Katie met up with Nora and Tom.

Katie reached the bar and saw Nora alone, scrolling through her phone. Nora was of Latin descent, an attractive brunette in her mid-20s with curves in all the right places.

"Hey there, smarty pants, been here for long?" Katie said with a smile on her face.

Nora looks up from her phone, slightly bewildered. "Katie!! It's been too long; how have you been?" Nora hugged Katie.

"You know the usual, got a new job where Tom works; how about yourself, Nora?" Katie asked while she hugged Nora back.

"Tom told me you guys are working together now. I'm doing my Ph. D and working as a teaching assistant." Nora explained with a hint of excitement in her eyes.

"Teaching assistant, still the smarty pants I see. Hope you're not giving the kids a hard time," she said jokingly.

"It's actually the other way around; sometimes, it's hard to keep even young adults in line, you know." Nora seemed visibly crestfallen.

Katie knew that Nora had a hard time interacting with others, and it took her a long time before Nora warmed herself up to Tom and Katie. "Hey, I know you're doing a good job, and if they say anything nasty to you, give me a call, and I will beat them up." Katie tried to cheer Nora up.

"Hopefully, they don't beat me up first," Nora said as she tried to muster up a smile.

"Come on, let's go get a drink; I, for one, am thirsty." Katie dragged Nora by the shoulders.

Note : I will only be adding images of the characters, so you could get a sense of what they look like. If you want to play the story with visuals you can find the game on my Patreon. If you want to see sample visuals please check the authors note at the start of the story.