ROFL! Yeah he mom is somethin' else showing up at his shop. And shooing Emma out..ROFL! Loved this chappy. I can't beleieve Roro didn't catch on to what Kenya, Ruthie & N'Dare were planning! I loved the make up scene. LOL Ororo keeps finding herself in perilous positions around Logan...Update SOON!

Author's Response: I figure that the only thing better than Ororo telling Emma off is her mom giving her a piece of her mind. Yeah, that Logan makes her lose her balance sometimes. Good thing he's been around to catch her. Epilogue is pending.

**Dreamy eyed wonder** Cee, that was frikkin' brill, darlin'. Beautiful and Gawd I love 'Ro's family. The sex weren't too bad none either **wink** But the feel of this chapter is what I loved the most. Well, that and: “I bi’ mah nung,” she explained, probing the tip of her tongue lightly. “Ouch.”

“Ouch,” he agreed. “Ororo?”

“Hmm?”

“Can I kiss it and make it better?” I squeed out loud. Honest to goodness, squeed. So yummy. :D

Author's Response: gads...I remember reading and lovnig this review, but apparently I never replied!!! Thanks, Hobbins! (like, over a year later...)

Well, I had a nice, long review all written out but when I hit submit the site decided to die for a few seconds. :( I'll try to sum it up in a nutshell. This story reminds me of one of my favorite books called The Meeting of the Waters. I'm enjoying how your story touches on race issues. Reminds me of things that my own family have went through--the crazy bunch of heathens we are. Beautifully done, very poignant and real. I couldn't stop reading until I was all caught up. :)

Author's Response: Crazy bunch of heathens, indeed...any dragging of feet that my sister and I did on Sundays made us heathens!! I'm getting a lot of feedback from people whose families have dealt with similar issues (like my own family), and it makes me feel happy to get so much feedback and support. I just read your latest and felt myself grinning with recognition in various places. Good to hear from you.

Wow, holy cow. I cannot tell you how hard this chapter hit home. My mom is American and she married my dad, who is from Bermudia. They lived there for a while and had me over there too. (I have duel citizenship. It was hell getting a driver's liscense :P.) Now, for the life of me I will never understand why my mother, of all people, who do that. She is one of the most narrow minded xenophobic people I've known to exist. She hates foriegners, and fears them. But the kicker is that when she was over seas, her in-laws and alot of the local bermudians hated her BECAUSE SHE WAS AMERICAN. WTH! I will never understand racial and ethnic hypocrasy for as long as I live. But get this.

My mum taught in a prodminatly Black school for thirty years, and she fought tooth and nail with the School Board and Administration to help broaden and diversify the school cirriculam. She knew that those children would have to be involved in the outisde world eventually. She didn't get anywhere with it until the late eighties.

Then when she comes back from Bermuda she moves me, my older brother, and my dad to a prodomitaly Caucasian neiborhood. (sorry about the sp) That's where I grew up. I had a busy childhood: sports, good grades, girl scouts, extra school stuff, part time jobs. Not a lot of time, and I was never home much. But she had the NERVE to complain when I brought people home who weren't black. WHAT!!! I asked her if she was gonna drive me the thirty miles to the nearest black town, or into the city. She gave me the look. Then she would usually ground me.

It took me eleven years to get her to understand me. She always said that she wanted the best for me...I always thought that she wanted what *looked* best for me.

But thanks for writting this, it made me see something that I thought I would never see, her side of the story.

Author's Response: If you saw her side of the story, then that makes me glad. N'Dare's character wasn't meant to just be a one-sided character by any means, although the dinner chapter might have conveyed her that way. Sometimes, even though people might not be "racist" when it comes to who their kids date, sometimes they just have the "automatic" expectation that they will bring home someone of the same race, religion or culture. My mom didn't mind too much that I dated White boys, but she hated it when they "didn't have direction or education." Even if I just wanted to date them casually, that was the reaction I got. My uncles and my dad were the ones that used to get up in my grill about dating White guys, and it irked me no end. It used to also bother me when my mother would hear their comments and not defend me. I lived in Cape Cod, MA, where there were "brown" people, but they were Cape Verdean, Wampanoag, Portugese or Puerto Rican, so they "weren't really Black." Or, they called themselves Black, but called me ugly because I didn't look like them (I have a nose and mouth that are strongly African looking, but my bone structure is slightly Native American, and I have light eyes and semi-nappy hair, plus I was more fair as a kid). There are different obstacles that you run into either being biracial, or just LOOKING biracial. My own kids ARE biracial (half Mexican), and people don't always believe my younger son is mine. I'm glad you got something out of this. I wanted to portray Ororo in a different light than what we usually see, and lots of questions came to me when I wrote it, such as "what would her African mother have dealt with coming to America and marrying a citizen?" My mother still doesn't always understand me, but heck, she's my mom! I went to predominantly White schools from age six on, by my older sister decided to go to a Black college (Hampton). For me, that was never something I had to do; I went to Chico "the number one party school" State University instead. Go figure. Write on, sister!

for the first part of the chapter, i so felt like i was in my own house cuz every Sunday mornin', it's a ritual to get yelled at to hurry up for church so we won't miss praise and worship...lol...and as for the service, so felt like i was at church and that i was bein' preached to...the part with ororo and her mom at the alter was so touching, and i am sooo glad that logan reconciled with his momma...

but i absolutely loved the last line...can't wait to see how they get him back

Author's Response: Glad you are tuning in, kiddo. Good hearing from you! Glad the church scene worked for you, and the getting ready part was straight out of my own life, that's how it always is when my mother, grandmother and sister are together, and we go to church or anything similar. I wanted more dialogue with 'Ro and her mom at the altar, but it occurred to me that some things work better "unsaid" and just "felt" instead. Yeah, I wanted Logan to reconcile with his mom, too; poor guy never even knew his parents in any of the comics. I always felt sorry for him in regard to that. Thanks for reviewing.

Now Ro & Lo and get back together! I loved the way you handeled Logan and his mom, it was really interesting and it felt very real. I liked the part with Ororo and her mom too, but i do not particulary like Roro's mom. She is waay too discriminating. Here's hoping the next update comes very soon!

Author's Response: Ororo's mom will be a work in progress, particularly now that her daughter brought it up to her how she's treated her over the years; obviously her reaction to Logan was just scratching the surface. N'Dare has some good qualities. I figure Logan's mom couldn't all bad if she has a nice son! They will get back together eventually. Thanks for reading.

girl, i have loved every minute of this story from the moment you posted it. the way you took logan and 'ro out of the marvel world and into the "real world" never fails to astound me. this story is lyrical, well-written, funny as hell, and heartfelt, but nothing in a million years can compare to this chapter. i can honestly say it's the first 'fic that's ever, ever made me cry. everything about it was perfect, but that scene with ro at church? definitely inspired. i soooooo cannot wait for the next chapter!

Author's Response: Sorry I didn't reply to you earlier. Thank you very much for reading my story. I'm glad it's kept you coming back! I like to write those characters to be people that I would like if I met them in real life, so that is what drives me. They're my favorite characters and couple. I hope it came across that way! Good hearing from you. C

Great update. Lots of detail and realism. Loved it. My kids are in the bath or else I'd leave a longer, more glowing review. You'll just have to update soon so I can make up for it. ;)

Author's Response: Gotta bathe the kiddies. I like your reviews anyway, it's always good to hear from someone whose stories I like more than my own. Don't know when the next update is coming. Hit another wall...still banging my head against it.