8 chaps - It was cute, but there is only so much belief that can be suspended without the author's assitance, and the last chapter exceeds it. Causes a lot of the satisfactions of a sweet 'feel good' ending to be twisted up and left hanging in 'HUH?' Its sad, because the author didn't even TRY to provide an explanation, and when its a good story, you WANT to believe, so most anything will pass as plausible. Lost stars because of it.