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Thanks for reading! I think personality conflicts are pretty inevitable in situations like these... new guys will always be measured and pushed around a bit. At least Coach was on to their business and nipped it down a few notches.

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Ava, Addison, Ella, Emily, Sophia, Heather, and Sara have always been my favorite girl names. It was fascinating to see Mary hold on for so long, I've always liked the name. Richard and Robert were in the top 10 forever, which explains my in-laws. Those two names are the most passed down names they have going for them. In boys, I've always liked the traditional names like, Johnathan, Jacob, Daniel, William, Henry, and James.. I guess the most new-ish is Aiden, Hunter, Jackson, and Craig It was also interesting to see pop culture and historical faces playing on names as well. Taking the place of biblical names at times. The girls are seeing a resurgence of older names, which is good. The boys on the other hand are getting more new age and creative. I wonder if they'll swap in the next couple of decades.

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After Tuesday night, I felt like my year was starting to turn around. I still didn’t have a college plan figured out and I hated not seeing Luke after the fight in the parking lot. I tossed and turned that night hoping to hear pebbles tapping against my window, but they never came. The next morning Connor sat beside me in Ally’s spot, since his table had been invaded by Heather, Toby, and Ally and it no longer left any room for him at Bailey Ashton’s table. Then morning announcements Wednes

Non-American films are better representations of LGBT characters and cultures overall. At least I feel that way. A lot of their films, of course, fall for the same/similar tropes as American medias, but I do think American films/books/television whatever is still far behind the standards of other countries. Some of my favorite gay films are foreign films.. the only thing that would make them better is for me to learn French, German, Spanish, etc so I don't have to solely rely on subtitles.. lol.

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The Mortal Instruments does have Gay/Bisexual and Sexual ambiguous characters. The author is very open to representing minorities, they're not "Main Characters," but she makes sure they are well represented in plot. She has one trilogy currently with.. two bisexual male characters that are romantically involved/estranged. I believe two more characters are hinted at becoming involved with one another. In the same series one character is diagnosed with Asperger's, which is interesting. In another trilogy that is coming out.. soonish, there is a Transgender character represented. And they're all represented as "normal." By normal, I mean they're not represented as extra or "sideshow" characters. I feel your pain though, what is out there is extremely overdone and full of stereotypes.

Thanks for reading! Poor Jackson.. getting yelled at in the cafeteria would be embarrassing. Luke is very smart. If you're afraid of accepting something about yourself.. especially with other people involved it pays to be cautious and smart. So I do think the idea for Luke to back off and allow them both to cool off and be seen distant from one another by other people is a good enough plan. It has holes though.. They can't continue to be hot and cold.. the dance has to end. I've had coaches like that. Earning respect is part of it. But it goes both ways, we don't know if Tony is worthy of respecting.. or if he is one of those coaches that kill dreams. I honestly... (spoiler worthy) didn't want Tony to be soft, but I didn't want him to be perceived as such a butt either. So maybe I tipped the scale against him a bit more than I intended. I don't think he'll be a dream crusher though.. unless Jackson relapses back to Chapter 1.

Heyyy thanks for reading! Ally Ally Ally.. hmm. Lily tried to talk sense into her, but I think Ally took it the wrong way. Lily more or less hinted at her being a bitch.. lol. Ally didn't see it that way and quickly turned the tables on poor Jackson when she didn't get her way.. She has plans too, she has a perfect picture of how her Senior year will be too.. and Jackson was part of that picture.. might still be if she has her way.. Tony is definitely a bullish person. He knows what he wants out of the people that join their program. But people like that may also be good at what they're doing.. it doesn't necessarily forgive all the asshole tendencies though, but I definitely know of that sort of coach. Some people drown under the scrutiny and some excel, so hopefully the Garrisons are the type that can push their kids to excel.

Thanks for reading! Yeah! I didn't want Jackson to be that small town kid that just wasn't "good enough" to live his dream. I think people deserve chances if they put the time and effort into something, which I think he has. So even if the Scholarship to that one college fell through, if he improves under the Garrison's then I think he can shatter his former glass ceiling and go farther. That would be my wish for him, so lucky for him I am the author... lol. So far I don't think my mind will change on that front. On the personal front, you're right as well. Things may explode in their faces... But will that be a bad thing? Does that automatically make it bad? I'm not sure... I guess it all depends on the outcome.. Which, I'm not necessarily set on yet.. lol. Hopefully they come through relatively unscathed, but if very well could be a complete disaster for them both.

Thanks for reading! Tony comes across as a no-time-for-bullshit sort of guy. The name thing annoys me too. My first name can be shortened and so can the name that I go by... Krista. I cringe people when they call me Kris.. lol. So, I do think that was an ass move by the coach that I overlooked. He honestly shouldn't come across as assy as I sort of made him this chapter.. definitely someone Jackson might butt heads with though, for sure. But I think, these people can get Jackson to where he wants to be - thought he was at since the beginning of the year with his scholarship. Poor Lily, tried to be the voice of reason... and Ally has a bit of a temper as well. lol. I think Luke was being smart too, it probably scared him to be linked/so closely tied to Jackson already, especially for there not really being a reason for that. Ally isn't a dumb girl, she knows what she wants and knows how to get it for the most part. As for Mom - I don't know. I think if my son got into something that was his dream, I'd be a happy Mom and may embarrass him with a kiss/hug.. lol.

Heyyyy, thanks for reading! I think Ally linking Luke/Jack together with the change in Ally/Jackson's relationship scared both boys a little bit.. Luke still is a little bit of a rebel, of the quiet kind. Ally showed some of her cards, but she has others.. will she get what she wants out of 'her' last year? We'll see.

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I arrived at school, nervous for the first time since walking in as a freshman. Everyone was a little worried then, but it wasn’t long after that I found my place at the top. Now that everything seemed to be falling to shit around me, I didn’t know what to expect. Especially when I looked over at my usual table in the morning, thinking I wouldn’t see Ally there waiting. There she was though and I stood by the entrance waiting for her to notice me. When she did, she smiled and waved. I looked

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Both. Although we don't own a cat right now. I'm waiting for the kiddies to be a wee bit older. Although there are some out there in this world patient enough to deal with rowdy kids, I honestly don't want to put the kitty cats through all that.. lol. At least with dogs they're more willing to run around and get rowdy too, but cats not so much.

Well when I say MLP, I mean the old 80s movies, not this new junk and especially not the generation before the current trend. I really like Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, Winnie the Pooh. My favorite MLP would be... Tic Tac Toe.