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Usually I have a pretty good idea how a story on GA will end I don't get it 100% right but I get the gist. In this story it can go so many plausible ways and I bet all the readers who read this wasn't sure what would happen. A sign go masterful writing. One thing I noticed there has been no mention of anybody having a cell phone ( unless I missed it) You said you wrote this in 2008 is the story set in that time? If it is then how come nobody has a phone?Perhaps their small town can't get access to service. The main reason I ask this is if it's set in a slightly earlier time that could explain the town reaction to Gianni or perhaps it's nothing more then a small town mentality

Pretty much concur with what every one has said. One glass of champagne and one glass of wine? I guess when you're 14,15 and haven't drank alcohol a lot and he's pretty thin to begin with I suppose it can cloud your judgement

@raven1 pretty much said what I was thinking.You did an incredible job of portraying the somberness and grief of the occasion. Angelo stated that he didn't cry in front of Claudia and the family. Being able to cry with Gianni says a lot

I wonder if at the beach Angelo would have done the sand thing if Gianni had opted for the speedos

Is it possible in this day and age that two teen boys Gianni and Angelo's age haven't thought mucho about sex and what their likes are? In Giannis case had only a few close friends and was only casually friends with others while Angelo is in a very small town with only a few kids his age who he doesn't interact with. So did it really take them two to start hanging around to awaken these feeling?Or have I missed something?

That inspires him to write another story .........The Attack Of The Killer Chihuahuas

Great stuff 😄 But you did forget what is by far the biggest pain of going shopping....Those morons who leav their shopping cart smack in the MIDDLE of the aisle where nobody else with a shopping cart can pass

That is better then what I came up.. coffee aisle? No grounds for complaints

It was hard to hold back the tears after hearing what David said.And the way he articulated it he's quite intelligent

I'm amazed @JohnnyC found the perfect GIF for this chapter. Great chapter BTW. I"m surprised Mr Rude from the earlier chapters wasn't one of the visitors next door

Father Stefano handled the situation pretty much the same way the Priests and Deacons I know would have. “Look at the synergy,” said Pietro, putting an arm around Anna’s shoulders and glancing from one boy to the other. “They’ll be finishing each other’s sentences next.” I wonder if Pietro senses something

With age comes wisdom I hope. As other readers have pointed out perhaps Nonna experience with Franchesca will have her thinking twice about this time around. If Nonna had asked the priest for some guidance on this issue most priests would say this is not worth disowning your child over but that doesn't mean Nonna local priest didn't think differently . As far as the possible gay issue the Catholic catechism states that although they don't agree with the gay lifestyle that a gay person should be treated with respect and dignity I would think that would also mean loving your grandson.I'm not sure yet if Nonna understands that.

I bet the thoughts Seth had about sitting next to Adler are universal to all teenage boys who are crushing on someone boy or girl. A couple of thoughts Seth had "Hasn’t science come up with a way to combat spontaneous boners for young teenage boys yet??? Is there, like...an anti-viagra pill for us or something?" I actually have a solution to that give them a picture of me in a speedo that'll take care of the problem every time. Seth's other thought?" What’s next? Me drooling all over his lap? I’m such an idiot." Well at least he would be over his lap.

It was mentioned how different each was. Eric had a relationship of three years while Mike's longest had been three hours.Because of that there is one other thing different Eric seems interested in what Mike wants to do with his life with the talk of College and everything I bet Mike never had that before. If Pete starts putting his excess drinking behind and hooks up with Maggie perhaps Michael could find a way.

Great gesture by Trevor to approach Christian and Taylor (jeez even the names are hot) and Trevor in turn got rewarded by being invited to that group. I have to say I though Wolves had better instincts when it comes to detecting character flaws if they do then Trevor's is broken.Man all that stuff Shannon revealed OMG..The best thing I could say about her is she isn't as bad as Cassidy (aka THAT BITCH) but that is like saying It's better to have your hand amputated rather then your leg. Thank you sir for an excellent story and I'm looking forward to more in the future😀

I'm curious if that was part of the conflict between the Grandmother and the Mother. At the very least Gianni should express his reluctance to the priest. I have sponsored in becoming Catholics and I'll tell you the church want a person to do this voluntarily at least where I live. Gianni did understand that he couldn't take communion because he hasn't been confirmed so he's not totally unfamiliar with this

Looks like I discovered another excellent author.Its no surprise its a tribute as to how many good authors GA has and because of that it is easy to miss someone like @James Carnarvon. Other readers who commented here know what authors I read as they read the same authors when I saw that they commented here I knew this story would be good. A lot of interesting stuff still to find out but the most interesting thing is what was the conflict between Gianni's Mom and Marina and I'm curious if Gianni's Dad had any part in this

So happy to hear that

That picture @JohnnyC had in his comment pretty much perfectly conveys what Thanksgiving is like at the home.Although I would guess they didn't make the drumsticks available at least not in that form too many kids to fight over them. David getting teeth is the most important thing of course so this detail isn't all that important but I assume David is getting dentures I never thought of this before but I guess a boy that young couldn't get implants. After that dream GG sent to Armand is said “Thanks, Peter. I’m never sure if the kids that hang around me like me to feed them or just the extra attention. But, I wouldn’t change a thing.” I will admit this I don't think I could be as patient as Armand was with the kids but in my case it would be a good thing it would stop me from overeating on Thanksgiving

Oh man that dream would be a huge wake up call . As far as that little girl saying they were taking their daddy away from the other fish I wouldn't know what to say I wonder what Tommy did tell her.I also wonder that if she ate meat before she din't make that connection? The smallest boy from the home caught the first fish and it was huge. That was Cool definitely but I wanted it to be David

In addition to everything else they are It looks like Stacy and Craig are insecure and possessive.First when Craig nodded to Seth in acknowledgement and Stacy turned to see it was Seth her eyes narrowed in anger .Why? Isn't Craig allowed to greet a male friend? Unless Stacy has noticed certain looks Craig has given Seth of course. Craig is even worse he frown when Seth left the pizza place with Blake.Why? Does he really think Seth should be exclusive to him when he gets that urge? What a pair these two. Speaking of Stacy as I was unhappily doing she said something I can't ignore “Come on, Craig,” insisted Stacy as she pulled him away. “Don’t spend your time with these losers.” Let's see Amber is on the soccer team and has to maintain good grades to stay on the team while Stacy is what? A "D" student? And she says AMBER is the loser?GMAB🙄 Now on to Blake we know he's at his cousins house and why but it may be even worse.Something Amber said “I was just trying to make Blake feel better. He’s been through so much lately.” She looked like she was getting ready to cry." That tells me something else thats not good is going to revealed .The parents in this story are something else First there is Blake's parents,Roni's mom also doesn't sound that good .Seth's mom who has gotten the most criticism from the readers seem to be the best out of the bunch which admittedly is a low bar. Nice ending of the chapter .I didn't think Seth could be so bold but I wonder if he was moving too fast although Blake did say he wanted Seth to take him home.We'll see what the reaction is🤞

I saw myself in a lot of things in this chapter like Ross being asleep at 11:00 AM that was me and often really later. If you call him at, say, 7 AM for school, Carl crawls out of bed at 8:15 AM andsomehow manages to smoothly rush getting dressed and ramming his breakfast down his throat. Yep that was me also. I have to give her hugs, she gives me money. Oh yeah that definitely me also😄 Since you wrote all this I guess that was you also

Nice GIF @JohnnyC I picture Pete looking like the driver. Micheal sure turned out to be a Godsend with his knowledge of labeling of the wires. As far as the upcoming shower goes I know Micheal promised himself to back off but why do I think the reality will be closer to Eric being backed up against the wall?🤔

I respect your opinion and generally agree with your point but where I differ is the way you were wording it .Your description makes it sound like Ron is portraying all gays like this and he isn't. He's portraying Seth and possibly Craig like this I include Craig because he keeps telling Seth to not say anything about this. I'm willing to bet the points you make are going to be discussed in the dialog of this story in future chapters (I'm guessing with Roni). Don't be surprised if Ronyx is having Seth act this way at the moment as part of a learning experience for Seth after all he's still only 16. All due respect I would advise you to stay with the story

So I'm curious what Welker has to say to Cindzilla after school? Hopefully she crossed some line and is getting canned🤞. Excellent chapter only one thing would have made it better .When Jackson said "I didn’t let Luke see the texts, the names Cindy was called went far past ‘Cindzilla,’ and I didn’t want him reading them. Even if some of them were creative and made me snicker despite everything." I wish he would have revealed a few of those just for us readers not to Luke😄