Again, very well written. I always enjoy reading stuff from Trent's perspective, so I liked how you continued the chapter even after Daria's rash broke out. I also thought that Trent kind of mentally acknowledging that Daria "had a little thing for him" was realistic. From watching the episodes, I always sort of thought Trent was savvy about Daria's crush.

I wish there was another chapter!

I appreciated how you tied this in to an existing episode. The pacing was perfect.

""Is she a cheerleader or something?" Trent whispered to Jane."

LOL. Jane rushing to Jesse's aid made me smile.

For a chapter so short, it is certainly surprising there is so much tension in it. I felt that the focus on Trent's and Monique's pulses at those couple of moments helped me put myself in their shoes. Poor Trent! I felt embarrassed for him at the end.

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This is great! :D

I love this so much. One small mistake: when describing the Zen, you have a "too" instead of a "to".

Just letting you know. Of all the fanfics of Daria I've really read, this is by far the best.

Keep it up!

This is really good.

Is this the ending of it?

This is superbly well written, and it's great that you've read the Daria Database as well as watched the show.

It makes a fanfic writer even more talented.

You're a great writer.

Always nice to see Trent's view of things. Purposefully or not, the male characters in the series are even less fleshed-out than the female ones. I enjoyed the story; your word choice was lovely, as was much of your imagery.

The footnotes, on the other hand, probably don't need to be there. Fans just generally know that sort of stuff, and the ones who don't can bloody well look it up.

But all in all it was a very nice fic.