Page 65 of Cocky Nerd
“Iknow.”
“And I’m here too, hi.” Nathan waves his hand in front of myface.
“Yes, hello.” I hug mybrother.
“So you and Johnny look pretty good together, huh?” My brother wraps his arm around Katie’s waist as he saysthis.
I shrug my shoulders. “Dowe?”
“You are such a gorgeous couple. You should see the way he looks at you, oh my God.” Katie touches her hand to her heart. “It’s so cute. I can’t wait to meethim.”
“Yeah, well, he’s a cuteguy.”
“He is?” Nathan’s face gets all screwed up. “You think he’s a cute guy? Johnny B.Nerdballs?”
“What can I say, those nerdballs have grown onme.”
After a beat, we all start laughing so hard, we barely hear John asking what’s so funny. I barely hear the voice in my head that’s telling me John’s parents are probably thinking exactly what I’ve been thinking: I don’t bring enough to the table. Here is a man who is doing so much—for thousands of nerds who need jobs and funding, for women to be better represented in a field that I know nothing about, for hungry people in China, for me. And I dance in ballets, which isnice.
