James Matthews

Really glad ur enjoying the rollercoaster. Thanks for the kind comments, as usual Summer

Oh, LOL! hmm, yeah!

I've been there with Game of Thrones!

Hahaha, great! Love it

LUKE I spontaneously burst into laughter while Leander lay there watching me probably wondering if I had lost the plot. Oh...haha... oh, oh, that's a great one, Bear!" I said, trying to get control of myself. I didn't know whether my laugh was in genuine humour, shock, horror or all of the above. "It's true," Leander growled at me. The first time I'd ever seen him genuinely annoyed. "No, it can't be," I said, certainty in my tone, now becoming serious. Lea

Now I miss writing him! LOL "Sean, guess who it is! Guess?" "Who? "It's only Jack bloody Stanton!" I think that's how it went 🤭

Sent the bloody pre-edited one out didn't I? I'm not having much luck tonight. I've already had to contact Cia as I published it in "World Building" instead of General Fiction. Then I have just let you read a really shit copy of this! I'm so sorry if there were any irritating errors, Weiner. Joey from the Saturday Boy was much more....hmmm, reserved?

14 twice? Yeah, I saw it

Part 1 'Discovering' When you think about it, love is a horrible feeling if the person you're in love with does not feel the same back. In fact, I'd say being in love from one side is the equivalent of mental torture. This story begins with me. But it was me a long time ago. I was in the middle of puberty and all the fun that comes with that. It was also the time I could tell I liked boys. But of course, that had to be a secret. The thought of anyone knowing I knew, would

Either of them I will take lovingly

I think Elaine is slippery, however I don't think she is aware of any connection YET regarding Duke and Taz or Bear and Luke. The thing is, Luke has not revealed to Elaine he is seeing anyone as they are barely on speaking terms. Len probably has not told her because it's not come up. Or she might know about the whole lot and she's playing it cool. Either way, she's bad news I think we can accept. But as I always say, I don't know anything really. JUst all guesses

Much needed AFTER 40c !!!!!

Awww, Chris, I'm so glad!

All our grass here is as yellow and rough as old straw. Major heat wave passing through. It's okay though as mowing the lawn is not needed.

Apologies to any reader who caught this chapter at 9:40 - 10:05pm. This was published by mistake and contained errors and formatting issues. I hope it did not take anything away from the overall chapter. James

I think you were reading a rough copy as it accidently published at 9:40. The finished copy was done at 10:05. I hope it didn't ruin things as there was a few mistakes I had to zap between copies.

LUKE Walking down the hospital corridors towards Leander's room, my mind felt clear and happy. For once, I felt happy and clear. Gone was the panic feeling that usually got to me in the mornings. There was no feeling of dread, no anxiety and no sense of doom. It was bliss! As I reached the desk, I crouched down to do my shoe-lace up, and my phone fell out of my pocket onto the hard tiled floor. I picked it up and looked at it, remembering that I'd had no messages from Lean

You flatter me to the point I almost melted lol. Thank you. I do try and throw the storyline around a bit, it's exciting to write like that. I wake up in the morning and have this plan for a chapter, and by the evening I am writing it differently. It sounds ridiculous, but sometimes I don't even know what's going to happen. Only the end.

Hahaha, I think you've outdone yourself with this set of gifs. I love it

Thank you Leo for such kind words Glad you're enjoying the fairground ride

Indeed Thought I'd throw that in there, see who noticed haha

I am SOOO glad you picked up on that, I was worried so long into the book that it would be confusing. Yes Leander has never met anyone from Luke's clan - Len, Taz, Elaine or Josh. So that's why the puzzle was not worked out until Taz started digging. Well spotted Weiner

Thanks for the comments Chris, Glad you're still along for the ride x

I do not confess to be a professional writer, however out of 125k word novel if this is what you have found, I'm ok with it. I say to all my readers that I am happy with all and any feedback, and yours is no different, but it does get my back up a little when continuity, spelling mistakes and grammar are pointed out in a public forum. It paints a bad picture of the whole book which I think is unfair. As I say, I am an ameateur writer. I do not receive payment for my books, and you I see have not written any. So if you want perfection, Amazon is a click away and a Waterstones is probably near you, and you can pay for something better. Or, if you believe you can do it better, then write something yourself. I always think there can never be too much gay fiction out there. Clearly Digital, is clearly missing the point of this site. Thanks for the comments, appreciate the trashing of Purity.