Hey guys-
I know it's been a long time-I think about a year?-since I've updated anything. I said that I wasn't going to continue with this story. My plan had been to create the new version and make it follow a different route than this story. As I was going along, things just started drifting over to line up with this story. Recently I received a review from the new version. They said that they liked the added chapters and added scenes from the new version, but they asked me not to give up on this story. I thought a lot about that review and then I pulled up this story, read back through my notes (which is almost an entire notebook, by the way), and decided why the hell not? I left you guys with a part one chapter of what I had wanted to be two chapters…what the hell? I also looked back and realized that I had planned out the rest of this story until the very end…there were only about 5 more chapters from where I had left off…I have issues for just dropping this story so close to the end. Keep in mind, I have added another chapter to that list, so it'll be at least 6 more chapters, if not more. I have already almost completed chapter 27. When I picked this story back up 2 days ago, there was nothing to the chapter but "Chapter 27". It now currently sits at 10 pages and 4,328 words. So, it's going pretty well so far. I did, however, hit a slight bump in the road with this chapter, but I'm working past it. As soon as I get this posted, I'll get back to it, promise.
There's one thing I need to say before I get started. I'm a college student in my third year of college living 5 hours away from home and from a boyfriend I miss like crazy. That translates into on some weeks I may be slow to update because A. I may have gone home and want to spend time with my family and boyfriend because I get very little opportunities, B. I may have a test coming up soon that I need to pour my brain into and study. I do have finals coming up in the second week of December. Or…well, I may just be lazy or hit a roadblock in the creative sense.
I can't guarantee anything at this point. The real reason I am getting back behind this story full throttle is because I originally started this story because I was in a bad situation that was threatening to send my sanity into a downward spiral. I was seriously struggling with depression and then one day I came up with an idea of Nikki Teagan and I flew with it. I sat down and thought about what I wanted to do. I'm personally in love with John Sheppard, so it was a no-brainer. And I wanted to experiment with him being with someone other than Teyla, even though I am a HUGE Sheyla shipper. But, this story pulled me out of that rut, allowed me to focus on something other than my life until that part of my life passed and then continued to help me and keep me sane as I continued with this story. Because I am so far from home and from everyone I love, I'm descending into that rut again and I don't want that. It's threatening my relationship and if all it really takes is for me to dive head into a story again, then why the hell not?
So…without further ado…I would like to officially change the status of this story back to in progress. Thank you for all your support since I started and I hope that you continue to follow this story, even if you have to go back and re-read what has just been sitting there for a long time. Thank you so much! See you soon. Promise.