Let the Games Begin

[Jacelynn Heron]

Arcades, such a place to find geeky little nerds with no lives and too many hormones. On occasion though, there was one or two attractive guys that she could flirt around with just for S's and G's because boredom often struck the college girl with no friends and no family worth spending time with. Such was the life of girl with an attitude problem who never let anyone get close enough to hurt her. That was just the way things worked, even if she had failed once or twice along the way, that was what she was doing now and if someone didn't like it, tough shit.

Jacelynn had spent a while wandering stores in search of a hot pair of shoes because that simply made everything better. Unfortunately no good sales were up so she found shoes, just not the money to spend on them. Waitressing wasn't exactly a high-paying job, no matter how much she worked and how many guys tipped her extra for being a looker. It was all just very dumb, so instead she spent what little money she had on the dinky nerd games in the arcade because what else could she do?

Picking a Ms. Pacman game, she got her tokens and stationed herself, sticking out like a sore thumb as always. Jace could care less though, in a room full of fandoms and nonsense, she loved being that goth chic babe that was every boy's dark little fantasy. With the fire red hair to top it off, she figured she looked the part. Tight skirts in winter, yup, that was Jace for ya. She shifted her weight onto her left foot and rested her arm next to the controls. With a huff, she stared mindlessly at the game, working to beat her highscore that still rang out third on the charts.

[Dakota Hyde]

Dakota shrugged on his jacket as he got out of his car. He didn’t have anything better to do; well he had some studying to do. But he had been up late last night studying, he figured he could take a few hours off, for himself. Just so he wouldn’t go crazy from all the studying. Everyone needed a break, what he wondered was why he was at the mall instead of at a bar. Alcohol helped him loosen up, like it did with everyone else. Though drinking till he got drunk was not something he usually did, that he left to his buddy Adam. However, it was still day light, and there was something weird about doing to a bar when it was still day light. So he opted to go to the mall, and he couldn’t always go drinking, that was a really bad habit that he didn’t want to get into.

He walked into the mall, hands in his jacket pockets. He was planning on going to the arcade, there was nothing better than just to geek out for a few minutes playing mindless games that had really no ending as long as you had coins. Yeah, he could have stayed home and played on his xbox, but he didn’t want to be a hermit either. He liked being around people, he wasn’t shy or withdrawn. Not to mention, there was always at least one woman there that he could flirt with, and that was always a reason why he came back to the arcade.

Before heading to the arcade he stopped at an ice cream shop, he got a chocolate ice cream cone with gummy bear as a topping. Then proceeded to head to the arcade, licking his ice cream as he walked; this was also another reason to come to the arcade in the mall. Once at the arcade he was careful to make sure no one working there saw him with his ice cream. He got some coins and then walked around, wondering which game he should play first. That’s when he saw the blonde, he smirked, making his way behind her, standing in line to play Mrs. Pacman (which was a completely sexist name in Dakota opinion). He stood quietly behind the blonde, licking at his ice cream, waiting for his turn, or till she noticed him, either one really. Now that he was waiting behind her, he took the time to look her over. Sighing, and shook his head, of course the girl he stopped would be wearing something a needy high school student would wear.