can we take a second to talk about how each part of this book was exactly 30 chapters??? y'all know I started this when I was thirteen and did NOT plan anything in advance so like that's kinda magical sorry.

 oops I turn eighteen next month how was this book a nearly five year journey???? I could cry but honestly it was kind of grueling and I am actually really excited to write season three and hopefully not take five years SO THIS IS A HAPPY A/N!!!

seriously, you guys cannot even fathom how much this book means to me. you cannot fathom how much OLLIE means to me. he's unshamefully my favorite oc ever, and I can't wait to expand more on his backstory and his character in book two!

 i started runner as a literal baby with no ideas on writing, character building, authenticity or anything. I ended it knowing that writing is my passion and my characters are pieces of myself that can live forever as parts of silly little fanfictions. the writing change from chapter one to chapter sixty is crazy, and I like to think that you can see how I have matured over the years as you see how my writing has. i am so eternally grateful for every single one of you, but especially for those of you who stuck around throughout this entire journey. I love you more than words can describe, and this book would have never been finished without you that I can promise.

 about the sequel...

 JUICY!!! yay. that was weird. anyway. I need to make a quick poll:

 would you guys rather I write a good chunk of chapters and then publish it? or publish it now and then add chapters right as I write them? updates should be more frequent since I EAT UP SEASON THREE and all of it's drama! 

 please please please let me know and i'll post an update here about the sequel as soon as it's up!!! 

 until then, prepare yourself for more snarky, stressed, under caffeinated and over tired Ollie and his hyperactive ADHD boyfriend - and of course, Katrin, her overwhelming surplus of denial and mistrust, and Scott!!

 I love you guys more than you could never know! runner will be a part of my heart forever and ever, and I hope you will all remember it as well!

- bea <3333