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God damn it! There's not another chapter! Shit! I'm dying to know what Merry wrote! This is such an awesome story! I read the first chapter last week and I was so excited to see you updated! I did have a question though: I was confused with the Aston/Ashton thing. Are they two different kids, or was it just a typo with the name? When Hayden mentioned Aston and then Reece said Ashton, or something like that, I don't remember exactly, but I was confused. Are they two separate kids? I really sympathized with Jace. When he would see Merry and his heart would pound in his chest and he would both will Merry to look at him, and at the same time hoping he won't look at him. God, those feelings bring me back to my high school days. lol You don't forget feeling like that! Anyway, LOVE the story and I can't wait for more! Hurry up; I need to know what Merry's gonna read! I bet it's something about Jace....

Despite Derek's ability to piss me the hell off, I do feel bad for him. He is so oblivious to how he acts, he's surprised that no one is congratulating him and rushing over to him. Also, the principal saw everything that happened when Derek came into the school. He knows damn well Derek did nothing. Travis was the one getting in his face. Which of course I can't blame Travis for at all. He is protecting Charlie. How does he know Derek won't try to hurt Charlie? He doesn't. And Luke, wtf is his problem? It's like he's using Derek or trying to use Derek for his own homophobic purposes. I'd watch out for him; he's baaadd news. lol Derek definitely needs to see that shrink. He needs to give it more than three sessions; three sessions may not even touch anything on the surface yet. I know! Hypnosis; that's what Derek should try! haha Anyway, thanks for updating! Awesome job as usual Hamen! Can't wait till next week (hopefully it'll be next week.....)

Ok mister; this is all your fault!!!!! I need Logan's skunk spray people. Stat! All thanks to YOU my dog (yes, the same dog as last time, the little f**ker) got skunked not forty-five minutes ago! Of course I didn't have any f**king baking soda and not enough peroxide.......I blame Summer...... Oh and my garage reeks.......................

I love Steven! What a great b/f! Although he still remains clueless as to HIS boyfriend's doings. Or undoings, as the case may be. Holy shit, Summer really went all out! I cannot imagine the stink of those skunks! One is bad enough, but THREE????? And the poor little kitty who got stuck in with them; who's gonna want her now? I KNOW how bad skunk smells smell. And last. And last. And last. My pitbull was skunked months ago and I STILL can't get the all the smell out of her Invisible Fence collar. But I'm amazed that Summer could sneak in like that when Logan was awake all night (or did he finally fall asleep?) And how the HELL did SHE get her hands on three skunks and not get sprayed herself? lol Well, of course she didn't do it herself; what the hell was I thinking? She had one of her goonies do it, silly me. And Logan's dad is gonna shit a brick! Holy f**k! Three thousand dollars to de-skunk a house? Omfg; he's gonna have a heart attack. I am proud of Logan for sticking up for himself though. He should have done that from the get-go. Idk....maybe since I was probably at the bottom of my high school's social ladder (I was so far under the ladder, I didn't even know there WAS a ladder! Or a social structure! lol), I just don't understand why it's so important to Logan to be at the top. I mean, he was never THE ONE ya know; he was never the big Kahuna, so what does it really matter if he's on the bottom with Taylor and 90% of the school? Just concentrate on school and getting laid, and leave the scheming BHB's to themselves! lol

I just started reading this amazing story the other day when I saw it on another site. Then I noticed you had more chapters on here, so I came here instead. This is such a fantastic story! Micah (awesome name btw) has so much anger towards his mom for leaving him and his father for abandoning him also. He just abandoned him mentally and turned to physically abusing him b/c he couldn't cope with his loss. I really wasn't going to review until I caught up with all the chapters, but I had to comment for this particular chapter. I think this chapter was the best so far. The whole debacle with Ken taking Micah to AA b/c he thought he had a problem with booze and Micah's anger over it was defnitely understandable. I really liked Patrick's grandmother and I liked the fact that Patrick and Micah seemed to be getting closer. I had the feeling that Patrick lied to the judge b/c he was afraid Micah would be sent somewhere else and he'd never see him again. Now that I read about what his grandmother said to Micah about staying there and going to school there b/c of Micah, I think I'm right. lol But the main reason I'm commenting is b/c of the Selective Mutism. You know, I never even thought of that for Joel. I was thinking that he wasn't speaking b/c losing his mom was so traumatic that he just stopped. I never thought of SM b/c I thought even with SM the person is at least talking to SOMEONE. My youngest was diagnosed with SM when he was three. Luckily with meds and therapy, now he doesn't stop talking! Although he does still have a bit of social anxiety. I just thought it was so interesing that they diagnosed Joel with SM. I would think it would be more like the Traumatic SM (although I hadn't heard of that before. Or was it hysterical SM, I don't remember now.) I really hope Dr. Timmy (haha) can help Joel get his speech back. Oh, I did notice one little error: about three-quarters of the way down the chapter, Micah was thinking of something and you wrote prolly. Did you mean probably? I don't think prolly is a word. Actually I just looked it up; it's not a word. lol Anyway, awesome, awesome story!

I loved this chapter! I love how close Billy and David are becoming. I especially loved Annie's comment about maybe needing David all year! I was surprised though that when the kids were all talking about coming out to their parents and friends, no one mentioned how Annie reacted seeing Walker and Chris, but especially seeing Billy and David the way they were. She was really happy for them (I knew she would be). I was just surprised no one mentioned it. I wonder if she will bring it up to Billy and David... Maybe she's so happy Billy has someone who cares for him so much b/c she is ready to divorce Old Man Tyrant, woops, I mean Templeton and knowing Billy will have someone supporting him, will make it easier on her....ok, it was just a thought. But seriously; he is a tyrant. I'm so happy you updated; I absolutely love all your stories, especially this one!

I don't know. That whole debacle with the kids. I thought for sure Bass was going to say Mike knocked Liz up. Ok, they're fifteen, soon to be sixteen. Unfortunately, Liz is right; kids nowadays do everything younger than generations before them. Kids are having sex in middle school for Christ's sakes! So I'm not sure about all that. If they were only making out, why couldn't they do that sitting on the couch? And it was never explained if they were fully clothed when Britney found them. Personally, I think they all over-reacted. I could see if Liz was thirteen, and I do think fifteen is young, but Cooper's over-protectivness (probably not even a word, but oh well), was admirable, but too over-the-top. I know you have to drill into these kids about safe sex, condoms, STD's and all that. At some point in time you will need to trust them to make informative decisions. I know hormones play a big part of teenager's lives, but Liz seems like a pretty level-headed kid (she must be with Devon and Coop as parents, well, Devon at least, lol). And having Bass as a father must be a good influence on Mike. The jury's still out on Britney; I just see her as whiny and controlling. Kids are gonna do what kids do; be it in the home or someplace else. They need to know all the information out there and then you have to trust them at some point. I did feel Cooper grew up a bit in this chapter. Glad he's listening to Bass. I actually felt bad for Chase when he was explaining the reason behind marrying Morgan. It wasn't for love. Morgan is only using Chase and who's to say he will ever stop? Chase doesn't seem like he would ever say no to Morgan. So where does that leave Coop if they move their relationship forward? Excellent chapter as usual! Action packed and full of questions for our boy Coop....can't wait for the next one! Oh, p.s. I LOVED the line: "I've waited twenty years; I can handle thirty days." (or something like that!) Loved it; made me tear up...

Loved the drag queen poster! Too funny, especially since Will assumed Michael was into drag. I really like Katy and Joey. Will' s growing on me; I feel bad for him; he never knew he knocked up Michael's mom. I don't get Jason though. Why did he shove Michael on that first day? And then to purposely hurt him again on the second day; what's this guy's problem? I'm glad he's suspended, although I happen to agree with Will and think Jason will just try to exact revenge on Michael now. So what's with the iPod? Michael seems obsessed with it. He's out on a f**king DATE for Christ's sakes, LOSE THE f**kING iPOD! My God! If I were Joey I would have been insulted. Anyway..love the story, could you tell? lol One thing though I wanted to point out: when you're writing dialogue and one person finishes speaking, put a space in between so when the other person speaks it's not on the same line. It gets confusing that way. Each person speaking should have their own separate line. I'm looking foward to the next chapter!

What an amazing story! I just finished reading it and wish there was more! These two boys have so much chemistry together which is only brought about by your wonderful writing. I look forward to reading more from you. You are a very talented author and this story was very well-written!

Loges, Loges, Loges. You manipulate people, trick them and still you think you've won. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Summer seems worse than Tori, and Tori was the master at BHBitchery! lol Now here's Summer, in her newly crowned, SHBitchery. So she has Loges by the balls, as they say. Hahaha, literally and figuratively! And I really like Taylor! And Logan likes Taylor. I wonder if Logan is gonna tell Taylor what Summer said. I hope Summer at least leaves Steven out of all her manipulations. Shit, Logan just comes to Summit and starts stirring up all this shit! I know Tori is to blame, but Jesus, he could have just gracefully backed out of all this mess at the very beginning. Now he's stuck following new bitches around! hahah Too bad Taylor, Logan and Steven can't out-bitch Summer. Or maybe they can, but she seems pretty dangerous. Well, so was Tori.... Ugh, where do you find these bitches? lol Can't wait for more!

Boy oh boy is Derek conceited! Each chapter he becomes more and more egotistical. Let's all hail and bow to Statue Derek. Jeez....of course I was laughing my ass off when Derek was talking about hating people who thought so much of themselves and how annoying they were. Ha, good one Derek! lol Ok, so the whole thing with Luke. I'm not sure about him. I know from the past chapters he's not a nice kid, but I'm not sure if everything he was saying to Derek was b/c Luke had bad motives and wanted Derek to let's say, side with Luke and stage a "Let's get all the f**gs out of school" march or something. Or.....he just said his spiel to get Derek to think about what he said, really think about it and think about how he really feels about Charlie. Obviously Derek didn't want Luke or anyone laying a hand on Charlie. Well, that says something right there. He still loves Charlie (I know, as a friend); that love can't just disappear in a few short days, no matter what Charlie had done or who Charlie chooses to love. So now is Derek gonna think about what Luke had said and realize Luke's crazy, and therefore, he, Derek is also crazy for thinking this way too? Of course that's what I'm hoping for, but knowing Derek, it won't happen. We still have the whole issue with his father to learn about. Obviously from what Mrs. C. said, his father has a lot of influence over Derek, even though he doesn't see him. I'm really curious to learn what happened in that relationship. And did something really happen to Derek's car? Or was Luke lying? Why hasn't Derek's mom talked to him about all this yet? Shit, she must be hearing all sorts of things, working in the school and all. I wonder if she's getting any "hate attitude" from other students or even teachers. I mean, Derek is her son and people (well, me) always assume that prejudice is learned at home. She must be livid with Derek. I really want to read about a talk between them. She also needs to bring up her gay brother, maybe invite him over. I remember she also had issues with him, but I don't remember if they had anything to do with him being gay. Anyway, I guess I'm way over-analyzing this chapter! It was so good! I'm sorry you won't be able to update next Tuesday. It seems that I'm living for Tuesday's now. But I will wait patiently; your story is well worth it Hamen. I love the whole psychological aspect to it. I just love getting in Derek's head; he does have warped ideas about the world, doesn't he? lol

Wow, so many things happened in this chapter and not all of them good! lol I hope nothing happened to the kids (Liz and Bass's son). I hope Bass's son didn't knock Liz up! lol Although that is no laughing matter, but would put a whole wrench in the divorce proceedings. Well, maybe not. I can't believe Devon. First I thought that since she called Coop needing help with CJ in the last chapter, that she finally softened up some, but now with what Kyle found out, I don't think so. She's very cool and calculating. She knows exactly what she's doing. Obviously she is privy to Coop's financial papers, just as Coop should be privy to hers. When going thru a divorce, both parties can view the other's financial papers. But now she's using her clinic to get to Coop. It's a trade-off; he can see the kids, unsupervised, but he keeps his hands away from her clinic. And really, he can sue her for alimony, right? She makes more. I guess he'll still have to pay child support b/c the kids live with her, but he can get alimony from her. Not that he needs it, but I think it would really piss her off if he tried. hahah Now on to Kyle: I feel bad for him, I really do. He's been in love w/Coop for so long and he knows he'll never have him. Winston looks better on his arm in the politics of law, so he's choosing Winston as his partner. And after all, he knows deep down that the second Chase is back in the picture, Coop'll be out that door. So sad. You know, I think he should have recused (is that how it's spelled) hiimself from the case. Isn't it a bit unethical anyway, since he's such good friends w/Coop to represent him in his divorce? I think seeing Coop all the time is not good for Kyle. He needs to forget him and be happy with Winston. Especially now since Chase is back. I do love the romantic Chase. Awesome chapter as usual Jon. Can't wait for more! And what a pleasure to be able to read this on the computer instead of my phone! lol

Ah, feels great to be able to get online again! Hurricane Irene knocked my power out for three days. You really learn what "roughing it" means! lol I only lost power; I can't imagine what the people that lost their homes are going through. So.....who is this girl? How did she find out about Sidney? Why was Taylor holding out on Logan? I thought Taylor came clean with everything he knew.... This just keeps getting better and better!

I love this story! I love re-visiting Luke's family (since I just finished reading "Desert Droppings", and I also love seeing Bree, Jude and Quinn again! I really hope you continue this story; I'd love to read more and see how the relationship between Luke and Taylor develop.

What an amazing story! It took me days, but I finally finished it! You are such an amazing writer! You really know how to pull at the old heartstrings. I think I cried more when Rory finally opened up his birthday shoebox to reveal all the wonderful things his mom left him. The diary was precious. And the tapes. What an amazing woman she was. She left Rory with a lifetime of tangible love (does that make sense?). Whenever he just wants to hear her voice, he can just stick in a CD. Whenever he wants to read her words, he just has to look at her diary. Amazing. The whole thing with Cody was heartbreaking. No matter what Aaron said in the car, of course he didn't mean it. And now he has to spend his whole life regretting saying those words and knowing he can never tell Cody how sorry he is. Death is horrible to begin with, but when you are in a fight when that person dies, you never really get closure. You know that person died thinking you thought the worst of them. Aaron will never be the same. Which, of course may be a good thing based on his personality, but the new Aaron is so sad and broken, it breaks my heart. I just want to reach out and hug him and tell him it'll be ok. But....the thing I was waiting for never came. I thought for sure, that last night with Rory, Seth was going to tell him he loved him. I mean, it's so obvious from your writing that they were in love with each other, but that was never mentioned. It wasn't even thought of. I mean, Rory never thought of it. But I wanted to hear it. Well, read it. I wanted to see those three words on the screen. But that's just the romantic in me. Would love a sequel on this just so they can finally tell each other how they feel. But I will keep busy reading your other wonderful stories, starting with the one with Luke and Taylor (from The Ordinary Us), "Hello, Stupid". I noticed it's a WIP. Will you be updating soon? I hope....I just hate waiting for awesome chapters like yours! Anyway, great job with this story; I'm so sorry it ended; I really loved ALL your characters!

Man, I felt so bad for Kyle when he was explaining to Coop that COOP is HIS Chase Pallendrino (did I spell that right/). And it's so true. Kyle's been in love with Coop for so long; he probably doesn't know how NOT to be in love with him. But at least he realizes Coop never picked him and he was able to move on with Winston. And now apparently they are getting married. Now Coop has no choices in front of him, but is he gonna choose Chase just b/c Kyle's not available anymore? That would be a totally wrong reason for choosing someone. I loved the scene where Devon called him b/c she was so frustrated about CJ. Been there, done that, but at least in her case, Coop didn't yell and scream at her. They were really civil towards each other and the kids need to see that. They need to see that their parents won't be at each other's throats and they need to know that just b/c their father isn't living there, he is still their father, and still a part of their lives. They need to know that their parents will support each other's decisions regarding the kids. And man, if my thirteen year old acted like CJ, I'd be in heaven! Ma'am????? Omg, my kid doesn't even KNOW the word! lol Excellent chapter Jon! Can't wait for more (as usual!) Oh, one little typo, in case you wanted to fix it, '.....clacking her heals', heals should be heels. Those kind of heels. Anyway, awesome job as always!

Oh man, I was totally thinking Tori was gonna do something to Logan in his hospital bed! Thank God that was just a dream, I mean nightmare. Or was it? lol So now Loges is the King Bee; what's he gonna do with it? How is Eric gonna react. I noticed Eric didn't even visit him. A bit odd, no? And Eric's parents didn't even come in to the room to see if Logan was ok? After they knew (from the witnesses) that their daughter purposely rammed into him? Well, at least they're paying for his car to be fixed. It's the least they can do after all. And ya know? I didn't know that whole thing about air bags. I thought they were there to save your life; not burn you and scar you. Loved Loges' dream with Finn and Puck. Now if he just added Sam to the mix, I'd be a happy camper! haha Awesome chapter as always; can't wait for the next one! Now I'm on to The Funny Thing Is.....

Way to go Mrs. C.! She's awesome! Loved the way she stopped those kids from practically having sex in the coffee shop! lol I hope Derek thinks about everything she said. Especially if all his beliefs come from his father. He's gotta form his own opinion. I know! He needs to speak to Andrew. Andrew will make him see how wrong he is in his beliefs. At least the thought of beating Charlie up sickened him; that's a start! Can't wait to read more! Hopefully we won't have to wait two weeks.....=)

Hey J....did you post this first chapter on another site awhile ago? It seems so familiar; I think I read it before quite awile ago. Anyway, I'm looking foward to the next chapter! Great job!

Oh God, I'm still crying. Shit. What's Coop gonna do? Of course Chase showing up then was bad timing considering Cooper just relived his short life with Chase when he was editing his book. All his feelings for Chase were fresh in his mind the minute he laid eyes on him in his house. I'm glad he thought about Kyle. I don't think Kyle's love for Cooper ever diminished. Even though Kyle always knew Coop would choose Chase over him every time. But maybe not this time. It was a really emotional chapter. I felt Coop's anxiety when Chase was leavng for England. I'd feel the same way. Especially since Chase was so "out of sight, out of mind". Oh, btw: it's sight, not site. I think "site" is only used for websites! lol I'd always be wondering if Chase was caving in or not, so I felt Coop's insecurity. And the whole confession to CJ: that was good. I think CJ handled himself pretty maturely for a thirteen year old. I can't imagine MY thirteen year old being so mature! =) Wow, so who is Coop gonna choose? Hey, at least he knows Kyle's not a flight risk like Chase! lol I think w/Chase I'd always be wondering when the shoe was gonna drop; when he'd take off next for parts unknown. Alone. Although I do love Chase. And Kyle. Glad I don't have to choose. lol Awesome chapter as always! Can't wait for the next one. Is it time for Cooper to break Chase's heart???? Hahah

I was so happy to see an update of this story. You are one of my favorite authors on any site and I was so glad to be able to devour this last chapter. I was also in tears reading about Mark's mom's will. I was so happy to hear she really loved Mark and she was sorry about how he was treated. What I can't figure out is, how she put her husband in front of her son? If she felt so differently than her husband, how could she watch him mistreat Mark? How could she have knowingly treated him as bad? I feel so bad for Mark for not having a mother and father for all those years. He could have had his mother if she didn't give in to her husband's asinine wishes. All those years wasted w/o his mother's love, or at least that's what he thought. Poor Mark; I think he's gonna need therapy after this! On a happy note; he does have a lot of money now and hopefully will use it towards school. Of course with today's tuition, that money could be gone pretty quickly..... On another happy note: Joshy's family (my oldest is Joshua and my mom used to call him Joshy too!) is happily surprising him with their ready acceptance of him. And I agree about Don't Ask, Don't Tell. =) All in all, it was another fantastic chapter! I hope we don't have to wait as long for the next one.

Omg, Tori is CRAZY!!!!! She DID this????? She's like some f**king terrorist! She was willing to RISK HER OWN LIFE to what? Teach Logan a lesson? Omg, what woulda happened if Logan died and she didn't? If the investigation turned up that the driver of the Audi deliberately crashed into the Rover, she'd go to jail. Would it be worth it to her to spend her days locked up behind bars where the only "court" she'd be allowed to have is the court she'd be standing on during outside exercise time. She'd also be spending her time "campaigning" for the women who would become her bitches! lol I think it would be the other way around though! I could definitely see Tori as some big, bad momma's bitch! And yet, as much of a bitch she is (well, of course this was BEFORE she purposely crashed into Logan), I did feel a tad bit sorry for her when Logan unveiled the "old Tori" in front of the whole school. I can't wait to see what happens next! Watch they'll both be put in the same hospital room where they can continue trying to "outdo" one another! lol Another awesome chapter!

Omg, so funny! Mrs. C.'s a riot! Scaring Derek into thinking she's gonna run his bigoted ass over! I probably would have if it were me behind the wheel. I think Derek's in for a long conversation w/Mrs. C. Hope he's ready for it....

Wow, I feel like I was punched in the stomach! I kinda feel sorry for Coop. So what? Devon had a P.I. follow Coop during his "rendevous"? For all those years? Planning this? And then she what? Plays the "famous" men living together isn't good for the kids b/c of all the publicity card? That was just a disguise for playing the gay card. I can't believe she stooped that low. You know, I think Kyle should have found out which judge was presiding over the case. I can imagine Texas, even in a big city like Dallas, where the "old-timers" are just anti-gay. This isn't gonna go well for Coop at all. And what's Devon gonna do; hang out all weekend w/Coop and the kids during the supervised visits? Or will she relinquish control to a court ordered person? Damn, she really went for blood. I can't believe it. I mean I can believe it, and I feel bad for Cooper. Of course he didn't help his case any by being obnoxious and belligerent during the meeting. I understand completely why he went off the wall, but he needed to control his anger; that only gave Devon more ammunition and the judge more reason to grant her the court order. What a mess. I hope Kyle's right with his confidence in this not being over, but I can't see how it can get much better. I just thought of something: the kids may be able to do something. Idk what the laws are in Texas about what age a child can decide which parent he/she wants to live with (I think I wrote this in an earlier review). Here in Connecticut I believe it's fourteen. Anyway, at least Liz would be able to choose if she wanted to. Also, I truly believe Devon knows Coop's a good dad and she is only doing this out of spite. Which is absolutely wrong. She shouldn't use her kids as pawns in her desire to "win" this battle. Her kids are old enough to miss their dad and either way, at any age, a father will be missed and she shouldn't do this to her kids. They love their father. It's not like Cooper's a murderer or rapist or dangerous like that. She knows deep inside he would never put their kids in harm's way. She's a conniving bitch who's using the kids for her own revenge. Amazing chapter Jon; I was at the edge of my seat during the whole sad ride!

Oh f**k. I'd be pissing in my pants right about now if I were Loges. Holy shit, she is scary. "Child's play." Omg, what's she gonna do now? I'm actually surprised she didn't think of Logan when she first saw the pictures. How could she have forgotten that it was LOGAN who put them on her computer? My God, then he blurts out about rehab! Shit, she's gonna know he talked to Eric. Well, I guess that doesn't matter anymore. I really thought the photos Logan plastered on the walls were the Fat Photos! I had no clue he was gonna take the PORN Photos! lol "Please discard any pornographic material and get to class." Hahah, this chapter was so ridiculously funny! I mean, every chapter is so funny; I spend the whole time laughing hysterically. What a sense of humor you have Jon! I can't wait to see what Logan's gonna come up with now. Ok, so he has Eric, Steven (maybe not so good, ex-lover, current-lover, hmm, maybe too much jealousy for them to be of any use?) and Taylor on his side. I think he's gonna need more than that to fight Tori; she's a monster! Looking forward to more as always!