Notjustagame Stories

Fresh meat. That's all he was supposed to be. Vivietta Hartley had a system - spot them before anyone else does, make her move, walk away clean. She'd done it a hundred times. Boys were easy. Feelings were not. So she made a simple decision a long time ago to only ever deal with one of those things. When Bryson Lawson transfers to Blackwood High three weeks into the school year, Vi clocks him before anyone else does. New, unclaimed, carrying that quiet kind of confidence that makes people look twice. She wants to get there first - before every other girl in that school catches on. Except Bryson doesn't respond the way boys usually do. He doesn't fall for the smile. He doesn't chase when she pulls back. He just looks at her like he already knows exactly what she's doing. And says nothing. Vi has never had to try this hard. She tells herself it's still a game. She's running out of ways to believe that. And Vivietta Hartley is running out of exits.

Jake Wolff has two winning seasons under his belt and has quickly gained fame over at the local high school and has become even closer with every ally he's ever met. And he absolutely loves it; he calls it home. About to start his third season, Nick's daughter starts to have some medical problems. And that means hospital visits, doctors, and tests, and most important, absent Nick at practices. And when he's there physically... his mind isn't. So, as a way to help Jake while Nick's daughter recuperates, principal Sam Adair hires Luke Windimere, a current college baseball coach and former head coach of South Legion High's baseball team... one of Brennan's biggest rivals. And he still supports them wholeheartedly. Jake is annoyed with everything about Windimere but what happens when he becomes more than just an annoyance? What if... the Brennan baseball team needs to fight for Jake harder than they ever have before?

Violet is one of the many children in her community forced to battle to the death. Will she make it out alive? Or will fate have a different plan?

It's not just a game

This is a story about different people that run with different crowds coming together for one thing. A card game. Everyday during free period, the eight students that we follow throughout their senior year play cards. An unlikely group of friends as they are become closer than the average friends. Follow their story as they go through love, loss, betrayal, and the difficulties that come with being a senior in high school.