Final author's note on this particular story.
Jesus Christ, I actually finish stories for this fandom. What the fuck?!
Anyway, like I said at the end of chapter eleven, part two will start up soon. I don't have an exact timeframe, but it'll be soon. I need feedback from you guys on certain things beforehand.
Namely, the Lovetta ship.
I want to put her with James, Leo, or both of them. Yes, I want to polyship this Makki child. Fight me. Or don't. I just want your opinion.
Onto this story's commentary, this just sprang into my head one day. I don't know why. But I bet you're all glad it did.
The first scene I actually wrote for this story was the one where Nikki smashes a piece of pie into Max's face as payback for leaving her. And, as somebody on AO3 pointed out (thank you, HG_Wells), it was largely based off a scene from the sitcom "Girl Meets Word" in which Maya's mother, Katy, does the same to Maya's father, Kurt. I liked that scene a lot when I watched the episode, but when writing this story, I couldn't remember what the pie thing was based off of. For some reason, I thought it was from "Last Man Standing". Oddly enough, both shows in the beginning had single moms working in diners.
Probably my favorite thing about writing this whole story has been the overwhelmingly positive feedback I've gotten. And on that note, I'd like to thank my two most dedicated readers that I know of (because you leave reviews that let me know you were there). On Fanfiction, it's SteampunkWilson, and on AO3, it's Clownboy! Both of you have actually been extremely helpful and encouraging, which is why I wanted to take this moment to thank you specifically.
And now, thank you to all my other readers, past, present, and future.
So long and thanks for all the fish!