oh, another emotionally loaded chapter - it hurts me, but I adore it. I'm so invested in this story and the characters; update soon! I can't wait to see where it continues on :)

Omg please update! I think I'm going to go insane if this story isn't finished

I haven’t commented in so long, but I just felt the need to. Maybe I am worried that one day you’ll stop updating and I’ll be left in this horrible place. A place where I have to use my own imagination to make my own happy ending with this story. OMG, the way you write makes me really feel as though I am Tamy. Yet I really don’t want to be her right now in this story. It is so easy for you to get mad at her and be like “tell the truth Tamy, tell Ansel the truth”. It’ll be so much worse in the long run if she keeps withholding this information. I feel so bad for the broken friendship of Ansel and Nik. When Ansel finds out the truth, I wonder what’ll happen between him and Nik. I also wonder what will happen between Ansel and Tamy. GOSH! This really kills me! As I read more and more, I see how Tamy may not be the most reliable narrative. Obviously she only sees her “side” of the story. It makes sense. She really pulled me in with her story of what happened. Then you realize how everything isn’t what it seems. She only wants to keep seeing what she wants to see. I felt so terrible for Wolf when she lashed out at him. As much I kind of want to hate Tamy right now, I realize she’s human. She makes mistake, huge ones. She’s flawed. She can be like you and me. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPDATING! I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT UPDATE!

Wow this was great! Amazing it seems so real like it could happen and I'm sure this goes on in a lot of people heads with the ones they left when leaving for college. Please go on. This story needs to be told and it's written beautifully

Goodness, what a chapter. It just got heavier and heavier as you went on - and I couldn't stop. I just so happen to adore Ansel, and I feel like there's heartache just around the corner for him. Tamy's fears are certainly expected - and I'd hate to see the both of them get destroyed in the aftermath of the lie/misunderstanding correction. They've got this lovely friendship - and despite how she may deny her own feelings for him, It'd take a blind, deaf person to say Ansel hasn't the same feelings Nik does for her.

Wolf, on the other hand, still mystifies me. I had hoped he was trying to make an effort when he stood beside Tamy at the station - but it turns out, he too has his own agenda in trying to keep Nadine's story going, with the whole housewarming gig. I wish they'd all come out and say it, just yell it, and admit they're not friends... And haven't been for the longest time. But hey, where's the fun in that!

Tamy and Nik in the end sort of gave me this bittersweet feelings. She may feel right in his arms - after all, he was her prince and she his Juliet, but things have changed - but not as much. He did come home for her after all, and now the ball lies in her court. Has she grown up and grown stronger, or will her yearning and want make her crumble? Part of me wishes they don't reconcile - and I couldn't tell you why. I don't know, but I'd like to think she's strong now.

Hope you're well! Thank you for the lovely chapter - and hope to read more soon x

Wow! I have sooo many questions, but the major one is this:
What happens next?!
Great job on this chapter! Though, Tamy is kinda acting a little immaturely. She just needs to get everything out in the open and let the chips fall where they may. Regardless of 'sides' everyone chose. She shouldn't care as much as to why everyone is acting out towards her, but look to fix her own problem. Like the guilt that's slowly eating her alive right now with her best friend.
Okay, I have to say you've made me a Tamy/Ansel shipper. Haha, forgive me for this but I just love their friendship and interactions. It may just be me, but I feel like there is more to their relationship than Tamy is letting herself see. Which I understand, after what happened between her and Nic. Please let her tell the truth and not let it kill their friendship!
I don't mind if she gets with Nic either, but I feel like too much has happened for them to have a healthy relationship. They will always, I think, go back to the jealousy and why they broke up in the first place.
But no matter which direction you choose to go with your story, I know it will be amazing like always. Because you are an amazing natural storyteller. :) I just love how you make all of your characters different in each story you tell, and make them sound so real. Something that everyone, in someway, can relate to.
Sorry for writing a book here!
When can I expect another update?! This is killing me! Not literally of course! Haha

Oh God! Drama, drama, drama! But I love it! I really really really hope this doesn't destroy Tammy and Ansel's relationship because I really like what they have. And honestly they'd be a very cute couple. I wouldn't mind in the least if you ever went with them having something more than friendship.
I know Ansel isn't going to like very much at all what really went down between Tammy and Nic. What a mess...Tammy really should have come clean to begin with. But that's what makes us human. We make mistakes because of fear and not having anyone being there for you.
And I'm curious about the whole deal between Tammy and Lex! I mean there has got to be something bigger here. And I'm soooo very curious here.
Also very curious as to how Nic handles the whole situation of why he and Ansel are no longer friends.
So many questions! Need answers! Please tell me there will be a chapter 8 in the near future? :) no pressure take your time!

Update update PLEASEEEEEE

I’m finally getting around to reviewing this, which actually is good because it means I can re-read this chapter with a clear head. Wow, that was a lot to absorb.

I don’t think I hate Tamy at all. If anything, I admire her because I can see how much she’s changed. She’s grown up. Likewise with Nik. Of course, the whole cheating-but-not-really-cheating part of their break-up will definitely come back and bite Tamy. Ansel won’t be so happy about that. I just really hope it won’t fracture their relationship, but I can also see it being past repair. If I were Ansel, I don’t think any apologies would make up for it — just because it means so much of their friendship was based on a lie.

The character I actually dislike is Lux. Both her and Nik criticise Tamy for not seeing others have problems, but at least Tamy brings up her problems in the first place. Tamy was actually going through something pretty big and it was normal to assume that Lux wasn’t talking to her for those reasons. The only reason I forgive Nik is because he actually seems to have grown up. Lux hasn’t. (Gah, not sure why I’m so harsh with Lux. I’m sure you’ll eventually make me see the light and I’ll like her.)

The character I didn’t expect to like was Nadine, but I do. If we see it from her point of view, it does look really depressing: the boy you like is with a girl who (from an outsider’s point of view) doesn’t even appreciate him. Plus, I think I’m a bit like Nadine in that I immediately take sides and jump to conclusions…which isn’t that great.

But, yeah, liked this chapter very much! Looking forward to the rest and I hope you had a lovely holiday!

This story makes me keep wanting to read more. Please update soon :)

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WOW. This chapter shows the other side to all the characters.

I feel guilty-ish for saying this but I think Grown Up Tamy is better than Old Tamy. Old Tamy seems to have gotten the wrong end of the stick, feeling sorting for Lux. As for Nik, he did mess up but she was a little hasty too (at least she's making him pay now), wonder what Ansel will have to say once all this comes out?

I love this story to the point where I'm always hoping I've got the update email in my inbox. It's just your writing, it's beautiful and just...real?

I expected that break up, what I didn't expect what Tamy's very bold lie - or in her defence, an omission of details. You've got me disliking our protagonist, but I suppose that's where the growing up comes into place - and repentance.

I don't know what more to say. You know you've met a spectacular author when you read their works and are just left astounded and in thought. I pity Nik, I pity the boy that had to move and bottle up his misery - and I pity the boy who lost his entire world, his best friend and girl in a night. I pity Nadine, because I've been her - I've been the best friend, and let me tell you, it comes with way too much drama and emotion. I pity Ansel because he doesn't know the entire truth, but also because he's been blamed for being the cheater and wrecker. I pity Lux because she was in pain and couldn't speak of it to anyone - and then there's Tamy. A large part of me wants to wringe her neck, shake her and ask her what was she thinking - but then again, when your heart is breaking you can't think of anything else but the pain. They're all broken, and maybe this is what will piece them together. Maybe Nik's return is just what they need for closure.

I can't tell you if I'd like Tamy and Nik to end up together after all this, but I suppose it would be a disservice to the characters if they didn't try to mend their friendship before that. Some wounds can't be healed, and some wounds are better left as reminders - I'm sure they won't be as before, but I'd want them to find peace. Peace and a little bit of happiness.

You do know how to make a reader feel - and feel so much at that too, but you've got me hooked. I'll be back for more, I promise you.

Nik and Tamy's confrontation was a long time coming, and I'm glad on some level they did have it. Sure, it left them both in a mess, but it's brought a lot of things to light that I'm sure the both never realised before - one being Tamy putting Nik on an unattainable pedestal. I think all young girls do that, especially when it comes to our first - but it makes the heartbreak all the more painful. Maturity doesn't come easy when you're that old, or young rather, and hey, that's the whole learning process. I am however, so intrigued to know what other experiences changed Tamy to make her a very anti Disney heroine - and it can't have just been one heartbreak, thought it might have been the first domino to fall.

You're right about Nadine though, she is very baised but that's only cause she's got her 'affection glasses' on and is very blind to the rest. She doesn't mean any harm though, and you can tell with the beer bottle incident or her not wanting to tell Nik - and she makes for an empathetic character. Who is a downright cow though is Lux - she first came across as this rich Barbie brat, but as you further progress into ALS, you can tell she used to be much different - and the 4 years have shaken her up quite a bit. It's true that she also knows Tamy's pressure points, and best friends do make the worst enemies -this last scene with Tamy is proof.

Anyway, reading this leaves me astounded. I don't know how you've managed to give each and every character their own personality - and more so cause you've got so many characters in this! I tip my hat to you! x

Holy crap. What you said about your twenties were supposed to be the best times of your life - God, felt that to the core of me. I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night wake up thinking what the hell am I doing, is this right for me - and my heart goes into a flurry of palpitations, and I realise how young we are to decide our fates for the rest of our lives. That got me, it really did.

Oh and I adore Ansel, I really do. He's a true gem, he is, and it makes me wonder about his and Nik's friendship, and why the others would assume whatever had happened between him and Tamy to be true - knowing what a gem he was. Life and it's mysteries ha.