Emulated

I'd like to thank the following members of my team for their kind contributions to my stories: | Dargon | Jamie de Valen | Librent | TalonRider | Thanks guys for helping to make every word shine. -Emulated

Happy Birthday, Lacey! I hope you have a great day!

Happy Birthday, Johnathan! I hope you have a great day!

Happy Birthday, Jan! I hope you have a great day! [insert Jan's profile pic here] If I look half as great when I'm 58, I'd be a happy man.

Happy Belated Birthday, Nephy! I hope you had a great day!

Happy Birthday, Mr de Valèn! I hope you have a fantastic day!

Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day!

Thank you, Guys & Girls for all your kind wishes! I had a great day! Yeah, including you. Oh wow! That was very kind of you! Thank you so much for that gift! Matt and Jamie are always invited. (As long as they're over 18!) Says the (looks at profile) damn, you're younger than I thought! Ahhh, Mr de Valen! I'm honoured, Sir! You're not bad for a (check profile)... resident vampire.

Echoing the thoughts above, I too thought that this was a story of ethnicity. An idea reinforced through the allusions of racial segregation, which were hinted to at various points. But the last paragraphs changed all that, and really made the story mean a whole lot more for me. The theme of light and dark dominates this story, even to the extent where it almost mutes out anything but the central plot. This works very well. The central plot is one where light and dark want to merge, but not be cancelled out by each other (i.e. the love and adoration between the two characters). The second plot on the other hand revolves around an instance of kindness and voluntary action. I think this was necessary to help

Happy Birthday, Felecia! I hope you have a great day!

LINK!!! I think I've won in this thread.

I like your taste in popular stuff There's tonnes of good highschool/college stories on GA. Some of my favourites are written by DomLuka. Viv also has another favourite of mine, 'From Behind Those Eyes'. They should keep you going for a while.

Thanks, Rilbur! I'm really pleased you enjoyed it.

Thanks, Cia! The opening was one of the things I toyed around with. I didn't want to come out with, "My girlfriend's pregnant." Neither did I want to do anything that'd make a direct allusion to that fact straight away. So instead I made it a coming out, a coming out about the pregnancy. Out of my five stories I've written/writing so far, 4 of the protagonists have siblings. It's a dynamic I really like to focus on. It's a great thing to write about and can lead to some really special moments. Hmm, some interesting points you make there. Both outcomes are possible, and while I hope for the best, there's still a possibility the worst could occur. Even though I left the story with "I'm gay." I never decided on what the reply would be, or even if it'd be a positive one. I left it up for everyone to decide for themselves... myself included. Thanks, Talon! As with my other High-school stories, the anthologies in particular, I really strive to make them as realistic as possible. I like the idea of them reflecting real life. Nooo! You need to delete those copies! Thanks, hh5! Yeah, Evan is a bit of an ignorant boy. Aaron certainly didn't think it through properly when deciding to tell him about his business. Aaron definitely learnt a thing or two from the whole experience. How he approached his coming out was changed because of what happened with Ash. Hopefully it works out well for him too. Let us remember that Matt and Jamie are 4-7 years younger than the other two, and haven't been together as long. Thanks, Bugeye! At the risk of repeating myself above, it was the multifaceted factor that I liked when writing the story. I was entwining two stories into one, with flashbacks taking us between them. It was an interesting experience as a writer and I came away knowing a few things that I didn't before. I have faith in Aaron. He has a strong and partner, while also having the luxury of not living at home. I think things will be ok for him.

Thanks, guys! All the hard work and long hours you put in don't go unnoticed! You're awesome!