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and spotted the moose
head. It looked like an ordinary mounted moose head except it had black X’s
over its eyes and it had a long tongue sticking out. The decoration fit the
over-the-top grizzled animal theme they had going on.
    “Cody!”
Daniela shouted over the noise.
    Two guys
seated across from one another turned to us, smiled, and waved. The one named
Cody had brown eyes with flecks of amber in his irises and donned a white
baseball cap turned backward. He wore a pink polo with the collar popped and
sleeves that showcased his muscular arms. There was only one label flashing to
my mind: frat guy.
    “Daniela!”
Cody shouted. “You guys made it! Come sit with us.” He patted the seat beside
him.
    Daniela
sat next to Cody and I took my seat next to Justin.
    “Cody,
Justin,” Daniela said gesturing to each person in turn, “this is my suitemate
and best friend Lorrie. Lorrie, this is Cody and Justin.”
    “It’s
great to finally meet you,” Cody said, smiling.
    “We’ve
heard such good things about you from Daniela. You’re much hotter than I
expected,” Justin said, as he put his arm around my shoulder and rubbed gently.
    “Thanks .
. .” I said, unsure how to react to his sudden contact. I’d barely gotten to
know him and he was already acting like we were dating. It made me
uncomfortable. “You look good yourself.”
    Justin had
mid-length, brown hair in a layered purposely messy look that was popular with
teenagers these days. He had a boyish grin and large dark brown eyes that
matched the polo he was wearing. The collar was also popped but his arms were
scrawny unlike Cody’s. Daniela had said that he looked like a musician. Now I
knew what she had meant. Looking at Justin made one word come to mind: Bieber.
    “Yeah, I
remember seeing you on TV during that whole trial thing going on. Man, that’s
crazy. I can’t imagine having my mom being killed by my stepdad. That must
really suck.”
    I looked
at Daniela and she looked back at me with wide, concerned eyes. I coughed. “Um
. . . yeah. It does suck,” I said, suddenly making a one-eighty on my decision
that I was glad to come out on this double-date. I took his hand off my
shoulder and set it in his lap.
    “What’s
the matter?” Justin asked.
    “It’s a
bit warm in here. Your hand is making my shoulder sweat,” I said sarcastically.
    Justin
grinned. He apparently didn’t take the cue. “There’s a lot of heat between us I
know. But it’s only going to get hotter, I assure you.”
    “Well.”
Daniela clapped her hands together. “Let’s order some drinks shall we?
    I was
considering calling Ryan and having him take me back to the dorms, but I didn’t
want to leave after just arriving. I hoped to god that Justin only made bad
first impressions and that the rest of the night would be better.
    We ordered
drinks. Daniela got a margarita, Cody got a mug of Miller Lite, Justin got a
Coors Light, and I had a mojito.
    “This is a
cool place,” Cody said taking a sip of amber liquid from his mug. “I’ve been
here once before but it was never this packed. I think they opened like a year
or so ago.”
    “Yeah,”
Daniela said. “I heard this place is pretty hype. A lot more exciting than the
bars around campus.”
    “No doubt.
This place is ill,” said Justin. “Check out this moose head.” He pointed to the
large pink tongue hanging out. “Doesn’t he look like he’s thirsty?” Justin
poured a little bit of his beer on the tongue and it sat there while he and
Cody laughed. Daniela and I laughed as well but we weren’t laughing with them.
We were laughing at them.
    “So are
you guys seniors?” I asked, hoping to divert their attention so that they
wouldn’t get our asses kicked out of the bar for messing up the decor. I’m all
for having fun, but Cody and Justin were just being dumb.
    “I’m a
senior econ major,” Cody said. “Justin’s a junior. Anthropology major.” He
snickered at Justin.
    Justin
snickered back