Hermetically Sealed

My two cents is that Alex came off as trying to get something going between Aron and Carter, as from his point of view Carter's issue seems to hinge on Alex cheating with Simon. If Aron cheats with Carter, then obviously his cheating with Simon wouldn't be a big deal. Not saying that was the case, but Alex was certainly going out of his way to make sure Aron got a good look at Carter.

I have a feeling much of Sebastian's interest is due to his competitive nature. he sees getting Noah as a "win" over Jordan.

It would seem odd if Carter pushed Alex, yet got hurt worse. Seems to me it is more likely that (assuming Carter did push Alex) Carter was trying to knock him out of the way, and ended up getting the brunt of the truck.

I agree with others saying that Tom and Robbie are misinterpreting the call with Alex.

I think this was the first story I read on The Mustard Jar. Good to see it come over.

That literally describes the average teenager, regardless of generation. I think people forget that teenagers are largely inexperienced and self involved by nature. It doesn't make them bad, it's just part of growing up and learning about the world.

Another good one, and actually didn't end the way I thought it would. Glad to see it here.

Anyone else thinking (hoping) Ricky and Justin are going to get together?

I too am thinking Seb. So far it seems like the crimes are based around the aunt's stuff, with Bruno's connection being more circumstantial. I'm betting someone is looking for something either she had, or they think she did.

This is definitely the chapter that starts the ball rolling towards the ending. The only issue I ever had with this chapter was that no one pointed out the seeing Ashley wasn't the problem, it was his skipping classes and lying that was. Kevin wasn't skipping class to see Cameron, and if he had been, then he would have been in trouble too.

One great thing about seeing new people read these stories is seeing all the theories, while knowing what is going to happen.

Another one of my favorites. Happy to see it here.

The movie is in no way shape or form a flop. That is just ridiculous. I would also point out the Mark Hamill story was widely misrepresented. He has been pointing that out well before the movie's release. Personally, your entire premise reeks of bias.

hmm, well that didn't work.

Gonna have to disagree with many and say that Derek was entirely in the right to try to make sure Will understood the enormity of what he was getting into. Will was the one who immediately made it all about himself, shut down and walked out. Will was the one who refused to listen to anyone, and Liam didn't even try to find out the full story before barging in ranting, then storming out. As commendable as it is of Will to have a plan, do the research and such, Derek is the one who ultimately has to place the interests of the youth over someone else's fragile ego. I sincerely doubt Will is the first enthusiastic individual who genuinely cares, and wants to help. Even people with good and true intentions to help occasionally fail to grasp the enormity of what such an endeavor entails, emotionally as well as financially. My boss runs a LGBT youth center, and we have had plenty of people, good people, who absolutely wanted to help, but were unable to come through, either because of financing problems or personal life problems. Didn't change the fact that the kids still didn't get something they were looking forward to. At this point, we just don't say anything to the youth unless it's already a done deal.

I think it worth pointing out that a single study means nothing. It merely shows that one group reached certain conclusions based on their research. It takes many others repeating the experiment, as well as checking the process used to actually verify a study as anything other than a curious anomaly. Now show me dozens of independent, quality controlled studies which bear out the same conclusion and I might take it seriously. But as Cia pointed out, this study alone is seriously flawed, and is not likely to be corroborated in peer review.

This was one of my favorites. Glad to see you bring it over.

Welcome back! Can't wait to read this, as your works have always been great.

My take has always been that she realized from Brett's poor performance that Corey had not, in fact, talked like he promised he would.

Whoever did it charged him from behind. The witnesses outright said they purposefully hit him down the stairs. I don't think Daniel would have done that, and Nicola not heard it was him. I am more thinking it's one of the people who have been harassing him.

I have to wonder at Brad throwing himself so fully into the relationship with Marc. I have a feeling that despite his words to the contrary, he isn't as over Robbie's death as he thinks. Seems like he is using the relationship as a form of avoidance.

I wouldn't take anything related to this story as being truly representative of BDSM. It's purely about an abused sociopathic stalker who forces a woman into an abusive relationship. It just uses BDSM tropes as window dressing.

Something tells me that JJ taking two of the pills is going to lead to a significant effect on his next performance.

So JJ is merely Will 2.0, and Brad and everyone else has learned nothing from the multiple times of going through this same situation in the past? Okay.

I have a feeling that Zach is going to blow his ankle out, permanently sidelining his football career. Ankles and knees are not parts to take lightly.