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“Nah,” Hunter laughed “This one I made him do for free”

Holding ash

“Halloween today,” I said “Lots of students dressed up around campus”

“Lots of professors too,” Colin noted He looked me over “Not you?”

“Nah I guess I’ht?”

“Hell yeah we are,” said Brandon “Tri-Delta house Though we’re no longer… uh… active as a chapter, they invited us anyway I guess you could say it’s a pity party”

Hunter raised a bottle and saluted him “Normally I’m not much for pity but in the case of the tri-Delts I’ll make an exception”

I s the room, I lifted the beer out of Brandon’s hand

“You’re not going,” I told him

He bolted upright Looked back at me like I had a thousand heads

“The hell I’m not!”

“Listen up,” I told hiot a mid-ter to let you into practice”

Colin sat up and nodded “She’s right bro This takes priority over going out tonight You have to study”

Brandon looked from one of us to the other It wasn’t until Hunter stepped in that he realized he was really sunk

“Your grades have been better lately,” he said, “but still not great And if you party all night…”