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It is definitely a sad and tragic story, thank you for commenting. Elijah was in a very bad place, true. Poor Tony did the best he could, but he was just a kid too. Thank you for commenting.

This is one of my earlier works and I was not very much in HEAs then. Elijah, unfortunately, was too far gone and took his best friend with him. Thanks for reading and commenting.

I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks for reading!

Several days later, Tony sat on the air mattress, playing his guitar. Their hideout was pretty much a done deal at that point. The air mattress took up most of the room. An ancient folding table held the hurricane lamps, a radio, a deck of cards, and whatever else they happened to need. That stupid wasp nest sat underneath it. This was the first time Tony had come out here without Elijah, but he had needed to get away from his sisters for a few hours, and Elijah hadn’t answered the phone wh

I like King Falls, which is similar to WTNV, though not as...um...odd. Alice Isn't Dead is another good one. And kudos for mentioning The Bright Sessions, which is amazing for representation (Mark is bisexual, which is awesome).

Very powerful story. I'm glad that Cyril escaped when he did, the level of abuse he was going through was horrifying to read.

This is such a lovely comment, thank you! Elijah and Tony have a strong friendship, but darker times are ahead for both of them. I'm glad you are enjoying it.

Sounds like a frustrating situation, hang in there.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LISA!!!

Geez. Josh is so frustrating. It's hard when someone is making themselves miserable and won't do anything to change that. I think Galen is right when he calls Josh a coward (not the nicest thing in the world, but oh well). Sometimes people are so scared of change, that they stay in situations where they are unhappy, simply because it is familiar and comfortable. I also find Josh's rejection to be doubly cruel after what he said to Galen during The Dance at the wedding. Telling Galen that he doesn't want him to let him go, but then pushes him away to be with someone else...that's a horrible way to play with someone's feelings. It's interesting to see the situation with Ethan, even if we aren't seeing his side right now. My guess is that either someone told him about Josh and Galen's closeness at the wedding, or sent a picture or something.

OMG, I'm sorry it took me so long to respond to this. Thank you so much for commenting, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I love these two guys and their story and I'm glad you do too.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. All of other faults aside, Taylor sure knows how to throw a hell of a party! I'm glad you liked the prank and the characters, they were a lot of fun to write. Thanks for commenting!

I'm glad you liked it. It was funny, the more I wrote Diego and Taylor, the reasons behind their break up became more and more obvious, lol. (Milo had better watch out). The Halloween trick was a lot of fun to write, even if Naomi disapproved. Thanks for commenting!

I'm glad you liked it Lisa. Taylor's idea for a prank was bad, and Nicole's was worse, though a part of me thinks she is secretly brilliant with the way she orchestrated it...cruel but brilliant. As a person who has been a target of "scary" pranks (though no where near that magnitude) my initial reaction, after the fear, was anger, then much later, an entertaining story to tell people. Cairo is adorable, I loved writing him and I think he and Diego have a solid future together. Thanks for commenting!

Taylor and Nicole both have shitty judgement. Taylor likes her pranks to be "edgy" but doesn't realize when she is crossing a line and Nicole is totally okay with genuinely scaring people to get what she wants. My beta liked the point out that the prank could have ended up very badly, for both the teenagers and the young adults that were working with Nicole. But I think Diego and Cairo will find a way to spend time together, whether in school or otherwise. Thanks for commenting!

Interesting to see you going in a new direction. Story looks awesome, looking forward to reading more!

Geez, what a chapter. At first, everything was cute with Galen being teased about playing dress up and James getting unreasonably (in my mind of course) about Galen's car. I feel bad for Galen, it seems like he was really looking forward to attending the wedding with Ethan, but he probably wouldn't have slow danced with Josh if the other man had been there. I feel a littie bad for Josh too since Roger obviously ghosted him, but I can only feel so much sympathey since Josh chose to stay with a shitty boyfriend. However, Galen is treading a very fine line with his relationship to Ethan. I hate to see the guy get his heart trampled on, but if Galen is going to "fight" for Josh as he wants to do, then he really needs to let Ethan go before he turns into a cheating scumbag himself. (I get passionate about this story, sorry)!

I think using said with dialogue is acceptable, as long as it is not every single sentence. People should be able to tell who is speaking through dialogue. What drives me crazy is anything aside from said, asked and occasionally, exclaimed.

I had no idea this was a thing. How does that even work?

This is probably more specific than what Cia was asking for, but I hate if the very first thing a characters does is get out of bed, check himself out in the mirror and go about his daily routine. That's boring. I will usually skip over it to see if something more interesting happens later on, but it usually doesn't. And if it is full of spelling errors, forget it. My grammar is not the best, and I'm willing to forgive little things like a misplaced comma or two (or five) but if the author can't even be bothered to fix the spelling, I'm not very confident that they care enough to put together a decent story.

Diego's relationship with Taylor is pretty dead at this point, even if he is trying to be friendly with her. Cairo on the other hand... Taylor's prank was nasty, but I think Nicole's plan ended up being a pretty good revenge, even if it was very dangerous with a lot of potential to go very very wrong. Thanks for commenting.

Panic attacks are the worst. Hang in there.

I like this. You capture the feeling of the "morning after" very well, and Devon making breakfast was a sweet twist I did not see coming.

If it had been me, I wouldn't have stopped kissing a cutie either. But I think Diego feels responsible for things that Taylor might do, even though they are not dating anymore. He's kind of silly that way. My Mom loved to play scary pranks on me. She never went as far as Taylor did, but I did reference a prank about scaring younger kids in a cememtary...that was a prank my Mom pulled on me and my friends one Halloween. My friends loved it, I was furious. It's funny now though.