Hey everyone!! Here we are with the third installment of Nerds! Athrun and Cagalli meet in this one. I hope everyone enjoys! Please please please message me or write in your review what you want Cagalli to write about and if you want advice feel free to do that. I want this story to be interactive, especially because there are so many readers. On that note. I'd love to thank EVERYONE who reviewed and who read. I'm so happy this story is popular. I am so honored that everyone is enjoying! So without further ado, here's chapter 3! Love you all. I don't own Gundam or Nerds to go! Please R&R! I also couldnt get some of the line breaks to work so i wrote it in there! Sorry!

Nerds-To-Go Chapter 3

The first thing Cagalli did when she woke up was run to her cabinet where she kept the phone book. She ran her finger down the page slowly.

"Computer technician…computer…" she mumbled. "Aha! This'll work," she said, her finger stopping on a company called Nerds To Go. She picked up the phone and dialed the number.

"Hello, Nerds to Go. How can I assistant you?" a cheerful girl's voice echoed from the other end of the phone.

"Yes…My computer won't turn on, so I was wondering if I could get people to come out here and look at it?" she asked.

"Just a moment," the girl said. Cagalli waited a few seconds listening to silence. "I have two of our best free at 10:00 this morning," she said.

"That'd be great," Cagalli said happily. She hadn't expected people to be able to come today. Cagalli hung up and immediately dialed the restaurant. Murrue picked up on the second ring.

"Hello, Zaft Bar and Grille," she said.

"Hey Murrue it's Cagalli," she said.

"Hey dear, what's going on?"

"Oh not much, I just have to come to work a little after 10:00 today," she said. "My computer shut off on me and I hired some people to come by to fix it, " she explained.

"That's fine. I mean you rarely miss work and you almost never take vacation's I can't exactly say no," Murrue teased.

"Thank you so much, I'll be in as soon as possible," Cagalli assured. She hung up and ran to her shower. These people may be 'nerds' but it didn't mean she couldn't look good.

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"Athrunnnnn," Nicol whined as they climbed into their van.

"What now Nicol?" He asked.

"Why do you allow Meyrin to make such early appointments?" he complained.

"10:00 is not early and besides she's your secretary too. You could just ask her," he remarked. Nicol frowned and stayed quiet for the rest of the ride. Athrun put the van in park. He stretched. "Ahhh, right on time. At least try and act awake," he said. Nicol smirked.

"I can do that," he said and rang the doorbell.

"Wow, I can't believe they're right on time," Cagalli said rushing towards the door, after hearing the bell ring. She opened the door to find two men about her age standing in the doorway. One was shorter and had short messy green hair. The other was taller and had longer blue hair, gorgeous emerald eyes and a cute pair of metal-rimmed glasses. They both looked the part, but Cagalli couldn't help but feel slightly attracted to the blue haired male. The smaller one smiled cheerfully.

"HI! Thank you for choosing Nerds to Go, the most helpful computer company around. When your computer's your foe, get Nerds to Go!" Nicol said cheerfully. Cagalli raised an eyebrow. The taller boy elbowed him.

"Nicol, we agreed we wouldn't say that anymore!" he slapped his forehead. "Well anyway, I'm Athrun and this is Nicol, as you've heard we're here to fix your computer," he said, pointing first to himself then to Nicol.

"Right, please come in," she urged. She led them to the computer room.

"So what exactly seems to be the issue here?" Nicol asked. Cagalli sighed.

"Well I was using it last night and then it just shut off on me," she said. "You know I thought it might be the battery, like it died because I wasn't paying attention, but when I plugged it in…I got nothing," she said. "It's really important that I get it fixed," she said sternly.

"Right, ok," Athrun said. "You may have picked up a virus. Let's see." He and Nicol began to plug multiple wires into her machine and began to try to get it to turn on.

"Would you like anything to drink?" she asked.

"No thanks," "Yes" Athrun and Nicol replied at the same time. "Alright, yes," Athrun said changing his answer after hearing Nicol's response.

"Great, I'll be right back," she made her way to the kitchen and began to mix the lemonade. 'God,' she thought, 'the bluenette, Athrun…he's good looking. A little nerdy, but who cares.' She returned with the drinks.

"Thanks," Nicol said. Athrun nodded.

"It's no problem," she said. She watched as they began a scan of her computer. "I'm glad you got it to turn on," she said with relief.

"Yeah, well it was no big deal. You just need the right equipment," Athrun said.

"May I use your bathroom?" Nicol asked.

"Yeah down the hall and too the left," Cagalli said motioning with her hands. Nicol left, leaving Cagalli and Athrun alone.

"So what do you do?" Athrun asked, striking up a conversation.

"You mean with my computer?" she asked nervously, suddenly realizing that he might be able to see some of her documents that had her posts in it.

"No, I mean for a job, just in general," he asked.

"Oh, oh well, I'm a waitress," she said. "At a restaurant."

"Oh that's interesting," he commented.

"Yeah we're like a family there," she said happily. "What about you? What do you do?" she asked.

"Well you see…I usually fix computers…"

"Oh duh!" she said slapping her forehead. 'Real smooth,' she thought angrily. Nicol returned and immediately sat down. The two sat there for another fifteen minutes in complete silence, while Cagalli waited very patiently.

"Alright, well you had a virus, but we were able to locate it and erase it. So everything should run smoothly now. We'll do a test," Nicol said as he turned off the computer. He let it rest for a few seconds but then turned it right back on; good as new.

"You're all set," Athrun said. Cagalli wrote a check out and handed it to him. She also handed them two tens.

"Thanks I really appreciate it," she said thankfully.

"It's what we do," Athrun said waving it off. "Call us if you have any other problems," she said.

"And remember when your computers your foe! Get Nerds to Go!" Nicol repeated.

"Sounds great, thanks guys!" she said closing the door. "Wow," she said aloud as she slumped against her door. She knew she wasn't going to be able to get the geeky but cute technician out of her head all day. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Cagalli jumped but turned around and opened the door.

"Oh hey Athrun," she said.

"Hey Cagalli, we left a wire here," he said. He walked to the computer and pulled it out. "Sorry about that," he said.

"No problem. I'll see you later," she said.

"Alright. Goodbye," he said and waved, smiling sweetly. Cagalli could hear her heart pounding.

"Stupid! You're never going to see him again," she said as she walked upstairs to change for work.

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"Now she was pretty," Athrun said once they were in the van.

"Yeah, she was cute. Nice girl," he said. "Too bad we won't see her again."

"True. You know speaking of cute girls, I was thinking about asking Meyrin out," he said.

"Really? T…that's great," Nicol said with fake enthusiasm."

"She's pretty and it might be nice to get to know her better," he said pulling into the office parking lot.

"When you going to ask?" Nicol asked slamming his door shut.

"In like two seconds when we see her," Athrun smiled and walked into the building. Nicol sighed knowing there was no way Meyrin would say no. After they entered the building they were immediately bombarded by Luna.

"So how'd the visit go?" she asked eagerly.

"Fine as always Luna! Why do you always get so worked up? It always goes fine," Athrun said sighing.

"Right I know, I know. But with new costumers its always good to make sure. We want them to use us again."

"Oh she thought we were great, even tipped us each 10 dollars," Nicol said. "We usually don't get tips."

"Oh that's wonderful!" Luna cheered. "Keep up the good work guys," she said and returned to her own office. Athrun made his way to Meyrin's desk.

"Good morning, Meyrin," he said.

"G…good morning, Athrun," she said quietly.

"I was just wondering, if maybe you'd like to join me for dinner tomorrow night?" he asked. Meyrin blushed.

"I…I would love that!" she said flustered.

"Really? Great," he smiled. "I'll pick you up at 6:30." Meyrin just nodded. "I've never been to that Zaft Bar and Grille, you know the one that's a town over?" he asked.

"Oh, they have great food, " she said shyly.

"That's what I've heard. Are you alright with going there?" he asked. Meyrin just nodded.

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"So who knew computer technicians could be attractive!" Cagalli said, describing her morning. "I wish there was a way I could see him again!" she said to Shiho that evening. Shiho laughed.

"Well there is a way. Break your computer," she said. Cagalli frowned.

"No way! I love my computer, I almost died when it died last night," she said.

"Doesn't mean you can't fake it," Shiho teased.

"I'm pretty sure he'd notice," she said rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, but it would show him you're interested in him," she said. Cagalli paused. Shiho had a point and a very good point at that.

"I don't even know if he's single though," she thought out loud.

"Now you're just making excuses," Shiho said.

"Well maybe I like being single," she snapped.

"No girl LIKES being single Cagalli," Shiho retorted. Cagalli sighed. What Shiho said was true. She hadn't been on a date in awhile. Her last date had been almost 3 months ago and it had been with a creep named Yuna, who had just wanted to get her in bed and then leave her. Luckily she hadn't fallen for that one. But it had also been helpful, because she ended up writing an advice post about being used and it had been an extremely popular post and she had received over 100 responses. It had been on of the major posts to kick start her recognition as a blogger.

"Alright, alright, maybe I'll try something," she said disappearing into the kitchen. This was going to be interesting, hopefully Athrun would go for it.

"Hey Cagalli," Stellar said walking in to the kitchen to start her shift.

"Hey Stellar, how are you?" Over the past week as Stellar had begun to be more comfortable at the job, her and Cagalli had begun to become friends. Stellar had even invited her, Shiho and Lacus over for dinner this upcoming Saturday. She had done it right after Cagalli's post and it made her wonder if Stellar read her blog or if it was merely coincidence.

"Great!" she said happily. "This guy who lives next door to me in my building finally asked me out. His name's Shinn Asuka."

'That's awesome," Cagalli said cheerfully. But inside she was disappointed. She was indeed tired of being single and she could only hope that this plot to get Athrun would work. "Hey Joule, best waitress/waiter of the month is revealed tomorrow. You better be ready to ask Shiho out!" she teased.

"Yeah! Whatever Athha!" Yzak snapped carrying plates out to his table.

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Your Corner

Hey guys! I received a lot of great feedback from that last post! I'm so glad I was able to be helpful. So here's some stuff you guys sent.

Dear PR,

I love your blog! It's so entertaining and always gives me great advice. I was especially happy with this entry, because I just started new job. The people seem really nice, but they also seem to be very close. I was nervous about being able to fit in but I invited some people over for a cookout and it went smoothly and now I feel like I fit right in. Thank you for your great advice!

Love Star

Dear Star,

Thanks I'm glad I'm helpful! I hope that other people have tried methods to fit into their new job! Star is a great example of how well these things work! Congrats Star. I hope you love your new job!

Dear Rose,

So I decided to start looking for a job? How do I choose one that's right for me?

Confused

Dear Confused,

It's easy to be confused about what type of job you want! I personally think that you should do something you know you're going to enjoy. If you like being active maybe try being an instructor at a gym or a lifeguard. (It is summer!) Maybe you like organizing, so try a desk job! If you like things hectic, maybe apply for a job at a restaurant or as a caterer/party planner. There's lost of things to try so grab your local paper and check out the 'Help Wanted' section! Good luck!

Alright so today's topic is something everyone can relate to. Being single. We've all been there. That lone fish in the ocean full of "plenty of fish in the sea" if you know what I mean. No one enjoys being single, even those people that always so 'oh no I like being single!' I got news for you, those people just talk big. Well anyway, being single isn't the worst thing that could happen to you and even though it's cliché, it's true that there are a lot of people out there! You could meet your future lover/spouse/significant other anywhere! At a bar, at the beach, at your job. Think of place and I bet you can meet someone there. So if your single and don't want to be, here are some tips! One: Dress up no matter what. Always try and look your best, because you could totally impress someone just by looking neat and like you tried when you woke up. Two: put yourself out there. Don't be afraid to try new things and chat with new people. Introduce your self to someone you see in that sandwich shop everyday. And Three: don't let anything slip away. If you think you might have a chance with someone you meet, give them your number! Or hell just go for it and invite them to lunch. So even if you are single, remember you can always meet someone new. The possibilities are endless! Go get 'em tiger!

Cagalli clicked post and stretched as she waited for her computer to shut down. She only hoped she could follow her own advice and hook Athrun the cute computer nerd.

Alright a few notes. This is not an AthrunMeyrin story, it's just a slight triangle for now. I will not bash Meyrin, I like her character, I just think that Athrun and Cagalli belong together. I also know Stellar and Nicol are slightly OOC but that happens in AU fics...ahh oh well. Anyway please give me suggestions and reviews!! Much love! I will update hopefully by this weekend!