Don´t kill me, but I need you all to trust me.

It´s in the works. I swear it is. But I keep on tripping over the first lines. Everything I come up with is not right (tonewise, plotwise I am completely happy).

I haven´t updated in so long simply because apart from all of my other stories, life is .. life. But here are a few things I would like all of you to know.

A) This is an important message, so please don´t organize a lynching mob to have my head because this is an announcement instead of the long-over-due update.

B) I am on it. I am not promising a date, but the plot is there. It´s seriously the first 500 words that I´ve been redoing for the past months, never reaching my satisfaction. I mean, I ALWAYS doubt my stuff, but the first part is honestly not yet good enough to post.

C) In a more recent review it has been suggested that I should rewrite the entire chapter in terms of Klaus´actions. I have always considered a rewrite because at the time I felt the writing was off, but I stand by every single horrible thing Klaus has done so far. I really, and genuinely enjoyed that review (It´s nice to know people care enough about my general writing to suggest something so bold), but should there ever be a rewrite - unlikely but who knows - the chapter will stand end with Klaus´ hand wrapped around Caroline´s heart. In said review Klaus was considered to be beyond redemption, but guys ... look at the show... look at it. There is no "beyond redemption" if the character truly grows himself or herself a pair. The more my Klaus screws up, the longer he´ll take to be worthy of Caroline, but I have faith. In my ideas and in Klaus. Good thing that he´s going to get some coffin time on his own pretty soon. Gives him time to think. And the growth lots of you have been dying to see on his part, it´ll come. In pieces. And crumbs.

D) I might sometimes literally take months and years - full-time student, 6-7 stories (new ideas keep on hounding me daily) on and a part-time job, and that´s just the routine part of my life right now - but none of them, not even "I chose your pain" have been abandoned.

E) Caroline will stop being the martyr. But mostly, keeping a promise she previously made to Klaus and deal with blood issues.

F) I know this is a Klaroline fic (meaning they are endgame - good thing the end is far off yet, right?), but try to give Tyler a chance. I blame my poor writing skills if I did not succeed in delivering one point. Tyler is currently Caroline´s best option. He may not be the option we´re all seeing at the end of this, but just because Klaus is currently displaying the maturity of a 14-year old hybrid, doesn´t mean Caroline has to go through all the pain and all the beautiful things life has to offer all on her own. She deserves to love someone who loves her back, even if it´s just for a period of time. Tyler is trying to do right, and if any of you feel like he´s a douche... blame me, I messed up writing him.

G) SPOILER ALERT BIG TIME:

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So ... the next chapter/s will have a coffin-time out for an over-agitated hybrid aka lots of Klaus thoughts. An attempt on my part at a deep conversation between Tyler and Caroline, Elena dying (yes, with a few exceptions I`ll ALWAYS stick to the cannon... so there we go, like it or not, Elena will die at the hands of Rebekah and wake up being a vampire). - oh, and the body switch... Personally, I am kind of psyched that Caroline wound up killing those 12 witches... perfectly matches how she killed Gloria in my story, meaning: Julie Plec just gave me a silver opportunity for Caroline to ponder over Gloria´s death and about black and white and grey zones.

Do you guys have any remote idea of how much Silas will have torturing Klaus with all of those nasty things that have happened between him and Caroline so far? As for Klaus´ redemption... lots of non-canon moments in the works PLUS the canon moments. Oh... and Elena sans humanity... honestly, putting myself on hiatus due to creative differences with my own writing might pay off well.

So anyway, enough of that... I just really urge and beg you all, be patient (not just with this story, if you have questions concerning the other stories, send me a pm and you can get as many spoilers as you feel like asking for) ... I am honestly working on it.