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A Series of Embarrassing Events Chapter 09: Halloween XVI - Noah vs. the Demon Barber of Streak Street Noah 16TH birthday conincises with a Halloween party and he lets Daniel choose his costume. Noah's relationship with Ronan is complicated when his friend arrives at the party. Excerpt: The drive along residential streets was more reassuring - there was less people (no-one peeking in to see his penis) but the street lighting would have made it impossible to hide his modesty. It was after 9PM so trick or treaters were out of the way at least - if being seen by boys his own age or Daniel's age was bad, it would have been even worse to be seen by little kids. Finally, Daniel pulled into Jamie’s street. It was a long road, mostly straight road to Jamie’s house but Daniel pulled over and pointed out the passenger window. STEEP STREET “Remember what you used to think this street was called?” Dan asked. It had become a running joke, even now, ten years later, the boys still laughed ab...

 A Series of Embarrassing Events Chapter 08: This was the Noblest Roman of them All Noah goes to the Sixth Form Halloween party in a toga and has a costume malfunction. Excerpt: Noah took out the white linen sheet from his bag. He’d been practicing how to wrap and tie it but something felt wrong. Whenever he had practiced, he had folded the double bed sized sheet in half first but… Fucking Daniel! Noah’s big brother had cut the sheet in half, thus it no longer needed to be folded. It also meant it was not double thickness, but only a single layer. A single, thin layer of soft, slightly fraying and gauzy material. Too late to change things now. Noah draped it over his shoulder until it reached the top of his briefs; then he lifted the rest of the sheet that descended his back and wrapped it around his waist. The material wrapped around his waist twice and then he pinned it at his left hip. Noah had arranged the bottom of the sheet so the ‘skirt’ was just above his knees; Noah wanted...

For those who are interested in learning more about Ronan’s mental health, I wanted to write a little bit about Schizophrenia. It’s not like in the movies which has largely gotten the condition wrong – people are not usually violent and it is not a dissociative (multiple) personality disorder. It is mostly marked by disorganisation and hallucination. Schizophrenia is a severe long-term mental health condition. It causes a range of different psychological symptoms. It is often described as a type of psychosis, that is; the person may not always be able to distinguish their own thoughts and ideas from reality. Schizophrenia usually takes hold after puberty with most people diagnosed in their late teens to early 30s. Often there is a gradual worsening before symptoms start, this is called the prodrome phase. Generally, symptoms can be divided into positive (things that start happening) and negative (things that stop happening) symptoms. * “Positive” symptoms are changes that are added to ...

 A Series of Embarrassing Events Chapter 07: Call Me By My Name After coming out to his friends, Noah and Mateo have a fun night together. Noah discovers an exciting opportunity for the future. Excerpt: Noah hadn't even put down his phone when he heard the front door and Dan coming in. "Noah, are you in?" Daniel called. Noah met Dan in the kitchen where the shopping lived. Dan looked him up and down and smiled mischievously. "What?" Noah asked. "I was just thinking there's one more bag of shopping in the car," Dan said. Noah took a moment for the proposal to sink in. "You can't be serious?" Noah replied. "You're the one who wants to embrace the nudist lifestyle, little brother," Daniel answered. "You want me to go outside. Totally naked. And get the shopping from the car?" Noah enquired methodically. "You can put shoes on if you want," Dan suggested unhelpfully. "Very funny," Noah said but i...

 A Series of Embarrassing Events Chapter 06: What Noah Saw... Noah gets home from school to see Jamie having sex in the spare room. Noah is punished and exposed for his voyeruism. Excerpt: Cars drove by and a few schoolboys passed - he recognised none from the Five Dukes Boys School and no-one looked in to see him shirtless. Some seemed familiar - perhaps from one of the big five schools in the fiercely competitive school football league of Five Dukes County. It was exciting looking out of the middle window; so tall and broad it was as if the wall had been made see-though. Noah leaned against the frame between the middle window and the window on his left; he reached for the button on his trousers and unfastened it. His trousers snapped open and he fondled his briefs-clad crotch before wriggling his hips and pushing the school trousers down; slipping them down and standing at the window in just his briefs. Noah stepped out of the trousers – barefoot and excited as he exposed himself...