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Training

After thanking the ZBTs for throwing such a great party, we headed back to the house. Pledges were required to sleep in the formal room as it was the only room in the house big enough to accommodate all of us. We didn't have rooms yet since we weren't official sisters. Sleeping bags were already set up side by side, all alternating in the Alpha Phi colors, silver and Bordeaux (reddish maroon), and we were given our pajamas that we were required to sleep in every night. It was a Bordeaux shirt with the Alpha Phi letters written in elegant silver and a pair of plaid red pants with silver accents in them. We were given 5 shirts and five pairs of pants so that we wouldn't be wearing used clothes every night. I didn't mind. They were cute and I loved being a part of something. After we all got dressed, Alice, Rosalie, and I grabbed three sleeping bags next to each other and started to settle in, me in the middle. The sisters told us to sleep soon because we had a long day tomorrow. It was only 10 P.M. but I wasn't going to complain. I wanted to be absolutely rested for whatever we had in store. The sisters said a final goodnight, switched off the light, and I slowly started to drift to sleep.

I slept for about two hours before I was violently awakened by the sound of a horn being blasted. I quickly shot out of my sleeping bag and saw that the other girls were also freaking out. I looked towards the door and saw Leanna standing in the doorway with a megaphone in her hand while the other girls marched into the room on either side of her until they formed a straight horizontal line in front of the door.

"Hello, ladies," she said into the megaphone. "It is currently 12:01 which is the official start of pledging. Girls, welcome to A-Phi Hell. During the course of the next few months we're gonna find out which of you has what it takes to be an A-Phi," she looked at her fellow sisters, "and which of you don't." She glared at all of us. "Last night you got a glimpse of the life of an A-Phi. Let me make this clear. Great parties and hot guys don't just come like that. "She snapped her fingers. "You want it, you work. Your first pledge task is the Date Dash. The Pi Betas are currently holding their annual Anyone But a Greek party. It's their pathetic attempt to try to hook up with guys who aren't in the Greek system. They initiated it about two years ago. Your job is to snag a guy from their party only and bring them to the Greek Center. No change in clothes, no makeup, no brushing your hair or teeth." She yelled into the megaphone. A girl with curly red hair raised her hand.

"Pledge Davis," Leanna called.

"But we're wearing our pledge shirts. Won't the Pi Betas notice us and kick us out if they find out we're A-Phi pledges?"

"That's not my problem. You need to figure that out on your own," Leanna said flatly.

"Plus, they'll be so wasted and horny they probably won't notice anything else," one girl said under her breath. Leanna glared at her and then looked at her watch.

"It is now 12:05. You have exactly thirty minutes to snag a guy. Those who don't make it in time will have five points deducted from their total pledge score which does not roll over well." We all just stared at her.

"What are you waiting for? You have 30 minutes. Let's go!" All of us immediately sprung up and sprinted towards the door.

We must've looked like a real scene, running around the row in pajamas. But all the normal sororities were already asleep so it's not like there was anyone to watch us. We all ran up to the end of the row where the Pi Beta house was located. The lights were still on and you could feel the music reverberating off the walls. A couple of bold girls attempted to sneak into the house only to be chased out a few minutes later by a Pi Beta pledge. Looks like they were the sober ones tonight. Did Pi Beta know A-Phi was doing something? One drunken girl clad in the smallest skirt I've ever seen and a bikini top came out with a red cup in her hand.

"Alpha Phi!" she cried drunkenly, "We do not appreciate your skank stank all up in our house. This is a classy party and we don't need you to whore it up." Look who's talking about whoring up a party. Alice and I had just witnessed two people having sex behind a bush. That was something I've never seen before. And the part about this being a "classy" party made me laugh. There were guys throwing toilet seats out the window. The girls took a few more steps out and then lost her balance. She fell into the bush nearest to her and stayed there. Maybe this would be easy, I thought. Wait, no, never mind. The Pi Beta pledges were still on guard and they were completely sober, much to their dismay. Rosalie looked at her watch.

"You guys, we only have twenty minutes and it takes a decent ten to get a guy to come away with you. We need to work. Now." We looked around. Some girls had snuck in through the back and were able to take a guy with them, but it was a close call. Pi Beta pledges were chasing them at their heels. We couldn't deal with that. Especially since half the guys in there were probably trashed.

Rosalie suddenly smiled, an idea completely prominent on her face. She quickly took of her shirt and turned it inside out, completely hiding the A-Phi letters. She lifted her shirt to right below her breasts and tied it tight there, her whole stomach bare. She found a pointy rock and made a large slit from her neckline down to the top of her breasts and folded the cloth in, revealing ample amounts of cleavage. Alice and I stared at her.

"Um, Rose? What are you doing?" Alice asked hesitantly. Rosalie gave us a mischievous smile.

"Just watch." She bent down and started to roll her pants up until they were short enough to be considered booty shorts. Finally, she piled her hair on top of her head and tied it in a sexy messy bun. She turned to us.

"How do I look?" The rest of the pledges were now looking at Rosalie along with Alice and I. Alice was the first to speak.

"Like a whore! You look like a freakin' slut! What the hell is wrong with you?" Alice exclaimed. Rosalie gave us a knowing look before it dawned on me.

"Oh! Rose, you're a genius!" I said, giving her a hug. Alice looked completely shell-shocked.

"Explain?" she said expectantly. I laughed and started to flip my own shirt inside out. I tied it firmly around my stomach, revealing a decent amount of stomach. I wasn't as bold as Rosalie.

"The best way to not be noticed is to fit in. Rosalie covered the A-Phi letters and then made herself look like the rest of the Pi Betas. No one's even gonna look twice at her. Well, maybe the guys will, but not the sisters or the pledges. The sisters are so wasted they'll probably think she's one of them. And the pledges probably don't know all of the sisters yet. They'll think Rosalie's one of them. It's perfect. She can just walk in and walk out without a problem!" I just finished rolling my pants to such a height that it was enough to make Emmett bust a vein. I laughed thinking of his face. I wonder what Edward would think? Whoa, where'd that come from? Alice laughed, finally getting it.

"That's so smart!" She turned to the pledges. "Let's really whore this party up." The rest of the girls proceeded to make their shirt tighter, their pants shorter, and their general appearance a lot sexier. Jessica even went so far as to show the top of her thong on the back of her pants. I rolled my eyes. Why is she not in Pi Beta? She would've been worshipped there. Rosalie, Alice, and I were the first to test out our new idea. We knocked on the door and a topless girl opened the door. I resisted the urge to freak out and cover my eyes. I'm pretty sure my eyes must've widened too. Rosalie looked taken by surprise but she played it cool. She cleared her throat and started talking in the sexiest sleepy voice I've ever heard.

"Hey. We're from Gamma Phi and our bathroom is broken. You were the only house that was awake. Could we possibly use yours?" The girl looked at us and shrugged.

"Whatever." She walked away. She didn't even notice we were wearing the same thing. We entered the house and were greeted with hell.

The place trashed. Literally. There were cups, shoes, plates, condoms, food, and people scattered all over the floor. There were still a lot more people up and about, lightly stepping over the mess on the floor. Rosalie had her mission face on.

"Ok, we have thirteen minutes. It's a little steep but we're all hot. I think we can do it." Who was she kidding? I wasn't as hot as Alice and Rosalie. It would take me the full thirteen minutes just to get a guy to look at me. We all separated and I was left alone in this Pi Beta hell hole. Two minutes passed. I was wasting time. Rosalie had already snagged a guy. Figures. She could just stand and guys would go anywhere with her. Four minutes passed. Alice snagged a guy. She told me she would wait outside in the back. I was wasting time. I only had nine minutes left and no guy has even looked at me.

It was hard. All the guys were dancing with Pi Beta girls. I couldn't steal them away like that. 3 minutes had passed and I started to lose hope I had only six minutes left and it was a five minute run to the Greek Center. I was about to give up and leave when I suddenly spotted a guy sitting in a corner alone. He was quite the hottie. He looked tall, had light brown hair, a muscular build, and looked bored, which I took as a good sign. I walked to him.

"Hey," I said almost confidently. He looked up and almost rolled his eyes. That was definitely a hit.

"Hi. Look, I'm sorry, but I think I've had enough Pi Betas for the night." He thought I was a Pi Beta. I suddenly remembered how I was dressed and smiled. I laughed.

"Yeah, well, lucky for you, I'm an A-Phi." He looked up, surprised.

"Um, no offense, but A-Phis don't necessarily dress like whores."

"Yeah, and I'd like to explain everything right now but I kinda need to ask you a favor."

"What?"

"I need a date." He quirked an eyebrow.

"If I come, do you promise to explain?" he asked. I looked at my watch. Three minutes. Shit.

"I promise. We have three minutes. Let's go!" We sprinted out the back door and started towards the Greek Center. Two minutes. I was never gonna make it! I was fast but not that fast. The boy started to notice my lagging and swiftly picked me up and started to sprint at an inhumane rate. We made it to the Greek Center with 30 seconds to spare and using fifteen of those seconds, I made myself look more presentable. I heard the boy cough when I took my shirt off to flip it the right way. We burst into the diner located in the Greek Center just as the minute hand hit the 7 on the clock. Alice and Rosalie let out a sigh of relief and Leanna smiled.

"You've just made it, Pledge Swan. Have a seat." I sat in the seat next to Alice and the boy sat down next to me. Alice and Rosalie immediately turned to me.

"Bella, we're so sorry we didn't wait for you! We were but then a couple of Pi Beta pledges came out and saw what we were trying to do and started to chase us and we needed to run. We were so worried you wouldn't get here on time." Alice's face was pouty, and adorable, and impossible to be mad at. I smiled.

"It's fine Alice. I'm here. Speaking of which, did everyone make it?" Alice rolled her eyes.

"Everyone except Jessica. She gonna suffer some major point loss considering I don't even think she's gonna come." I rolled my eyes, too. She was probably still partying it up with the Pi Betas. Rosalie coughed.

"So, Bella. Who's your guy?" I looked at the boy and immediately became embarrassed.

"I'm sorry. I didn't exactly catch your name in my mad rush to get here." The boy smiled.

"No worries. It's Jason. Jason Carey. And you're Bella Swan?" I looked surprised.

"How'd you know?"

"Well, one of the girls called you pledge Swan and this girl right here called you Bella. Just put two and two together." I laughed, looking embarrassed again.

"So Jason, what's your major?" asked Alice.

"Literature."

"No shit! You wanna be a writer?" Rosalie asked.

"I guess. I love reading and I'm already starting to write a few things." Alice nudged me in the ribs.

"That's so funny 'cause Bella loves reading!" Alice said happily. I felt my face go cold. What were they trying to do?

"Really? You like to read a lot?" Jason asked.

"Oh, yeah. You should see her side of our dorm. There're books everywhere." Oh, my, God, they seriously needed to stop. Jason looked at me.

"What's your major, Bella?"

"Biology. I'm on the pre-med track."

"Oh, so you wanna be a doctor?"

"It's been my dream since I can remember." There was an awkward silence and I tried to eat the food in front of me. I decided to try striking up conversation again.

"So how are you such a fast runner?" I turned to Alice and Rosalie. "You should've seen this guy. He was the reason we got here on time. He picked me up and started to run and I literally felt like I was flying."

"Yeah, well I guess being on the track team helps."

"You're on the track team? Is it intense?" I asked. He shrugged.

"Eight miles every day isn't so bad once you get used to it. It's my second year too so I'm really used to it."

"You're a sophomore?" Alice asked.

"Yeah."

"That's cool."

The rest of the midnight meal was spent in semi-awkward silence. Jason was cool but I couldn't talk to him without Alice and Rosalie dropping hints about me. Jason talked to Alice and Rosalie's guys while Alice, Rosalie, and I talked amongst ourselves.

"What do you think you're doing?" I said through my teeth.

"Bella, will you look at him? He's gorgeous! Why can't you ask him out?"

"Because I've known him for twenty minutes."

"So? The point of dating is so you can get to know other people. You act as if you've never done it before." Rosalie said. Alice started shaking her head at Rosalie before she finally got it.

"Bella, you've never been on a date before?! What did you do in high school? Hide under a rock?" she exclaimed.

"Well I'm sorry Jersey boys are the epitome of the word 'douche'," I seethed. Leanna suddenly got up and clapped her hands.

"I'd just like to congratulate the pledges on succeeding in their first pledge task. All of you made it except for one. That one will have some serious consequences if we see her again seeing as she is not here yet. You all may head back to the house and get back to bed. Boys, I would just like to thank you for putting up with our scruples. But then again, you must've been having a lousy time anyway. I mean, come on. It was a Pi Beta party. Goodnight to you all!" The pledges got up with our guys and headed out the door. Alice gave me a knowing glance and flicked her eyes towards Jason before ditching her guy and walking back to the house. Rosalie gave a wink and ditched her own guy and followed Alice. The two guys look completely dumbstruck and then angry. They obviously thought they were getting laid tonight. I turned towards Jason and smiled.

"So, thanks again for coming. I know it was kind of silly but I'm a pledge and I can't really complain," I said with a chuckle. He smiled.

"It was no big. I actually had fun. And…I like you." I could feel my face heat up and was glad it was dark out.

"Well, you're not so bad yourself," I said coyly.

"And maybe, if it's ok with you, you could give me your number and we can actually get to know each other better at a more decent hour and at a nicer place." My head snapped up. Was he actually asking me out? I was now extremely grateful for the dark. He got out his phone and looked at me expectantly.

"555-0121," I said. He typed it in and called me so that I would have his number. I didn't have my phone with me so I made a mental note to save it when I got back to the house. Jason gave me one last smile.

"I'll call you tomorrow. Or today, actually," he said.

"Sure thing. Goodnight, Jason."

"Night, Bella."

* * *

As much as I wanted to tell Alice and Rosalie what had happened, I was way too tired and crashed the minute I hit my sleeping bag. It was 1:30 in the morning. I had a nice five hours of sleep before I was awakened again by the sound of the megaphone. I was ready to throw that thing into the ocean. Opened my eyes and saw Leanna and all the other sisters standing in the same position they were in earlier.

"Good morning, pledges!" Leanna sang into the megaphone. She was greeted with a collective groan from all of us. The sisters laughed.

"Now, now. There's no reason to be moody. The sun is up and shining and it's a beautiful day outside." One sister walked over to the window and threw open the curtain. I was blinded for the second time in two days by the bright California sunshine. Why the hell was the sun always so bright?

"You have twenty minutes to get ready and meet us in the sitting room. The bathrooms have enough showers and sinks for all of you. Each shower has a bag with your name on it. Use that shower and then wear the clothes inside that bag. Let's go. Come on." All of us got out of our sleeping bags and dragged ourselves to the bathrooms. I quickly brushed my teeth and then scanned the showers fir a bag with my name on it. I found it somewhere in the middle. It was a Bordeaux sling bag with my last name printed in silver bold letters. I jumped into the shower and quickly scrubbed my body and washed my hair. I walked out, grabbed the bag, and went to one of the changing rooms in the bathroom. I put on my underwear and then finally opened the bag to look inside.

Inside the bag was a pair of black athletic shorts and a Bordeaux t-shirt with the A-Phi letters printed in silver on the front and my last name printed in silver on the back. I wondered what we were gonna do wearing these. I slipped them on, quickly blow-dried my hair, and walked to the sitting room. Most of the pledges were already there, dressed in the same attire as me with their own last names on the backs of their shirts. I spotted Alice and Rosalie and went to go stand by them. Once the last few pledges showed up, Leanna began to talk.

"Ok, pledges! First, I just wanna say that this is the only week you will be staying in the A-Phi house before you get initiated. After this week, you will return to your respective dorms and stay there for the rest of the year. Sisters don't typically live in the house until their sophomore year. So you'll be happy to know that this is the only week we'll come and harass you in the middle of the night." There was a cheer from the pledges. Leanna clapped her hands to get our attention again. "What we would like you to do now is to go back to your dorms, wear your sneakers, and meet us at the track and field in a half an hour. Get moving."

There was some confusion as to what we were gonna do in sneakers but we went anyway. I hoped all of us were smart enough to pack sneakers. I liked exercising so I brought two pairs. The only shoes Alice, Rosalie, and I had right now were the high heels we wore yesterday so we put those on and tried to walk across campus to our dorms at a decent speed. After getting to our dorm and putting on our sneakers, we decided to jog to the track and field. When we got there we noticed that the ZBTs were already on the field doing synchronized pushups. They looked like an army troop. The first thing Leanna told us to do when she saw us was to stretch. Oh great. I had a pretty good idea now of what we were doing. Athletic clothes, stretching, a track and field; we were gonna do a lot of physical activity. I felt like I was back in high school in gym class. Alice, Rosalie, and I stretched until all the girls finally showed up. The last few girls were given five minutes to quickly stretch. When we were all limbered up, we waited for instructions. Leanna came bounding into our view.

"Ok, ladies! We are now at UCLA's track and field. This is where students come in their free time to do some running outside or some light training on the field. Generally, a lot of self-imposed pre-season training occurs here. You'll find people from UCLA's boys' and girls' soccer team dribbling a ball around and getting ready for the season to start, football players tossing around a ball or running a few plays, or you'll just find students running on the track and getting their daily dose of exercise. However, today, A-Phi and ZBT have reserved this area today specifically for the pledges.

"Bet you're wondering why you're here. Well, we're not gonna play any sports but we are gonna do some training. During the course of this week, we are gonna train you in the qualities that make up the characteristics of an A-Phi, starting from least important to most important. Today is the start of our journey up the ladder. We are going to start with the least important part of being an A-Phi. You'll notice, looking at all of us, that part of being an A-Phi is looking good. Now by saying this is the least important part, I'm not saying that it's not important. It is. However, there are more important parts to being an A-Phi. Anyway, we have a reputation for being the hottest sorority on campus. One thing we always keep in shape is our bodies." All the sisters lifted up their shirts to reveal their bare mid-drifts. They all had tan, perfectly toned stomachs and beautifully shaped figures.

"Damn!" the ZBT boys called out. There were a few catcalls and whistles on their part. A few girls blushed and they all lowered their shirts. Leanna winked at Drake and he made a show of clutching his heart and falling over. Leanna turned back to us.

"See what I mean? We're accustomed to getting that kind of reaction. That's the kind of reputation we have. So now it's up to us to whip you pledges into shape. To start, you're all gonna run one mile. That's about two times around this track." We all let out a groan. It was eight o'clock in the morning, already seventy degrees out, and she wanted up to run a mile? I slowly got to my feet and started to rotate my ankles, preparing.

Suddenly, as we were getting to start, we saw Jessica stumble into the field dressed in the same ripped-to-look-slutty clothes she was wearing yesterday. She looked like hell, with her hair looking like a haystack and the dark circles under her eyes. She probably partied with the Pi Betas all night and was suffering a major hangover right now. I could see Leanna roll her eyes as she saw Jessica looking completely disoriented and trying to find her way over to our group. The ZBTs were stopped mid-pushup to watch the spectacle that was unfolding in front of us.

"Pledge Stanley!" Leanna called. Jessica's head snapped towards Leanna and she started to do this weird half run, half limp thing towards our group. We girls resisted the strong urge to laugh. I couldn't say the same for the guys. You could hear the low rumble of chuckling from their group. I looked over and saw Emmett in mid-pushup, his arms trembling. His arms never trembled during pushups. He must've been trying really hard not to laugh. Jessica finally made it to Leanna and tried to smile.

"Hey, Leanna. What's up?" she asked. Her voice was still a little slurred.

"It's President Shafer to you. Do you care to tell us where you were last night?" Jessica tried to play dumb.

"I don't know what you mean."

"We sent you out on a pledge task. You were supposed to bring a date from the Pi Beta party to out midnight dinner. We saw you leave with the group. We never saw you come back." Leanna's face was flaming but Jess didn't seem to notice.

"Oh, um, well I went to the party and I met a guy there and he gave me a drink, and then another one…and then another one. I kinda don't remember what happened after that."

"You partied with the Pi Betas?!" Leanna was really flaming now. When it came to Leanna and her house, no one messed with house loyalty.

"Well, um, I don't know, I…" She turned back to look at the other sisters for help and Leanna gasped. On the back of Jessica's shirt, written in black Sharpie, was Alpha Phi sucks ASS! The Pi Beta letters were written at the bottom.

"What? What!" Jessica frantically started looking for what everyone was staring at. She finally saw black marker on her shirt and probably understood something bad was written there. Leanna's face turned to stone.

"Katie!" She called. A pretty blonde came running over. "Katie, you're gonna take Pledge Stanley back to the house to get cleaned up and dressed in appropriate attire." She turned to Jessica. "Listen to me. This is a serious offense in the Book of Sorority Affairs. You should be dismissed from this pledge class because of your actions. But because you're a legacy, I am obligated to keep you on until the end of pledging and hope you do something to redeem yourself. This action and any of its sort is never to be repeated again. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, President Shafer," Jessica mumbled.

"Good. Katie, you can take her now." Katie took Jess's arm and started to guide her toward the house.

"Oh! One more thing." Katie and Jessica stopped. "Since you were so considerate to arrive late to our first pledge training, you will be equally as considerate by leaving later than the other girls. And for your inadequate behavior last night, you will run one extra mile. That's four times around this track. Katie will supervise you." The look on Jessica's face was a priceless look of horror. She was so close to tears. Katie slowly led her away with a smug but disappointed look on her face. Leanna turned back to us.

"Ok, pledges. Your fellow pledge will be with you shortly. Let's get started. On your mark, get set, go!" We all took off down the track. Some of the girls who were trying to impress the sisters with their endurance were running at a full sprint. Alice, Rosalie, and I decided to take the smarter route and started at a slow jog. I didn't want to get all biological, but it didn't matter how much endurance you had. The more you exerted, the more oxygen you lost. The more oxygen you lost, the more lactic acid your muscles would secrete. And the more lactic acid your muscles secreted, the more you would feel it in the morning. We finished our first lap before we got into the rhythm of things. I finally found it acceptable to talk.

"So, Jason asked me out," I mentioned casually. Alice and Rosalie immediately stopped running.

"Shut up! What did he say? Tell me exactly what he said!" Alice exclaimed.

"Alice, chill! I just gave him my number."

"He did not say 'I just gave him my number'," Alice said patronizingly. I rolled my eyes and took the lower tone of a guy's voice.

"'I actually had fun. And I like you. And maybe you can give me your number and we can actually get to know each other at a decent hour and a nicer place.'" Alice squealed.

"Ohmygosh, Bella! You have to let me get you all dolled up. Wait! When's the date? Where? OH MY GOD we need to get you a dress! Bella, why didn't you tell me sooner? We have so much to do!"

"Um, Alice?"

"Yeah?"

"I haven't called him yet. In case you haven't noticed, I've been kinda busy." Alice paused for a minute before she realized.

"Ohhhhhhh," she said realizing.

"Good job, Alice."

"Pledges! We did not tell you to stop. Keep it moving!" Leanna called from the start of the track. Alice, Rosalie, and I started to run again.

"So, you like him?" Rosalie asked.

"I'm not sure. I've never dated before so I'm kinda just rolling with what I know here. I think he's a nice guy. I'll let you know what I think after the date." Rosalie stopped again causing Alice and I to stop with her.

"Wait, what do you mean you've never dated before?" Rosalie asked incredulously. I rolled my eyes.

"Do I really need to go through this again? Yes, I never dated. I'm sorry. I guess I'm not that dateable?" Rosalie rolled her eyes.

"You're seriously gonna pull that?" she asked.

"Pull what?" I asked, seriously confused.

"That whole 'I'm trying to be modest by saying I'm not pretty when I actually know I'm hot'."

"Rose, I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Bella, you're gorgeous! What the hell kind of state is Jersey? If you went to my school I'm pretty sure you and I would've been good friends." I blushed. I wasn't ugly, I could say that much about myself, but I most definitely wasn't pretty enough to be friends with a goddess like Rosalie.

"Rose, if I were that pretty then I might've actually had a date to any one of my homecoming dances. Instead, I got to bake cookies and watch Emmett leave with a whore. Then I had the pleasure of watching him come home 15 minutes later and leave with another whore." Emmett wasn't a womanizer by any means. But if he didn't like a girl, or couldn't make up his mind about which girl, he made damn sure he got a little of everything.

"Bella, I'm kinda finding is hard to believe guys weren't at least attracted to you," Rosalie stated.

"Yeah, well they weren't."

"But—"

"Ladies! Pledges Swan, Hale, and Cullen! Come here!" Leanna yelled. I could definitely sense fear in all of our eyes as we made our way to Leanna. I looked to the field and saw Emmett, Jasper, and Edward looking at us. Edward gave me a worried look before he went back to doing his pushups. We got to Leanna and stood in front of her. We kept our eyes on the ground.

"Girls, I get that you guys are friends and that you need to talk. But when we ask you to do something we expect you to do it without interruption. You disrupt the sorority charter if you don't. What could've been so important that you would put that at risk?" Leanna asked. Alice, being Alice, felt the need to answer.

"Bella got her first date!" Alice blurted out. I could tell Leanna was trying to maintain her strict demeanor but she was a girl and a girl, especially a sorority girl, could never keep away from possibly good gossip.

"With who?" she asked hesitantly.

"Jason Carey," I responded.

"Shut up!" one of the girls yelled. Leanna looked pleased.

"Well, at least I know now you have the A-Phi eye for guys. Just let him know he has to pick you up at the house, not your dorm."

"Um, ok," I said with a smile.

"And keep running. No stopping this time!" she yelled as we started running again. We quickly finished our last lap and met at the start of the track. Leanna smiled a triumphant smile.

"You girls tired?" she asked delightedly. A couple girls raised their hands, some shook their heads nonchalantly, and some were just too tired to move.

"Good. You'll thank us someday. You'll be able to outrun any stalker. Trust me, we've used these skills before, trivial as they may be." We all looked shell-shocked. That was definitely something we did not want to hear after just running a mile. Leanna laughed and checked something off on her clipboard.

"Alright girls. Let's move on."


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