Andrew Q Gordon

Trebs, best news of the week/month/year. Welcome back and best wishes for the speediest of recoveries. 'lil q send a hug and kiss - she started giving kisses since you last saw her. Andy

Thanks for sticking with me David and yes you should consider the flash fiction for your characters but that is just one person's humble opinion

TIm, as I mentioned in my first response, the lack of caution was deliberate as a way to show what being in love can do. Does he realize it and if he does, does he care? I think it's easier said than done to 'be careful' when you really like someone. But I hope you like the rest of the story - you've got a ways to go I'm afraid. Thanks for reading and for taking the time to leave a few comments. AQG

TIm, as I mentioned in my first response, the lack of caution was deliberate as a way to show what being in love can do. Does he realize it and if he does, does he care? I think it's easier said than done to 'be careful' when you really like someone. But I hope you like the rest of the story - you've got a ways to go I'm afraid. Thanks for reading and for taking the time to leave a few comments. AQG

Okay so now I'm worried. I won't say why, but about chapters 12-16 you might be tossing stones at me - just saying - Yes I know that them kissing that close to campus wasn't the wisest thing, but I wanted to show that Jason is very taken with Peter - so much so that he doesn't always take the proper precautions or better said, forgets to take them. Peter is out so he isn't going to be naturally inclined to be careful. What Pete might think is safe might not be safe at all. SO I suspect you can see where this is going. lol

I don't believe them. Sorry, but Amazon own Shelfari and a minority interest in the only other 'reader' forum - Library thing. So with this purchase, they own all three 'readers' literary sites. Sure they don't plan to change anything - is that in legally binding document? Can Goodreads really do whatever it wants if they disagree with Amazon? If Amazon doesn't like the synergies from the purchase after leaving it as an independent subsidiary, will they still leave it alone? What made Goodreads valuable was it didn't owe it's existence to anyone BUT the readers who used the site. Now that's gone. I don't buy for a minute that Amazon won't make changes that benefit them to the detriment of everyone else. It's not that I dislike Amazon, quite the contrary. Jeff Bezos donated 2.5 million dollars to Washington's Marriage Equality campaign, so I'm favorably inclined toward them over the competition. But as an Author, they've really become the juggernaut that is making the decisions on a whole lot of issues - and not always good for authors.

I assume most people know about Goodreads - but for those that don't it WAS an independent book review site that wasn't tied to any seller. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1801563&highlight Personally I don't view this as a good thing. Amazon already had it's own review system in place AND it had started its own reader sight - which clearly couldn't compete with GR. By folding this into their own system, you take away an independent voice that was focused not on sales, but on readers and reader recommendations. Oh well. Anyone wanna start a new reader only platform to replace Goodreads?? :-P

Well, I won't say I never drank, but I can say I never had the - hey it's 3 in the afternoon, I'm 18 let me snark a beer from the fridge days. But I think the issue wasn't so much he had beer, but that it seemed a bit too important and the school year hadn't even begun. So hopefully this isn't shades of things to come - but ou never know.

Thanks Lily - we kinda talked about this when we talked new fantasy story -this would be the one I was talking about. I hope to continue with it too.

Daithi! Whatever gives you that idea? I'd say tuck this episode away and remember it. That's all I'm saying.

Jason grabbed the cutting board and took the zucchini from Peter. "How do you want them cut?" "In half and then in quarters." Searching for a knife, Jason heard his brother's heavy footsteps. "Hey Pete, Bro. What's going on?" Dean sounded as tired as he looked to Jason. "I'm trying to help Pete make dinner." Peter nudged Jason. "Actually, you've gotten much better at this since we met. I'll make a cook out of you yet." "Please do." Dean shook his head and opened the refrigerator. "I've had

Thanks Dave, and yes you've always been very vocal with your support. THanks for that and yes, you were one of those who gently nudged me to work on something more with these characters and setting, so you got your wish.

I thought it would be easier to 'pillow' talk the hints as to what happened than have Jason 'think' about them. Besides. to me this is how the 'after sex' should be if it's not a hook up or on the DL. They not only like each other, but they enjoy being close. Isn't that how it should be? Ethan and Blake will figure out what to do next, just give them a bit of time.

Quick refresher - Blake is on the soccer team and on his first day at practice he called Jason a fag hoping to cover up that he was gay. Almost go him kicked off the team. After that Jason figured him out and they became friends. Ethan was the guy Jason met working for his grandparents over the summer. He is also the one who almost slept with Jason when he and Peter were on the outs. But feel free to re-read for more details.

I think they have had time to grow since we last saw them riding off on the back of Pete's motorcycle. Besides, do you really think that naked and 'sore' is the right time to argue? That's be some downer of a pillow talk. As for the focus of these, I think there will be a decent amount from them, but certainly not the majority. There are too many characters who are elbowing me for air time.

Well Darryl's probably used to it by now. Dean, well there is a reason he got the room furtherest from the one Jason and Peter share.

With a thousand word limit, the ability to fill in all the details makes it a bit hard. So my goal is to hint where I can to spend my words on the 'story'. I want to be sure the hints are specific enough to fill in 'some' of the gaps. But I would suspect that your imagination and mine might be similar, but if not, who cares, they can do whatever you think they did. I give them permission.

What's next? The ink is barely dry here Actually, I'm not totally sure what's next. Dean is not off to a good start with his brother and Blake has a few things to work out so there are options. But we'll see. There might b a few guests who'll make appearances along the way. All of which doesn't answer your question but we'll see what's next. I don't think there will pillow talk next time, however.

Jason watched his right hand trace patterns in Peter's fine chest hairs. Resting on Peter's shoulder, Jason felt his boyfriend's hand gently rubbing his lower back and butt. After a grueling ten plus mile run, he hadn't planned on afternoon sex, but it didn't take much for Peter to get him in the mood. Peter kissed Jason's still damp hair. "What's going on in here, Soccer Boy?" Jason snuggled a bit closer. "Just happy, and a bit sore. It's been a while since you topped me." "Was I too rough?"

The beauty of the new format is that I can probably stick to a chapter a week, so that's a darn sight better than weeks without a chapter that used to happen. Hopefully folks will enjoy it enough to stick with it for a while. So far people seem to like it so I'll keep it going. Thanks again. Andy

Thanks for letting me know. I've wanted to get back to the these characters but never really seemed to have the story for it. This seems perfect for me - at least for now. Maybe I'll do some thing more soon, no promises however, it will be a big undertaking if I do.

GeR - you don't really expect me to spend a chapter on them having sex do you? Just imagine what you think they'd do. Whatever you decide, it's fine. I specifically DON'T write those things so they can do whatever you like - I wrote two sex scenes between them in 300K words. I'm being true to myself here.

Thanks, glad you enjoy. My goal is to have a loose story line playing through all the chapters. Maybe in the end it'll be more involved than flash fiction can accommodate, but we'll see. For now, I like the format because I can reintroduce people and places and not have to commit to a whole novel at the moment. Who knows maybe it will morph into that by the end. But no promises there. Thanks again. Andy

Yeah, the 1000 word limit had me cut a few things - like the fact this is a four bedroom off campus house and Jason and Peter share one room and 'Jason's' room is the guest bedroom. I realize that wasn't terribly clear, I'll try to find a way to clarify at some point in the 'chapters' but for now accept that J & P took the big bedroom with the bathroom and Dean and Darryl share the other bathroom. Sorry about that.

Sweat dripped down Jason's face as he dug out his key. He'd wiped his face so often during the run that his shirt felt five pounds heavier. It took more work – a lot more – to leave Blake gasping for air by the end of their run. At least Blake hadn't let up on his training. Jason knew his brother and Darryl were going to suffer when practice started in three days. Too bad. He'd tried to get Dean to work harder, but his little brother had always coasted because of his talent. Darryl never worked