Date: 10/21/16 12:07 am Title: Where Some Back Down
I just finished Boys on the Bus and am so happy to see there is a sequel!! You are a great writer. Keep up the awesome work!
Date: 03/03/16 06:04 am Title: Where Some Back Down
Sorry this is so late.. RL took over for awhile so I haven't even had time to read, much less review!
I love the fact that you're bringing in chapters from Brian's pov. This was definitely something that he had to do himself, and a second-hand account (if that could even exist) wouldn't do it justice. Loved how much of a hard-ass you portray Connie to be and how afraid Brian is. But the best part is definitely at the end, when Brian gets his blessing. And the words he says before is is bestowed.
Date: 02/21/16 10:03 am Title: Where Some Back Down
I love the fact you made megs mom take brian to see her dad at the graveside. My dad died a long time ago and I myself would really like it if any future spouse did anything like that so he kinda would still be a part of it. Great job!
Author's Response: Thank you! It just seemed like the right move. Meg told Brian in The Boys on the Bus that she was closer to her stepdad than her mom, so his going to ask for her mom's blessing didn't feel complete unless he visited her stepdad, whether he was aware of that or not. It was tough to write this scene without making it sappy.
Date: 02/16/16 09:17 am Title: A Valentine Story
Hey, I just wanted to thank you for writing this fic! It certainly brightened up my Valentine's Day yesterday. I think it was a good choice to make it an interlude in your current series... not necessary to the plot, but something to enrich it. Loved Brian's intent romancing and also Meg's inner critique of the insane expectations associated with this day. I truly enjoyed the bedroom scene--it was real, but tasteful, and just so wonderfully intimate. Great work! And happy belated Valentine's Day!
Author's Response: Thank you! I appreciate your always reviewing. :) This was fun to write because it is just straight-up fantasy. I don't like Valentine's Day, either, but this story was just begging me to write it. And I can't mentally get away from these characters (which is going to be so hard eventually because there are stories in this universe that need to be told about other people!), so I thought, "How can I make this work with what I'm writing now?" evergreenwriter83 is really good at that (Sweetest Day Sniffles, for example, is a cute challenge story that ends up driving a HUGE plot point in a longer story).
Date: 02/13/16 09:43 am Title: Where Some Back Down
Yay! Good thing it's not over. ;) All the same, I'm glad that you made them take a bit of time to reconcile and express what each of them wants. Hurray for moving in and impending domestic life. But do we get a bit of London adventuring? Or a boys-on-the-bus style dinner with the guys, at least. Meg's dynamic with the whole group is really so much fun! Or alone-time with Brian... that would work, too. ;)
Very much looking forward to the next chapter!
Date: 02/13/16 09:18 am Title: Where Some Back Down
This was the great chapter where you think everything's gone terribly wrong, or more terribly wrong than it already has and then, improbably, there is hope! What a great friend Alicia is.. I'm so glad you invented her character. I guess it's true that sometimes you have to go back in order to go forward. I also really enjoyed Nick's phone call... I guess we'll have to see if we get the still-drunk Brian or the massively hungover Brian in London....
On to the next chapter I go!
Date: 02/13/16 12:11 am Title: Where Some Back Down
I love this story! You are such a great writer! I did have to go back and reread it all because I couldn't remember everything :-) Glad you are back!
Date: 02/09/16 03:33 am Title: Where Some Back Down
Been reading the last few new chapters, love that you're back to this story! Tough reading it's been about her & Brian. Nice to see she finally realized that boy is more than special to just let go, with a little help from Alicia. ;) Next chapter please!
Date: 02/08/16 02:11 pm Title: Where Some Back Down
I just wanted to let you know that I'm still around and that I'm still reading! I'm so happy that you decided to update!! :) I really do hope that you continue and that you end up finishing this as I'm quite enjoying it. As an aside, I've experienced (multiple) internal ultrasounds and they are NOT pleasant! HAHA Nice work with the description and the emotions in this chapter; you nailed it!
Date: 02/06/16 12:55 pm Title: Where Some Back Down
So happy youre back. Love this story. You can totally make me feel like Im Meg. Would have told Brian to go fuck himself to. Cant wait for more!!
Date: 02/06/16 07:30 am Title: Where Some Back Down
"Who were these people? What had they done with us?" Spot on. ;)
Well, I realize this conversation was motivated by emotions and crazy surgery aftermath, but I think Brian is going to have quite a time finding his "sweet girl" for the next while...
I'm glad that Meg can give as good as she gets, since Brian isn't being quite the southern gentleman at the moment, either. I do wonder how seriously Brian will take that last instruction. ;) It will be interesting to see who caves first.. I am glad that he knows what happened, though. Sometimes a healthy, if painful and uncomfortable, dose of honesty does the most good, and I truly believe it will be so in the long run here.
Can't wait to read what you have planned for them next!
Date: 02/04/16 08:38 am Title: Where Some Back Down
Hi, I'm so glad you're back! Thanks for deciding to keep on with the story. :)
I really loved this latest chapter, even thought it's a wee bit devastating. It's good to see the realism of the relationship--far from perfect, subject to disappointments. I do wonder if Meg will tell Brian about the miscarriage and what effect it will have on their time together... more precious like the wild Thanksgiving weekend (do we get a flashback?) or bittersweet like at Christmas. Either way, I think it will make their relationship stronger for the honesty.
Please keep writing and I will keep reviewing. :)
Author's Response: Thanks for your faithful reviewing! :)
Date: 07/07/15 07:16 am Title: Where Some Back Down
Hi, I just wanted to re-review (I think I might have reviewed before the site rollback and before RL got in the way of my reading). I can't believe the general lack of reviews, but I want you to know that I have greatly enjoyed your story so far and think that it's excellent. I so appreciate the care you put into characterization and also the development of our wonderful protagonist, Meg. I like that you never get into overly sappy territory and that there are always situations that could conceivably happen if this were some AU version of reality.
The inner monologues are some of my favourite parts, such as Meg's understatedly hilarious thought "I couldn’t imagine needing anything more than I needed him, at this moment, to kiss my forehead and reassure me that she was Voldemort and I was winning." Oh, yes.
I feel as though where you've left the story right now is the first real cliffhanger of this series, and I hope you will continue! I'm glad that there is supposed to be some kind of (more than internal) conflict, since that was what made the Boys on the Bus so great, and I think this sequel has a lot of potential in that direction as well. It's a bit different since we supposedly know how it will "end", but the "in between" part is so much more interesting to me. In particular, I hope you write the rest of the weekend visit begun in this chapter and that perhaps it will lead to the some of the plot developments that you have hinted at. :)
It would be fun if we get to see Alicia and some of the other Boys again at some point, especially if there are difficulties that need working out (they were so instrumental in helping with that the last time...).
So, all the best, and please keep writing. I, for one, will certainly review!
Date: 06/30/15 07:06 pm Title: Where Some Back Down
Errrrr update!!! HAHA
Date: 03/09/15 02:46 am Title: Where Some Back Down
I am loving this story, we don't get a lot of Brian romance so they're rare when you get one! I love you're writing and in detail on the simpliest things and Brian & Meg together. Looking forward to how everything leads up to the wedding and after :)
