I hate you. And I'm tempted to leave this review at that.
...however, I can't. lol...where do I start? First, the mention of JC and Justin at Johnny's "compound" totally made me think of fictionlyn's stories and all the time the guys were there! I LOVED the song. L.O.V.E.D. it. And I was sitting here on my couch, crying like Madison was imagining Justin singing it to her. And the fact that he's recording it for her to keep his promise after all this time?? OMG...I can only imagine what Madison's reaction is going to be.
Now we get to the part where I hate you. TEASE! O.M.G. It was just getting good between Justin and Maid, I was getting all excited and feeling that fluttery, tingly feeling about them being together....and JC had to go and ruin the little trip down memory lane. ARG!! lol...
another AMAZING update!!! I am praying for more rain and inspiration for you this week because I need more of this in my life. I'm seriously addicted.
Author's Response:
I'm glad that you didn't stop with the i hate you part. haahahaha.
Even the ppeople that are signed with Johnny now call his place the compound. It's cute. And also makes me kind of sad b/c I feel like that was NSYNC's place. :(
Dude, that Nick Lachey song is the greatest thing I've stumbled upon for this story. I got a bit tear-y too when I wrote it but I'm uber attached to these two so I figured I'd be the only one who'd react like that. However, I LOVE hearing that I can make people cry. lol. Apologies for that but yeah...it means my characters mean something. And that's something all of us writers strive for, right? I haven't decided exactly how I'm going to have Madi get the song from him.
I was getting the tinglies too but then realized that I couldn't go TOO far b/c it's not rated nc-17. However, if it WAS, then I totally would've gone on with it. lol.
And more rain is most likely in the future. I do live in Florida and even though it's called the sunshine state, in the summer during hurricane season, it is most definitely not sun-shiny for part of the day. haha.
Hopefully, I'll knock another one out soon. Like I said, I wanna be done by September. :)
Love you girl. Your reviews rock my socks.
Go ahead; pat yourself a couple times on the back because this was the best chapter so far. I loved every bit of it. I was proud of Justin for not responding when she initially sent the message. It was some strength on his end. (I may not have been that strong.) But I loved how he did respond in the end.
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Best so far? Seriously? THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
I don't know that I would've been that strong either. Especially with a text like she sent him. But I had to make his character grow a bit, and I figured that by him not just jumping on the chance to talk to her would've been going backwards. It wasn't really a need to text her back when he did it and he didn't really let on too much about where his head was at with the text she sent.
Blah. I'm tired. Therefore I'm rambling and I have NO idea if that made sense. lol.
But THANK YOU for the review! I love you! :) lol
Author's Response:
EEEEEEEE THANK YOU! :)
I am keeping it up. There's no stopping me on these two. I've got a prequel planned out as well. They're not going anywhere :)
Thanks for the review, love <3
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Lynn is basically my second favorite character in this story, next to Justin. She is AMAZING. The talk she and Justin had a few chapters ago is what made me fall in love with her. I've always admired the relationship they had in real life so it's always super important to me that I include it in my stories.
Thanks for the review, my love <3
First of all, it's about freaking time you posted again! LOL On that note, can I be your beta reader so that I can read at least a day or two earlier?? LOL
Secondly-holy cow! First the call from Lynn, then the dream and the "I think I miss you text". I'm so glad she misses him! I want to know if they get back together or what!
Great job!
Author's Response: you already are my beta, I bounce lots of ideas off you and you get to read small passages. If I actually had chapters ready a day before I was going to post, I'd let you read them. But since I don't...you'll have to settle for the former :)
ha! madi buckled! its about time she quit tryin to be all strong and mighty, but good for Justin. He was at his lowest, and now he's back! whoo!
her text is just heartbreaking tho....damn breakups
Author's Response:
Seriously...breakups suck :( Even a few years down the road they still come back to haunt you.
Yes. Madison had to buckle at one point or another. I don't thinnk anyone could be immune to that man no matter how strong a person you are.
Glad you liked it, my love <3
Author's Response:
Yeah, I liked having the insight into Madi's head but this story isn't really about her. It's about Justin's journey to find his way back...no matter where that is. :) But I'm glad that you got to see where she's coming from a little bit.
I like the idea of posting in the challenge from where she gets into bed. I still say we need more people to enter. lol. I am NOT going up against you. I'll get squashed. haha. And I do agree, they should be following this story. lol. I love these two. Even the dream version of these two.
Anyway...thank youuuuuuuu for the review! You know I love your reviews! :)
And PS...no Skyler/Madi sex. The Skyler in my head may be hot as hell, but he's no Justin. And I don't want to write any Madi smut that doesn't involve Justin. haha.
I am happy to see Justin on the right path, I'm prepared for it to be a little rocky but I LOVE it!
I'm all for Justin & an Acoustic guitar btw, just throwing that out there!
Author's Response:
hahahahah. yes, you might just get that when Johnny sets up some small shows for him ;)
I'm working on putting together the list of songs for his album--I'm fairly happy with what I've got so far!
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lol. I would LOVE to hear what you think about his album and the label ordeal...lemme know if your next review. You may be right on track or you may give me an idea that I hadn't thought of before. That's what reviews are for, girl! :)
Thanks for loving it!
yayayayayayay!!! happy!Justin!!! I'm excited that he's finally getting his head on straight and figuring things out! :) Okay, I have never heard this BSB song. I love it (which isn't surprising since they were my first boyband crush...don't tell NSYNC...and I love everything they do). Where the hell have I been?! Seriously. Sometimes I wonder if I really am as big a fan as I profess to be.....
All the references to a possible reunion made me smile. Tease. I laughed out loud at the couple of NSYNC song references when Justin was talking to Johnny. Here We Go and I don't know if you meant it, but when Johnny told Justin: "It's about time that we got you back. It's time for you to take the world by storm again." I started singin I Want You Back! lol :)
When Dr. Bard asked for an autograph for his daughter and Justin said he was going to record something with JC I literally said out loud, "That would be the best present EVER!" And I may or may not have giggled as I'm sitting here alone, on my bed, in my room....
Yea for the little snippet of a flashback! Am I right in assuming that was when Justin asked Maddie to marry him?? Awww....I frickin LOVE these two! I love seeing where they've been but I think I'm more excited to see where they go! Keep up the awesome job!!! Love ya! :)
Author's Response:
You're funny. I'd never heard that song before today but in my quest to figure out what songs were on the bonus disc edition of "This Is Us", I was on azlyrics.com and saw the song "Close My Eyes" and I'm like huh...I don't have that one yet. So I went and downloaded it and freaked out when I heard the lyrics. I couldn't believe how perfect they were. And they were my first loves too. I crushed so hard on Nick Carter during 'Quit Playin' Games'...and then *NSYNC came out and I was forced to choose and they somehow took my heart. But I was always a closet BSB fan and have every album ever made. lol.
Yeah, those reunion lines were a tease because for the time being, it's just Justin going solo. If I do a sequel, you never know, there could be a reunion. But I haven't thought that far out. I hadn't caught the "I Want You Back" reference either, so go you! It was unintentional.
I really haven't decided if that was when he asked her to marry him or if it was just like a casual mention of getting married. I actually don't have the proposal thought out yet but when I was writing out the flashback it just kind of felt natural. We'll see. I don't see Justin proposing to her while they're at dinner, so idk. I have to think some things out.
