Jen

Thank you guuuys! Not gonna lie, these are some of my favourite Rhiannon/Charles pictures ever. But they were a butt to try and colour.

D'awww thanks so much everyone. RR1, the Casey/Dex relationship has always been one of my favourites, even if it was only ever touched on during the show. They are so chalk and cheese, but somehow that works? Casey is deceptively smart. Not book-smart like Dex, but street-smart. He's a nice person for Dex to play off and interact with when it's not April. pembie, I wish the show had given us more of a 'April and Dex try their best to only be friends while dating other people' storyline, so that when they did get back together it was more satisfying. Don't get me wrong, I want them to live Happily Ever After and have soccer team of children, but I still feel there reunion didn't have the same impact that it should have. Dex is trying to be okay with April seeing other people. April is trying to be okay with Dex not needing her every second of the day. It's a difficult balance to get.

Thank you so much .

It's only just occurred to me how strange these next couple of chapters are going to be given the state of the show at the moment. Clearly I had no idea what was coming when I wrote this. Also, I originally just wanted to write a one-shot of Casey having to baby-sit Dex after the crash, but then there was that nice moment with Romeo on the show and I couldn't ever fit this in, so I wrote it into this story. It makes me oddly sad now.

After watching that episode I literally spent several hours in the Casey Braxton tag on tumblr. I spiraled. Significantly.

Dang it! I don't know why I latched on to that name! Pretend I mentioned nothing ... Thanks for the quick feedback

Oh I hope that's what his name was! Now I've done some more serious googling and maybe I invented the name - I don't remember. Oops! I have that episode in my head where he called April out on being a complete know-it-all so maybe I just latched on? Can we call it creative licence? (I also had no idea that those names had been used in combination together - You are a wealth of knowledge )

Thank you so much everyone. I always enjoy reading everyone's favourite bits and pieces. It's so cool as a 'writer' to see what stands out to each of you compared to when I was writing it. Oh JosieTash, you are always the sweetest person when leaving comments in my fics. I totally didn't know about the Adam Cameron character! It's funny characters that we saw for a split-second on-screen always make me want to write endless fics about them. When I was writing this actually had to google what he was called but I knew there was that one guy who lectured April once and I was like, 'I need HIM in my FIC.' End of story. Update tomorrow. (Hopefully!)

Thank you so much Kristen and BiancaFan . Here you go, Sarah!

Behold! Ricky icons! It is actually surprisingly hard to find good caps of Ricky so I hope these are okay. Let me know if you want a particular one cropped. I'm also a bit out of practice, so fingers crossed...

Thank you so much for the wonderful comments. Life was/is being very hectic so I'm a fail at uploading when I said I would, but I'll try to be better at it. YES AND I DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE INNUMERABLE FEELINGS I HAVE FOR THAT BOOK/MOVIE BUT ALSO I ALWAYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT BOOK/MOVIE. (It means a lot to me.) One might say I was inspired, but also some other fics I'd read in this similar genre for a different fandom. So I guess it's a culmination of things.

That's the million dollar question. And also the entire point of the fic. So, if you know anything about how I write then maybe you can guess how it's going to go ... RR1, I know I can write Dex and April, but always struggle to integrate other characters and create more of the Summer Bay 'community', so that comment means a lot. If I could live in a Dex/April writing bubble forever I think I would.

I promise I haven't forgotten about those Ricky icons. They are coming!

Sorry for the lack of update this past weekend. I was sick and am still trying to get rid of these icky germs. I'm also going to be away this coming weekend, so to make it up to you I'm going to do a double post this week. Thank you so much Kristen, RR1 and Sarah. Be prepared for all the sad . wildforce, I'm glad you are still finding this story enjoyable to read given the content of it. I totally understand if this is not everyone's cup of tea. It's definitely the saddest thing I've written personally, but it's also something I really like reading so I guess that's why I went there. Maybe I'm a masochist? I don't know! I want Dex to be happy, I promise. I also just want to write about him being kicked at the bottom of a well. Do you see my dilemma? Oh god, I hope I don't make you cry! (Or should I be wanting you to cry? I'm an emotional wreck ...) Thank you for continuing to read.

Thanks, guys! Yes, of course! I'm kind of crazy-busy this week so it might be a little while before I get them done, but I will definitely do it for you .

Thanks Sarah, Kristen and Sabrina. Things Jen is currently doing include listening to the HSM soundtrack. Having a totally nostalgic morning.

Thank you for reading, Sarah & Kristen. I'm pretty much sticking to weekly Sunday updates for chapters. Because I'm horrible or want to keep up the suspense? Who knows? RR1, I'm not above using All The Tropes. ie. ignore and hope it will go away. This also applies, to a certain extent, to real life. Although, I'm like, the opposite of a procrastinator. I'm a sucker for angst, pembie. The more I adore a character, the more I want to inflict pain and suffering on them through my own fictional writings. What is wrong with me? And as much as I hated Steph, she was an important stepping stone, so y'know, I had to include her. She also is completely different to Dex and April which is an important contrast. Thanks for the comment!

Thank you for the welcome back Kristen, RR1, Sarah and Pembie . Yes, pembie, it definitely is more angsty than I've probably written before, but I have literally been sitting on this for over a year or something crazy, with just bits and pieces of scenes before I could figure out a way to put it together. I'm terrified it's terrible, though.

Thank you so much. I'm surprised anyone is still here . Got back from holidays yesterday and managed to finish a mammoth fic while I was away. This thing is 42,000 words of Dex/April hurt/comfort and oh god its the second longest thing I've ever written and I'm not above shamelessly promoting myself and saying I just posted the first part in the Fan Fic section and would adore people forever if you maybe? But also icons!

More icons!

Thank you Kristen, Sarah, Sabrina and Lesley .

Thank you for the wonderful comments .