Mark Arbour

You mean you think I'd save that little incident for later, storing it up, and pop it out in some later story?

Couple of things: First of all, this is largely the Hendrickson's trying to scare Gathan away. They have limited legal grounds here. Second, the meeting isn't over yet. ;-)

I'm glad you liked that. I try to find the right times to pull this stuff together; hopefully it worked this time.

July 29, 2000 Rome, Italy Will The six of us sat in the limousine, trying to be happy that we were leaving and going home, but in reality, none of us were. JP and Stef didn’t want to go back to face his surgery. Darius and Ella were in heaven here, alone in their own world. We’d be going to Claremont on our way home and dropping off Ella, and then they’d be separated, so they were dealing with that. And finally, Berto and I didn’t want to leave each other. “I feel so

I'm so glad you liked it! I should have posted a spoiler alert.

I think that each parent sort of migrated toward a favorite child. Just because Brad picked Will doesn't make him a bad father. If that's the criteria, they all suck at it.

I'm not sure if you wanted to hear my opinion, but what the f**k. I'll have to think about this one, but off the top of my head, I like: 1. When Robbie went swimming in the bay. (Be Rad) 2. When JP asks Stef to grow old with him (If it Fits) 3. Matt's first meeting with Robbie. (Bloodlines) 4. Robbie's Fettuccini feast. (Millennium)

Good thing you didn't read the link I posted in the forums. :-(

Absolutely. In 2000, ultrasounds could make a mistake, especially when looking for a penis. .....Now there's a good job for a gay guy: looking at ultrasounds, trying to find the penis.

You watching soap operas....why am I not surprised? I'm willing to wager you read a Soap Opera Digest at least every once in a while.

I think the bigger issue here is one that has already been raised, and that is the issue of videotaping in general. Did someone tape this? Will it show up again? And no one besides Jeremy has ventured a guess as to who will bring up the possibility of cameras to Will.

Commanding a flag ship can't be an easy job. I'm convinced I, personally, lack the necessary diplomacy to do so. Sadly, my friend, the drama in London will have to wait. Communication takes a long time in the 1790s.

I think if it's "quite close to a cliffhanger" in one of my stories, it doesn't count as one. I'm usually pretty obvious about them. SMILE.

It was, but ultrasounds can be misleading. Especially if the penis is really small. Me too!

I'm curious as to what you think should happen with the upcoming births. If you have any ideas about this, let me know here, in this thread.

Just so you don't think I'm this creative, much of what you've seen in the last two chapters is an adaptation of real history. In this case, I have substituted HMS Belvidera for HMS Minerve, which was captained by George Cockburn. You may recognize his name: as an Admiral, he commanded the fleet that burned Washington DC in 1814. Here's a link to an article on the battle that Minerve fought with Sabina.

December 20, 1796 Dawn broke to find them alone on the sea. “Mr. Clifton, you may secure from action,” Granger ordered. “Aye aye sir,” Clifton said dutifully, and then began rapping out the orders that would restore Belvidera to her normal state. The cabins would be re-partitioned, and the furniture, fittings, and livestock would all return to their normal locations. Belvidera thrashed along to the northeast with her captured consort in tow, seemingly ob

To be honest, I don't really go into when Stef got to the bar. I guess that's a reasonable point that I shouldn't have omitted. In my mind, what played out was that Stef arrived, got a table, sat down, got a drink, and looked over to see Will dancing just before Will blew his load. If I were Stef, in that situation, I would probably have still been reeling from the whole thing when I had my conversation with Will.

Actually, the term "gun deck" and "main deck" and "upper deck" are sometimes interchanged. If you look at the technical info for the HMS Unicorn, you'll note that they do this. The frigates of our era had an top deck consisting of the forecastle and the quarterdeck, linked by gangways which skirted the waist. The guns on those two decks were generally lighter (carronades, or smaller caliber long guns). The next deck below that was the gun/main/upper deck, where the main armament was. Here's a link to the deck plans of HMS Trincomalee.

I think that the activities of 14 year olds are almost too diverse to really generalize, but that's just my opinion. In statistical parlance, I would suggest there is a very high standard deviation from the norm. Part of that comes, IMHO, from the different development rates as kids go through puberty. If you take a group of 19 year old guys, most are at a somewhat similar level of development, and by the mid twenties, it seems most guys are through it and they've gone through that "thickening" process to become men. But look at 14 year olds and you get a different picture. Some guys, like Will, are well into it, while others haven't even started. I think that make it harder to standardize. Quite frankly, I also think it's an issue that gets overlooked. As I mentioned earlier, I think that guys who develop outside the "norm" have challenges, and I'm doing my best to show that with Will (advanced) and ultimately with JJ (who will be late). Regardless, I do realize that not many 14 year old guys ejaculate while pole dancing at a Roman gay bar. As Sharon noted, this is certainly not your average family.

An update for those of you patiently waiting for the next Granger installment. I've finished the next two chapters, and they're in editing as we speak. I'm hoping to have the first one done shortly.

How appropriate that the most logical comments of all (mine included) come from you.

LMAO. That was funny. Brad was grappling, in the early chapters, with giving Will the freedom to make his own decisions and mistakes. If he got that, then his reaction should be more benign. If not, it won't be.

Happy Birthday James

I disagree. There's an even better candidate to lead a totally dissolute life besides JJ or Will.