My love for you is more than just a game... If you feel what I feel, you won't go away... If you don't feel what I feel, I'll go on my way... I do not own The Monkees.

The time, summer of 1967. The setting, the Vietnam War is raging and the women's liberation movement is just getting off the ground. A new movement in music is beginning, all coalescing at the Monterey Pop Festival. The Monkees are trying to hit the bigtime and they find some new friends and lovers to help them face their future. The Monkees have become a more successful band. They've got a lucrative six-month contract at a nightclub, and now they've got a steady following and even groupies. Micky has become a groupie gatherer, but now he's got his eye on one special lady, Gabby. She's not interested in becoming just another conquest. She's been through that before. Will Micky be able to woo her? Mike and Peter are luckier. Gabby's friends are just right for them and their romances make contented men of them both. Davy struggles with changing his horndog ways after he faces a huge crisis in his life. With the help of a good woman, he might just make that transformation. Together, the group bonds into an extraordinary family. This story contains sexually explicit passages. Don't read it if that bugs you. They're not gratuitous. They're there to advance the story and give it deep meaning. This is Volume 1 of a tetralogy of 4 stories. The series is called The Monkees Family. Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction, based on the characters in the show The Monkees. No aspersions are meant.