[Rumor Has It 2.50] • Courting the Nerd

Natalie Frazier might not be the most popular girl at Woodbridge High, but she’s definitely on the first rung. She’s also on her way to being class valedictorian and she just made prom court, so who knows? Maybe she’ll be able to add prom queen to her high school resume before she heads off to college.

Sam Patterson is the prototypical nerd. Glasses, talks about sci-fi shows and comic books with his friends, and runs debate and chess club. As the saying goes, if you looked up the definition of a nerd his picture would be there. And now he can add another checkmark to his high school biography: senior prom court joke vote.

When the prom court is announced, everyone knows who the joke votes are for the guys and the girls. And everyone knows the joke votes are always paired together. Except this year they’re not. Sam gets paired up with Natalie, much to both of their surprise. Now they have to survive one week as a prom court couple. That’s if they can survive each other.

***Courting the Nerd* is a *Rumor Has It* short story that takes place in the middle of *True to You*. It can be read as a stand-alone, but there are spoilers for what happens in *True to You*. If you don’t want spoilers, it is recommended you read *True to You* BEFORE reading *Courting the Nerd*.**