it. For a room full of undoubtedly nerdy people, the audience was actually
surprisingly nice, accepting and well bathed. That was a miracle in and of
itself.
Some of them asked Joe about his new friend, but most simplywere
there to enjoy the movie. Clearly he had been here many times before, and
he seemed to get a kick out of showing off Jacob. It felt nice to be admired,
and the men accepted him pretty easily.
“They’re nicer than I expected.” Jacob chuckled.
“Of course they’re nice. They’re Trekkies. It’s live long and prosper, not
get bent and die.” Joe laughed.
“I guess it is.” Jacob smiled.
“Aren’t your friends nice?” Joe asked.
“I mean…Sort of? In their own way. They’re…a curious bunch.” “Well, I hope to meet more of them soon. Serena seems nice.” “I can confirm she is sometimes.” Jacob smiled as he looked at the
screen. “So…what is it about?”
“Star Trek?” Joe asked. “You’ve never seen a Star Trek movie before?” “I mean, of course I have. They have the…hand thing?” Jacob said,
lifting his hand in a strange wave.
“That’s definitely something that they have…” Joe looked at him
strangely for a minute. “But that’s the queens wave. This is the Star Trek
salute.”
“What? What is it?” Jacob asked, trying to mimic the salute but was
suddenly feeling very self conscious.
“You’ve never seen this before?” Joe looked at him strangely. “No?”
“The TV shows? You must’ve seen Voyager, Deep Space Nine or The
Next Generation?”
“No?” Jacob responded.
“None of it?” Joe was shocked.
“I’m sorry, is that bad?” Jacob asked, his insides squirming as Joe
looked at him. The look wasn’t judgement but it was absolutely baffled. “No. I just-” Joe began but stopped. For a moment Jacob was worried
this was it. He was about to be dumped for not being enough of a nerd. The
irony was cruel. But then Joe’s face shifted to one of incredible excitement.
