Hooray! Bob and Claire. How cute. :)
Annnddd fangirl squeal I GOT MY NAME INTO AN AUTHOR'S NOTE!!......ahem.
But in any event, something makes me think that "antiseptic" is not all it seems. I think Mikey knows something's up, too. I pictured him giving Gerard the squinty eyes of suspicion after he vaguely talked about his injury.
AHH poor Anna. No one deserves that. I liked how Gerard stepped into the protective manly role, that made me smile :)
Don't worry about your uber long sentences too much. You'll find that as time goes on, it'll start improving all on its own.
Lovely update, I can't wait to see what lurks for us in the next installment :D
-Allie