A/N Hey a couple people liked the first chapter, and I'm glad people like it. I may add chapters a little fast because I just have so many written, and I've been sitting on this story for a while, so I'm eager lol Happy reading!

Lili excitedly ran back upstairs to her room, and unlocked the door. She was so nervous, she had never shared a room with someone before, so she hoped she wouldn't be too much of a nuisance to Sophia. She always cleaned up after herself, didn't mind company, and loved to make conversation once she got past that shy stage of meeting someone new.

She went to look at herself in the bathroom mirror and sighed quietly. "She's going to like you. You're practically best friends with her already." Lili told herself in the mirror before hearing a knock at the door. Lili went over and pulled it open and squealed excitedly, hugging her tightly. "I can't believe you're here! I'm so glad you made it safe!"

Sophia laughed as she held her just as tightly. "I'm so glad to be here, and I'm so glad to finally meet you! Those Facetime calls helped a lot." She laughing.

Lili sighed of relief, pushing her hair back and giggling. She was much prettier in person. Brown hair in a loose bun, and brown eyes to match. She had a nice, calming smile, and seemed to radiate energy.

"Hate to break up the meeting party, but you still have more stuff to get out of the car Sophie." A tall man spoke as he walked in with a tote.

"Oh would you give it a rest Charlie? We just met, we're going to be spending the school year together, can't we just scream about how excited we are to see each other for a little bit longer?" She asked.

"Nope, don't think so. I loaded everything up, you're helping take everything out."

"Alright, alright fine. We'll just bond over moving in." Sophia said nudging Lili some.

Lili nodded with a smile. "Yes, bonding over moving in sounds just fine."

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"So if we put the fridge under the bed, it'll be more room for the totes on the side."

"If you want you could slide your dresser under there too, since you won't really need the surface, you've got this shelf organizer here to put your trinkets and pictures and stuff."

"Oh good thinking Lili." Sophia said moving the dresser under the bed, then her fridge. Perfect.

She looked around the room, and nodded. "As an art major I must say our room is very spectacular." She said.

Lili grinned. "Super spectacular. Absolutely astounding." She agreed.

Sophia sat at her desk. "So, have you met anyone since you've been here? Any friends any familiar faces?" She spoke as she went through the things her RA gave her.

"Not really...Well there's one guy." She said thinking about Emil.

"Oh a guy?" She asked looking back.

"No, no it's not anything like that. He's a nice guy though. His name is Emil, he stays over in Chester hall. I helped him with some directions."

"Oh. Well hey, that's a pretty practical way to meet someone."

"I mean I guess." She said as she looked at the incoming message on her phone. "Oh, speak of the devil." She said and opened up the message on her phone.

Hey, my brother just left, you want to go get something to eat?

"What?"

"He just text me if I wanted to get something to eat but our hall meeting is soon." She said and looked at the clock on her phone. "Actually in a couple of minutes."

"Oh yeah. Okay. Well tell him I'm coming too. I'm starving. And plus I want to meet him, I'd also like a first friend in college."

"Sure that would be nice. I'll tell him." She said and texted him back. 'Sure that sounds great but can you hold off for about 15 minutes? We have a hall meeting in five minutes. And also my roommate came so she's coming to get something to eat with us.' With that, she put her phone in her pocket. "Okay, let's go." She said and went out the door with Sophia behind her.

Lili and Sophia stepped out of their room, and into the hallway, where they found other girls already waiting outside the Residence Assistance's dorm room. Lili looked at the time. She hoped this wouldn't take long, she was getting kind of hungry herself.

Soon a girl with brown hair and green eyes stepped out of her dorm room. She smiled at the girls already at the meeting. "Hi everyone, I'll wait for a couple of minutes for anyone else lagging behind. In the meantime, pass around this sign in sheet." She said.

Lili blinked, that was the girl. The girl that was leading the sorority call. "Ah, excuse me. Are you in one of those sororities? I think I saw you out on the front lawn." She said.

The girl turned around to her and nodded. "I'm a Zeta." She said smiling at her.

Sophia suddenly brightened. "You're in a sorority? Will you be around during rush week?" She asked.

"Of course, but not as much as I'd want to. I've got some shifts to cover this week that take place during rush and no one can take them." She said with a shrug and looked down the hall, finding a couple of girls coming down the hall.

"Okay, I'm gonna start since I'm going to assume this is everyone. Good evening ladies, and welcome to Western U, and welcome to McCall hall, I'll be your RA this year. My name is Elizabeta Hedervary, and I'm so very excited to be your RA this year." She spoke and looked at the clipboard in her hand. "So I'm just going to go over some rules, and make them quick, I'm sure you guys have a busy night ahead of you. Keep the noise down. We have "Quiet Hours" starting at 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 12 a.m on the weekends. Everyone is limited to two guests at a time in their room, making a maximum of four guests in your room at one time. No alcoholic beverages or drug paraphernalia in your room, if I catch you I'll have to report you and it will be dealt with Upper Housing. We have room inspections, I'll remind you twenty-four hours in advance. If your room is not up to par then at least we'll fine you, but if it's anything serious or if it's repeated failures, again it will be dealt with Upper Housing."

"If you have problems with your roommate and can't solve them yourselves, I am here to help you." She said and pointed at her dry erase board on her door. The board had various locations written on it. "This is a pretty good indicator of where I usually am. I update it regularly. Uh, that's it for rules. Respect me, respect your roommate, and respect those living on this hall. We're all a family. And now just a few quick announcements…" She said and flipped the paper over to the next paper.

"Welcome Week is now in session, and will be leading up to Tarp Day. Monday there will be a cookout hosted by the Intramurals Club between 12 and 3 on the front lawn. Tuesday will be a stress reliever seminar hosted by Western U's Positive Thoughts Club in the ballrooms from 1 to 3. Wednesday will be a Poetry Slam at 8 p.m in the Union Auditorium hosted by the Xpression of Poetry Club. Thursday will be Glow in the Dark Yoga in the Campus Rec at 8 o'clock. And of course, Friday is Tarp Day. Tarp Day is pretty much like a club fair, where every club will fill up all of the front lawn. That is going to be where you show interest in clubs and look at the different clubs you can join. Great to go to, you get a lot of free things, and food, and who doesn't love free things and food? And lastly, who here is going to be participating in rush week?"

Sophia and a few other girls on the hall raised their hands.

"Open house will begin at 10 A.M tomorrow in the ballrooms, which are located on the 3rd floor at the Student Union. You'll get your name tags and things like that there. It's not too late to sign up. If you still want to participate you can, however there will be a registration fee and late fee applied to it. Turn in your application before 12 midnight and you'll be good to go. That's about it. I've got everything down on my list. So, meeting adjourned, have a good night ladies." She said with a smile as she collected the sign in sheet and went back into her room.

Sophia squealed. "I'm so excited for rush week. Are you rushing?" She asked looking at Lili.

"What? Oh no, I don't think Greek life is for me too much." She said walking back into their room.

Sophia walked in after her. "You're not going to rush? Just try it, it'll be fun. I'm sure the fees aren't too much. It was fifty dollars when I signed up in advanced."

"I don't know…"

"Well you've got a couple of hours to mull it over before registration closes."

"Yeah, I'll think about it." She spoke and looked at her phone, seeing that she got a text from Emil.

Okay, just call me when you're out of your meeting.

Right after that she called him.

"Hello?"

"Hey it's Lili, we're out of our meeting. You want to just meet us at the union?"

"Uh, sure that's fine. I'll meet you guys in a couple of minutes."

"Alright, we'll see you then." She said and hung up the phone, looking over at Sophia and grabbing her jacket. "Come on, let's go get something to eat."

"Hey Emil. Good seeing you again." Lili said hugging him. "Did your move in go well?"

"As good as it could go with a brother like mine." He said shaking his head.

Lili giggled. "I still like Lukas, he's nice."

"Well you never grew up with him."

"I suppose it's a bit of a difference then, huh? Oh and by the way, this is my roommate Sophia." Lili said stepping aside so they could meet properly.

"Hey nice to meet you." Emil said shaking her hand.

"Nice to meet you too." Sophia said smiling at him.

Lili smiled herself. She was glad to have two friends now. It was a step in the right direction. "What are we eating? I can't remember the last time I ate."

"I am really in the mood for a burrito." Sophia said.

"Hm, a burrito sounds good." Lili said next.

"Burritos it is." Emil decided.

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"So how are you guys adjusting to campus?" Emil said as he slid into the booth.

"I'm doing pretty good. I'm so, so excited for rush week." Sophia said and slid into the other side.

Lili slid in on the other side. "You didn't tell me that you were into Greek Life when we talked over the phone. I'm surprised you're into it."

"Well I didn't want to freak you out with the Greek talk. I had to lock you in as my roommate before I started geeking out about it. I've been wanting to rush since I've been in high school. I want to do this so badly."

"What sorority do you want to rush?" Emil asked.

"Kappa Mu, definitely. I would be so heart broken if they didn't chose me on bid day. Lili if you choose to rush I would love if you did KM with me. Then we'd really be sisters."

"Still thinking about it, but if I go with it I'll make sure to do it with you. Emil are you rushing?"

"Me rush? No thanks, I don't want any more brothers, one and a half is enough." He said shaking his head. "But of course, if you two are rushing then I would be happy to support."

"Well I'm still thinking about it, but I did see them on the lawn today cheering."

"They were chanting and I missed it? I can't believe I missed it! Ugh, I guess I'll have to wait until I see them during the week." Sophia said. "Which one did the Kappas do?"

"Which one? Uh, they said something about in God we trust?"

"Kappa Mu for you, Kappa Mu for us, Kappa Mu, in God we trust?" She asked.

"Yes that one. Well a little more exciting than that, but that was it."

"I love that one. Lili I really hope you do this with me, and even if you don't want to pledge KM, I'd still want you to be a sister somewhere."

"Well I did like the cheering, it was cute. It kind of grew on me, but I still don't know…"

"You'll make the right decision Lili, whatever you go with will be best for you." Emil said smiling at her.

11 p.m. Lili sat in her bed with the rush week application pulled up on her laptop. Sophia was in the shower. Slowly, she started filling out the information, smiling some as she did. For Lili, it was always getting past fear of failure. Not everyone gets bid on at the end of the week, and what if she was one of them? But with Vash forcing her to do so much, and for her to actually enjoy the things he forced her to be in, maybe picking this for herself could really impact her. Maybe this will be the decision to change her, change her for the better.

But for now, the $125 she spent on registration and late fees had better been worth it.

A/N Make sure to review! See you guys next chapter!