Nerdly Yours
Copyright© 2025 by DB86
Chapter 2
“What’s your name?”
The woman in red looked up and smiled at the man standing beside her.
“Georgina.”
“Such a nice name for a gorgeous lady. I’m Randall.” The guy sat at her side without invitation. He was impeccably dressed. “I think I’ve seen you here before. Can I tempt you to share dessert?”
Georgina rolled her eyes and said nothing. Usually, she wouldn’t mind his boldness, but she was tired of playing the same old game. She had stopped having one-night stands more than two years ago when she started chasing a fellow teacher from her school called Steve.
She was thinking about taking root, starting a family, and having kids. However, Steve hooked up with someone else, a newcomer English teacher called Diana. They announced their engagement earlier today. It hurt. It hurt too much to stay at home all by herself.
That was the reason she was here tonight, back playing the old game.
The guy at her side kept trying. “Well, I’m here. What are your other two wishes?”
Georgina sighed. “He’s too cocky, too confident. Clearly a player. The kind of guy I should avoid at all costs.”
He leaned down placing a hand on her knee. “Are you new in Portland? I could show you around.”
“I don’t live here, but in a small town. I haven’t come to this club in a long while,” she took his hand off her knee using two fingers.
Georgina had been in this very same situation more times than she could count. She already knew how the story went. They would dance and rub against each other, while she drank enough alcohol to numb herself. It would be followed by a heavy petting session, and they would end up renting a room in a hotel or going to his place. The next day she would wake in a strange bed with a man whose name she couldn’t remember, asking herself: “How the hell did I let this happen again?”
When she was a child, she used to play “Old Maid,” a card game consisting of matching up pairs of cards until the loser was left with the only card that had no mate, the old maid card.
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