Chapter 6

An hour into her date with Brian, Jubilee rather wished she’d stayed home. Watching some trashy reality show on TV would’ve been more exciting than listening to Brian talk about which Star Trek series was the best one.

“Enterprise is best, but Discovery is my second favorite.” Brian took a swig of his pale ale, his third one for the night. “Have you ever watched Star Trek?”

Jubilee forced a smile. “No, I haven’t.”

“Oh, then I need to tell you where to start. People think you should start with the first episode filmed, but I totally disagree with that.” Brian whipped out his phone and began to text her something. “I sent you the best-watching order, including all of the movies. Except the most recent movie, which was trash.”

Jubilee drank her wine and considered if it would really be rude to go to the bathroom and never come back. Brian was perfectly nice, but he was boring. He’d barely asked her anything about herself. She had a feeling if she ask