As I was writing round two I was thinking about the duality of feeling both right and wrong at the same time. "This time will be the last one, I swear." Yeah right!
I figured Danny had the lotion in his suitcase for solo pursuits rather than expecting anything to happen with Jake. After all, it's been months since the break-up with Lydia. A guy has needs.
Titles are fun! lol! And thanks for reading String! I've wondered how people who read it first would react going back and seeing Mr. Reilly being a total brat!
Someone asked at some point, "Do we have to call him "Mr. Reilly?" You know what? If you've seen a character naked, you can call them by their first (or middle) name.
I may add it later, but I didn't want people to have to have read WAR to enjoy this one, and seeing a "part 9" in any form, even a world, says to me personally, "Oh gee I don't have time to read 8 books before this one." If a reader needs to know something about what happened, I try to give that information without having to go back and read it.
Yeah, if it's going along well, you know the writer is up to something!
It will definitely mess with Jake's head that he acted just like his father in the worst way possible.
The fact that Mr. Reilly isn't a neurotic mess is kind of a miracle. That necklace has a lot of significance!
When Mr. Reilly said this year was going to be harder, he was referring to something like this. in that first year, he could come in with a clean slate and instill the discipline and order he wanted. After a year of being around these kids, relationships have formed and it makes it harder to be the drill sergeant. Fondness has grown on both sides.
You know the overarching irony for those who have followed all along since WAR is watching the boy who had no father become the father figure that Jake desperately needs. It was Brett's rebuke of Jake that drove Jake to Danny for comfort, like the comfort he found in him during his parents' divorce. Would it have gone as far as it did without Mr. Reilly's rejection?
When affection turns to desire and lust. Danny strung Jake along until it all came together in a wild night of passion. Lots of "need" and "want" language, not a lot of love though... I enjoyed the chase, and the crash!
I knew at some point they had to go there. Of course, it has to happen in the one moment when Jake has is otherwise committed rather than Danny. Not sure they got it out of their system, though.
Yeah, the foreshadowing is a little harder with this one because even I don't know where it might go sometimes. It came together pretty well in this chapter at least. (heh heh... came together...) (sorry, I reverted into a teenage boy for a second there...) I'm not sure where it will all end up, but it should be fun!
It was always boiling below the surface. It's fun to play with these characters. I could never have had a cheating scene with Billy or Brett, although Billy came close with Dustin. With these boys I can play more. And really, B&B are the exception, not the rule when it comes to young love.
Part of Jake's emerging identity is how he is not like his father, like how he would say things about his dad's sex life. How will he react now that his self identity has been thrown for a loop?