After the ice cream he went straight out to avoid having to walk back to the floor with some of the residents. One of them commented that he had a date. He didn't deny it and just smiled.

"Have a good time, man!"

Outside the air was cold. He immediately wanted a drink. Not to get drunk or anything. But he actually wanted just a taste of a cold 

IPA

. He wasn't sure if Michael Bo would have IPAs in his fridge, but he knew he'd have some beer.

He could stop by the liquor store before heading to the frat house to buy some beer he actually wanted. Also to not show up empty handed. Be able to hand out drinks and make a toast. It took some getting used to being 21. A few years ago you would just have to make do with whatever was available. If you had a buyer you had to not ask for too much because they would get annoyed. Now that he could get anything he wanted it didn't feel so special. Booze felt more of a vice rather than a surprise and a blessing.

He wanted that latter feeling this time around. Decided not to stop by the liquor store. Instead he would go to the frat house and drink whatever they had there.