One of my more finished stories, at least the first draft is done, is the simple story of Cory Williams and Shannen Lewis. He is a baseball player and she is a video game designer.
Cory is at the height of his game, successful on and off the field. Until he and a woman he had casually dated broke up. Days later he's been suspended for starting a fight in a gay bar in San Francisco after the woman lied to the world and said he was gay.
Shannen's first video game has been nominated for game of the year. Her second game has been sabotaged at least twice. And the rumor mill has said she's lost her touch. She goes to a E3 contemplating shutting down her company.
A cousin of Cory's calls and invites him to stop moping and attend E3 as part of his gaming company. Cory accepts and meets Shannen. They hit off and quickly become friends. And then Cory gets the idea to fake a relationship with Shannen. It seems the ideal solution to both their problems. Cory gets a girlfriend who assures the world he's straight, and she gets publicity for her both her award winning game and for the game she's about to release.
Shannen agrees to the scheme more to help Cory, who makes her laugh like no one ever has, than to help herself. She's already trying to figure out if she'll be able to release her second game or not.
Everything seems to be going according to plan, people are believing their story. And then Cory introduces her to his grandmother. Shannen can't lie to the sweet old woman and tells Cory the whole thing is over. The only problem is, Cory has finally realized he's in love with Shannen and is pretty sure she's in love with him.
This is one of my favorite stories. And it perfectly sets up the story for Cory's brother, Clark.
I write all this to say, I've decided to put this story up on the site.
Here is the prologue for The Game of Love. Enjoy.
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