OH.MY!!!

Alright Steph, I now have punching bag Rob etched into my brain! Please, please let us take another trip to the garage...

That was just raw and hot! And Jen, getting "caught" by the whole fam - nice! The shouted comment of Rob not needing more than 5 minutes - I almost spewed out my tea! I don't think I'd last 30 seconds with that man...GAH!!!

So glad they started the Nick discussion - and it should take some time for Rob to come to a decision. I could totally see Jen's POV about this.

I loved it - I know , what a surprise!

Author's Response:

Oh yes.. the garage will make an encore...

Poor Jen... she is going to have a hell of a time balancing schmexing with rob and trying to be proper and demure...

and the sisters are really mean aren't they? hehehehehe

glad you understand Jen's pov on Nick... it's alot more complicated than just firing his ass..that would be too easy...man must suffer!

Thanks so much my dear! glad you liked it!

MWAH! steph

I have little words and big words, but first...

Ah, the 'Stang!  Bless your heart, the 'Stang!  I will never understand how that boy can be driving around America with a foreign sport car.  I hope his father gives him a Rosie-worthy slap upside the head every time he sees it.  Okay, rant over.

So great how the lack of a filter catches up to her.  It would certainly be appropriate that, since he tells reporters and strangers stuff he shouldn't, that he'd tell his family everything.  I love how you've shown Victoria, as she is indeed the mystery girl.  I also can't wait for you to read about Rob and his father in LOC, 'cuz then you'll get to have your own 'stang moment.  Holy shit.  That's all I'm saying because while it's written, it isn't posted.

Fantastic chapter.  I can see the house in my head - you've described it so beautifully.  And the homecoming was perfect.  The lemony goodness needed to wait.  Just the love was all we really needed to see.  Right there in front of God and country.  Perfection.

As much as I wish I could click Next, I have to go to bed.  Tomorrow I am going to get caught up, and then I will begin to tap my foot in the corner.  I'm not a pesterer, but I get... anxious.  So you try for a five chapter buffer?  Me too - I have five chaps between what's posted and where my betas are done.  I have twenty between what's posted and what's being written.  It's frustrating and I want to close the gap.  Help me learn patience.

Loved it, Steph!  Thanks!

Author's Response:

Tanks my dear! 

Oh yes.. the 'Stang... i have a feeling Rob just doesn't appreciate waht Jen and Mr. P do... but then again.. maybe that will bring Mr. P and Jen together in a nice father daughtery sort of way...or father/ gril who is better versed at son sort of way...

I love the mystery that is Victoria... so she was a ball to write...

Oh can't wait for that LOC chapter now...heehe

Glad you could see the house.. it is his home after all and has special meaning to him...

and thank you for the apprecaition of the ending.. no lemons necessary for these two... at least not yet.....

yep..good place to end it... warm fuzzy feelings... so happy you have gotten so far. Yep just a few more chapters then you will be grumbling at me to update faster! LOL!

thanks my dear!

you are my fab eveil twin and Vegas will never be the same...

MWAH!

steph

 

Claudia.  Tall with auburn hair.  Really.  You are a very naughty girl.  Okay, back to the story...

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Now I  have to go make frosting for the cupcakes - chocolate malted cake with chocolate malted frosting and malted milk balls.  My five-year-old has very refined tastes, no?

Okay, the shopping trip was divine.  The spa was magnificent, and I want someone who can give me a Brazilian and make me giggle in the same WEEK, never mind the same visit.  I always fall asleep during a massage.  One of the things I learned in theatre was the value of a good massage and the ability to give one.

You were getting me a little angsty at the end, there, and as a frequent traveler, I laughed at the optimism of these two, with him leaving Chicago and her leaving New York, in December near the holidays - and still expecting him to arrive first.  I have grown out haircuts at O'Hare.  I suspected that he'd either be meeting her right at the gate having not cleared customs himself, or he'd still be in the air.  But Richard's cool.  Hopefully he'll have a 'Stang to take her home.

Poor Rob.  I hope blue balls aren't affected by changes in cabin pressure.  That would suck.

Author's Response:

HAHAA! cabin pressure can do all sorts of things to the body...I wonder what the solitary Mile High Club is called?

oh girl.... Richard and a stang? giggles and freaks out a lot!

i can't tal anymore... the blue balls still has me tittering...

MWAH!

steph

Oh, hallelujah!  There'd have been no living with me if this angst had gone on another chapter.  You give great angst.  Now knock it off.

I'm glad that it was Lizzy.  I do think Clare would have just wiped me out.  And Nick... I go back to my earlier statement - raging case of scabies.  Did I mention he should get that in August?  In New York City.  During a blackout, so he has no air conditioning.  Wow.  If that were my manager, he'd be my ex-manager.  Just sayin'.

Mmmhmmm... time to click the Next button.  But first I think I need a beer.  You're freakin' killing me.  But now you're headed to my neck of the woods.  NYC, here we come!  Yee hah!

Author's Response:

I can't do angst for too long..It's cruel and unusual... but thank you for liking it!

I love Lizzy...we have had this discussion before, right? I LOVE LIZZY! what a great sis!

AND BWHAHA! at Nick getting scabies in August.. with a side dish of ringworm?

manager to ex manager... well...we'll see now won't we...

Grab a beer and I think I'll need to as well... Now i am worried about New York... eeeek! I hope i do it justice...( I haven't been there since the mid 80's... OMG... that is just sad!) *** checking expedia for trips to NY**... after my begas excursion of course !

 

MWAH!

steph

 

You know I'm genetically incapable of a blurb, and I'll certainly try not to write a book (well, not here, anyway).  I'd like to say I saw it coming in the glint in Nick's eye, but since I have a starry-eyed view of the power of Pattinson, I still thought he'd get in a text or something.  Not total radio silence.

Yet again I am happy that I came to your fic late so that I am not finishing this chapter and contemplating long stretches of time without an update.  Like seven or eight minutes would be a long stretch of time.  The weeks to which you allude in your author's note are simply mocking, right?  You didn't really do that, did you?  Ah, the value of the anonymity of fanfic world, that you could still safely start your car and go to work in the morning, secure in the knowledge that hundreds or thousands would not know precisely which car to wire for explosion...

And the build!  You knew what was happening.  You felt it.  But still kept paging, one screen at a time, hoping against hope that the next one would have... a text.  A call.  A picture.  Something.  Anything.

But alas.  Nothing.  FicNick should contract a raging case of scabies.  That's all I'm sayin'.

Author's Response:

I am going to answer your reviews in reverse...i apologize...

oh the power Of Pattinson... sometimes it isn't what it seems... has it become tarnished somehow now for you? i hope not...

Yes.. i am glad you got  to this late as well. and no... i think i left the masses waiting about 4 or 5 days for this one...I love to read angst... but HATE to wait for resolution when i read... so I try to be very diligent to get angst filled chapters updated as soon as possible.. i try to stay about 4 chapters ahead of the posts... although currently i am only 3 and stressing...

but i update weekly...so my dear readers don't have to wait... too long... and LOL! about wiring the car... i think i had suggested something like hiding in an undisclosed location at some point... yeah... cause there are way s for ya'll to track me down... I mean... how many lostluggages do you know of outside of an airport...

thanks on the build... i wrote this sequence of chapters in one night, wired on caffeine and listening to lots of Snow Patrol. so I was inspired. i am glad the build worked for you!

FicNick... I like that... so now I have Nick the Prick and Fic Nick... heehee... poor RL Nick... he's probably developing some unknown paranoia from all the eveil vibes we are throwing him...

thanks my dear!

MWAH!

steph

....ANXIOUSLY awaiting MORE.....YOU ROCK!

Author's Response:

Thanks my dear! 

There should be a new chahpter up in the next day or two...

thanks for the read and review!

mwah!

steph

Look at that!  We chat about the KStew question and there it is.  It's magic, I tell ya!  I'm very angsty right now... I didn't like going back to the mainland either, although I can only imagine what he's going to find at her house, since she didn't know she'd need to de-Rob.  For heaven's sake, I'm a married mother of two and there's some stuff I'd want to hide if he showed up at my place.  You know, looking to borrow a cup of sugar.  Or a phone to call for a tow.  Or a cool drink on a hot summer day.  Because my neighborhood is like a magnet for superstars lost in suburbia.

Hey, a girl can dream, right?

I keep sighing like the stupid guy allegedly thinking about a cat in the restaurant.  I know what's coming and suddenly the lure of the little red Next link isn't so enticing.  Waahhhh.

I have to go bake birthday cakes (well, a cake and cupcakes).  I'll be back shortly.  Love the story, hate the part of the arc we're currently in, understand why we need to be there but reserve the right to be suitably petulant anyway.  Here's to "welcome to my condo" nookie to take my mind off it!

*mwah*

Author's Response:

heehee... yep... now we know about KSTEW... 

the condo should be interesting.... yes... it's like having a super warehouse sized box of super plus tampons out on the counter when your first date comes over, right?

BWHAHAA! "cat" i totally see it!

mmm. cupcakes... sorry thinking of a fic I am too far behind in... 

MWAH!

steph

Steph, your Clare is a riot!  I love her!  Too funny, really!

Before that... the talk.  The terrible LA memories, the matched set of emotional baggage she's going to need to sort through and stow before she can really be a part of any relationship... it seems like he has some idea about that, but does he really appreciate it?

So sweet that he wants to tell the world.  And I'm dying to see how you resolve the KStew issue (or at least close that particular door).  We all have our own little spin.  And what any of us would give to know the real deal... ahh, but these are the great mysteries of life.

I'm so adoring this story, but I'm quite interested to see how Nick handles all of this.  Another person I don't know that I feel like I sort of pretend to know... there's an odd world of fictional people in my world.  How 'bout yours?  Hah!

MWAH!

See you after the Next button!  Love you!

Author's Response:

Oh I am JUMPING no LEAPING up and down at what you are going to find out about the theories you have posed...heheehee....

Like i have said... i love Clare... just you wait...

and Nick and kstew... read on...

yes we all have our theories and spins... if you haven't noticed... I stick really close to his real life... pictures inspire me... associations to him are important to me... i have tried to keep him as close to the "real" Rob as i hope he is... 

ooooo...you are getting into the grit of it now! i am so excited!

MWAH!

steph

Hey, Steph!  I'm just going on the record right now that Chapter 25 is already written and ready to post... not exactly the same but I think you're going to appreciate the similarities.  Just sayin'.

Full-body clenching in this one should be listed right up top there as a warning.  Like something the Surgeon General would post.  I'm serious.  I smoked cigarettes for half my life and read warnings about shit that never happened... and here there's nothing even remotely hinted at up there to warn you about the need to have a partner or an appliance on stand-by.  Sheesh.

Excellent.  Loved the tension.  Loved the music.  Even loved the pizza discussion.  Yeah.  That was something.  I have to go change my panties.  But I'll be back in a bit.  See you at the Next... *calls to husband to meet her upstairs*  Bye!

Author's Response:

HAHA! here ya go....

WARNING..READING SAID FIC MAY CAUSE PANTY COMBUSTION, FOLLOWED BY HYPERVENTILATING, AND IN SEVERE CASES, DEATH BY OMG...

 

you have been warned...

pizza... pizza makes you need to change your panties? sound like a serious food fetish thing...heehee

and if i don't see you again tonight, at least I know you'll be smiling... :)

MWAH!

thanks for the read and rate my dear!

i am settling in to try a Kona Brewing Company porter... hmmm. might be interesting....

steph

So I'm a baker... a serial baker... like OCD at the holidays, every birthday cake from scratch, waffles and pancakes on the weekends, excited when bananas make it to the "too brown to eat as fruit" stage baker.  And I have a kick-ass cranberry orange scone recipe if you want it, silly fellow American girl.  I am, after all, the girl who adds things to waffles.  For real and in fiction.  You are my evil twin, and I am yours.

I loved the dancing scene.  I can't believe it went that long without her noticing... but she was clearly in the groove.  I'm glad they are having fun again.  My angst-meter had been redlining for too long.

Loved this little chapter for it's hominess and it's silliness and it's baked goods.  You're my idol!  Off to the next... tomorrow.  As much as I want to read it now, I have to be professional in less than 8 hours so bed would be a good idea.  And that Board meeting at 8am is not going to be very exciting.

Guten Nacht, Mein Schatz!  Bis Morgen!

Author's Response:

ok...now i know you are related to me! German?! seriously?! I am German! (ok well german ancestry...BUT STILL!)

and the cranberry orange scones... oh yeah... give it up, evil twin sister!! mmmmmm.... 

heehee... yeah... she was in the ZONE with her baking... she couldn't possibly be distracted by the hot man in the doorway.... heehhee

glad you liked it... but yes.. having to be a coherent Professional in the morning is a priority!

and my german is rusty but here ya go! Danke!

Guten Nacht! Einen schönen Tag allerseits !

steph

First, I'm all caught up, bb. Woohoo!!! *happy dance*

Second, this entire chapter made me literally smile. Yes, again, there were those fuckhawt lemons, but I just absolutely love Rob and Jen together. The way they love each other, it's so real and true. It makes your heart happy. Gah! I can't wait for the update.

Lastly, thank you for the shoutout, bb. I appreciate that more than you know. Lots and lots of love to you!!! Mwah!

P.S. I think they need a long standing charge account at La Perla. I'm just saying. ;)

Author's Response:

YAY!!!!! you're all caught up!!!!!!! I am SO PROUD of you for barreling thru those! cuz i am a wordy ass bitch who can't get her damn chappy's below 5k! you are amazing!

sigh... I am so glad you are liking ROBJEN! and that it makes your heart happy... its what we need, isn't it! yea! 

and the shoutout is nothin... you guys rock my world!

yeah... I wonder if Nick's account is good at the London La perla...

welll..rob DOES need to get her something for Christmas.....hehehee....

thanks my dearest friend! for reading, for reveiwing, for rating , and for being there for me...i truly love you!

MWAH to infinity!

steph

Can I tell you how glad I am that I came to your story late?  Because if I had just read that and there was no little red "Next" link winking at me like a flirty sailor, I'd be slamming shots or something right now.

Gah.  That's the only word I can come up with.

These two... I'm getting perilously close to reaching through the laptop screen, Steph.  You've written this so powerfully.  They have to talk to each other.  The have to.  Fuck the world - if someone makes you feel that way AFTER they've smeared eggs in your hair and butter on your boobs, and then told you that you smell like home, well damn... to quote "The American President":  Isnt' it possible our standards are just a tad high?

Off to the next!

Author's Response:

I am so cackling at you right now!

there is a DEFINITE BENEFIT to coming to this story late! yeah.. i like me the angst.. the sex... the failed breakfasts... and the cliffies.. and the insane inner dialogue..

ahhh...you smell like home.... he would soooo have me there.....

sigh... 

thanks my dear!

catch you on the next one!

steph

I absolutely loved the interaction between the Pattinsons and Jen. I loved how accepting they were of her. It took her a good while to completely win over Victoria, but that made me respect Victoria more. She was merely looking out for her brother. And I cracked up when Clare mentioned the sleeping arrangements. *wink, wink*   Of course, she loves her son, but she's not dense enough to believe he's entirely innocent. I completely had an Alice moment at the end, though my attempt at bouncing came out appearing almost epileptic because of my back. LMAO. Moving onto the next chappy.

Mwah!

Author's Response:

I simply love the PATTI CLAN... lots more of them coming up!

and I love Victoria because she is so unknown... you can't really even find pics of her! I love that...

and Clare rocks... nuff said... but wait.. she gets better... smirk...

yay for the alic moment at the end! sigh.....

mwah!

steph