Chase takes off

As we continued away from the stadium, Chase suddenly stopped.

“I think I’m gonna hit up the bars,” he said.

Jeff looked at him. “Already?”

“It’s Friday night. The game’s over. What else am I supposed to do?”

I laughed. “Fair enough.”

Chase gave us a quick wave before heading off toward downtown.

That left just me and Jeff.

For a moment, we stood there watching Chase disappear into the crowd.

Jeff sighed.

“Guess it’s just us now.”

“Looks like it.”

We started walking back toward the dorm together. The noise from the stadium was fading behind us, and the excitement of the game was slowly settling down.

Jeff was still a little disappointed about Ariana going home early. I didn’t say anything about it.

I just walked beside him as we made our way back.