I'm soo glad to see Justin not so angry. (while it lasts) I think he is going to find more and more of his self as he records the album. Ahh!
Great update!
it's kind of scary how involved and emotionally invested I am in these characters, and it's all you fault! lol...you and your damn writing gets me everytime! :) Also, I've gotten into the habit of just skimming through story updates a lot of the time, but not yours. I read every single word and love it. Ok, enough gushing...
#1. The song you picked from BSB at the beginning of this chapter? Love it. It's one of my absolute favs.
#2. I am SOOOOO glad he finally talked to someone about some of what happened! There's still a lot he needs to talk about and process but he did good! I'm proud of him for getting out what he did. I could feel the weight being lifted from his shoulders a little. It always hurts to talk, but it's a necessary hurt for things to heal and get back together.
#3. Okay, how stinkin cute is Justin with his mom?! Omg! I love him!! "Sure baby. We can talk about it later. Now, how about you go fire up the grill for this chicken?" she told me, thrusting a plate of marinated chicken breasts in my hands. "No problem, momma. Thanks for cooking." Love it!!!
#4. He called Johnny!! I wish he would do that in real life! lol...that stewardess isn't the only one who's waiting for more music from Mr. JT!
#5. Once again I've written you a frickin' novel here as a review! lol....what can I say? *shrugs* I love this story and can't wait to see what's going to unfold... :)
Author's Response:
YAY! You have NO idea how incredibly happy it makes me that you are attached to my characters. I'm pretty attached to them as well. I'm glad that you read all the way through, especially this one because there was SO much information in it.
#1 Fact: I didn't even have a song picked out for this chapter when I started writing it. And I usually do. So I was a little uneasy about starting to write at all. The chapter was mostly finished except for a few things I needed to tweak and I went in and added a few things, including Justin's line about 'if I knew then what I know now' and went I KNOW there's a song out there with this line in it. There were two: Lady Antebellum--which was all fluffy and lovey and wouldn't work, and BSB's--which I had heard before because I've got the album. But, I was a blonde and it was like 5am so I wasn't exactly thinking straight. So I read the lyrics and they were actually completely perfect. I love it when that happens.
#2 He needed to talk to someone. There was no way around it. And him talking to his psych in the recording studio came at me in a dream. Weird. lol. So I just went with it.
#3 We've talked about how I feel about his and his moms relationship in real life. I think it's fairly close to what I've written. I think he goes to her for advice all the time and that he probably listens to her 9 times out of 10 on it.
#4 He was always going to call Johnny, I just needed him to do it at the right time. He seemed to be having A-HA moments all over the place in this chapter and felt it was finally time. Also, a little birdy MIGHT have told me that JT is supposedly going into the studio to record in September :) So, we'll keep our fingers crossed. Even though I'd love for it to be with the rest of the guys, I'll take him solo too.
Now that I've written you a NOVEL in response, I think that I am done. haha.
I like happy Justin!!! I'm glad that he's finally starting to be getting past it and see that he's going to be okay-with our without Madison!
Great work chica :)
