The Exception to the Rules

[novadelphine]

Part 14:  Fast Cows and Sacrificial Lambs

Ensconced in the relative peace of Oliver’s guest room, Chloe sat upon the sprawling bed with her overworked laptop wheezing next to her. She’d been putting the poor machine through its paces for the past three hours and even though she loved the aging pile of circuits dearly, she had to admit that the

Comments

[lilmoochie]

OMG! welcome back, I soooooo missed this one. I'm glad things are settling a bit for ya. Me too...Wahoo finished school with a Bang!

“Shit happens Oliver,” she continued plainly. “Beating yourself up over this is just going to give you bruises. It’s not going to fix anything.”

“Wow,” he deadpanned, the smirk morphing into a grin. “That’s deep. They teach you these pep talks in sidekick school?”

It never occurred to her to be affronted over the fact that he was making fun of her efforts to help him. She was too happy to have him smiling again.

“What I know about being a sidekick can’t be taught,” she replied proudly. “I’m a freaking prodigy.”

He laughed outright at that and she revelled in the sound.

I would quote more but heck I would be quoting the entire thing.Guh! Awesomee. Again, welcome back, yeah!!!! lm

[novadelphine]

So glad you enjoyed this chapter and thanks for writing!

[sarcastic_fina]

lol at the ending! The whole of this was truly delectible! I was so happy to see an update and devoured it happily! Great work! Can't wait for more!

[novadelphine]

Thanks very much for the nice review (yay for delictible, I love it!). So glad you enjoyed this part!

[superri]

One of the many things I love about your fic is the chapter titles, true story.

As usual, love the direction this story is going. Keep it coming!

[novadelphine]

Haha! So glad you like the title... it's by far the weirdest in the series! Thanks so much for the comment and happy to hear you liked this part.

[rowenamckinnon]

This story is totally <3 Love! I thought this was hilarious and well titled hehe Really catched my attention, wondering what it could possibly mean. Worked well. Amazing chapter, as always, and, as always, looking forward to the next update! :)

[novadelphine]

Thanks very much for taking the time to write and so happy that you're enjoying this story. Thanks as well for the title shout out. It definitely made me smile!

[sarahol1]

I love these characters and every one of their of their dialogues! You seem to have such a perfect handle on all of them, and your writing is a joy to read! I can't wait for another update! I especially loved Bart and Chloe showing up the Ducati Squad--that was a lot of fun. Nice chapter!

[novadelphine]

"Ducati Squad" Love that! Thanks very much for commenting and I'm glad you liked this part.