Hey guys!

I just want to say THANK You to all of you. I started this story with only one person reviewing till chapter 6.

may92: Thank you for convincing me to continue writing. I did not believe one second that I would make it to 100 reviews one day or write 34 chapters ;)!

So thanks to EVERYONE, who reviews and reads this story. You motivate me to continue and write down my ideas!

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I write this little AN because I wanted to let you know that I changed all of their ages a bit.

Phoebe 11, Sam 16, Jamie 14, Lisa 6, Brooke 29, Julian 31, Haley 30, Nathan 30, Ben 16 (Joshua was 14 in the beginning)

I changed it because I wanted Phoebe to be a little younger (it fits with some ideas) and the age gap between Sam/Phoebe a little bigger and the same as Phoebe/Lisa.

Instead of a sophomore, Phoebe is a freshman (Jamie too)

Of course all of them are still the same and Phoebe behaved way too old in the beginning and pretended to be interested in boys (Joshua) and smoking and so on but it was a way of surviving under all those „bigger" teenagers.

But she finally has the opportunity to behave like a child that has two caring parents (Brooke/Julian) and a cool big sister (Sam). I hope that this is okay with you? It won't change anything of their relationship.

Of course Brooke and Julian realize more and more that Phoebe is a kid (especially compared to Sam) and that they gave her too much freedom at first (a boyfriend that is three years older, running away...) but it was their first time as parents and they had to grow into such a responsibility and they know about her hard past and she seemed (and often still does) pretty independent and managed to fight on her own (living on the street/the orphanage).

You get to see another reason for her "little" outbursts (cursing, lying on the ground crying heavily...) in the next chapter. Of course one reason is that she never really had rules in her past: No curfew, no one really looked after her that much and she got to do whatever she wanted. This of course showed her freedom but on the other hand yelling and hitting was the only punishment she knew. And now Brooke and Julian ground her or tell her what to do and show her that there are some things they won't allow her while Sam is allowed to do it (like partying).

It may seem weird that an eleven year old one wants to do it, but she wants to belong to her friends (all of them are at least 14) and she is an intelligent young girl, that somehow always got what she wanted (watch movies in the cinema...)

Her behavior is that ambivalent (wants to go to parties, skips school and so on BUT in the meantime cuddles a lot with Brooke and Julian) because she knows a lot about adult themes (like sex) and is thrown into a teenagers' world at school but she cannot really cope with it cause she is too young and pretending to be older and to understand everything is not easy.

I hope you saw her change a little-that she does not pretend that much any more?

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Sam on the other hand is definitely a teenager and topics like sex, drugs and alcohol ;) are normal. Julian and Brooke get to see more and more that Sammy is not a little girl any more and has other desires and does not need them in the same way Phoebe does (cuddling, arguments about appropriate clothes...). But of course she still needs them! There will be a mother-daughter talk added about boys!

Suddenly I have so many ideas for their family (even when Sam and Phoebe are older, maybe Phoebe 16 and Sam 20), so it could be that I'll write sequels to it as long as people read. Look at my new story "Where is my daughter?", this could be a sequel to "Healing process." I already wrote many chapters to that because at first it was supposed to belong to Healing process but then I split it up and thought that it's better to make a different story out of those chapters.

I change it almost every day because some chapters made me cry and I thought "I cannot do that to the character."...I know, they are not real people, but in my mind they are LOL!

So, anyways, I don't want to annoy you with this "short" note ;)

I update soon and as long I get the response I get now, I have no intention of ending it cause it makes fun writing all about their little family.

(7 Reviews? I am freaking out. That's my favorite number AND the biggest amount of reviews I ever got-Thank you)

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Okay, I have a few questions and I hope you can answer them because it means a lot to me to know what you think of them. Someone once wrote me that it's time for a Brulian boy and I wanna know what you think of it or whether you are "okay" with "only" Sam and Phoebe?

1)Brooke is pregnant: Some told me that it's time for a cute baby boy. At first I thought so too but somehow I don't know whether it "fits" into the story. What do you think of that idea? I somehow think now that I will stay with Brooke not being able to get children. They are happy with Sam and Phoebe, their daughters-by blood or not (but I am able to change my mind every minute LOL)

2)They adopt another child: They could adopt a boy that is around 12/13 (I have no idea why but this would definitely change the family dyamic)

3) They could adopt a boy younger than Phoebe

Thanks for telling me your thoughts! They help me to write new chapters!

Your CaseyJr.