By jove, she's updating!

Ah, yes. I am updating. I like to call this the great fanfiction project; updating as many stories as I can on one day before I leave for vacation.

There's a lot to say, since I'm updating all at once, so this is probably where you start to scroll down, looking for the notes on the story that you read and then leaving. Well here we go then.

[This Heart]
Oh my GOSH this epilogue was SO HARD TO WRITE! I'm not kidding, I backspaced through those vows so many times, I pretty much lost count. It was really, really difficult. I don't know how real life couples actually write their own vows. They must really love each other to subject themselves to that kind of torture.

So the story started with Meredith's musings on he sad, pathetic life and ends with Derek's rosy outlook on the rest of his own. Especially since he's sharing it with Meredith. I didn't do it on purpose. That is actually pure coincidence, but now that I look back at it, it's actually a very cool coincidence.

I hope you guys realized that Derek's and Meredith's vows both had very distinct themes to them. Derek's was about paths in life and Meredith's were about second chances, which I think are both very appropriate topics for the two of them. Derek's life has been pretty helter skelter since he found out that his wife was cheating on him, so to see that the crazy path he took after his New York life led him to the moment when he married the love of his life is really sweet. And Meredith's whole thing with second chances is very appropriate for her. Because let's face it, she's really good at ruining her own life, am I right? Yes, I'm right. And so second chances are really important to her. And it's a good thing that Derek's always willing to give her one, because she's definitely going to be needing them.

But I think the two of them are going to be just fine, don't you? I think so.

I find it kind of funny how SGPHS and This Heart both end with a wedding. *shrug* I guess I just like familiarity.

Thanks so much for reading, you guys. I can't express in enough words how much it means to me that you took the time out of your busy schedules to read and review. You guys are the greatest group of readers an author can ask for. ^_^

[Dirty Dancing]
So I think I did a pretty good job casting George, don't you think? It kind of broke my heart though, making him the pompous jackass that thinks he's better than everyone else. But honestly, who else could have been Neil? No one.

Anyways, this chapter begins Meredith's fascination with Derek. Every time she sees him, she gets butterflies in her stomach and shivers run down her spine. There's something special about that guy, and she's about to find out just how special.

Just a little note: the rating for this story might change to M sometime soon. It depends on how graphic I want to get with the descriptions *nudge nudge* if you know what I mean. ^_~ The movie actually get's pretty racy but trails off without actually showing you anything. So I might pick up where the movie leaves off in certain places...with a lot of adjectives.

For those of you who have not seen the movie, I highly, highly, highly recommend you do. You won't be sorry.

[All's Fair in Love and War]
I'd like to begin this by saying I know that Finn is Australian, but for all intents and purposes of keeping the historical integrity of this story intact, Finn will be a young British soldier with a cockney accent.

So in this chapter, we see that Rory is, one, not allowed to have any feelings for her charges and two, greatly liked by the whole hospital. That means that Jess has competition, and it also means that he has his work cut out for him.

I love writing Jess as such a cocky bastard. I always kind of figured that he'd be really cheeky if he were born in the forties.

Did you guys like how I casted Logan, Finn, Colin, and Paris? I thought it was pretty brilliant of me, actually. But don't worry for all you die hard literati fans out there. There will be no love triangles or any other crazy geometric shapes because that just gets confusing for me and for you guys as the readers. Plus, I hate writing love triangles. I love reading them, but I hate writing them.

Someone commented last chapter that Jess isn't really the type to sign up for a war voluntarily, and I agree. He's not. But you guys have to realize that times were a lot different back then. People were patriotic, almost to a fault. It was noble and honorable for young men to fight for their country in the forties, and Jess has the strength and the youth to do so. He signed up of his own free will, but the carnage of the battlefield takes its toll on his psyche, just like the rest of the soldiers. But you'll see that later in the story.

[Shadows of Hope]
Probably the most frequently asked questions about this story are:

1. Is Bella dying?
2. What is Bella dying of?
3. Will Bella die in this story?

First of all, yes, Bella is dying. And I can't tell you guys what she's dying of yet. You'll find out soon enough. I also cannot tell you if she will actually die or not. If I told you, that would ruin the surprise of the story, wouldn't it?

In this chapter, Edward finds himself falling more and more for our Bella, and for him it's scary and exciting all at once. But for me, I think the most important part about this chapter comes at the end, when Bella's begging Edward to stay out of her parents' heads. As much as Bella says that she's honest and upfront, she still has secrets and she's entitled to keep them as much as the next person. But as her relationship with Edward progresses, the importance of keeping her secret starts to weigh down on her. What will happen? ^_~ Read and find out.

[WF, BE]
Oh come on. You didn't think that Derek was actually going to let Meredith off the hook that easily, did you? And you didn't think that they were so close on their way to being BFFs, did you? Nothing in life is that easy, especially for Meredith and Derek.

BUT (and this is a pretty big but) Derek is beginning to realize that he has feelings for Meredith, and not the kind of feelings that makes him want to strangle her or anything. No, these are the kind of feelings that lead to the warm and fuzzies later on. And I dropped a few hints about Meredith's feelings as well. She's starting to fall a little bit too.

I just want you guys to realize that it's going to take these two a while to move on from their childhood. You don't get over those pretty terrible years overnight. It'll take a lot of work, and whether or not Meredith and Derek are willing to put that work into it is still in question. But hey, it's a possibility, right? ^_^

[ending notes]
So, I'm pretty sure that this has been the greatest update frenzy I have ever gone on. I just wanted to leave you guys with something before I left for vacation. I'll be back in a few days, but I won't have much internet access, so when I come home I want to have loads and loads of reviews waiting for me in my inbox! I know you guys can do it!

Ciao.