Krista

I don't know, I feel next door is a wee bit too close for comfort when Cinzilla is concerned... lol. He might have to find a friend who's parents aren't as observant and the house not have a close proximity to Cindy. Also someone who wouldn't be giving them the birds and the bees lecture on a daily basis since they're living under the same roof and dating. That would be awkward. Thank you for coming back to the story and reading, hopefully it won't be nearly 2 years before the next chapter. (Although I've already written it, so there's hope in that)

So, everyone knew. I went to bed thinking that everyone I cared about at school and at home knew. The thing is though, I didn’t even really know myself. Not until I looked at Ally, in all her hurting and tears. I realized that I cared for her, but never the way she wanted. That her tears were the result of my negligence, even if I hadn’t really been able to admit that to myself before then. If I had any idea or picture of what my future would be like, a guy wouldn’t have been part of it.

“Anything,” I said as I watched him chew on his bottom lip. The moon and the snow had washed all the color from him, he was all black and white. It made him look otherworldly and I wondered how I looked to him. “They’re putting my Grandma into a nursing home,” he said, his voice quiet. “I told her about us.” “You did?” I answered my eyebrows shooting upward. “Yeah, it was after a walk,” he answered, his voice slightly rushed as he looked around us. “I take walks like these to clear m

The most common ones I've been around and caught people using are: "You have the sense God gave a goat," - You're stubborn and stupid. "She/He is built like a brick shithouse," - If you're a girl you're attractive. If you're a guy, you're broad and muscled. I guess since the buildings were so small and prone to tipping over back in the day, a brick one was like going potty in a five star hotel. "Bless your heart," - You've either said or done something stupid. It isn't a compliment. "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?" - Talking either about a loose woman that you don't have to marry to have 'relations' with, or a scantily dressed woman that is showing what she has "for sell," instead of covering herself. "I don't sweat, I simply glisten," - High Society woman that never had to work for anything. Kind of a snooty insult when talking to someone she think inferior for having to work. I had an older aunt that was like this. She didn't Sweat, she glistened. She didn't fart, she simply tooted. It was always.. "simply," something. "Honey, you're like drinking sweet iced tea," - You're being nice/helpful. A compliment. Or a pick-up line, since sweet iced tea is cold and refreshing. Man talking to a woman usually. "You're as fidgety as a frog leg in a frying pan," - I guess you're nervous and when you cook a frog leg, as the tendons in the legs begin to get hot and cook it causes the frog leg to move. "You're a mouse fart in a windstorm/thunderstorm," - An insult for someone that thinks they're important. "You're as slick as water off a duck's back," - Smooth talker/clever. "I'm about to take you out behind the wood shed," - I'm about to kick your ass. (If you're talking to an adult), to a child, it means you're about to spank them.

I really wouldn't call myself a gamer type person.. I mean I only play, The Sims, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect - but this one looks really nice and the visuals (if they are able to deliver on those) are gorgeous.

Yeah, I hate the spacing myself. I'm currently working on that. Google Documents has hidden formatting, I think. I have to go back and delete the chapter, then replace it via pasting plain text and that seems to fix the issue. It will be a little slow at doing that since there are a lot of chapters.

Lol. Thank you for reading and liking the story. It was an experiment for an Anthology that GA puts on here, but I missed the deadline. It is the first time I took on anything supernatural like resurrections.

Meh, she'll take the little idiot for all he's worth. She is a fame seeker that happened upon a good fish to catch. When she realizes that she is merely tabloid fodder and has no real substance to her aside from being 'Harry's Wife,' she may settle down a wee bit.

I think a lot of that come from the fact that we demand inclusivity and diversity in 'everything,' or we decide we're going to boycott it. I do feel we've become our own worst enemy. These companies aren't blameless either though. The little segments that are supposed to satiate the, "everything has to be inclusive," crowd has only backfired. It is annoying for something to be hyped as ground breaking or whatever and it be so obscure and insignificant that there was really no point in having it in there in the first place. I think we're going to have to get over ourselves though. We can demand to be represented more, but we have to also be willing to accept that some films, shows, and books doesn't have a place for that sort of representation either and doing so hinders and restricts the makers. I wouldn't want the pressure to be on me, it would be a worry for me as a creator to attempt to suit everyone just so there isn't some sort of unjust outcry for my work to be censored or boycotted for whatever reason. There are industries out there that will represent what you wish to have represented, you just have to go find them and support them. Give them feedback to help them, etc. That is why I love Indy films over mainstream films any day.

YA authors are "queerbaiting," with their older works. There wasn't much/if any evidence of anyone's sexuality in Harry Potter unless they ended up dating/married. They 'were' likely pressured by their publishers not to be so 'out' with that sort of thing. Now though we see it in YA writing a lot more (or at least what I've picked up to read lately), but I would rather J.K Rowling say, "Sorry, there just isn't any gay, trans, queer representation in my books," instead of 'creating,' narratives that are so obscure that she has to explain them to us years down the road when there is a film adaptation, a new play coming out, and/or a series. It was a different time when she was writing Harry Potter than it is today. She can say that Dumbledore is 'gay' all she wants but the writing just isn't there to support it. To edit - I don't think less of her work within the Harry Potter series and her entire world. She is a gifted author. I'm not going to boycott her just because I think she is guilty of queerbaiting either. I would have rather she stood up for her work for what it was originally. Being reactionary like she has been is why I take offense to her in general. I honestly don't find it all that offensive or an issue overall - I think it is a dying trend. No one is going to be truly happy with the quality and quantity of how they are represented in mass media regardless.

Some queerbating is reactionary in nature. As the audience we may have perceived the, "breadcrumbs to nowhere," ourselves and instead of the creators clarifying, they bend to the fans and state, "well yeah, they were," or, "yeah they could be," which I think is on us. We've baited ourselves, especially with the examples listed in the Wiki. I never thought many of those shows were queerbaiting.. in the sense. If anything Glee did it though, because Santana and Brittany's relationship was platonic forever and then they just decided to begin making out with one another. But neither of them had said anything about having same-sex relationships. They were both kind of boycrazy beforehand. Merlin/Arthur I felt was just more of the fandom running wild with two straight guys being as close as they were... and that happens a lot. I actually despise what Authors like J.K Rowling are doing. There aren't that many subjective things in the books about the sexuality of Dumbledore until the later movies started being made. She "confirmed," his sexuality, but there wasn't anything for readers to go on within the written text. She has later said that Hermoine could have been black - which no, it plainly states she has fly away hair and 'pale' skin. It is annoying for authors and producers/writers to not stand behind their work and there characters and say, "No, they are not gay," I would respect that more than someone attempting to bend their own established writing/characters to be more inclusive. But there are people out there that hate that they are being left out of the mainstream and would boycott, so really we are our own worst enemies as fans. We're angry when we're not included and we're angry if we're not sure of the motives when we are. I would be like, "I'm sorry I didn't include more minorities and sexuality, etc, I will do better if the writing allows for that." And be done with it, to be honest. I think it is all an ill conceived attempt to placate people AND to force creators/writers to write for, "us," and not for themselves - both of which are bad.

It does remind me - style wise of Dragon Age 1 or 2. How long has the story been so far? I've not picked up a console controller in ages because I've played out Dragon Age and Mass Effect. I'm like you as well, I like single player story driven games over multiplayer. I get killed too easily.

You do see it happening in Teen dramas (in television and films) and such, they go to the restrooms and lock the stall doors so they're not caught eating lunch alone... instead of going to the cafeteria and sit at a table by themselves. I've not read or thought about this story for ages, so I'm guessing with this answer.. lol. I hope I don't confuse you. It is my 'first' ever writing project for fun back in high school (before we really got into grammar and writing structure) - fair warning it is a bit poorly written.

My old self would have said.. No.. he died shortly after that kiss and, "I love you's.." and the adoption and need for a family was driven by the death of Alex. My new self will answer you with, yes, they had a very long love life before the tragedy happened and Dan decided to move along with their plans for a family even though Alex wouldn't be there with him. So uhh.. ;)

Steven if you'd behave yourself maybe I would grace you with my presence, but you have shown that you can be a bit of a heathen. As for my plans, we're doing a lot of work around the home, as you know. The kids are in a bit of a weird age where the oldest is old enough to do a lot of things and I wouldn't have a minor heart attack watching them do it.. and the twins are not. Since I don't want to have a heart attack, probably just the usual camping, hanging out with family, might take a family trip that is more kid friendly and such. Other than that everything is up in the air.

Happy Birthday!

Well.. he was still a bit of a walking stick with no emotions as Cedric too..

Such a sad loss, he brought so much to our little GA community with his story, life, and presence. He will be missed.

I do think Tom Brady is the best modern quarterback surrounded by a lot of top talent money could buy. As for the best NFL Quarterback - ever, I wouldn't go that far, but still you cannot leave him out of that conversation regardless of anything surrounding his career. I am too young and too... not in the loop with the NFL. I personally think Peyton was a purer quarterback, so I would lean towards him - maybe because out of all the quarterbacks I've watched in my limited experience with watching the league I've saw him play the most. Aaron Rogers gets my vote for best looking though.

Thanks for the Birthday Wishes y'all. AS for a certain someone... they'll be feeling the chill of my revenge.

I didn't know much about yachts when I wrote the story, back in my earlier writings I wasn't much for research. As for the sentence of dialog, the main character was supposed to be cutting off his Mother's lecture about getting better roommates. It wasn't properly done, I apologize for the confusion.

Yeah, Brett wanted to be himself, in earlier chapters he didn't make much of an effort to conform/be proper around people that may have expected someone to change to fit their standards.

Hi! Noo, go ahead and comment if you feel you want to. I will read them, although this is an older story that I honestly would have to re-read myself to possibly fully and openly discuss without too much confusion. Thank you for starting this story.

I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

Dragon Age Origins has Zeveran (spelling), who is bisexual and romance options for both male and female Wardens. Also Liliana is bisexual. Mass Effect 2 am I forgetting something - can't you romance Kaiden as a male in ME:2? Or is That ME:3? I actually prefer playing as a Male in the ME series, I just think the romance options for the male are better thought out/written. Andromeda the characters are good.. too bad the rest of it (especially the character creation mechanics), are a bit bleh. I am in love with the Dragon Age franchise as a whole. I actually didn't like the romances in Dragon Age 2 where practically everyone was romance options for either gender. I do like there to be sexuality and limitations on what you can do based on which gender your inquisitor is. Also, maybe in the future we'll see a Transgender option for the protagonist, I mean Krem was a favorite character for a lot of people, but he wasn't a romance option. They do need a better dwarf romance... I don't play as a Dwarf because there literally are none in all three games so far. :P