Best Forgotten, Part 17

[chazper]

Yes, it's that time again. The end of the month, and time for another installment of this apparently endless melodrama. Let me start with an apology. This isn't much of an update, but this past month has been really, really busy. (I know! It's summer! Whatever happened to those lovely long, lazy days?) Also I haven't revised or edited this chapter

Comments

[fredsmith518]

oh my goodness, Seth was right!
very tense, Chaz, thank you for the update
I really liked Seth here, so earnest in his desire to find Ryan

[chazper]

Thanks for reading, fred. I'm so glad you liked Seth. I have such a soft spot for the early season 1 Seth, champion of the "Ryan belongs in this family" cause. And I figured a situation like this would summon the wanna-be superhero in him.

[zbyszko]

Yay for an update! And Seth being useful- who would have thought?!

[chazper]

Well, I did say the story was AU!

[beachtree]

Oh, July is an especially cruel month... Poor Ryan could be in wardrobe for his next role as a hollow human remnant in the remake of "Planet of the Apes" for all we know

[chazper]

I made it under the wire, but Lucy didn't! She got so busy with her own plans that she didn't wait for me to write about them. Shame on her.

As for Seth: well, I'm choosing to emphasize early season 1 unselfish, good-friend Seth here. Also the honor student one (although I suspect he took French; Harbor strikes me as a school that considered Spanish the language of menial workers and would not even offer it.

[beachtree]

Get with the program, Lucy. You're Ryan's only hope! This crew is practically helping Caleb.

Like I said, VERY early S1 Seth was less insufferable, although the self-centered, uber-obnoxious traits were in place by Mexico- okay, Thanksgiving and his motives were always questionable, or multi-faceted in terms of his own happiness. Still, who knew he could get so much worse? Ouch! But I digress... I don't think we ever saw him crack a book that was a comic book, something that always bothered me. Summer took French, so I'm guessing he would have clamored to do the same (and scoffed at Spanish!).

Still, what's saddest, and cause for the greatest concern is the very fragile connection, emotional and legal (when it comes to practicalities, especially) between Ryan and the Cohens. It's even worse outside of Newport- and the U.S. Everything they haven't done since Ryan arrived for however long takes on a new significance now.

Hello, Lucy? You there? See the wire?

[katwoman76]

You really are trying to kill me, right?
Giving me a heart-attack or something like that?
I'm so afraid.

[chazper]

Kat! Really, would I do something like that to you?

[jassylou]

Utterly awesome Chaz,but I'm with kat and her heart attack.

Ryans predicament is not good for my BP,but I can't/wont stop reading.

It's really got me hooked and hyperventilating.

It's a brilliant read. You're incredible!.

Thanks for giving us such enjoyment. *Hugs*

[chazper]

"Brilliant"? "Incredible?" You're too generous, jassy, but thanks!