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This is just Zach's first session. Hang in there.
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November 16, 2002 Aston, PA JJ I like it when people come to watch me skate, or at least I used to. Last night, Stef, Aunt Claire, Dad, and his new boyfriend had come breezing into town. I’d talked to Dad on the phone when they were still in the air, but they’d gotten in so late I was sound asleep and didn’t wake up just to greet them. They didn’t expect me to do that anyway. It would be good to see them, especially Aunt Claire, but it was also a distraction. If the
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Gary, I think you picked up on something important, and that is that Zach is viewing his past in a relatively healthy way. He's looking at what he did, and realizes where he was a dick. I think the contrast between 15-year-old Zach and 17-year-old Zach is stunning; I'll bet he gets that. I know Will does.
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I thought he was rather funny during that exchange. You and Maarten should form a "Will-haters" club. ;-)
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Sean and Cam..there's an idea. I can actually see that working! Glad you liked the chapter!
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Thanks Lee! I'm not sure we should condemn Wally and Clara completely. They're really not dealing with all the information here. As far as they know, Zach is straight, in which case they probably see Will as a predator trying to 'convert' their son. It will be interesting to see if they can make the leap in logic understanding all that will require.
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Too funny (fireworks). I already did the mea culpa on the potty sex. I think that Frank didn't tell Zach about going to Claremont on the phone because he knew they didn't have time for a lengthy argument. Zach treats Frank with respect (and sincerely does respect him) so regardless, if Frank asked Zach to go, he'd go.
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You know, you make a really good point about the restroom. If this was on a chartered plane, that would be a reasonable course of action, but since it isn't, there would have been a bedroom for them to steal. Definitely my inattention to that detail...but to make myself feel better, I'll note that the end result would have been the same: Marc and Brad would have still had to go back there and brave the snickering of their relatives.
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Thanks Maarten. I agree that JP is right, but whether Zach can resolve himself to really tell Wally and Clara remains to be seen.
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That wasn't really a cliffhanger, so I don't feel guilty, but I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter!
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Thanks for the review! I agree with you that this is probably Wally and Clara's last chance to repair things with Zach, or at least this whole counseling endeavor is. And I think that it will be hard for them to repair things if Zach isn't honest with them about his relationship with Will.
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I figure that if you guys are at least partly confused, I'm doing my job. :-)
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I'm not sure how explicit I was about Zach's filing to add Frank as a guardian, but if I recall, I think he reached a detente with Wally and Clara, and presumably he backed off on that move. Looks like that was a bad call.
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I'm glad you liked it. I've been posting them pretty quickly. :-)
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Thanks Jason! That's really nice of you to say. You're adorable when you're hammered.
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Fireworks? It's Christmas, not the 4th of July. :-)
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I think Zach is rightly skeptical, since the approach your suggesting requires Wally and Clara to look at this logically, something they have yet to do.
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I agree, and I think that JP's point was spot on. I also think Stef was right. Zach is mad at Wally and Clara for how he treats him, yet he hasn't really exposed the person he really is to them.
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November 13, 2002 San Francisco, CA Will “Dude, these offices are kick ass,” Zach said, as we walked into Browne & Hardwicke, the law firm Sean worked for. He walked over to the huge windows and stared out at the city, while I told the receptionist we were here to see Sean. I walked over and stood next to him. “This will work out alright.” “No, it won’t,” he said. “No matter what happens, things are totally fucked up.” “Have you talked to Bre
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December, 1799 Off Cagliari, Sardinia With the action over, it was time to take stock of the situation, and to find out how big the bill for this victory was. Granger stood there briefly, holding Blayney’s hands, then remembered Eastwyck, and hurried over to him. He rolled Eastwyck out of the scuppers, and saw the blood staining his chest. “Here, my lord, let us get him below,” one of the loblolly boys said. They picked him up, eliciting a yelp of pain from Eastwyck.
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He's the one. Had a relationship with JP and with Stefan.
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November 13, 2002 De La Salle High School Concord, CA Zach “Hayes, Coach wants to see you,” Gehrlich said. The other guys looked at me nervously, wondering if I was in trouble, but I just shrugged. I hadn’t done anything wrong, at least that the coach knew about. It was 9:15am, and if I were going to make it to my next class, I’d have to hurry. I hustled over to the athletic department and found him in his office. “You wanted to see me, Coach?”
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Thank you! I think 17 is a tough age. Wally and Clara are probably freaking out that their little boy is off in a world they have no control over, while Zach is at the point where he wants to be in control of his own life.
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Thanks Maarten. I think you misread that part about Will at dinner, or maybe I wasn't as clear as I could have been. Marc was struggling, embarrassed to talk about what happened, so Will stepped in and did it for him. Brad noticed the visual exchanges between Will and Marc, with Marc asking Will to do that non-verbally.
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I'm glad you liked the chapter. The drama on this story is much like Flux, where it builds up slowly.
