Well... here we are at the very end of the No Control Series. I never dreamed that when I started this book nearly 10 years ago that I would still be writing it now at the end of 2024, or that it would have become such a massive part of my life. There have been times when I've worried that I would never finish it because I struggled with the motivation to write towards the end, and other times when a reader comment has popped up on my phone and given me an instant spark of inspiration to reach for my laptop immediately to continue writing. I can honestly say, this story is part of me. I have lived and breathed it, jotting plot twists and one-liners on post-it notes tucked in my phone, keeping detailed logs of the movements of the 1D boys during 2015 and 2016, and saving so many articles with the tiniest details of their lives in my browser bookmarks in an attempt to make this as authentic as possible. I've written on my laptop, I've written on my work computer, I've written on my phone. I have thought about this story every single day for the last 10 years of my life.

Many of the characters were inspired by real people that I know. Many details within the story are nods to my own experiences and although I am relieved to have finally completed the series, I'm sad to let it go. I hope you, the reader, feel I did the story justice with the final few chapters from Harry's POV, and know that YOU are the reason I completed it. I came across so many unfinished stories over the last 10 years on Wattpad and I never wanted mine to be one of them. I owed it to myself, but most of all YOU who has been invested in Jess and Harry's story, to finish it and give them the ending we all deserved! 

Thank you for reading. Thank you for commenting. Thank you for voting. Thank you for the Twitter (X) follows. Thank you for the instagram follows. Thank you for every means of support you have given me since 19th March 2015 when I first hit Publish on '1. Girl Almighty' (the same day Zayn left the tour) and kick-started this series. My dream is one day to publish a book in the 'real' world, and writing No Control has allowed me to rediscover my passion for writing, and to believe that maybe I'm actually not too bad at it, after receiving all your feedback. 

I'm not very active on Wattpad these days but I do still lurk occasionally on Twitter/X and instagram (scooby_snacks94 on both) - I just don't check my messages very often!! Feel free to come and say hi, though :) 

I have no plans to delete any of my books from Wattpad, so hopefully they will stay here for the foreseeable future for anyone to pick up and read whenever they wish. But for now it's goodbye from me, all the best, and much love to you all.

Rachel xxxx