OK, I am a truck driver and I can so see this happening! "I assumed I would turn the wheel hard and the whole truck would turn with the front." LMAO Nope, Neal, it's not that easy!

Nice job :)

Neal totally bawled like a baby. :) This was adorable! :D

Neal is so cute!

Wow - loved it. You really write Neal in such an adorable way. And his thoughts always make me laugh! Hope you write lots more White Collar stories :)

The dialogue is great in this chapter! I love it! ;)

I really liked seeing that 'angry mommy' side of El, and I hope that you take it further in later chapters. It'd add a well rounded feel to the story. That said, I really liked this chapter.

I think I've mentioned that I love when you write from Neal's perspective! You have an excellent grasp of his character in my opinion and the conversations that he has inside of his head are so amusing! This was a good one:

"But I didn’t like being spanked, either. I didn’t want to be spanked and I didn’t want to be punished as an adult. Of course, the logical answer to that was for me not to do things that were wrong, in the first place. But that would mean I’d have to act good the majority of the time, and that was not fun. The other answer would be to make sure I didn’t get caught, which was no longer an option now that Peter was on to me all the time."

Actually there are way too many fantastic lines in this chapter for me to highlight. I love your intertwining of humor and drama! You do an incredibly wonderful job! This story was absolutely brilliant!

PS (I am not sure if I reviewed your past White Collar fics or not, but they were quite excellent as well!)

I wasn't sure I would like Elizabeth's perspective as much but you did a fabulous job here! (Though my favorite perspective that you write is still Neal because of all the internal dialogue that makes me laugh). Neal struggling with Peter's "politeness" and then coming to talk to Elizabeth about it was great! Loved the way that she brought Peter around and this turning point was really good!

“Don’t count on it,” Peter yanked himself out of bed and started grabbing clothes. “I’m keeping such a close eye on him, he’ll think he was a bug under a microscope. He was reckless and fool-hearty, and we haven’t even touched on the whole getting-sick matter. Anymore shenanigans, and I’m shortening that tracker to a hundred feet.”

I thought it was hilarious that Peter turned it around on Elizabeth and insisted she "help." Almost like parents providing a united front. Her observations were priceless. I really liked Peter in this chapter once he got spurred into action.

"What did you do to him?"

That was great!

Another well written chapter! You do a positively wonderful job of progressing the story at just the right pace, adding in thoughts and motivations and just the right times to develop the characters nicely.

Peter's panic was understandable and touching. I loved this:

I heard movement inside the car and without thinking, I panicked and barked out, “You move another inch and I’ll take a belt to you right here and now.”

The entire interaction with Neal, Peter, and the medics was great!

I thought Lauren's suggestion that Peter explain things to Neal ...calmly was great, especially since she follows it with, "after you nail his ass to the wall," and essentially a request to watch!

The interaction with Neal and the art thieves was terrific and him crashing the semi was very impressive. Peter is going to kill him. I liked this line:

"...I wondered how in hell I could ever get out of this with the smallest bit of dignity, considering the fact that I was hanging upside down with broken glass everywhere."

Incredibly wonderful start! Peter's "mothering" after his being sick was good. I loved Neal's little internal blame game.

"I blame Lauren for what I decided to do next. All that ribbing – she had to know I would react. Or Peter – I could blame him for my new found need to please the FBI. Heck, I could blame the entire FBI for putting me in this precarious position where I had to help solve cases or I got shipped back to prison."

I also thought his motivation (longing to bask in the glory) made a great deal of sense and fit nicely. I thought the whole overcoat discussion was great and I loved this:

“I swear to God, Neal,” Peter growled, “if you went out in just a shirt and a vest, I’m bringing you back here and turning you over my knee in front of the whole Bureau.”

Your writing is superb and you do an excellent job of developing the storyline.

this was really good :)

Great story. :) I liked Neal sneaking off to get evidence, only to get locked inside. And I smiled when Neal tried to think of anyone else he could call to help him, but ended up calling Peter. I thought Peter's response was perfectly in character. I felt bad for Neal when he got beat up. :( Crashing the semi was impressive, and I can picture Peter's horror while he watched it happen. Peter taking Neal home and taking care of him was great. I was pleased to see a chapter from Elizabeth's perspective. Loved her being angry with Neal for what he'd done, and seeing his reaction to her. I had to smile when Neal complained about Peter being too polite. :) And it was wonderful that Elizabeth was the one who figured out how to describe the problem to Peter in a way that he would understand. I found it believable that Neal would protest the spanking at first, but since it had happened before, and because he wanted things to go back to normal between him and Peter, I can see him eventually agreeing. I loved that Peter made him go over the reasons fo the spanking before it started. And going to the movies together once it was done was a sweet ending. Thanks for sharing. :)