"Oh,I knew this was a mistake!" Peyton said. "I'm as far from liking science and math as you're likely to get."

She gave him a look at the whole Academic Decathalon thing, but refrained from making the nearly obligatory, 'ohmigod, you geeks!' comment. Still he seemed nice enough and going home to her Not!Home and only semi-decent empty apartment was not high on her list. "Not very good, huh? Well, why not? Sure. A basketball game sounds like a decent way to kill part of the night."