Have just finished reading this story so far after starting this morning... oops. I love it so so much, and have subscribed on the off chance there is still an update left to come from somewhere. ❤️
May 19th, 2021 at 10:46pm
Chapter One
So I'm pretty sure that I commented on this chapter the very first time that I read it, but since I've had a chance to re-read it, I'm gonna go ahead and comment on it again now that it's fresh in my mind.
I absolutely loved the scene at the beginning with the fight between Aubrina and Dan. It wasn't overly done at all, like you see a lot of the time on this site - it seemed like a typical argument between a real couple with the things that they discussed and the way they reacted to one another. Nothing too over the top, no annoying screaming in caps and punctuated with about a billion exclamation marks, it was just perfect. It was realistic. I believed that these two are couple who have a shared history and their fair share of ups and downs and this fight was just another to add to it. It really made me like the character of Aubrina because she seems fairly level headed and rational, and it was good to see that she didn't take the stereotypical girlfriend route of screaming the house down and throwing things at her boyfriend during their fight. Dan, on the other hand, wow, lol. It sucks that he took so long to answer her question about cheating and his whole dickish reaction to the thing about not having had sex in a month. I'm left wondering how he's going to redeem himself in this situation.
And Brian... oh, Brian. What can be said about him, huh?
The fact that he stumbled into the pub like he'd had a few drinks already just made me crack a smile because it's just so him. I love how supportive he is of Aubrina - how he's still sympathetic toward her because his little sister has just had her heart broken. Yet at the same time he's trying to rationalise his best friend's behaviour by trying to make Aub understand just what it's like to leave behind someone you love when you go on tour. Although he doesn't know yet that Dan has cheated and I'm sure that's going to raise all kinds of hell when he finds out. 
Oh, and the line where Brian wonders if it's going to messy for everyone involved? Simply perfect. It totally sets up a theme for the story that shows when a couple breaks up, it's hard NOT for everyone to get dragged into the middle. I was definitely left wanting to read more to see how this all turns out. This chapter had me hooked immediately like a good first chapter should. :)
Chapter Two
I adore that this chapter is called Brother Dearest.
Nicole is a really great friend to Aubrina. And based on this chapter alone it's easy to see just how great a friendship that these two have - between Nic letting Aub stay with her right away to her going to the bar to kick her brother's ass - it's very easy to see why these girls are the best of friends and how far their bond really goes. And that Nicole will fight for her even though she's completely torn between her best friend and her brother.
Oh, Brian... ever the chivalrous knight when he turns up to rescue Nicole from her brother and then to more or less tell Dan that he's had enough. It made me wonder though, if Nicole had never shown up, would Brian have still done that or would he have been the enabler to his hurt friend by allowing Dan to continue drinking and to go home with his floozy. I was thinking he was doing it only to impress Nic since it's now been established that this pair have an obvious attraction to one another. Nic's whole thing about picturing Bri's aggression projected toward her... well, that was totally hot and I'd be picturing that in my mind as well.
And despite the drunken mess that Dan is acting like in this chapter, I actually did feel as though my heart was breaking for him when he was asking if Aubrina would come back to him once she had time to cool off. He wasn't just being an annoying asshole anymore, he was actually showing that deep down he really does care for her and the future of their relationship. It makes him a little more redeemable but not by much. By now I'm also getting the sense that he may not have actually cheated on her and that he just want everyone to get off his back about it.... so we'll just see where that goes.
Chapter Three
I just love the support system that Aubrina has with her group of friends and family and how they just rush to her aid whenever she just needs to blow off some steam. I adore the scenes where the girls are just hanging out together and I especially love Michelle in this story. It's good to see you guys not making her some evil witch like most other stories do because that's such a cliche - it's nice to see a mention of their relationship having not gone anywhere but they decided to remain good friends. And adult McKenna! She just seems absolutely darling and I love how she can hang with the older girls but still ends up getting treated like a child, lol. Reminds me a lot of myself in my own family.
Oh, man, and when Dan showed up? I felt like punching him in the face myself but the very fact that he tried to stop Aubrina from getting completely tanked when he could see how bad she was already actually made me feel for him because I'm sure he wasn't doing it for a bad reason, I truly think he just didn't want to see her make herself sick considering he's probably seen her in this state loads of times before and just wanted to keep her from getting into trouble.
The fact that he keeps dodging the question about the girls is seriously pissing me off though, lol. Like, just answer already, Dan! GOSH.
OMG BRIAN. HE KNOWS NOW. I can only imagine the little talk that he and Dan had after finding out that Dan had a whole bunch of girl's names in his phone. THE PLOT THICKENSSSSS.
Chapter Four
Wow. That fight between Dan and Brian was EXPLOSIVE. I really thought that they would end up throwing punches and maybe they would have, if Nicole hadn't shown up just in time to stop it from happening.
I feel so bad for her, probably more than everyone else in this story, just because she's so torn between two of the people whom she loves the most. Of course Brian is going through a similar situation, but I just feel like she's probably feeling it worse than he is. And I think the fact that she broke down in front of him just goes to further prove that point - and then he goes on and acts like a total perve, lol. Good thing that she didn't notice that. Or maybe she did.
Anyway, I get where she's coming from when she says she feels like such a bad sister because she attacked Dan just like everybody else instead of trying to be there for him when he really needed it. I can only imagine how he's feeling throughout this ordeal and I totally hope to get to hear things from his perspective really soon.Oh, and the relationship between Brian and Nicole... looks like things are starting to get interesting. ;)
Anyhoo... that's all for now. I'll post more when I read the next few chapters. :)
