It's All Geek to Me (Nerds & Geeks Book 3) Read Free

amazing!”
    “Not actual bugs. Glitches in the program.”
    “Oh. Okay, I get it.” Her mom smiled. “A techie I’m not.”
    “Neither am I, but it’s fun hanging around with people who are.”
    “See there? He’s perfect for you.”
    “We’re not together.”
    “If you say so.” The gleam in her mother’s gray eyes, the same color as hers, indicated her mom didn’t believe a word. “He’d bring some height to the family.”
    “ Mom .” She hoped to hell Frazer hadn’t heard that. He was a head taller than most of the people here except for Tug, and her mother was always on the lookout for a guy who’d throw some extra inches into the family gene pool. Her other two sisters had fallen for short men.
    “It’s certainly not a deciding factor, but it doesn’t hurt his cause in my book.”
    “There’s no cause because he’s not my boyfriend.” She hugged her mom again. “We need to go.”
    “Go where?”
    Good question. “Um . . .”
    “Forget I asked. You obviously want to be alone with him. I don’t blame you. He’s very cute.”
    “’Bye, Mom.” She grabbed Frazer’s arm. “We need to leave or we’ll be late.”
    “Late for what?” her dad asked.
    “The movie, Sam,” her mother said and winked at Dulcie. “They want to catch a movie.”
    “Which one?”
    “You wouldn’t have heard of it.” Her mother waved them off as she propelled her husband back to the party.
    “We’re going to a movie?” Frazer pulled his keys out of his pocket as they walked down the block to where he’d parallel parked. Naturally he was skilled at it.
    “Not unless there’s one you want to see.”
    “There isn’t, but it sounded like you had one picked out.”
    “No, I wasn’t planning on a movie. My mother made that up to help us extricate ourselves from the party.”
    “Oh. Well, that was nice of her.”
    “I’ll bet my dad wanted to know what baseball team you’re for.” She lengthened her stride to keep up with him.
    “He did, but that was fine. He invited me to go to a game sometime.”
    “Would you?”
    “Sure, why not?”
    “I thought you were barely tolerating the whole thing tonight. If you go to a game with him you’ll be letting yourself in for more of the same.”
    “That wouldn’t be terrible. I got more used to it towards the end, but I am curious about something. Why didn’t you tell me what to expect?”
    She had an attack of conscience because she’d considered it and had rejected the idea. “I thought about mentioning that it might be a little crazy, but you seem fine when the BMUS staff goes for a beer and pizza brainstorming session and that can get a little out of control.”
    “Yeah, but not like tonight’s deal. Plus they think we’re practically engaged.”
    “That part surprised me. I thought when I brought out the app they’d understand you were there on business.”
    “Not so much.”
    “No, and I didn’t see that coming. But I knew in advance about the games because they’re a tradition for birthday parties and I should have told you. “ She took a deep breath. “Maybe I was afraid if I said anything you wouldn’t have gone.”
    He met that statement with silence.
    “You would have skipped it, wouldn’t you?”
    “Yes, but –”
    “Frazer, I’m so sorry.” They’d reached his car and she turned to face him, remorse churning in her stomach. “I don’t know what I was thinking, dragging you into my family’s nutso birthday party.”
    “I’m not sorry.”
    “You’re not?”
    “No. I’m not saying I loved all of it. If I never have to play Pin the Tail on the Donkey again that’s fine with me. But your Grandma Betsy’s a riot and Henry’s a cool little kid. Anna’s something else, too, and Tug’s an interesting guy. “
    “Tug’s great.” The butterflies in her stomach settled down. Frazer hadn’t had an awful time, after all. “I don’t think you talked much with my sister Jen but Tug and Jen are perfect for each