Made it back

We make it back to the dorm and drop our things by our beds. Jeff looks over at me with a small smile.

“Hey, thanks for coming out with me, man. I needed that.”

“No problem,” I say. “It was a good time.”

Jeff picks up his phone and checks it again. His expression changes slightly. “I’m going to try calling my girlfriend. She still hasn’t answered any of my texts.”

He scrolls through the messages for a moment before sighing. “She said she wasn’t feeling good earlier, so I’m probably just worrying for nothing. Still, it’s weird that she hasn’t responded.”

“Hopefully she’s just asleep,” I say.

“Yeah. Hopefully.”

Jeff steps toward the hallway with his phone in hand. “I’ll see you in a bit.”

I nod as he walks away, while the muffled sound of the party outside continues to drift through the open window.