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Haha! Thanks JT! Couldn't resist poking a bit of fun at her! Glad you enjoyed it!

Interesting chapter. Feels like it's really building up to something. Liked all the VJ and Billie stuff (I always like Billie and Ash together), and such a pity that Hunter is soon going to make a mess of things for himself and really disappoint Zac. Looking forward to seeing how it unfolds.

Thanks guys. To be honest, I don't actually mind Phoebe as much these days. I used to hate her but more recently, with her relationship with Justin she's kind of grown on me. It was just the music festival that inspired this. Phoebe thinking she's some bigshot musician that can draw a crowd, and railroading Evie, was kinda funny. She did seem like a bit of an egomaniac, lol!

Yeah, to be fair, I could have given Mason a much more grisly ending than this! I kind of cheated myself a little bit here by killing him 'off page', but I thought it worked for comedy effect And I also have no ill-feeling whatsoever for John (in fact, I like him a lot) but I've dispensed with him pretty quickly too. Sometimes, ya gotta do, what ya gotta do! haha! Glad you're enjoying it!

Good question Jarlie The riot might be a more pressing matter though. They have to survive it first. Thanks for reading! x

Ray doesn't seem to be enjoying his work too much at all. Feel kind of sorry for him missing all this time with his family but I guess I probably shouldn't if he's going to follow through with his boss' orders to kill Kyle. I shouldn't really have any sympathy for the bad guy, should I?! I think Tamara was very very wrong to tell everyone about Kyle running away as a child. He told her that in confidence, and gathering everyone round to talk about him behind his back like that was extremely disrespectful. I think he'd be pretty upset I guess Kyle found the snake?

Great chapter. Interesting that Matt doesn't trust Dylan. I liked the chat between him and Evie too, and the fact that he told her about his ex. We'll see if she causes trouble between them. Looking forward to finding out what happens with Hunter and his plan.

Haha! Thought you might pick up on that! Poor Vasily, he was looking forward to them too. This is true. You might think twice about threatening him. People do have a habit of ending up maimed / dead around him. I think he might figure out that there's a bit of a difference between his experience with Alexei, and two consenting adults in a loving relationship... eventually. Still, a bit of a shock, especially with how he's feeling at the moment. Thanks for reading guys!

Haha! Thanks Red! This prison is a bit of a crazy place to be alright! We'll see how they get on in the middle of a prison riot...

Thanks Suzza! So glad you enjoyed it. It's all kicked off, hasn't it?! I think Josh would be shocked about Kyle and Aaron, to say the least. Finding out like that would be particularly tough and I think it would make him feel even more alone. Poor guy! Thanks for the feedback Kristen. Glad you enjoyed it! I do like to leave every chapter on a cliffhanger...

Uh-oh, I can see disaster looming on the horizon. When will Hunter learn?! and tut tut that Olivia is going along with it! This is not going to end well...

Great chapter. I agree with Nate (shock horror, never thought I'd say that!) I really don't see what the big deal is. I know Phoebe thinks that she should be privy to the intimate details of everyone else's life, while at the same time telling everyone to butt out of hers (so in character!), but life doesn't work that way sweetheart! Lol! Really enjoying this Nice to see Ash and Phoebe being friends again.

Couldn't resist. It is kind of becoming a running joke at this stage...

Some people are much more comfortable with nudity than others. You only have to go a changing room of a gym to understand that! There are people doing amazing body contortions to get changed underneath their towel, and then there are people lunging about the place for hours on end, applying lotion to every possible part of their body with absolutely no embarrassment at all. Kyle's obviously very comfortable with nudity! Haha! (And thoroughly oblivious to the discomfort of others)

Very brave of Heath to admit that to Brax. Hopefully a step in the right direction. A bit of a revelation for Katie too, that Kyle could do something so bad. That the sweet little boy she knew could have cracked and tried to hurt someone like Casey. Looking forward to the next chapter x

Hahaha! So very true! I did think his tough love speeches to Josh in the show were uncalled for too. "Stop feeling sorry for yourself and figure out what you're going to do with the rest of your life!" "Yeah, cos it's that easy" "You know what, it actually is" Is it Kyle?! Really?! It had been like 4 days since he'd come home blind! He was (understandably) depressed. The fact that he was up and dressed at all was an achievement in itself. Then there was the whole thing with baby Casey where he told him he'd been acting like a tool, and that being attacked, nearly dying from a major head injury, and being blind for weeks and weeks weren't a decent enough excuse for going off the rails a little bit! That he didn't get a free pass! I love Kyle, but he could be a self righteous twit at times. I could see him doing exactly this!

Yeah, I think Josh is at breaking point really. Prison really hasn't been a barrel of laughs at all! (I feel bad for being so cruel to him, to be honest. The poor guy! ) I think it would be understandable for him to be very confused about things, and to be very very angry. He could do with some counselling really, but he'd have to be out of danger for that to be of any use to him. Thanks for reading guys!

Thanks Christine! I am being awfully cruel to him, aren't I? Poor Josh. I do think it's quite likely that someone who'd been picked out as an easy target would find trouble wherever they turned. Not an easy situation.

Haha! Yeah he probably does, although I'm not sure how much use that'd be with his hands cuffed behind his back.... unless there's some new form of kickboxing inspired by Irish dancing? Haha! Well, I suppose they just happen to have run into the worst nutters in the prison, haven't they? I'm sure there are some normaltons knocking around too. They're just not making moves on Josh and trying to intimidate him into having sex. Josh, Aaron, and Kyle all have one thing in common. They're not really hardened criminals and none of them should really be serving such long sentences. Kyle didn't do what he's in there for, Aaron's crime was a pure accident, and Josh's was a very definite case of self defence. So, in a maximum security prison, they are a little out of place. Yeah, he might end up as mad as a box of frogs himself if this keeps up... Thanks for the feedback everyone!

Thanks Suzza, glad you liked it. I think Kyle would find it very hard to have Aaron come visit all the time, and even worse than that would be the fear that he wouldn’t. That he'd do what Brax and Heath have done. He's pushing him away to protect himself. Also, its not like they'd get to have conjugal visits, so knowing that Aaron is probably out there humping circles round him wouldn't exactly help. He might have waited to bring it up though, it was a bit of a passion killer! Thanks for reading

Hahaha! Yeah, he really does know how to ruin the moment! Kyle the passion-killer! Just a bit! Yeah, things have really gone from bad to worse... He may have reached breaking point. I did originally write 'castrated' but I thought 'neutered' was a funny old word. It's not a word you see every day. Maybe you're right though, and Vasily should be a bit more wary of Josh... although he might think twice about drinking any drinks prepared by his new little mate given what he knows about him.

So glad you liked that scene. Thought it'd be nice to show a bit of Kyle and Aaron's everyday life together. Kyle has been pretty lucky really, especially when you compare his prison experience to that of Josh. Yeah, he's having a tough time of it alright. I wouldn't fancy being locked in a room with Vasily any more than I would Alexei Both mad as a bag of cats.

Yeah, you have a point! I think Brax likes strong assertive women so it might be right up his street! haha!

Haha! Yeah, not sure if it would be that effective a weapon, but it could spice up her sex life with Brax. You never know what he might be into... Yeah, I reckon Ricky would probably secretly like a bit of excitement like this. I think it's why she was attracted to Brax in the first place, and why things with her and Nate were never going to work out. Yeah, poor Josh It never ends... Thanks for the feedback, guys!

Thanks both of you! Glad you enjoyed it. The exchange certainly didn’t play out the way Ricky expected, but for now at least things appear to be on track... and I'm glad you liked the ending, I do like to leave things on a cliffhanger! Happy New Year to both of you too!