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Quite the pressure from Micah. Maybe he’s forgetting how young Killian is. Micah is like mid 20’s. Maybe 25-26-ish. Killian is still in school and in an investigator apprenticeship. He’s only 19. They’re at very different places in life. Seems a little unfair to force this on a younger guy who’s still trying to figure out who he is while Micah is fully matured and established in his role.

June 16 2019 (Father’s Day) I woke up to sunlight entering the windows of Chase’s room. Jakey and I had slept on adjacent futons on the floor while River slept in Chase’s bed with him. We were sleeping over at their rental house because they have an awesome fishing pond for some early Sunday morning fishing. I chuckled as I saw that Jake was using my bare chest as a pillow and had been drooling. Gross. And cute... This view was not helping the morning wood in my boxers. I began playi

Yup, Toby’s intelligence is in school and music. Enough intelligence to be valedictorian of a graduating class of 50 at least. He’s not very good when it comes to romantic/sexual relationships. The boys turning 18 might have something to do with it, but probably some stern talking to from her husband and her in-laws lol. And maybe some realization that Oliver is hurt by her behavior.

They are XD. After several months of being awkward around each other they can let their guards down. We'll have to see what the art program brings. He will be separated from Jake for a couple weeks around late July early August. Aedan is a prodigy when it comes to art, even by the art college's standards. He's only 15, so he'll likely be one of the youngest people there.

That Afternoon Toby came out of the Band Hall having changed into a polo shirt and khakis. “Why’re you all dressed up?” I asked. “I told you. I gotta head over to Newton for Morgan’s appointment. That’s the nearest OB/GYN office.” I brushed my unruly dark bangs out of my face. “But what does that have to do with dressing up?” “I gotta look nice for Morgan’s parents cause they want to kill my ass,” Toby tucked his shirt in over his flat tummy. "Well, you did get their 16

April 26, 2019 For the spring trimester, I wasn’t involved in any sports, so on Fridays I had a study hall for 7th period during the athletic period. The other days of the week I still had off season training for basketball and lacrosse. Today, though, was a Friday, and I was bored out of my mind in the study hall classroom. As I was trying to work on my algebra homework, a student office aid came in and handed a slip to the teacher. “Aedan Jackson,” she said. “You’re needed in the counsel

Hehe the roles will be reversed eventually. And, yes, both Cody and Oliver both got into college. Cody had a few more options but ended up picking the one his parents went to. On March 20, Morgan was determined to be about 2 months pregnant (give or take a few days). Going back around 2 months from there pins it down to right around the evening Toby and her had slept together. We'll see eventually in September or October when the baby is due. Definitely use protection, though. Toby should have known better. You never know what's going on at the microscopic level. As for the self defense stuff, they had attacked him first, especially in the scene Oliver saw at school with Dustin.

January 22, 2020, Jacksonville, Colorado I entered the locker room before the game. I had to get changed into my uniform and warm up with my teammates. I set my backpack down and opened the locker when Coach Roberts called me into the office. “Oliver Jeong?” A middle-aged man with a UEC t-shirt asked. “Um, yes sir?” “I’m Coach Nick Isaacs, from the University of Eastern Colorado.” “Oh, yes,” I smiled. “I got your emails about coming to see a game. Nice to meet you.” I shook

Yeah, I guess Aedan and Oliver ended up in a convergent evolution in that way lol. They both are emotionally immature (even by teenage boy standards) despite being very different personality wise. Oliver is more aloof/ditzy while Aedan is more hotheaded/angsty. With Oliver it came from just him being a bit dense to those around him. With Aedan, he's emotionally shutting himself down because he likes Jake (especially after that kiss) and is in denial of Jake's feelings back to protect the friendship. Aedan has suffered a lot and doesn't want to risk losing his closest friend.

January 22 2019 Basketball practice was at the end of the day, and I was practicing free throws with Chase. He and I hung out a bit more as a result of our parents dating, and he was on the freshman boys basketball team with me. Today happened to be my 15th birthday, and after school, I was going to the Arcade with Jake to play some video games. I was nervous for that, as I would be alone with Jake, and I definitely didn’t want to do anything stupid with him that could challenge our friend

This is true, sadly. Yup. He doesn’t get to visit his family on the other side of the world too much so it’s nice when it does happen. We shall see… Yes, she did have a hangover from her 40th birthday. I guess alcohol isn’t as bad as being gay in her eyes. Oliver’s mom is pretty extreme. It might be more for her because it’s her son being effected. She might be less crazy about it if Oliver wasn’t gay. And someone else did explain the puppy chow bit, but yes it’s a kind of sweet snack. Here is a picture of what it looks like:

Yup, Aedan finally realizes he has feelings for Jake, it's kind of been there for a few chapters though. We don't see Jake's point of view in the story, but it is interesting that he asked for a kiss as a birthday gift. The haunted part.... well... I can say in the universe of my stories, spirits are very much a thing that exist. And there was some sort of seance in that haunted library that summoned them. Definitely more of a "side quest" kind of scene though. When I reached freshman year in high school, there was definitely a sharp cutoff in who went out for trick or treat on Halloween night. And definitely some peers, like Matt in the story, who scoff at the idea of doing something more geared towards younger kids. According to Jake, the parents gave out less candy to the teenagers, so it might not have been worth it for him in the end lol.

December 7 2019 I entered the house after a Saturday basketball game and in desperate need of a shower. “Hey mom!” I announced as I entered with dad and Toby. Mom couldn’t attend the game as she had a hangover from her 40th birthday last night. I went to my room to shower and change as I had a Christmas party to go to later this evening. Cody was hosting it. “How was the game honey?” she called up to me as I was undressing. “Great! We won! I need to shower!” I loved taking

oooh I have a story sitting in my documents folder that could work for one of these two themes. It's been started but haven't worked on it much since high school (oops lol) but I have a good idea for where I want it to go. It was going to be 5 or 6 chapters, but I know these anthologies are usually encouraged to be one-shots so I'll have to just make it that way.

October 31 2018 I got home with Jake after his soccer game. Jake scored a goal and looked really cute in his uniform. “Hey, I am going with some friends to check out the haunted side of town tonight. You wanna come with us?” I asked as I set my backpack on a hook in the laundry room. “I thought you were trick or treating with River?” Jake took off his dirty cleats. “Nah, he’s going with his friends. He specifically told me not to go. He said I’m lame...” I laughed. “Besides, I’

I;m glad they come across as intended. It felt realistic because Cody & Oliver were close friends for several years before they started dating so they'd naturally have good chemistry together. Yup. Cody's little sister tells it like it is.xD Oliver was just feeling queasy after overeating at thanksgiving dinner. The coach is just trying to prevent distractions for them. And the fact that he could probably get into serious trouble if they are caught doing anything naughty. I'm not a coach though so I might be wrong.

Glad you are enjoying the story About 5 ish chapters remain Yup, Bailey is a bit crazy. Kevin immediately believed his sister. And Jake is naive and maybe holding onto Bailey because she’s the only one who openly likes him romantically.

November 9 2019 I stepped into the Jasper County Fairgrounds with my brother and parents. It was the weekend of the Harvest Festival, and pretty much everyone in the county came to this thing. Including Cody! But I am banned from talking to him by my stupid parents. “Mom, dad, I’m gonna take Oliver to see the baby goats,” Toby announced. My parents seemed ok with that and I followed Toby to the pens where the baby goats were being displayed. We washed our hands before approaching them

Well, I wasn’t expecting a bonus chapter but I’ll post in one last long comment. This one was heavy and intense, with Joel having a confrontation with his parents. Cody has a few gifts from Joel now: that old baseball glove, the football video game, and now they’ll get to spend more time together on weekends. Hopefully that will help Cody’s behavior improve, since apparently he’s been acting up for the past month. This kind of tied off a loose end regarding Joel’s parents. The rest or this is just gonna be speculation. The parents might get divorced over this, since Lisa decided to rip the family apart by kicking Joel out. I’m no fan of divorce but it might be for the best, when the dad wants to have normal relationships with his sons and the mom wants nothing to do with one of them. I could have been Joel in all honesty. My parents aren’t the most accepting of LGBT things, so when they found out when I was 16, they probably could have kicked me out as well. They didn’t of course for various reasons, but I lucked out, because I don’t know what I would have done. There may not have been a Trace Connley to rescue me. Anyways, thanks for the story. I’ll have to give it 5 ⭐️

August 27 2018 After a long, and underwhelming first day of school, I was at Lacrosse practice with Connor and Vincent. Most days, we would be having practice during seventh period, but the first day of school didn’t have normal class periods, so we had practice after school. Vincent had been going on and on about his girlfriend. “You wanna bet he don’t actually have a girl...?” I snickered quietly to Connor, who nodded and laughed. “Hey! I do have a girlfriend!” Vincent argued

Oliver is looking to get accepted somewhere for college. He does have talents that can get him in. His mom is very controlling, even making going to practice a big deal. He also has to sneak out to spend some time alone with Cody outside of school hours. Oliver is overall a good driver by teenager standards so no car accidents involving him today. Also we are at around the halfway point for the story in terms of chapter numbers. 25 will be the last one.

I won't comment on Kelly just yet. Aedan felt comfortable going to a pride week event and came out to his supportive mom so those were his main wins in this one. Aedan has a few different crushes going on at this point, so we'll see who wins out. He and the others are starting high school in the next chapter so he's going to have to adjust to that as well.

Haha I'm glad you noticed. That was a little reference to a show called Gravity Falls. One of the episodes features a DnD knockoff board game that uses 38-sided dice.

October 11 2019 I sat in the band hall to eat lunch with Toby, as usual for Fridays for the past month. Cody was having lunch with his football friends as usual before his football games, and frankly, that was annoying. I, of course, am an introvert, but I still like having friends around to talk to, even if I only really have a few real friends in school. However, I wasn’t fond of all the flirting freshmen band girls who mobbed me every time I was in the band hall. “Remind me again w

What a nice ending. Happy birthday to Joel and Cody. Joel turned 18 and Cody is now 11. A lot happened in this final chapter, so I’ll do my best to cover most of it. Cody is so adorable. I’m glad he had fun at the party and Lacy is a new friend for him. And the Joey nickname is just too cute lmao. I know Cody is close to Joel from him getting brought up a lot in the narrating and the dialogue, but it’s very sweet that Joel looks out for him. I was thinking Joel and Cody should be texting, but Cody is probably too young for a cell phone. But in a year or 2 he’ll be old enough to have a cell phone and catch up with Joel while Joel is in college somewhere. Gavin finally talked to Joel about things and had figured him out from spending time with Davin and sneaking around. I do give Gavin credit though he figured out Davin before everyone else by a few years. I’m pretty sure Colt, Celia, and Trace don’t know Davin was gay. Davin had a suspicion that Gavin knew, but I guess this confirms it since the twins never had a specific talk about it. We figured out why Colt doesn’t want to go into ranching. He’d rather go to Nashville and be a musician. I guess he hasn’t told his parents about that dream. Lorianne figured things out on her own, but I guess she thought Roel (Roy x Joel) was a thing. The kiss on the cheek I saw it coming. She’s had a little crush on Joel since early on it seems. I’m glad Mr Benton gave Joel the savings from his closed Tempton bank account. I was expecting an appearance from Mrs Benton, but clearly she’s as cold as Francine. Westley is unchanged still the same jerk from chapter 1. He could of at least waited to get the wrapped up food in the car I’m sure he would have wanted some cake lol. Celia and Trace are great as always. Making Cody feel welcome and sticking up for their new adopted son when Francine gets rude about things. A little shocked whrn Joel spilled all the tea to Francine, when he wasn’t willing to with anyone else except Trace, who had saved him on that bridge back in Tempton. i was kinda expecting one last confrontation from Jax but hopefully he’s learned his lesson to not pick on the new guy in town. Only one thing remains…….. Who is Colt’s song about?!?! Anyways this was a good story. See ya around everyone.