Author's Response: Aw, thank you. That was such a lovely thing to say. I hope you guys can be patient until Clare gets her act together; I know she's annoying at times! Believe me, the outcome will be worth it. She'll have to crack eventually!
"They’d have my head if it got out, and I’m not even joking."
I have no doubt of that.
I'm all caught up and I have so. many. thoughts!
First of all, both Clare AND JC are on my LAST NERVE! I understand her hurt, and even her anger (and I'll get on JC in a moment here) but she's acting like he cheated on her, which technically, he didn't do. I want her to take a deep breath and think things through for a moment, because she's clearly an intelligent young lady with a good head on her shoulders.
And as for JC? Oh. My. Word. I want to slap him. It's a good thing he's so good looking. ;-) He's handled everything poorly from the beginning. Before telling Clare that he and Alyson were getting back together, he should've led with the 'baby' tidbit. And now that he knows the baby isn't his, I want him to YELL IT AT HER. He's waiting for her to calm down and be rational before he talks to her, which she clearly is in no danger of being any time soon, so he needs to grab her by her shoulders, firmly, and tell her there's no baby and there's no Alyson. Sure, that doesn't solve everything and they still need to work their way back to each other, but I blame him for not being more proactive about handling things. Leave it to Joey to figure out how to put them together so they can work it out. I can't wait to see how it all resolves and they both realize how freaking silly they've been. ;-)
Yay! Justin and Libby finally admit their feelings for each other. And it only took a near death experience. LOL I hope they're able to settle into some nice normalcy; lord knows they need no more drama.
Is Lisa's mystery illness going to be revealed? I'm worried about her! And I love, LOVE your characterization of Chris.
I'm eagerly awaiting another update! Great stuff!
"Do you really think he loves me?"
Ummmm...I'd say the answer is about as obvious as if the question had been, "Does the sun really rise in the east?" Of course, he loves you, Libby, you little nitwit!
And for goodness' sake, when is Clare gonna know the real story about Alyson and JC? How much longer is the poor girl gonna be kept in the dark? You'd think they'd have at least dropped a hint by now.
Author's Response:
Clare is so stubborn. I've written the showdown between JC and her and it gets pretty heated. She needs to listen, but she doesn't trust him enough to let him in, and everyone else is afraid of getting in the middle.
"She realised that their friendship was balancing on a knife edge; that it probably always had been. But the smoke had finally been cleared from her eyes. There was no more drama. No more obstacles. She loved him, and she thought that he probably loved her too."
That's deep, my friend. Profound. Although I have to disagree with the "probably" part in that last sentence.
Author's Response: Ha ha. Libby's so clueless. I love her to bits, but when it comes to Justin she's pretty dim.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I'm so glad you're enjoying it. :)
At last, I've made it! Until you update again, this will be my final review for this story. As always, I can't blame Clare for still being bitter; I remain hopeful for the future, but I sense it'll be a while before things even start to improve. I know this is realistic, but the suspense is murderous, mate. Almost literally.
Anyway, thanks for the awesome read (and the awesome reviews, too)!
Author's Response:
I woke up and was like "huh?" when I saw how many reviews I received last night! Thank you for sticking with it and getting all the way through! The next chapter is in progress, and don't worry, it starts to wrap up now. I'm glad you've enjoyed it and I have really appreciated your comments.
