Okay guys. Let's be honest. I haven't been around much. In fact I'm so out of touch with things at the moment, you're probably sitting there thinking how I could be bothered to remember this little site that launched my love of writing. To be honest, I've just been busy (excuse number one, lame as) and unmotivated (excuse number two, no excuse) and yes, even a little bit scared of starting up again (excuse number three, I can see you laughing...!) The thing is, if I post something now, God knows I'm gonna be judged - it's been nearly a year since I uploaded anything after all. You'll all sit there analysing every single word, every little detail, to see if I've changed my style so dramatically I should just give up now and leave with the kudos you've all left at my doorstep (ie, the absolutely wonderful reviews and emails I get. Some are so awesome I pin them on my work desk as some sort of inspiration)

I'm not planning to give up yet. Really, I'm not. I was going to but unfortunately I was the only one who knew this. Even my fantastic co-writer and mentor Geo had no idea how close I came to packing in the whole writing thing (although I guess by now he may have figured it out. I wouldn't have blamed him if he did). And get ready for another pathetic excuse, although I SWEAR it's genuine. I did write a chapter for The River Runs Through It. I truly did. All I had to do was tweak it here and there, add maybe one or two paragraphs and get the all-go from Geo.

Now, guess what happened next...?

I wrote it at work, so I forwarded it from my work email to my private email. From there I saved it to my home computer and deleted it from both work and private email addresses. And now the home computer has thrown a major spaz for the second time this year (yes, that's twice in one month) and has been taken away for major surgery. I will not be surprised if it comes back empty so all in all, for now, I've lost the chapter. I've just spent half an hour searching all my folders and files at work and in my email addressesto no bloody avail.

I feel so stupid about it all. Right now I askfor your forgiveness and yes, even more patience, which should be nothing short of a privilage for me right now. I have a good idea of what I wrote, so I will get back onto itin the meantime to try and recover what I can,and pray that the computer comes back okay so I don't have too much to do. Sigh, I hate myself right now...

Thanks a million for all your massive support over the years. I truly could not accomplished what I have without the kind and deeply meaningful words I have received from so many people on this website. Hopefully I can start afresh with this chapter and reclaim my rightful place as a true AAML author, not a fleeting moment in fanfiction.net history. Please, please bear with meand it should all be worth it. And above all, keep the AAML spirit alive. I may not have watched a recent Pokémon episode in over a year (I blame this solely on the fact that...well, to be honest...Pokémon Advanced is a load of bollocks...) but I've just watched Jirachi Wishmaker and Pokémon 2000plus Ibought a three-set DVD of Master Quest eps, including the one where Misty leaves, so if that isn't inspiration in my very own bedroom then God knows what is! (I mention Jirachi for that TINY bit where Ashis telling Maxhe has a friend he left that he misses every day and that will always be in his heart...there is one shot of his face that just tells more than all of his two sentences about the situation does. I love it)

Love and best wishes to all, and may this year be better than the last in terms of my updates. See ya soon :-)

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1. The River Runs Through It » reviews

The sequel to Second Time Around! Ash and Misty have a beautiful daughter, life is finally falling into place, when an unexpected event brings everything crashing back down. 15th of May 2005 updated again!

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 11 - Words: 38,751 - Reviews: 202 - Updated: 5-14-05 - Published: 10-7-02

2. Dilemmas of the Heart » reviews

7 years of peace have prevailed for Ash, Misty, and their friends and families after Gary's death. Now an unknown threat is tampering with their safety...and more. *chapter 9 up*

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Suspense - Chapters: 9 - Words: 30,564 - Reviews: 63 - Updated: 2-7-03 - Published: 5-10-02

3. Torn In Two » reviews

Ash and Misty are married, they're in love, they're living a life they've only previously dreamed of. However this life is about to be shattered by something they never could have imagined. *chapter 2 up*

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 7,264 - Reviews: 15 - Updated: 10-31-02 - Published: 10-28-02

4. I just called to say reviews

Short AAML fluff I wrote to distract myself. It's in Ash's POV after Misty leaves and I don't really have a lot to say after that, lol. Just fluffy twerpshipping stuff! Yay!

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,667 - Reviews: 31 - Updated: 10-15-02 - Published: 10-15-02

5. The Biggest Incentive reviews

Misty is struggling with a disease of the mind and in the process she's losing everything she held dear to her. Desperate to break free but finding it hopeless, she has no choice but to comply with an extreme and unwanted solution.

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,072 - Reviews: 27 - Updated: 10-9-02 - Published: 10-9-02

6. Second Time Around » reviews

IT'S THE AAML YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! Well, I hope so anyways! Ash and Misty are reunited on summer vacation two years after their bitter break-up. Can forgiveness and love ever come back into their lives? * Epilogue up* (Complete).

Complete - Pokemon - Fiction Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 29 - Words: 96,244 - Reviews: 307 - Updated: 10-6-02 - Published: 8-16-02

7. Depths of Despair reviews

Very angsty and very dark, so so sorry. I had a bad week and this is what happened! My first story in yonks, please R&R, short but quite heavy and sort of AAML. Sort of...

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: M - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,423 - Reviews: 16 - Updated: 7-26-02 - Published: 7-26-02

8. That Fateful Mistake reviews

What happens when fate is the number one role in a story set in a hotel bar? You get this! Eventually fluffy AAML, but rated PG13 for swearing and, uh, drunken scenes.

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,097 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 6-2-02 - Published: 6-2-02

9. Restoring My Life reviews

Wooo, my first fic in two months! Little AAML about Misty leading a life she hates - which includes an unwanted engagement - and feels she can't get out of. Maybe Ash, her one link to hope, can make her see differently.

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,660 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 5-11-02 - Published: 5-11-02

10. Childhood Dilemmas » reviews

*FINISHED* 5 years down the line, our heroes seem to be recovering from the dark force that was Giovanni. But they are soon to discover that their lives are not as placid as they once thought, and that this time, the threatning force is playing for keeps.

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Suspense - Chapters: 25 - Words: 67,023 - Reviews: 172 - Updated: 5-2-02 - Published: 9-20-01

11. As You Were Sleeping reviews

Ash is finding it difficult to ask Misty an important question, and finds an alternative route around the problem. Very short, basic, written quickly, but sometimes that works!

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,740 - Reviews: 16 - Updated: 3-14-02 - Published: 3-14-02

12. Don't Know What You've Got 'Til It's Gone » reviews

Sequel to my egoshipping story! It's been a year since Misty left Ash for his rival, but on a trip back to Pallet Town a year later, could she be having second doubts? (Not essential you read the first one, it's easy to pick up!)

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 11,528 - Reviews: 16 - Updated: 3-13-02 - Published: 3-13-02

13. Happily Married? reviews

Misty's accusing Ash of the ultimate married sin, and their daughter is caught in the middle of it. How will Ash make it up to her and save a marriage that had once been so blissful? *gasp* Hurry up Ash, think quick! ^_^

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,357 - Reviews: 25 - Updated: 2-21-02 - Published: 2-21-02

14. Can I Wait For You? reviews

AAML sequel! Well this is the sequel to my other little story, "I Can Wait For You" it's not essential you read that first. It's been nine months since Ash was arrested, and now Misty is in a huge conflict when he unexepectedly returns to her.

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,627 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 2-11-02 - Published: 2-11-02

15. Frustration reviews

My second songfic, done in Misty's POV. She could've kicked herself black and blue for the dozens of opportunities she had to reveal her true feelings. So will today be different? Or just another day of frustration...?

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,641 - Reviews: 17 - Updated: 1-28-02 - Published: 1-28-02

16. Counting the Minutes reviews

Misty's becoming an established journalist, and in order to up her career, she's sent to war-stricken Johto to cover the stories there. But Ash is having serious doubts about her trip...

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,884 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 1-4-02 - Published: 1-4-02

17. O Christmas Tree reviews

Christmas AAML! Yay! Misty's keeping a secret from her two best friends, something that concerns her past. Can Christmas get it out of her and into a possibly brighter future? Oooh the intrigue! Happy hols everyone! ^_^

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,504 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 12-23-01 - Published: 12-23-01

18. Learning to Live Again, Learning to Love reviews

A little AAML I wrote kinda quickly! How does Misty's best friend of 7 years react when her life is temporarily but dramatically changed? Will he stand by her side?

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,327 - Reviews: 20 - Updated: 12-14-01 - Published: 12-14-01

19. I Can Wait For You reviews

Warning: an AAML with a weird ending. Starts out with an Ash and Misty summer love, but ends...well, you have to read to find out how it ends! 100% twerpshipping, just a different angle on the ending...oh just read it! ^_^

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,442 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 12-12-01 - Published: 12-12-01

20. Decisions of the Heart » reviews

The fate of our seemingly happy trio is placed squarely on Misty's shoulders. This story could be AAML, could be something else...read on to find out! (Dedicated to my sis Gemma, who gave me the idea and challenged me to write it in the first place!)

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 4 - Words: 11,319 - Reviews: 16 - Updated: 10-19-01 - Published: 10-19-01

21. When Fame and Fortune Strikes reviews

How does Misty cope with the fame game when she gets a huge role in it? Can she ever go back to a life she tried so hard to leave behind?

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,096 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 10-12-01 - Published: 10-12-01

22. The Well Established Boyfriend reviews

Cool title huh? lol, just a cute AAML. Basic fluff that twerpshippers, such as myself, love reading! R&R!!

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,374 - Reviews: 20 - Updated: 10-12-01 - Published: 10-12-01

23. College Catastrophe reviews

Ash and Misty are now attending Celadon University, studying different degrees. Having gone steady for two years, can the pressures of the grown-up world finally be unleashed upon our happy couple?

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,330 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 9-25-01 - Published: 9-25-01

24. Through Dilemma Comes Devestation » reviews

The long-awaited sequel to Misty's Dilemma! *COMPLETED* Misty and Ash were united in holy matrimony, but how are things two years on? Who is the evil force that could ultimately tear them apart forever?

Complete - Pokemon - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Suspense - Chapters: 21 - Words: 44,969 - Reviews: 91 - Updated: 9-20-01 - Published: 6-10-01

25. From Shivers to Shakes reviews

A little AAML with a bad ending, sorry bout that! The gang is in a place they trust, and although powerful feelings are revealed, nothing is as powerful as the force of mother nature...

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,811 - Reviews: 17 - Updated: 8-28-01 - Published: 8-28-01

26. Moulin Rouge a la Misty and Ash reviews

Okay okay, not really Moulin Rouge, but it has a song in there from the movie. AAML, of course, with a very sweet and relavant song from Moulin Rouge! (nothing to do with Misty being a whore, as some people have suggested!)

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,332 - Reviews: 33 - Updated: 7-2-01 - Published: 7-2-01

27. Family Ties » reviews

Could Ash really have more family than he bargained for? There will definatly be some AAML soon, don't worry people!

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 7 - Words: 6,994 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 6-28-01 - Published: 4-7-01

28. Remembering is Forever... reviews

Rocketshippy story that's kinda cute at the end...for Rocketshippers and people who believe others have forgotten them...

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,400 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 6-19-01 - Published: 6-19-01

29. Misty's Dilemma » reviews

A tragedy hits the Waterflowers and Misty is forced to move back to Cerulean - permanantly. Just as she's discovering things about life she didn't think were possible. Can someone she truly cared about come back to her and do something that could only be

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 18 - Words: 21,592 - Reviews: 135 - Updated: 5-14-01 - Published: 4-20-01

30. Misty's Secret reviews

Just a little A & M fic with a pyschiatric twist. Please R & R! Supernatural and Romance combined!

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,500 - Reviews: 40 - Updated: 4-25-01 - Published: 3-31-01

31. Sitting in Cerulean Fields reviews

Misty is sitting in the fields of her hometown, contemplating her future. What will she decide?

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,395 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 4-7-01 - Published: 4-7-01

32. Life After Misty » reviews

The final chapter in the triology. A little more serious than the other two. Must've read "Desperate Measures" and "The Love of an Older Woman!"

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 10,391 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 4-3-01 - Published: 4-3-01

33. Desperate Measures » reviews

When Misty gets desperate for Ash, she'll do anything to get him...and I mean ANYTHING! Not your usual A & M fic, but not only AAML, but Rocketshippy too!

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 6,465 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 4-2-01 - Published: 4-2-01

34. The Love of an Older Woman reviews

The twisted sequel to "Desperate Measures" with a rather sad and unrealistic ending!

Pokemon - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,952 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 4-2-01 - Published: 4-2-01