Andy78

Astrophysics here I come! Thanks James

Thanks for reviewing Cia. A Bromance Romeo and Juliet That's probably as good as any a description for this story. Actually, looking back, I guess there are a few similarities. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks for reading Joann. It's a question we've probably all asked ourselves, but are to afraid to answer.

Me is very scared of Wayne now. A truly horrific story, with (as Jo said) a great Kathy Bates type character; though I think I'd rather be abducted by Ms Bates, than this psycho. This really is something very different from you, and I love it.

Hides his many bottles of glogg, and his reindeer steaks **me no sharing**

Welcome everyone, hope you all enjoy GA. **wonders where all of these Swedes suddenly appeared from**

Thanks for the review hun. I had to put it down myself every so often while I was writing it, because I kept on crying as well. It's really nice to know that the amount of emotion I poured into this one was worth it. I promise you a happy jolly story next time

Thanks so much Bill. I originally did most of the research for a transplant patient at work, and it was then that I started searching around a bit on the technicalities of minors donating; that's where the story really came from. Glad you enjoyed the story.

Thanks Ramon. Glad you liked the story.

Thanks for the review Percy. I actually came up with the idea for the story because we recently had one of our patients in need of a transplant, but thankfully her mum was able to serve as a living donor. But it started me wondering just what happens with those families who have to wait months or years for a donor organ? When does desperation start setting in? The story just took off from there.

Thanks for reading and reviewing Ashi. Yeah, the ending was really sucky. But if I get a reaction from my readers, then I've done my job. I am glad you liked the story though

Thanks for the review Wayne. I just want to write something happy for an anthology entry for once

Thank you for reading and reviewing. Since this story is part of the Desperate Ends anthology, it's not about the rashness of young love, it's about the choices made when we are desperate. Gavin's death, while undeniably tragic and arguably cruel, was sadly necessary to the story. He was desperate to help Michael, and saw nothing else beyond Michael's possible death; not even the possibility of a donor being found. If anything, it's a critique of the rashness of our actions when we are desperate. It's like the old saying: Act in haste, repent in leisure. Had this story not been for the Desperate Ends anthology, I dare say I wouldn't have killed Gavin at the end.

Thank you for reading and reviewing. Since this story is part of the Desperate Ends anthology, it's not about the rashness of young love, it's about the choices made when we are desperate. Gavin's death, while undeniably tragic and arguably cruel, was sadly necessary to the story. He was desperate to help Michael, and saw nothing else beyond Michael's possible death; not even the possibility of a donor being found. If anything, it's a critique of the rashness of our actions when we are desperate. It's like the old saying: Act in haste, repent in leisure. Had this story not been for the Desperate Ends anthology, I dare say I wouldn't have killed Gavin at the end.

It's amazing how often a dream can seem real. The beginning had me feeling this was going to be one of those deep and meaningful esoteric efforts, where an orange is a metaphor for life and the fish is really his mum, and I'd have to read it ten times to understand it Thankfully, it wasn't too much for me to wrap my head around. I get the feeling he'll be in his own little world for years to come. A great story Cia, really enjoyable.

Happy birthday Wayne Hope you've had a great day

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. Providing that nobody actually "sees" the sex occurring (in my case) then under section 71 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, there is a summary finding of guilty (i.e. no possible defence), with a prison sentence of up to six months, a maximum £5000 fine, or both. If the couple are actually seen, then it depends on how many people saw them, the ages of the witnesses - which runs from anything from indecent exposure, to outraging public decency, possibly to corrupting a minor if you have come against a really vindictive prosecution lawyer.

Well today at work was a bit of a shock for me. I had to go over to the medical records archives section today. Like many London hospitals, the hospital I work at has been around since the 1700s, so is now scattered over about 40 buildings, most of which are purely administrative areas (makes more space in the main hospital for patient stuff). One of these admin areas houses the medical records archive, the phlebotomy clinic (where they do the blood tests) and the specimen drop off (for those of you have ever had to drop off a urine or stool sample at a hospital, you'll know the kind of thing I mean). So, naturally, during the week, it's a busy hub of activity, however on the weekend, it's like a ghost town; you could literally drop dead from a heart attack on Saturday in some of these smaller buildings, and not be found until everyone returns to work on Monday morning. Bloody scary thought. Now usually because of just that, if we are working on the weekend and need to go the archives for anything, we go in pairs; today, I had to go on my own as we didn't have someone to spare. It's about a twenty minute walk there, and then a twenty minute walk back, so when we're short staffed having two people off the ward for an hour can be a bitch. Now bad enough as it is being a ghost town, in order to save money, on the weekends, the heating gets turned off; fair enough, since there is usually nobody there from 5PM on Friday until 8AM on Monday. However, not fair enough when yours truly felt that pressure on his bladder and needed to pee. Now I hate using the toilets in the archives building for a whole host of reasons on the weekend, least of which is that they are public toilets (not staff toilets), so they are not security-only access; meaning that Joe Public can come and go as they please. When this building is busy, it's not really a problem, but when you are the only person there, if something happened, quite literally, nobody would hear you scream. Anyway, thankfully today turned out not to be a concern so much about my physical safety as my mental well being. I walked into the toilet freezing my jacksie off, what with there being no heating on and the windows being wide open, and I heard what can only be described as two people having a hell of a lot of fun in one of the cubicles. Now, there's me with full pressure on my bladder, feeling like a camel who hasn't pee'd in a month, and two (I presume and hope) consenting adults going at it like bunnies in one of the stalls. So, just what do you do in that kind of SNAFU? Well, I immediately came up with four alternatives: 1. Pee, wash my hands, and then calmly and casually leave as though nothing was wrong 2. Enjoy the sound of it for a while, take care of new business, pee, wash my hands, and then calmly and casually leave as though nothing was wrong, hoping I'd finish before they did 3. Knock on the door of the cubicle and ask if they were interested in a third 4. Run like the proverbial wind and alert one of the security staff Well, I opted for number 4. Followed very quickly by number 1; in the comfort and safety of the staff toilets on my ward. I've been told security will pull the CCTV footage on Monday and try to identify the cottagers (I believe that is the correct term). So in that kind of SNAFU, what would you, my fellow GA'ers do?

Happy birthday Andrea. May your birthday wish come true

Happy birthday

I've recently re-certified. All NHS staff have to be certified in basic adult CPR (even our cleaners and tradesman are certified). Since I work in a busy children's department, I've decided to take the advanced CPR course which covers children's and maternal (pregnant women) cardiac arrests.

I'm all set to read this tonight. Thanks for such a great review Jo.

**is now having very bad thoughts about having a straight guy all of its very own** thanks for that Jo

Thanks everyone. I'm still recovering from the day, have a hangover that needs to be felt to be believed. We finally stopped partying about 4am

Hope you enjoy yours as much as I'm enjoying mine. Happy birthday