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As we pulled into Greek Row, I felt a tingle. It spread all the way from my toes to the ends of my hair as we passed the Kappa Tau, Omega Chi, and finally the Zeta Beta house. Here, they grew stronger.
"Rusty, stop!" I cried. He swerved a little before pulling up next to the side of the rode.
"If this is payback for making you stop earlier, I'm really sorry," he said sheepishly.
"No, let me out here," I said, trying to keep a straight face.
"Are you alright?" Rusty asked nervously. "'Cause if you're gonna puke, do it behind the car, where I cant see it. I hate it when people puke!"
"Relax," I said, irritated. "I'm not sick, there's something I want to do. And anyway, if I was sick, wouldn't you want me to get out of the car right away instead of sitting here talking to me?"
"Okay, okay," said Rusty, relieved. "I just wanted to make sure." He unlocked the car and I stepped out onto the curb.
Rusty leaned out the window. "Do you want me to wait here?"
"No," I said. "Go get your stuff. I might be a while." And with that I strode across the front lawn of the Zeta Beta Zeta house.
When I knocked on the front door, Ashleigh opened it.
"Case, omigod!" she squealed. "I thought you had left already!"
"I had," I replied, gathering her and pulling her into a hug. "But there were just a few things I needed to do. Plus, Rusty forgot some stuff in his dorm room," I said sheepishly.
Ashleigh rolled her eyes at this. She has a younger brother too, so she knows how irresponsible and annoying they can be sometimes.
"I 'm leaving tomorrow," she said. "So I have to pack. But you can help me! C'mon, it'll be so much fun!" Squealing in excitement, she pulled me up the stairs to our room. When we got there she leaped onto the bed and I surveyed my surroundings.
"Jeez, Ash," I said. "I seem to remember this room a lot neater than it is now." And it was true; there were clothes all over the bed and the floor, a lamp overturned in the corner, and a big black smear on the ceiling.
"How did you manage to make all this mess by yourself?" I asked. "And why is there a big black smear on the ceiling?" I was truly flummoxed.
"Well, you know, packing always gets messy. And as for the smear on the ceiling, there was a fly."
"Umm…what?" I asked, completely nonplussed.
"There was a fly on the ceiling, and I didn't want to touch it with my bare hands, because that would be disgusting." Ashleigh flipped her hair. "So I threw a shoe at it. You know, those cute black flats with the bows? Anyway, the fly got away, but the shoe scuffed the ceiling."
"Um, right," I said. I wanted to change the subject. This discussion was giving me a headache. "So anyway, what else has been going on here?"
Ashleigh's face darkened. "Frannie has been to visit a few times. She wanted to know where you were. I guess she didn't know you'd already left. She seemed pretty mad. If I were you, I'd avoid her for as long as you possibly can."
"That won't be a problem. Frannie isn't coming back next year. I heard her tell Rebecca Logan right before I left. She seemed pretty set in her decision," I began to pick clothes up off the floor and fold them, before placing them into Ashleigh's suitcase.
"Oh yeah, Case? Have you heard about Rebecca?" Ashleigh seemed worried for some reason.
"No," I said. "What has she done now?"
"Well," Ashleigh began, "Technically it's not something as much as someone. Are you sure you want to hear this?"
"Yes," I said. "Just spit it out, Ash!"
"She went to Aspen with Evan," Ashleigh said in a rush.
"That's fine with me," I said. "Evan and I are done. I don't care where he goes or who he goes with anymore."
"There's more," said Ash, her eyes already glinting with apology. "The night before she left with Evan, she slept with Cappie."
I let my breath out in a whoosh and sat down heavily on the bed.