Benji

................... Have you ever started to read a new chapter of a story, then completely forget about it? Well I did, I remember reading the first chapter of Charlie, and then for some strange reason forgot I was following it Well, I found it yesterday and just finished reading it today. What a powerful, sad, funny and moving tragic love story! The ending does beg for a sequel or even a mini-epic conclusion, perhaps with the 2 in college and having resolved their differences along with resolution to Derrick's dad, someone that has worked that long and stayed away from home has had to amass a small fortune, perhaps the IRS, which reminds me they had to have filed jointly right? Then he had to come back at least once a year. Dr. Baker was a fascinating character, where the hell did you find her? Great story!! I'm so glad I found it again! I might have to re-read to figure out how Derrick's dad knew he was gay, from all I could see Derrick was violently anti-gay and outted Charlie and Travis

.........You know what I really want to go, not to stand up or anything, but to meet my real friends, I don't care about the others. 3 came out at our last re-union. And here I was with my wife now going on 29 years, what could I say, I know she knows, but I have never had the courage to utter those words to her. So here I stand, do I want to f**k with it and go and spend a lot of money? Or just leave it alone?That is my problem, I'd love to see Gyra, my girl that I had a crush on, I'd also love to see Mike who I had such a crush on that I avoided him for over 6 years, he never married that I understand, still he was a surfer boy hetero kid in my eyes. That was the hardest thing I ever had to do in my life, avoid the kid I lusted after, funny I never lusted at anyone else in school, I kept my poise straight (Haha). Strange as it is, I have had my encounters, but never a connection, if I go to the re-union I will definitely confront Mike, but should I? What am I going to tell him? That I fell in loved him since the 7th grade? That our most significance meeting was in gym class when we had to wrestle against each other, crap that is when I decided to avoid you! In one part I want to confront this, on the other I want to forget it, being outted 20 years ago and not knowing about until recently was a shock, but not one I could withstand it went from there with the 'best friend scenario doing it'. So here I go, don't' care about him, nor his peers. Do I want to see Mike? And if he says no to me it will crush me beyond your beliefs.

Great story, I wonder how it all worked out in the end!

Hmm, the mutiny went awry, plus the 'traps set out by Fowler and the local, federal' are not going to mature, Sanchez has hired more assassins to take out Trevor and the boat, maybe the boat is the only the responsibility of the cartel's people and Mr. B. is still in charge of the gruesome task of beheading Trevor. I liked that Gonzales drew the the DEA agent out, he made himself to look like a putz, while reeling in the info, I have no idea what he is going to with it. I see a no win for him here, another death in the prolonged ending of Bridget's demise. Mr. B's. instructions have left him little choice in the matter of Trevor's demise, as I said earlier, maybe the cartel people are only interested in commandeering the boat, leaving him with only the demise of such characters. Great Chapter CJ, Looking forward to the next one(s)

..............Most of the kids I know just call me 'old'

............Congrats Kentucky, may you keep the 3 freshman and 2 sophomores for a repeat next year, and not have them head off to the draft.

............I love it!!

.........Hahaha my kid has bought them, I don't but if he won he said he would take care of me, nice, but I only wanted about $2,000 to clear myself from debt, and I told him so. A million would be nice, but after paying off the house I would most likely donate much of it to my favorite charity. I don't really need a lot of money, it would be nice, but in hindsight I would just like to live comfortable.

I actually think Tyler killed himself because he was not all the way out of the closet, he was uncomfortable in coming out. And I'm sure the sniggers and stares he got freaked him out to a point he could not face it anymore. That is my take on his he was very insecure about his sexuality and wanted it private, given time he may have come to terms with it. But forced into the limelight he panicked an ran away, if true about his mother, may she forgive herself later.

...............True, but when Trevor saw him paddling across the inlet there was no mention of Mr. B wearing gloves either, and he left the raft for the authorities to find. It also does not state how he inflated the raft, if he blew up via his lungs!!

...........That was very funny, I LMAO, kinda true though Glenda the 'god witch' pushed Dorthy thru some tough tests, she only rescued them from the opium fields by putting in a snowfall. other then than that she pretty much dissed Dorthy. LOL!!!

.... My take of it is that it wasn't a hate crime, more like lets make fun of my gay roommate, because I'm a practical joker and a jerk, and I don't see the consequences for my actions because it all fun and games to me. Why Clemente did what he did in such short of a timeline will be ever left up to speculation, could he have felt the student body smirking at him, could he have felt an ostracized by his fellow students after the first encounter that led him to believe 'it would not get better'? This shy young (gifted) kid JUST came out and definitely needed to join or talk to the local GLBT club for guidance. The real tragedy is that he did not seek it out, other then a room transfer that he requested, he did not seek guidance. It is unfortunate that this young man that struggled all his life to conform, barely made his feelings known before collage had it crash down on him before he could have made an impact on us all! I am disgusted with Ravi for sure, was intent hate? I don't really think so, I do believe he did most of the other crimes, invasion, witness tampering, etc. And he needs to pay for that.

..................Ballmail, I was Huh? I had no clue as to it meant, until 'Shane explains all' Nice easy chapter, with the noose getting closer to Mr. B. and Bridget getting pampered at a resort with a surprised Billy. No disturbing clues, no word from Gonzales, it was a shame the Coast guard didn't find anything else on the Kookaburra, I guess that is going to be up to Trevor and Shane to discover. Looking forward to more Goat!!

............... I have to got to agree, why Ravi didn't take the plea agreement is beyond me, either his defense team was incredibly dense or thought they could get him off by a 90% chance and he took that advice. I see Ravi serving some time and getting deported, maybe a year, maybe two and then booted out.

.............Haha! Great story, even though I saw it all coming down, it was a great read. I remember leaving San Diego for a visit to my family in Las Vegas. Even though I I left at 4am it was still warm and just after passing Victorville and entering the lower basin of Barstow I too heard the thunk sound of a belt falling off my trusty Datsun pickup.It was probably 98-100 at that time in the morning. Perfect nickname for Chad, and although told mostly first person by Chad, I would have liked to have heard about Jason's situtaion from Utah. Jess more then deserved what got handed to him, I shudder to think what would have happened had he not given his GF the heads up. Great story CJ!

................Nope, I really don't see it as a hate crime, I see it as an invasion of privacy, and that evasiveness led to Clementi's death.

............... I am sure Steve is armed and dangerous!!!! But his weapon of choice is undecided!

..........Agreed, however Ravi clearly broke privacy laws, and that is all he should be found guilty of. Hate crime? I don't think so.

............How nice, Gonzales and Mr. B take vacations while the goat takes a week off!

....................How close I came to guessing the chapter!!

...............Sanchez may have a reach, but Bridget does not.....I'm thinking the navy base will settle many of Trevor's problems as they will be discovered and exposed. Sanchez will have a rude party, an Bridget will try to escape again as Mr. B. will fail miserably, the Aussies are tracking his plane and that sounds disastrous for him, I see him as a non-player now. But the consequences are going to be big. The only piece of this final puzzle might be Julie, Ben was thrown out early but Julie was just set aside, if she is loyal to Bridget would she chance it? Or would she ignore Bridget's escape plea? As I see Bridget is very persuasive in her eloquently waxed argument to convince Julie that she is also in danger, and Trevor needs to be taken out, that only works if the Aries secrets are not found yet>

Ireland Israel

'Wild speculations' ......... What part of the testimony did you miss? Did not Revi organize his web cam towards Clementi's bed area? Did he not go to another room of a classmate and monitor it and invite people to see it, not once but twice? As I listen to the testimony I can conclude on my own that Ravi was a guilty prankster, but crossed the line in sending out the feed for others to see. INVASION OF PRIVACY, and he is clearly guilty of it, and he should pay for that CRIME.