The pair walked into the bar two doors down from Jack’s repair shop andsat down at a slightly dirty round-table with used coasters still stuckto the wooden surface.
Jack told her the story of his boss, how his house burnt down and howhe moved in with his Rastafarian neighbor. She told him how she wasn’treally making any friends in college and how her best friend in theworld was in New York and that she only got to visit her once every twomonths.
“Wow, I wish I had a friend like that who I cared that much about.”
“Yeah,” she replied. She looked down somewhat sadly. Jennifer quicklylooked back up at Jack and smiled. She took her half full pint of beerand swallowed it in four gulps.
“Come on you pansy, drink up!”

Jack tried to drink his beer as fast as her, but he was going muchfaster than he knew how to drink and ended up pouring beer down hiswindpipe. He sputtered up beer and Jennifer laughed at him.

“I like you already Jack, you’re a funny guy.”
“Ha, I’m glad me almost choking to death amused you.”
“Oh it did, good job.” she smiled.
Jennifer looked at her watch. “Oh shoot, I have to go. Actually I had to go fifteen minutes ago. Hey, you like footballl?”

“Yeah, sure.”
 “We should go to a Bears game sometime, I’ll teach you how to drink a beer.”
She wrote her number on a coaster and handed it to Jack.

“Make sure you call now, I need someone to make sure I don’t go crazy from isolation out here.”
“I’ll make sure of it” Jack smiled.
They said their good-byes and went in opposite directions when they walked outside.

Jack stumbled into Marion’s apartment with a big smile on his face.
“What’s with you mon?”