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Every time I read this chapter I think I shed more tears than the time before. I think about the emotional fear I had as a kid because I was different, different in a time when that could land you in a big pile of shit. But I read this and I realize i had a great childhood by comparison. Poor Zack, my heart breaks every time for him. I wish kids could be braver in these situations and tell an adult that they do trust, like his neighbor that was out tending garden. Anyone who could come to your rescue. And another reader question how the mom didn’t know. I think I question that as well. How many times does Zach wince at being hugged by his mom and her not notice. Just frightening that this behavior is real, kids really do live this horror and feel trapped.

Love this chapter, very well done. I feel so much for Justin. I can’t blame him for not wanting to give up Taryn. I always want the happy ending, so i continue to hope that Justin does find away to hold his new life together. I get hoping somehow that he continue somehow reunite Taryn and Alec rather than allowing Alec to destroy them. Alec went through something awful both from losing Taryn and the abuse he took as a result of Taryn’s absence. Hopefully Alec can once again love they big brother he once adored. I know i’m not living in reality, but neither is this story so anything is possible.

Love this chapter, very well done. I feel so much for Justin. I can’t blame him for not wanting to give up Taryn. I always want the happy ending, so i continue to hope that Justin does find away to hold his new life together. I get hoping somehow that he continue somehow reunite Taryn and Alec rather than allowing Alec to destroy them. Alec went through something awful both from losing Taryn and the abuse he took as a result of Taryn’s absence. Hopefully Alec can once again love they big brother he once adored. I know i’m not living in reality, but neither is this story so anything is possible.

so how many years do I have to wait for the next chapter....you can be so cruel sometimes. I love this story already, totally invested and dumbly knowing I may die before you get around to finishing this. Seriously, what an awesome twist at the end and a great cliffhanger. I hope you don't make us sweat too many chapters to understand what has gone on.

OMG what a cute story of teenage love, first love. And hot steamy sex. And i can finally say that i have read a “completed” multi-chapter story.

I don’t even mind admitting that put me and Jamie in the same condition HaHa! Yes mom’s are the worst for moments like this. I was such a geek at that age but i was also curious and pushed a few boundaries. I did push once though that ended up costing me a friendship luckily with no rumors. H.S. gossip is the absolute worst. 40 years ago and I can still remember some of the awful things people said about their “friends”

Straight boys are such heart break to teen gay boys. I can’t even imagine what it is like now with so much more acceptance and kids being open in school. Just not something i can relate to. I can relate though to silently discussing the finer merits of my classmates with a very good buddy back in those days. But nothing could ever happen beyond dreaming. My best friend told me a few years back that he knew or at least suspected that i was gay back in H.S. He even had a few innocent experiences and it does make me wonder if i could have at least had 1 roll in the hay. But his friendship means way to much to me all these years later. But it does give a bit of credence to Silas commments about being surprised by how many straight guys might just mess around at that age.

Funny how some sentiments are still the same. I recently made a similar post and its almost 3 years later. I guess the good news is that we have just over 100 more chapters of Billy Chase but god knows how many more to come. You have to wonder sometimes where would we be with Billy Chase or take your pick of any of your other favorites if so much time wasn’t spread so thin across so many different story arcs. It almost makes me wonder if any of them will ever see completion. For some of us, we need that completion, for some of us we are on the down side of life’s years. I’ve been with Nifty since it started back in the 90’s, wow what a find that was back then. That’s over 25 years ago, something tells me I’ll be extremely lucky to see 20 more and that is assuming i live to be an average age. I hope in 3 years time someone else isn’t referring back to your post or mine and asking the same questions.

I only read this because it feed the need for something/anything “Billy Chase”, while this was good, i almost wished i hadn’t read it. I don’t want him to be a fucking vampire no matter how much i love Justin & Taryn. But I do find some of the other comments curious...who turned him and why, he appears to be alone as a vampire...how did Brandon react...what else happened with Stevie that made Billy want to murder him. At the point in the Billy Chase series now, Stevie has actually been someone who helped Billy regain his relationship with Brandon (even if Billy doesn’t like Brandon spending Mondays with Stevie)...I love that Sam is protecting him, but how is that Sam seems to know what happened with Billy but none of the other friends seem to know....and for the love of God, if anyone had to be turned to this miserable life of forever loneliness, why couldn’t it have been AJ?! I don’t advocate this life for either, but I’d rather it be AJ that lose everything he had in life than Billy. This story actually makes me a bit mad/sad or something....if we ever do get chapter 450 out (clearly it won’t be the last, no way to wrap this story in 1 chapter), does knowing about vampire Billy taint reading regular Bill for anyone or is it just me that feels this very strange loss right now. It’s like a feeling I won’t see chapter 450 because Billy Chase no longer exist as we knew him.

I must admit that as i was reading through these chapters i kept wondering why there were only 1 or 2 comments, not that I added many myself. But I also noticed that most chapters had usually less than 10 reactions. I was actually trying to figure out if I liked the chapter, loved it, so-so, or just sometimes down right aggregated by the damn thing. How hard is it to hit a stupid button and move on to the next chapter. It’s a simple action on my part but I assume it means far more to the author to see those reactions. If you are going through the effort that it takes to write these stories, seriously the least we can do as readers is show some type of appreciation, reaction, whatever by hitting a button. I had no idea about your PC issues, that has just got to be devastating as well as just sucking green donkey dicks. I’m thrilled to see that Ch 450 might be happening soon. I also noticed on the “Shack” site that there was a Book 10 under Billy Chase, however the link appears to be broken. I got so excited when I saw that. I’m sure you are aware about the link but I just thought I would point it out anyway. I really must commend you on writing Billy Chase. This story is a major undertaking to say the least, more like just short of miraculous that you have written so much and kept your audience captive. I find this story so endearing. At so many points reading through this I have kept thinking to myself how lucky these kids are to live in the society they do. The reaction poor Stevie puts up with would have been seen as giving “those kind” what they deserve when I was this age. Stevie has people helping to watch out for him against his aggressors, for me it would have been the opposite whereby these thugs would have had plenty of like-minded classmates watching out so that no one got caught. I am just happy that things have improved to such a point that kids now are out and proud at school. With the exception of a few, Stevie’s classmates are just awesome, although it does make me jealous. I really have enjoyed the story up to this point, this is a sweet caring young man trying to navigate his way through life as he sees at his age. I look forward to more for sure, who knows, maybe Billy and Brandon will get a once-in-a-lifetime 3-way with the one, the only Jamie Cross. Billy never thought he would have Sam, so anything can happen (though the results with Sam show exactly why you are playing with fire). Comsie please accept my apology if I in any way came across as sounding unappreciative for the work you do, that was never my intent. Thanks.

So I tried many times to read Billy Chase and for some reason just couldn’t get into the story. I think this reading was my 4th or 5th attempt, but for whatever reason, this time it stuck. I also started reading knowing it was unfinished. What I didn’t expect was to totally get head over heels into this story to the point I literally put aside everything else I’ve been reading. So in about 8 days I have read all 449 chapters of Billy Chase. Now of course I want more. I’ll be honest, what i don’t get is how many stories there are that aren’t finished. This story has initial chapters dating back to 2010 and its been almost 2 years now since the last chapter was posted. Sadly, the next chapter would be the end of this particular segment and also the big summer party at Jamie Cross’ home. So how much longer do we have to wait. I’ve almost made it a rule not to read any of the other stories because I hate investing so much time to read something that is hanging unfinished. I honestly didn’t think i would plow through Billy Chase like i did and I’m certainly glad I did but now I find myself frustrated at the lack of a finish. It seems like all these stories are in the same situation. I got into the GFD series too and until reading this story that was the only series i dared to allow myself to read. I just have issues with investing so much of my time and not having a conclusion. Anyway I’m ranting and going in circles. I love Billy Chase and I pray that there will be Ch 50 very soon. Thanks for the work that you do. I’m excited and anxiously awaiting Ch 50. I can’t wait to see how this section ends. Does Sam and Joey talk, does anything else happen between them or does Sam get closure. What the hell is Jimmy LaPlane going to do, I can just see him showing up and making a huge scene at this party and making accusations against Billy in front of the crowd. Will Bobby show up and finally pull his head out his ass and show Ian the love he deserves. And what of Billy and Brandon? Will they truly go through with plans to be an open couple at the party. How will Jamie react (does he know), how will Ian react (will he be offended Billy didn’t trust him and their friendship), will there be others at the party that will not be quite so accepting. Greg & Ollie, does Billy keep to himself what he knows about Greg. And finally, does Billy reveal the last secret he is holding onto about his slut days with AJ, Robin, and others. So many outstanding issues that could lead to one of the most action-packed ending chapters of this entire series. How much of this will be left unanswered and left for us to discover in part 10.

Oh Billy, how far are you going to sink, how much are you willing to lose of yourself? Are you going to hurt Lee, Brandon, Trace, Jimmy, Bobby, Ian...and be left with who...well that’s easy, no one.

What the hell happened to our sweet Billy. He has literally become someone i don’t recognize. I think that he is going to get hurt or hurt others with this new attitude of his. I hope he hasn’t caused permanent damage between himself and Sam. He keeps talking over and over about how important Sam’s friendship it so him...you just don’t have sex with your straight best friend and it not change things between you, usually not a good change either.

When are we going to catch up with and talk to his sick friend he brought over? I forgot the name, but shouldn’t he be awake by now?

Hey Jonathan, I hope 2021 is off to a good start for you. I noticed the status on The English Year has changed to “Temporary on Hold”. Has something happened? Do you have an idea when you might resume? Take care, John.

Yet another great chapter.... Something I've been wondering about is Corbin and his pledge brother's. They all seem close, so close in fact that I'm jealous Corbin is able to freely talk about sex life with his straight peers. My best friend is straight, I cannot think of a more supportive person I have (outside of my husband), but no way do we sit down and talk about sex. Now of course we are both married and beyond the dating scene, thank god. Anyway, Corbin is very lucky with these guys including Hutch. But Corbin has drawn a line with Hutch and is already challenging him in a way I don't think you normally do with someone who is your best friend. Same way I don't see you going behind your best friend's back to make deals with the devil (Dom). So as things progress and Hutch becomes president or worse Corbin tries to sabotage Hutch's election, how are the other close pledge brothers going to deal with that. Are the rest going to gravitate to their straight brother Hutch or to their gay brother Corbin, the same gay brother Corbin who is constantly putting them in situations where they are always having to cover for him and watch his back. Just something in the back of my head I've been wondering about. Eventually if Corbin and Hutch starting butting heads like he does with Dom, the other pledge brothers are going to have to choose who they support. Has Hutch ever given them reason to doubt him, we know Corbin has. Would you choose Corbin? I was very proud of how Corbin handled both Pete and Chip. Of course I was majorly surprised to find Pete on Corbin's couch. "Just come home at night", well if Corbin wants to live with that and be okay then who am I call this relationship toxic. I just wonder about how long-term this can be. Does Pete go back to the U.K., does Corbin go with him giving up his family here or does Pete stay leaving his family behind. Either of those can cause problems. There are so many "what-ifs" that happen with any relationship and those don't usually start off with one of the participants unsure of his sexuality. Pete already resents Corbin for forcing him into this situation, what other resentments will Pete have?

Ugh, Ugh! Jonathan seriously you are killing me...we’re you really like this? And damnit I want Mike for you.

Well I wanted the surprise to be Mike, but Corbin/David isn’t a bad substitute. And they each approach this knowing it’s for fun no-strings. At least we know that of Corbin. David to me is still very much a mystery...what is his end game. I think I’m through buying into his simple easy going approach. He is just as complex just maybe more quiet about how he approaches things. I don’t think he is all that naive either, but what the hell do I know. Every time I think I’ve figured something out you go and fuck me. so ifc huh, so glad I never played in that court just didn’t have that same drive or daddy’s money...in fact daddy didn’t have daddy’s money either. I like chip and Christ 10 words and he has read Corbin like a book.

Please oh please let it be Mike, I've missed me someone military hunk! Yet another great chapter. I sound like a scratched record (you young ones on here won't understand that 😆), but I swear each and every chapter has been great. It doesn't have to be a deep emotional roller coaster to make it great. I love the interaction with David, but is he more than a filler in time. I hate to say that because I just don't agree with using people like that, but we are talking about Corbin and no one uses people and spits them out better than our dear sweet Corbin. Besides David has to be only filler because I want Mike and I'm tired of waiting for his return.

First off, I echo everyone else that this is a great chapter. Jonathan your writing continues to amaze me. I really appreciate that we finally heard from Pete. I’m glad Corbin got called out on some of his shit. He is demanding and has to have everything his way, he almost comes across like a dictator. My take is that he came to the states to study abroad for a year, have some fun in the U. S. and then go back to being a Brit. He was not coming across the pond even remotely looking to fall in love, maybe not even have a hookup. But that is as far as I can agree with his speech. I know I will rile some, but IMHO Pete knows, we all knew. We might have been in denial but we knew, it may have been pushed down deep, but we all knew. At least that is how I feel. So I’m not buying that Pete can’t sort out how he feels, I just feel he refuses to admit to it. I know I didn’t want to admit to myself but that was me trying to be someone I wasn’t. That was me trying to be “Normal”. I also don’t understand David. We’ve known about since started, but has he really shown an interest in Corbin prior to the last week of fall semester. We really didn’t hear much on him and Seldom on Lee. We heard more on Lee and his g/f and then it seems suddenly at the end of the fall term he is all the sudden Corbin’s bitch no matter how much Corbin keeps throwing him under the bus. I just don’t understand or know enough about either. Other than at the first of the story we meet them and now the last few chapters they pop up almost as new characters. I do get that Corbin is planning to use them as part of his power grab. Are these guys gay/bi what? I can’t see them saying straight. Straight guys don’t generally let gay guys fuck them, at least none I’ve ever know. Well I guess that’s my 2 cents worth. I love the story, definitely in my Top 10 of all the gay stories I’ve read and this isn’t even complete.

I love reading fraternity stories when they are based upon real events. I enjoy seeing how Greek life works from one school to another. I knew of schools that didn’t allow pledging in the fall like we have in this story. There are those of us that threw the focus into fall rush and less so with the winter/spring semester. Our campus was this type of system. If you were Rush Chairman in our house you were 1 of 3 paid officers of the fraternity. Our rush started late spring and hit full stride by the end of June. By mid-August just a week before classes, the majority of our fall class was already wrapped up. We threw massive rush parties throughout the summer in the major cities of our state (Oklahoma) as well as focusing on Dallas. We charted buses to haul as many guys as available to the Dallas rush parties, that was our life line. Now this was the 80’s and alcohol didn’t have near the restrictions you see now and when I first started college, the drinking age was still 18 (yeah I’m old, fuck you all). We did have formal rush week in early September and mid January. For our school system at the time only about 25% of the students were Greek, but Greeks held the power. We usually took 25-30 new pledges in the fall and 10+ in the Spring, anything less was setting us up for financial failure. My house no longer stands and we’ve been off campus for several years for this exact reason, our rush numbers slipped semester over semester. Our housing Corp kept things alive for probably 2-3 years before we (I was on the Housing Corporation Board at that point) and shut things down from a housing standpoint. Each campus operates differently when it comes to housing, on ours there was no surviving without one. Our group lost its charter within a year of us shutting down the house. To this day, a grandfather clock (purchased by a pledge brother’s parents) sits in my living room waiting/hoping that someday there will be a fraternity house to move it back into. we paid the Rush Chairman a small stipend and free housing. Same as President and Treasurer. The rush chairman had to give up any thought of working and earning real money during the summer. You only got elected to the role with the understanding that was your summer job. The stipend to the treasurer was the highest , followed by rush, then lastly the President. I really appreciate all the details Jonathan shares regarding how things worked and I certainly appreciate that he still guards the rituals and secrets of his fraternity. More info than any of you wanted, but I share anyway.

Okay, so as usual we see Corbin being Corbin, just insert a new name in the roll of the victim. If you want to call David a victim, but ultimately that is exactly what he will be, another notch, another victim in Corbin’s mess of a life. It’s clear to me that Corbin realizes he’s a total fuckup with his relationships, and yet he carelessly deliberately brings in yet another victim to crush in his web. ‘Now as for Hutch, can we get a bit “Holier-than-thou”...yeah maybe he has a right to jump to the conclusion that he does, after all it is Corbin so the behavior is expected could even be shocking if the crazy manipulative behavior isn’t there...but isn’t this the same Hutch, a supposed friend/ally to Corbin, that was just a few hours earlier plotting with someone who is clearly an enemy of Corbin’s against Corbin. Hello Pot, I’d like to introduce myself, my name is Kettle!

Great chapter Jonathan. There have been several and personally this may be one of my favorites. I have lots of opinions about each of these people in your life, the boyfriends, the fraternity brothers, Roberto, and that slimy Brit. Don’t trust the Brits, nothing good comes from that. I think this is one of my favorites simply because of the sheer overall tone of the raw personal look into your life, the life of a 21, 22 year old college kid finding his way. Finding is happiness. There is nothing happy at all about this chapter...you were stabbed in the heart at the end of the last chapter and that bled over to be the primary theme of this chapter. Then not once, but twice you were blindsided by those you were supposed to be able to trust. But some good came from the last event of your most trusted brothers letting you down...you got a lot of shit off your chest. You may not have been ready to face Pete or tell off your pledge brothers and only you can really determine how well that worked out. The best thing is you told that fucking waste of space exactly what you thought. I don’t remember all the prior hashtags but I’m still 100% Team Mike until I read he has moved on with his live and left Corbin in the dust where he belongs, I’m also 100% Team anyone but Pete. Since I’ve just joined the story a couple of months ago, I wasn’t around for the hiatus (but I’m curious about that of course and missed seeing any explanation if one was given), but I sure as hell hope there isn’t another. I’ve got enough great stories that make me sad as they sit dusty on the shelf waiting for their proper and due endings.

It speaks to how low one must go to be lower than Corbin.

WOW! I won’t defend Corbin at all with how he handled himself with Nick. There are certainly easier/better ways to break up, his approach was almost with malice toward someone who just wanted to fall in love with him and have it returned. Maybe the relationship was not going to work, but I think Corbin’s reasoning is a bit off. And it probably began with crossing that line into cheaterville. ‘As for Pete, holy shit he is an idiot. Maybe Nick was behind that but to go blasting Corbin the way he did, damn! He doesn’t even deserve a guy like Corbin, and that speaks lower of Pete.