Courting the Nerd_A Rumor Has It short story by RH Tucker

Author:RH Tucker [Tucker, RH]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

“Sam, I’m not gonna repeat it. Just do it.”

Quinton has been urging me the rest of the day to ask Natalie to prom still. He didn’t catch most of the show, but Kelsey and I caught him up. And once he heard the whole thing, he shrugged his shoulders like it was no big deal, and said, “There’s your in.”

It’s such a weird dichotomy. I should be annoyed or even embarrassed that I’m the joke vote, and at the same time, I should have a bit of an ego boost, because Natalie defended me against Dustin The Douche. But I don’t feel any of that. I don’t want to be looked down on or made fun of, but I don’t want to be looked at like some hero, coming to the rescue. I just want to be me.

We’re walking toward the student parking lot. “Q, what’s the point? It’d just be a stupid date that she doesn’t even really want.”

“Stop being an idiot. She wants a date. You want a date. Neither of you have a date. Problem solved.”

“She wants a date, she just doesn’t want me as a date.”

Kelsey honks from her car. Quinton looks over at her and waves, before turning back to me. “Dude, she might’ve cared about being paired up with the joke vote in the beginning, but from everything you’ve said, I don’t think she cares now. And I don’t mean that like, oh, she’ll just go with anyone, even the chess nerd. I mean, she likes you.” I give him an incredulous stare. “I don’t mean like like, but she thinks you’re cool. At least, cool enough to drop your name and tell Dustin you were her prom date.”

“Yeah …”

“Just, I don’t know … think about it.”

“Sure.”

“You still going to the orthodontist right now?”

“Yeah.” I tap my braces. “Finally getting these freaking things off. At least I’ll get prom pictures without braces.”

He chuckles. “Yeah. All right, text me tomorrow before you head over. I told Kels we’d pick her up about an hour before it starts and go eat.”

“Okay, cool.”

We perform our handshake ritual before he walks away. Turning around, I head to my Vespa and go over everything he’s been telling me today, yet again. Should I ask her? Quinton’s right, neither of us have dates. It’s not like I was planning on asking someone, but she was. Would she even have fun if she came with us? Would I?

Putting my backpack under my seat, I turn around and see her standing near the fence of the parking lot. Her eyes are locked on her phone, as she scrolls through something. I take a deep breath.

This is so stupid, but maybe Quinton’s right. He was right about Izzy and Matt after all. And he did have the guts to put it all out there for Kelsey. That means he actually might know what he’s talking about when it comes to girls. Oh God. I’m giving Quinton credit about knowing how to deal with girls.

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