The Compromise - Comments

I loved this chapter. It's nice to see them happy. I hope this twist brings more happy times for the two of them. They have been through so much in such a short time, they deserve some smooth sailing, at least for a while.

Great update!

Please no more sadness for Jess and Sid. My heart would break. I love seeing them so normal and happy!!

Aw I loved this, I'm glad Jess got Sid to talk. A twist ahead?! I hope it isn't a heart-breaking one, don't think I could take it!

Absolutely love this story please update soon! I love your writing! :-)

I think it is understandable for Sid to have his doubts about Jess and whether or not she will change her mind. She broke up with him out of the blue, over the phone, after a stupid argument. That doesn’t exactly build trust in a relationship. Who’s to say she won’t do it again if they fight or he does something she doesn’t like. That’s the problem with ‘fighting dirt’ in relationships, you may get over the fight put you never forget the things that were said and done.

I am glad that she has distanced herself from James a bit. I think her and James will be able to have some kind of friendly relationship down the road, but now isn’t the time. She needs to put her relationship with Sid, and his feelings first for a bit. They really do seem to love each other and I think they are great together, but relationships are hard work, and you need to work at them and compromise. I'm happy Jess seems willing to do that.

While I usually frown upon people ditching friends for a boyfriend (or girlfriend), I think in this case, a little distance is a good thing. Jess and Sid have a lot to deal with in terms of their relationship (miscarriage, their "public relationship", all his travel) and that dealing with James and the drama that surrounds him is something they can deal with later.

In time, I think they can all be friends. Jess and Sid just need to put their relationship first right now.

I think Jess is finally understanding that although the miscarriage affected her physically and emotionally - it also affected Sid. And maybe she is realizing that he put his own grieving aside to help her deal with all that she had to deal with. And that his "overreaction" to his jealousy of James, just may have been part of his grief manifesting itself.

Fluff is always nice after a lot of drama. We all need to smile every now and then!

Aw - I loved it - after all the recent drama, it was nice to have a "fluffy filler" and see Jess and Sid happy and loved up. :)

Love. Update soon!

Can I just be honest for a minute and say a dominating Sidney is HOT!!! God that wow haha and I will admit that Jess and James do have history but doesn't always mean they belong together intamently. You can have a great connection and not be in a relationship with them. If that was the case, I wouldn't be married to my husband now and have a beautiful son....I'd be with my ex. I like Jess with Sid.

I'm glad it's not just me. Although Llinzerella and I are basically the only ones on James' side, trust me. It's right. Not only my personal feelings that I'm tired of Sid always winning (versus James, that is -- versus the Flyers, go for it, ha ha), but I think THAT is where she belongs. She ran away from James twice, for lame and sometimes fabricated reasons, to Sid who -- I swear, not that he doesn't want her on some level, but just plain DOESN'T want her with James, whom he "hates a little more" every time he sees them just talk. You know, James, the guy she went out with for years and moved across the country to be with before Sid got in the way of all that. I don't know, I know I'm in the minority here, but...drop the Sid thing and see the real deal, no pun intended!! Ok, thanks, and I'm off my soapbox now...

Im happy again because they're back together.

Thank God for that. Great chapter. So glad they're together again. Good to see James doing the decent thing though.

I just read all 30 chapters in a row with coffee and Bailey's an OhEmGEEEEEE. LOOVVVVEEE. As per the other things I've written I'm obviously #TeamJames. Love you Nealer! James and Jess have a history that really - how can you walk away from that? To me, Jess has a whole ton of fuckery that she has to sort out - not fair to either of the beauties she's found herself in a pickle wit. Really, who would complain about this situation? Jealousy isn't attractive on either one of them but not fair that she's playing mind games. Figure it out Jess! James is the one you want to be with - remember that beauty of a ring waiting for you? HOLLA!

im very sad now

UGH... Jess is so frustrating sometimes. I feel like she totally takes Sid for granted and has no idea how to be in a committed relationship.
I'm all for being civil with your ex, but not best friends. I would hate to have to watch my boyfriend hang out with an ex all the time. It's hurtful, especially if you know the ex still has feelings.
And now she's breaking up with Sid, but doesn't really want to. It's like she just assumes he will sit around and wait for her. Jess needs to realize how great Sidney has been to her and start appreciating him before he finds someone else who will.

I still don't think Jess knows what she wants. I think Sid's being kind of weird and we all know what James wants. Interesting!!

James has admitted to having feelings for Jess. It isn’t fair to Sid to have him be apart of her life in that way anymore. She seems so set on the idea that she isn’t doing anything wrong, rather than how it is making Sid feel. The simple fact is that relationships aren’t always about right and wrong, they are about how people feel, and Jess doesn’t seem to be very careful with Sid’s feelings. She’s been careless with their relationship on more than one occasion. Besides, James and Jess don’t act like ‘just friends’. The necklace, the sharing a bed, him hanging out with her family (a family she is reluctant to let Sid hang out with), it’s all a little much for a relationship with an ex. I mean, if I was in Sid’s position, I’d be more than a little jealous, in fact, I’d probably be gone. If she loves Sid as much as she says she does, then maybe it’s time she put him, and their relationship, first.

As for the breakup, Jess seems very young and immature - she gets upset with Sid, so she breaks up with him over the phone, while he is in a different country. This moment of carelessness could cost her her relationship with Sid, and even if it doesn’t, it’s always going to be there in the back of Sid’s mind. Every time they fight he is going to wonder if she is just going to up and leave again.

As much as I want to sympathize with Jess, especially taking into account all she has gone through, I can't. She is playing with fire here, lighting the wick at both ends, and the result I think, is that she is going to get majorly burned.

Jess's "spidey" senses were telling her two things:
1. Sid was not happy about her being around James - especially with Sid not being around and
2. Jess was not entirely comfortable in being with James. When he arrived at her place, he made her uneasy.

I understand that Sid may have been a little overbearing and that Jess may feel a little "controlled", but if she really thought about it, I am sure she can see where all this is coming from. The miscarriage alone would be enough for a guy to start to be "protective", but add to that the whole "ex-boyfriend" issue, well, I think Sid being jealous - although somewhat irrational - is perfectly normal.

But I think there is more going on here. James has not cut the ties. I think he still wants Jess, and both Sid and Jess subconsciously can sense it. Sid is hundreds of miles away and can do nothing....but Jess is now almost playing games. Telling Sid she needs space is one thing, but then saying that she thinks they should "take a break", well that is a bit drastic. Especially if she only said it so he would say "No".

Now she has played right into Sid's insecurities - and left herself alone and vulnerable with James. NOT A GOOD PLAN!!
Listen to your little voice here, Jess! Put distance between you and James and call Sid and apologize!

OK, now I've had time to digest what has happened, I have come to the conclusion that Jess was simply reacting to Sid's jealousy and paranoia, and that she didn't mean it. They'll work it out, they must do, otherwise I won't cope!