Hangout with Jeff tonight

That evening, after settling into the dorm, I’m sitting on my bed looking over my class schedule when Jeff walks over.

“Hey, Ethan, you doing anything tonight?” he asks. “I was going to go see my girlfriend, but she just texted me saying she’s feeling pretty sick and wants to stay in tonight. She told me not to worry about coming over.”

He slips his phone into his pocket and shrugs. “So I figured I’d stay here instead. You want to hang out? We could grab some food, walk around campus, maybe catch a game if there’s one going on.”

“Yeah, sure,” I say, closing my laptop.

“Awesome,” Jeff says. “It’ll be nice to actually get out of the room for a while.”

I grab my jacket and follow him toward the door, glad to have someone to hang out with on my first night.