A/N: Yeah, not that you cared, but here's the start of Brian and Allison's big date.

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Brian watched on with many of his other friends as Allison cleared wave after wave of aliens in Defender II. She blasted away with lightning reflexes as she rescued helpless human after human, adding to her growing high score. Soon enough, she made contact with a small, pixilated, asterisk, and the screen flashed pink and her game was over. Brian's friends all watched in awe as Allison easily beat David Lightman's high score on Defender. David was the local Arcade champion and hacker guru. He still had all the other high scores to his name, so he wasn't so shaken by this defeat. These guys still couldn't believe a girl had that much dexterity skill. Brian wasn't surprised in the least. Allison could play the piano with her toes among other things.

Allison took Brian by the arm and dragged him outside. It was slightly cold, but her Eskimo-like parka kept her quite warm. Brian was dressed in a pair of slacks and a sweater vest. The cold wasn't a bother to him, either.

"That was really great! Who knew you could play games like that?" Allison just smiled at him.

"I play a lot on the weekends after I finish all my homework. My parents don't care." Brian nodded impressed. He looked across the street to the local mall.

"Let's get some pizza?"

"Sure, sounds good."

Allison proceeded by grabbing his arm and tucking it under hers. Brian felt a strange knot in his stomach. He never made contact with girls like this before. They entered the mall. Brian tried acting casual, despite his inner feelings. He looked around the food court ,and spotted Claire and the other popular girls across from them. Brian looked over and saw Claire and wondered if she saw them? He looked over at Allison and shed gave him a reassuring pat on the shoulder. They walked past the table and went on to go eat.

"Looks like Einstein has a girlfriend," mumbled Shannon.

"Yeah, but I guess they fit together," Claire tried a neutral statement.

"Yeah, he's the super geek and she's the psycho." The table erupted in laughter. Claire piped up a bit, "She does great in her classes; she made honor roll last term."

"You pay attention to that freak?" Amy looked over and shook her head.

"Well, I sit in front of her in English."

"Not like they'll win any award for best couple or anything," Heather interjected as the group nodded.

"Hey, maybe they just like each other?" Claire said a bit loudly.

Bennie had gotten fed up about this geek talk and got up to leave, "I think it's sweet you pity those weirdoes, but we have to go shopping." The others followed suit towards the boutiques.