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“Oh, all right then.” He finally extends his hand to Matt, who shakes it with a confused look. “I’m Charlie.”
Dad moves to the side and motions for Matt to come in. I wave for Matt to follow me and turn to walk down the hallway. Looking behind, I see Matt looking at the pictures we have on our walls, and I wonder what he thinks of my house. His place was immaculate, and while ours isn’t dirty or anything, it just seems like a standard home to me. Cozy.
“All right, McFanboy.” I toss a smirk at him as I motion to my door. “This, as they say, is where the magic happens.”
I hear him chuckle as I open the door and let him walk in first. My dad’s office is on the other side of the house, next to our living room, but I still want a bit of privacy. Why, Izzy? Nothing is going to happen. I shake the thought away and shut my door, so it’s only cracked open.
Looking back, Matt watches me and grins. “What?”
“Nothing.” He turns back around, taking in the room. “Okay, before I dig into all this, I have to ask; what was that about?”
“What was what about?”
He nods at my door. “One second your dad looked ready to tear my head off and as soon as he found out I’m into all this stuff, he thinks I’m harmless?”
“Oh.” I laugh, leaning against my desk. “He thinks nerds are harmless.”
“Really?” He quirks an eyebrow.
“Yeah, well, anyone I’ve brought over to see all this,” I wave around the room, “is usually a girl. One of my friends. Like, Cindy and Veronica.”
“Oh.”
“And the last guy that came over was my ex-boyfriend, last year. He wasn’t into this stuff at all.”
“How long did you guys go out?” Matt takes a step back, sitting on my bed. My eyes shoot from him to the bed, as memories of his room hit me. “Sorry.” He gives me a nervous look. “Is this okay?”
“Um, yeah.” I look away, pulling out the chair by my desk.
He’s on your bed. Be cool. Don’t stare at his lips.
“So?”
“Oh, um, a couple months.”
“And he wasn’t into all your geek paraphernalia.”
His grin infects me, and I smile back. “No, definitely not. I mean, he didn’t mind it, but it just wasn’t his thing. He was into sports and the normal guy stuff.” Matt raises an eyebrow at me. “You probably know him. Sean Tate?”
“Wait, hold up.” Matt puts up a finger. “You went out with Sean Tate? All-state running back who got offers from UCLA, USC, and Oregon State last year?”
“That’s him.”
“Wow, Iz. Dating older guys. I’m impressed.”
“Shut up.” I laugh. “He might’ve been a senior last year, but he was only eight months older than me.”
“Why’d you guys …” He looks away. “Never mind. None of my business.”
“What?”
He scratches the side of his head. “Why’d you guys break up?”
“He ended it,” I say, feeling totally at ease with the subject. I was really hurt last year when it happened, but the more time went on, I came to realize we didn’t have much in common. There was an attraction, but other than that, nothing.
“Sorry.”
“It’s fine.” I wave him off. “He used the long-distance thing as an excuse, but I kind of saw it coming. If I’m being honest, there wasn’t ever really a spark or anything there. He asked me out, we went out for a while, and that was that.”
