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What!?! Oh my gosh! ***Gets glasses for RK and gives him a healthy supply of carrots*** Hurry, it looks like your eyes haven't got long left!

Well when you're done can I have a go at Luke? Actually the exact same thing can be said about Luke. And I think in both cases they were just making an effort to not confuse Rory or make things any harder for him.....Although Seth kinda did try to interfere I still like the idea of Luke/Rory too, but at this point the Seth/Rory thing is so adorable and seemingly "right" that I'm afraid I'll have to switch over. I think you're right Ann. I don't think Seth was one of the people Aaron was cheating on Luke with. Seth doesn't seem like that kinda guy to me. Welcome! have a fantastic day everyone and take care (and your vitamins) Kevin

Thanks Tony! My real name's Kevin, but you can call me whatever you like (except Judy, it's a nice name, but I'd be a little miffed if you called me Judy ) Anyway have an awesome day and take care! Kevin

LOL! And I missed the part about all the hugs earlier so: ***hugs everyone***

I agree with the consensus great work Kisho! However, while most people seem to think Seth is a perfect match, I feel just the opposite, the Seth picture is really great, but not at all how I'd personally pictured him. Rory however looks very much like I'd imagined him. Anyway both are great uh huh! I'd definitely agree with that! I can't think of a famous guy I find more attractive! .....hehehe sometimes I watch his music videos,,,,just to watch his music videos. His music really isn't bad though, I've always said "The way he looks, he could sound much worse!"

Actually all that sounds quite accurate of me, but I'm a virgo.

Aww Nick, sorry to hear about your choking incident. I know how awful it feels when you can't swallow. When I was a senior in high school I uh,,,drank too much too often. Anyway apparently due to the drinking I developed a mild case of "esophagitis" which basically meant that my esophagus was really irritated, and damaged, and I couldn't swallow very well. It was awful, it got to the point that everytime I drank at all I couldn't swallow ANYTHING the next day (even ice cream wouldn't go down, I had to wait for it to melt), and it would be bad for several days. I really shouldn't have been surprised since I'd been suffering from heartburn since I was about 10, and since gastric trouble is on both sides of my family. Anyway it all worked out, my anatomy teacher told this story one time about someone she knew who messed himself up so badly that he had to have a feeding tube. So anyway I didn't drink at all for like 7 or 8 months, didn't get drunk for like 2 years, and haven't drank regularly or heavily since, also I started eating a better diet, and now I never have any trouble swallowing OR get heartburn anymore LOL sorry I went off on my own little tangent there. Anyway point is, it's scary and sucky when food won't go down, I'm glad you're ok now. And don't worry about the splotches, I bet by tomorrow they'll be alot less visable, and after a few days hardly noticable at all....and at least you'll have a story to tell. Also I think it's kinda nice of your dad to be so concerned and cut up your meat. Heck that's nice even if you hadn't had an accident! Anyway take care, Dude! And I hope you have an awesome day/weekend! Kevin

The second dude would definitely make a good Aaron IMO. I hadn't pictured Seth quite that way, but I guess that's possible. There's this guy who always comes by where I work, who I think is definitely the perfect Eddie (and no I'm not at all attracted to him, but then by the description I didn't go much for the real Eddie either)

Yep I pretty much agree with you two ladies. I've always hoped for Rory/Luke too, and we all know how I used to feel about Seth......but he's been pretty cute and sweet lately, and after that last chapter, I think I really do hope they stay together. I mean their relationship thus far seems pretty healthy and happy, so it would be unfortunate if it ended (unlike the disfunctional Rory/Aaron relationship). I also agree with you two. I was convinced that Rory was Luke's crush, but he really isn't showing it much anymore, and if he isn't, that's terrific, because then he could still end up living happily ever after with whoever it is, and Seth/Rory can stay together. BTW I love the way you phrased that Ben "I'd so.....Not be smiling and stuff" I like to talk that way myself! Yup, I agree Vic; it looks like we're running out of chapters for Rory/Luke, and Rory/Seth is looking good, sooooo I guess I'll have to hop on the bandwagon. **takes off his LRITE pin, and runs over to play monopoly with the RSFS's** .....Sigh I think I'll hang on to that pin just in case Yep I'm afraid you're right Andrew Perhaps they don't actually take the vacation within the confines of the story.....or my guess would be that it's described in an epilogue (like with TLW and TOU). That's what I'm afraid of. It seems like much was made about how tired she sounded. And I think the whole spiel about painting the house and having stuff for Rory to do when he comes home was just her efforts to reassure him. I suspect she wants to talk to Eddie about all the final arrangements and discuss how they're going to break the news to Rory.......as pretty much the only person around here who likes Grandma Alice, I doubt I can find anyone to commiserate with yep I'm scared we won't get our Aaron Redemption, Tempus Well I definitely don't think Seth is that messed up, and I really don't even think Aaron is. And I couldn't see what their motivation would be, unless Luke is in on it as well and either much closer with them than it seems, or hanging some kind of threat over their respective heads. Which would be the hardest part to swallow for me; I can't imagine Luke doing anything like that. And even if he were the unknowing recipient of their "largess" I also don't think he'd look too favorably on it once he found out (I.E. even if he wanted Rory, he wouldn't want him that way) Well I've certainly never been able to fathom how someone as sensible and all around terrific as Luke could let himself get that attached to a straight guy, but at this point, as unlikely and completely unrealistic as it seems, I think I'll have to hope that Dave is secretly bisexual or something. Just for the sake of a happy ending for Luke. ....SO that what I thought....grr wish I hadn't been so behind on this thread lol. Anyway take care and have an awesome day everyone!! Kevin (This was what I originally meant to post, I'm not sure why but something with the quotes messed up the first time. Anyway sorry I went on so long, but you guys posted so much in such a short period of time!)

grr!! my post messed up,,,,I'll fix this later

LOL Nick, I've gradually grown to like that song "year of the cat" more and more. Does he have any other good songs I should check out?

Awww thanks you guys Glad I didn't tick anyone off You may be right, it'll be really interesting to see how Gail reacts to Aaron. It could also be that after they broke up Gail asked where Aaron was and Seth said something like "Aaron isn't a good person and he isn't welcome around here anymore, Gail." And since she's so young she may just accept that at face value, I think there's a pretty good chance she'll get mad at Aaron, but it'll probably depend on what Seth's told her. Early on I'd hoped for an eventual Luke/Aaron reconciliation myself, but that was before I found out Aaron had also cheated on Luke, and all the other garbage we've learned about his past with Luke, and his behavior with Rory. Now unless he does change a good bit, I don't think I'd want him back with any of the other three. LOL I gotcha back too Nick Isn't it funny that even gay guys talk about which girls at school they'd do? Anyway have an awesome day everyone, and hopefully the next chapter will be out soon. Take care. Kevin

So today was totally amazing! I had work, which was pretty much uneventful. Then as I was about to leave, Amber came in for her shift. I hadn't seen her in about 3 weeks. See she basically transferred to our other location, but was filling in for someone. Well I pretty much had felt like it was all for the best, that she'd made it more or less clear she wasn't interested in being close friends anymore, and that I (and she) was better off. Then I saw her. I had a reaction which rather took me off guard. I really wanted to just run up to her and hug her. It's like as soon as I saw her alarms started going off in my head "It's your friend! ". Well I didn't run up and hug her, because I figured that was a bit extreme and I didn't know how she'd react. But she did seem happy to see me as well, and we had a nice chat, I stayed for awhile after my shift ended so we could catch up. It was nice. Anyway then the afternoon/evening got really good. I went for a run/walk. My grandpa recently gave me this little radio thing that clips onto your belt w/ headphones. Anyway it was nice, I had music for once. And I think it actually motivated me to run further and more. So then I was going to go swimming (if you can call it that ), but it turned out the pool was closed for Martin Luther King day. SO instead I did something I've always wanted to do. I walked to campus, and then climbed around......sounds weird I know, but there's all sorts of nifty things to climb/walk on. Walls, that can easily be scaled; LOTS of curbs to walk on, and I must say the two highlights were a parking garage wall and this funky fence. I'll explain: see the parking garage wall just pretty much loops around (like all parking garage walls) at a slight angle, and gets higher and higher, but it's easy to get onto it because there's a little metal rail (probably for people to hold onto if they're actually walking, which I don't know why they would be, but anyway....) I could climb onto the rail and then reach the wall. So I had a great time doing that, it wasn't that narrow about the width of one of my feet (with shoes), and I'd been climbing around like that all evening so I wasn't too worried about falling. Still when I'd gotten up to about the second story I decided I should get down since I really could theoretically kill myself if I fell off the tall side. Then I realized something. Pretty much the ONLY memory I have of being with both my parents at once (for more than an hour or so), was this one time, about a week, when I can remember my mom and dad BOTH being there and taking me all around the town, and the bigger city nearby, and we went to all the parks and stuff, and I climbed the trees, while my dad stayed right there to make sure I didn't fall or catch me if I did. I'm guessing that's why not only have I never been afraid of heights, but actually always had an affinity for them. Looking back I'm really not sure WHY they were together then. I mean I must have been about 5 maybe 6, and they devorced when I was 2. I don't even know why my dad was in the state (.....well I'm guessing to visit ME as well as his mom and sister who live a few hours away). I even recall thinking "hmm, I wonder if they're going to get back together?".....Now before anyone starts thinking how sad or tramatic it must have been when they didn't, don't. Even then I don't think I cared much. And I've always said I'm glad my parents split up because I really liked my childhood and wouldn't have wanted it any different. and I KNOW that at the time if I'd realized that them getting back together would have meant moving away from my grandparents and aunt and cousin, I wouldn't have wanted it. It's just funny that I can remember that little event. Wait actually now that I really think about it, I think maybe it was because that's about the time my dad's second marriage ended, and I seem to remember my mom was kinda supportive when that happened, I know years later she told me he called and talked about it with her as soon as they knew they were splitting up. So maybe that's it. Anyway back to the story. Nest I found this awesome fence! It was about three feet off the ground. It was all metal and consisted of this square post, about 5'' by 5'' which was attached to this little 2'' wide bar (flat), and it went about 4 or 5 feet, then there was another post where it ended, BUT there were about 30 or so of these all in a line with a little 3 to 4 foot gap between them (I have no idea what purpose they served, but I'm guessing they're purely ornamental). So it was really fun trying to walk along the little 2'' wide bar, then when I got to the end, I'd jump to the next fence and repeat the process. I never missed a jump, but I kept having to jump off the bar (or I'd have fallen). I got to where I did about 3 in a row though, so I thought that was pretty good. Another challenging thing was this little black bar, fence thing they had. It was only about a foot off the ground and ran along the street, in front of the parking spaces, I'm pretty sure it was just to keep people from driving too far or going off the road and completely and driving into a building or something. Anyway that was definitely the hardest thing to walk on, it was about 3''wide, but it was completely round and very slick, I pretty much sucked at it! But I had fun. I'm also guessing a gave people a good show. The parking garage was in the center of campus and completely empty, but the fences were only about 20 feet from the main road which runs through campus, and it was still rather busy. LOL guess I gave the drivers something interesting to look at as they passed . It was a great walk too, and a very pleasent evening (mid to high 60s). Plus I had that cd player with me the whole time so I had something fun to listen too. I listened to a cd I hadn't played in awhile. All together I'd say I walked about 6 or 7 miles round trip, from my apartment to/through campus and back. At one point I saw this really cool, high wall set up with ropes hanging off the ceiling to use to scale it. So I almost went over and gave it a try....then I realized I'd accidently "snuck" into the ROTC training area. So I figured I'd better get out of there before I got arrested for espionage or something. So I just climbed a quick tree on the way home, and off I went. I realized how much fun it would have been if I had a boyfriend to do that stuff with.....then I got to thinking how much I'd like to kick around a soccer ball, and find a jungle gym to play in, and of course someone to go swimming with, and ice skating, and on and on....then I realized something: maybe it's not so much a boyfriend I need as a playmate . On the other hand though I definitely want to do all the romantic stuff, and just in general have someone great to cuddle and "connect" with; someone to love .....and of course I'd like to take some of the games to the bedroom too . So I do need a boyfriend.....I think I just need a fun, energetic, "sporty" boyfriend. Anyway take care everyone and have an awesome day! Oh yeah it's my first day of the spring semester tomorrow! Wish me luck! Kevin

Not at all Kitty, I sincerely did appreciate the concern, and you raised many valid points I hadn't really thought of before. I'm a worrier, so I'm very understanding of people expressing concern, and I usually appreciate it. Anyway thanks again

Hey Shadows! I hope this year is unbelievabley great for ya! Happy Birthday!

That is so awesome Zhukant! Way to go! I came out to my mom a few days before Thanksgiving, it is kinda scary, I hope everyone else goes well too !. That was a good thing though wasn't it? I mean I'm imagingng it like "why are you crying, it's cool" kinda thing.

Hey Kitty! Thanks for the concern I really appreciate it . Don't worry though, the pool I went to is indoors, there's always a lifeguard on duty, and the entire lane thing I wasn't deep enough for me not to be able to stand up. I'm not sure how the other lanes or set up, but really I have a feeling the whole thing is shallow, it's for people to pracitice doing laps and stuff. lol thanks for the compliment, but don't worry I've still got plenty of vices to work on lolol. Anyway thanks again and have an awesome day! Kevin

Hey Bev! Thanks, for the tips. I may have to take lessons, I had fun but I definitely didn't seem to be "getting it" that quickly....On the other hand I think it coulda been worse, I think I'll try to practice a little more first. Yep I did much better with floating on my back than anything else. I kinda even swam on my back I guess you could say. I mean I was floating there, and I started moving my arms and legs in such a way as to propel myself to the other side of the pool, so I guess it was swimming, I just don't think it was a real "stroke" or anything. I tried some diving but I didn't have goggles and I couldn't see underwater. Anyway thanks and have an awesome day! Kevin

Woo Hoo! glad you finally found it! LOL don't feel bad, twice in my life I can remember looking for something for like a half hour only to discover it was IN MY HAND......actually one of the two times I was looking for something with someone else and it turned out to be in his hand ......anyway it's often right under your nose

.......I guess this is the part where I tick a few people off. OK so now we're all rooting for Rory to become a slut?? Yeah that'll be great for his emotional development. No, he's not being a ho IMO either. But he is moving through people rather quickly. Personally I think his particular circumstances more or less excuse it. I mean Aaron was just manipulative, and forced himself on Rory, and Rory is young and inexperienced. As for Seth, well I guess it could end up being meaningful, though I actually get the impression Rory's more likely to hurt Seth in this one. The thing about casual sex/sex stuff, is that it isn't just about you. It's all good to say "it's my business what I do and with whom I do it.", but the fact is, it isn't just YOUR business. There's someone else involved (several people if some of you guys get your way :wacko: ). And it isn't just physical, there's a huge emotional potential as well. I'm fine with 2 (or 3 or 7) people who decide they want a casual romp no strings attached (I don't necessarily approve, but it ISN'T any of my business, and I'm not going to judge them for it). The problem is that there's often a different perception of "what it meant" for each person. THAT'S when people get hurt. Look at Aaron and Rory, clearly it meant something different to each. Besides that even the concept of "FB's" doesn't necessarily work any better. Look at all the examples of casual affairs people have had, and suddenly one of them "caught some feelings". Have ANY of you people seen fatal attraction?? Ignoring all the health risks, and any moral implications, what it comes down to is, you don't know how stable the person you're casually sleeping with is, you don't know what it means to them, and even if they tell you, there's no guarantee their feelings won't change (or yours). If you ask me it's a recipe for hurting someone, with a good chance of getting hurt eventually yourself. It's none of my business who's into what or with whom, and I'm not trying to insult or offend anyone here. Those are my opinions and I'm sure you all have yours. All that means to me is that I'll be careful with the casual stuff, and gently urge people I care about to do the same (though I never make it a big issue as everyone's likely to do whatever (and whomever) they like, I just hang around to pick up the pieces later ) Anyway I just wanted everyone to know that I'm stating my opinion about Rory and not anyone else. LOL perhaps if he does all three at once: Rory: "Hmmm, Luke's in bed with me naked and kissing me.......I wish there was some way to know if he liked me!"

Excellent observation Tempus! And a good way of explaining Aaron's behavior during sexual intimacy. But do you really mean "freaked out about falling in love with a guy", implying that he still had issues with his sexuality or just "freaked out about falling in love", implying general intimacy issues? Both are interesting theories. And I think you must be right, there's got to be more to Aaron than we're seeing. Interesting you should mention that. Ever since I've seen how much Dave and the rest of Luke's friends hate Aaron, I kept being reminded of that chapter. When Aaron was first mentioned by Luke's friends, and in their early interaction, I got the impression that Luke and Aaron didn't get along any more, but had all been in the same "clique", and that Dave et. al. were still somewhat friends with Aaron. It just didn't seem like malicious water balloning to me, it seemed more playful (didn't Dave hit Luke with a water ballon?), and even the dialogue used implied to me that they wanted Luke to get over his problems with Aaron so everyone could move on. I dunno maybe I just got that impression and couldn't shake it because I was reading it without any expectations at that point, and that's what first came into my head. I'd just made a mental note to ask you "isn't that the movie you told me about?"........Anyway I really wanna see it now lol.

Well personally if I mean something sarcastically I usually put a " " or " " at the end of it to tip everyone off......It's kinda like a laugh track in some regards. My gosh, I don't read the forums for a couple of days and everyone rushes off and forms new camps complete with flags and pins......So is there some sort of "no man's land" I have to crawl through under cover of darkness to get to the LRITE camp, or can I just wait for the RSFS camp takes a break for monopoly and pretzels? Anyway, Welcome Andy, and thanks very much for posting that. Dom must have posted it before I started reading his blog. That's VERY interesting, especially since Owen/Aiden are pretty much one of my favorite couples of all time, scary to think it could have never been at all. YUP you're right, bad dialogue can be a death sentence for a story, though it can be kinda amusing too. I love the way Dom writes! Not just dialogue, but especially the stuff going on inside the protagonist's head. NOOO don't let the RSFS lead you astray, Vic! LOL and all bets are final in this casino! LOL I never thought Rory deserved Luke, I just want him to end up with Luke....actually I don't even know if I think he deserves Seth. It's not that I dislike him, I just don't see whatever it is the other guys all seem to see. That Gone With The Wind idea is amusing. I can just see the dramatic final scene Luke to Rory: "Quite frankly, Rory, I don't give a damn!" Though actually it would probably work better if it were Aaron who finally realized he had true, deep feelings for Luke. Luke to Aaron: "Quite frankly, Aaron, I don't give a damn!" Heck it could become a nice little household tagline for Luke: Jase: "What do you want for dinner, Luke?" Luke: "Quite frankly, Jase, I don't give a damn!......I had a big lunch."

Hey Slaveboy! I'm glad your life is going well right now, you deserve it And that's awesome about that OTM boy, I hope it works out! Best of luck and take care! Kevin