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Maybe he read WAR? lol! Seriously though, I'm just assuming Danny heard things when he was little from his dad talking about school board stuff with his mom, and Mr. Rossi, being an advocate, would know the story of what happened.
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I thought so too!
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Can't you see Billy showing up at the polls for his first election at 7:30 with all the old people? Can't you see Brett not realizing it was election day until Thursday afternoon? "Oh crap, that was this week?"
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This conversation made writing this story worth it! 😅
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I tried to avoid the phrase "came in my pants." And of course, next chapter will help us understand Ryan's parental situation better!
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I seriously looked up 2016 teenage slang on Google. 😆
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I'm glad to do it!
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Are you saying I might have been inspired by these comment conversations to write that last little scene? Or that I had a certain person in mind when Jake said "I'm getting too old for this?" Impossible! I deny everything! 😆😆😆
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“The board… reluctantly… approves Item 17-85, allowing the creation of an LGBTQ alliance,” Old Man Taylor announced. He quickly moved on to the next item for business. “I don’t know what was so reluctant about it,” Danny said to me as we walked toward his father’s car after the school board meeting ended. “He was the only one who voted against us.” I loosened my tie and took off my suit coat. Mom had just bought that suit for Christmas and it was already getting to be too small a
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I think we'll see the deeper connection between Ryan and Jake begin to grow. They kind of got thrown together by Danny to try to alleviate some of Danny's guilt over the way he's behaved.
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Many of the themes of this story are striking a lot of people the way you've described. Some things are just universal, I guess.
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Or it might start prematurely...
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Difference between Danny and Billy - Billy would have just done it and regretted it later. Jake might think about doing something, but he can control his impulses and anger, unlike Billy.
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I enjoy a long winded post! When I think about Jake, everything stems from his family breaking up. He can't lose Danny. Danny was the string that held him together when everything was falling apart. Anytime something threatens that relationship, he acts out of fear of losing the one thing he can't lose. I think the next chapter may shed some light on Danny's confusion regarding his relationships. And of course, Ryan has his own baggage. Did his mom really text him to tell him it was time to leave, long before the party ended?
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Ryan and Jake probably have no idea who the Golden Girls even are.
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There needed to be some air-clearing, that's for sure! But the adventure continues!
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Yes he does need to let go. There's a lot of baggage he's carrying.
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"I was there for you when..." Hard to compete with that!
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Denial is a great drug!
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That hot tub is like a boiling cauldron of Rossi seminal fluids. Ew...
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So glad I can share this experience with you! Thank you!
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The weeks passed quickly from Danny’s birthday party to Easter in April. In what was a surprise to absolutely no one, Danny and Lydia broke up. Danny’s other breakups had been low-key. Kayla just quietly dumped him after he’d offended her in the hot tub, but they were still friends. Britney just decided she wasn’t ready for a relationship, but she and Danny were still friends. But Lydia… She didn’t just dump him. No, it was far worse than that. Their relationship began to turn sour after
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The most research I've done for this story was making sure I got the lingo correct for Ryan and Jake's chat. Like, was "yeet" still considered something cool to say in 2017? It was actually becoming a little bit passe by then, hence Jake thinking Ryan was a dork. The work I do for my art... 😉
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You've got to know your generation-z lingo! Stan - from Eminem's song Stan - an obsessive fan. Yeet - Cool PTO - Parent Teacher Organization. Snap - Snapchat, the kids' these days version of texting/chatting because Facebook is for "old people."
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“Happy birthday, dear Danny! Happy birthday to you!” Danny blew out the candles on his birthday cake and we all cheered for him. Everybody was all smiles. He put his arm around Lydia, our former field commander, and gave her a kiss. Danny and Lydia had become an item right after football season had ended. His friends were impressed that he’d become an item with a senior girl. We were even more impressed he’d managed to stay with her all the way through the New Year into February. Usually
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