yawn, "I'm a little tired. I think I'm going to stay here and take a nap."

"That's totally fine! Just be awake for the rehearsal party, k-k?"

"I will, don't worry."

"Later sweetie!"

Adel exited out the front door, following in the direction of her mother. As soon as she left Kate yawned again, just proving how tired she was. She knew it must have been from getting up way too early that morning. Kate drank a quick glass of water in the kitchen before making her way back to the office where her bed was waiting for her. She let herself fall on the comfortable mattress and soft sheets. She didn't even bother to get under the covers; it was too warm for that.

For a minute she thought of Princeton. After her talk with Adel earlier she had been wondering what would become of their relationship once the trip was over. But those thoughts were short because Kate fell asleep only minutes after she lay down.

A few hours later, Kate opened her eyes to find Princeton's eyes looking straight into hers. She quickly realized that he was lying down right next to her. Kate was about to say something but he beat her when he placed his finger on his mouth, shushing her. She didn't say anything as he requested.

"I heard my sister kidnapped you today," Princeton said just above a whisper.

"Kidnapped? Is that what you call it?" Kate whispered back. "Shouldn't you be at the wedding rehearsal?"

"Oh, I told my dad I wasn't really interested in going," Princeton said as he winked at her. "He let me stay pretty easily. Besides, it's not like I have a big part in the ceremony. I'm not missing anything."

Kate nodded and smiled.

"How was Adel?" Princeton asked,

"She was alright," Kate said. "Actually, we had a pretty good time."

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah, but I have to ask you something."

"What's that?"

"Seriously, what the hell is she on?!"

Princeton laughed at Kate's sarcastic comment.

"Something invisible to the naked eye," he replied, "God knows."

"So, what did you do while I was out today?"

"Oh, well, hung out with my dad for a bit. We bought a wedding cake." Princeton knew he couldn't tell her what they talked about yet.

"Really? Mr. I-don't-like-my-parents?" Kate asked.

"Shut up," Princeton said as he turned on his back and looked up at the ceiling.

Kate loved how cute he was when he was frustrated. Princeton was really trying so hard, she could tell.

"Everyone's pointing that out today," Princeton continued.

"Pointing what out?" Kate asked,

"That I'm doing stuff no one expects me to do."

"Yeah, but you know I only tease you like that because I love you, right?"

Kate moved her hand so it was now stroking Princeton's arm, warming up to him.

"Yeah, I know," Princeton said as he turned back to her and linked his fingers with hers.

Kate's smile went away as she looked at Princeton's sweet face. She felt her heart ache a little. She couldn't believe she was letting all this get to her, but the thought of it made her want Princeton even more.

"You okay, Kate?" Princeton asked, noticing her somewhat sad expression.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Kate said, a little lost.

She didn't want to think about him going away from her. She probably had to ask him about their relationship, but she didn't want to now. She couldn't bare the thought of it.

Kate leaned in to kiss him. Princeton saw what she was doing. He wanted it too. In truth he had longed to be closer to her all day. Since he talked to his dad, he really didn't want Kate to feel rejected or unloved in anyway at all. That's probably why he said he didn't want to go to the wedding rehearsal, so he could make sure that wouldn't happen.

As soon as he felt Kate press her lips to his, Princeton quickly kissed her back. He parted from her sweet lips and tried talking to her.

"Kate, I-"

He stopped suddenly when they felt a vibrating sensation come from between them, startling them both a little.

"Oh my God," Kate said as she turned away. She covered her mouth, trying not to laugh. She knew what they both felt.

"God, sorry," Princeton said sheepishly as he took his vibrating cell phone out of his pocket. "Hello?... Oh, hi!... Yeah hold on she's right here. For you."

Princeton handed the phone in Kate's direction. Kate took it from behind her.

"Hello?" she replied as she put the phone to her ear.

"KAAATTTE!!" Becky's voice screeched on the other line.

"Becky? Is everything okay?"

"Kate, I think I did something wrong! I washed your sheets like you asked me to, but when the laundry was done your white sheets came out pink!"

"They what?!" Kate asked in disbelief. She sat up and pinched her temple in annoyance. "Becky is there anything else in there with the sheets?"

"What? Well, I washed my red shirt in here with them. I thought I'd save some money. What does that have to do with anything?"

"Well, do you think that maybe that's why the sheets got pink? Because the red shirt was in there with them?" Kate asked sarcastically, seeming obvious.

"Uh, no," Becky answered. "My shirt is red and your sheets are pink. There's a big difference iin the colors, Kate. Duh."

Kate couldn't believe it, Becky was serious, and she didn't even hear Kate's sarcasm.

"Kate," Becky continued, "I don't know what happened, but I feel responsible. I'll pay for some new sheets."

"God, don't worry about it," Kate replied, "we'll work it out when we get back."

"Alright. I'll do the rest of your chores too-"

"You know what, that's okay. Just leave everything where it is and I'll do it when I get home. I'll promise I'll still pay you when I get back,"

"Really? Wow, thanks Kate Monster that's so nice of you!"

Once Kate finally got off the phone with Becky, she half tossed the phone in Princeton's direction and lay on bed with a frustrated sigh. Princeton watched Kate stare at the ceiling with a very annoyed look on her face.

"Sheets are ruined?" Princeton asked.

"Just pink," Kate said with a huff.

"Don't worry we can afford it. We'll get some new ones," Princeton said as he lay next to her, but with his head hovering over hers.

"That reminds me," Kate replied, "When are you going to start working again?"

"When I get hired by someone."

"Well, start working already!" Kate playfully pushed him in the chest.

"I will, when someone decides to hire me!" Princeton quickly lay his body on Kate's and started kissing her.

"Princeton!" Kate whispered as she tried to get away, thinking for a minute that this wasn't very appropriate since his parents might be in the house

But Princeton was more persistent. He continued to kiss her and only a few seconds later Kate started kissing him back. She wrapped her arms around Princeton's neck and made the kiss as deep and passionate as possible. She really needed this from him right now.

"Are your parents home right now?" Kate asked quietly.

"Don't think so, " Princeton said.

Kate left it at that and continued to kiss him. Ever since she talked with Adel earlier, all morning she wanted to be in Princeton's embrace.

She felt Princeton's hand lower and begin to massage her inner thy. She wanted this so badly. She didn't need sex or anything, she just wanted to be as close as possible for now.

They continued their simple foreplay for a short while, and everything was just fine until they heard something that made them both jerk with fear.

"Kate, I need to come in," Adel's voice whispered as she came into the room.

"Holy shit!" Princeton said as he got off Kate as quickly as possible. Kate also jumped up and adjusted her skirt without even thinking of who it could be that entered the room.

Adel's eyes widened at what she just saw. She stopped and didn't say anything, waiting for one of them to explain themselves.

"Adel," Princeton said as he smoothed his hair, "this is Kate's room right now. You're supposed to knock."

"Sorry 'bout that little bro," Adel said, "but I need to use this room to hang my wedding dress in. Charles is going to be here any minute and I don't want him to see it."

As Adel hung her wedding dress in the closet nearby, Kate and Princeton gave each other relieved looks.

"What's wrong with you guys?" Adel asked when she noticed them. "Did you think I was Mom or something?"

Neither Kate nor Princeton answered her. It was kind of obvious. Princeton uneasily sat on the bed.

"Don't worry," Adel continued, "they haven't come back yet. Jeez, you two just can't keep your hands off each other for a minute can you?" Adel smiled, trying to joke around.

"We didn't think anyone was home," Kate said innocently, "sorry."

"I thought you would have learned your lesson by now, Princeton..." Adel half scolded, "You should know better after what happened before… and you know I don't just mean about last night, I'm talking about that girl from your senior prom night, remember? You need to watch out for yourself."

"Adel…" Princeton grunted.

Kate frowned at Adel's comment and Princeton's reaction.

"Princeton I'm serious. If Mom catches you one more time doing anything like that again, you're never going to hear the end of it. When Mom found you fooling with that girl, I thought she was going to have a heart attack. I think last night was your second strike."

"Adel," Princeton said again, this time more aggressive. It was obvious he was embarrassed and wanted her to stop.

"I'm only trying to protect you, little bro. You know how Mom is. Take it from me. Whenever I do it, at least I make sure that I'm far away from her and that there's no way she could find out."

"Alright, Adel, we get it!" Princeton said, his tone a little louder than before.

Kate questioned to herself why Princeton was reacting the way he was. And further more, who on earth was Adel talking about? Who was this girl from his senior prom night? She couldn't help but suddenly feel like she was lied to.

"Alright, fine," Adel said, ending it. "Just watch yourself. Don't get caught, k?"

Adel left the room, leaving the couple alone. As soon as Adel was gone, Kate moved herself so she was now in front of Princeton and standing over him.

"Princeton, what is Adel talking about?" Kate asked with a rather strict voice.

"What?" Princeton asked.

"Who's this girl you were fooling around with? I've never heard of her before."

Princeton blinked a few times, hesitant to answer.

"Kate, it's not a big deal," he said. "She and I-"

"Were you two together or something?"

"No, it's not like that."

"Then why haven't I heard of her?"

Princeton opened his mouth to say something but the words didn't come out.

"Princeton," Kate said as she looked at the door, making sure no one was close by, "I thought you said you had never been with anyone before me. Did Adel just say you were with someone before you even went to college?"

Princeton frowned at his girlfriend.

"Kate," he said, "why are you treating me like I'm a criminal?"

"Did you lie to me?" Kate said, ignoring his question.

"I told you it wasn't like that!"

"Is that what you do to get people to sleep with you? Telling them that you're a virgin and making them feel sorry for you?"

"Of course not! Kate, you're not even listening to me!"

"It seems pretty clear to me, Princeton! You were with someone else before me! You lied to me, so why should I listen to you?"

Princeton frowned at his girlfriend again. He felt angry that he was being accused. He clenched his fist in frustration. This wasn't the first time she had blamed him like this, after he was fired from jobs or out too late. She hardly ever gave him the chance to explain himself. He always said sorry and took responsibility after she was done yelling at him, but this was the last straw. Princeton suddenly felt it was time to put an end to her getting in his way and trying to control him. He knew he didn't feel that way about it before, but the way he felt right now, maybe that's how it really was all along.

"You know what Kate," Princeton said as he stood up, "I don't know why I've put up with this up until now, but I am so sick of you putting me on the spot. I don't need to take this crap from you if you're never going to listen to me or hear me out!"

Princeton quickly walked passed Kate and exited the room. Kate was a little stunned from his reaction and blinked, but she immediately let her pride get the better of her. She followed him out the room and watched as he quickly passed Adel and walked down the hall to the staircase.

"Oh yeah?" Kate replied, making sure Princeton heard her, "well… try not to fuck anyone on the way up the stairs!"

Kate knew that was weak, but it was the first thing she could think to say to get back at him out of anger. She watched Princeton run up the stairs and heard him slam his bedroom door. A part of her was hurt after watching him walk away from her, but she was also angry that he lied to her.

Adel was still standing in the hallway. After watching Princeton walk off, she turned to Kate with a concerned look. Kate sighed deeply, trying to calm herself in front of her new friend.

"Is everything okay?" Adel asked. "What happened?"

Kate shook her head and avoided eye contact with her. She walked out of the room and headed for the backyard. Adel was ready to go after her, but she got distracted when the doorbell rang.

"Oh my God, the very first guests for the party are here!" she cried out with happiness, quickly changing her mood.

Kate exited the back door and walked out into the middle of the yard. She examined her surroundings. The trees, the fresh cut grass, the flowers… Even though she was surrounded by beauty, she felt an overwhelming sense of being completely out of place. Kate covered her mouth with her hand and felt herself choke, her body ready to let out tears. She didn't want Princeton's past relationship or this fight to be real.

She thought, Maybe this could just be a big fight and we'll work it out. Maybe we'll get over it and forgive each other.

But then Kate remembered that Princeton lied to her, and that only made her angry all over again. What if this was already the end?

"Stupid Princeton," Kate said out loud. "Stupid, Stupid Princeton!"

A/N: Hey everyone! Well, again, I'm very sorry this chapter took forever to finish and post. I warned everyone that I'm busy, and this summer has been very eventful and busy for me. I'm back at school now, so I'm hoping to get more time to write and finish the next couple of chapters.

I want everyone to know that even though it takes me a while to finish chapters, I am very determined to write and finish this fanfic. I do not plan to end up writing and then suddenly dropping it. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, because there is still a lot more to come. Thank you for reading and please continue to do so!