Before you drag me out to the town square and give me a public stoning, let me first apologize for giving you such a sick twist at the end. And secondly, permit me to explain why I felt that "Giddy" had to end this way.

First of all, I never liked the idea of Remy being stuck in Rogue's mind and them falling in love that way. I thought it was quite a crappy idea. But I just kinda haphazardly wrote the first chapter and even though I thought it was a bad idea, the story started writing itself in that direction. Even then, I still didn't like the idea of them falling in love in Rogue's head, so I wanted to hurry up and get Remy out, but then the demutagen thing came up, with the psyches and then, and then, I got a whole other twisted idea in my head of how this story could evolve. I just can't believe how full-blown this thing got. So here's my point. Giddy is like a prequel to the actual story. It just got to be a very long prequel. And the problem I leave with you is a necessary evil to fuel the coming events.

So with that said, I guess you kinda know now that I'm gonna be writing a sequel. And maybe this will make some of you feel better to know that, if "Giddy" had a happy ending then I probably wasn't going to write a sequel after that. But since, you got such a depressing ending, there's definitely gonna be a follow-up to this story. I already have a lot of the sequel plotting itself out in my mind with a whole new set of twists and turns, so if you can forgive me for this tragic ending, please join me for the second time around. It'll be fun.

Besides, Rogue's not Rogue without angst. And I'd say that the way this story ended, she's gonna have some pretty angsty problems, no? Oh, man, it was tough writing the ending, because I got so attached to writing their love scenes... that's probably why I dragged on the romance a little at the end, because I knew that in the grand finale, it was going to be so sad... and anyway, I'm sorry if this gets some of you depressed.

Okay, then, I just want to thank you again for reading this far. And I don't care if I sound vain, but I love reading the reviews. I think you guys and your input really got the ball rolling on this story, and got me to produce (holy cow) 35 frickin' chapters of fanfiction. Although after this chapter, I might have to lay low a bit. Really sorry if you're terribly pissed at me. Dah well! I'll see you soon for the sequel. Stay healthy till then.

Love,
Seven

Just as a long postscript, let me personally invite yall for the sequel and I really have to individually thank you, because well, I feel like my regular reviewers have become almost like family to me. So here goes, I'll try to get all of you~!

(Not in alphabetical order)

icy discordia: hmmm~~ I guess I did throw you for a loop, didn't I? I was going to clarify in the last chapter where Rogue thinks back to that night when she kissed him and his nurse comment seems to alleviate that weird freaky tension. But then, Remy didn't do or say anything that really told us that he knew it was Rogue, it's just his same ol' dry sense of humor kicking in. Evil irony. That joking charisma that Rogue finds so charming kinda bites her in the butt by giving her artificial relief and gets all her hopes up. =( Anyway, hope you're not too mad at me.

Tevrah: Thanks for reading~! I really appreciate your reviews and yunno, it's really uplifting that peeps are enjoying the fic!

Leigh: To my dear, hyper, sugar-pumped Leigh~~ =D Well, I don't think you're gonna be really Giddy now, huh? But giddy is a funny word. It's happy, but in a very artificial way... I'm using the word artificial a lot, my brain must be going dead or something, but anyway, yeah... it's not like "happy", where it might be genuine, but it's like a high, something that's bound to wear out. So there you go. Oh, but the stage is set, don't you think? For some mega drama in the sequel?? I'm gettin' all giddy thinking about it~! I hope to see you then~! Thanks for the cheerful reviews!

Isis Aurora Tomoe: Thanks for the support! I promise more mushiness and a lot more intimate scenes in the next time around!

Leina: Hmmm~~ I promise you some sex scenes in the sequel. But nothing too risque~~ I'm a pretty prude girl. ^.~

Classic Tinker: What can I say? You're reviews are so analytical sometimes it makes me nervous. But they're really dead on. I'm a weird girl and I get a kick out of subtlety, and it makes me truly happy when there are readers who look beyond the explosive action and the fluffy romance, and try to look at the undertow... it's just fanfiction, but still, I always get a little wigged out posting something up, cuz it seems kinda final you know? It's posted, and whatever errors or points that I might later regret putting has been uploaded for everyone to read. Anyway, as pathetic as it sounds, it's like baring your soul for everyone to judge. And it just feels nice when there are reviewers that really takes the time to analyze it~~ Thanks~

me-chan: That's okay if you didn't review, but I appreciate you speaking up at the end. And see, you're part of the author's note, now! (If that's of any value) But yeah. "Wouldn't it be weird/ironic if Remy had no recollection AT ALL of what happened with his psyche in Rogue's head?" bingo~ I'm seriously a little scared on how much hate mail I'm gonna get for this. But the more I think about it, there's no way Remy should remember what happened in Rogue's head. If he did, all my crack science wouldn't make sense~! But anyway, let me put your "mind at ease" by telling you that there will be a reckoning where Rogue comes roarin' back with her broken heart! Man, I'm gonna have so much fun writing the sequel. So I'll see you then~~

pietro_kitty: Remy is back in his body. And we should all be happy that he at least got back, right? Right??? Keep a look-out for the sequel, kay? I'm not sure what the title's gonna be, but I'll keep the same pen name.

beth: I hope you don't love the story just because everything worked out for the better so far... but I don't think I'd have much to write about if Remy came out okay and he and Rogue fall in love and everything is honky dorey... we need another conflict to solve. And I didn't like Rogue all comfy cozy and mentally healthy. That girl's the best to write and read when she has serious psychological problems. Sad for Rogue, fun for us. Hope you agree. See you in the sequel. But I don't think I'll be writing any lemon scenes... but the sequel's going to be a tad-bit racier than "Giddy". =)

Green Eyed Lilys Daughter: "whatever tension there was there... or maybe I was imagining it... I'll have to think about that a bit." The nurse line was a tension breaker. Since I'm writing this in Rogue's perspective, your relief is Rogue's relief. But Remy got you all fooled, huh? Sorry. But anyway, I'll see you in the sequel and I'll look out for your name or your acronym (GELD) and hopefully we'll all have some more fun then. As for who will be in the next sequel, we'll just have to wait and find out!!

Pookie Sanchez: Yeah, that's what I heard too about not putting Gambit in the movies because he's a lot like Wolverine (which he isn't!!) but anyway, they did have an actor picked out for Gambit for X2, and they did end up filming like a 30 second cameo, but he got cut from the movie during editing. Oh well, as for Anna Paquin being the Oscar winning actress... well, kudos for her, but she's still no Rogue. I'll see you in the sequel, Pookie~

SarahColdheart: Good grief~ Ha ha... I'm sorry I just love that line. Sweet Charlie Brown. Anyway, I'll see you for the sequel, kay?

Legolas Luver: Well, I've updated. But I'm not sure how I stand with you anymore. Maybe I should have just you hanging, right?

bunny angel: I worry a lot about you. I'm not sure if you're really crying when you read my fics, but I felt like crying when I was writing it... especially when Rogue's like crying in the end. Poor girl... Anyway, this'll just keep her in Goth mode, don't you think? We'll see how this impacts her in the sequel. There's more sunshine to come, so take care till then. And I agree with you, NO ONE can play Gambit, he's just way too cool~~

mnemosyne23: using your metaphor on the Thanksgiving dinner, was the ending kinda like, eating the pie and finding out that it was like moldy? Heh. Thank you for the really nice compliment about the supposedly "phenomenal characterizations," I try my best. Hope to see you in the sequel!

ishandahalf: I think I am the most afraid of your reaction to the end of this story. I don't know why, but I can totally envision you getting your armada together to come and attack me. You and that evil genius head of yours. But yeah, there wasn't any mush like you hoped... well, it was kinda like evil mush... so I guess I might just return my Queen award... aw, man... anyway, I don't think I'm gonna get too far without hearing your mad, cracked up rants, so I'll try to get the sequel up and going. But give me a couple weeks to recuperate and get my grades back up~~ =P I think I'll really miss you, seriously~ Anyway, you better be there for the next story!

Beautiful Disaster: Wow, I feel so honored that somebody referred my story to a friend. That's like soo hecka cool. Anyway, welcome to the X-men fandom. And welcome to the let's-get-Remy-and-Rogue-together society, and I don't understand why it should be anything else, those two are seriously made for each other in my books. So, I hope you'll check the site now and then, for a sequel and I'll try to expand my vocab a little, there are words like "lackadaisically" that I might use a little more redundantly than I should... ha ha

Brendii: Thanks for the compliment. Intricate storylines, huh? Yeah, and I kinda end up getting a lot of people confused in the process... =P I hope I'll see you for the sequel.

Toothpicksfromhell: First off, your penname is fantastic. Second, 32 chapters in one sitting?? Sorry for the late shout-out, but thanks for reading. Seriously, that's a whole lotta words to read.

The Flying Pen: Here's to hoping that while I rest a little and prepare myself for the next sequel, that someone doesn't take my story and create a better spinoff for it. Man, that'd piss me off. Anyway, thanks for reading, Pen, I'll see you next time. Watch out for the Mafia folk.

Panther Nesmith: Well, here's how it ended. Hope you're not too disappointed. You and your fanfic-fanatic sister~ Hope you'll join me for the sequel~~ Gosh, this is like frickin' campaigning for reelections or something... think I'm overdoing with this personal shout-out stuff...?

Christy S: Yes, I love my cliffhangars. And then I also like droppin' you guys off of it. Sadistic nature. Sorry for bein' so cruel. But maybe I can redeem myself in the sequel. I'll see you then, kay?

StarrFire: Hurrah~ thank goodness for the spell checker, huh? I type it in MSword first, and you know all those green and red corrective lines. Remy says one line and it's like everything he says is grammatically incorrect. =P Figures.

Flyby Stardancer: *shudder* AP tests. Thank goodness those are over, huh? Here's to better times in my fanfic world and no more standardized tests.

Grinning Contrivance: Well, I'm glad you're impressed! I hope you're still impressed after this chapter though. And not just annoyed. Amnesia is sooooo soap opera-ish, but hey!!! it's not amnesia! Well I'll try to hone my updating skills for the next story. =)

Lucky439: Well they ended up not getting married and having kids and riding off into the sunset... but they're only teenagers!! I'm a strong believer in that teenage romances don't last and it's better that the relationship has to endure some serious trials to keep it strong and unbreakable~!

Lace123: To the future English teacher. I hope you liked my trial at the stream-of-consciousness style in the last chapter. I had so much fun writing it. Have you read Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner? I tried to mimick him a little with my Rogue, especially when he wrote in the perspective of suicidal Quentin. But I didn't go as crazy as Faulkner did, cuz that'd be like too puzzling.

Ginny: I'm glad you decided to review me~!! I'll try to keep the sequel entertaining too. Lots of cool action scenes lined up. It'll be dopey fun~!

Rogue LeBeau: Thanks for reviewing~ Always happy to add a new perspective to the whole Rogue and Remy romance thing. And judging by your name, I think you've probaby read a lot of em. =) Jean's gonna be in the sequel, too... and I'll keep in mind that you don't really like her...

Lulu: Wow, I inspired someone to write. Of course, in my case, I've read so many bad fics that I was like, "that's it! I'm gonna write one the way I want to see it written! Grrr~~" I just hope that wasn't the case. ^.^a

Neurotic Temptress: Yunno, I always love reading your reviews. Even if you start going off on mad rants that are usually pretty tangential... they're terribly amusing. but yeah, I'm looking forward to what you got to say about the ending here. Please don't hate me. =P

rogue star: Yeah, Remy's such a sweetheart, isn't he? Although this story is more leaning on Rogue as the main character and this is probably at first glance, a Rogue tragedy. But if you think about it, Remy doesn't even know Rogue, he doesn't even get the sweet memories. And you have to wonder if that's something to be pitied. You know how they say, "it's better to have loved and lost, then never to have loved at all." Well Rogue loved and lost, but Remy is like, he never loved at all... Sad =( Anyway, I'll try to get a story going on in the sequel to redeem these two.

sabby13: Yunno, I think when I said that their dreamworld was kinda like "honeymooning" that's probably why you kinda got the idea that they already had sex. Cuz what do you do during honeymoons, right? But anyway, an error in my part. I hope I'll see you in the sequel.

snow queen: Here's the end. Ta dah. =P

StevDown: I hope I'm still on your fave list after you've read this. Heh heh...heh.

Ambrosia: Ahhhh~~ my dear Aussie reviewer with what I call your streaming spunky reviews. I have to first agree with you that I was deeply perturbed by the way they killed Lady Deathstrike. Because she was under mind control, she wasn't really a bad mutant, so it was like really horrible that she just died when she didn't really deserve it. And you're right, in the comic books, Yuriko was the long lost fiance that Logan loved... How so sad. Anyway, I always love reading your criticism, as wild as they are, it's like going on a roller coaster ride. But I'm glad you like the death and action, skip to brady-bunching, skip to romance and sex, and finally end at heartbreaking separation. Hopefully the last part didn't come too abruptly, I tried to hint during their whole romance bit that it was kind of a doomed relationship... with Rogue always getting grim doubts and such... Well, I hope you're there for the sequel. And hopefully, I won't piss you off too much with my writing! ha ha ha =)

Denial: You told me that you liked the fact that they're friends and not just lovers. I like that. But the end of this story has almost like pressed a reset button on them... kinda deflating, really... all that angst and it's so null, except for Rogue... but their lies the complication in the next part! See you then!

faeryeyes: I'm glad you liked "Giddy". It was a lot of fun for me to write. Hopefully, the sequel will be the same... =)

Okay, I've written soooooo much already. I'm getting quite tired. If I didn't get to you. I'm really sorry... honestly, I tried. But I'm so exhausted! Okay, I'll see you for the sequel~

Bai bai~~