A Little Excerpt

August 2013

Levi Cranston's (The Magic Video Game) friends, Kevin Maggliardi, Jing Hao, Mike Wong, and David Rogers were in college playing tennis. They were about to start classes the next day, and they wanted to have one last night together where they didn't have to worry about homework, papers, or tests.

It was a really nice night in Boston. After playing tennis in this breezy weather, the boys were going to watch TV cartoons and eat their weight in pizza once they returned to their dorm.

Kevin's best friend from back home, Shanti Lee, just moved to California for college, and it broke his heart. He was excited for her because she went to school out on the west coast, but they would not be able to hang out again until at least Thanksgiving break.

For the past week, he was really sad and needed extra motivation to go out and do anything with his friends. David, Mike, and Jing basically dragged him out of bed to get him to hang out with them in Boston for the day.

Once tennis practice was over, Kevin started crying. The other three kids ran over to him to see what was wrong.

"My arm really hurts," Kevin stated while grabbing his arm.
"You alright?" David asked.
"It's really sore. I think I may have pulled a muscle."
"Maybe you have tennis elbow?"
"Maybe," Kevin replied through his tears.
"Maybe ice it when we get back," David remarked.

Kevin nodded while trying hard to fight back tears. It took him a little while to catch his breath and dry his eyes.

His arm was perfectly fine. He was crying about Shanti.