Autumn Dream

What had I just witnessed? If Cooper wrote the note, and he was best friends with Tanis... what did that mean? I was missing the last piece to some huge puzzle here. Something that would make it all 'click' together in my head. This mystery was going to kill me. Well, at least this encounter had given me a little hope that there was more to this situation still. I had to hold onto hope. After the initial awkwardness from our conversation in the hallway faded, Tanis seemed very happy f

It was Friday, July 13th, 1990; that was the day we got on that death trap. Flight 234 from Orlando Airport to Gatwick Airport. My father was taking us on a long and wonderful trip to London. He had to do some business while he was there, but my mom and brother would have been able to enjoy it with me. We could have explored and traversed Great Britain, stopping to take pictures with Big Ben and other tourist sites! Unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be, and we never arrived. It's a shame. I was

When a routine flight to London meets with a rapidly growing storm, Danny and his vacationing family are plunged into chaos. When Danny awakes from the crash as the only known survivor, he's terrified to find himself in a realm of the supernatural: a place where he might just find his soulmate.

No worries, Lisa! I love Dylan's mom, too! She cracks me up! Ah.... Cooper and Megan? Well, you'll know soon enough about that! *evil laugh* Thank you for the review, Lisa! As always, it makes me smile to know you enjoy the story so much! I'm hoping to have the next chapter done today, and I'll send it off to you as soon as I'm done, okay? Thanks again, Lisa!!!

Hehehe sorry for the delay in response! Yes, Dylan's mom IS quite wonderful. Writing for her makes me crack up sometimes! As for the note: you'll just have to wait and see what Megan knows! She could hold the key to it all... or maybe not? You'll know soon enough! I'm hoping to get the next chapter up hopefully by Monday, but maybe sooner! Thanks for the review!

The very next day, I awoke with a start; my mom was shaking my shoulder violently and telling me to get up. I shrugged off her hand and reached for my cozy covers, pulling them up a bit as I tried to escape from my mom and go back to sleep. “Come on, sleepyhead! You should want to get up a little early, you know, because it gives you extra time to look cute for your little boyfriend, Tanis!” she said, and at the same time yanked the covers off of me. I let my eyes groggily flutter ope

Thank you very much, Joann! I'm glad you liked it and that you want more! That's always good to hear. I appreciate your kind words! Thanks again, and I hope all is well! ~ Dylan

Thank you, both! Joann, I'm glad you got a good laugh out of that. I'm happy that I'm not the only one that thinks I'm funny! Haha it's sad when most of the time you're cracking YOURSELF up, I swear! XD But yes, I hope she does, too. And I liked writing this, so I think I might continue blogging, so keep a lookout! Dylan

So Folks, this here will be my very first blog entry! Yay! Okay, okay. Calm down. Try not to get too excited. I know I'm pretty great, but come on now. You're too kind. Well, after a really long and hard battle, my grandfather finally passed away on Saturday. About five years ago, he collapsed in a restaurant and was taken to the hospital, where he was given a heart valve transplant. Ever since then, his health has been slowly declining. It didn't do him any good that his wife, who's 25 years younger than him (don't get me started on how the family thinks she's a gold-digger), had taken him on several extravagant trips around the world in that time that he didn't have the strength to go on. She's an idiot. This side-story can effectively sum up how weird she is: One Christmas Day, several years ago, my family and I were hosting the Christmas Day dinner at our house. My mom had gone through all the trouble to churn out all of the family's favorite italian dishes, including an appetizer of meatballs. Now, meatballs are large, round, balls of meat; there's nothing really 'alien' about their appearance. Everyone should be able to immediately recognize a freaking meatball. Right? Wrong. So Joan, my grandfather's wife, goes up to my dad and looks at the plate of meatballs right next to him. She studies them for a minute, and then with a very puzzled expression, looks up at my dad and asks what they are. Now, my dad thinks she's kidding and just tells her that they're meatballs. I mean, what else could they be? Then she just goes "Oh..." and walks away. I don't even.... she's so weird. You know, she's also kind of socially retarded; she just doesn't connect with people. She especially does not get the hint when you don't want to talk to her anymore. She'll just go on and on and on AND ON for HOURS about the STUPIDEST stories! You know, I generally find older peoples' stories interesting. Sure they might be long, but I'm usually intrigued by them. NOT with Joan! That woman is just plain boring. She can put inanimate objects to sleep, I swear. She also has to constantly stick her nose into everyone else's business. For example: right after my grandfather had passed and we were in his room waiting for the crematorium to send someone to pick up the body, she starts chiding me for having something drawn on my arm. She was acting like sharpies were the gateway drug to tattoos. What the heck?! What an inappropriate time! Okay, so, moving on from my bizarre step-grandmother's character, now there's the issue of my grandfather's estate. That should be a doozy to settle. I'm glad that I don't have to do anything; considering I'm his grandson, and not one of his kids. My uncle is handling all of the paperwork. I hope for my mom's sake that she gets some inheritance and that that stupid woman didn't spend it all. My mom really needs it; the poor thing has been working herself to death lately. She works at See's Candies, you know? My mom? She works there as a second job. No, you can't have any candy. You want to know something really creepy? When going through my grandfather's house and looking at things that I might want, I found his favorite grandfather clock. What was weird about it? It had stopped. Right at the time that he passed away. Creepy. Well folks, I'm getting a tad bit depressed talking about this, so I'll end this blog here. Cheers, Dylan

I hate him! Oh God, how I hate him! I hate him so much, but... I can't help but love him still. Maybe that's why I hate him? I hate him.... because I love him? Yeah, because that makes sense. I just... I wish I didn't feel this way about him. No, no that's not right. Actually, I wish he felt this way about ME – not the hating part, mind you, but the whole 'love' thing. That would be my true wish at least. Unfortunately, that's never going to happen. Nope. No way in hell was he ever going to feel

Tristan, desperate for Nathan to fall in love with him, makes a disastrous deal in order to make that a reality.

Aww, thank you! I most certainly haven't! I really do like this story, too, and I'm not done with it yet! Bear with me on getting chapters out! I'm trying, but hey - life gets in the way sometimes. I hope to get another chapter cranked out sometime this month along with another story! Haha keep your eyes peeled! Thank you for the review! I always appreciate them!

Happy birthday, Louis!!!

Hey there Lisa! Thank you for the review - you know I always appreciate it!!! Of course I would like your help with Rooted. I'm going to be posting shorter chapters more often, and I have one for you right now even! And yes, I feel bad for Hayden too, because unfortunately, his EX was inspired by MY EX (they did almost the exact same things) That back story was more to work out some of my aggression, I suppose, but I assure you this story will end very sweetly, and hopefully just in time for Christmas! *fingers crossed* Thank you again, Lisa! Expect an email! Dylan

It was him! It was really him! He wrote the letter! At least… the writing style did look remarkably similar to the one used in that note. I leaned over slightly and glanced at his paper again to double check. Wait… no, he made his D's and F's completely different. Well, maybe he was smart enough to alter his style a little to throw me off? I needed to have the actual note with me to compare. It did look similar, but maybe it really wasn't from him? I couldn't be one-hundred-percent sure. E

I couldn't believe he had done it. I simply could not fathom what he had done; it was so rattling. My stomach still feels weak, even now. He made me feel worthless by doing what he did, especially because he didn't even tell me in person! Well you know what? I was going to do it anyway! I just hadn't expected him to do it first... and how could he do it through a text message?! What kind of heartless piece of trash does that to somebody? My EX-boyfriend, apparently. I met Nick in July. I suppos

After suffering a terrible breakup, Hayden finds himself feeling worthless and alone. Will this all change when he befriends a boy named Andrew one day through his school's drama program? Will Hayden get his wish in this heartwarming Christmas tale?

Yay! I'm so glad to see another chapter!!! Great job with this installment, as usual, Comsie! I'm so happy to see that Ryan and Randy were able to make up okay, and their night out was just too cute and romantic! Dang you for the cliffhanger, though! Now we have to wait and see just what happens with Hailey, but I can't imagine it'll be good! Thanks again for the update! I love all your stories! Now we just need GFD and A Class By Himself updated... Lol. Keep up the good work!

Yellow ostrich under that hat! (Yay for total randomness! ) UNDER

Hello everybody! For all of you who don't know me yet, I'm A.D. Anyhoozles (lol), it seems to be a common thing to create threads for stories on GA, most notably those that are doing well (and I'd like to think RIMH is ). So, I thought I'd create my own little thread for this story. For those of you that have taken the time to read, rate, and review already, thank you so much! I appreciate all of the kind words and support! For those of you that haven't done any of the aforementioned, feel free! All of your support keeps me motivated to write more! See, we're working as a team on RIMH. Also, I'd like to know what some of you are thinking so far! What do you think will come from some of the odd bits of foreshadowing I've dropped around? Who do you think the note is really from? Will Eden come around and stop being mad at Dylan? Has Denika messed up Dylan's chances with Tanis with her crazy plan, or made them better? I'd love to hear! Hope everyone is well~ A.D. (Edit) Description of the story (should probably include that!): Rooted in My Heart is a tale about a boy's first love, and the struggles he goes through to try and win him over. Dylan not only has to worry about his crush, but also a stressful home-life involving an alcoholic father. When those issues don't seem to be enough, Dylan finds himself in a tricky situation with a girl... and a love letter. Eventually, it all comes to head in a twist filled with pain, suffering, loss, lies, and deceit, but maybe... love will find it's way in too.

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Aww, shucks. Thank you for the kind words, Louis. I appreciate it! Thank you for taking the time to read and review! As for knowing how to develop good hooks... well, you can thank my seventh grade english teacher for that! He was GREAT! Wonderful guy, really, and he was an amazing guide in learning how to write well and properly. This story (RIMH) is in fact influenced by personal experience (or at least the BEGINNING! I'd be lucky to have a BF like Tanis! *forever alone* ), so writing for Dylan's emotions is fairly easy for me. Although, I am wiring on a darker and more mature sci-fi piece at the moment as well. It's definitely MUCH different from RIMH! Anyway, thanks again Louis! Joining you in chat now~ D

Haha. Yes, I agree. Dylan certainly is having many ups and downs in his life right now, but then again, that's just life in general! Thank you for reviewing again, Lilansui! It's always greatly appreciated. I'm glad I get you thinking about what happens next! A.D.

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Oh, yes; the possibilities certainly do continue! I read your email about your Cooper theory a few minute ago - interesting idea... however, there is no evidence as of yet to show that Cooper even knows Denika! The note, the note, the note;... I'm saying NOTHING yet. You'll find out soon! Thanks for the review, Lisa. Haha. I think you've reviewed every chapter! Lol. Anyways, thanks again. A.D.