That said...

DON!!! What were you thinking?!?! You can't make Gibbs leave! Are you serious? ACK! For the whole summer, until I start graduate school (note to self: in one of my writing assignments kill main character), I am going to have to sleep with the thought of Gibbs being all alone with some crazy person in Mexico. Serioulsy, Don... you're a nut case. And I can say that because you aren't my boss... yet.

Rule Number One

Never, ever, ever be afraid to have one of your main characters leave. Never.

What do you do when...

You are hurt by a friend, but have no way of explaining your hurt because you're afraid of rejection?

...Even if they're different now?