Lisa

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTA!!!!! I hope you're having an awesome b-day!

Ok, phew! He's alive, but...we don't know how hurt he is. I would imagine a piece of shrapnel could cause a lot of damage. Hoping I'm wrong...at least he'll be out of the line of fire and in another country. Or even better would be if they shipped him back home, where he can recover with his family. Thank you, Renee, for not killing Trey!! lol

Omg, I was crying when David told his dad he loved him and then they hugged each other! That was so beautiful, Skinny. David's adults (love that phrase!) are being very supportive of him, well, except for Tommy's mother, of course! lol Kathy was acting like a ho. I think. I never went out with anyone in high school, so I never went to the movies with a boyfriend at that age, but is that what they do? Feel each other up during the movie? lol I'm so glad David is finally DONE with her!!! Hopefully Greg won't be totally pissed at him. I can see Kathy now bitchin' to Greg about what an asshole David is. Hope that doesn't happen, but I can see it. I'm nervous about Ginny telling Twoey everything about the accident. I'm glad David will be there though for support.

Loved the first chapter, Palantir! Pete and Martin are too funny! I'm glad Joel made some friends already. Looking forward to chapter two.

Happy New Year, Wayne! I loved this story! Bear and Ben make a cute couple. And of course Ben's a millionaire, so that's good news for Bear!

Kathy is so self-centered! She doesn't care about David's races or interests outside of HER! And he's not even INTERESTED in her! lol The trip to Syracuse will be interesting. They don't have a mall where they live? So now Twoey's slowly putting pieces together -- he remembers a little of David's warning, but he doesn't remember it was a warning to stay away from Danny's house. I know David's not going to be prepared for any of Twoey's questions. Wow, Matty, Cory and their younger brothers -- a game the whole family can play. I know, I know, really bbbaaaaddddd joke. Oh, and after I read your explanation about Ginny's maiden name and Twoey's father's name, I remembered I had asked you the same exact question a few reviews ago! lol My bad! Bad memory! lol Great chapter, as usual, Skinny!

I'm also a little surprised David totally opened up to Doc K. David is an open person, and I feel he's not like a lot of teenage boys who keep everything in and not talk about their feelings. I'm so glad David felt comfortable with Dr. Keating. I think Ginny had a lot to do with that also. He knows the doc and Ginny know each other and she was the one who recommended him. I think just from that he felt comfortable with him. I just hate it that the doc pointed out they were out of time just when David finished talking. Jeez, couldn't he give David just a few more minutes? As a courtesy to Ginny? lol Kathy's an ass. Any guy who can cook gets a big A+ from me! lol Ginny's confidence in David and his cooking skills helped David's confidence in himself. I also agree with Defiance that Ginny's using the cooking lessons as a form of therapy to get David talking. Now that David is getting friendlier with Matty (much to Matty's joy! lol), I wonder if that will cause problems down the road when Twoey gets home. Speaking of Twoey - I'm glad he didn't freak out when he heard that bang. I think little by little, his memory of that horrible night will come back. Oh, I don't know why, Skinny, but when I saw Ginny and Twoey's last name (Snowbridge), it didn't look familiar. Was it always Snowbridge? Maybe my memory is going...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Ok, so now I'm seriously bawling my eyes out. Well, the late night phone call can mean other things besides the worst, right? He could be hurt, but be in he hospital, he could be missing...right? Not necessarily dead, right? You wouldn't POSSIBLY KILL one of the main characters, would you????????????? Renee!!!!!!! lol Ok, then, now that I got THAT off my chest...hurry up with the next chapter, please!!!!!

Thank GOD I never saw this when you first posted it, and I didn't have a new chapter to read right after! lol Shit, bad, bad Renee, leaving us with such a horrible cliffie! I'm praying Trey's ok, as I'm clicking on the next chapter.

That was very brave of you to come out to your teammates, Hunter. As Graeme said, I can see kids hurling insults at one another without even realizing what they're saying, and definitely not even MEANING what they're saying. Which of course doesn't make it right, but at least now you know they didn't mean anything personal by it. I don't know where kids get the idea that throwing any kind of insults at people is right. I also want to comment, Hunter, and let you know how well-written your story is. Do you write for a living? Of course I should have expected it to be free from grammatical, punctuation (or lack thereof), spelling, and tense change errors, among other things, because your other story is very well written also.

I agree with Ginny; David needs to tell Doc Keating everything from the start. And why on earth is he making out with Kathy all the time? Is he trying to be great at boyfriendism? And Kathy is actually FEELING HIM UP IN THE HALLWAY????? What a ho! I love Biggy's: "...she maybe kinda might possibly sorta like me..." He's too funny. I'm worried about Twoey's memory of that night coming back all at once. That might set him back for sure.

Oh, now Devin is destined to be Sean's bitch. lol He's in for it now. Sean's gonna blackmail him any way he can, and it seems Devin walked right into it during gym. I know Devin didn't mean to hurt Alex's feelings, but I feel so badly for Alex. It's obvious Alex likes Devin (at least as a friend), and now Devin just shit on his feelings. I hope Devin apologizes to him the next morning. And what the hell did Parker mean by 'his boy' and whatever else he was saying? Seems like he already knows all about 'his boy' Sean. lol

Hmm, I did so poorly! I should have "guessed" on the ones I edited! That would have boosted my numbers up. lol

Tim, I just piggybacked on AC's idea!

Boy was I stupid! I think I only thought the change in pov was Toby only because Stefan/Eric/Andy was still working for Eustace. Now of course I know it has to be Lunch Boy. As your other reviewers said, I hope the two class changes means more Lunch Boy! lol I can't believe how resourceful S/E/A is! He can figure out how to do anything! Coming up with birth certificates, transcripts, a nice place to sleep in the back of the library closet, etc. He is very bright. I'm glad he agreed to take the AP math class. He'll be challenged more in it. He needs to get the ghost of his sperm donor and his pedo uncle exorcised or something. He'll never believe he's as smart or as good as he is while they're still hanging around in his mind.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM!!!!! Tim!!!!! You're a Xmas baby!!!! I hope you have a terrific b-day/Xmas! You should get double the presents!

Fantastic story! I was riveted from the first line! It was sweet, funny, sad, did I mention sweet? Such a pleasure to read! I just have one stupid question: Rocky never had to go outside to go to the bathroom? lol I know, I tend to focus on things that aren't important to the story, but as a former dog owner, I think of these things! lol Also, if you don't mind a teeny bit of crit: When you have dialogue (and your dialogue was terrific!), you only need one dialogue (speech) tag. You had at least two dialogue tags in most paragraphs with the dialogue. If you have Gary saying something and it ends with 'he said', then you don't need another dialogue tag in the same lines of dialogue. You can certainly show the characters doing an action, but you don't need to stick in 'he said', and 'he continued', and 'he finished' after every line of dialogue. Other than that, it was an extremely enjoyable story, Santa! I'd love to read more about these guys! And Liz too! And especially Rock-head - he stole every scene he was in! Good luck with the contest!

Love your story, Hunter! It's very well written. Poor Devin -- he's pretty much between a rock and a hard place now with that asshole Sean. A hot asshole, but an asshole all the same. I'm looking forward to the next chapter.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREG!!!!! I hope you're having a great day!

I'm with LBO; I'm still crying. Wow, what a sad but beautiful story. When Andy was going through his anger stage, smashing everything and crying and screaming, I could barely see the screen; I was crying along with him. He had thirty wonderful years with the man he loved. I can't imagine the emotional pain he was going through. I loved the treasure hunt. It was nice to read about how they met and their life together. He died of a heart attack, but he really died of a broken heart. One week after his husband. I'm actually really glad he didn't get to suffer his emotional despair for long. The swan was the perfect choice for Michael to "come back as", in order to take Andy with him. This was such a beautiful story, Secret Santa.

And thank God Morgan came to his senses and thought to bring Wil with him! I was wondering why he didn't ask Wil earlier. Great story, Santa! Very heartwarming with a wonderful HEA at the end!

With all of Lance's sweet gestures and tender touches and kisses, it was obvious to me that he loved Keenan (I love that name, btw!). I'm hoping in the near future, they will both be ready to express their love with words. I really loved the 23 notes and "gifts". lol Terrific short story, Santa! Oh, I had to Google the word 'bespoke'! I never heard that before. Actually, I didn't even know it was a real word! I only know of the company, The Bespoke Post.

What a terrific idea the Richard had! Like Lit, I think it would be awesome if schools actually had this. Sorta like a secret pay it forward type of thing. I liked the little twist at the end! I don't mean about Connor and Edward; I already guessed that one! But about Connor's dad asking Richard out! That was unexpected! lol Great short story, Santa!

Ah, Puppi!!!! I can't keep up with the quick posting schedule! lol Now if it weren't for these d***n Santa stories, I'd be all caught up with your hella awesome story! I think I have like three chapters to read!

I ditto everyone! Excellent review, Tim! Kissing the Dragon is a fantastic story that everyone should read.