*hands over cough drops and rib bandages* sorry about that? But I'm glad it worked. :D I started writing three or four days ago and looked at how long it was getting and realized there was no way in hell I was going to get to the ball itself this month, let alone this week, and went "...okay, I'll just put in a piece Before Zack, since a whole lot of timelines seem to be measured Before Zack and After Zack, and go from there."

For some reason I just haven't gotten as many ficsparks from this round - I went through 6 different character sets trying to get a good set of sparks, and the ones I want most badly to write are still several of my unfinished ones from June. I'll see what I can come up with, though...