Alexi - Thank you for the review! I'm so glad you like it! And I sincerely hope you didn't actually piss on yourself. Though I probably would laugh a little. And thanks for recommending to your friends (really really big cheesy smile here). You're super-awesome! (yeah so maybe I watch South Park obsessively). And it's really starting to dawn on me that it really isn't that romantic so far. Don't worry. It's coming...soon, I hope.
Arctic Husky- Haha, I'm the same way. I wrote this chapter when I was supposed to be writing a ten page research paper on the menstruation cycle. Thanks for the review!
bytes83 - Wow, thanks! I'm glad it's your favorite, I'll try to keep cranking it in reasonable time.
GAH - Thank you! I'm trying to update more often, I've just got a really insane schedule right now. Advice to everyone, don't take 18 credits in your freshman year unless you don't need or want a life.
ind-fam - Thanks for your reviews! I'm glad you recognized it as a crossroads, I considered it as one in my head while I was writing that chapter. And I'm sorry, I know Matt didn't show up at all in this chapter. He will return. Oh yes, he will return.
Mira61 - Thank you, oh faithful one!
ovch - Yeah I despise Nate too. He's based on someone I know who thinks I'm still in love with him from freshman high school year.
Sally Can Wait - Yeah, I suppose Matt could pass as a Peter...sad. Peter's aren't usually well thought of. And I think River might give you a run for your money if you got into a catfight. She is very scrappy, after all. And I am so freakin' glad I'm not the only one who crushes fantastically on people I don't know. Oh yeah, Emily happens to be an amazing name. After all, I share the name of the author of Wuthering Heights! Not Pride and Prejudice, but still! Wuthering Heights! Yeah!
smudged lines - Yeah, knowing you, you might know. I definitely wouldn't hold it above you at all.
splotchy - I'm glad River isn't irritating yet. I'm desperately trying to avoid it, because even the best writers fall into that trap.
Trishcbury - Okay, thanks for the advice. I think I am going with plot 2. I keep thinking more about it, and I think I've decided plot 2 would just be a better storyline anyway.