I'd like to apologize to my readers for the superfluous page.

As some of you may know, I have been trying to get published on and off for a few months now. This story was edited for a Fiction class of mine. I "filed the serial numbers," so to speak, and made it into an original work with lots of revision.

I pulled this story down nearly a year ago because I was trying to get it published. I didn't find any publishers who really wanted this sort of fiction, so I'm putting it back up here for my readers who have enjoyed it in the past... and for the newer readers who stumble on it.

This story has been heavily edited from when I'd originally posted it, so it's getting added as a second chapter for the people who have read the original version - that way you get an update notice for it.

So, if you're still reading this, I'll shut up now. Skip to chapter 2 and enjoy the newly revised version of this story!