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   Pledges

   by Stephanie Rose

   (The hottest black sorority recruits new members.) ~~~

   Chapter 7: The Pledging Process

   The Sisters continue the abuse.

   ~~~

   "Bam!"

   Nadia's eyes shot open as the searing pain raced through the back of her
head.  "Ouch!" she said sharply as she rubbed the newly sore spot and tried
to orient herself to her surroundings.

   She touched her hair again and frowned.  "What the hell?"

   In addition to the sharp pain now at the back of her head, she found
that her thick, curly, reddish-brown hair was matted like a helmet.  Then
she licked her lips, only to find a sour taste in her mouth.

   "Ugh," Nadia said, frowning again at the taste of her morning breath. 
"Have we been here all night?"

   As she fluffed up her curls, she looked around.  She was surprised to
see that she was sitting on a thick, carpeted floor with her back against
the wall.  Kara was on one side of her, Mickie on the other.  Roxie sat on
the end, completing their foursome.

   She looked down and found that she was still in her black sweatsuit. 
Not only that, they were still in the well-furnished basement of the Rho
Sigma Tau Sorority House.  She then realized that she'd been sleeping with
her head hanging down and banged it when she suddenly jerked backward.

   Nadia carefully raised her head again, trying not to bang it on the wall
for a second time.  Then she peered at the clock on the wall on the other
side of the room.  It read just before 6am.  Still somewhat groggy, she
started to recall the events of the night before:

   At just after 6pm, they were led downstairs to the lower level of the
Sorority House.  The Sisters called it the basement; however, this was
unlike any basement the pledges had ever seen.

   The "basement" had wall-to-wall plush carpeting, a full bar in one
corner and a pool table in the opposite corner.  Several steel-tipped
leather chairs and matching tables were spread out around its perimeter. 
The room was filled with all types of freshly-cut flowers in heavy, antique
vases, giving the room a sweet-smelling fragrance.  The pledges also
noticed the exotic, ethnic artifacts on the tables and the expensive
artwork adorning all of the walls.

   Unfortunately, the pledges couldn't readily appreciate their
surroundings because immediately after they were situated, the Sisters put
them through a rigorous pledging session from 7pm to 2am that morning.

   Being drilled on pledge history, being embarrassed, being ridiculed and
being tormented made up their seven-hour marathon pledging session.  The
pledges did their best to keep up, but found themselves no match for the
twenty-two Sisters of Rho Sigma Tau.

   Finally, just after 2am, the Sisters abruptly ended the session and left
the pledges in the basement, trembling, exhausted and scared out of their
minds.

   Still sitting up against the wall and watching the clock inch closer to
6am, Nadia frowned when she suddenly heard a set of feminine voices.  She
looked around at the other pledges, but they were all still asleep.

   "What the hell?" she said, looking around.  "Am I going crazy?"

   Then she looked up to see a dark space just above her, covered with
silver-plated metal rods.  "Are those voices coming from the heating vent?"
she wondered.

   Once Nadia quieted herself and strained her ears to hear, surprisingly,
she could make out the voices pretty clearly.  She bristled once she
realized that the Sisters were talking about her and her pledge line
sisters.  Using her keen powers of deduction, but still a bit tired and
groggy, she figured out that the room above them was most likely the study,
and that the voices were most likely those of Lina and Miko.

   Then, in an instant, everything went silent.

   She sighed as she rested her head back against the wall.  "I wonder what
this day is going to bring," she mused as she watched the clock inch even
closer to 6am.

   ~~~

   At that exact moment, Lina stood in the kitchen pouring herself a glass
of orange juice.  Noting that the clock on the wall was about to strike
6am, she yawned and stretched.  Dressed in a tiny white tank top and a
matching pair of boyshorts, her lithe, cinnamon-colored dancer's body was
nearly nude, but yet proudly on display.

   "Ready for another pledging session," she said as she took her glass and
padded barefoot back to the study.  She'd been there for the past hour
making notes for the upcoming lessons she wanted the pledges to learn.  She
frowned at the sight of all of her papers scattered across the desk.

   "You're so messy," she laughed as she began putting the papers in order.

   A minute later, she was almost done gathering up the documents when she
heard a knock.

   "Hey girl," Miko said, as she strode into the room.  "Ready for the 6am
pledging session?"

   Lina laughed.  "More ready than we were when we were pledging!"

   Miko smiled and put her hands on her hips.  As she did so, the thin,
lacy soft-pink camisole that hit just under her firm, rounded ass, raised
even higher.  "Well, just for the record, I think you're doing a great job
getting the pledges in shape."

   Not having made love to anyone but herself for the past few weeks, Lina
took a long, seductive look at Miko's soft, silky skin, but quickly
composed herself.  "You do, Soror?  You think I'm doing a great job with
them?"

   "Absolutely," Miko said.  "I mean, when we were pledging, we had it
rough.  You know that." She pursed her lips as Lina shuddered at their
memories of freshman year.

   "Rough is an understatement.  We were flat-out hazed," Lina mused.

   "True," Miko said, "but with these girls?  You've been nothing but fair.
And I respect that."

   Lina smiled.  "Thanks.  Thanks a lot.  I needed that."

   "So, what's on the agenda for today?" Miko asked.

   They spent the next minute or so going over the day's lessons and
assignments.  Each of the pledges individually, and as a group, had daily
Sorority history that they had to learn.  They also had a daily volunteer
activity and a daily gift that they had to present to the Sorors and the
Sorority as a whole.

   Sometimes the gift had to be a handmade item, but most of the time, the
pledges gave daily gifts consisting of just verbal speeches about what the
Sorority meant to them.  Each and every day, Lina wanted the pledges to
show appreciation to the Sorority and respect for its rich history.  By
doing so, Lina wanted to install into each pledge, a sense of pride and
belonging to her beloved organization.

   Though the Sorors were tough and oftentimes stern, they each loved the
pledges and wanted to induct them into the Sorority with lots of love and
affection.  To insure this, their stringent selection process made sure
that each of the pledges would be proudly accepted by each and every one of
the Sorors.

   Additionally, what the pledges didn't know, and wouldn't find out until
the very end of their pledging process, was that each Soror prepared a
daily gift for each of the pledges in return.  Thus, on the night that the
pledges crossed into the Sorority, each Soror would shower each pledge with
the gifts they'd made and bought over the pledging period.

   As a result, most of the time on their Induction Night, also known as
their Crossing Night, each new Soror received upwards of several hundred
gifts each.  The gifts were most often small Sorority trinkets and
handwritten poems and letters, but also included elaborate handmade paddles
and other Sorority paraphernalia, cute, yet expensive clothing with the
Sorority's letters emblazoned on them and generous gift certificates for
clothing and beauty & spa treatments.

   And, despite the undergraduate Sorors' lavish generosity, these items
didn't include the gifts they'd receive from each of the Alumni Chapter
members.

   "How's that sound?" Lina asked.  "Think their daily assignments sound
good?"

   "Sounds great!" Miko said, returning her smile.  "But between you and
me, Soror, I'm gonna go back upstairs, get dressed and get ready to give
them another verbal beatdown!"

   Lina chuckled as Miko gave her dap.  Then she watched the gorgeous,
Asian Amazon leave the room, swishing her pert ass all the way.

   "I wonder what this day is going to bring," Lina mused as she continued
gathering her papers.

   ~~~

   At that exact moment, Sierra opened her eyes and immediately checked her
alarm clock.  Finding that it was almost 6am, she yawned, stretched out her
milk-chocolate nude body and lay there for a moment.

   Still missing Lina's body next to her, a feeling she hadn't had in
weeks, she sighed.  "I hope we get this right," she said as she gazed at
the ceiling.  "I hope we get back to where we were."

   Finally, Sierra tossed off the covers, jumped out of bed and headed for
her bathroom.  Turning on the faucet for her glass-enclosed shower, she
frowned.  "I wonder what this day is going to bring," she said as she
stepped into the steaming hot spray.

   ~~~

   At that exact moment, Monica was lying in her bed, upstairs in the
sorority house, watching her wall clock inch closer to 6am.  She remembered
that the pledges were still downstairs and that there was another pledging
session scheduled to take place in just a few minutes.

   However, she had something else on her mind.  She stretched and her head
began to throb from the events of the day before.

   She remembered meeting Luci after their chemistry class.  Monica tried
to talk to her, tried to console her about not getting to pledge Rho Sigma
Tau.  However, Monica soon learned that Luci was dealing with much more
than just pledge rejection:

   In an instant, Luci broke down in Monica's arms, saying that she'd done
something terrible.

   However, she wouldn't give any information.  She just cried and
apologized over and over.  It took all of the skill Monica had to get Luci
to at least agree to come to the sorority house.  As it were, Luci was
scheduled to arrive first thing that morning.

   "I wonder what this day is going to bring," Monica said as she got out
of bed and headed toward the shower.

   ~~~

   At that exact moment, upstairs in her Vice-President's suite, Tamryn
slipped on her midnight-black, oversized Sorority sweatshirt.  She'd
already put on her black biker shorts, black socks and black gym shoes.

   Wearing the ominous black outfit that she reserved solely for pledging
sessions, she quickly pulled on her fingerless black leather gloves.

   Her long, jet-black hair pulled into a tight ponytail and secured by a
black headband, she turned and she admired herself in the mirror.

   "Ready, Chief?" she said as she winked in the mirror.  Then she checked
her alarm clock.  At 5:59am, she grabbed her pledge paddle and her keys.

   "I know exactly what this day is going to bring," Tamryn grinned as she
opened the door.  "Pledge torment and abuse!"

   She whistled gleefully as she left her room, hopped on the elevator and
headed toward the lower level.

   ~~~

   At exactly 5:59am, and still seated against the wall, Nadia nudged Kara
until the caramel-colored girl began to stir.  Then Nadia tried to shake
Mickie awake, but Mickie was too far gone.  Nadia glanced down at Roxie who
was still fast asleep, her head cocked oddly to the side.

   Kara yawned as she slowly opened her eyes.  "Are we still here?" she
murmured.

   "Yeah," Nadia whispered.  "But maybe we'll get to leave soon."

   Kara, smoothing back her jet-black curly hair that had been pulled into
a low bun, shot a hopeful look at her pledge line sister.  "You really
think so?"

   "Yeah," Nadia answered.

   Then they laughed together, leaning against each other, until they both
dissolved into giggles.  "Probably not," they said in unison.

   As they settled down, Nadia perked up.  "Oh yeah.  Guess what?" She
pointed to the ceiling above them.  "See that heating vent up there?  Did
you know that you can hear -"

   All of a sudden, Nadia was interrupted by the ding of the elevator bell.
They looked at each other, not having any idea what was to happen next.

   "Rise and shine, pledges!" Tamryn boomed as she stepped off the
elevator. "Time to begin your early morning activities!  So stand up and
come to attention!"

   Her smile quickly turned into a frown as the pledges struggled to stand.


   "Hurry up!" she barked.

   The foursome stood on wobbly legs against the wall.  Before they could
fully orient themselves, Tamryn pointed her paddle at them and started
barking orders.

   "I want to hear the Greek alphabet.  Now!"

   The foursome took a deep breath.  "Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, - "

   Throbbing veins seemingly popped out of Tamryn's neck and she exploded.
"Excuse me!" she screamed.  "Where is my greeting?  How dare you forget my
greeting!"

   "Yes Big Sister Tornado!" they said in unison.  The pledges immediately
launched into Tamryn's personalized greeting:

   "Greetings, Big Sister Tornado, seer of all that is right, protector of
all that is good!  We are but worms, worms that slither on the ground! 
Worms that need direction and focus and discipline!  And if we prove
ourselves worthy, then maybe, just maybe, our beloved Big Sister Tornado
will see fit to provide us with the direction, focus and discipline that we
so desperately need to become worthy members of Rho Sigma Tau!"

   Tamryn glared at them as she twirled the paddle in her hands.  "I swear,
you four are the worst pledges I've ever seen!  You worms know better than
to forget my greeting!" she barked.  "All right.  The Greek alphabet. 
Now!"

   "Alpha, beta, gamma, delta -"

   "Tamryn, calm down," Lina said as she walked down into the basement. 
She took a look around, then she sighed.  She turned to the four girls who
were standing against the wall.  "Pledges stop," she said quietly.

   Tamryn shot Lina an icy-cold look.  "They were in the middle of the
Greek alphabet, Lina!"

   Lina formed a sharp retort, but chose to close her mouth in front of the
pledges.  She motioned Tamryn over to the corner of the room.

   Once they were alone, Lina put her hands on her hips.  "I know what
you're doing, Tamryn.  But we first need to make sure that they're all
right.  They had a rough session last night."

   Tamryn snorted and shook her head.  "We weren't coddled when we were
pledging.  Why should we coddle them?"

   Lina rolled her eyes.  "Making sure they're physically okay is coddling
them?"

   Tamryn gave her a steely gaze.  "Lina, you know we were pledged way
harder than they were.  All that mess that happened to us?  That shit was
borderline hazing.  Remember when we were left out in the friggin' cold to
fend for ourselves for over three hours?  Remember when we were paddled to
within an inch of our lives?  Remember when we didn't eat for three days
straight?"

   "Yes, and I remember how demoralizing that was," Lina said softly.  "And
that that shit had nothing to do with the true bonds of sisterhood.  And
you know that I vowed not to do that to anyone else."

   Tamryn sighed.  "Yeah, I know.  But I still think you're being a pussy
about this."

   Lina cut her a cold look.  "Like you've gotten any lately.  I'm
surprised you still know what it is," she shot back.  Then Lina turned and
left Tamryn standing in the corner with her mouth open as she went to
rejoin the pledges.

   Lina clapped her hands.  "Alright ladies.  Listen up.  You're going to
have thirty minutes to eat.  We have some things upstairs in the kitchen,
so go help yourselves.  And after you eat, you'll wait for our
instructions. So go upstairs, now!"

   The pledges scrambled upstairs, in sheer disbelief for their luck.

   "Now what?" Tamryn asked as she rejoined Lina in the center of the room.

   "We wait thirty minutes.  That'll put us at just about 6:30am.  The rest
of the Sisters should be up, so we can get started with their session
then."

   Tamryn shrugged.  "All right.  But I still think you're being soft on
them."

   "Anyway," Lina winked, "who said their session was going to be short? 
Hell, we still have a lot of morning left!"

   ~~~

   At just after 8am, the doorbell to the sorority house rang.  With all of
the Sisters in the basement crowded around the pledges issuing orders,
demands and instructions, Monica was the only one who heard the bell.

   Hoping it was Luci, she headed for the doorway.  "I'll get it," she said
over her shoulder as she climbed up the stairs.

   She ran all the way to the front door and threw it open.  She saw Luci
standing there, dabbing her eyes with a tissue.

   "Luci?" Monica said, staring at the distraught young woman.

   "Monica!" Luci cried.  "Oh, Monica, I'm sorry!  I'm so, so sorry!"

   When Monica reached for her hand, Luci broke down sobbing.  Monica
quickly put her arm around Luci's waist.

   "Come on in, Luci," Monica said, ushering her into the study.  "Come on
in and tell me what's wrong.  Tell me right now!"

   ~~~

   "All right, ladies," Sierra said, walking in front of the pledges,
eyeing them one by one.  "I want to hear the Sorority Motto.  Now!"

   As the pledges launched into yet another test of their knowledge about
the Sorority, Monica came downstairs and went right to Sierra.  She
whispered in Sierra's ear for several long moments.

   Everyone watched silently as a deep frown crossed Sierra's face. 
Finally, Monica stepped back and waited for Sierra's reaction.

   After several long moments, Sierra finally spoke.  "Ok, pledges, we're
taking a break.  Go and sit down right over there," she said, pointing to
the same spot against the wall where they'd sat earlier that morning.  "And
don't move, or even speak, until I come and get you."

   The pledges scrambled and went to go sit against the wall.  They huddled
next to each other, waiting for further instructions.

   Then Sierra turned to the rest of the group.  "Sisters, I need all of
the members of the Executive Board to meet me and Monica in the study."

   Instinctively, Nadia looked up at the heating vent just over her head,
but obediently kept quiet.

   "Aww, come on, Sierra," Miko grinned.  "We were just getting started on
these worms!"

   "Not now, Miko," Sierra snapped.  "Just go into the study with the rest
of the E-Board!"

   Miko raised her eyes, but obediently followed Tamryn, Brandi, Lina,
Angela and Candace upstairs and into the study.

   Then Sierra turned to the rest of the Sisters.  "Everyone else wait in
the living room until we're done, okay?"

   Everyone nodded and went to follow Sierra's instructions to the letter.

   ~~~

   When the Executive Board walked into the study, they saw Luci sitting in
the chair near the desk.  Sierra took her seat behind the desk as the other
six E-Board members filed into the room.  Lina, Tamryn, Candace, Brandi,
Miko and Angela all sat on the two sofas that sat on either side of the
small, but quaint Victorian-era designed room.

   Sierra looked around at everyone.  Luci, her head down, had clearly been
crying, as she was still dabbing at her reddened eyes with a tissue. 
Monica, a stern look on her face, had her gaze coldly fixed on Tamryn.

   Strangely, Tamryn was silent.  Her eyes were fixed on the carpet.  The
remaining five Sisters just sat there, confusion written all over their
faces.

   Sierra cleared her throat.  "Ok, everyone.  Here's the deal." She chose
her next words carefully.  "We have a...a situation.  And it involves
Luci."

   Sierra turned to the trembling girl, still hunched over and still
sniffling.  "Luci, why don't you tell us what's going on."

   "Wait!" Tamryn interjected.  "She's a reject!  Do we really have time
for anything she has to say?  I mean, this is nonsense!  We need to get
back to our business downstairs!"

   "Tamryn, quiet down," Sierra warned, anger rising in her like quickfire.
"And keep quiet until I say otherwise!"

   The Sisters raised their eyebrows at Sierra's scolding tone, but they
all kept silent.

   "Ok, Luci," Sierra said.  "Begin."

   Luci looked around the room at the expectant faces.  She took a deep
breath and closed her eyes, blocking out the penetrating glares. 
"Well...it all started with Jade.  You know Jade, the president of the Mu
Lambda Sorority?  Well, Jade...she...she wanted to get even with you all."

   "For what?" Angela asked.

   Luci shrugged as she dabbed at her tears again.  "I really don't know. I
just know that she doesn't like y'all.  In fact, I don't think any of the
Mu Lambdas like y'all."

   "Okay," Sierra said.  "Go on."

   "Well, she caught me one day after class.  She...she...she told me to
seduce Tamryn."

   "Excuse me?" Lina said.  "What did you just say?"

   Luci's next words tumbled out uncontrollably.  "I slept with Tamryn
while I was still a potential.  And I got it on tape!"

   "What?  A tape?" Tamryn screamed as she leapt to her feet.  Then,
angrily pacing the floor, she tried to clean it up.  "Sorors, you can't
tell me you're actually believing her bullshit?  She's a fucking reject!"
Tamryn cried.  "She's just trying to get even with us for rejecting her
loser ass!"

   "Shut the fuck up, Tamryn!" Sierra boomed.  "Just shut up, now!"

   "Come on, Sierra!" Tamryn pleaded.  "Just listen to what I have to say
first!"

   "No, you come on, Tamryn!" Sierra shouted.  "How dare you jeopardize
this Sorority by sleeping with a potential pledge!  You know that's against
the rules!  So the only thing I want right now is for Luci to tell us the
truth, so just shut the fuck up!  And I'm not gonna tell your ass again!"

   Tamryn threw up her hands.  "Sierra, don't tell me you actually believe
this lying bitch -"

   Sierra jumped out of her chair and got right in Tamryn's face until they
were a scant inch apart.  "Say another word, Tamryn, and I swear to God,
I'll shut you up permanently!"

   Lina grabbed Sierra's arm.  "Whoa!  Hold up, Sierra.  Just calm down."

   Tamryn, visibly shaken, cowered into the corner of the room and wrapped
her arms around her midsection.

   "Luci, do you have any proof of this?" Miko asked, trying to bring
reason back into the conversation.  "I mean, like, do you still have the
tape?"

   Luci shook her head.  "No, I don't have the tape.  But I do have this."

   She reached into her back pocket and pulled out two folded sheets of
paper and handed them to Miko.  "These are copies of the checks Jade gave
me.  They say `tutoring fees' in the memo section, but that's not what they
were for.  They were my payment for getting the goods on Tamryn."

   Lina gasped.  "You're telling us that Jade actually paid you to
blackmail Tamryn?  To blackmail us?  Oh my God!  She's insane!"

   Miko looked at the small pieces of paper.  "I guess Jade didn't want to
leave an obvious paper trail." Then she passed the papers to Sierra.  "But
I gotta admit," Miko said, "putting down the words `tutoring fees' makes it
sound very innocent."

   "So where is the tape now?" Brandi asked.  "Do you have any idea?"

   Luci paused and looked at Monica.

   "Go on," Monica urged.  "Tell them."

   "The tape's with Jade," Luci sighed.

   She then turned to Sierra.  "Remember the day you came to my apartment
and told me that I wasn't in?  Well, after you left, I went to the Mu
Lambda Sorority House and I gave it to her."

   "Do you know what she did with it?  Brandi asked.

   "She tried to put it in her bedroom safe, but she was having trouble
getting it open.  So I guess it's either in that safe, or it's in their
safe in the basement."

   "Luci, why did you do this to us?" Candace asked, tears welling up in
her eyes.  "Because we cut you from the pledge line?"

   Luci shook her head.  "Well, no." Then she put her head down.  "Well,
actually, yes.  But at first, Jade said she'd get my scholarships revoked
if I didn't help her.  And she offered to pay me so I wouldn't have to work
so many hours to pay for school.  So I went ahead and did it.  But back
then, I wasn't gonna give her the tape.  I was just going to destroy it."

   "What made you change your mind?" Sierra asked softly.

   Luci blushed.  "It was after you came over to tell me that I wasn't
getting in.  As soon as you left, I was so mad and hurt and angry, that I
called them and just went over there and gave it to them."

   All of a sudden, Luci began to shake.  "Oh God!  I'm so sorry!" she
cried as she burst into sobs; fresh, hot tears spilling down her flushed
cheeks.

   Sierra motioned for Monica.  "Monica, take Luci into the kitchen.  Luci,
I don't want you to leave just yet.  Just get something to eat, fix
yourself up, and just wait for us, okay?"

   Luci nodded as Monica led her out of the room.

   When they left, Sierra got up and paced around the room.

   Tamryn took a cautious breath.  "Sierra, let me explain."

   "Yeah, please, Tamryn!  Please explain this one to me," Sierra spat. 
"Explain to me how you single-handedly tried to destroy our Sorority!"
Sierra threw up her hands.  "How could you, Tamryn?  How could you?  Are
you that fucking stupid?"

   "It was a mistake, Sierra, damn!" Tamryn yelled as she ran her hands
through her waist-length hair, now pulled out of the neat ponytail and
tousled and tangled.  "Luci seduced me!  You heard her.  She seduced me!"

   Then Tamryn put her hands on her hips, full of defiance and arrogance.
"Besides, Sierra, you've made mistakes too," she said, growing visibly
angrier.  "Actually, Sierra, this is all your fault!"

   Sierra's eyes widened in surprise, then closed into slits.  "What did
you just say?"

   "In fact, if it were up to me," Tamryn continued, completely oblivious
to Sierra's sharp rise in anger, "Luci wouldn't have ever gotten within ten
feet of our House.  And she certainly wouldn't have been on my list of
potential pledges.  So actually, this is your fault, Sierra, `cause if I
had been elected President, instead of you, none of this would have ever
happened!"

   Sierra's eyes blazing, she lunged for Tamryn, and her hands headed
straight for Tamryn's throat.  "I'm gonna fuck you up, you miserable
bitch!" Sierra shouted.

   "Wait!" Miko said, grabbing Sierra's waist.  "Not here.  Not now."

   "Let me go!" Sierra screamed, wriggling in Miko's grasp.  "I'm tired of
this bitter, evil, angry, hateful bitch!"

   Miko turned to Tamryn.  "Get out!  Now!"

   Backing up in surprise, Tamryn suddenly sprinted out the door.

   Sierra wrenched herself out of Miko's grip, stumbled over to the desk
and slumped into the chair.  She put her head in her hands and began to
sob.

   Angela, Lina and Brandi just sat there, stunned and unable to speak.

   "What do we do now?  Candace moaned from her seat on the sofa.  "What in
the hell do we do now?"

   ~~~

   "Oh my God!" Nadia exclaimed in a whisper from right under the heating
vent.  "Did you guys hear that?"

   "Yeah," Mickie said.  "Can you believe it?"

   "I can," Roxie said.  "Tamryn's a bitch.  And she's sneaky as hell.  She
deserves to get in trouble."

   Kara felt her temperature rise with a sudden need to defend the woman
she'd gotten a heartfelt apology from only days earlier in the student
cafeteria.  "It's not all Tamryn's fault," she said, letting her attraction
to Tamryn rule her heart.  "Jade is the one.  She's the true mastermind
behind all of this."

   Mickie shrugged.  "Maybe, but Tamryn was out of line."

   "What do you think'll happen to her?" Nadia asked.

   Roxie shrugged.  "I don't know.  Maybe she'll get expelled from the
Sorority."

   Kara shook her head.  "Tamryn's a legacy.  And her mom's a judge!  She
can't be expelled."

   "Yeah, but you heard them," Nadia said.  "Sleeping with a potential
pledge is against the Sorority rules!"

   Roxie nodded.  "Personally, I wouldn't mind if Tamryn was kicked out.  I
just don't like that girl!"

   Kara held up her hands.  "Wait, y'all.  No matter what you think about
her, Tamryn's still a Soror.  So we all need to be on the same side." She
looked at her pledge sisters.  "It's about the Sisterhood, remember?"

   "You just wanna fuck her," Mickie snickered.

   "Yeah," Roxie added.  "You think we didn't see it?  You two have been
making googly-eyes with each other since the very beginning."

   "We all saw it," Nadia said quietly.

   Kara blushed, but recovered quickly.  "How I feel about her doesn't
matter.  The bottom line is that she's the Sorority Vice-President.  And
Jade's trying to take her down.  We need to do something!  We can't let
Jade and those Mu Lambdas win!"

   Roxie sighed.  "Okay.  You do have a point.  It is about the Sisterhood.
And I love all the rest of the girls, so I'd hate for the Sorority to get
in trouble because of Tamryn's stupid, senseless mistake."

   "Now you've got it," Kara said.  She reached for Roxie's hand and
squeezed it.  "Go ahead and be mad at Tamryn if you want.  Lord knows she
deserves it.  But first, we have to get them out of trouble."

   "Why us?" Mickie asked.

   "Because," Kara pleaded, "they've taken us under their wing.  Out of all
the girls they could have picked to join, they picked us.  That has to
count for something, right?"

   Nadia nodded.  "They really do care about us.  Outside of the pledging
bullshit, they've all been really nice to us.  They really do seem to want
us to succeed."

   "Right," Kara said.  "Besides, it has to be us to save Rho Sigma Tau. 
Don't forget that they're Sorors.  So they have to be more careful because
they have more to lose.  Now us?  We're just pledges.  We'll probably have
a lot more leeway to get revenge than they will."

   "Revenge?" Mickie frowned.  "Revenge against Jade?"

   "Not just Jade," Kara said, bolstered with newly-found confidence now
that her line sisters were coming around.  "We have to get revenge against
Mu Lambda as a whole."

   Nadia grinned.  "You're certainly a sneaky ass," she laughed.  "All
right, fine.  But what do we do?" she asked.

   The pledges looked at each other, each hoping that the other had the
solution.

   Unfortunately, the answer didn't come.

   ~~~

   "Oh God!  How are we going to get out of this?"

   Sierra lay in her bed, resting on her pillows and tears pooling in her
eyes as the gravity of the situation consumed her.

   Thoroughly disgusted with Tamryn's actions, she'd dismissed the pledges
and went up to her suite, alone.  She'd also spent the last hour filling
out the forms for Tamryn's permanent dismissal from the Sorority.  Once
she'd finished, she went to bed, trying to get a bit of peace.

   "We could lose everything," Sierra moaned as she pulled her pillow from
underneath her head and put it over her face.  She let the tears fall
freely as she sobbed uncontrollably.

   Then her doorbell rang.

   Irritated at the interruption, she tossed the pillow aside, grabbed some
tissue and padded barefoot to her living room.  She checked her reflection
in the mirror next to the door, and tried to pull herself together.  She
dabbed her eyes with the tissue, then took a deep breath.

   She opened the door and her breath caught at the lovely sight in front
of her.

   Standing in the doorway was Lina.

   "Can I come in?" Lina asked quietly.

   Sierra exhaled.  "Sure."

   Sierra watched Lina's lithe frame glide into the room.  She took a seat
on Sierra's couch, and crossed her long, lean legs.

   "I see that you're just as upset as I am," Lina said, reflecting of
Sierra's outburst.

   Sierra eyed Lina's soft, luscious, cinnamon-colored skin.  "Yeah.  I'm
pretty upset."

   Lina patted the space next to her on the couch.  "Come, Sierra.  Sit."

   Sierra took a tentative step toward Lina.  It'd been so long since they
were on friendly terms, that she was suddenly nervous about being so close
to Lina.

   "Come on," Lina smiled.  "I won't bite.  Well, only if you want me to,"
she grinned.

   Glad for the absence of tension between them, Sierra relaxed and took a
seat next to her best friend.

   "I've missed you," Sierra said, resting her head on Lina's shoulder. 
"So much."

   "I've missed you too," Lina whispered, sliding her arm around Sierra's
waist and pulling her close.

   The two friends shared each other's warmth as they sat together. 
Wanting to say so much, but not being able to, they just sat quietly next
to each other, exchanging soft and gentle touches.

   Then Lina nudged Sierra.  "Turn around," Lina said.

   Sierra smiled, knowing exactly what was coming next.  She shifted on the
couch as she turned her back to Lina.  In the next moment, Sierra groaned
when she felt Lina's soft fingers massaging her shoulders.

   "Ohhhh," Sierra moaned.  "I've missed this too."

   "You're tense," Lina remarked as she worked the kinks out of Sierra's
taut muscles.  "As usual."

   They sat silently for several moments, with Sierra enjoying Lina's
touch, and Lina enjoying their renewed closeness.

   Then Lina cleared her throat.  "So...how do you want to handle this?"
she asked gently.

   "Just keep rubbing," Sierra groaned, arching her back.

   "No, silly," Lina chuckled.  "How do you want to handle the situation
with Tamryn?"

   Sierra took a deep breath.  "Well, I've already drawn up her dismissal
papers, so -"

   Lina frowned and stopped rubbing.  "Dismissal papers?"

   "Yeah.  Tamryn has to go."

   Lina blanched.  "Okay, Sierra.  I know you're pissed, but do you really
think you can make that decision by yourself?"

   Sierra turned her head.  "Well, I'm the President of the Chapter.  What
else am I supposed to do?"

   Lina yanked her hands off of Sierra's skin.  "You're supposed to talk to
the rest of us first.  You know you can't make that kind of decision unless
we all agree to it."

   Sierra couldn't stop her next words from coming out of her mouth. 
"According to the Sorority Handbook, as President, I do have the right to
make executive decisions.  Executive decisions that don't need Sorority
approval."

   Lina jumped up.  "So, yet again, the big, bad Sierra doesn't need any
help!  Wants to do this all by herself, right?"

   Sierra stared at her in disbelief.  "Tamryn was in the wrong!  Her
actions could get our whole Sorority expelled from campus.  Not to mention,
the Alumni Chapter could shut us down over this!  Hell, Nationals could
shut us down over this!  Therefore, Tamryn deserves to be punished!"

   "Maybe so, but that isn't your call.  Or at least not your call alone!
Plus, dismissal's a bit harsh, isn't it?  What about just giving her a
censure?  Why not just sit her down from her Vice-President duties for a
couple of months.  That should be punishment enough.  Remember, she is our
Soror, whether you like it or not."

   Sierra stood and threw up her hands.  "And what do I tell Jana, the
Alumni President?  That Tamryn fucked a potential, but since we love her so
much, we just gave her a slap on the wrist?"

   Lina rubbed her temples.  "I just think dismissal's a bit much, Sierra.
Besides, the real culprit is Jade.  That's the bitch who was out of order.
That's the bitch who needs to be put in her place."

   Sierra put her hands on her hips.  "Maybe so.  But we'll deal with her
later.  Right now, Tamryn's our responsibility.  We have to preserve the
integrity of our Sorority.  Especially in front of the new pledges!  What
are they going to think if we don't discipline Tamryn harshly?  I'll tell
you: They'll think that they can get away with murder!"
"But you're gonna just kick Tamryn out?  Just like that?  And without
even giving her a chance to make up for it?  Or at least giving her a

chance to explain or even apologize?"

   Sierra shook her head.  "I can't believe that you just want her to get
off scott-free!"

   "That's not what I said, Sierra, and you know it!  You're just twisting
my words around!"

   Unfortunately, Sierra's anger got the best of her.  "Anyway, the
dismissal papers are already filled out!" she shouted.  "I'll go ahead and
have a meeting, but remember: I'm the President and what I say goes!"

   Lina sucked her teeth and glared at Sierra.  Then she marched to the
door.  "We'll see about that," she tossed as she stormed out and slammed
the door.

   ~~~

   "All right, ladies.  I'm calling this meeting to order."

   Jade stood in front of the small group of Mu Lambda Sorors.  Gathered in
their Sorority House, they were crowded in their tiny front room.

   Jade held up her hand.  "For the record, this is Jade Cross, President
of the Mu Lambda Sorority, the Epsilon Chapter here at Lincoln University."
She put her hand down and looked down at her notes.

   Then she began.  "Okay, today's meeting will be short.  I wanted to
remind everyone of this weekend's sorority retreat.  Today's Tuesday, so we
have a few days left to get the rest of the preparations completed by
Friday.  I changed a few things, so I put the revised itinerary underneath
each of your doors earlier this afternoon."

   "Wait.  What time are we leaving again?" Mya interrupted.

   Jade rolled her eyes.  "Didn't you check the itinerary?"

   "I don't have it in front of me," Mya said, gritting her teeth at Jade's
rudeness.  "So tell me again."

   Jade sighed.  "We're leaving this Friday evening.  Because we have a few
activities that night, we need to be at the campsite by 9pm.  Since it'll
take us about thirty minutes to get there, we need to leave here no later
than 8:30."

   "And we're there through Sunday night, right?" Samantha asked.  Samantha
Nelson was a tall, lanky senior.

   "Right," Jade said.

   Then she glared at the group.  "However, if you ladies would bother to
check your itineraries, you'd see that all of the information you need is
all right there!  Right on that sheet of paper."

   Jade gathered her notes.  "Anyway, make sure you read all of the pages,
since I've changed some of your assignments and responsibilities.  We'll
have another meeting tomorrow after you've had a chance to review it."

   The Sorors nodded in agreement.

   Jade looked around.  "Now.  Are there any other questions?"

   The room was silent.

   "Good," Jade said.  "Meeting adjourned."

   ~~~

   "All righty now.  Please look directly into the lens, give us your name
and your relationship to the Sorority."

   A bronze-colored woman in her mid-thirties, seated on a rich, soft,
mahogany leather sofa, defiantly raised her eyebrows at the request.  Then
she sat back, crossed her shapely legs and smoothed down her jet-black,
severely angled bob.  "Excuse me?" she said sharply.

   Due to the shocking events from the day before, Angela found that she
was not in the mood for the woman's sharp, smart-aleck response.  Angela
shot a glance at the young, honey-brown beauty standing next to her who was
busy adjusting the tall light fixture.

   Angela found that though she was glad to have today's interview to serve
as a distraction from the Sorority drama, she needed help setting her
equipment up.  As such, she recruited Yasmine, one of the sophomore Sorors
in the house, to help her complete this interview.

   "Um..." Angela said to the regal, but icy woman on the couch, "I'm ready
to film your interview.  Please look directly into the lens, give us your
name and your relationship to the Sorority."

   The bronze goddess rolled her eyes.  "Well, the two of you were taking
so long to adjust your equipment, I wasn't sure if you were ready or not."
She shifted on the couch and gave Angela a steely stare.  "Now, what am I
supposed to do again?"

   The honey-brown young woman next to Angela piped in with a distinct
Cuban accent.  "I'm sorry Angela was taking so long, but it's my fault. 
I'm serving as her assistant today and I'm new to filming.  She took longer
than usual because she was explaining to me what needed to be done."

   The bronze woman nodded, and pursed her full, caramel-glossed lips. 
"Fine.  So now that you've told me your life story, what's your name
again?"

   "Um...it's Yasmine," the honey-brown beauty said in her thick Cuban
accent.  "Yasmine Dominguez."

   "And who are you again?"

   Yasmine blinked, her big, brown eyes sparkling.  "I'm a sophomore member
of Rho Sigma Tau, the Lincoln University undergrad chapter.  The same
chapter as Angela," she said proudly.  "And I'm pre-med."

   "That's a good major," the woman replied.  Then she frowned as she
peered at the young girl more closely.  "I haven't really seen you before,
have I?" the woman asked.

   Angela piped in.  "Yasmine's pre-med, so we keep her studying a lot. 
She really doesn't go out much.  We're trying to keep her grades up and
all."

   "And I notice that you have an accent," the woman remarked, ignoring
Angela completely.  "What's your nationality?"

   "I'm African-American and Cuban," Yasmine said quietly as she ran her
hands through her thick, wavy dark-brown hair.  Then she nervously tucked
the loose strands behind her ears.

   "Afro-Cuban, huh?" the woman said.  "Well you're beautiful.  I love your
dark, wavy hair."

   The woman looked Yasmine up and down, eyeing her fitted white sweater
and her super-short, beige skirt.  "You have a nice figure.  Nice breasts,
luscious hips and firm thighs.  I like," the woman said, licking her lips.

   Then the woman glanced at Angela.  "Oh, you're cute too."

   Angela snorted and rolled her eyes.  "Thanks."

   Yasmine, visibly self-conscious, began to fiddle with her tiny skirt,
trying unsuccessfully to pull it down over her curvy thighs.

   "Anyway, Yasmine," the woman said, "why are you helping Angela film my
interview if you're pre-med?"

   Feeling protective of the quiet, young Soror, Angela cut in.  "Now that
I'm doing more interviews, I really needed the help.  In fact, I have three
more scheduled this week.  Yasmine's been a big help in getting me
organized."

   The woman cut her eyes at Angela.  "Fine, Yasmine," she snapped.  "Now
are the you of two ready?"

   "Yes," Angela said as she looked into the camera's eyepiece.  "Now
please look into the lens, state your name and your relationship to the
Sorority," she repeated for the third time.  "Please."

   The woman shook out her angled bob, which immediately fell back into
place.  "My name is Alexis Hightower.  I'm in the Rho Sigma Tau Sorority,
the Beta Tau Alumni Chapter.  I'm the Parliamentarian of Beta Tau, which is
the Metro Virginia Beach Alumni Chapter."

   "And what do you do for a living, Soror Hightower?" Angela asked.

   "I'm a nuclear physicist.  I work for PJM Interconnection, which is the
parent company for the Virginia Electric and Power Company.  Well, Dominion
Virginia Power, actually."

   "Wow," Yasmine beamed.  "That's impressive."

   Alexis raised her eyebrows.  "Of course it is.  I'll have you know that
I'm a very smart woman.  And I'm a member of Rho Sigma Tau.  And I was a
double major in physics and mathematics.  So of course I would challenge
myself."

   Yasmine lowered her eyes, embarrassed at being dressed down.

   Angela looked over just in time to see Yasmine put her head down. 
"Okay, Soror Hightower," Angela interrupted.  "How did you come to be a
member of Rho Sigma Tau?"

   "Look ladies," Alexis began.  "I really don't have much time for this.
See, I've already talked to Daria.  You know, Daria Chapman?  Our Alumni
Chapter Vice-President?  Well, she tells me that you, Angela, were great in
bed.  So let's get this started, shall we?"

   Yasmine's eyes widened.

   Angela kept her cool as she adjusted the lens.  "Well, I'd like to get
this interview done first.  It's for our Sorority history."

   "Later for that," Alexis said as she began to unbutton her blouse.  "I
need some help with this.  Now."

   Angela looked up and watched while Alexis casually slipped off her silk
blouse.  A tingling began deep between Angela's legs as Alexis sat there,
her rounded, pert breasts covered in nothing but a deep purple lacy
brassiere.

   Then Angela shrugged and unsnapped her jeans.

   Alexis shook her head.  "No.  Not you." She pointed to Yasmine.  "You.
You first."

   Yasmine looked as though she were a deer caught in headlights.

   Alexis sighed, growing impatient.  "Yasmine?  Undress.  Now."

   Yasmine looked at Angela.  "Should I?" Yasmine asked.

   "If you're comfortable, then go ahead, Yaz," Angela said softly.

   Yasmine hesitated.

   "Just remember how good it is at the House," Angela whispered as she
reached out and touched Yasmine's arm.  "Just remember how good we do it."

   Yasmine smiled.  Then she straightened her back and looked directly at
Alexis.  "So you want me, Mami?"

   "Yesss," Alexis hissed, her nipples hardening, threatening to poke
through her bra.  "Yes, baby, yes.  I want you.  Now."

   Yasmine unzipped her skirt and let the soft material fall to the floor.
Then she took the hem of her sweater and pulled it up and over her head. 
She stood there in just a satin ivory-colored bra and panty set; her soft,
honey-brown skin glowing.  Admiring Yasmine's thick and luscious curves
threatened to drive both Alexis and Angela to the brink of ecstasy.

   Alexis drew in a sharp breath at the exotic beauty's curvy body.  "Come
here, Yasmine.  But you," Alexis said, pointing to Angela.  "You want a
documentary?  Well, keep filming."

   Angela grinned and bent back down to the camera's eyepiece.

   Alexis held out her hand.  "Yasmine, honey?  Come here."

   She watched as Yasmine sauntered her lovely hips over to the sofa. 
Yasmine moved to sit down next to her, but Alexis shook her head.

   "Like I said, sweetie, I don't have much time." Alexis sat back against
the back of the couch and motioned to her mouth.  "So get up here.  Now."

   Yasmine glanced back at Angela who just shrugged and adjusted the camera
lens.

   Yasmine carefully placed one foot on the cushion, held onto the back of
the couch and stepped up.  She planted her other foot on the other side of
Alexis.  Yasmine grabbed the back of the couch with her other hand and
hovered right over Alexis' face.

   Alexis pulled Yasmine's satin panties to the side and stared up at her
dark pussy lips.  She watched as Yasmine's inner pink petals thickened with
passion.

   "Now, Yasmine," Alexis whispered.  "Lower yourself.  Slowly."

   Yasmine gripped the back of couch as she lowered her hips.  Suddenly,
she felt a warm, wet wiggling against her swollen clit.  She looked down to
see and feel Alexis' tongue extend right into her dampening pussy.

   "Ohhhh," Yasmine moaned at the electric contact.  "Oh yes!  Oh God,
yes!"

   Alexis grabbed Yasmine's hips and pulled her down.  Alexis groaned into
Yasmine's thick wetness and her tongue eagerly lapped up the juices that
flowed from Yasmine's passionate core.

   Angela watched as Alexis buried her face deep in Yasmine's pussy.  As
she adjusted the camera, Angela slipped her hand into her tight jeans and
began to stroke her bare mound.  "So beautiful," she whispered, as an
erotic tingling began flowing through her body.  "So, so beautiful."

   "You taste so good," Alexis moaned.  She used her fingers to open
Yasmine up even more.  "Give me more, baby," she begged as she slid her
tongue inside Yasmine even deeper and swirled it in tight circles.

   "Ahhh," Yasmine sighed as her body rocked dangerously over Alexis.  With
one hand still gripping the couch, she yanked her bra down and pinched her
nipples and rolled her hips in time with Alexis' tongue.  "Right there,
baby!  Right there!"

   Alexis pushed her tongue even deeper, loving the taste of the sugary
sweet wetness that flowed over her lips.  She kept one hand on Yasmine's
hip, but used her other hand to firmly grip Yasmine's tight ass.  She
guided Yasmine over her lips and tongue, making the young girl moan in
ecstasy.

   Yasmine hunkered down over Alexis' lips, moving her body even faster. 
"Don't stop!  Please don't stop!"

   Angela's breathing began to race as she swirled her fingers over her
clit.  "Yeah, Alexis.  Don't stop!"

   Yasmine's moans rang out in the spacious room, echoing her intense
passion.  She continued tweaking her nipples, loving the dual pleasure that
consumed her young body.

   "Cum for me," Alexis chanted, her tongue still working on Yasmine's wet
pussy lips.  "Cum for me now!"

   A thin sheen of sweat appeared over Yasmine's undulating frame.  "I'm
almost there," she moaned.  "Just don't stop!  Oh my God, don't stop!"

   Wanting to heighten the young woman's passion, Alexis removed her hand
from Yasmine's ass.  She wickedly used her fingers to tease the sensitive
area between Yasmine's pussy and ass.

   "Fuck!" Yasmine shouted at the new, erotic sensations.  "Oh God, right
there, right there!"

   Alexis curled her tongue and licked the sensitive area, lapping from
Yasmine's swollen clit, to her dripping pussy, all the way back to her taut
rosebud."

   "Yesss!" Yasmine cried.  "Oh God, yes!"

   Sensing Yasmine's orgasm, Alexis pointed her tongue and tapped it
directly against Yasmine's clit.  She used a powerful rhythm to bring the
Cuban beauty to the ultimate peak.

   Angela pointed the camera directly at Yasmine's writhing body.  She was
gleeful as Yasmine threw her head back and shrieked in delight as she
powerful orgasm raced through her body.

   "Oooh, I'm cumming!  Oh God, I'm cumming!" Yasmine shouted as her body
tensed.  She ground her pussy onto Alexis' lips and rose the sudden waves
that rushed though her.

   At that moment, Yasmine suddenly arched her back, gyrated her hips and
moaned loudly through her climax.  "Ahhhh!  Oh God, yessss!"

   Alexis held onto her hips and flicked the young woman's swollen clit. 
She licked and sucked, drinking all of the thick, sweet juices until
Yasmine begged her to stop.

   After several long moments, Yasmine disengaged herself from Alexis' lips
and tongue.  Her body continued to tremble as she slowly made her way off
the couch.

   Watching Yasmine sink to the floor, Alexis wiped her mouth with the back
of her hand.  "Okay, Angela.  You're next.  Camera.  Upstairs.  Now!"

   Angela grinned as she clicked off the videocamera.  "Damn, Alexis!  But
I gotta give it to you: You certainly get straight to the point!"

   ~~~

   The next afternoon, the Lincoln University student cafeteria was buzzing
with excitement.  A room full of eager students sat at various tables,
laughing and joking with each another.

   However, two tables in the back of the room were eerily silent.

   Heads down, the four Rho Sigma Tau pledges sat at one table, huddled
together in silence.  Dressed in their trademark black sweats with the
hoods pulled over their heads, they hunched over their food, trying to eat
as quickly and as quietly as possible.

   Sierra sat at the table next to them, sorority protocol preventing her
from being in public at the same table with the worms.  She had her
sorority handbook underneath the table, discreetly reading every single
word, every single paragraph.  She'd been studying the same handbook
non-stop, looking for some way out of their dilemma.

   In the back of her mind, however, her fight with Lina wouldn't leave her
alone.

   Suddenly, a shrill voice rang out in the bustle of the cafeteria. 
"Well, well, well!  What have we here?"

   Sierra looked up to see Jade, Mya and Brianna coming right toward her.
Sierra rolled her eyes and grit her teeth at the site of Jade.  But without
a solid plan for revenge, Sierra had to watch her tongue.

   However, she couldn't resist a stinging quip.  "Thank you for visiting,"
Sierra spat, "but campus regulations state that there are no pets allowed
indoors.  So go kick rocks, or else I'm gonna call animal control!"

   Jade twisted her face into a grimace.  "Very lame, Sierra," she
grimaced. "Very lame!"

   Then Jade glanced at the four girls dressed in black, looking tired and
haggard.  "I see that your pledges are looking very...rough these days."
She turned up her nose at the foursome.  "Are these are the kinds of girls
you're recruiting now?  Tsk, tsk.  I see that Rho Sigma Tau's standards
have gone waaay down!"

   Mya and Brianna giggled behind her.

   "Get to the point or get gone," Sierra said, anger boiling inside her.
As she stared, her fists tightened, ready to knock Jade out in one blow.

   Jade snorted.  "Just because you skeezers are stuck on campus, don't get
an attitude with us."

   Sierra's jaw set tightly and a thin smile crossed her lips.  "Let me
guess.  You're all withdrawing from the University and I'll never have to
see your faces again?" she said sweetly

   "Not a chance," Jade sneered.  "I meant that lucky for us, we don't have
to look at your ugly mugs this weekend.  It just so happens to be Mu
Lambda's annual retreat weekend," Jade beamed.  "Come Friday night, we'll
be in the beautiful Virginia mountains, enjoying the scenery."

   "If only it were hunting season," Sierra retorted.  "I can get some
silver bullets, you know!"

   Jade's eyes closed into slits.  "Look here, Sierra -"

   Mya pulled her arm back.  "Come on, Jade.  Let's just go.  Now is not
the time, nor the place."

   Sierra held her tongue as she watched Jade, Mya and Brianna slink away.
It was hard keeping her cool, but she had to wait until the Sisters decided
what course of action to take.

   Then Sierra stood.  "Pledges?" she said sternly, "I'm going to get
something cold to drink.  Stay right here and don't move."

   They watched Sierra as she headed toward the other side of the
cafeteria.

   Once Sierra was gone, Roxie closed her eyes, seemingly deep in thought.
Then her eyes sprang open.  "Oh my God!  That's it!" she said to the girls.
"That's the break we needed!"

   Mickie frowned.  "Huh?  What're you talking about?"

   Roxie pointed her finger to Kara.  "All right, girls.  First you, Kara.
Your parents own a security company."

   Kara shrugged.  "Yeah, and?"

   Roxie ignored her.  "And you, Nadia.  Your mom's a building inspector
for the City of Richmond, right?"

   "Yeah, Roxie" Nadia answered.  "How did you remember that?" Confused,
she turned to Mickie.  "You live with her.  How does she do that?" Nadia
asked.

   Mickie smiled.  "Roxie's got a photographic memory.  See, remember what
y'all said at that dinner we had with Sierra and `em?  When they asked us
to tell them about ourselves?  Well, I guess she remembered it too."

   Roxie interrupted them.  "And Mickie?"

   "Yeah?"

   "Your dad's a locksmith, right?" Roxie asked

   Mickie rolled her eyes.  "You know I don't like to talk about that."

   "And my dad's a photographer!" Roxie squealed.  "See, it's perfect!"

   They looked at her as if she were wearing horns.

   "What's perfect?" Nadia asked finally.

   Roxie threw up her hands, exasperated.  "Don't y'all get it?"

   The three pledges responded in unison.  "No!"

   Roxie grit her teeth, her blood boiling that they hadn't caught on yet.
"What we overheard earlier.  That Mu Lambda won't be in their Sorority
House this weekend."

   "And?" Kara asked.

   "And," Roxie hissed, having lost all restraint, "we'll just break into
the Mu Lambda Sorority House!"

   Nadia's eyes widened.  "What?" she squeaked.  She was outdone as her
pledge life flashed before her eyes.  "Why on earth would we do that?"

   "I know why," Kara broke in, as understanding finally dawned on her.

   She gave Roxie a wry smile, then she leaned forward.  "This weekend,
we're gonna break into the Mu Lambda Sorority House and steal that
videotape!"



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