oh noura! i’m so proud of her and i just want to wrap her in a blanket and squeeze her in a hug. she’s grown so much throughout the fic and i love how her relationship with leia blossomed. this was the perfect tribute to carrie and debbie - they’re right there, in between the lines. ugh so perfect!

oh this was gorgeous! rouge alternatively cracked me up and made me tear up! the relationships between all of these characters are just so wonderful and deep and real. i always love reading your fics and i’m super glad i somehow fell behind so i’d have something to entertain me now that i’m back at work lol

i don’t know why it took me so long to finally catch up on this fic - quarantine kind of let time get away from me. but that being said, i loved this chapter. all the women together and looking out for noura and providing her with a support system was wonderful! i can’t imagine how you kept everyone straight and giving them the time to speak but you did it masterfully! i truly enjoyed every word of this chapter and it made me tear up several times because each and every one of these characters is wonderful and perfect!

Loved this story! The ending was perfect.

What an absolutely beautiful ending to this story. The growth that Noura has gone through - personally and with her mother - was so inspiring to read. I have loved all of your stories - but this one might be one of my all time favorites. So relatable, so well written, just all the feels - I loved it. Thank you so much for sharing your incredible talent.

Absolutely wonderful story Alexandra. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Loved the growth Noura has gone through during this story. Can’t wait to read any other stories you write!

Omg, this was such a WONDERFUL story! I cried with Noura, I hurt for her, I laughed with her, and I'm so proud of the young woman she's becoming! We definitely need more stories about her, and Jaina and Max, too! I love ALL of your Star Wars stories about Han and Leia and the kiss when they were little, and about Leia's extended Organa and Naberrie families, too! I'd also love if you'd write the story on how Luke and Mara met and hooked up.

Anyways, sorry I'm rambling, lol. I can identify with Noura in her struggle with anxiety and low self esteem. I struggled with that at her age as well. I also didn't have the support I needed at home. My parents always focused on my flaws, never told me they were proud of anything I'd done, they constantly put me down about how I dumb I was, how overweight I was (I was 160lbs in high school), etc, etc. I'd thought my extended family thought there same way. Three years after I moved out I met my wonderful hubby and he taught me the value of self worth. He taught me that it's what's inside that counts and he's always tells me and shows me how proud he is of me. I also learned that my extended family are NOTHING like my parents. They're wonderful, wonderful people who have such incredible life experiences to share. They always make me feel better when I'm really depressed and struggling with my inner demons.

Another thing the subject matter doesn't bother me at all. You've written so beautifully about it, both with Leia and with Noura. You've conveyed that it is the WOMAN'S choice, something that the woman alone must decide on her own without pressure from anyone else. AMD you're right, babies SHOULD be wanted. I can't imagine giving birth to a baby that I didn't want or that would dredge up painful memories every time I look at them, or that I couldn't provide for financially, or that I physically couldn't keep up with because I'm too ill to give him or her the proper attention they need. And, shame on those states in America that have outlawed it! These women are either going to do it themselves with coat hangers or go to someone who has no medical license and end up bleeding out and dying, or getting sepsis and dying from that! How incredibly stupid their governors are! Shame on them!

Ok, I'm done ranting now. I just don't understand how that choice can be so easily taken away from people. Smh.

Anyway, I hope that you'll have time to write more Star Wars stories! I'm almost done reading all of yours, and I'm afraid that I'll go through withdrawals after I'm done, lol. You write so beautifully about Han and Leia, their relationship and their personal struggles, and how they both overcome them. I've been looking for your story about Han and Leia's first time together on the Falcon when they're headed to Bespin. I've read your story, 'Good', and the one where they start sleeping together in the same bunk but don't have sex yet, but for the life of me I can't find the one where they 'do it' for the first time. Help, lol!

Again, wonderful job on this fic! I think I'll read it again, now knowing what's gonna happen at the end and how much Noura has transformed. I always get more insight when I read a story for the second time, and the third, and so on and so forth.

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Omgg amazing conclusion to this brilliant story , was rereading some of the chapters today before you posted the epilogue , thank you so much for this masterpiece! 3

I loved this story. Thanks for writing it.

Beautiful ending. Thank you for this beautiful story you have given us!

That was a very satisfying ending to the story of Noura’s transition from adolescence into adulthood.

I love this story - absolutely love it. You have taken a delicate and sensitive subject and told such a beautiful story. The end of this chapter was great - I was so touched by Noura finding her footing and being true to herself and who she is. And of course to have her relationship with her mother back on track - such a relief for the two of them. The scenes with Rouge - oh man - I loved it. Loved that we got to see more of what makes good old Rouge tick, and the gift for Noura had me rolling. And finally, since I am such a huge sucker for Han and Leia - and you write them so well - I enjoyed the scenes with the two of them. It's always good to see Han being Leia's rock and that she still wants and needs him after all these years. Looking forward to reading the epilogue. Thank you as always for sharing!

Ughhh the last section of the chapter made my cry - quarantine is killing me I’m losing control!

Great chapter!

I don't want this story to end! it's so amazingly complex and it tugs at so many emotions at once.

also I'm furious because I busted out laughing at the Shampoo reference and there's no one in my house who will understand.

Wow! Amazing. Girl Talk was one of my favourite stories by you so I absolutely adored the Leia Winter scene and the fact we got to see Marisol was so awesome and the reference to Carrie in Shampoo and how Debbie was not a fan at all was hilarious and so special. And the Rouge and Noura dynamic was beautiful and touching. Can’t wait to read the epilogue. This has certainly been such a wonderful story and I will certainly come back and read it many times. Well done Alexandra!