Date: 07/09/12 05:49 am Title: Chapter Twenty-Seven
Brian needs to grow a backbone, I love how Leighanne is trying to push him to care more about his health. I am also happy Nick is talking to him again somewhat, although the drinking stuff I am shaking my head at. Lots of things about this time period make me shake my head, especially the Nick/Jane/Lou situation. You've done a great job at capturing the awkwardness. :)
Date: 07/09/12 05:22 am Title: Chapter Twenty-Seven
Go Brian! Well, really, go Leighanne for pushing Brian to stand up for himself and insist that Lou give him the time of day. I hope Nick doesn't find out that he let it slip to Leighanne about the whole molestation thing, although I guess it would've come out eventually if Jane's trying to sue. The description of Lou avoiding Nick like the plague and seeming not to know what to do with his hands because he's so used to putting them on Nick really creeped me out. And his comment about "a boyband member getting engaged" - haha! Please. I remember the days when they used to claim that any girl traveling with them was their sister or something. So silly. Anyway, I'm glad Brian and Lou are going to talk, even if it won't do any good. I'm curious to read Lou's reaction! Drama!! Hope you update again soon! :)
Date: 07/08/12 05:05 pm Title: Chapter Twenty-Seven
Woooo! This is getting intense!
I hope Brian man-ups and lays down the law! haha.... but I guess I'll find out hehe.
Date: 07/08/12 04:27 pm Title: Chapter Twenty-Seven
Oh, I'm so glad that Brian has Leighanne by his side, someone that is there for him and psuhes him to do the right thing and not let things going only so that there won't be any fight.
And I can sense something drama coming with Leighanne knowing about Nick's problems.
Date: 07/08/12 09:00 am Title: Chapter Twenty-Six
I kinda knew that Brian wasn't going to tell his parents. At least, he told Leighanne even though it was only a tiny part of the truth.
Leighanne and Brian's part in Jamaica was so cute. They're so cute!
Can we just kick Kevin's ass? Really, I get that he's worried about Nick and Aj, especially Nick, but being a jerk with Brian, not knowing all the situation and just assumed that Brian doesn't care, isn't right. It isn't fair. And he's gonna regret it when he will know.
Nick. A kick might be good for you too. Brian was wrong, okay, but he did it only to help him. Being angry and drink won't solve the situation. And Brian needs his Frack, it's not always the other way around.
Can't wait for the next chap!
Date: 07/08/12 06:31 am Title: Chapter Twenty-Six
I want to slap several people in this chapter. First I wanted to smack Kevin for being douchey without intending to be. Then I want to smack Nick and AJ. Nick needs a ass kicking for being a prick the last few chapters, I hope he gets his head out of his ass soon SMH.
Date: 07/08/12 06:18 am Title: Chapter Twenty-Six
Yay, an update! So I'm guessing Brian never told his parents about needing surgery. I'm glad at least sort of told Leighanne, even if it was kind of a skewed version of the truth. I'm also glad Brian and Nick talked, even if they didn't totally make up yet. It's a start, at least! Hope you update again soon!
Date: 07/08/12 04:27 am Title: Chapter Twenty-One
NICK, WHAT. THE. HELL.
Remember in my last review where I said I loved him? We are breaking up. lol. DUDE. I cannot believe that he lied! And he didn't just simply lie, he made the whole story up about how his mom didn't believe him, and then how he told his Dad, and his Dad lost it, and his mom jumped to his side just to be against his Dad and seriously dude? SERIOUSLY? I can't believe that!! I get that he probably felt he couldn't tell his parents, but why lie to Brian and say that he did?! WHY? Brian told him he should tell Jane, yeah, but like, NICK! Just talk to Brian and tell him why you didn't feel you could tell her!! He would have understood! He's your best friend! COME ON. After all that talk he said about them being best friends too. Like I honestly cannot believe this and I'm sort of a little mad at real life Nick now because of this LMAO.
UGHHH I can't get over that. What else happened in this chapter? Oh right, Johnny and his freaking obsession with NSYNC. Nice manager they have there, doesn't even care when Nick is in court. Oh, I also really liked how you wrote Jane, motherly and yet determined and terrifying.
Your story is absolutely fantastic and flawless and amazing and I can't even. This is the best fan fic I have read in a very long time. Maybe ever. You have no idea how in love I am with this story, Hannah. Or maybe you do because of my fangirling over twitter but like next time I see you in person I'm giving you the biggest hug ever and buying you a funship on the cruise because you deserve it, girl.
I'll stop writing you a novel now. LOL.
Author's Response: I'm glad you're enjoying the story, LOL... and YAY FUNSHIPS! lol Did you ever find your Funship? I forget. I know we both had one... Oy do I know we had one!! LOL.... I'm having a lot of fun writing it, and working on researching it (who wouldn't enjoy watching all the old videos and interviews?! OMG!!) ..... As for Nick, yeaaaah. He's a pain in the ass at age 18 in my mind, huh? LOL He's more emotinoal than a girl, holy crap. LOL Wait 'til you see what he does next........ and Jane, ugh. She was so hard to write because I always want to make her an evil horrifying monster woman and I was trying so hard to just make her come off as over protective at that moment.
Date: 07/08/12 03:53 am Title: Chapter Twenty
What is with dudes and that Princess Leia and the gold bikini thing?! Like, every guy! LOL. I could totally picture Brian being into that though, and of course Nick has to go and try to spoil it - because Leighanne definitely does not look like Carrie Fisher. Not that it matters to Brian or anything, hah.
I also did feel pretty bad for poor Nick showing up at their place like that because he couldn't stand to be around his family any more. That's so sad. His family sucks. Nick's lucky to have the other guys around for support. I'm glad he felt he was able to go see them. The fact that he took a bus though - I am totally picturing him falling asleep with huge headphones on sitting on one of those big greyhound buses and it's the cutest and sadesst image ever. I love Nick, in case you couldn't tell, lol.
Author's Response: You? Love Nick? Really? I had no idea! You hide it so well. LOL
Date: 07/08/12 03:42 am Title: Chapter Nineteen
Argh that dog!! You really do write Leighanne very well in this story, and it's definitely true what you said - she's the hero at this point in Brian's life. The hopeless romantic in me is totally rooting for them, haha. I could picture them so perfectly, sitting there all couple-like with the picnic basket. They're the most adorable ever :) Howie's booty call comments were also hilarious in this chapter, I might add!
Date: 07/08/12 03:36 am Title: Chapter Eighteen
Oh Brian :( So sad that now the guys are in his dream and they're also just fighting over his heart. That's so depressing. As was the scene where he had woken up from the nightmare and Nick was asking him if there was anything he could do. I just want Brian to go to the doctor and get checked out. I understood his triumph in saying "no," because he's never allowed to say that to anyone ever... but he really shouldn't have waited. I also liked Howie's little comment at the end about Nick. Great stuff!
Date: 07/08/12 03:25 am Title: Chapter Seventeen
Oh my God, this chapter was amazing. It was so sweet in the beginning, and I felt so sad for Nick when he said to Brian that this might be the last time they room together. Awww :( His birthday celebrations were really cute (and I also love how you link the interviews at the end of the chapter :)
I liked AJ and Brian discussing the Nick and Lou situation and how their realized each other knew. I actually laughed out loud when AJ announced "Gotta whiz!" and that lady looked over at him in disgust. Haha, I am still giggling typing this out to you now. I'm glad he and Brian were able to talk about it, but Brian's comment at the end made me sad when he said they didn't notice each other's pains. :(
Date: 07/07/12 11:05 pm Title: Chapter Sixteen
B'awwww Frick and Frack! I loved this chapter! The two of them are just too adorable. Nick buying the t-shirt was too funny and the fact that it actually exists! Haha. They make t-shirts for everything... I still have my "Flood of '97" shirt lol. Errr anyway. I liked how at the end Nick asked if Brian had told Leighanne about his birthday, and how he seemed to warm up to the idea of her just a little bit when Brian told him that she just knew. Also liked the callback to his twinkie resolution. You do such a good job at making the boys seem so real (I mean, obviously they are real... but you know what I mean) it's fantastic!
Author's Response: I'm having a lot of fun working with the old school boys. I will say I miss current day BSB though! And I'm really missing writing non-angsty Nick. He's a teenage pain in the ass to write! LOL... I actually found that t-shirt before I found the info about the ice storm and it made me laugh so much I've been waiting for the perfect chance to place the t-shirt into Nick's hands since they were in Montreal!!!
Date: 07/07/12 10:51 pm Title: Chapter Fifteen
Oh no, nothing can disrupt Lou's precious schedule. That ass. I felt so bad for Nick when he said his mom had told him not to make stuff up. He should probably tell Kevin what's been going on. Maybe that'll be the final straw to get Kevin more on board with the fight against Lou. At least Nick learned his lesson about the fire alarm, haha.
Date: 07/07/12 10:42 pm Title: Chapter Fourteen
Haha, I loved their little Lord of the Rings reference at the beginning and how they mentioned they were making a movie about the books soon. You're so good at adding little details about the past! I also loved when Brian was telling Leighanne about his heart problems, that whole scene was so sweet. I actually really enjoy Leighanne in this fic, and usually I don't like her at all.
Also LMFAO at Nick in this chapter! I totally called that he was the one who pulled the fire alarm haha! He was so hilarious sitting in Brian's room being completely paranoid and that part when Kevin called and Nick was like "HE KNOWS!" Ahaha. God I love Nick. And I also love you, for writing this fantastic story!
Author's Response: I'm glad you're liking Leighanne in this story. I know a lot of people dislike her usually in fan fics and I'll be the first to say I've never been particularly kind when depicting her (haha totally thinking of Chasing Beautiful as I say this where she's a royal bitch), but in this story she's really the good guy - which is a truth that's frequently overlooked by fans who dislike her. So when writing this, I really wanted to cast a more understandable/relatable light on her role in this time in BSB history. ... Details are really important to me in writing. Little details can make or break an entire story, and I try to pay close attention to them to keep the realism in the story. I'm glad you noticed!! ... Bwahahaha, the visual of Nickolas pulling the fire alarm and panicking about it makes me giggle because I can literally envision it in my head. Silly Nick.
