James woke up early so he could get down to the shop and meet up with Tommy. He knew that he wouldn’t see his girlfriend again for a while. He was heading out today to go back for the first time and get the education that would make him a better fit for Tommy’s plans. It was going to be weird not to lay eyes on her again for such a long time. Even though they had only been dating a couple of weeks, since their first failed attempt at a date where they ended up sorting collectibles in a warehouse, he had really fallen for her.

He could still remember the day she first came into the shop just over a year ago. She was new to the area having just started teaching. She was originally from a small town in Ohio. That is where her path towards geekdom had started, or so she claimed. She had an older brother who was a Star Wars fanatic, that is where she got he fondness for lightsabers and bounty hunters. It was her Dad’s love of Star Trek and video games that really stuck though.

The one thing that made James leery of pursuing her the most was the age difference. She was only 25 compared to his 38, but it was like she was born a lot earlier than she actually had been. While her classmates were playing on Xboxes and newer systems, she was rocking an Atari and original Nintendo. Her dad was stuck on them, and she was too. She claimed to be a master of most of the old Atari games. James witnessed this on their second date, or real first one.

They had gone to dinner and ended up back at her place. She had the still wrapped Nintendo she got from Tommy on a shelf. She was in love with the Atari she still had and the over 600 cartridges she had with it. There was some kind of rig pieced together to make it work on an LCD, but it still looked old. But when she popped in ET and beat it in a matter of minutes, James knew to be impressed. He thought himself an above average player as well and then challenged her to Combat.

After about 20 games and him racking up zero wins, he gave up. She offered him a double of nothing chance, which he took, not even knowing the stakes. He figured it would be another date, or him getting her one of her missing games for her collection. Of course, he lost. She said he would get his punishment later. That is where that date ended.

He next week was busy for James as he got ready for his trip, but he made time for Amanda every night. He wasn’t sure why but he loved the way she looked at him. It was usually after he stumped her with some obscure geek trivia. That was actually the best date they had at that point, a trivia night at a local bar where the pair of them cleaned up. They got a free appetizer, not a huge victory, but good enough.

They had also gone to a retro arcade and spent almost eight hours there before they knew what time it was. Tonight though he was taking her to a local theater for a late night showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. He knew it wasn’t her favorite, but she had heard about the interaction of the audience and was intrigued by it. So he thought since it was the weekend that he would take her. It was only once a month anyway, so the timing was spot on.

He wasn’t sure what it was about her that he liked most. She was just like him. Not going to grace the cover of the next GQ magazine, but she carried herself confidently and that was a plus. It might also be the fact she was a teacher, that was something he always had a fantasy about since high school and his tenth grade English teacher. She was just an average woman who had an extensive knowledge of geekdom. After a while he gave up trying to figure it out and just decided it was everything.

They go to the theater early and sat up front. When the show started the leaders of the local group got up on the partial stage and started the routine. When they asked for the virgins, Amanda said nothing. Then James outed her. After the show she seemed a little upset at him.

“It was your first time, you had to go through it, we all did.”

“You didn’t have to single me out though.”

“I didn’t know you were going to be the only one there tonight.”

“Virgin indeed.”

They had taken her car since she picked him up from the shop. She was driving a bit more aggressively than usual. Soon they were back at her place. She went inside. James stayed outside not knowing if she was mad at him or not. After about ten minutes she came to the door and asked if he was coming in. He wandered in expecting to be stabbed or hit with something large.

Instead the Atari was on with a game in it. “I was waiting for the right time to give you your punishment. You have to beat that game.”

He looked and saw a bunch of games laying on the floor, all of the unlicensed adult games for the Atari, to include Beat ‘em and eat ‘em, Custer’s Revenge and others. In the system was Gigolo. “Why do I need to play that?”

“Just do it.”

He sat down and took the controller. He had never played it before but set about to doing his best. The first couple of tries saw him fail. Each time he looked around and saw Amanda had left the room. He kept at it another thirty minutes until he finally got the hang of it. He finally beat it. “About time,” he heard from behind. When he looked he saw her standing there in a Gold Star Fleet uniform. Not one of the pajama sets from TNG but one with a short skirt from the original series. “Now that you have served your punishment, you can collect your reward.”

James wasn’t sure what she meant yet, so he commented, “I get to dress as Kirk?”

She giggled at the comment then turned around. She bent over to push her bedroom door open all the way. It was at this time James saw that the miniskirt was all she was wearing. That was enough for him. “Well maybe not dress as him,” she said, “But you can be my Captain and teach this naughty yeoman how bad she has been.” With that she disappeared into her room. He quickly followed.

The next morning, he woke up sore. Sorer than he could ever remember. There were parts of him that he didn’t know could be sore. He just lay there for a moment. Soon he realized that he was suffering from the morning wood problem and became embarrassed as Amanda was rousing too. She turned over and looked at him. “So, who is the virgin now?” Before he could answer she looked down and saw the bulge under the blankets. Then disappeared under them herself. After about a minute he forget that he was sore at all.