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Brenton Baker took a knee to end the most difficult road game of the season for the Mon Valley Warriors. 6-0 was a record that had seemed impossible just a few short years before, when the team went winless for two straight seasons. The Cougars proved to be a tougher defense than the other teams the Warriors had faced. They double-teamed Ryan Crawford all night, and managed to hold him to one catch and no touchdowns for the first time that season. But their efforts were in vain, because their st
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Just a quick note to say I love that Billy's love of mechanics is still alive and well. From helping Dustin fix his motor bike in high school, to pronouncing Jake's car dead like Dr. McCoy giving Kirk the bad news, Billy has inherited his dad's "Mr. Fix-It" abilities.
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That might just be my favorite joke of the whole story. And I'm just imagining what happens when the Wildcats play the Wild Cats for feline supremacy.
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The season was speeding by for the Mon Valley High School football team. In the first four weeks of the season they had already defeated the Leopards, the Wildcats, the Tigers, and the Wild Cats. A win on the last Friday of the month at homecoming against the Lions would put the Warriors in prime position in their division, setting up a showdown with Central Catholic for first place at the end of the season. Brenton Baker was proving himself able to back up his confidence with excellence on the
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The plot thickens!
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Ryan's still not over what happened at band camp... twice.
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We'll see how it works out!
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Trouble is definitely brewing.
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Brenton Baker scanned the field in front of him, looking for an open target. He spied Ryan Crawford making a break for it across the middle of the field, leaving Jerome Watkins, the freshman linebacker, in the dust. He released a perfect spiral toward where Ryan was running. Crawford made the catch and streaked down the field into the end zone. “Nice play, Crawford,” Brenton said. The last practice before their first game of the season had gone as perfectly as Brenton had hoped it woul
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W.A.R. was a war at times! I think Dustin's line, "The guards are gone but the prison is still running" is very true. You can heal from trauma, but that doesn't mean it doesn't still impact you.
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Thanks! To the kids, Mr. Reilly is almost a force of nature. But he's a young man with his own baggage and life outside of being the band director.
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I got a lot of inspiration from Eminem's "Headlights" for this chapter. Why keep fighting a war that neither side wants to continue?
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Don't Look Back in Anger
jkwsquirrel commented on jkwsquirrel's story chapter in Don't Look Back in Anger
Every three-way scene I've written has ended in disaster and regret for the characters. Like real life... -
Don't Look Back in Anger
jkwsquirrel commented on jkwsquirrel's story chapter in Don't Look Back in Anger
Andrew is auditioning to take over Nick Jenkins' role as chief blabbermouth. -
Don't Look Back in Anger
jkwsquirrel commented on jkwsquirrel's story chapter in Don't Look Back in Anger
Kyle is good for Jake. (But then, Ryan was good for Jake too and we know how that turned out...) -
Don't Look Back in Anger
jkwsquirrel commented on jkwsquirrel's story chapter in Don't Look Back in Anger
Jake and Danny, sitting in a tree... Erm... I mean... no! That would never happen.... Maybe... -
“Brett, it’s your turn.” The sound of a baby crying and his husband poking him in the shoulder awakened Brett from the precious little sleep he’d been enjoying for the first time in a week. He rubbed his eyes and checked the time. Three o’clock. Brett hadn’t woken up at three in the morning in his entire life. He’d stayed up until then many times. But there was something unnatural about waking up long before the sun. “I thought it was your turn,” Brett sai
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It took Jake a moment to realize he wasn’t dreaming when he woke up with Kyle’s warm arms wrapped around him. He snuggled closer to his boyfriend and felt Kyle squeeze him more tightly. “I love you,” Kyle whispered in Jake’s ear. Jake smiled for what felt like the first time in forever. It had only been a few weeks since they’d been together last, but it felt like an eternity. “Don’t go back,” Jake sighed, snuggling into Kyle’s chest. “Stay with me forever.” Kyle he
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Danny's not wrong about his feelings. From his point of view he was seen as the bad guy after what happened at last year's band camp... twice. He feels like he's returning to the scene of the "crime" going back. Caleb - I included him to show that Mr. Reilly was right about the kind of leader Danny could be. Is he the best player? No. But he sees people and is a great motivator. Mr. Reilly knew the band would need both Jake and Danny this year, especially while he's away.
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Kyle's known these two for a long time. I think he's more concerned about Jake's abandonment issues becoming a crisis. Notice how Jake immediately changed as soon as he wasn't alone. Beneath the responsible leader, Jake's still the kid whose parents divorced and fought over him.
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Chapter Four – Shadows Jake awoke in the morning to find himself alone in the dorm room. Overnight, Danny had managed to remove every trace that he’d been in the room, and all his belongings were gone. Jake sat up in bed. He sighed and felt like going right back to sleep, like maybe the whole fight could just become a bad dream instead of a horrible reality. He didn’t even bother to take a shower or brush his teeth before he grabbed his phone and called Kyle. “The person you
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That's what I should have had Billy say! lol
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Jake thought it was weird that Danny had chosen to sit in the back of the bus on the way to Clarion University for band camp. He worried that Danny would get carsick and kept looking back from his usual seat at the front of the bus next to Mr. Reilly to make sure he wasn’t turning green. “I just want to hang out with the other seniors and not have to listen to you and Mr. Reilly talk about marching practice,” Danny had said as they boarded the bus. Danny was definitely regretting the d
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Another Day at the Park
jkwsquirrel commented on jkwsquirrel's story chapter in Another Day at the Park
Thank you! If you're looking at what's next, I'd read Aiden's War before Dustin's World. Aiden's War is like WAR 6.5. -
Danny's always had a public persona held together with duct tape and charisma.
