Summerabbacat

"What’s that supposed to mean?” I asked. She was heading to her seat, but turned around and walked back, staring at me directly in my face. “Get over him,” she replied angrily. “He’s mine.” My face turned red as she turned and walked to her desk. She sat down and gave me another angry look." Stephanie is an A-grade bitch @weinerdog. I don't think she will bother with blackmail; I expect she will out Taylor to the whole school so as to humiliate him and because she is jealous of his long friendship with Jason. I suspect Cynthia will stand by him and be a true friend. I doubt it will happen, but I would love to see Cynthia wallop Stephanie with a left hook to her cosmetically enhanced face. Jason sure is controlling; he just has to be the centre of attention, which is probably why he gets along so well with Stephanie, for now. I suspect Stephanie will have him "whipped" into shape, jumping to her beck and call, until he has had enough of her. In the interim, I expect she will ruin his friendship with Taylor, isolating the latter with her toxicity. I hope we get to meet Timothy and Jeffrey, and I am hazarding a guess we will. “You know your mother and I love you, don’t you?” He spoke almost in a whisper. “Yes,” my voice cracked. I buried my head deeper as tears began to flow from my eyes. “There’s nothing you can do or say that will ever make us love you any less.” He rubbed my back for a minute while I lay crying. “I’m here if you ever need me.” I believe Taylor's parents at least suspect he is gay and don't have an issue with it. Dad may be a tradie, but he did not present as a stereotypical beer-guzzling yobbo. They will need to find another church to attend though; their pastor sounds like a knuckle-dragging flat-earther. Chapter 2 and I detest Stephanie and find Jason insufferable. Superb characterisation @Ronyx. Stephanie will likely prove to be a mega-bitch in the same vein as Ashley. Hopefully Jason has more sense than Devin.

Thank you @Paladin; a most admirable man whom I agree with on many issues.

I wonder if Dylan and/or Jarryd might have started the rumour? If they know for sure Casey torched the Commodore single-handedly, they may have started the rumour to protect themselves, fearing they may be suspected of torching it because of their association with Casey; or perhaps they are tired of Casey's behaviour or maybe they are getting pressure from their parents to dissociate themselves from Casey. Zack and Aaron were abandoned by their parents, albeit under different circumstances. Aaron had the support of Scott and Justin at least to help him, but Zack seemingly had no one, at least initially. If I remember correctly, even when they both still lived at home with their parents they were largely ignored, having to fend for themselves, while their useless parents spent most of their time at the club getting hammered and maybe playing the poker machines (I cannot remember if the latter is true or if I have merely associated it with their drunkenness).

I wholeheartedly agree @Charles26. Levi largely took care of his mother by himself until the very end when she had to go into hospital. His grandfather was dead and the church congregation did little to provide practical help if I remember correctly. Apart from Matt's recent accident, Levi's nurturing nature has not had an opportunity to shine, and even with Matt it has been limited because Luke would have shouldered the bulk of the caring for him. I think Father Costas has opened the cage door, so to speak, and allowed Levi's caring nature to fly free and unhindered in applying itself to anyone in need, regardless of who they are and who they love.

Once again Shayna proves her lineage; bigoted AND stupid, just like Mama, Dixie Mae. Forget chilli (jalapeño) and garlic; laxatives and eye drops, a powerful combination, even more so than Ozempic. The highlight of this chapter; Dr McLarroy’s description of Shayna as”filth. ”.LOL.

That sounds so familiar, thankfully not personally familiar though.

I really liked the easy banter between Jake and Judy too. She is good for him; she treats him like an adult and does not expect perfection. She recognises he has had a tough time and gives him a break but won’t put up with any shit from him.

The shark well may spit him out “yuck, it tastes like a Thompson”.

Succeeding so far. Jake’s wit was borderline acerbic at times; he could give a drag queen a run for her money. He didn’t hold back with Becca; she had no idea. LOL. At this rate I am really going to like Jake as he is exceedingly funny. I suspect he possesses a healthy dose of self-deprecation too.

OMG @Josh Aterovis! Who knew Jake had such a wickedly catty sense of humour. His physical descriptions of Becca, Adrienne, Foster and Slug had me in stitches. I had an image of Becca resembling Sabrina Carpenter and Adrienne resembling Veruschka or Alana Hamilton Stewart. Unfortunately Becca does not appear to have any of Sabrina's sense of humour or irony. Jake's description of Foster and Slug's intellect was also extremely funny, particularly when Foster confirmed his caveman attitude towards women with comments like: "She's, you know, normal. I gotta go. Don't want her to wait for me." Foster looked confused. "Who cares if she waits?" I like this "new" more confident Jake. He did not make a grand announcement to Becca he is gay and a recovering addict and to Foster he is a recovering addict; he slipped the comments in at appropriate moments without a hint of shame or bravado or pretence. He is so much more likeable thus far than in previous stories, and certainly far more likeable than Foster, Slug or Becca. If Jake retains this sense of humour throughout this story @Josh Aterovis I can see myself using the ha ha emoticon frequently.

But it's a Minogue? Are you sure, or is it just Kylie you are not a fan of?

Not just her. I can certainly appreciate an attractive woman from a purely aesthetic point of view, but that is it. Sade is older than us and still looks stunning; Vanessa Williams is still beautiful and is the same age as us; Toni Braxton is a little younger than us and is still very attractive, and although you are not a fan, I think Kylie and Dannii are both still total babes. I just love Dannii's big earrings in this video.

OMG I almost vomited @Mark Ponyboy Peters. I got the e-mail notification you had posted this comment and missed the word "Levi" when I read the comment in the e-mail. LOL.

You notice all the salient points. Anyone would think you're the damn author. LOL.

It's a shame he can't "nail" Brooke.

I am trying to adopt a more positive attitude to our species. It is an uphill battle when everyday I see what is happening to wolves, bears, polar bears, virtually anything that is not human, and in many cases which is human, in a part of the world very close to you @weinerdog. And by no means is the neglect and cruelty isolated; it is everywhere on Planet Earth, and getting worse. I would rather the shark eat Brooke than she eat the shark. She has been a pain in the arse since her first appearance in the story. Even mild-mannered @Paladin commented on her behaviour in this chapter. I just wish she would fuck off and leave the guys alone as she seems to have taken a set against Jimmy and Dan now too.

"Thompsony". LOL. What a great word @CincyKris. Next time I fuck up an e-mail, legal document or something technologically challenging I am going to say I did so because I became all "Thompsony".

"School on Monday felt smaller than usual. Levi, Jimmy and Dan compared notes before pastoral care, while Brooke seemed to just scowl at them. Apparently, they weren’t supposed to be having fun without her." Brooke is so tiresome. Time for her to go @Mark Ponyboy Peters. Teenage pregnancy (not to Levi), alcohol and/or drug addiction, she leaves school and enters a convent, her parents divorce and she moves away from Thompsonville with her mother or father, eaten by a shark, anything to be rid of her. "At some point Levi and Jamie found themselves sitting a little apart from the main group. The younger boy was the one who started talking about the past. He spoke in the same flat, careful voice he had used at the centre – about the bashing, the fear of going home, the nights sleeping rough before the police found him, before the youth workers connected him with Tony’s charity. Levi listened without interrupting, and when Jamie finished he simply sat there, shoulders hunched. Levi didn’t think twice about it. He put an arm around the boy’s shoulders and pulled him into a brief, firm hug. Jamie stiffened for a second, then leaned in, and wrapped an arm around the older boy as well. There was nothing to read into their actions; just one kid caring for another." This is my understanding of "true" Christianity. I believe Father Costas would be very impressed with Levi's comforting Jamie; this display of understanding and care the hallmark of Levi's innate goodness being freed from the chains of dogma and ignorance. A real "hay fever" moment @Mark Ponyboy Peters, so simply and beautifully written. I thought it was too good to be true. Casey is starting to cause trouble again. Hopefully Shane will be able to pin something on him, something which does not require any further investigation of how Matt's car came to be in a location where Casey had the opportunity to torch it. Maybe Casey is not as smart as he thinks. It would be great to see that smug look wiped off his face once and for all.

From salad-tossing to a conventional threesome to double-penetration. Jack has jumped into gay sex boots 'n' all, or should that be butts 'n' all. For someone who was a virgin before his first mating, he appears to have suffered little "wear and tear", displaying great elasticity to move from being fucked by Theodore only to double-penetration without skipping a beat. He clearly channelled his inner-Joey Stefano. Jack, smiling inside and out. Ignore the lyrics, observe the song title. Apropos or what?

I love bananas @Vcs, but they simply must be a little on the green side. Similarly kiwi fruit, once they are ripe they are sickly sweet. But then I love pawpaw (papaya) and hate mangoes.

"Though no one would have thought it possible for her volume to increase more than it had already, Shayna yelled even louder and more shrill, “You sorry nit, son of a bitch, don’t bring that crap to me. I don’t want to be shitting all the way into next Tuesday!” There is no mistaking Dixie Mae is Shayna's mother. Both such good Christian women, with language that would make a sailor blush. And there is no mistaking she is Uncle Buford's niece. The family, at least Uncle Buford and Shayna, have a passion for poop, a fascination for faeces, a shine for shit. First, was Uncle Buford's intimate encounter with horse shit, and now Shayna's attempt to cause Mannly embarrassment at least. Given she has been arrested, I suspect it was not just epsom salts or prune juice she has laced the muffins with. I wonder if any of her forefathers was a scatologist? Shayna, the shit queen of Shelby. 💩💩💩💩

Hopefully she will NOT be a lady, and it will be ladies, plural @dboggs9700. The ironing machine will be a good starting point. Of course the ironing machine will be for Shayna's own good, to remove all that tacky, slopped-on, make up. Melting that make up, much quicker if removed by heat and plenty of it. Think of it as industrial-strength dermabrasion Shayna.

A diabetic's nightmare. I must say I could not stomach these muffins. I don't like ripe bananas, but will use them in a smoothie. Overripe bananas are in a different category all of their own though.🤮🤮🤮🤮.

Hopefully Deirdre's moans will be her usual complaints, and not "moaning" resulting from secret rendezvous' with Jasper.

I think it quite likely Rico will return the favour and then afterwards regret it, or he will "promise" to return the favour and then renege on his promise. Worst case scenario, they get caught by Rico's father and/or mother, who then proceed to blame Kurtis for leading their precious son into depravity. I suspect it was more the case of Kurtis deciding he is not hiding anymore. Given Kurtis' responsible behaviour to date, I would be more concerned about Rico accidentally outing the two gay couples. He is a regular little horndog, and appears to have little in the way of a filter. Another enjoyable chapter @Lee Wilson.