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cup of glee and sparkles
2008-06-02
ch 50,
I WANT YOU TO CONTINUE! (Waving arms) Over here! Me!

Um, sorry about that. I just sat down and read this whole thing, and it's, like, totally fab! First, my three favorite moments (not in order):

1. “Exactly,” Nick said, taking the dishes back into the kitchen, but maintaining the conversation, “And this would be the turning point. Gia’s finally going to go, and you realise what that’s going to mean to you. And suddenly your real feelings become apparent to you. And then you spend the other half of the series trying to win her over. Pretty crappy, eh? Good thing it’s not the case.”

Steve didn’t respond. He was too busy thinking.

“Steve? Good thing it’s not the case, eh? Are you understanding me, Steve?”

Slowly, as the cogs in his mind turn, the realisation dropped inside Steve’s mind.

“**,” he muttered.


2. Steve was panicked, but his face was obscured to Kelly, and the world at large, by Nick’s shoulder. He did manage to make some words out, “Why are you hugging me?”

Nick let go, and with a caring smile on his face said, “To show how much I do care, Steve, and how important to me you really are.”

Steve backed away carefully, “That is without doubt the most frightening ** thing I’ve seen ever. Perhaps you should leave.”



3. “I mean, how long is it since you met?”

“About eight months,” Gia cried.

“No, no it’s not,” Kelly interrupted, slightly confused, “Three weeks, a month tops. I was there when you met, remember?”

“Oh, well,” Gia was uncertain of herself now, “It certainly feels like longer.”

Nick had a reassuring arm over her shoulder, “That’s called monotony, dear, but don’t worry. There’s a cure. It’s doing crazy things that people in relationships don’t usually do. And that’s why you need us to introduce you to these crazy things you don’t usually do. Like Steve.”

“Are you suggesting I ‘do’ Steve?” Gai asked, shrugging Nick off.

Nick thought it over, before answering “Probably not, but it could do the trick.”

...

“What? What do you mean we’re not ready? We’ve been dating for almost nine months-how more ready do we need to be?” Gia said.

“No we haven’t. We’ve only been dating for a few weeks, a month and a half tops!” Mark said, getting his jacket.

“Well it feels longer. And I thought you felt it too.”


My only criticisms are:

Why is he in love with Gia? Apparently, they never really talked or anything, so a deapseated attraction or intense like could make sense, but I think love might be a bit of a stretch. A few typos, but nothing to worry about. Finally, I thought the part jumping between Gia meeting Mark and Steve meeting Gothic Rose could've been shortened a bit, but maybe my energy was just lagging.

Oh yeah, and I thought it was so sweet when Steve wants to tell her about Mark because he wants to be the one to help her. And then when: “Gia, I love you, and Mark’s a repressed homosexual,” Steve said quickly. Ha! Then he pulls the plug from the wall? Then she doesn’t understand that he’s trying to give her a hug?

Basically, I like how you were able to do the whole love-hate-man-**-good-girl-guy-in-love-girl-hates-him thing without it being at ALL cliched or anything, but just funny and really refreshing to read.

Sorry for the, like, really long rramblings. But honestly, this was so great. And if you think about it, it was fifty chapters, so actually, this isn't that long at all!
Lovely Miriana
2007-11-15
ch 1,
Oh wow. you need to write more DAMMIT! I've become absolutely obsessed with this fabulous internet fiction story. i've even advertised you in my fabulous blog, w.notalistener. go check it out and do comment anywho, this is ** brilliant. do wirte more. im a bit dissapointed steve isnt an arse anymore...ohwell.
Creatively Insane
2007-06-01
ch 22,
keep writing! looking forward to the next chapter. it's really cool.
aerochick06
2007-05-29
ch 22,
i love how you update every week i look forward to it!@
aerochick06
2007-05-21
ch 21,
hahaha awesome...i love it...i would have snapped on steve alot sooner than that hahah...gia has some willpower!
They call me Tamara
2007-05-06
ch 19,
I'm loving this. The characters are well developed, and the plot line is steady. I will say thatI think in some parts you have dragged it out unneccesarily, but all in all it is an easy and enjoyable read, which I'll be adding to my favorites. Keep up the good work!
~ Tamara
aerochick06
2007-05-06
ch 19,
haha wow...steve seems like that guy in high school that would sneak in the girls locker room haha...keep it up i really like it~
aerochick06
2007-04-30
ch 18,
I really like your story...it reminds me of my best guy friend and myself when we first met. Anyways i am yammering on here. but i saw it advertised in a forum...so i thought i would check it out...i added it to my alerts...

check out my story i would love the critism...i kno i kno shameless plug sorry~~ :-)
Creatively Insane
2007-03-15
ch 11,
i liked it very much. you have very good characters and the whole thing is interesting. please continue!
Hippofishy
2007-03-04
ch 10,
You are very good at developing your characters very well and very quickly. I think you just have a little too much speed, its 5-minute soup dish right not five sec. right? I think it is because there is so much dialog go throw and add some non-dialog text to the story and it will help to not only slow things down but also make it clearer.
happysmiley474
2007-02-26
ch 1,
i've only read the first few chapters, but i have to say, i like your writing style. One thing, though, is that maybe more of an insight to the character's inner feelings would be nice; I've always known that 'getting to know' characters can pull you deeper into the story.
but overall, splendid work =]

please r&r my stories if you have time! thanks so much!
wrambler
2007-02-17
ch 1,
ive only read this first chapter but so far it seems okay. it is hard to tell where it is going yet. i couldn't really understand the beginning. are they in a radio sound booth? and are they talking or replaying clips? it might help to clarify the surroundings a little bit just to make them a bit more clear. also you say that gia is the "third member of the team" but you have already mentioned nick, steve and kelly so that should make her fourth. another thing that confused me: the narration spells the character's name as Nik but in his dialogue he says "Until then, good night from me Nick Thompson" its not really an important thing, jsut a small detail. overall seems off to a good start, and thanks for joining our forum of people in need of feedback :)
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