AUTHOR'S NOTE:
SORRY IT HAS BEEN SO LONG SINCE I LAST UPLOADED. RIGHT AFTER MY FIRST UPLOAD OF THE ORIGINAL STORY IN AUGUST, MY GRANDFATHER DIED. IT WAS A SHOCK TO MY WHOLE FAMILY, AND I WAS DEVASTATED. HE WAS A MAN I HAD SEEN EVERYDAY OF MY LIFE FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE. I SOON FOUND MYSELF IMMERSED IN SCHOOL WORK, PREPARING FOR THE SATS, AND TRYING TO STAY SANE. EVERY TIME I WENT TO UPLOAD, SOMETHING HAPPENED SO THAT I COULDN'T. TO ADD TO IT ALL, MY DOG, WHO WAS 14 YEARS OLD, AND WHO I HAVE HAD SINCE I WAS 3, DIED LAST WEEKEND, RIGHT BEFORE MY MIDTERMS. I WAS DEVASTATED ONCE MORE, AND AFTER MIDTERMS, I WAS MENTALLY EXHAUSTED. PLUS, WE GOT A CRAPLOAD OF SNOW, AND I HAD TO SHOVEL. LETS JUST SAY IM SICK OF SNOW AND I HATE SHOVELING IT. SORRY IF I BABBLED, BUT HERES THE NEXT CHAPTER IN MATES FOR LIFE, YES I KNOW ITS REALLY SHORT, BUT I HAVE BEEN SWAMPED WITH STUDYING AND HOMEWORK. I WILL TRY TO UPLOAD MORE REGULARLY, BUT IF YOU REALLLY WANT ME TO UPLOAD, COMMENT, VOTE AND SUBSCRIBE PLEASE!!!!
Christie
