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Did you forget about Drew in Millenium? That heartbreak for Will was only 8 months ago in the story timeline. 2 heartbreaks and dealing with Gathan all within 8 months. A lot for a kid his age.

Was just reading comments today in the forum about Mark's story "A Summer Love". I was surprised to see this comment from you that would seem to conflict with your comment here. Below is your earlier comment from A Summer Love. Private Tim: Posted 24 November 2010 - 11:55 AM "Halfway through A Summer Love, Marcel is the one on my sh!t list now. The scene on the airplane with him amd Max really bothered me. When someone says no, you should respect that. Just because you can seduce someone into sex with you or an manipulate them into sex with you, doesn't make it right. When someone says no, stop. " Maybe you just like the character Gathan more than the character Marcel?

Not telling those that I truly care about in Life, how much that I Care and Love them enough. Some times just a few words that you Care can mean so much. I have now come to realise, not only sometimes can it help them , but help myself also.

Happy Birthday and Wishes for many more (Birthday's and Stories)

I am having dificulty that this story seems to defend Gathan's actions of rape as ok. As a defense of the term "No means Yes" that we are hearing about on many college campus'. Zach was raped by Gathan but keeps coming back for more. Then again in this chapter we have this comment about the girl Gathan raped: “No,” I snapped, and then struggled to get control of myself. How could I tell her that Brittany was the one girl I’d slept with, the one who told me to stop. The one who had massive orgasms when I didn’t. “We hooked up once, that’s all.” This is the mentality of many people about rape that they don't really mean NO when they say NO. Gathan rapes 2 people but the story tells us he rocked their world so "No really means Yes" just lay back and enjoy it. I think it is time for me to move on to another story. Maybe I'll change my mind later but right now I don't know.

My mother's family came to America from England and my father's family came from Germany. My Great-Grandmother on my father's side was a Native American from the Cherokee tribe I am told.

Actually Mouse's death is described in Chapter 1 of "A Summer Love" which creates an opening for Marcel and JP, and Greg's death in a fit of rage in "If it Fits" with what follows is the major piece of the story. How could you over look Greg's surprise death in "If it Fits"? I wasn't counting Bloodlines, it had 2 "near" deaths but I also think Matthew Shepard's death should not count. So from my count 9 out of 10 (90%) has included death as part of the story.

12. Story backgrounds will include Rape, violent and/or kinky sex. 13. Post 80's stories will include multiple condomless sex "slip-ups" that will NOT result in anyone becoming HIV positive.

9. Someone will usually die, sometimes by murder or some other horrible death.

For me Chapter 8 has been the best chapter in this story so far. Will's interaction with Tiffany was good and the conversation between Will and Brad was spot-on. Brad telling Will some of his early teenage love life will probably help Will a lot as he matures. The give and take of their conversation was great, pushing many emotions in each of them. It seemed to bond them together even more and helped Will see things from not as selfish or one sided perspective. It also seems that Gathan has come back down to earth a little in this chapter, more like the original character we met. And you didn't have to kill somebody or get into graphic sex in this chapter to move the story along, very well done. Now for the future, if Will is at Escorial going to Gunn, and with Gathan at Stanford, probably at Escorial a lot also, it would seem these 2 guys lives will continue to interact.

I have been lucky enough in my life to have been able to take several short trips like you are thinking of, just to slow down and empty my head. Some of my best short trips were: 1) A trip through Shenandoah Valley along the Blue Ridge Parkway into North Carolina. Beautiful country and very peaceful and I was never bothered by crowds. Just a very peaceful trip. http://www.blueridgeskyline.com/ 2) For short beach trips I found St Augustine Florida enjoyable, much quieter than most Florida Beaches and great food in the Old City of St Augustine. I also found Cocoa Beach Florida more laid back and not so filled with tourist and a nice short trip. Cococa Beach is also close to Disney World but Disney is crowded tourism to it's MAX. If you want more noise and action there is always Key West Florida but I think the beaches there suck. But I've enjoyed a few short trips there. (I am actually planning a short return trip to St Augustine in May just to get away) 3) If you are into Museums a couple of days at the Smithsonian was a great trip. The Art Museums are usually not very crowded with all the tourist and I found them quiet and relaxing. Reflecting upon the art and clearing my head for a peaceful couple of days. 4) For a short city trip I usually would head to Chicago, ride the "L" train to boystown and roam around. Lots of small local eateries there. You also have the Lakeshore beaches and walkway plus Museums or shopping if you enjoy that. Even took in a Cubs game on one trip. Southwest Airlines always seemed to have good deals flying into Midway Airport and the "L" train is an easy trip into downtown from Midway. 5) A short trip to Mammouth Cave Kentucky was pretty cool and relaxing. Wasn't crowded, lots of trails in the woods and under ground in the Caves. Many of the Cave hikes are self guided. It was something different and relaxing. http://www.nps.gov/m...gocavetours.htm Well those are a few suggestions that have worked for me. Hope you have a good relaxing, safe peaceful trip where ever you decide to head.

Let's see... Tiffany and Jeanine mutually agree they want a child of their own and that Tiffany will try to get pregnant by Matt. Jeanine then has sex with Brad and Robbie and gets pregnant herself, not part of their relationship agreement. When Tiffany gets mad because Jeanine had sex with Brad and Robbie, which was not what they agreed to, Jeanine gets mad and lonely and has sex (cheats on her) with Cody also not part of their agreed relationship. Plus Jeanine keeps her second romp, with Cody this time, secret for months making leaving Tiffany to think Brad or Robbie is the father of Jeanine's baby. Add to that the fact that Tiffany's breeders (Matt and Wade) do not live in the same house but in a city miles way. Jeanine's breeders (all 3 of them) live in the same house. Can Tiffany trust Jeanine not to find her way to another's bed in the SAME house every time they have a spat? How much support does Tiffany really feel she can now get from Jeanine in raising the child since Jeanine is also with child and likely to screw the guys living with them again. Plus Tiffany may be wondering if this household is really going to be the best place to try and raise a kid. Yep, I can see why she would leave. Of course Brad, Robbie, Cody, and Jeanine are all innocent in this breakup and bear no responsibility at all.

So what makes Stefan's conduct any better than Sam's conduct was in the story "Be Rad"? (Scratching my head and wondering) We know what the family's reaction was to Sam but with Stef, oh well Stef is Stef.

With all due respect, even though they have only been "having sex" less than a week you've seemed to have developed a close relationship between the two that centers on a sexual relationship. Even though Stef is in an open relationship with JP, this seems to be the closest sexual relationship you have developed for Stef with one person since JP and Stef becoming partners. Stef even rides in the ambulance instead of Brad when the attempt was on Brad's life. What I do not like is Stef's non-caring attitute about the others in his family with this relationship, i.e. Will's feelings, JJ's dislike or jealousy of Gathan, JP, Robbie, and even how he seems to be telling Brad to F off and to keep his nose out of it. Surely not all these people are going to say "oh no big deal Stef and pat him on the back saying way to go". Also no thoughts about the family that has raised Gathan back in Claremont. But yet Stef and Gathan seem to only stop having sex long enough to tell Brad how to be a parent. So we have a slut and a 17 year old rapist as parenting experts, telling someone how to raise his loud mouthed sexually active 13 year old (who the 17 year old has also messed with). This without having to deal with the crazy home life this kid has that includes 3 GAY guys living in the same house that all have screwed his mother getting her pregnant not knowing which Gay guy is the father. No wonder the kid his having problems respecting his mom or listening to anyone. In another direction; I thought Kevin and Cody had developed a close relationship were Kevin even had become jealous of Cody possibly being with someone else. Many have said they couldn't see Cody as a father, What about Kevin and Cody as a couple helping raise a kid? How does this affect their relationship? Guess we'll find out. Does Kevin even know Cody might be a Daddy?

April's Fools, Ok dude, good one, good one!

Really? You've created a Hollywood boy slut that uses party drugs with more "slip ups" than a group of kids running across a wet soapy tile floor and Cody is no HIV risk? In the real world the odds of this guy being positive are off the charts.

What about Cody's decision to also keep this secret? He is supposed to be one of Brad's best friends and even serves as a groomsman at his wedding knowing that he might be the daddy instead of Robbie or Brad his best friend. Some friend keeping a secret like that from them and leading them on thinking they are "definitely" a soon to be father. And what about Kevin in all of this. Cody...friend, boyfriend or jerk? That is the question in my mind.

Well it depends on how you read your poll. Looks to me that the majority thinks he should be AT LEAST 16, combined 16, 17, 18,19 is actually the majority of votes.

So John started the first grade at age 4? Age 12 subtract 8 (for 8th grade) = 4. Most kids start first grade at 6 or late age 5? I had just started puberty at age 12 and I was in the 6th grade. ( Gosh I'm surprised I can still remember that after all these years. )

As I read the first part of Chapter 4 I could not keep from thinking back to the story "Be Rad" with Sam, Jake, and Brad. And Brad telling Sam "So I'm wondering if you're going to try and F**k every guy I bring home. Is that what's going to happen?" Of course Will is younger than Brad was and Gathan isn't his bf but still I feel for Will trying to grow up and develop relationships surrounded by the gay male sluts in his life. And Stef did not seem to be bothered if he has hurt Will (his blood brother) with his encounter with Gathan but instead actually repeats it. JJ has already gotten mad or jealous of the time Stef has spent with Gathan. Stef even blew JJ off after he came to see him skate, to spend time with Gathan playing video games. I know JJ has acted like a diva but I think it is also natural for a guy his age to be a little jealous when a close family member that he obviously looks up to, ignores him to spend time with someone that is not a close family member. I can imagine his reaction when he finds out about Stef and Gathan screwing around. And Stef is a smart guy, but he doesn't see how this effects JJ or Will. Even though Stef and JP have an open relationship, how will he react when Stef's slutty ways effect his grandsons? This could make for some interesting drama. As for Brad's concern for Will, hey I'd be concerned for Brad if he didn't get pissed off that Will gets hurt. That's part of being a father and even though mature, Will is only 13 and not that far removed from starting puberty and the kid has already been hurt by 3 guys. If he is like his dad I can imagine the poor kids bruised male ego. I was a little surprised about Brad being the one to suggest Gathan see a "shrink". Brad doesn't know of Gathan's violent sex issues or that much about his personal life. Stef does, but not Brad. So why is Brad so quick to suggest counseling with so little info on Gathan? Well Mark you are certainly setting this story up for major edge of your seat drama.

I agree he is a rapist but this is by no means the first story Mark has that includes rape or violent sex. Even JP tied up and raped a student in the first CAP story. Plus a teenage Hayes boy raping another teenage Hayes boy, Hmmmm, haven't we read that before? Sadly most of the times Mark tries to explain it as "partly" ok, like here saying the girl had 3 orgasms while getting raped. It is like it is ok to ignore someone saying NO as long as they get off. (i.e. JP raping his student, Gathan raping this girl). NOT. But yet Robbie got off being raped and has a lifetime of problems because of it. Mixed messages from the stories. Personally I'll be glad when Mark gets past his obsession of including rape and violent sex as such a huge part of his stories. I too will try to reserve judgement on how I end up feeling about this storyline for the next few chapters.

Exactly Cody always seems to get his hooks into most gay characters . Why should this story be any different? Also just because Gathan falls in love with someone else doesn't mean they will be a viable couple. (i.e. Cody/Stef, Cody/Max, Cody/Matt, Cody/Brian)

Great way to end this story. Thanks Mark for a great story that was a real roller coaster ride, with a dark tunnel there near the end, that left me breathless as most roller coasters do. Even closed my eyes a few times like during the graphic hetero sex scene and almost barfed with the graphic "twitching dying" corpse sex scene. Yep just like a roller coaster for me, lol. I enjoyed Brad as narrator for Millenium but sadly he changed from my favorite CAP charcater in the beginning into someone so dark I now find him hard to like. Hopefully as you continue the CAP series he will lose some of that darkness and regain parts of his soul that he seems to me to have lost. You did leave me wondering what was Cody's reaction to Brian's death? Now I am left with the quandary to find another story to read or to re-read the CAP series again. I've haven't bought a hard cover book for several months due to reading your stories. Your stories even had me googling history facts and pictures of mentioned cars. Again thanks for sharing and for the mental adventure.

I saw that as just another piece of the puzzle for Carson when playing to win over Robbie's feelings for him. Like "ohh I love you so much please meet my mom, she will just love you and see what a sweet guy you are." (plug in barf, gag effect here, LOL) Also it doesn't make Carson to look like just another Hollywood slut that Robbie would not be attracted to. How many Hollywood sluts would take you to meet their mom? Remember Robbie wasn't attracted to the Hollywood sluts, Carson had to prove to Robbie he was different. I saw this as the perfect ploy. Plus, remember screwing with Brad was the number one goal of ABC (and Dan) and look how Carson taking Brad's "partner" of several years to meet the new BF's mom effected Brad. This sort of put Brad over the edge with Robbie and the new open relationship thing mentally.

I can understand that, but won't all that just fuel her hate for Brad even more and explode her want even more for revenge? With as evil as she was, I can't even imagine how evil she will be now. No way "evil stepmother" will come close to defining this woman. Before her reason for revenge against Brad seemed without a reasonable basis now she can add a basis to her original unreasoned hate. The snake is not dead, but will be alot more pissed off.