The doorbell to the ZBZ house rang, and Frannie answered almost immediately.
"Is Miss Cartwright here?" The woman at the door asked.
"Right this way." Frannie said, escorting the woman and the group with her into the house. "Case, could you come here a second."
"Janette, what are you doing here?" Casey asked, coming into the foyer from the kitchen.
"The other Pan-Hellenic board members and I are here to talk to you." Janette said. "Let's discuss this in the dining room."
Frannie, Casey, Janette, and the rest of the Pan-Hellenic board all went into the dining room. It didn't take long for the rest of the house to begin eavesdropping wherever they could.
"Casey, it has come to our attention that you had an encounter over spring break. Now this normally would not be a problem, except this encounter has created a sort of, problem, if you will." Janette began.
"What are you saying?" Casey asked, fully knowing her secret was out.
"As of right now, you are breaking Rule 26 subsection 3. According to said rule, pregnant girls are not allowed to live in a sorority house. We hold our sororities to a higher standard and having a pregnant girl living in the number one house will reflect poorly on not only this house, but the entire Greek system." Janette continued.
"There's 2 weeks left of school. Are you seriously telling me I have to move out with so little time left?" Casey asked, watching her whole world come crashing down.
"You have 48 hours to find a new place to stay." Janette said before getting up and exiting the Zeta Beta house.
As soon as they all left, Casey flipped out on Frannie.
"How could you!" Tears started running down Casey's face. Ashleigh immediately came out of hiding to come to her best friends rescue.
"Politics pulls out everyone's dirty little secrets, poodle." Frannie replied in a bitchy tone, walking out of the dining room.
Casey was about to chase after Frannie and yell at her some more, but Ashleigh stopped her.
"Sh. Calm down, this stress isn't good for the baby." Ashleigh said, wrapping her arms around her best friend.
When the two walked out of the dining room, they were immediately swarmed by nosey sorority girls.
"Is it true?" One sister asked.
"Are you really pregnant?" Another asked.
"Is the father some random guy from spring break?" A third sister asked.
The questions kept pouring in from every direction. Casey didn't know which to answer first, and really, she did not have the energy to answer any of them at the moment. She simply clung to her best friend as Ashleigh led them past the sea of sisters; toward the one place they knew they would be safe.
Rebecca watched intently from the front porch of ZBZ. She saw the girl that stood up for her at Greek Week go from the arms of her best friend to the arms of her boyfriend. Her boyfriend. She couldn't believe it. Once again, Casey had come between her and Cappie; this time permanently. She was tired of always being second best to little miss perfect. Casey may have been on her side and fought for her during Greek Week, and with Nationals, but she was still never going to forgive her for ruining the most serious relationship she'd ever had.
"Where have you been? I've been trying to call you!" Cappie said, holding the mother of his child tight.
"My…whole…house…knows!" Casey tried to say through the tears.
"I know, I know." Cappie replied, stroking her back, trying to keep her calm. "It's going to be alright."
"No it's not!" Casey continued to cry. "They kicked me out."
Cappie looked shocked. What did she mean kicked her out?
"Frannie found out about the baby and told Pan-Hellenic. The board said a pregnant girl can't live in a sorority house because it looks bad for the Greek System." Ashleigh explained.
"That's ridiculous. They can't do that." Cappie said.
"They can; and they did." Ashleigh said.
"Well I'm not going to stand for this. I got us into this mess and I'm going to figure out a way to get us out." Cappie said to Casey.
"Thanks Cap." Casey said. She was a little calmer now.
"Come on, let's get you inside." Cappie said, bringing Casey into the Kappa Tau house. Ashleigh decided to follow, just to make sure her best friend was alright.
When the brothers saw Casey, they all could tell something was wrong. Instantly, they went into 'uncle mode', doing whatever they could to keep Casey happy and stress free.
"Here you are Casey, your favorite chair." Beaver said, getting up to allow her to sit in the duct tape chair.
"Would you like something to drink?" Wade asked.
"A glass of water would be nice; nothing with alcohol." Casey replied.
"You got it." Wade said, walking into the kitchen. He may have been in uncle mode, but that still didn't stop him from being a typical KT.
"Hey Ash. You're lookin mighty fine today." Wade said, trying to hit on her.
"Don't you have a drink to go get?" Ashleigh shot him down instantly.
Wade came back with the glass of water and handed it to Casey.
"Thanks." She replied.
"So what brings you to our neck of the woods?" Heath asked, taking a seat next to Ashleigh on the couch.
"Her house kicked her out." Cappie replied.
"Can they seriously do that? Isn't that like against some school policy or something that they can't kick a pregnant girl out of her home?" Heath asked.
"Pan-Hellenic said she was breaking Rule 26 Subsection 3." Ashleigh said.
"Beaver, go get my Pan-Hell book." Cappie said.
Beaver left and returned moments later with the book in his hand. He handed it to Cappie who immediately flipped to the rule in question.
"What the hell. This is so stupid. There's actually a rule against girls living in a sorority house if they get pregnant." Cappie slammed the book shut. He felt guilty for causing all of this.
"I've got 48 hours to find a new place to live." Casey said. "And the worst part is, none of my sisters came to my defense. So much for sororities being about sisterhood."
"That's horrible." Beav said.
"Ok, how about this; tonight you can stay here. That way you don't have the stress of dealing with your sisters that obviously don't want you." Cappie said.
"I can't tonight." Casey sighed. "I have to be there for elections. I can't let Frannie win."
"Do you really want to run a house that doesn't want you?" Ashleigh asked. "You're staying here tonight and if anything happens with the elections I'll come right over and tell you."
"Alright, fine. I'll stay here." Casey reluctantly agreed. "Is Rebecca going to mind?"
"You just let me worry about that. Right now, you and little KT are more important." Cappie reassured her.
"Well I'm going to head back to the house. I'll be back later to bring you some pj's and to tell you all about elections." Ashleigh said, hugging her best friend.
"Bye Ash. See you later." Casey replied. She couldn't wait for her best friend to return to tell her who won the presidency.