Andrew Q Gordon

Remembering something he thought he saw after the game yesterday, Jason drove by the field-house before going to Peter's apartment. Close to the building, the red motorcycle looked alone and vulnerable. 'Just like Peter,' he almost said aloud. "What're we doing here?" Dean twisted, scanning the near empty parking lot. He pointed toward the motorcycle. "Do you think we can fit that in the back of dad's SUV?" "Is that his?" Dean's eyes went wide. "Yeah, but I don't feel

That was cool, although if I were the dude Tom, I might now want to be photographed dressed like that. [sorry the bitchy queen in me couldn't resist. ]

GH is a favorite of mine, my nephew got be hooked. As for the brothers Tellerman, Dean's cameo is about over, but not quite. Thanks for reading and for comment all along.

I asked the powers that be for more but so far the quota stands This weekend I promise to post the 'what's happening with Peter chapter, but first I need to post the next one. Then you can get down off the cliff - see I learned that from you - kinda

N.O.I read this on the old eFiction site but figured I would start over now that it is here. I think for sure this is your best work. The way it flows is so smooth, the emotions are so tight you can feel them, the dialogue and inner monologues are perfect.I probably won't comment on most of the other chapters but will probably add some here or there as I re-read and see or feel new things. Looking forward to the next chapters. Andy

Wow, never saw that coming about Sam. If it weren't so common that Families mess up dealing with a child when they come out to their parents, I would say - geez, c'mon. But you hit it square. Families really don't deal with it well, especially if the child is young and there wasn't a lot of clues so it is a shock. River's reaction might have been different if Aeron hadn't told him in advance about Faith's probable desire for revenge. He might have been elated despite his misgivings about Silver's condition. But they are clearly safer in the hospital than at home, no matter that they will be given a guard. Another cliff though this one is hidden from sight I think.

Anyta: Thanks Anyta, and just think you moving this way, you can be the first on GA to see them when they finally arrive, thought you might need to come see up if it really is twins, I'm not sure either of us will be capable of driving 3 hours. LOL Stuart; Three hugs isn't too gay, but then again perhaps I am too busy smiling to know the difference Chase: Thanks bud Sam: It's not 100% sure that it is twins, but it did kinda seem weird for the Dr. who was always so cautious in his predictions to suddently tell us he thought it might be twins. No he didn't promise but I think he was preparing us for what he thinks is the most likely scenario. Nephy: Thanks my dear, When they are born you can send them a special Pagan prayer [or whatever it is called] Mike is stead fast in his insistence they not be raised any specific religion so he, she, they can decide what they believe themsleves. Bleu: Thanks Most of the twins I know are pretty cool too. Sara: Agree, 1, 2 or **gulp** more, I just want happy healthy kids

Benji, That Dean finally got his wish is a double edged sword - as they say 'be careful what you wish for.' As for your spoiler - no, nothing of the sort - the chapter will be up today or tomorrow so i won't leave you hangin as to what they find - but it isn't what you are thinking. Andy

Sorry for the tears but that was the effect i was going for, sadly, I have not gotten to the resolution of what happens to Peter yet so you can't read to the end and find out. It will be another two chapters beyond what is posted for that. But soon, I am doing well on the unwritten chapters I think. Thanks for reading Trev.

My you are a kinky woman - hospital sex eh? Well there's a first time you are not likely to forget :PPoor River, as much as he says he is not threatened by Silver's love for David, I have to wonder if that is true or just something he is saying to help Silve feel less guilty. Silver clearly didn't quite believe it. If Silver runs away and gets kidnapped again [my Michael Strebo no less] I am going to be truly miffed. Would a little happiness really kill you Nephy? Just a little, please???

wow, that hardly even counts as a mini cliff for you. You only left us hanging for 1 chapter. Too bad they didn't kill Faith, you could have named the Chapter - Faith No More Hopefully River is suffering from nothing more than exhaustion. Nice to see you didn't hurt Silver too much.

Marzipan: Thanks Amelia: I keep trying to tell myself the levels don't really mean all that much BUT in speaking with my co-worker - at 5 weeks her levels were about 400. At 2 weeks our surrogates is 665. I said before we found out, knowing our luck, we would end up with more than one because when we tried the Artificial Insemination method, we struck out - 0 for 3, so this time fate would take us the other way. I really need to learn to shut up . Thanks for the comments, I really do take them all to heart. Steve: We are going to celebrate soon, I took some leave next month and I am going to take Mike somewhere warm for a few days. Next up is getting married before the Kid(s) are born. Maryland is supposed to be passing a Gay Marriage Bill soon, but if not we will go to DC instead. Wouldn't want the child(ren) born out of wed lock now would we??. Frosty: Yup thanks to you and everyone else for all the positive energy. Hopefully it's no more than two. LOL Method: That's really cool, hopefully I will be able to say she is pregnant with JUST ONE, but I will take whatever comes my way with a smile and the utmost gratittude. I don't it has totally sunk it just yet but it is starting to LOL. best of luck to your sister and her family Bee: I'll see what I can do about pictures when I get some

Okay, even you can't be that cruel to save them then to kill Silver off. Of course Since there are about 9 chapters and a sequel to come, I am totally positive he won't die - that and I snuck a peek to the end to be sure But dag Nephy you are sure putting a hurting on Poor Silver's body. What do you have against beautiful men that you are always hurting them? Silver, Astrin? I mean what???

Faith is quite the sadistic prick isn't he? I mean, you'd think he wouldn't be quite so cruel when he was once abused just the same - then again, it is the abused who often become future abusers. I couldn't imagine being in River's position, knowing how he 'failed' in his promise to keep Silver safe. Nothing he could have done really but it still has to hurt something terrible.

Mike: Thank you Sir, you have been so great all along. I aspire to be as good a person as you. Sharon: Oh I am not the one you need to convince that happy kids is better than clean house, Mike is the neat freak, I am more, meh, we'll get to that when we have time, I am not stressing over it. Never thought about the keep it quiet, but with two dogs, I don't think keeping it quiet is going to be an option Cia: Okay well I am not convinced we will have twins, I am still hoping it was just a joke, but as we never really expressed a desire for twins with the Dr. I am not sure he was joking. I'm also not sure if they are fraternal or identical. Not sure that makes a difference to the 'it's a twin thing' but let's worry about that when we know for sure Lugh: That is nice of you to suggest, I am great with the shower Idea so long as there are no gifts involved. But let's wait til we get a bit further afield. We can revisit this in a bout a month when they do the ultrasound. And thanks Dad, you might be getting a frantic email or three at some point down the road.

Well if the Ex Gay Movement were a thing of the 50's it wouldn't still exist today - sadly. There are too many who still think it is something that can be changed, and where there is a will - and enough money - there is often a way. At least it got you fired up a tad, which was what it was supposed to do

So today was the day we found out - and weird as it was, I seemed to be the least nervous of everyone I knew - even co-workers were more anxious than I was. I just figured I'd know when I knew. Mike sent me about 20 text messages - I was in court for a good part of the day, first in the morning than again around 3 ish. At one point my phone kept vibrating so much from all the text messages, I had to take it out of my pants pocket because it was making me excited. I must have been asleep when they were telling us what to expect. Today I thought it was just a home pregnancy test to be followed by blood tests Wednesday and Friday, but at Noon the surrogate sent me a text saying she was going in for the blood tests. Of course I couldn't really answer her much less ask for clarification. After that I didn't hear from her the rest of the day. I planned to go home and call her when Mike and I were together. My plans to leave on time were a tad derailed by work issues - what else is new right? By the time I was about to leave, Mike gave up texting me and started to call. He was rather insistent that I find out more, so I sent a text message to the surrogate before getting on the Metro. I would have called but we start out in a tunnel and only get reception in the actual stations not in the tunnels. Then we go in and out of tunnels until I get home. No big deal either way, the surrogate had no news other than to say she would know later today. I passed along the info to Mike, wishing the f'ing train would hurry up so I could call people instead of text them, but as it always is, when you are in a hurry there are problems. Something was going on and they were single tracking trains all the way to my station - can you say Major delays??? Finally, I just turned on my iPod and stopped texting or caring. Play Social Disorder loud enough and you stop worrying about a lot of stuff I find. Once home, the pestering began in earnest. To save my sanity, and Mike's life cause I was about to bust a cap in his ass if he didn't stop bugging me, I called the Clinic, they had no answers but promised to call the surrogate and then called the lab she used before calling us back. Have you even had dinner while waiting for some important news? I wanted to know but it wasn't killing me - I think because a part of me was afraid of bad news. Mike on the other hand kept asking me to check my phone, wasn't the hour up? why hadn't they called. Seriously, I was getting close to racking the gun and threatening him with physical harm if he didn't stop. My biggest mistake was telling him what my co-workers wife said. Dan has two children and he and I were talking last week and I explained how well things had gone prior to the embryo transfer. He told his wife, who is a doctor, and she promptly said, "he's having at least twins." Mike freaked out. I spent the rest of dinner and while we cleaned up explaining he would be a great dad no matter how many kids we have. [And he will be, he just doesn't believe it yet.] Then I had one of those moments, you know where you get some piece of news, good or bad and you remember where you were. I remember where I was when I was told my cousin died, when I was asked to be a god father to my niece, where I was when I learned she was born etc. Sadly all of those were more momentous then this news. I was putting the salad dressing back in the fridge when the phone rang. Mike gasped. For a conservative type, he is very expressive when it comes to things like this. Me? Not so much. The clinic folks - who are absolutely the most wonderful people you can imagine - were all on the phone along with the surrogate to tell us the news. She was pregnant. Then amidst the laughing, congratulations etc, the Dr. says, did they tell you the levels? Levels, what levels? Her hormone levels. Okay, this was something important I gathered, or else why say it like that. Nope, no one told me. So he tells me the number - I'm like, that's a nice number what does it mean. Twins. Yeah right, are you serious? Yes! I'm like c'mon, you can't tell that from this, right? Right?? Well, [god I hate when people do that] certainly we have seen single births with levels this high but it is typical of twins to have a level this high this soon. Then the Dr. starts to laugh. I thought it was him joking, nope. He said he could hear me gulp, and said he rarely seen an attorney this speechless. I asked again, you're just kidding me with this twins talk right? And he repeated that they won't know for sure, but we should be prepared for it as this was common when both embryos took. My heart is still racing a bit. So, now we wait some more. Wednesday we will find out if her levels are growing exponentially and if so, next step is an ultrasound in 4 weeks. That will confirm or deny the twins rumor. Honestly, I don't care if it is one or two, just be healthy and I will be happy. Mike is already worried we don't have enough baby furniture. [we got a truck load - yeah a real truck load - of stuff from my brother this weekend before they move back to Vegas from Philly] Guess I might have jinxed myself after all, I got one set of stuff when I might need more. LOL One last thing, Thanks to everyone for all the positive words, encouragement when things weren't going so well, the positive vibes, the crossed fingers, toes, eyes [in Nephy case], everything. I am kinda giddy right now, probably gonna be like that until I stop getting regular sleep after the baby is born, but I am enjoying it for now. Finally! Andy

Happy Birthday Joey!!!!!! To the King of Hugs I give a birthday hug. Andy - - Joey Have a great day!

Periodically this topic comes up but in different forms, but my answer is a mix between Nephy and Ramon. It depends on the story - if the story is in progress I will generally leave a review after every chapter - usually. Sometimes I have nothing to say so I don't. But if the story is complete and I am reading it start to finish, I generally don't leave one every chapter. Sometimes I do 2 or 3 or so before I comment. The thing that usually flumoxes me is the when to review and when to use the forum to comment. I think for a short 'hey that was great' comment to let the writer know I am reading the review is fine, but it does not allow for back and forth. So if I have more to add, I will use the forum topic discussion thread. I agree with Nephy that I will respond to all reviews or comments on the forum. One thing I will say, I don't feel that authors need to respond to every review - there is one story where I gave 5 or 6 in a row and the author answered two or three and that to me was fine, He acknowledged my effort but didn't feel it necessary to answer all 6. Anyway, nice to see the answers and who is answering here.

glad you liked the car scene - however, it was totally made up, I have no idea if that is real or imagined. I just kind of said, hmm this sounds good, let me run with it. but no one has complained it was stupid yet so I guess it was okay.

Chapter 15 thanks you for not being left out of the review parade Somethings the jokes might not be funny so your not laughing is normal LOL.

Yes that changes things a bit, but it also raised more questions - UGH!! When is chapter 30 due?????

Back down Icy Girl, Momma Rush is his Beta/Editor, but I get next dibs if he needs some extra help. You have enough first reads, leave some for the rest of us. Besides, N.O. I won't pressure you like the winter queen will to write faster.

Gotta give credit where it is due, the feelings of guilt were Anyta's suggestion. She will protest, but it is true nevertheless.

I know I keep saying I am nothing like the main characters, then add something from my own life, but the bond btw Jason and Darryl is similar to the one I had with my cousin who died. Growing up he had an older brother [just like Darryl] I had a younger one. He, my cousin, and I were 6 weeks apart in age, lived five miles away from each other and about the same from our grandmother, spent most of the summer hanging out together, with his friends when I was there, with my friends when he stayed with us, in short we were closer to each other than our own brothers. So in some ways, that is how tight I see J & D. All the reviews/comment are making me see I may have drawn more heavily on my life in writing this than I thought.