I started writing this story the end of last summer and throughout school. It wasn't going very well. I hadn't written Log8 yet and I really wanted to go in order, but this one was developing so much more quickly. I wrote about 73 pages before New Year's, then once we hit 2003 I got a surge of energy and wrote the next 209 pages in less than 20 days. Log9 is the longest story I've ever written to date (not counting the three separate stories of a trilogy as one long story). I could not believe how fast this thing came out; I went back to school and wrote 20-30 pages a day after school, unfortunately neglecting my homework and any tests I might come across. Oops.

This story is a lot like the Zac and Ginger Trilogy, which is a lot like the earlier Logs (Log and Log4). I was trying to go back to my roots, using the same plotlines and instances. It centers around Ginger. This time she's seventeen when she meets Zac, who is sixteen. They meet at a party and end up spending the night together. He makes up a name for her (which explains where "Ginger" comes from) and doesn't even find out her real name until halfway through the story. This story is about their relationship, which in some ways is like most relationships, and in others, is completely different. If you've read the Zac and Ginger Trilogy, then you'll really understand this story and see a lot of similarities between the two.

Prologue--Conservative Little Girl
Chapter One--The Morning After
Chapter Two--The SS at Dusk
Chapter Three--Second Guessing
Chapter Four--When You're Here, You're Family
Chapter Five--Afternoon Delight
Chapter Six--Walking Away
Chapter Seven--All In the Family
Chapter Eight--School Daze
Chapter Nine--The Destiny of Separation
Chapter Ten--My Boyfriend's Back
Chapter Eleven--Welcome to Breakdown
Chapter Twelve--Letting the Cables Sleep
Chapter Thirteen--Don't Worry Baby
Chapter Fourteen--Radioactive Girl
Chapter Fifteen--Wonderful Christmas Time
Chapter Sixteen--Bickering
Chapter Seventeen--You Say It's Your Birthday
Chapter Eighteen--Your Body is a Wonderland
Chapter Nineteen--Problems
Chapter Twenty--She's Leaving Home
Chapter Twenty-One--Oklahoma!
Chapter Twenty-Two--Riveted
Chapter Twenty-Three--Piss Drunk Stupid
Chapter Twenty-Four--Taylor's Magic Number
Chapter Twenty-Five--Saturday in the Park
Chapter Twenty-Six--Problems, Part Two
Chapter Twenty-Seven--Riveted, Part Two
Chapter Twenty-Eight--The Color of Betrayal
Chapter Twenty-Nine--Kiss Me at Midnight
Chapter Thirty--Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Chapter Thirty-One--On My Own
Chapter Thirty-Two--OB What?
Chapter Thirty-Three--Changes
Chapter Thirty-Four--With Arms Wide Open
Chapter Thirty-Five--Davy
Chapter Thirty-Six--Catching Up
Chapter Thirty-Seven--The Lover After Me
Chapter Thirty-Eight--Where Do We Go From Here?
Chapter Thirty-Nine--For the Longest Time
Chapter Forty--Spilled Milk
Chapter Forty-One--We Could Live Beside the Ocean
Chapter Forty-Two--Marky Mark
Chapter Forty-Three--Saturday in the Park, Part Two
Chapter Forty-Four--Falling into Place
Chapter Forty-Five--Family Feud
Chapter Forty-Six--Jenny
Chapter Forty-Seven--Precious Things
Chapter Forty-Eight--Anywhere, Anyplace, Anytime
Chapter Forty-Nine--Baby Love
Chapter Fifty--Baby Pains and Wedding Games
Chapter Fifty-One--Christopher
Chapter Fifty-Two--Murphy's Law
Chapter Fifty-Three--A Spoonful of Kisses...
Chapter Fifty-Four--What If?
Chapter Fifty-Five--Rest of My Life
Chapter Fifty-Six--Frost on an Autumn Day
Chapter Fifty-Seven--Bright Star
Chapter Fifty-Eight--When I'm Gone
Epilogue--In my Life

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