ok i def read the series backwards from reading the short stories and then these but LOVED this!!! you should def. think about writing another long story again like this.. amazing!!!
Author's Response: Oh, I'm sorry you didn't get the sequence. But, yes this was written first, then it's sequel, "Baby of Mine". The prequel, "Denied" xand then the current "Dr. Feelgood" (Brian's half brother and Nicole's best friend). The shorts are really all over the place, with no real linear structure. I do thank you for taking the effort to finding them. I'm thrilled you enjoyed reading about the Santi Men. There's one more on print, still incomplete, about Brian's cousin Salvatore "Sammy" Santi and Farrah Mallet (goddaughter of Cleopatra "Pat" Charles-Santi). And soon to come in the very near future, "I Was Made to Love Her".
Date: 31/01/11 05:56 pm
Great story.
Author's Response: Thanks for reading!
[Report This]Date: 25/07/09 05:43 am
Glad I finally read this one.
Author's Response: Awe...me too. Sometimes it is a little confusing if you haven't become acquainted with the initial set up.
Thanks for reading!
:)
[Report This]Date: 25/07/09 05:36 am
She's pregnant, huh? Excellent chapter.
Author's Response: Yes...she's with child. Thanks for reading!
[Report This]Date: 25/07/09 04:54 am
At least she didn't have to deal with Celeste.
Author's Response: Celeste can be a potential problem. But since Liz's job has her gone so much that she depends on Kym, whose neutral.
[Report This]Date: 25/07/09 02:37 am
Wonder what's wrong with Brian?
Author's Response: Brian is reconsidering getting into a serious relationship under the stress of his father's illness.
[Report This]Date: 25/07/09 02:33 am
Nicole should clock her, Celeste is so drunk she wouldn't remember.
Author's Response: LOL. Celeste the drunk...indeed!
[Report This]Date: 25/07/09 02:22 am
I didnt' like Liz. I wouldn't exactly call her a peach either.
Author's Response: LOL...Rotfl. Liz is this generation's Van. They are so much alike they should be related. Reviewer: Jujubee50 Signed
[Report This]Date: 25/07/09 01:39 am
Great story.
Author's Response: Thanks.
[Report This]Date: 16/06/09 04:49 pm
Love this tale. I have to go back and post reviews at the other chapters i read, but didn't stop to review. great work Spark ApCider!
Author's Response:
Your eyes have been busy as of late...girl how do you find the time between that bakers dozen you roll with? I thank you for spending some time with my stories. Most so far are tied in a series. I want to get a lot of this out because it's an old story, dating back to 1999-2000 which I wrote on school hiatus one summer.
So, I'm not spoiling anything...everyone knows for the most part that Nic/Brian are going to marry and have a good life together, raising their children. The intent is the journey...
So we get to see all of the bruises and bandages, rips, tears, and scrapes they overcome to get there, family and friends in tow.
Reviewer: KelleyLi Signed
[Report This]Date: 05/06/09 12:51 am
again, i couldn't deal with the drama. i give her points for not kicking ass.
Author's Response: Yes. I think this is where Nicole's dexterity is truly tested. And of course she took as much as she could...an all or nothing movement. Thanks for reading and for the wonderful review! :-)
[Report This]Date: 05/06/09 12:49 am
again, i couldn't deal with the drama. i give her points for not kicking ass.
Author's Response: It's hard not to kick someone's ass when they're begging for it...literally...LOL! Thanks for reading and reviewing! :-)
[Report This]Date: 05/06/09 12:49 am
she's better than me, cause i would have felt weird and left. great update
Author's Response: LOL...thanks Kells for reading! :-)
[Report This]Date: 05/06/09 12:47 am
I think liz needs to have a fall on the slopes and wear a cast for a few months.. nothing totally bad, just some pain..lol.. good chapter.
Author's Response: ROTFLMAO...yes, she's a peach. But a very necessary evil. In the prequel/spin titled Denied, the history of the 'meddling' was born. Thanks for reading KellyLi and for the wonderful review!
[Report This]Date: 05/06/09 12:15 am
I loved how he sounded like he was waiting by the phone. sweet.
Author's Response: Yes. Brian was quite sprung on Nicole, sort of worshipping the ground she walks on from afar. And often when we get to finally walk in the celebrity we falter, because not everything we've built up lives up to the expectation.
Brian's boat was well out into the water long before Nicole even found the ocean. But as she heals she finds something really beautiful.
What I love about them is that they love hard and that's the stuff a lasting union is made of.
More will be coming from this pair. Remember we've got to bring them all the way to present, as their story began some 10 years ago.
Thanks again for reading.
[Report This]Date: 05/06/09 12:07 am
great start
Author's Response: Thanks KelleyLi for reading! ;-)
[Report This]Date: 04/06/09 11:48 pm
Great cast!
Author's Response: Thanks KelleyLi. I wanted a group of people rarely seen in fics. And I'm proud to be able to write for them!
[Report This]Date: 04/06/09 11:45 pm
Hey spark! Just finished this tonight. Had read it a while ago but lost my reviews and thought I'd read and refresh my memory.
At the beginning as I read about Brian, I really liked him. He was so sweet and kind, perfect really...as you guessed opinion changed as I read about him.
He's kinda weak. No scrap that, he is weak. His mom is a bitch. I feel sorry for his father. I bet his wife has his dick in a mason jar up on a shelf. No wonder she's so fond of Liz. Bitches with tethers will flock together. (lol that was a lame take on the birds of a feather but meh, I tried.)
I guess if I could sum up this story it would be pull of family VS the pull of your own heart. I wasn't pissed off with Brian because I wanted him to choose Nicole over his family, I was pissed because of his indecisiveness. He needed to either stand up for her and make it clear to Liz to back the fuck off and to tell his mother to respect her. If he couldn't do that, if those two were a priority over Nic, well he should have let Nic go. I mean it's bad she lost Robbie, she's still in pain over that and the last thing she needed was this crap from those cows.
Mind you though, I didn't think Nicole was a saint. It was wrong of her to try to keep the baby a secret from Brian...but I don't know. Is she in love with Brian? The way she kept bringing up Robbie and then she mentioned that it was the baby her and Robbie should have had...I don't know, I think the place she has for Robbie in her heart can't be taken by anyone, even Brian. *shrugs* I'm most likely wrong but it's just my interpretation.
I am glad Brian saw sense in the end and he is with her and they are going to be a family together. I can still sense some things aren't finished or resolved, like his mother for instant. What's going to happen when she has the babies? Brian's mum will have to respect and accept the fact she is permanently in his life, if she wants to have a relationship with her grandkids.
Anyhow, I really enjoyed this story and I cannot wait to read more from you! Will start the next story now!
Author's Response:
My goodness you ate a bunch of words...LOL. Thanks for reading. Brian is first to see the good, last to see the fall. That's him. He has inherited his father's genes in that regard. He trusts, and he tries to make it all work. He is so much better a man than Nicole presented to us. But I wanted to show how her circumstances shaped her point of view, but also how they both wanted to move on from their past life and love, but time didn't allow them enough room to build on their infatuation with each other. And then when challenges came upon them, they retracted to what they found most comfortable...thus protecting their hearts.
At the movies, I wanted to impart Brian's awakening, at the sight of her...so much that he had forgotten to introduce her to his sister, which Nicole too as his 'date'. And of course her emotions are running so high these days...most days.
It often happens when a new house is built before the old land has been fully excavated. I hope I showed that...because it was the message of my intent.
Growth will come in life and love. They will grow on you, little by little. :-)
Reviewer: dissociative_identity Signed [Report This]
Date: 03/06/09 05:21 pm
I enjoyed the dynamics of this story. Nicole went through alot of emotions, and Brian, like his father, was pretty much stable, even though his life was unsteady for a while. Brian turned out to be a "good egg". I am glad that the ending turned out satisfactory for both of them.
Author's Response: Thanks so much for reading. Stay tuned for the sequel.
[Report This]Date: 16/04/09 07:35 am
Good story.
Author's Response: Thanks for reading...I am glad you enjoyed it!
[Report This]Date: 25/03/09 05:14 am
As I was reading this story, I kept thinkng this is very familiar. I remeber now that you posted this story on TST. I really enjoyed reading it there. Glad that you posted it here. Thanks
Author's Response: thanks D'red...for looking out!
[Report This]Date: 24/03/09 02:09 pm
Great beginning. Thanks
Author's Response: Yes...tis I! I simply love TST, but I am so in wuv with THE CHAMBER because it's so easy to read the chapters from my BB!
[Report This]Date: 24/03/09 01:42 pm