Okay - I'm back smile .

Karen - glad you didn't melt at work and that you enjoyed it!

Andreia - Yep, it's a girl! Please keep your sanity! Really. You should. I will post soon. Probably right after Kerth voting ends because I need more buffer and I'll have lots of reading to do once noms come out smile .

Amber - I really liked Sam seeing Ellen and Christopher, too! As for time/universe hopping, I see it as one of those rare occasion, emergency only things not the 'let's take a vacation to an alternate universe' things.

Michael - ah - only time will tell!

Ann - Glad you liked it! I love Christopher too! [See other posts regarding telepathy smile ]

Queenie - Thank you! Now get back to writing your fic [seriously - she's got a great one in the works!]

Sara - From what I understand, Lana is gone for good on Smallville smile . That said, we don't *know* the Clark and Lana in the UP universe. All we know is what others told Lois and Clark [they were starting to try to get pregnant, she and Lois didn't get along because she wanted Clark home while Lois wanted him to investigate with her type stuff] so we have no idea what kinds of problems they might have [though abuse does seem a bit far fetched]. No, no marriage is perfect, but there are those that become unworkable for any number of reasons. Generally speaking, I don't like the divorce thing at all either. I'm curious though, if the UP L/C got back and the divorce hadn't gone through yet and Lana still refused to let Clark be Superman, would that be enough for you and Clark needs to be just like we see 'our' Clark needing to help long before he became Superman?

rkn - sorry to make you cry at work wink . Glad you liked it.

Max - I'm amazed you've gotten any writing done if you were trying to work your way through these monstrosities! [well, really only OTOH would count as a monstrosity but when you put them together...] Glad you enjoyed them!

JD - glad you liked it! Sorry to get you strung out wink . Don't cry!

Thanks again everyone!

Carol