Brian's been freaking out all on his own about gaining weight. Love handles and a whole extra pound. Yikes! And then Emmett had to go and bring up Aunt Lula's prized sow for the second time... :P

Didn't you know that Pittsburgh is a very cosmopolitan city with a limitless supply of good-looking fags, including British expats? The expats have a hidden agenda - infiltrate the Pittsburghers' American English and turn it back into proper English. :D

Progress at last! After the opening sex scene in chapter one, it took a mere 365,648 words for us to reach a real-time kiss. Maybe that was too fast? * scratches head *

Brian cautions you not to expect too much of him all at once. This self-awareness shit is a royal pain! he complains.

We will take note of your appreciation of the 'little howler monkey' moniker. :D

Yeah... BOB is gonna be quite the surprise when Brian finds out. It makes us chuckle just thinking about it. :P

Thanks for the amazing review, Glo, and making us laugh in return. :D You've highlighted pretty much all of our favorite parts of the chapter.

We'll see what we can do to comply with your wish for another sex scene... Have you asked for that before? * scratches head again *

If you haven't checked yet (very unlikely) there's a teaser for the next chapter in the FanDoc.

~ KaBrynn

Tease? Us? What are you talking about? :D The ultimate tease: After the opening sex scene in chapter one, it took a mere 365,648 words for us to reach a real-time kiss. * patting selves on the back and cackling happily *

Brian is finally starting to get it together, huh? Don't expect too much of him too soon; it's inch by laborious inch. :P Now he just has to get Justin over to the loft... and get rid of that BOB fucker. What evil person came up with BOB... hmm...

We love your reviews. You always make us laugh, Navneet, as you altnerately cheer and curse us, lolol.

In case you haven't discovered it yet, the teaser for the next chapter is available in the FanDoc.

~ KaBrynn

Thanks so much for being such a faithful reader, Claire. :) We appeciate your comments.

You caught us. We love to torture Brian. :P Brian still has rather a steep learning curve ahead of him if he wants Sunshine back in the loft. Btw, incidents like the one with the microwave have happened to people in real life, even to one of the authors. :D

Geesh, we wish would could promise more frequent updates and shorter chapters, but...  Back at the beginning of Tricky Business, we did break a couple of days down into two chapters each. We really prefer to post a full day (= one chapter) at a time; there's just so darned much happening that it leads to lengthy installments. With a little luck, the next chapter will be shorter. Anything under 20,000 words is good by our current standards. :P

Now that real life is cooperating (somewhat), we're working on the next chapter. :) Check out the teaser - it's a real 'tease' - in the FanDoc.

~ KaBrynn

Soz, nope, can't stop. We love torturing our favourite readers. :D Brian too, of course. :P

You've already discovered the teasing teaser - cue the authors cackling evilly - so you'll just have to wait patiently (yeah, right, sure) for us to finish the next chapter.

Thanks so much for your amazing support of our story, Navneet. :)

~ KaBrynn

Thanks so much for your support of our story, Phyllis. :) Our apologies for the belated response.

That's an interesting connection you've made between Syd and Eric. TBH, we didn't have that in mind when we wrote the convo in the diner between Deb, Justin, and Eric, but who knows what might happen now? :P

Since real life has finally decided to cooperate, we're making good progress on the next chapter and a teaser has been posted in the Fandoc. Beware, 'tease,' the word within a word, truly applies. :D

~ KaBrynn

Your comments kept Karynn smiling when she was cursing the massive Internet outage that kept her offline for five days. She read your review twice - or was it three times? - on her tiny cell phone screen. :)

Btw, only the best people are certifiable. :D Who cares if kids and cats aren't impressed? :D

You're the second reviewer to admire that beautifully scripted line of Vic's. Karynn again takes a bow. (She's such a clever, modest lass.)

Karynn has to practice American spelling and usage (and think hard about it) when she responds to reviews; otherwise, she might turn into a Brit. :D What a horrible fate! She's also still spun out by that short convo with you, but is on the road to recovery. *snickers*

We had to show Brian queening out well in advance of his thirtieth; he was already so vocal about it in the second episode of the show.

Poor Michael. He's so misunderstood. He put all that effort into being nice to Justin for hours on end and doesn't understand why everyone is, at best, poking fun at him. :P He wants a gold star - no anal warts or fiery, biting ants - for being so good. :P No slaps from mom either, dammit!

"What're you talking about, woman?" Brian roars. "I do not do jealousy!"

The authors shake their heads. Yeah, the brunet stud is just a trifle deluded.

The brunet stud reaches down to adjust his painfully blue balls. "When am I gonna get some relief?" he whines.

"Your travails aren't over yet." The authors flip their ponytails over their shoulders, à la Sydney.

Ted and Ben are a hit! Yay! How odd that we'd pair two men who actually have something in common... :D

Oh, dear. That line about Michael and David feeding each other was a bit descriptive. To our credit - and the readers' relief - we did avoid details of their ensuing make-out session.

The occasional sweet moment insists on sneaking into our story, and we knew it would thrill Brian to be the one to succumb. :D

Now that Karynn is back online, even if she is still roundly cursing the Internet provider, we're crafting more of chapter 33. Your reward won't appear till chapter 34; we'll have to be on our toes when we write that dialog! :P

Thanks for the motivating review, Kerri!

~ KaBrynn

Hey! That was a breakthrough for Michael - he actually forgot his jealousy of Justin for a few hours. Maybe he'll do better the next time. We have to encourage the dweeb. :P After all, there's a 'Michael' in every family. LOL

We take it you want actions, not words. Didn't you like the sweet kiss at the end? That was supposed to make you go "Aww" and forget your craving for scorching sex. Oh, right. This is Glo's review. What were we thinking? :P

We're chuffed that Ted and Ben are such a universally popular pairing.

:D Do you think Brian's balls might drop of from lack of Sunshine? :D

Patience, we counsel you. We can’t rush the B/J reunification, no matter how much you beg. :P

~ KaBrynn

Yay! We're thrilled that you enjoyed this chapter so much, Phyllis.

Carl does a darned good job of coping with the risqué banter that flies around in Deb's household. :)

Can you imagine having those reindeer on your rooftop? :D :D

Thanks for letting us know that you love the Ted/Ben pairing. So far it seems to be universally popular.

We thought that closing line might get an "Aww" or two. :)

Thanks for the wonderful review.

~ KaBrynn

We know all about the struggle to find tme to read and review, lol. We're glad you're still enjoying our story, Sandy. :)

Both of the boys are a mite stubborn, so it may be a bit of a contest as to which one comes to their senses first. :D We'll have to see what happens.

Have you managed to forge your way through chapter 31 yet? We rather outdid ourselves with the length of that one. No, Brian, we're not talking about inches...

~ KaBrynn

Emmett had such fun tormenting Brian at the gym. :D And *cough* so did we. :D

We'll have to see how things evolve between Justin and Eric, but that green-eyed monster will almost certainly make an appearance. There seems to be a bit of gleeful anticipation at Brian's expense going on. :P

Those long chapters do take a while for us to produce. But we promise to crank out new installments as quickly as possible. :)

Thanks for another fun review, Marie-france. :)

~ KaBrynn

We knew you were jonesing for more action, Glo, so we decided to accommodate you, in this chapter anyhow. :D One of us was largely responsible for the opening scene and the other one for the closing scene. Can you decipher which was which? :D

Michael's so jealous that he can barely see straight, much less behave rationally. We'll have to see if that changes.

Um, no, we can't tell you that, soz. :P Justin may, however, recognise the need to give up the dancing sooner than Brian admits that he's in a relationship...

Thanks for reviewing!

~ KaBrynn

Michael's so jealous, he can't see straight. We'll have to see if he comes to his senses.

Justin was already peeved at Brian, so he might well have copped off with Eric in any case. He deserved to have some fun with more than his right hand or BOB. :D

Thanks for reviewing, Phyllis! :)

~ KaBrynn

Thanks for the additional birhtday greetings, Kerri! :) Definitely older and, who knows, maybe actually a little bit wiser. :)

Brian is not pleased with your assessment. He's spinning his wheels trying to figure out how to extricate himself and his blue balls from any kind of actual apology. That lack of common sense may not yet be at an end, what with planning Operation Twat Retrieval. He'd better not let the name for his campaign slip... :D

Dixon will undoubtedly continue to be a dickhead. He takes his cue from Perkins, unfortunately. We'll have to see how much of a damper Detective Wen's visit puts on the homophobic administration and faculty...

Waving Brit-poms back at you... :D Thanks for a wonderful review from Oz!

~ KaBrynn