This was a great epilogue. I love that Nick's all grown up, married, and doing what he loves. I love, love, LOVE the names of his kids, and I do get the Disney references! LOL I also love that Howie's a janitor at Nick's work. Hehe! The scene between Brian and Nick at the bar after work was cute. I'm glad they're still close - as they should be, being brothers and all! You did a great job bringing everything full circle in this ending and yet also showing the growth Nick made as the main character. He really changed over the course of the story, and that's the mark of good storytelling! Great job with this one, Tracy. It was different, but I enjoyed it!

Author's Response: I chose those names carefully. I think Peter was perfect because Nick really loves Peter Pan so much, and Andy for Toy Story due to his and Brian's nicknames. I am also glad that him growing up felt real for you and that he changed, because that is just what I wanted to do. I was so proud of this story when I wrote it and it's probably my second favorite that I've done, so thank you so much for all the critiquing and feedback, I really do appreciate everything you've said and will think about all of this for when I do write a new story. Once again, thanks so much for choosing mine for the challenge.

I like that Brian's now living with Nick and Kevin (and discovering something he's not good at, bussing tables LOL) and Nick's getting his license. I'm also glad Nick talked to Brian's mom and is now making Brian talk to his mom too. Things really are wrapping up nicely now.

Author's Response: Yep they sure are. thanks for the reviews. I am sad they are ending because I would get excited and look forward to reading and responding to reviews again. Glad you are enjoying the story and gave it another chance. I know I've said it before but I really was excited that you were reading this when I found out.

I was a little confused on if Laura and Lana were twins or just friends, since it mentioned both in the chapter, but I guess it doesn't matter - Nick's gonna get laid! I hope this encounter goes better than his date with Crystal LOL.

Author's Response: I just read through the chapter again this morning and realized I made an error....you were the only one to catch that. Lana and Laura were twin sisters, I have to go and fix that so thanks for pointing it out to me.

Poor Brian LOL. The scene of him drunk-dialing his mom and cussing her out was painfully awkward, but entertaining to read! And poor Nick, too, for having to put up with him later and getting kicked in the balls and puked on! LOL Also, that's funny that Howie got kicked out of the frat and ended up changing colleges out of embarrassment.

Author's Response: I loved that scene of Brian being drunk and cussing his mom out. Nick got his payback for earlier in the story from puking on Brian, guess that makes them even LOL.

I'm glad Nick and Brian were both basically okay. Poor Nick, though, now he'll never want to drive!

Author's Response: See, this is what turned me off of driving in the first place. Was in a accident as a kid in my parents station wagon.....then again years later when my grandmother had a hit and run. She ran into the guy and kept driving, her hood was bent halfway up the windshield and the car was all bent up, she drove it from my school to my house. It was terrifying and ever since then I just have a thing about cars. Thanks for reviewing!!

Okay, first of all, I got on a roll and finished reading this on my Kindle last night! I loved the ending, but I will go back and comment in more detail on the last however many chapters when I catch up on my reviewing.

I just finished reading your responses to my reviews, and I actually just wanted to respond back to some of those! First of all, I love that you put in the cranberry sauce reference as an intentional joke! I kind of wondered about that because it was a running joke on AC for awhile, but I knew that was a long time ago before I remember you being on the forum a lot, so I thought maybe it was just coincidence LOL.

Second, about the fear or driving - I used to feel the same way, and I didn't even have a good reason, like having been in an accident before. I did not enjoy learning to drive, and it took me forever to get enough practice hours in to get my license. I didn't get it until I was 17. It was a few years before I really feel comfortable driving, especially with anyone else in the car, but now I don't mind it at all. It IS something you can get over if you push yourself to do it. That is a good goal to have! Just had to tell you that! :)

Author's Response: Yeah I sometimes go through threads on AC when I am bored, it's fun to read through some of them and I remember Julilly talking about cranberry sauce. I think I used it in my one shot Reindeer Games as well, Nick getting hit by the reindeer because he just wanted the canned cranberry sauce LOL. It seems to be a running gag in my stories now. I am working on getting my license, studying here and there, but I am gonna try. Hopefully one day I will get it like Nick did. Thanks so much for reading and enjoying the story, all your feedback really meant a lot to me and I am glad that the ending was to your satisfaction!

Well it's about time someone told him! I love the way you wrote that scene, with Kevin drunkenly saying it in the midst of the countdown to the new year. That added the perfect touch of drama!

Author's Response: thank you so much, Julie. Kevin practically wrote that scene for me, I knew I wanted to have him drunk when he told Nick and New Year's was perfect. Glad you liked it because it was one of my favorite scenes.

Aww, I felt sorry for Nick when he woke up from his dream and Brian said he was calling for his mom. :( The part with the cow and Nick being afraid of the rooster was funny. I laughed at the whole thing about cranberry sauce. I don't know if you were on AC then, but there was a whole conversation about canned cranberry sauce there years ago - Julilly HATES the stuff. I much prefer the real thing myself; it's my favorite part of Thanksgiving! I can't imagine preferring the canned stuff compared to that! Poor Nick, he doesn't know what he's missing! LOL

Author's Response: I loved the part about the rooster, it really cracked me up writing it. I have a confession to make, when I was writing this story I was kind of going through the old threads on AC forum and came across a convo about cranberry sauce. For some reason I do not like the fresh one myself, my grandmother had put it on the table at thanksgiving and I wouldn't eat it. Luckily my dad had brought a can for me so I had the canned stuff, I like it so much better. So I always joke about it, this is probably the second story I have referenced cranberry sauce in. thanks for the review Julie!!