I'm really sorry, guys. This story has been so horribly neglected, because I haven't wanted to let anyone down.

But I've let you down anyway, and I haven't meant to and I'm actually really upset about this.

I'm going to be honest, I've actually avoided this site for months, because I haven't wanted to face this.

I haven't wanted to look at the comments and the likes. The lack thereof.

I didn't want to think about it. So I ignored it.

But I can't anymore.

I don't know where I'm going with this story, at all.

So I'm going to think it over, and i'm going to try and plan it out.

But my heart isn't in it anymore.

I don't know if any of you know this, but I started this in a hotel in London, when I was 12. I was visiting my uncle and I'd just finished the books, I loved it.

I wanted to be a part of it. So I made this.

And then I last updated it October 2013. I was 13 and I was at home in Liverpool. My heart wasn't in it, even then. I don't know if you could tell.

I have tried so hard to get back into this story.

But I can't. And I don't know if anyone even cares anymore.

I don't know if I even care anymore.

Now, I'm 14 and I'm sitting at my kitchen table in Florida. So much has happened since I first started writing this, good and bad. Last time I updated I wasn't actually in the best place with myself and my life. But I got through it and I've continued writing. I've written quite a few fics (none as long as this, actually) since, all of them oneshots, because I'm so scared of repeating what has happened with this.

I'm so scared of letting anyone down.

So I'm not going to say this fic is officially over. I'm not going to shut it down like that.

It's on hiatus, for now. Please forgive me.

I'll still update other things, but nothing to do with the Secret Circle. Because I'm going to be honest, beyond the character's names and a little bit about them. I can't remember it anymore.

I'm going to sit down and read the books when I get home.

I'm going to try to fix this. And I know I'm making a big spectacle about this, and I probably shouldn't.

But I hate letting people down. I hate finding something that someone cares about and then just dropping it.

I'm not going to do this to you or me.

So if you care, or if you don't, I'm going to try and update this.

I'm sorry.

Thank you for being patient.