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Title: After the Fall
Series: Nobody’s Angel universe
Author: writergirl2006 (Dee)
Rating: kinda sorta NC-17.
Characters: Luke, Reid, Lily, Faith, Natalie, Ethan, Lucinda, and John.
Word Count: 7680
Summary: It’s Reid’s first Christmas after his decision to become a Fallen angel, and he has an unexpected reaction to his first viewing of It’s a Wonderful Life.
Disclaimer: All characters in this story are the intellectual property of their original creators, although given how unintelligent said original creators turned out to be, the word “intellectual” should never be included in a sentence that mentions them. Anyway, I only borrow the characters for my own amusement and I don’t make money for doing so.

Author's Note: This story takes place a few months after the end of “Nobody’s Angel” but before the short story sequel “Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel,” and in a way it ties the two together. I’d like to thank flowersforchuck for posting the prompt about centering a LuRe story around a Christmas movie—the moment I saw It’s a Wonderful Life, on the list, I knew what I wanted to write. Thanks to zzzfreckles for reading over the story and catching some of the mistakes I made. Thanks to moerlin for the fabulous banner and to tldreamer for organizing this year’s LuRe Yule celebration!!

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( After the Fall )

Well, here I am again, about to make resolutions that I know I'll never be able to keep. Last year, I couldn't even keep to writing weekly on a story I started out with such enthusiasm to write. I'm truly afraid my muse has gone on another extended vacation, although I was able to get something completed for the LuRe Yule Challenge.

But without further ado, here are my resolutions for the year:

1) Write 500 words a day. This might be more manageable than my usual 1000-word a day attempt, because I can bang out five hundred words over the extra thirty minutes of my lunch hour--when I get those thirty minutes, that is. The words may be a LuRe story, they may be for the original plot bunny which whacked me over the head at the gym one day, but they'll be words on a story.

2) Eat healthier. In my overall weight loss plan, started (yikes!) six years ago, this was supposed to be accomplished by year three. This is the year I do it, and if I lose the twenty or so pounds I think I need to lose in the process, even better.

3) Read 100 books. I've done well at this goal in the last two years--180 books each year; however, if I'm going to seriously step up my writing, I'm not going to do as much reading.

4) Post here more often. Do they have a 365-day-a-year meme that would encourage me to do this?

5) Not chicken out on my plan to go to New York alone in September. I might be a little less nervous about this if I'd been able to go to Chicago alone this past October, but my mother came along for the trip. Not that I resented it--I had a great time with her, but three days in Chicago was supposed to prepare me for New York. Why am I going alone? Because neither of my best friends have money to spare. Little Sister and Adorable Brother-in-Law want to come, but they're hoping she'll be pregnant by then and thus unable to go.

6) Try to do everything I can to keep myself afloat at work--without stressing too much about it. Um, yeah. If I still have my hair, my sanity, and my job at the end of this year, I'll be happy.

7) Maybe--just maybe--dip my toes into the dating pool to see if there's someone who might be interested. I could write a whole book on this alone.

Stay tuned to this station to find out how successful (or unsuccessful) I am with these goals...

Title: What Have I Done to Deserve This?
Series: Standing at the Crossroads
Author: writergirl2006 (Dee)
Rating: PG.
Characters: Reid, Henry, Reid’s new assistant Lynzee, Kim, and Katie.
Word Count:
Summary: Reid’s very odd day continues.
Disclaimer: All characters (with the except of Lynzee) are the property of the Idiots in Charge who created them. I thank them kindly for not suing me for borrowing them. I like to believe the Idiots in Charge understand about the little glow I get whenever I’m able to break free of my writer’s block to write about LuRe’s further adventures and will forgive me for all the times I cursed at them when the show was on the air. (Of course, calling them idiots probably doesn’t help my cause there.)

Author's Note: This chapter covers two Fun Fic Friday prompts—“What Do You Want From Me?” and “Someone Saved My Life Tonight.” I know the story’s been slow going and I apologize for that. I’m not doing well at the goal I set for myself to write every week—real life keeps getting in the way and I’m battling writer’s block—but I’m not giving up. It is unbeta'd, so all mistakes are mine. Enjoy!

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( What Have I Done to Deserve This? )

Title: When It's Over
Series: Standing at the Crossroads
Author: writergirl2006 (Dee)
Rating: PG.
Characters: Luke, Reid, Noah, Casey, and Ali.
Word Count: 4806
Summary: Luke and Noah have a talk about the state of their relationship.
Disclaimer: *Insert usual statement about not owning characters and only borrowing them for fun*

Author's Note: This chapter is later than I anticipated, so as always, I'm sorry about that. I hope you'll think it was worth the wait. This chapter includes the Fun Fic Friday prompts of "Tangled Up," "Cut the Crap," and a bit of "Time Will Tell." It is unbeta'd, so all mistakes are mine.

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( When It's Over )

Title: When Reid Met Katie
Series: Standing at the Crossroads
Author: writergirl2006 (Dee)
Rating: PG
Characters: Reid, Katie, Henry, and Kim (on the phone).
Word Count: 5130.
Summary: Reid and Katie share dinner at Al's.
Disclaimer: All characters are the intellectual property of CBS, P&G, and their creators. I make nothing for borrowing them. Although given that bunch's complete lack of intellect, I question whether they should ever have been trusted with these characters in the first place.

Author's note: Here I am, late again with a promised chapter. But hey, I didn't anticipate that it would turn out so long! And I originally planned to use two of the FFF prompts but was only able to fit one in--February 28's "Who Are You?" But good news is on the horizon! I'm busy at work on the next chapter, and it does feature the return of Farm Boy and Dr. Evil!! This story is unbeta'd, so all mistakes are mine. Enjoy!

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( When Reid Met Katie... )

Hi! It's me. I know anyone reading has figured I abandoned this story, but no. In fact, I hope to have a chapter incorporating the first three Fun Fic Friday prompts I've missed ready to go by the end of this week, time permitting.

As to where I've been, well...two weeks in Florida followed by Little Sister's wedding. I don't know why we decided to schedule the vacation before the wedding, when clearly the best time to relax and unwind would be after the insanity that is planning a wedding, especially when it's for Little Sister, but that's the way it worked out. Anyway, yesterday, Little Sister married Adorable Brother-in-Law, and yes, I did cry when she walked down the aisle because she was the most beautiful bride in the world.

So now that the insanity is over and done with, spring is finally in the air and that means time spent outside, merrily writing the further adventures of Dr. Evil and Farm Boy. Although the next chapter is told from Katie's point-of-view...

Title: Grandmother Knows Best
Series: Standing at the Crossroads
Author: writergirl2006 (Dee)
Rating: PG.
Characters: Luke, Lucinda, with mentions of Reid, Noah, Lily, Holden, and Damian.
Word Count: 2268.
Summary: Luke enjoys dinner on a New York rooftop with Lucinda. Whether he enjoys their discussion is up for debate.
Disclaimer: All characters are the property of CBS, P&G, their creators, and so forth, and I make nothing from borrowing them for the purposes of writing this story. I'm not too worried about them coming after me, though, since they clearly didn't care what happened to them.

Author's Note: Well, here it is, the next chapter in my Fun Fic Friday challenge series, "Standing at the Crossroads." It's based on the prompt from two weeks ago of "Up on the Roof." I'm sorry it took me so long to get it together, but I honestly couldn't believe how much trouble I had writing this chapter. The story is unbeta'd, so all mistakes are mine.

( Grandmother Knows Best )