Krista

Walking into the YMCA knowing I was about to get another ass chewing for being late and looking tired made me want to turn back around and leave. After the warm shower at home and the ride in Luke’s car I became stiff from the manual labor I put in earlier. I also couldn’t really read Luke, he seemed nervous about being my ride even though he volunteered when his mom offered to take me home. I knew that if she had, I would be sitting around at home talking to Derek or Toby or having them kidnap

Thanks for reading! The mating dance.. hmm. lol. I've actually written a bunch of dancing scenes in my writing, but I like the idea of a mating dance. Jackson has grown a little bit, so maybe the parents were a wee bit right about finally laying the hammer down and grounding him a bit.. lol. Homeschooling - I wonder just how stubborn Luke's Mom Cindy will be about that...

Thanks for reading! My beta-reader/proof reader said something similar - that there isn't real evidence that the two of them could even be interested in one another yet. Which, is intentional as well. I love that you like my dialogue as there is a crap ton of it used in my writing in general! Hopefully I can keep this story going somewhat regularly. I'm glad you like it.

Thanks for reading! Jackson still has his moments, yes? At least he has opened his eyes a little bit more in this chapter at least. Not all of it was about himself.. or I felt he did. I wouldn't expect him to do an about-face just yet though. he's still just a teen aged boy after all.

Can't believe I've not been paying attention to the sports forum and missed this one. I love Volleyball and Basketball. Being a tall girl those were my sports in High School. I have terrible knees to show for it too. I played Softball for a season, but I couldn't hit a softball if my life depended on it, so I quit and I think they were thankful. lol. I did Dance and Cheerleading when I was a lot younger and before I really started growing.

Heh... Can't go wrong to be honest... Aggie = Farmboy or Military man... if you're into that.. then Longhorns = Cowboys. Too much. As for him, I'm glad he finally got waived, I'm surprised it took this long. He pretty much did the opposite of what he was supposed to do, sad that he'd rather make an ass of himself than throw a football.

After three rounds everyone was too tired and the crates were nearly empty of balloons so Tim called it a night. I was covered with wet and dry paint, it made my clothes feel heavy and I could feel my feet squishing around in my shoes from paint that dripped down inside them. We were the last ones to leave, Tim wanted to talk to Luke about the place more. It was the only time I felt out of place and bored after the fight we had on the way here. “Ready to go?” Luke asked and I nodded as Tim s

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:D :D :D :D I do, Steven. Tis my favorite. :D :D

Thanks for reading! A Date? I wouldn't want Jackson thinking that... although in my head his reaction would be hilarious.

Thanks for reading! I'm glad some people are starting to like Jackson, I think most people wanted to strangle him a bit for being so snarky.. lol. Which is why I picked a character like him, I wanted someone a bit difficult to like.

Thanks for reading! I'm glad you brought up the friends. So far I think I've struggled to find a nice balance with those characters in this story so far.. I'm moving the story slower than I originally anticipated - but that only means more chapters for y'all when it is all over.. lol. Hopefully it doesn't get too bogged down for me. As for this chapter, I wanted to step away from the drama a bit. So I'm glad you enjoyed them having fun. It was a fun chapter to write.

Lol. Well he did whine a little bit, nearly got his butt sent back home. But, yeah, eventually he got there and had fun! Thanks for reading!

Thanks for reading! I think I'm starting to settling into this story a bit better than before. It takes awhile for me to iron out a few characters - I still have a lot of things to think about though. I think the story desperately needed a lighter chapter (couple of chapters), I thought maybe it was getting too - angst-y. lol.

I know. Maybe he'll wake up and it had all been a dream. Thanks for reading.

In school suspension, I didn’t know who came up with the stupid idea, but by Friday I was actually thankful for the weekend. Even though I knew Mom and Dad were still high on the idea of keeping me grounded, I didn’t have high hopes of doing anything fun this weekend aside from my plan of sneaking out of the house Saturday night. After the fight Monday, we had to complete our in school suspension anyway. Welker didn’t think we really learned anything so he started our punishment over the nex

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Happy Birthday!

I really need to pick up her book, it is one of my favorites. Sad loss.

Happy Birthday Curti! Have a great one.

Thanks for reading Lisa. Yeah, if he was younger those rules wouldn't fly.. lol. She is lucky to get away with them so far right now... err maybe if they didn't live out in outskirts of town and he had a way of securing a ride to sneak out.. lol. Maybe he does one of these days... I know a lot of mothers like that when friends come over though.. they'll give a little white lie and then turn around and that freedom isn't really a freedom at all. I know my Mom tried to pull that on me when I dated guys she didn't like - which was all of them. lol. She definitely wants her baby boy to have better friends though.

Thanks for reading! Yeah, I'm seeing that the parent/kid dynamics in this story are front and center. As they should be for the time being. lol. I think the story hasn't really taken shape yet, but I think with chapter six and seven it really does.

Thanks for reading! And you brought up the entire point of me writing this story. I wanted some of these characters to be difficult to like at first - some will hopefully grow a lot and redeem themselves as I continue the story. I wanted to see if I could write somewhat unruly characters - this is a second attempt at doing so, this being a rewrite of what would have been my third story as an author, but I severely wrote myself into a corner with it so I had it deleted a long long time ago. lol. This time at least I have a clearer picture for the next few chapters.

Thanks for reading! Right now we're seeing the battle of wills - and Jackson's track record coming back to bite him on the butt a bit. Like the boy who cried wolf - eventually faith is lost and it needs to be restored. There definitely needs to be a "meet me half-way" sort of thing between them, if they all stop being stubborn that is. Maybe more of Jackson's past antics will come to light as the story progresses. Either way! I think the story moves a long better by chapter six.

Thanks for reading! Yeah, I'm glad I'm catching a lot of the high school hijinks with this story. Most of them I don't miss, mind you. lol. The parties and the feeling of "nothing can touch me" I sometimes do though. The parental figures in this story will become more involved as the story progresses, I'm trying to manage a lot of characters right now with their school atmosphere as well, been a bit rusty about doing High School romances/coming of age where there is a school setting, mostly I focus on summers.. since those are always fun here in the southern small towns I grew up in - if a bit boring looking in from people who grow up differently. Anyway, I hope you're liking the story. I hope to find more time to really write and knock this story out within the next month or so.