When video game designer Brett Bett attends a New Year's Eve party, he reunites with friends and foes. Happily single with no intention of discovering a "possible" boyfriend, Brett meets the private party's handsome bartender, Nevin McBane. The attraction between them is immediate.<br><br>Through an assortment of party games, the two become quite acquainted with each other. Numerous drinks are shared, histories of their pasts are learned, and dancing becomes necessary.<br><br>Frankly, Brett thinks he’s met a great guy, a charmer. Someone he can maybe fall for. As midnight approaches and the clock counts down to the New Year, Brett must make a decision. Does he want to go home with Nevin after the party, or stay single and unencumbered?

Men at Play

He leans over the bar ever so slightly and asks, ??What do you recommend I have to drink???


I want to tell him a blowjob will suffice, but guys like Mag won??t find it funny. Instead, I tell him, ??A lightning bolt.??


He squints, purses his lips. ??What the fuck is that???


??Grey Goose, a splash of Sprite, ice, and a slice of lemon or lime, your choice. Or you can have the Dixie chicks floating around here.??


??It doesn??t sound so bad. I??ll trust you and have one.??


??The Dixie chicks or the drink??? I play.


??The drink.?? He chortles. ??But I??ll keep the country girls in mind.??


??You won??t be disappointed by the drink, Mag.??


Although he might when he finds out from his fellow athletes that the drink is bogus, a concoction inside the folds of my creative mind. The recipe will never??not in a million years??be discovered in any book since I make it up on the spot.


He wants to know my name, so I tell him, ??Brett Bett.??


Chapter 5