Thank god they are finally going to be together!!!  Although this was a wonderful chapter, I can"t wait for her to go home and be with Rob!!! It really is a wonderful story! :)

Author's Response:

i completely understand. they do so much better when they are together... 

thanks so much my dear!

MWAH!

steph

Well crap it really is the wrong time of month for me to have read this chapter... Not a pretty sight!

This poor girl, my heart is ripping out of my chest for her. As good as it is that she has Clare there with her she needs to get back to her boy. Then she can try and heal with him at her side.

I only hope that he understands why she didn't tell him about the baby and that he doesn't do something irrational like a typical hot blooded male.. They need to work through this together.

Fantastic writing, I could feel all her pain as if it was my own...

I so need a drink or three after that!

 

Author's Response:

how i understand the wrong time... believe me! i feel ya!

Clare is a good bandaid, but absolutely. she needs her man. 

Rob... how will he react? he's young, but an old soul. but a boy really, but so in love... gah... i can't wait to post it. but am terrified to write the OTT version... 

so glad you enjoyed it... i guess thats why my beer intake is up! LOL!

thanks hun!

MWAH!

steph

I could not be angry with you for the path your story had taken. This is truly a wonderful love story that has to run it's course. Two people that love each other so much can overcome almost anything and it will only make them stronger. For Jen to have come through so much hurt and loss and in the end to have found someone that makes her feel alive again is a wonderful thing. Sending Rob's mother to her will I hope make it a little eaiser for her since she dosen't have her own anymore. My mother passed away seven years ago and even though I am older there is not a day that goes by that I don't miss her. So thanks for giving here Clare. Waiting on next chapter.

Love Lilly

 

Author's Response:

thanks so much Lilly! 

gosh. its been days since answering reviews and still i cry. thank you for understanding. it will make their relationship stronger. and it will help Jen see how she can be so much more. Having Clare there will hopefully bring her around. make her see what is important.

i want to write so much more, but i am so short in time. thank you my dearest. your support is so important to me. 

thanks for believing in this story!

MWAH!

steph

you have a talent...you convay so much depth every nuance. There is no waste of words  or feeling.  you bring us directly to the heart of the mater - love pain loss desire fear comapassion hope

I cntnue to love this story and anticipate the nextchapter before I have have finished the first paragraph.  Bless you for the compasion for which yu tell this dificultyet wonderous story.

your writing is a treasure, thank you for sharing

Author's Response:

thank you so much hun. i can't even tellyou how much your review inspires me to go on. i am so happy to hear you like it. really i am. thank you so much for your wonderful support. and dedication to this story. 

always happy to share to those that want to listen.

more soon!

MWAH!

steph

poor jen to go through all that, thank god clare came to be with her, hopefully jen will get some good news in the next chapter thank you so much for updating happy fourth

Author's Response:

gotta love Clare,she'll help Jen thru the worst of it. 

thanks so much my dear!MWAH!

steph

So heartbreaking.  I'm so glad that Clare was there with her.  I lost a baby at 9wks.  I remember not crying until days later. I think I was just in shock.  You write what she is feeling so well.  It brought me back to that day.  I really hope they are back together next chapter.  I need some RobJen time together!!!!

-Jen

Author's Response:

thanks so much jen. i am sorry to bring you there, but feel good that i can show what it could be like for those not aware. she has a lot to get thru, but with family and rob, and her desire to survive, we'll ge tthru it. 

I will say Rob Jen are back together next chapter...

heehehe

thanks!

mwah!

steph

I love Clare.  She is being so wonderful.  Poor Jen, I don't know how she is handling this.  It's great that the Dr. is giving her some hope.  That will be a blessing if they can have a child someday.  Nick is actually being a nice guy.  He seems so sincere in his desire to help out.  Rob is going to be so upset when he gets the full story, but he will love Jen no matter what.  These guys have so much to deal with.  You have done a fantastic job with this.

Author's Response:

thanks so much my dear.

I adore Clare. such a symbol of what it is to be a mom.. hopefully Jen will see that.

There is always hope, Jen and rob will just have to process and figure it all out eventually. Rob will have a lot to process as well as Jen. but they need to do it together. and Nick. yeah, he is making progress. 

thanks so much! sorry its so short! i have so many to get thru!

thanks for your great review!

MWAH!

steph

Wow, you are killing me with all of this, keeping them apart! But I can see why are you are, and seriously, this is such a great story. Every time I see that it's updated, I drop whatever I'm doing and read. It's so realistic, and so heartwarming/heart wrenching, I don't ever want it to end! Seriously, favorite fanfic (not just rob fic, or twilight fic) EVER! Can't wait for the next update, you've got me on pins and needles! Love it so much!

Author's Response:

thank you so much! that really means so much to me. i never thought in a million years that this story would be received as it is. so thank you. 

I promise the heat ache will resolve itself, but yes, i do have to work thru it, just as a matter of respect to those that have been thru it. 

but once they are back together, we can get some resolution.

thanks my dear!

more soon!

mwah!

steph

Another sad chapter..but you wrote it so well.  I feel so bad for Jen.  I was one of the lucky ones.  I had to two normal pregnancies and two healthy kids.  But there are so many out there that can't have children, but want them so terribly bad. 

I can't wait for them to be together again...and I'm so glad that Mrs P. is there for her:)

Author's Response:

thanks hun. 

sad true... but we'll get thru it. they need each other, things will get better once they are together again. 

thanks my dear!

mwah!

steph

 

Next time I am sick, I want Megan to call Clare, ok? 

This was great, Steph, just what Jenn needed, even when, in the beginning, she didn't think so.  And my fears that I expressed last time, about Rob feeling like he'd been handled?  I think those will be greatly lessened because Clare was there - at least I hope so, altho I could feel his pain/frustration at being so far away and really being trapped/unable to be where he wanted to be.  I don't know how you do it, but you communicate not just the words, but most importantly, the emotions SO clearly that sometimes it is actually painful.  But that is a testament to your writing! 

Ok, so I am rambling now.  Let's just say that after I read it, I needed chocolate pie and a nap.  I feel better now.  : )  LYTD!  Can't wait to see you!

t.

Author's Response:

thanks teddi, i'll call clare for your burn. although i think she might cluck at you. 

so glad you can feel it. we've talked about it, and i appreciate that so much. it means a lot to be able to relay what they must feel.

Clare will be a good interim until Rob and Jen reunite. but she needs him, she needs his support and his love. 

had such a great time the other day! 

and yay for frozen shamwows!

love you my dear!

MWAH!

steph

You have me absolutely obsessed with these two - and I love where you have taken this story! It's simply amazing!

That being said, I feel like these poor characters have been through hell and back again. And, as hard as I know it will be, I wish Jen would tell Rob - firstly (and selfishly) because I want to see his reaction and the unconditional love he has for her, and secondly because I want them to finally find peace & happiness and in order to do that, they need to move through this.

In other words, I would an update as soon as humanly possible. :) You're amazing, your characterizations are superb and this plot is nearly flawless in it's pacing. Thanks for an awesome read!

Author's Response:

yay for obsessed! LOL! i am so glad you are enjoying it.

you are so right. they have been thru the ringer and have a long road ahead of them, but truly, once things are out in the open, maybe she can come to realise just how special she is, and that will help a lot. she is really discovering more about herself than she ever did.

haha. an update is in the queue and while i know i took a few days to respond (youguys overwhelm me) it should be up soon!

thanks so much!

MWAH!

steph

Hi, my sweet ET...

You know I was concerned about Clare's role, but you handled this masterfully.  She's complicit but not, really being the mother that Jen needs while still being the mother she already is.  I'm thrilled and awed by you yet again.

Nurse Chris?  Okay, you made me giggle.  And she was very concerned about what Jen was eating... so I felt some kinship!  My mother was a nurse... bet you didn't know that!  I even know how to give injections and use a sphygmomanometer.  As you know, I also just wander around looking for opportunities to use that word!  Hahaha!

Nick was handled brilliantly as well.  Even Clare can't declare yet.  Just the way it should be.  I think in the grand scheme of things, the best he'll ever hope for from women who know the truth will be disdain.  Men might be more forgiving, but not one certain man.  Will that man ever learn to compartmentalize enough to make a coherent decision?  Someday he's going to have to live with what Nick to them and for them.  Nick should be glad on that day that justice is blind.  Because if she could see him, she'd be certain her kick got him square in the nuts.

The ultrasound... surrogacy... hope... that's what all of this is about.  Hope.  Knowledge is power.  There's so much grief for Jen to process, but she has to learn to stop pushing away the information that gives her hope.  She needs her center by her side to do that.  I wish you luck in getting her back to London.  She needs him.

ILY, my ET!  Fantastic chapter yet again.  Thank you for sharing this with us!

*mwah*

Author's Response:

hey my dear!

you are probably landing any minute... i had a great time with you while i could. can't wait till SD! sorry this is going to be super abbreviated... i am just in over my head at the moment on so little sleep. but i need to get these done, you know... hahaha if course you know. 

So glad you liked Clare... there are those kind of mothers out there that just get it. they know how to handle everything. and still know what is truly important.

heehee. glad you liked the nurse... 

Nick... yeah, you know he will always be viewed with an air of disdain, and mistrust to some degree. It means Rob will need to take the reins of his career a bit more. something it seems he is doing to some degree. i think Makc Truck helps with that to be honest. i think the feeling of safety the mack provides has helped... which is why i love mack so much. and yes i am absolutely talking RL Mack.. he is my hero...

Hope. always have hope. always. she most definitely needs to process, because right now she is so overwhelmed by the whole of everything, she can't see the glimmer. she is also under the false idea that being a mother is so much the carrying of the child in your belly... oh hunny... there is so much more to it...something people who have not had kids yet just dont understand- concerts take the back burner to puking child don't cha know... lol.... she needs to learn its about the raising of the child that she can make the difference she wants to have with her child... Rob will help with that... Clare will help with that.

sigh... love you my dear.

more to respond to, so i will just say... 11 days... i can't wait!

MWAH!

steph