CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE –GAME OVER

"No freakin' way..." Kevin muttered, jaw hanging slack as GAME OVER flashed in 8-bit finality, her name blinking atop the new high score. "But...but you said you didn't..." "Didn't say a lot of things, did I?" Jasmine rounded on him with a look of grim satisfaction. "Because you never bothered to ask!" With that withering parting shot, she spun on her heel and stormed out into the cool night air, leaving a dumbstruck Kevin and crowd of awestruck onlookers in her pixelated wake. Sucking in a deep, cleansing breath, she fished out her phone to fire off a message. To Claire: Your friend is a socially inept loser who cares more about video games than human interaction. I'm done with these idiots - find me a NORMAL GUY ASAP! The responding text was instantaneous: From Claire: Loud and clear, bestie. Deploying the big guns next time - you WILL meet a decent dude if it's the last thing I do! Jasmine couldn't help but chuckle ruefully at that, shoving her hands into her pockets as sh