The dinner was a huge success. Katrina and Maryanne hit it off famously, almost ignoring me as they talked fashion, celebrities, movies, and music as if they had been best friends forever. At Katrina's suggestion we skipped the movie and got out the Settlers of Catan game. I won but Maryanne and Katrina insisted I had cheated.

"How did I cheat?" I asked as we put the game away.

"By being a geek," Maryanne laughed.

"Yeah," Katrina jumped in. "You took the whole thing way too seriously," she laughed. "You took advantage of us." God, I would love to take advantage of them.

"You guys are just poor losers," I...