Callie paced in her room. She had no idea what to wear for the second night of recruitment. They were told to be more formal but not too formal because the last night was the most formal. Last night, she didn't care at all what she looked like. Tonight, however, she had to look perfect. She was hoping to see Arizona again.
Just when Callie was about to give up, Addison walked through the connecting bathroom of their suite. "Callie! Why aren't you dressed yet?"
"I don't know what to wear Addie," Callie confessed, in a look of utter defeat.
Addie smiled slyly. "You want to impress blondie. This is so much fun to watch!"
This comment rewarded Addison with a shirt being thrown in her face. Callie finally picked up two random pieces of clothing from the floor and put them on. She looked in the mirror and was satisfied with the plum blouse that accented her skin, and pencil skirt she had chosen. "Alright punk, let's go."
Walking into the student center, Callie couldn't help but feel anxious to get her invite card. The girls who are well liked by all the sororities will be asked by all three. Other girls will only get one or two, some don't get any. Callie was praying she wasn't the girl who didn't get any. The Greeklife director smiled at Callie and Addison when they approached. "Names?"
"Torres."
The director looked down and found Callie's invite card. "You were a lucky one."
Callie's heart beat faster as she opened the card. A smile immediately crossed her face. She was asked back to all three that she ranked: DG, Tri Delt, and her favorite, Alpha Phi. Looking over at Addison, she could tell that Addison got the same results. "One step closer to Tri Delt," gloated Addison.
"What would you do if they didn't want you?"
Addison gave Callie an 'are you kidding me' look. Callie reconsidered. "You're right."
"And someone gets to go back to her favorite sorority to see her blonde, blue-eyed angel."
"Shut up," Callie replied, punching Addison hard in the arm.
"Ouch!"
"Don't be so dramatic."
The soon to be petty fight was soon cut short by one of the Rho Gammas, the girls who disassociate from their sorority during recruitment. "Alright ladies, now that you all have your invite cards, you will notice a number in the upper right hand corner. Those are you circulation groups for the night."
Callie and Addison immediately looked at their numbers and were disappointed when they didn't have the same circulation group. "Well I guess I'll see you at the end of the night," said Addison.
"Yeah. Impress your Tri Delts."
"Impress your blondie," responded Addison quickly before running to join her group.
Callie sighed as she joined her own group, looking for an ally to gossip with during this long night. She spotted a small, angry looking Asian in the corner inspecting her nails. Callie decided to wing it and walked over towards her. "Hi, I'm Callie."
The Asian, not amused, looked up. "Hi."
Callie would be lying if she said she wasn't taken aback by the cold shoulder. "Alright then. I'll let you be."
The girl sighed and lifted herself off of the wall. "Sorry. I'm not into this sort of thing. I'm only doing it for my resume. I'm Cristina."
"Oh. Well me either. My friend forced me to do it. You like any specifically?"
"Well the DG's graduate tons of doctors so I'm probably looking there."
Callie hid her laugh. "I was told to drop them soon."
"I would have too if they weren't all pre-med."
Their conversation was interrupted by their Rho Gamma leading them out of the student center towards Tri Delt. Callie looked to Cristina, "here we go again."
Arizona's POV
Arizona had been running around all night, helping all of her sisters make everything look perfect. "All good Lexie?"
"Pink tablecloths are set, fish bowls are the centerpieces, the appetizers are warming,.." Lexie continued listing off the entire recruitment preparation guide.
Arizona just continued to nod her head and smile. "Yep. Good job Lexipedia."
Satisfied that everything so far was running smoothly, Arizona snuck to the bathroom. Before recruitment she was just concerned with finding a little, now her thoughts were completely consumed by the lovely Latina she had walked in for the last party. They were able to talk effortlessly and god was she beautiful. The number of lustrous thoughts that went through her mind should be outlawed.
Half an hour later Arizona was lined up on the steps with the rest of her sisters. She was hoping choosing to walk Callie in for a second night in a row wasn't a mistake. If she wanted her to get in, she needed as many of her sisters to get to know her as possible. Then again, Callie was drop dead gorgeous, that would definitely win her some points with her sisters without them even knowing anything about her. Arizona was brought out of her thoughts by Meredith, their head of recruitment. Alright ladies, remember we are singing "Boom Boom" as the entrance.
Arizona put on her best song and started singing along with her sisters. "Boom Boom, I wanna be an Alpha Phiii and honey that ain't no lie.."
The door opened and recruits began making their way into the house, while being escorted by one of the sisters. Arizona smiled whenever she linked arms with her potential new little, Alexis.
Callie's POV
Callie was actually enjoying her night. The second night was better than the first by far. Granted, she still wasn't the biggest fan of DG and she was happy to leave that house, she did enjoy Tri Delt. The girl who walked her in kept up decent conversation and there wasn't much time for awkward moments because there was a ceremony in the middle of it all. Callie couldn't deny that she was excited to leave though because that meant that Alpha Phi was next. She couldn't wait to go there and possibly catch a glimpse of the gorgeous blonde, Arizona.
"What did you think of that house," questioned Cristina as she caught up with Callie.
"Well I don't mind it. My best friend wants to go there and the girls seem pretty down to earth. I'm ready to go to Alpha Phi though."
"I heard they weren't bad either," replied Cristina.
Their conversation was cut short by their Rho Gamma, who was making sure that everyone was in alphabetical order. "Remember the rules ladies. No talking about boys, bed, or booze. The sisters aren't allowed and neither are you."
Callie rolled her eyes at this rule. What else were they supposed to talk about? All complaining, however, stopped whenever they began making their way up the steps towards Alpha Phi. Having her coat ready, Callie went to step into the house, but didn't make it to an awaiting Arizona because she tripped right in front of her.
Awaiting recruits behind Callie began snickering. Callie was utterly mortified. She stood back up, cheeks red with embarrassment, and linked her arm with Arizona. "Sorry."
After the head of Alpha Phi's recruitment welcomed the girls back for a second night, discussion, once again, began immediately. Arizona led Callie to a couple of chairs on the outside of the room. "The was quite an entrance you made," laughed Arizona.
Red immediately rose to Callie's cheeks once again. "Yeah. I'm really sorry about that again."
"Nothing to be sorry about Callie. I found it adorable."
Laughing, Callie adjusted her dress. "How was that adorable?"
"Well you handled yourself well and you got right back up."
"At least you were there waiting for me and not a stranger."
"You would have been fine with any of my sisters. However, I meant to ask you yesterday, is your name short for anything?"
"Well technically my name is Calliope, but I prefer Callie."
"That's a shame. I like Calliope," responded Arizona.
Grinning like a fool, Callie looked Arizona in the eyes. That was a mistake. She didn't want to look away. "Well you can call me Calliope if you like."
"Awesome because I was probably going to anyways."
Their conversation was brought to a halt when the sisters began singing. Arizona chimed in and Callie was curious what was going to happen next. The head of recruitment then began telling the girls a story about a time when her sisters and she went on a car ride and ended up just driving around for hours and blasting music to sing along to. She then introduced another girl who was with her in the car, who in turn, told another story that she experienced with her sisters. The stories continued in the same fashion, a girl who was in the previous story told another and introduced a girl who was with her in her story. The stories ranged from sad, funny, sentimental, and silly. Callie was truly enjoying herself and was especially excited when Arizona was introduced to tell a story.
"Well my sisters and I are far from normal. In fact, one time after a sisterhood event, I decided I wanted to do a slip and slide, but I didn't want any normal slip and slide, I wanted a long, wide one. So before the event, I went and bought a tarp…"
Callie and the rest of the girls in the room laughed at this comment. "So after the event we took the tarp outside and laid it on the lawn. We didn't think water would work out too well so we took anything slippery from the house. I'm talking laundry detergent, dishsoap, pam. Then we spent the night going down the slip and slide, and before we knew it, half of Greek Row was on our lawn, using our slip and slide. One of my sisters that helped me with the slip and slide was Lexie…"
The stories continued and finally ended with the recruitment girl again announcing how important Alpha Phi was to all of them and that she hoped we enjoyed their stories. Arizona sat back down . "Now that was quite a story," I said.
"It was quite a night, Calliope."
As much as she hated her name, Callie loved hearing Arizona say it. "You look very nice tonight by the way."
"Why thank you but I don't even compare to you."
With the worst timing ever, the head of recruitment returned and announced the end of the night. Arizona properly took Callie's arm and escorted her out. "I had a lovely night, Calliope," she said as Callie got her coat.
"Me too, Arizona."
Leaving the house, Callie cursed the stupid 'no texting or outside communication' rules of recruitment. She walked back with her group to the student center to vote. She was pretty nervous. What if Alpha Phi didn't invite her back for Preference night? Luckily, she couldn't think about this long when Addison caught up with her. "Did you have a good night?"
"Awesome. Arizona walked me in again."
"That's great! Tomorrow is the big night though."
"Don't make me nervous Addi."
"No need to be. From what I'm hearing, you're a hot commodity on Greek Row. Every sorority wants you."
"Are you kidding me," responded Callie, a bit too loudly.
"Nope. I'm pretty sure only Tri Delts want me because I've basically been one for a month now."
Callie smiled at the thought of this. Maybe there was hope.
Arizona's POV
Arizona hated that she couldn't even contact Callie. Recruitment had such stupid rules. She was sitting on her bed, creeping on Facebook with her computer. She wanted to get a good look at all of the recruits. Voting that night had gotten intense because a lot of sisters really wanted girls while others really didn't want them. While she was searching, however, she was distracted by a message. Clicking on the message, Arizona was shocked when she saw it was from Calliope.
'Hey. I know we aren't supposed to make any contact whatsoever but I can't help it. I wanted to say hi. I really enjoyed talking tonight. I hope you had an awesome night as well!"
Arizona couldn't help but smile and decided to ditch the rules and send Callie a message back.
'I loved seeing you again tonight Calliope. And yes, we aren't supposed to talk so I hope you keep this quiet, but I have a feeling you are good at being quiet when you need to ;) I can't wait to see you again. Have an awesome night, Calliope.'
Content, Arizona closed her computer and went to bed for the night. What was recruitment doing to her?
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