This is a pure author's note where I just talk about the story.

(I'll probably come back and delete it later, I just want to talk for a little)

You have been warned.

So you actually care as to what this story was supposed to be, well I'm here to tell you. Somehow it started with the idea of Roman and Ruby meeting in an alley. Yes, I'm being serious. I quickly realized that wouldn't work because the solution was too simple: Ruby can just stop walking in alley ways in the middle of the night. Somehow this idea found its way into the end of the story. My next idea was that Roman kidnaps Ruby and maybe finds a way to hypnotize her using some sort of dust potion thing. Once she's hypnotized he uses her to fight against her team. I soon dismissed this idea because I didn't think that Ruby wouldn't have her free will. I also realized I lacked the writing skill to rewrite Ruby into a mindless slave. (Maybe one day I will have the skill, if I do maybe I'll try to write the fic I do have in mind).This is actually where Neo came along, the idea that she had been broken and Roman thinking he could do it again with Ruby. I wasn't actually planning on writing the fic until the idea that maybe Roman comes home a little drunk one night and confessing things to Ruby came along. Somehow from there I said "I can make that work" so I went with it and started writing.

One unused idea was that Roman fell in love with Neo's sister. That Ruby would never be a replacement for her no matter how much Roman tried to make it that way. However, I scrapped that idea because I didn't feel like I could make it work. Thus Neo simply just wanted revenge on the man who stole her life away from her. There was also the idea that Neo always grew close with the other girls that Roman had kidnapped. I decided against it because that would have taken the story nowhere.

The ideas for endings are as follows:

*Yang storms in and find them: Scrapped because I couldn't think of what happened after she finds them

*The other girls Roman kidnapped save Ruby: this idea was a quick one that I honestly couldn't find going anywhere.

*Ruby runs away from Beacon: Scrapped because she would have ran back to Roman, who she was pissed at and he wouldn't have taken her back

*Ruby gets expelled because she won't tell what happened: Though I hinted at it, it was scrapped because what would happen is listed above

As wrote chapter 13 I thought 'I should have told this story from Neo's point of view' then I realized that wouldn't work at all since she's only in the story about 30% of the time. (I don't know why I feel the need to include that detail, I just do…) I also had the idea that team RWBY follows Ruby to Roman on the last night, but made them watch because I want the trust to start building up between Ruby and her team. As far as Neo using Sign Language, I usually don't like having characters that don't actually use Sign Language as a form of communication to use it. I made it an exception because we don't actually know how Neo communicates. I also don't like to write out parts in Sign Language because I know I'm messing up the ASL grammar, but I don't want to make it harder on the reader. Also since there are multiple forms of Sign Language and they probably all have different grammar I didn't want to make it exclusively ASL. Also I do realize that Ruby's attachment to Roman happened kind of fast, I tried to extend that it as much as possible. Sorry about that. There was something else I was going to say… I can't remember now. sigh oh well. Anyways anyone who bothered to read this: Thanks.

Since you bothered to read this here's a reward (of sorts):

I'll probably be writing another story. Probably. If I do write this story you get to see the first little idea bubble. (I feel like it's been done before… why do I feel like it's been done before?)

Romans a student at Beacon. His family is rich and stuff like that. A lot of characters are moved to fit the template I'm laying out. Ex: Cinder and Roman are siblings. Blake and Adam are also siblings. Romans team is team JARN (yeah, I couldn't think of anything else. If that's some offensive word or term: someone please let me know... please. It was originally team JANT but... Torchwick isn't actually Romans first name... yeah) ANYWAYS: Roman and Ruby meet and it's just cute dating stuff. I may make it to where they get into some sort of fight and break up only to meet as adults or something. Like I said, it's still up in the air.

(Quick update: I totally have not started working on the second chapter of that story since I wrote this note... not at alllllllllllllll... ((I hope you picked up on my sarcasm there, just saying)))

That's all I got so far, that's why it's a PROBABLY. (This story basically started out this way so...) Anyways it'd be rated T and be a lot sweeter than this story ever was. (I can hear everyone groaning for me to not write another story already) This story would be in first person, for a change.

I'm just rambling now. I should probably sleep, or start on that story either way…. I just want to say once again:

THANK YOU

Peace out till I write again or whatever XD