After a break, we return to your story. David has met a new friend and possible love interest in Tanitha, and Sunny is settling down to life in Ohio, but he's still on a mission.
Meanwhile, back in the den, the others waited with the lawyers. Regine now sat in Joe’s chair, underneath the portrait of J. Mayson Hill. “How long have they been gone...?” she asked with a frown.
Jamie finally turns 18 and finds true love with Julian. They explore their love and express their love in their sexual desires. They give themselves to each other and surprise each other with the joys of it but are caught out.
Parker tells us all a little bit more about his friends, and they navigate their way through college. After graduation, they decide to have one last fling and set out on a road trip across the country.
Joe Buck picks up Monty in a raging snow storm at the summit of the Sierra Nevada.
Joe is on a run to Savannah that absolutely, positively, must be there on time.
Icy roads and time constraints don't stop Joe from falling in love at Christmas time.
My contribution to Christmas lore. Merry, Merry, and Happy, Happy to you all.
Meanwhile, Joe was taking a drink from a flask; he continued. “I’ve kept so many secrets and lies that I feel like a true government agent, heh heh. But here goes.”
“He watched me shiver under a rotten blanket in a filthy alley, laying next to rats in the winter,” Ray said, eyes filling now with tears. “He watched me go for days… without a real meal. I had to reach through vomit sometimes to try and wipe off a crust of bread that I could convince myself to swallow.
Parker comes out to his family before he leaves for college, with that done, he is ready to explore his sexuality. He hasn't found the right time to tell his roommate yet, but after his first college hook up, he has no choice.
Seth and Zach escape from their problems with the family, then they escape from the family for some overdue one-one-one (or is it two on two) time. Sometimes you make friends in the most unexpected places.
Two days later those from Berkeley who were attending Joe Hill’s funeral services arrived at HT to settle in. Angelina, Carmen, Kap, Marquis and Jake (the latter present at Marquis's insistence, of course) were placed in their usual suites, with the exception of Kap, who used a suite on the first floor which was pre-set for wheelchair bound guests, back when HT was used as a ski lodge.
Joe, apparently, had an answer ready. “I didn’t believe it was you either, because you look perfectly healthy. That’s when I had a blood test done on you, too… it seems that you are what they call a carrier. You’re immune; you can’t get it, but you can still infect someone else.
👁 At the CUBE, Lance reveals the darkest and most painful secrets of his past. Kareem refuses again to have sex with a man and O’Rourke shows to Kareem that man-sex can give him a great physical pleasure… whether he likes it or not.
The pleasantness from the night before lingered in his bones, at odds with the findings revealed by the newspaper clipping Hudson had found inside the nightstand. The scar by Otis’s left eye must have been caused by burning, but according to that old piece of news, he hadn’t been at home when the house in which he lived with his mom burned down.
The double doors swung open and Marquis reappeared. “I spoke to a nurse in the back. The doctors have finished the surgery and one of them will come out to speak to you,” he said to Cheyenne, kneeling down in front of her and taking her hands.
Anigel's had a long day, but her night isn't quite over. Russell and Ralph have some time to discuss their friendship and marvel over a river, and Bill is just dimly beginning to figure out some things.
Deciding that the bad news about Joe made any further study impossible, the group at the library packed up their things and headed out into the night, Marquis opting to walk the girls back to their dorm through the large palm trees spotting across the campus. “It’s just that I want some time by myself to process about Uncle Joe, is all,” he explained as they left the library and started back across the quad. Summer’s scent was still ...
I can't keep my secret any longer, I really need to get this off my chest. Please don't judge me until you read the whole story. I hope you enjoy my little confession.
Kap was kneeling halfway under his bed, pulling out dust-bunnies and forgotten socks, searching. He couldn’t imagine where the ruby pendant had gone. He wasn’t the type to lose things… he knew for a fact that he had left it hanging off the pole of his bunk bed.
The rest of the funeral repast went quietly; and when it was all done the guests departed, with Jacqueline kissing Jake heartily on the cheek and wishing him a speedy journey back to school before sweeping from the manor, the paparazzi waiting at the gates. The Hills gave the staff at Crimson Crest the rest of the day off. Danny and Ray also left for their home, Danny promising to write to Marquis at school more often.
Jamie gets to his 18th birthday and sexual freedom of a sort. Dave warms Jamie's butt in a birthday tradition on his bare butt. Alex and Dave feel the release of responsibility for Jamie and express their satisfaction to each other in bed.
From naive college students to responsible parents raising their families together... our Gand has come a long way. Gina helps Seth and Zach prep for their first family vacation with the kids, and the guys discover the joy of showing Izzy and Freddy the world.
The funeral crowd passed by the closed doors to the den where Jake crouched, waiting for the coast to be clear. Yet each time he thought no one else was coming down the hall yet one more person was casually stroll by. After five minutes with no further sounds in the hallway Jake took a deep breath, and slowly opened the door, peeking his head out into the corridor.
On Sunday evening Valter needs to go back to his hometown. Ken vows to love and wait for him, as he sees the bus leaving. Will their long distance relationship last?