Penname: JoyOfJericho [Contact] Real name: Joyce
Member Since: 20 Jul 2008
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Different Circumstances, Part 12 by Marzee Doats Rated: T (Contains Content Not Suitable for Children) [Reviews - 39]
Summary:

What if circumstances were different, and Jake and Heather had met long before the school bus? An alternate version of Jericho in which Jake and Heather are married and expecting. A re-telling of the Jericho episode Black Jack.


Categories: Green Family, Jake/Heather, Holidays > Christmas
Characters: April Green, Bill, Bonnie Richmond, Dale Turner, Emily Sullivan, Eric Green, Gail Green, Gray Anderson, Heather Lisinski, Jake Green, Jimmy Taylor, Johnston Green, Roger Hammond, Russell, Skylar Stevens, Stanley Richmond, Ted Lewis
Episode/Spoilers For: 1.13 - Black Jack
Genres: Alternate Universe, Drama, Romance
Series: Different Circumstances
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 66226 Read Count: 253242
[Report This] Published: 19 Jul 2008 Updated: 23 Nov 2008
Reviewer: JoyOfJericho Signed
Date: 20 Jul 2008 Title: Chapter 1: Part 12A

I really likes the 5 years ago segment with April and Heather...and the birth of the "It Ain't Easy Being Green" secret society.  But somehow, I think Jake will still need to go to his office party.

I also appreciated the juxtaposition offered concerning what was devastating to Heather 5 years ago vs. today.

Grey turning the technical committee over to Harry and Harry giving up on the windmills made me think about how in the episode where April dies, Jake says to Kenchy something like "if you stop trying and then I stop trying and pretty soon the whole thing falls apart"...Gray and his adminstration are borderline falling apart already. 

Still loving the story.



Author's Response:

Thank you for your review, Joy! 

You are absolutely right in the contrast between what used to upset Heather and what it takes to upset her now.  And, I hadn't thought of that until you pointed it out, so thank you for that.  I love that readers find extra layers in the story that I have to admit are only there by accident. :-)

I actually enjoy disliking Gray quite a bit (he won't disappear from DC any time soon) so expect future/further analysis of the Anderson administration.