Let's meet Jennifer.

My name is Jen, short for Jennifer. I’ve had better days. Right now, I’m in what you might call an... interesting situation. And by interesting, I mean that a guy I just met is having the night of his life right now at my expense.

I’m such. An. Idiot. Why in the world did I agree to something like this with someone I’ve known for all of half an hour? Why was I so full of myself?

I’m a very competitive person by nature. You might say I’m something of a natural when it comes to games. I’ve never had to work for it. Things come easily to me. I guess you might call it being gifted or something like that. Unfortunately, having natural talent isn’t all sunshine. In my case, you might say I overestimated my abilities.

I should probably talk about how I got here. I met this guy on a dating app; we’ll call him Josh. He wasn’t exactly my type. He’s skinny and nerdy, although to be fair, that also describes me. But I usually go for someone a bit more... cool, I guess? He’s about average height, a few inches taller than me, and he seemed pretty cool when we were chatting over text. He’s one of the few matches that actually had something more interesting to say than ‘hey.’ He asked about my interests, and we got to talking about Nintendo.

“What’s your favorite Nintendo game?” Josh asked me over text.

“IDK. Lots. I used to play Super Smash Brothers a lot back when I was in school,” I replied. “I was pretty good, too. You?”

This must have piqued Josh’s interest, because he replied back right away.

“Oh yeah, I love Smash. Ultimate or Melee?” Josh texted.

“Melee. I haven’t played the new ones," I replied.

“Haha, cool. You want to come over and play a match?” he asked.