title: The Way We Almost Were
author: Field, Ryan
description: In this outrageously wild and sexy gay parody, Allan Nottingham has a big gay secret. Though he wants to become a respected political journalist so he can make everyone happy cry, just like Oprah and her best friend Gayle, he actually makes an excellent living by performing idiotic stunts on a trashy but popular TV show called, The Naughty Boiz. He'll do anything from skateboarding into a huge vat of mustard to being a human sling shot, wearing nothing but a skimpy leopard thong and a black ski mask to conceal his true identity.
  
  Allan's handsome, hunky boss, Mikey Phoenix, the producer of The Naughty Boiz and Allan's best friend, is always there to watch out for him. It's an unusual friendship between a gay man and a straight man, because straight Mikey is always full of surprises that would leave most people shocked.
  
  But Mikey's friendship isn't enough for Allan, and when Allan accidentally runs into his first lover from college, Jacob Steinman, all of the old feelings of love and romance he thought he'd laid to rest come rushing back.
  
  Whether or not the love between Allan and Jacob will be enough to sustain them isn't clear until the end. And as these exciting, exaggerated characters grow and begin to embrace their true passions in life, what happens in the end clearly defines the way they almost were.