Michael Williams sat down at the bar sipping his second glass of beer waiting for George to show up, George is his friend from school. He had rushed down to the bar after he received a call from George thinking he would be here waiting for him by the time he gets here.

He glanced at his wrist watch; it’s past 5pm already. “Where the heck is this guy and why will he tell me to come to the bar at 4pm and he isn’t here yet; he sounded so urgent on the phone, what could be the problem?” He thought, then picked up his cell phone again and dialed George’s number; again he received a drop a message after this tone.

This is the fifth time now, he dropped the phone angrily on the bar table. The waiter on the other side of the bar table stared at him, Michael raised his brow to him with a ‘what’s your business’ attitude. The waiter turned and continued his work without a word.

Michael raised his glass to take another sip when he felt a hand touch his shoulder.

“Hey Mike!” a familiar voice called; he turned around to see George who spread his arms apart apologetically. “Sorry man, traffic was so bad.” He said pulling out a chair and sat down close to Michael.

“And what happened to your phone?” Michael asked, giving George an angry look. “Am sorry Mike, I left my apartment in a hurry and forgot my cell phone; come on, cheer up, why the long face? I said am sorry.” George said adjusting his butt on the chair.

“Yea man, you’re one hour late, I left everything am doing and rushed to this place.” Michael explained looking at him, then sipped his beer. “Anyways, you sounded so urgent on the phone, what’s up?” Michael asked looking at him skeptically, from his appearance and attitude he looked quite alright to him.

“Nothing man.” George replied and ordered for a drink. “It’s been a while since we hanged out together you know; so I figured today is going to be a perfect day for that.” He added smiling; now taking his bottle of beer from the waiter

“What! You can’t be serious right now; George you mean, you called me... I mean, you kept me here waiting this long for this?” he asked narrowing his brows at George who smiled sheepishly. “I have lots of things to do; I thought you’re in some kind of trouble?” he added, still narrowing his brows at George.

“Don’t give me that look Mike, this is really serious to me.” George said, then opened his bear and pored some into a glass the waiter brought with the bear.

“Wait, wait, What? Hanging out? Are you kidding me right now?” Michael asked in an angry tone, “I have so many things to do, and hanging out isn’t one of them.” He continued, lifting his left hand in a way to demonstrate his point.

“Come on Mike, you’ve been studying so hard, take a break sometimes, will you.” “It’s going to do you good, you need some time off lectures, your books, I mean when was the last time you had fun, real fun?” George asked, winking an eye at Michael.

Michael shook his head, and stared at his friend for a moment. He had known George since the beginning of school and he is someone that loves to hang out, where ever there is a party, you are likely to find George there and the amazing thing is, he still keeps up with school work, in fact he has one of the best grades in school. It’s really amazing how he does that with all the partying and clubbing, some say he has a magnetic brain. “I do have fun you know.” Michael replied, after a short silence, looking at his friend.

“With what?” “And where, in school?” George asked puzzled. “You know what, Mike, I’m taking you to a place where you’re going to have real fun, and I bet you’re going to like it.” He added and sipped his bear.

“Seriously?” Michael asked looking at his friend, then sipped his own bear. He knew what it means to hang out with George; partying with him means you’ll have to stay out until mid night and you’ll be ready to have lots of drink. The last time he went to a party with him he had a hangover and a terrible headache which made him miss school the following day.

“Look man I don’t want to miss class tomorrow.” Michael told George who smiled because he already knew what he meant by that.

“Don’t worry man, this is going to be different trust me.” George said with is mouth curved in a smile. “Besides it won’t kill you to miss school a day, will it?” he added smiling gracefully.

Michael looked at him and thought it won’t hurt to party in a while besides it’s been a long time since he went out; it won’t be a bad idea at all. He thought and glanced at George.

“What say you man, we’re doing this right?” George said winking him an eye and waiting for his response. “Will you take no for an answer?” Michael asked teasingly to George who shook his head saying he won’t.

“Then let’s do this.” Michael said raising his glass to George who raised his glass too in agreement, then they gushed down the remaining bear into their mouth and smiled at each other.