Chapter 2 – Ping Pong
September 21 1989
11:00 AM
Near the Sigma Theta Nu house
"Hey hey, Ho ho. This sexist party got to go. Hey hey, Ho Ho. This sexist party got to go. Hey hey, ho ho." – chanted a group of mostly white female protesters, gathered about 500 yards from the Sigma Theta Hu house, protesting the fraternity.
Shot through the heart. And you're tooo late. You give lovvvee, a bad name - Blasted from the speakers while Negan and several other frat brothers were standing around on the 3rd floor balcony, drinking beers, 2 of them with binoculars in their hands.
"Ah. My favorite time of the year" – said Brother Negan.
"Hot babes standing around right in front our eyes" – continued.
"Well, at least a few of them are anyway. Most of them are ugly and fat. Probably why they became feminists. See any diamonds in the rough fellas" – continued Negan.
"I spot a few nice ones" – said a frat brother, zooming in on a random woman's breasts in a green dress.
"That ugly broad" – replied Brother J'ones.
"Man, shut the fuck up man. She's cute." – rebutted the frat brother
"Ohhh. I fucking forgot. You're into them chubby chicks" – laughed Negan.
"Man, forget you fools. She got big titties and a nice ass." – rebutted the frat brother, zooming in closely.
"Fat chicks do tend to give bigger breasts. I guess he kinda has a point. And she's still young with a pretty face" – conceded J'ones.
"Fair enough" – said Negan.
"Ok, you boys have fun. I have work to do." – continued Brother Negan as we walked back into the house.
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Meanwhile, back in the frat house, 19 nervous Freshmen pledges stood around in gym shorts and gym shirts. A few still had red marks near their bottoms from Negan's paddling.
"Hi guys" – said Negan
"Did you miss me." – continued.
"We're going to play a little game." – said Negan, padding his bat/paddle with his hand.
Negan swings the paddle towards a pledge as he flinches, closing his eyes. Negan then throws a ping pong ball up in the air and bats the ball in mid air. The ball flies and then the ground and rolls away from the group.
"Ping pong" – said Negan, laughing.
"One-on-one. Whichever one of you fuckers scores the most points on me advances." – said Negan.
Negan then proceeded to a closet and grabbed ping pong paddles.
"ok gentlemen. Standard regulation ping-pong rules. No shenanigans, house rules, or any fraternity-type made up bullshit. Just standard, regular, single-set, 1st to 21 wins. Capice?" – said Negan, handing out the pledges their paddles. Lining them up for a round-robin type play.
-The next 2 hours -
** Ping **, **pong**, **wack**, **pong*. Fucking-Ah. **wack, pong**. Fuck-yeah, is that all you pussies got! **pong**.
"Match point, Negan"
** pong, ping** Fuck yeah, you suck.
**wack**
- /The next 2 hours -
"Thats game. Negan wins, 21-4" – said the referee, pointing to a chalkboard with a table of scores.
1 of the 19 pledges lost 21-10. 2 lost 21-8. 3 lost 21-7. 1 lost 21-6. 2 lost 21-5. 5 lost 21-4. 2 lost 21-3. 2 lost 21-2. 1 lost 21-0.
Two of Negan's minions approach the bottom 3 pledges and point them towards the exit.
Negan then points to the 2 young pledges who each lost 21 to 3, walking slowly towards them.
"Who are you guys. What are you names and majors" – asked Negan
" m. m m Mike. Biology major" – said Mike
"Oscor. Ecec. Ec-onomics" – said Oscar.
Negans paddles each of the two men once.
"I said WHO ARE YOU"
"Oh. I meant I am Negan, Sir." - Oscar
"We are Negan, sir" – Mike
"Ok. you two. A quick fucking game to 5. One-on-one. Switch serves after every point. No win-by-two bullshit. Now, who will serve first" – said Negan.
"I will." – said both men at the same time.
Rock / Paper; threw Oscar / Mike respectfully.
"Ok Mike, you serve first" – said Negan, pointing to the 3 referees.
*** pong, ping, pong, ping ***
–- moments later-
"4-4, Mike's serve. Next point wins" - said a ref.
Mike shoots a quick serve, returned, and Mike shoots a slammer which causes Oscar to trip and fall and he returns.
Mike pounds the ball in the opposite direction as Oscar dives for the ball on the other side and falls face down to the ground.
The ball flys low and barely hits the side of the board of the table and falls to the ground.
"Point Mi-." – said a referee.
"Point Oscar" – said another referee, interrupting the other mid-sentence.
All eyes now on the 3rd ref, who looked a bit like he might have been caught in a daze not paying attention.
"Point Oscar." – said the ref.
"What!? Thats bullshit!" – yelled Mike.
"That was out of bounds. Are you blind. It didn't even hit the edge." – continued
"And besides, the ball didn't fly over the net. And hell, if the net extended beyond the plane, the ball would hit the net. Come on guys, at least do a do-over" – pleaded his case.
"Game over. Oscar 5, Mike 4." – Said Negan.
"Man, this is some bullshit." – said Mike, walking towards the other 3 young men getting escorted out of the Sigma Theta Nu house.