Condemned (Beauty And The Billionaire Geek Book 2) by E.E. Griffin Page A
Authors: E.E. Griffin
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it’s game time,” a voice said behind the door.
“Oh crap. I forgot about the raid. Coming!” he yelled toward the door.
“What? Do you need to kill ants or something?”
“No, a dungeon raid. Bah. We play this computer game…” he said, pulling his clothes on. I sat up in bed, covering my breasts with the sheet. Spock meowed at me and rubbed his head on my elbow. I scratched the cat’s head. I had no idea what Billy was talking about. The most experience I had with computer games was Angry Birds on my cell phone.
“You have a video game appointment?” I asked, genuinely confused.
“Precisely. It’s an MMORPG. Everyone is going to be setting up now. I can’t drive you home until after. Do you mind hanging out? You could grab the bus or a cab…”
“I’m alright, I guess. I have a magazine and some homework. I can watch or whatever.”
“I’m afraid there isn’t a lot to watch, but you’re welcome to stay.”
I pulled my clothes on and followed him upstairs as he carried his laptop under his arm. The rest of his roommates gathered around the dining room table, right outside the kitchen. There wasn’t any room for me at the table so I stood there with my backpack watching them get set up, waiting for Billy to introduce me to his friends.
“I’m Daniel, by the way,” said a guy who was equally as geeky as Billy, though not nearly as cute. Daniel reached out his pudgy hand, and I shook it.
“Hi. I’m Zoe.” I looked at Billy as he set up his computer, not noticing he had neglected to introduce me to anyone.
“That’s Maddie,” Daniel said, pointing to a tiny Asian girl in huge glasses. She waved at me awkwardly. “That’s Evan and that’s Alex.” All the boys gave me drooling stares that made me feel like they’d never seen a girl before. Which of course was obviously not true. They lived with Maddie. I knew guys like this got obsessed with girls like me but overlooked girls like Maddie who actually had anything in common with them. Their reaction made me feel even more out of place than I already did. I had no idea what an MMORPG even was. Billy hadn’t bothered to tell me. He finally acknowledged me still lingering near the table. I kind of hoped I’d get a look at this game he seemed so concerned about.
“You can sit in the living room,” he said, almost dismissively. Great. I pursed my lips and turned on my heel to walk to the living room. I sat on the couch and sighed, letting my backpack fall to the floor.
Billy started giving everyone directions like he was some kind of general. There was a disagreement with Daniel about something called area of effect spells.
“Billy, you have to be able to taunt the goblins off me. Raining Fire is my best damage per second spell. Nothing else will get them down as fast.”
“If you want to pull a horde of goblins onto your squishy ass, then, by all means. These goblins don’t behave like regular mobs. We need to focus fire on a single target or I can’t keep the agro. Do you understand?”
“Fine, that just means Maddie is going to out dps me.” Maddie snickered at Daniel and stuck out her tongue.
“Do we want to beat this dungeon or do we want to dominate the dps meters? Because if this is about your dps readings, go play with a target dummy. I swear to God Daniel. Don’t act like a pubescent newb.”
“Fine. I’ll focus fire.”
The conversation sounded like people speaking some other language. A language I didn’t know. I pulled a new fashion magazine out of my backpack and flipped through the pages, inspecting the clothes and the model’s poses. I liked to read fashion magazines. Even though I always dreamed of being a dancer, part of me loved the idea of being a model. So glamorous. Little did I know, modeling was actually kind of weird.
“Taunt! Taunt!” Daniel shouted at Billy.
Billy shouted back, “Focus fire! Damn it!”
Everyone mashed their keyboards and mice. I rolled my eyes. What the hell were they
“Oh crap. I forgot about the raid. Coming!” he yelled toward the door.
“What? Do you need to kill ants or something?”
“No, a dungeon raid. Bah. We play this computer game…” he said, pulling his clothes on. I sat up in bed, covering my breasts with the sheet. Spock meowed at me and rubbed his head on my elbow. I scratched the cat’s head. I had no idea what Billy was talking about. The most experience I had with computer games was Angry Birds on my cell phone.
“You have a video game appointment?” I asked, genuinely confused.
“Precisely. It’s an MMORPG. Everyone is going to be setting up now. I can’t drive you home until after. Do you mind hanging out? You could grab the bus or a cab…”
“I’m alright, I guess. I have a magazine and some homework. I can watch or whatever.”
“I’m afraid there isn’t a lot to watch, but you’re welcome to stay.”
I pulled my clothes on and followed him upstairs as he carried his laptop under his arm. The rest of his roommates gathered around the dining room table, right outside the kitchen. There wasn’t any room for me at the table so I stood there with my backpack watching them get set up, waiting for Billy to introduce me to his friends.
“I’m Daniel, by the way,” said a guy who was equally as geeky as Billy, though not nearly as cute. Daniel reached out his pudgy hand, and I shook it.
“Hi. I’m Zoe.” I looked at Billy as he set up his computer, not noticing he had neglected to introduce me to anyone.
“That’s Maddie,” Daniel said, pointing to a tiny Asian girl in huge glasses. She waved at me awkwardly. “That’s Evan and that’s Alex.” All the boys gave me drooling stares that made me feel like they’d never seen a girl before. Which of course was obviously not true. They lived with Maddie. I knew guys like this got obsessed with girls like me but overlooked girls like Maddie who actually had anything in common with them. Their reaction made me feel even more out of place than I already did. I had no idea what an MMORPG even was. Billy hadn’t bothered to tell me. He finally acknowledged me still lingering near the table. I kind of hoped I’d get a look at this game he seemed so concerned about.
“You can sit in the living room,” he said, almost dismissively. Great. I pursed my lips and turned on my heel to walk to the living room. I sat on the couch and sighed, letting my backpack fall to the floor.
Billy started giving everyone directions like he was some kind of general. There was a disagreement with Daniel about something called area of effect spells.
“Billy, you have to be able to taunt the goblins off me. Raining Fire is my best damage per second spell. Nothing else will get them down as fast.”
“If you want to pull a horde of goblins onto your squishy ass, then, by all means. These goblins don’t behave like regular mobs. We need to focus fire on a single target or I can’t keep the agro. Do you understand?”
“Fine, that just means Maddie is going to out dps me.” Maddie snickered at Daniel and stuck out her tongue.
“Do we want to beat this dungeon or do we want to dominate the dps meters? Because if this is about your dps readings, go play with a target dummy. I swear to God Daniel. Don’t act like a pubescent newb.”
“Fine. I’ll focus fire.”
The conversation sounded like people speaking some other language. A language I didn’t know. I pulled a new fashion magazine out of my backpack and flipped through the pages, inspecting the clothes and the model’s poses. I liked to read fashion magazines. Even though I always dreamed of being a dancer, part of me loved the idea of being a model. So glamorous. Little did I know, modeling was actually kind of weird.
“Taunt! Taunt!” Daniel shouted at Billy.
Billy shouted back, “Focus fire! Damn it!”
Everyone mashed their keyboards and mice. I rolled my eyes. What the hell were they
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