Dear readers,

In case you haven't heard, I'm retiring from fanfiction. Jealousy, which I consider to be my greatest work, will also be my last. I'm very grateful to everyone for sticking with me these last couple of years and hope you will wish me luck on persuing a future as a career novelist.

With that said, it seems, well, wrong to leave my most successful series unfinished. I have had Annie's birthday party planned out for a long time but cannot seem to get it done. So, I'm giving you an abbreviated version so you don't think I'm leaving you hanging. It goes something like this:

The birthday dinner ensues, with Annie, Seth, Seras, Alucard, Integra, and a very awkward Walter. Alexander Anderson had run off for the moment with Nicholas Wolfwood to do, um... orphanage stuff. Annie is becoming increasingly drunk as Alucard makes all sorts of comments that makes Seth more and more squirmy. Integra and Walter avoid eye-contact with each other since Walter can't stop ogling her. Seras, oblivious to the tension, is having a great time and not noticing that Annie is spiking her drink. She becomes drunk and loses control over her form, allowing Pip, whom Annie had never met, to emerge.

Pip: hey, cutie. About time we got to talk.
Annie (think she's drunk and seeing things): who are you?
Pip: Me? I'm your sister's "live-in" boyfriend. Your parents won't let me out because, for reasons unknown to me, they think I'm a bad influence.

The party starts getting a little rowdy, what with Pip there and all, and Integra excuses herself to go for a smoke. She winds up in her old office. Alucard appears and the usual raunchy banter ensues (I don't feel like writing it out. Consult any of my one-shots if you want it).

Integra: I can't believe you still paw at me like a teenager after all these years.
Alucard: I can't believe you still can't admit you enjoy it after all these years.

Back and forth, back and forth. Eventually, Integra grows upset and says something along the lines of "fine, let's do it" and they... do. Annie, very drunk, stumbles in while they're in a very compromising position. A little later, very much sober, she sits down with her parents as they very awkwardly try to convince her that it hasn't happened before. Not believing them, she later orders Walter to have the desk burned.

And then what happens? Well, life goes on in my little Hellsing universe. Alucard and Integra go on their adventures, which at one point lands them on a ship called the Black Pearl, where Integra discovered she looked very good in pirate gear. Anessa and Seth work together to carry on Hellsing's legacy and eventually marry. Walter discovers that being a teenager in the 21st century wasn't so bad, what with the internet and everything. Anderson eventually returns with a weird-looking big cross that he carrys bayonets in. Pip harrasses Seras regularly about letting him out more, though without much success.

And that's all. Hooray for Hellsing and AxI forever!

Love,

DR