Ocean's Parkway: Chronicles of a Prince

This week I would like to talk a little about a story that I've been working on--Ocean's Parkway: Chronicles of a Prince or just Ocean's Parkway for short. I plan to present a couple recent stories or chronicles of Ocean's Parkway today in class as a short story.

The plot of Ocean's Parkway takes us into the world of a young man--surrounded by wealth, popularity, and status--in other words, high society. His life can somewhat be compared to the "heiress" Paris Hilton, just exceedingly smarter and more interesting. Because of this, I refer to him as a "Prince"--not in the literal sense the word however. He encounters various obstacles (love, friendship, murder, etc.) in his journey to find who he really is--a prince or a man.

The inspiration came from a girl that I was dating a while back who decided that it would be a good idea, since both her and I appreciated the art of writing, to write a drama based on actual events in our lives. The characters, however fictionalized, would be based on people that we knew--including ourselves. As her name was Tamika, the central female character's name became Tanya--taking the first letter of her name (T) and formulating a new name beginning with that letter. Accordingly, as my name is Brandon, the central male character's name became Bobby.

Tamika started the first segment of the Ocean's Parkway and emailed it to me and my job was to, from what she wrote, reply to that email with a new story. We sent and replied to each others emails for a few short stories but as our relationship died so did the interest. In taking my advance writing class, I've decided to delve back into Ocean's Parkway--this time alone and changing the direction in which the story was originally going into something that fit the person I am today, as the story is based loosely on actual events.

I really enjoy writing Ocean's Parkway because of the rich characters and the real and dynamic world in which I placed them. Following is a paragraph of the first chronicle of Ocean's Parkway entitled "Samantha." Keep in mind that this event actually happened, however fictionalized it may sound. Hope you enjoy!

Chronicle I
Samantha

It’s a rainy Friday night in NYC. It’s about 8pm and Bobby is driving to his apartment in his 2009 Land cruiser. Samantha is by his side in the passenger seat, not really knowing what to think of the present situation; a situation that may or may not be what she desires. Bobby pulls up in front of his building, which seems to resemble a modern castle adorned with marble and supported with steel, he puts his car in park, and looks at Samantha in bewilderment.

“Is this the girl of my dreams? Maybe! Is this girl hot as hell? Undoubtedly! Does either of these two questions have anything to do with the present state of affairs? Nope!” pondered Bobby.

They both found themselves looking at each other with thoughts of fornication in their minds. At that moment, whatever Bobby was thinking vanished as Samantha gripped his t-shirt and pulled at it, bringing his body closer to hers. Unfortunately their warm bodies weren’t able to connect as their awkwardness made them forget to unbuckle their seatbelts. They gave each other a half smile as they simultaneously unbuckled their straps. Samantha continued to be aggressive—pulling again at his t-shirt. As their faces made contact, they looked at each other for a moment—gazing in each others eyes for a reason not to proceed.

No reason? Guess not!

They let passion overtake them as they kissed for the first time. Samantha, being the aggressor, took charge and bit Bobby’s bottom lip.

“Wow, that hurt!” thought Bobby, as he was indeed surprised that Samantha was such a violent lover....