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Well done and thanks...now...bring on the dinner!!!

Well Glinda was the good witch...

The issue with Cosmo is that he is smart enough to know and needs someone to stick by him as he tries to make the change everyone wants. Who will it be, possibly someone we haven't met yet.... With 6 chapters left, there is time for all sorts of shenanigans, hair and life-threatening behaviors, and lord only can guess at what our esteemed author has hidden in the alleyways of Ravello... As to Betta, my prodigious, psychotic powers of predestination see a chance encounter with fairy dust at the end of this tale...

Cosmo and Marco both realize, at least the way I saw it, that while 'friends' there wasn't any sexual chemistry between the two of them...I would have to vote for Team Giorgio...

A good steakhouse???

Can't disagree with any of the comments, and just want to say thanks for this chapter and the spirit it was presented in....

Can't say it any better than this....

It seems like everyone knows, will everyone at the new school know as well??? We know how rumors circulate... Oscar needs to find a way to deal with this or it may mean schooling far, far away!!!

loved this and the following below... As to the unsupervised visits, have the boys record them either by cell phone or a portable voice recorder/dictation device... “Uh, don't I know it! He's been working on it for months and still hasn't gotten to the exciting courtroom drama he's promised. He keeps writing filler, like he's afraid to come up with the goods. I keep telling him that everyone will get tired of his expositions, but he insists that character development is still needed. 'It's coming in the next chapter,' he says, yet every time I look at his updates, still no courtroom scene.”

Well, then the cat's out of the bag as we now know both survive to make it to the sequel...If I were either of the boys, I would make a hasty search for foodstuffs, and position myself just outside of the house hidden so I could see what "Niles" brings back...not only have they lost the bow but what of the horses in this scenario???

Having grown up in a rural New England cow town this story hit so close to home!! Our graduation party took place in a pasture as well, upon entering the field we were told to park and a chaperone was there to tag our keys letting us know where to find them in the morning. Odd thing was that as I turned off the car and gave the chaperone the keys and the odometer milage, the danged thing had spun to all zeros. To me it was an indicator that my life was just about to begin and to make the most of it!! This was well done and thank you for sharing this with us!!!

Thank you for this and sharing it with us, it is appreciated!!

Splinters...they have a nefarious way of finding delicate spots and places...just saying!!!

What I took from this chapter was the fact that both of them are taking steps to show interests and accommodation in the things each other enjoys!!

Once again and as always, thanks for sharing this with us!!!

A great start and a tough subject to cover, and I know you will do it justice...as an aside, and I may be wrong, but those in the profession of psychology have a very high rate of suicide as compared to other 'professional' occupations......

Hang on everyone, I get the feeling this is going to be like riding a rollercoaster...And I am looking forward to...the rest of the story!!!

Elisabetta carries some deep wounds and psychological scars that unfortunately seem to be contagious, “It’s prejudice,” Elisabetta insisted. “Our parents are criminals, so naturally we must be too. Civilised people like him have no use of the likes of us.” Almost unconsciously, she fiddled with her crop top until the strap obscured the tattoo that might have been a burn mark. “Unless we have something they want.” “I don’t think Pietro’s like that –” Cosmo protested. But Elisabetta cut him off with an impatient hiss through her teeth. “Get real, Cosmo!” she exclaimed, suddenly animated, all flashing eyes and flared-up cheeks. “You’re tarnished goods, like me. You don’t belong. They’re all just waiting for you to show your true colours.” “But… I don’t have any true colours!” Cosmo replied feebly. Elisabetta gave a bark of humourless laughter. “D’you think that makes a difference? Round here, it’s not what you do, but where you come from and who you know that matters. It’s all people care about.” The sad part of all of this is that both are giving up on themselves quicker than those around them...and the paths they both are walking are seriously self-destructive...

It's like the old adage, love is love...synthetic or not....

I can only hope Tom's boyfriend Georgie isn't involved...and drat...another possible red herring...

Nice to see all of this happen, I am very glad Mom is restored and able to wield some influence...but are we done with Theodore????

Thank you for the warning preceding this chapter but you might want to amend it a bit, ya had me in tears after reading the following...as well written paragraph as I have read anywhere on this site...Thank you for this.... “Isn't it obvious? You want acceptance. You want people to want you. You want to feel accepted by those you care about, because your fuck face sperm donor makes you feel like you don't deserve it. You push people away, so you don't get hurt. But you're only getting hurt because you don't feel like you're worthy of their time, love and consideration. Kenny loves the shit out of you, bro, but you're still worried he'll leave you. You're being weird about me wanting to be friends and family with you, because you're worried that I'll find some reason to be rid of you. What you're failing to see is that we want to be in your life, all you have to do is just let us do that. I know it's hard, but you have to trust us. We're not your bios. We're choosing to keep you, just like your dads are.”

With the knowledge these folks have, will our intrepid explores be allowed to leave??? Ogdia frowned. “We realized that if our creations were shared, like the design for our planet Gartrio for example, smaller versions could be constructed and used as weapons. The process of converting the energy into power creates such vast levels that it could be used to destroy entire planetary systems

A fresh start for Oscar, let's see where this leads to!!

Simply wow....so much happening in this chapter!