Chapter 2
The party is in full swing, true to their word there are loads of freshmen in attendance, Stiles already had to send Danny and Greenburg out for more beer as they had totally underestimated how much freshmen could drink!
Erica had pulled through again and invited every girl she knew to make sure it wasn't a complete sausage fest. Stiles circulated the room making sure he talked to everyone at least for a little while.
Danny and Greenburg return in the nick of time as the party threatened to run dry.
Danny grabs two beers out the new case and hands one to Stiles saying "Would you please relax, everyone is having a great time, stop worrying!"
"Really? Is this a good party?" Stiles replies.
"It would be better if the host enjoyed himself too."
"Ok, but I need to find and thank Erica, she has been amazing today."
"Lucky someone knows some girls, not that I mind it being all guys!" Danny replies with a cheeky look on his face.
"No corrupting young minds Danny!" Stiles replies with a chuckle.
He tracks down Erica at the bottom of the stairs trying to fend off two very drunk freshmen, she could easily handle herself but Stiles decides to help her out. "Hey guys, more beer just arrived in the kitchen."
They stagger away "Thanks, one of them was about to get a kick in the nuts!" Erica sighs.
"You have been awesome today; I couldn't have done this without you." Stiles said with a smile.
They move to one side to let Scott past being led upstairs by Allison, his on/off again girlfriend. He gives Stiles a cheeky wink and Stiles pats him on the back as he passes. Stiles spots Isaac watching them go upstairs looking pissed off. He drags Erica to Isaac's side without hesitation.
Stiles greets Isaac "Hey man, we did such a good job of getting prospective pledges here, I never thought we would get so many."
Isaac snaps out of staring at an empty staircase and replies "No thank god I was getting seriously worried there for a while."
"Yee of little faith, of course it was all thanks to Erica looking smoking hot, don't you reckon?" Stiles said being less than subtle.
Erica smiles with a mock modest look on her face at Isaac.
"No your right, she did look super hot" realising he has just put his foot in it he adds quickly "Well I mean you always do, you do now in fact." Isaac blushes deep red and look awkward.
A huge grin spreads across Erica's face. "Really? Thanks" she says shyly.
Stiles' job here is complete so he subtly suggests to them that he left the oven on and heads off in the direction of the kitchen. Not that they notice much as they smile shyly at each other.
The party goes on to the early hours, Stiles crashes into bed too exhausted to think much but happy that his first party in charge seems to have gone down well. Scott and Allison were not seen downstairs for the rest of the night, Isaac and Erica seemed to be chatting away animatedly for ages. The other Betas kept drunkenly hitting Stiles on the back shouting 'great party dude' so he supposes they had a good time as well. Now time would tell if any freshmen decide they want to join the house and sign up to become a pledge.
A couple of days later Stiles checks the Beta Beacons pledge sign up sheet and is delighted to see plenty of names there. Although the old days of hazing the new recruits is now strictly prohibited by the college there was still an initiation the pledges have to endure to be decided on by the Fraternity. Stiles was particularly proud of this year's task, he and the other brothers had come up with the idea after a few beers. So Stiles had texted all the pledges to meet at the Beta house to share the initiation task. The other brothers thought Stiles should have had them 'kidnapped' from their beds, tied them up and put a pillow case put over their heads, just like the way they were initiated.
Stiles had protested at this idea "You want me to be fired already!"
In the end they all agreed the task was perfect, just cheeky enough but without the risk of having their chapter shut down! At the agreed time all the brothers and pledges are milling around chatting.
"Pledges line up!" Stiles orders. He walks up and down the line like a drill sergeant. "Your futures as brothers in the Beta Beacons house depends on the successful completion of the following task." Stiles says being overly dramatic.
The pledges look very serious and the Danny and Isaac snigger with one another at how seriously they are drinking in Stiles words.
"As a group, so team work, we want you to go on a treasure hunt." Stiles pauses for dramatic effect.
The pledges look a mixture of confused and excited.
"We need you to go to each of the other Fraternity and Sorority houses on campus and take one item that bears the logo of that house and we want photographic proof of you in that house." The pledges look raring to go, talking animated with each other. Stiles coughs to regain their attention. "Now the rules, you can gain entry any of the following ways, sneak in, trick your way in, or you can charm your way in, you are under no circumstances to break in! Are we clear?"
The pledges nod enthusiastically.
"So get to it then!" Stiles finishes his speech and the crowd disbands.
Scott, Danny and Isaac congratulate Stiles on his delivery and they crack open a couple of beers to celebrate.
Stiles was in the canteen with Scott and Allison when the first photo was sent through to his phone. He almost chokes on his lunch when he opens the photo to see two of the pledges wrapped in the Alpha Luna banner. Laughing too much to speak Stiles hands Scott his phone who immediately bursts out laughing as well then passes the phone on to Allison.
She giggles and says while handing the phone back, "You are either brave or stupid to piss of the Alphas, when they find out..."
Stiles interrupts "It's just harmless fun, we'll give it back."
When Stiles returns to the house after his classes he finds the pledges have triumphantly hung the stolen banner across their living room. Over the next few days more photos are sent to Stiles, he and the other brothers can't believe how well they have done, and they soon have a collection of various items from the other houses. In the last and Stiles favourite photo, the pledges are at Omega Sorority house they have clearly been given makeovers by the girls as they are in the photo too, he can't wait to find out how that happened. Stiles sends a text to the pledges to get them over to the house now their task is complete.
"We all agree" said Stiles gesturing to the brothers "You would all be an asset to the Beta house, you have completed your task and done an amazing job!"
The pledges all cheer and the brothers clap them.
"We would be happy to see all of you as full time Betas!" Stiles continues, his words drowned out by another cheer.
The revelry goes on late into the night, Stiles finally letting his hair down and getting steaming drunk thanks to Danny's lethal drink concoctions.