Going into this story I thought it was going to be a Cake fic. I'm really happy that this was mostly a Jake fic instead. While I didn't fall with any particular class until I got to know the Tristan-Maya-Zig group better, I was always a fan of Jake. This character study is so amazing. I can't really remember the stories that were through his point of view unless you count bro-time with Mo or his greenhouse stuff. This fic does a good job at explaining why he's the strong, silent type. He seems happy-go-lucky most of the time but actually he's keeping the angst locked up behind doors.

Wonderful story. Very well written. Loved it!

I wonder why you have so few reviews? I think it is because a majority of degrassi fans are not intelligent enough to see how wonderful you are. I had tears in my eyes while reading. I just love all your stories. Never stop writing. You are truly talented.

Holy hell, this was remarkable. I don’t quite know what I liked best: your use of descriptive imagery to paint such vivid, fictional landscapes – the subtle nuances of your characterizations (the pirate legs memory just about killed me) –the overriding motif of the locked rooms of compartmentalized emotion – your ability to flesh out Jake’s character, to breathe life into him and so fully animate him that I would gladly read a book solely focused on him and his struggles, if you were the one writing it, – your conscious choice not to take the well-worn, beaten-down path and demonize Clare or Jake or both of them – your bold decision to make the love between Clare and Jake a real love, or as real a love as they could experience and still be true to themselves. Honestly, I can’t imagine many people having a problem with Clare and Jake as a couple if Jake had been written like he was in your piece. Just the small, seemingly insignificant gesture of him stopping to get the two kinds of tea for Clare because he can’t remember which one she likes, made me fall helplessly in love with his character.

You mentioned in one of your notes that you were currently attending University. I really hope you are majoring in English or creative writing. You, my friend, are a phenomenal writer. Please continue to write. Excellent work!

I'm always happy to help, especially when the result is you writing such a beautiful piece. It was incredible to read about a character that I don't particularly care for and be pulled in by what's going on in his head, when so far one could think you won't find any secrets hidden there. But while, that portrayal shows us something completely different than we had seen on the show so far, it doesn't clash with it. Not at all. It simply gives the character that new layer, makes him more real. It's a side worth exploring, even if we'll never get to see it on the show. I love that you managed to achieve what you aimed for: everything taking place in Jake's head as he sits in his truck and most importantly the "rooms" analogy. I can't believe how close you came to dropping that, especially considering that it gave this fic AND Jake that slight touch of mystery and magic, made it all the more fascinating. You should always go with your first concepts, they might not be so quick or easy to figure out at first but once you get through that, you might just with another piece like this. Brilliant.

If you delete this story, I'm going to bite you. Just saying.

This is possibly the most phenomenal thing I have ever read. Your description of him - of the rooms in his head, how he filed things away and locked them up not to relieve them because there was no point in doing so - gives him so much depth as opposed to the bland, plaid wearing happy go lucky guy we've been shown. His inability to give Clare the words she needs - to be able to talk about anything - make so much sense in the perspective you have written this from. Your description of the different "rooms" blew me away as did your descriptions of the landscape by the lake and the forest... You are just such an incredible writer. I could keep gushing about this endlessly...wow.

jake sucks make a eclare fanfiction im not a cake fan plus this story rocks 3 by the way munro chambers (eli) is sexy right if you said he is ugly stop hate :p

This was good. I liked it!

Well, I read this whole thing, terrified that this was going into the story that everyone else has been writing where my worst fear comes true.

Thankfully, you avoided the whole Cake s*x debacle and turned out a lovely character study about the extremely mysterious Jake. It is touching and wonderful just like everything you write.

Now if only there was an epilogue where Cake breaks up and Jake actually becomes deeper and interesting on the actual show, that would just be great.

Serial Killers are very in these days, especially cute charismatic ones. So maybe Jake being one wouldn't be so bad, just ask anybody that watches. ;)