Andrew Q Gordon

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!

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.

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.

Wow, thanks for the compliment, I am sure it is not deserved, but it is very much appreciated.

Wow, Frosty! That's living up to your nickname. Tossing someone in a cold shower is - um, well cold. Darryl and Jason for that matter are probably not much less of a light weight than Dean. With their being underage and the zero tolerance for drinking imposed by the coach, they don't get drunk too often. As for D needing help, I am sure he would never turn down the help of a pretty lady - but your virtues are not my responsibility if you volunteer.

Sometimes there is no reconciliation - some things are too much to forgive and forget, this to me was one of them, despite things not turning out as bad as Jason feared. But Jordan isn't like your best friend, he has/had an ulterior motive in this or so Jason believed.

It is really hard to write about someone's over powering feelings but you are doing it very well. At the risk of being nosy, is this someone you know, something you study, something you see as part of work? I am curious where you get the information to get Blake's condition down so well. Nine chapters in and nothing remotely close to a pass by Haze on Blake - or at least nothing Blake would ever see as one. Nice work. Andy

Jason's embarrassing moment will be reviewed next chapter. And while Darryl ended up letting Dean get drunk knowing Jason didn't really want that, he was careful enough to keep it in house so he wouldn't get in trouble. Like the Chap. Title says, what are best friends for?

Here's hoping Curt's mom will be fine when she finally finds out. Then all you have to worry about is where to spend the holidays

geez now I feel really stupid. Someone actually mentioned to me a while ago - 'did you see how many people were reading XYZ' and I just pretended I knew what they were talking about. Now that it is one site, I am surprised it took this long to break the old record. Next stop - 1000.

I wish I could say Darryl is a mirror image of one of my best friends, but I moved so much as a teenager I can't point to anyone that I was that close with. Darryl's reaction would have been the same even had they not gotten into that fight but it does help him get his point across to his teammates.

I'm Starting to wonder if I didn't somehow get a peek into your life with Curt when writing this, it has more than a few similarities LOL. Just don't sue me for invasion of privacy, I can prove I started this long before I knew you Thanks for reading again Trev.

Checking the clock for the hundredth time, Jason knew he was getting impatient. They hadn’t been there that long, but he already wanted to go. As much as he liked having Dean around, he wondered if inviting him to stay was a mistake. “Why don’t you go?” Darryl said. “I’ll make sure Dean stays out of trouble.” “I can’t leave him.” Darryl snorted. “C’mon, Jase, you’re so quiet it’s almost as if you’re not even here. He’s doing fine and will continue to do fine if you go see Pete.”

Dag I was on I-95 that happened so I can't even say 'I was one of them.' And the record wasn't broken by just a little either, it was almost 10% more - pretty cool. Once upon a thought I was going to see about 'organizing' an effort to break that record - i.e. spread the word for everyone who could to log in at such and such a time - then I thought hmm, might tax the system at a time when they are trying to do the transfer, best to let it go. Now we are good for another couple years I suppose