I read… a lot, but I’m not much of a teen romance junkie. Too Sappy for my style. ‘specially ones in girls’ POV. And I was delveloping on an earlier idea, which I tweaked a bit, yet I began the plot was weak, and didn’t flow well, and most the scenes had and awkward sense and just sounded very immature.

Yet 4 of the characters I created were just so well-rounded, and I had drawn close to them. I couldn’t risk wasting them on a crappy, over dramatic story.

So after reading ‘A Seperate Peace’ (good book, I recommend it), I overlooked my own story, and one of the character’s plot(perhaps, one of the stories greatest salvations). I think the novel just may be better if I had worked the novel around that character’s POV.

So. A bit of a downlow on the chracters.

Austin (looking for potential new name) ~ Handsome, moviestar tan, dapper, lively and brisk, though he doesn’t realize it very much, kind of arrogant. Mom died when he was eight years old, father owns a multi-million dollar buisness that makes like… everything. Captain of Lacrosee team.

Liz~ childhood friend, ex-girlfriend (though many ties of their romance gone sour is almost completely forgotten), close friend, and fellow highschooler to Austin. Copes with learning disabilties, (ADD and Dyslexia). Struggles to keep a 3.0 GPA. Excels in the arts (painting, singing, acting)

Emma~ shy, withdrawn, obessed w/books, and a bit of a germaphob. Twin sister of Sitiles (see below). Amazing Painter, better than Liz. Series of events through out book make her grow as an indivual.

Sitiles (looking for potental new name)~ Red head, feels intimidated by almost everything Sitiles does, on the outside seems like a care-free prankster, very loyal to friends and family, feels underappricated to his parents next to his sister. Learns to apreicate others later on, and have more recognition for human feeling.

Summary:

Austin lives the good life, until his father company goes bankrupt, and his Father commits sucide. His views on life change, and his learns how [insert a nice adjective here] can really be. He might fall in love along the way.

Basically, He falls in love with Emma, who visits him in the hospital after his father dies (I haven’t figured out how he lands himself in there yet), gets him read books.

Then sitiles has that brief. "HOLY SHIT!THAT’S MY SISTER MOMENT!" Though I fear he might be falling to the Ron Weasley side of the spectrum. Giving the fact I already gave him red hair, and that ron-ish biased ness.

Yet I can;t just change his character. I wouldn’t feel right… so yeah…

Opinions? Suggestions? Ideas for first scene and names?

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I made an informal contract with one of my sons when I was adding on to my house. I would add on space enough so he could have a 1200 sq ft apartment, but he would have to finish it off. He put in a set amount of cash up front for part of the finishing off, and then he agreed to finish off the space with a monthly sweat equity instead of paying rent.

I agreed in the contract to pay back his initial amount if he moved out, and he agreed to the monthly sweat equity (some tiling, painting, trim work). He did move out, but he did absolutely nothing on his sweat equity payments even though he lived there rent free for over two years.

He insists I owe him the full amount he paid in the beginning. I think he owes me for the free months of rent up to what I had to pay to get his sweat equity jobs completed. I hate to spend money on a lawyer, but wonder what my legal options are. He is still insisting I have to pay him every penny, and the second part of the contract does not count. Should I pay him what I think I owe him, or should I hold further payments until we can get an agreement? (I’ve paid him about half already.) I’m in New York State.

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