I read your fic most of the time but your last update was posted on 1/20/13 where are the rest of the part i like this fic and i miss it since January

I liked this. It really showed some of the dynamics of high school among the different social circles and different types of peer pressure. Good for Angela for not giving in to that pressure.

I have to reiterate how much I love this little world you have created, with all these characters and their individual lives and quirks. So happy you are still updating this fic.

this is a complete little story, and i like that jordan and tino weren't the focus, but played their parts perfectly. it's good enough to stand alone somewhere without the mscl background, and still a nice addition to that world. good for you.

Wow, fun to see Jordan out of his element and off his game. Love that he started smoking bc of a girl and that maybe he doesn't talk a lot bc a girl he once liked once said she liked that he didn't talk, just the opposite of what he later said to Angela. It's nice here how he's kinda jaded but also still just a boy. This origin story idea is fun, and I can see how he ends up how he does, but I want more, what comes between chpt 1 and 3? Please update, I love pre Angela Jordan.

OMG, Jordan as a dad is super cute! Love it! Great how all the stuff between him and his dad is still there creating conflict and that married, daddy Jordan is still rough around the edges, not totally domesticated or castrated. I like that his dads not a psycho evil character but that it's more complicated than that. Think this's the only future fic I've read with Angela and Jordan not paired together. Interesting... More of Jordan and daughter, PLEASE! (Are there other stories with Jordan and his kid from the beginning?)

Keep coming back to this one, I love it! (And never knew what I missing without Tino!)

(This was in response to Guest reply 2/19/13) Thanks so much for reading and for taking the time to comment; your point is well taken. While I certainly don't think that Angela Chase is a loser of any kind (now or in her high school life), and nor do I think Jordan Catalano is at all above reproach, you're not the first to bring this up, so despite what my take is, I guess I have to accept the writing speaks for itself. That said, in my mind, in my stories, Angela's fine. She’s happy. No one needs to worry about her, though I do realize it's hard to see that since adult-Angela’s pretty much only shown up, so far, in the context for Jordan’s stories. I think the root of the perceived misbalance is twofold: A.) though I love Angela and always will, I have some difficulty putting her adult life on the page; and B.) I spent years on the mscl com forums (where I'm coming from as a poster) coming to JC's defense as a ‘halfway decent person’, so, in a way, this ff may kind of be my ‘thesis paper’ that's come out of that - putting what he could have grown up to be on the page. In terms of Angela, I think there's a certain part of her that’s never going to fully get over Jordan, but I think that's okay. It isn't damaging her or holding her back, and it certainly doesn't make her a loser, in my eyes anyway. She’s not pining at all. But a small part of her heart is always going to have Jordan Catalano in it, and that's nice, I think, and speaks well of her. (And I truly think the same's for Jordan, though it's less visible. As he's more in and of the moment than Angela is it's just less apparent.) In terms of Jordan, if he seems more self-possessed and ‘cool’, I'd assert that it's because he's less involved with life — he feels things on a lesser scale than Angela does (which again I think speaks well of her). Jordan's always a little detached, a little reserved, and I see that coming from unresolved insecurities he's always going to have but will never give himself the time to reflect on or analyze. Jordan to me is not perfect or infallible, but I think he tries to be good-humored and to not draw attention to himself so it can come off that way. Something in Jordan's always going to have that "getting by" and "slipping through" instinct and mentality and it's easier to go unnoticed when you're affable and don't ruffle feathers. (Plus I see him as observant and think, starting with his relationship with Angela, he's slowly learned what other people need and has since dropped a lot of his jerk tendencies, and when the necessity to always look out for himself is removed, i.e. no longer dealing with his dad, I think it's easier for him to attend to other's needs.) As for Angela, no matter what she does, who she has a relationship with, what job she takes, to me, as a fan of the show and the character, it’s always seemed like a forgone conclusion that she would be okay (partly, I think, why it's not as easy for me to write for her, meaning: track A track B, in some ways doesn't matter as it will all ostensibly be the same — just fine). It never crossed my mind that she would be, or be mistaken as, a loser. I do however, think that in terms of career, etc, Angela does have a little of a quarter life crisis — (well, that's too extreme) but Angela’s a planner and an analyzer, and sometimes an over-thinker, and she saw both her parents "end up" in careers, or rather jobs, that they hadn't envisioned for themselves (this is pre-restaurant for Graham) and I think that informs her journey as well. I see it just taking her a while before she feels like she's got it right, which, for a lot of people is the natural course. Jordan on the other hand just lets things happen — he has no plans so he just goes with what comes at him, and his laissez–faire attitude has always served him well. Yes, Jordan has a house and a family before she does, but those, as I see them, are circumstantial and not a measure of a life well lived, as a person is not in control of when they meet the person they choose to build a life with and when that's right in their life. In my mind, the last time Angela settled in her personal life was when she got back with Jordan after the "betrayal." I also think in all honesty if given the chance Jordan would have put the Katherine thing on pause for something like five years. He wasn’t looking to settle down or to have it all figured out before thirty (in future postings you’ll see a little evidence of that), but he’s immediately drawn to her. He likes her, finds her smart and interesting, beautiful and unexpected, and Jordan's not dumb enough not to know what that's worth, so he takes it when it comes. I hope that clarifies where I'm coming from, and I hope that you continue to read and comment, and that at some point my stories will convey what I mean them to :)

Aww.. I feel bad for Angela here...and Jordan seems like a bit of a jerk...I mean he's already got everything here...a new girl, a baby on the way a new life without Angela and Angela seems to be reeling over this and Jordan obviously does not care about her at all it seems...it makes Angela seem pathetic in a way and Jordan so smug...I guess that's really it for them...they're not gonna end up together...too bad...

wow you really are making angela out to be some kind of loser and jordan so superior to her...i have to say that im not liking that...i feel bad for her

i was just thinking about this story yesterday and how i could really go for some tino, and thankfull,y i got some. i would love to see tino come back stateside for a few months and start to hang out with angela. the way you write his interaction with people is always a good read. i'm now fiending for more...

Another great chapter! I'm loving this!

Loving your MSCL stories! I am able to play out the series longer than it lasted:( Great job

i'm really enjoying these stories, and the way you're writing them. i think everyone wants to see jordan in love, settled and happy, so that part is satisfying. i have to admit to feeling really sad, even concerned for angela though. she hasn't had a lot of light in these pages, and i can't help wanting her to, even if it can't be with jordan. since your jordan is almost a perfect guy, and angela's clumsiness and insecurity seem to shadow everything that's happened since high school, i'm kind of hoping that will even out at some point? angela and tino maybe? waiting to see what's in store here, and no matter what, so glad you're writing.

I didn't think this was silly, there were many true moments here. I especially liked how Jordan got upset with his friends for getting Angela involved, as well as Patti relenting and inviting Jordan and Tino over for dinner.