This chapter was depressing.
It left me depressed for the ENTIRE weekend. I worked 25 hours at work and had more problems faking my smile than usual.
I disagree; Connor's feelings toward Maggie, while not justified, are completely logical. His own mother never mothered him. Now that he's recieving some attention from a motherly figure, he's not liking it because it's so foreign to him. He's been used to controlling his life and now he has lost some of that control. Also, you must consider how often in the chapters when Toby is dealing with the Leukemia (SP?) it's mentioned that Maggie has been able to show her emotions about Toby and actually showed this worry to Connor. Isn't that one of the reasons he was upset with Ryan?
And now onto Ryan...
I understand why Ryan's reactions to all the bad things have been happening. From what I've understood, out of my own life experiances, when things turn to the worse I tend to turn away from people. I push myself away, distract myself with other things to do. This is why I even started dancing. I lost someone close to me and suddenly everything else didn't matter and I stopped being who I once was.
I don't agree with Connor's reaction to the date though. I think it's reasonable for him to lash out, but kicking down a door isn't exactly easy. That's not my point. I really hate that he used Ryan's ADD as an attack. I have a lot of social anxiety problems and I've been attacked with that and believe me, it hurts. It's like being attacked for being gay or black. It's not something you can fix. So here we see Connor turning into the bullies that attacked him while in school.
As for the relationship between them. Somehow, or another, they will need to learn to live together because, unless Connor moves out, they have to. I also think they'll end up back together.
Ben's kind of a rebound.
So I'm done complaining. Much love David.
Keep writing.
Morgan and I appreciate it!
Kitty *hugs* hehe good editing skills.
-Benni