Nerd Love by Magnolia Robbins

Author:Magnolia Robbins [Robbins, Magnolia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Reese

Judging by the expression on Lucy’s face, she hadn’t been to Port Pavilion on the pier before. Though, she hadn’t been certain until she asked. “Never been here before?” she asked, as they parked and exited her navy blue Passat. Lucy shook her head and Reese came to the other side of her car to meet her. Once she’d fastened on the jean jacket, she was ready. Reese pushed a red San Francisco 49ers baseball cap on her head, twisting it slightly to straighten it, and unfolded her ten-dollar aviators over her eyes. Lucy stared at her pleased.

“What?” Reese asked curiously.

“I just forgot how cute you look in baseball caps,” she admitted, shrugging. “You ready?”

For a minute, Reese almost offered her hand to Lucy. But they were going as friends today. Just out for the evening to enjoy themselves. They made their way out of the parking garage and towards the pier. While they walked, Reese found herself distracted, taking glances at Lucy as she was talking about something about Comic Con. Admiring those dorky black framed glasses and how she’d carefully push them up her nose every so often. The way her smile made dimples on her cheeks, and the reflection of the lights on the pier in her soft brown eyes.

“Reese,” Lucy said, standing at the doorway to the building. “You alive in there?” Reese shook her head, bringing herself back to reality. They made their way inside, Reese bracing herself to be recognized. Lucky for her, it seemed as if they were well enough incognito for people not to care. Lucy was busy looking at a sandcastle that had been built right inside of the building.

Finally, Reese grew impatient and wrapped her hand around Lucy’s. “Come on, that isn’t why we’re here.” She tugged them through the building to the opposite side. Hoping that it was still there. It was a pretty popular place, so she wasn’t surprised when she saw the bright neon lighting. The arcade had been around for a long time. A decade at least. Reese had been coming to the pier for at least that long. The place was jam-packed.

Lucy stared at her surprised. “An arcade?”

“I can play a game or two,” Reese said, somewhat defensively. “I’m not entirely a novice.” Lucy grinned at her as Reese led them inside.

“Racing games don’t count, Reese,” Lucy teased as they weaved their way to the back of the room. Reese ignored her, getting tokens from a machine so they could play. When she’d finished, she handed Lucy some. Lucy stayed quiet until they’d made it to the game Reese had in mind. When she stopped in front of the arcade version of Gauntlet, she heard Lucy laugh from behind her.

“Geez, we haven’t played this since we were kids,” Lucy remarked, staring at the dated machine. Lucy wasn’t inaccurate. The last time they’d played had been on a Super Nintendo console at her parents’ house, after homework.

“Now, I generally come here for the racing games, but I saw this last time I was here and knew you’d want to play.

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