User blog comment:Cdc1998/A New Face at Bullworth: Part 9/@comment-26358727-20151111142928/@comment-4833053-20151112013207

First off, thanks for taking the time to read this. I know it's one of my longer chapters and can take time away from you when you could be using it for something else. I appreciate it though :)

Thank you. You're right on it being silly kid stuff. Honestly, it's what made me stop smoking myself. For me, it was just pot got boring and was a waste of time, so I just gave it up and haven't smoked for almost two years. Plus, I've seen how drugs can ruin someone. There's way too many people nowadays who just end up letting a drug consume their life. I think I ended up reflecting that on Charlie's mindset of fears, which in turn caused him to sober up.

That's just more proof that I'm an old soul! I honestly wrote it without hesitaitng, because I couldn't think of Las Venturas from San Andreas without thinking of Horse With No Name by America. Ah, the memories.

Honestly, I think if I was to have had Charlie never return, it would lose the Gatsby feel to it. Plus, I think I would have run out of ideas for chapters :p, which would've made it rather boring. I think without Charlie's friends, Charlie wouldn't be who he is, as you said, he needs them as much as they need him. I think next chapter, I'm going to have some more interractions with Bradi and Charlie, since whenever I've portrayed them they've usually been at each other's necks. So now I think I'll portray them in better light this time.

Thanks for letting me know about that. As I was re-reading the chapter, I noticed some more typos, so I'll have to go back and change those. But, that's what typing at 1:00 in the morning does to you. I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter.