No no no no no no NO! I just wrote a long-** review for this story and then I managed to re-click the 'Review Story' button which in turn deleted all the work to a place where it cannot be undone from the undo button. I really feel like swearing right now. I am major kick-** tired that I can barely keep my eyes open and I really know that this story deserves a much better review than this but seriously! Gimme a break! I'm tired! And...my boyfriend does not deserve me being such a crap girlfriend right now. He's so sweet and just a complete parallel universe person to the guys I've dated before and I know that sounds so cliché but I'm tired right now and I always spill my guts when I'm tired. Sorta like I'm drunk though I haven't drank any alcohol. Even when I'm smashed I'm not as open as I am now. Which sucks. Because I don't have a liable excuse that I WOULD have had if I'd have been drunk right now. I like to be me and that's different than everyone else but could I not just be a bad drunk? Rather than a bad tired? Did that even make SENSE? I'm a crap crap girlfriend. Kyler is this really sweet guy that deserves a better ** girlfriend. Sorry. I don't usually swear when I don't know how old the person is that I'm talking to. You're probably thirteen. It seems that a lot of thirteen girls enjoy writing slash :) But if you are you write amazingly good. Better than a lot of people, a lot of published authors. So. I’m extremely sorry about the crappiness of this review. I’ll write you a better one when I have time. No. I won’t. I’ll forget to or won’t find the time to. I’ll write it now. But I hope you realise you are forcing a poor girl to review in favour of sleep. Haha. I’m just kidding. I want to. I’ve written reviews for less better stories so I’ll write a one for yours. Considering it was really good. And taking in the fact that you finished this a couple years ago and your writing will probably be better now as does happen. But it was really good. I loved Shay’s character! He was just so annoyingly nice. In a good way, though. And I felt so sorry for him when they dated the first time round. I hated Jackie’s ** with a passion. I liked Carmine. He had his dick-head moments but redeemed himself in the end. The one thing I noticed was that the fact that Carmine had told Jackie about Shay not being able to read or write. Usually all the dirty secrets come out in fiction, and reality too. So I was a bit confused at that not happening. Sorta expected it to as soon as the words left Carmine’s mouth. You’re a really good writer. I loved this story. Right now I should really sort out my favourite stories on this thing because when I first started this I just clicked the full four boxes whenever I’d review. And, like I said, I’ve reviewed some poor stories. But don’t worry haha, I’m a more evolved creature now. No regrets in ticking them all for this story. But I should delete all the rubbish ones. Bye.

that was the perfect mix of reality for a late night end-my-day-perfectly read. thanks :)

I read this forever ago, but i just reread it a little to refresh my memory. Absolutely loved it. It's so pure and real, no fake ** to create a half-assed plot or pointless filler chaps. It's just a simply realistic, nice read about a love that could actually happen in real life. I love your writing.

Once again: you're brilliant, your characters are brilliant, your writting is brilliant.

awesome story!

I'm guessing this is complete from the 'complete' status this fic has, but you should really put a THE END thingy at the end of chapter 21.
Anyway, I liked this. It was realistic and interesting.

this story was totally awesome and very real - i loved it immensely!

Hi! I really liked your story. I hope you continu it. I want to find out more about the relationship between Shay and Carmine! Well done!

Ugh! I love this so much. Carmine feels so real, he really messes Shay around but I still love him.

This is just such a lovely story.

Wow, that's an incredibly weird feeling. I live in Brisbane, and didn't think much of it when I saw 'Rocklea', but just now realising that you were in fact referring to the Rocklea near me is... a weird feeling. I go to the markets there, and my mum works in Ipswich. It's all well and good for people who live in LA or something and are used to seeing places near them everywhere all the time... but what an odd feeling indeed.

I totally love your story. It's so hard to find good stories about inmates relationship. xD

I loved this story. Very real.

I absolutely LOVE this. Firstly, the storyline itself is unusual-- prison mates meeting on the outside isn't something you come across everyday. I also love how you expressed Carmine's emotional hang-ups and Shay's insecurities in such a realistic, almost tangible way. You incorporated a lot of complex issues into this piece but avoided treding into angst territory. By far Shay was the most sympathetic character in the story, but you managed to make the reader feel for him without necessarily pitying him. Moreover you balanced Carmine's insensitivity regarding Shay with his emotional hang ups from prison. So the reader feels for both characters without despising them for the pain they inflicted on eachother. That takes skill, usually I just end up hating BOTH characters. You balanced it perfectly. Your characters were multi-faceted and REAL. In short, this was ** awesome.

i have seriously fallen in love with this story.
it's so original and un-cliche and i just love it so much.
i can't even start to explain...but yeah >.

I adore this story. Shamefully, I never reviewed before, but I wasn't reviewing anything then - it wasn't you, it was me. :) Roaches (oh, I can't believe I was able to type that) are the most disgusting thing on the planet, so even tough I was totally grossed out by reading the first couple sentences I was really intrigued too and it drew me right in.
I love Shay and Carmine they are so sweet together, not right away of course - at least not on Carmine's part, but eventually and that makes the sweetness even sweeter.