Haven't had that much of a great response, but it is the holidays. I decided to post up anyway. I'm on a roll with the story.
Beta – Be a pledge
Rie wiped at a table slowly, urgh, hangover. The unwanted side effect of drinking a little bit too much. She couldn't really remember much from yesterday…she remembered drinking games…and then it got a bit…okay, very fuzzy from there. Lucky she only had two hours to do today, a seminar then she could disappear back into bed,
She began to drop empty cups and rubbish into a bag when someone appeared in front of her.
She groaned, under Mathilda's scrutinizing and shook her head "Please Mattie, you're killing me"
"Do you remember anything from yesterday?"
"No and from the look you are giving me, I don't think I should"
"You are making out – slash – on the verge of having sex with Kai Hiwatari!"
Rie looked so blank, Mathilda actually hit her upside the head "The president of Omega Chi Delta"
"Oh"
"Who also happens to be kind of the boyfriend of the Zeta Beta Zeta President and Student Union Secretary Hilary Tachibana"
"Oh" Rie blinked and groaned "oh no, I've become one of them"
"One of who? A slut?"
"A sorority girl…" Rie's face went blank again, she suddenly shook her head "shit, I…this Hilary girl must be pissed off"
"Oh come on!" Mathilda sighed "You were drunk…" she trailed off, looking guilty at her friend's face "It's been done but it's a lesson learned"
"I need to apologize"
"I wouldn't do that…" Mathilda trailed off at her friend's incredulous face.
"Why not?"
"Rie don't be stupid!" Mathilda hissed dragging her friend to the corner "if you apologize it would be like spitting in her face! I think it would be best just to stay out of her way. Hilary is very-"
"Upset?"
"…powerful" Mathilda finished "Just give it a few moments…i.e. weeks, preferably a few months"
Rie nodded and slowly and sat down, and moaned as her headache began to kick in again.
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Julia Barthez walked across the courtyard, yawning, she was TIRED. But she was relatively happy. At least the Tri-pi welcome party had been a successful compared to previous ones, people actually managed to look like they were having a good time and they actually had gotten the Omega Chi's to come as well. She slung her messenger bag over her shoulder further and glanced at the notice board.
'Study buddies' 'Society posts' she noted each one, nothing of particular interest, she stopped looking when she noted the rod-straight march of Hilary Tachibana. She was wearing some dark skinny jeans, a high collared shirt and a tiny leather jacket. Julia raised a brow, that was a girl on a mission.
A very important one by the ferocity and speed at which her marching was taking.
She realised why Hilary's Tod loafers were slapping against the ground with rapidness, she was making a beeline for Rie Sakata-Evans.
Julia sighed and followed Hilary, this could get ugly.
She neared them in the corner of the courtyard Hilary had dragged Rie to.
"I don't know who you think you are but you will regret what you did yesterday"
"Hilary, right?" Rie cut in "Shit, I'm so sorry, I was just so drunk-"
"Is that the excuse you give every time?" Hilary's voice was collected, almost upbeat "Stay away from Kai or else"
Rie frowned, not one to cower to threats "Or else what?
"Yeah, Hilary" Julia stepped forward with a cocky swagger "Or what?"
Hilary looked from the two and laughed "I would have guessed you put her up to this. This is low Julia, even for you"
"Your right" Julia nodded "So low I didn't do it…I would say Rie coming just played to my advantage right, especially when the rest of the Greeks find out that one of the Tri-pi pledges slept with the Omega Chi President, uh, Scandal!" Julia put on a mock shocked face then grinned.
"She didn't sleep with him"
"She would have, had you not barged in!" Julia said cheerfully.
Hilary let out a sharp noise before turning on her expensive loafers and walked away.
"Thanks" Rie sighed "I really, didn't know what I had done, it took my friend to rekindle my memory"
"Umm, so you gonna consider it?"
"What?"
"Becoming a TP pledge"
"Oh, crap, no" Rie sighed and rolled her eyes "I'm not a fan of the Greek system"
"Well, I'd think about it…not to sound like the godfather, but we can give you protection… from Hilary"
"No, no…I can fight my own battles" Rie nodded "But thank you…for your offer of protection"
"Forget about it!" Julia adopted a mock Italian-American accept as she walked away.
Rie let out a breath, that was very scary, the petite girl was actually very, very scary…
She though about the conversation, maybe Mathilda was right. Apologizing would do and mean nothing. All she could do was keep her head down and stay far, far away from the Greek system.
Hilary Tachibana fumed as she marched away, how convenient of Julia Barthez to show up and save that…normal student. Hilary felt annoyed, upset and ultimately humiliated. No one humiliated her, not that girl or Kai. What was even more humiliating was that Kai was refusing to talk to her properly like she was the one to perform the horrible deed. She couldn't look any of the other Greeks properly in the face and her fellow ZBZ sisters were always casting her pitying looks and speaking in hushed tones.
She walked into a disabled bathroom and slammed the door shut, she stared at the mirror and pulled out some make up and dabbed at her cheeks. She never cried, crying was for the weak.
She pulled out her beeping blackberry and glanced at the message, an invitation for a social from Omega Chi…it was from Kai, well this was an improvement from not speaking to her that much.
She patted her face, closed her Duchamp bag and felt the bathroom.
Her phone beeped again and she glanced, it was Mariah the message read 'Hey, you okay? Did you find the skank?'
Hilary replied 'I did'
'And?' came the rapid response.
'Looks like she had a little ace up her sleeve…' Hilary began '…I have a plan…'
Hilary walked back out to the courtyard and began the short walk back to Greek houses.
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"Kai" Tala strolled into Kai's room like it was his own and started rifling through Kai's stuff "have you got toe nail clippers? Mathilda's coming soon and we may get freaky" Tala grinned like the cat that got the cream.
Kai simply gave Tala a flat look and continued flicking through the economics textbook.
"Speaking of freaky…you and Rie S-E?"
"S-E?"
"Sakata-Evans!" Tala continued rummaging and gave a small 'ah!' of triumph when he found the clippers "Hilary was pissed man, I know when you date you don't really do exclusivity but seriously…"
"You want to lecture me on exclusivity"
"I've never cheated on Mathilda!" Tala said hotly "I kinda…I kinda lllikke her"
"You love her" Kai simply cut him off, but smiled slightly at Tala's red face "I meant before Mathilda"
"Yes, but I have changed my ways" Tala said dramatically and pulled his legs to the bed.
"What are you doing?" Kai asked hotly.
"Cutting my nails"
"Oh, for fuck's sake. Tala, don't do it on my bed!"
"Eesh, you forget we used to bathe together" Tala muttered, standing up.
"I'd like to think that was a dark time in my life"
"We were babies, Kai" Tala said smartly.
"Exactly" Kai said slowly.
Tala rolled his eyes and walked out of the room, he crossed the nicely furnished hallway and into his own room. He sat on his bed and began doing the deed that threatened to piss Kai off and hummed to himself. His phone began to buzz and he glanced and smiled at the name on the screen.
"Hey babe" he cooed.
"Hi Sweetie, I'm leaving dorms, is that okay?"
"Yeah, Mattie, why don't you leave dorms and join a sorority, we'll be so much closer together"
"No" Mathilda replied sharply "I'd kill you if I saw you everyday…joke!" she giggled "I dunno, I would quite like to join ZBZ but, Rie and Kai and all…"
"Yeah, that's awkward, just don't tell Hilary the girl she thinks is an utter whore is your best friend and you'll have a chance"
A door slammed behind Mathilda "Haha, in fairness to her she can't remember anything"
Tala laughed and chatted with Mathilda for a few minutes, it was weird…sometimes he could just listen to her voice.
"…this is weird" she sighed walking into his room and kissing him "The conversation took me from dorms to your room. Huh."
"How did you get in?"
"Robert"
"I see" he cupped her face and watched the petite face light up, he took in the smooth, creamy skin and blue eyes and sighed and felt himself go hard.
Mathilda's eyes widened and she looked down and bit her lip grinning, she kissed Tala's neck and let her lean arms, trail over his shoulders and she began to unbutton his top. Her hands making a path down his stomach and her lips following it. As she kissed his stomach she would suck slightly and nip with her teeth.
Tala's eyes widened and relaxed easily as Mathilda trailed further down, he slowly lifted a hand and ran it through her hair "I love it when you do this" he growled.
"Sssh" she said against his belly button.
Next, her arms clasped his thighs and slowly raised, too slow it was almost painful, to his belt. She expertly undid the button and pulled his trousers down to just below his ass, along with his boxers.
Mathilda let her tongue trail lazily along the shaft of Tala's proposed dick and the end, occasionally using her teeth lightly.
Tala gasped, clenching his fists, resisting the urge to force his dick deep into Mathilda's mouth. Mathilda noticed this and leaned back and grinned up at him…she pushed him back and onto the bed and crawled slowly towards him, her blue eyes shining mischievously.
"Oh crap"
"What?" she said in a sultry tone that wasn't hers'.
"I want you…right now, on me…"
"Really?" she breathed against his cock, sending shivers through Tala, she took him whole this time and Tala really had to restrain from literally exploding in her mouth.
"Mathilda…" Tala stopped her and took her lips "…man, is that what pre-cum tastes like?" he grimaced slightly.
"I like it…well yours anyway" she whispered "I think I love you" she laughed.
"What?"
"Nothing" she smiled.
"I love you too" he kissed her and pulled her down.
Mathilda felt like her heart was going to explode. Tonight, even though they had had sex lots of times, would be different. She gave her all to Tala, not really knowing whether he was returning it…but now, she knew…it would be special, magical…Utopian.
She went for another kiss but stopped as her phone buzzed.
"Ignore it"
"Way ahead of you" she smiled against his lips.
They continued to kiss, and Tala's hands began to wander down to Mathilda's skirt, playfully toying with the hem.
The phone buzzed again.
It was ignored.
It buzzed again.
Ignored.
Buzzed.
They broke apart and looked at each other, it stopped and Mathilda grabbed it, going to turn it off…four missed calls from Rie in five minutes…weird…if it was something big but not urgent, Rie would have sent a text after the second call.
It buzzed again.
"Rie…you know I'm with Tala" Mathilda hissed.
"I know, I know…but please can I come over, just at least to change"
"Uh, to change?" Mathilda sat up properly, and ran her hand over the chest of a bemused Tala.
Rie sounded strained "I'll explain, please come and open the door…I'm outside the Omega Chi house"
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Rie dropped the phone, currently covered in balsamic and single, lo-fat cream. She sniffed, the worst bulk of the tears gone. She was such a fool.
"Are you okay?"
"Oh, it's you"
"The thanks I get for being concerned, what happened to you?"
"Zeta Beta Zeta happened"
"Oh, I see…well, I don't know what you're doing outside Omega Chi but if they don't turn out to be hospitable you know where TP is"
"Thank you" Rie sighed as the door opened.
"Rie…what. The. Hell?" Mathilda stared at her friend "…hi" she said quickly to Julia "Come in, stairs on right, last door on left…go!"
Rie nodded and ran upstairs, grateful she hadn't run into anyone.
She scrambled into the room and slammed it and jumped at Tala pulling on a polo shirt.
"Oh wow, you…smell…like curdled cheese…" Tala sniffed and looked offended.
"That would be the Vinegar and Cream curdling in my hair" Rie looked forlorn.
Tala placed a hand on an apparently clean shoulder and squeezed "I'll speak to you later, okay" he noted the red eyes were watering again and smiled when Mathilda shut the door quietly.
He clutched at Mathilda's hand as she walked out.
"So, what happened…" she went to Tala's drawer, pulled out a pair of tracksuit bottoms she left and a t-shirt.
"Well…" Rie moaned and began to tell the story…
Rie walked out of her last class, tired and walked up to her tiptoes a habit gained from years of dance and stretched out her whole body in a few seconds. She returned to her flat feet and began the walk back to dorms.
She was aware the pink haired girl was currently making a beeline for her, did all sorority girls do that? She knew this girl was from ZBZ, she had served her regularly at the coffee shop…and the pink hair that wasn't that unnoticeable.
She continued to walk on until the girl marched in front of her and held up a manicured hand in her face.
"Rie, right?"
"Um, yes" Rie nodded.
"I'm Mariah Wong, from the Sorority Zeta Beta Zeta" she said in a 'matter-of-fact' tone.
"Right, nice to meet you" Rie didn't like the way she seemed to be running into ZBZ girls today.
"Hilary, you may know her, the ZBZ president…"
'Oh shiit' Rie gave a forced smile and nodded.
"…has taken an interest in you, she'd like you to pledge"
Rie spluttered "Oh no, I can't…I…I'm not a team player" she gave a shrill giggle and nodded frantically.
"Hilary said you might resist, she said you owe her a favour…a big one"
Rie looked at Mariah who managed to feint innocence.
Rie nodded and kept nodding, and before she knew it she was in the black skinny jeans from Diesel she coveted for months, a Abercrombie and Fitch shirt and flat shoes in the hallway of the Zeta Beta house.
She smiled at the other pledges who seemed to be already at home in the big, scarily clean and furnished house. It was too Stepford wives for her liking.
She stood around, as the others scrutinized her. No-one had made a conscious effort to come up to her and say hello. Instead they had walked past her and whispered and giggled. Even Mariah who had even come up to her today regarded her with a slight smirk.
She turned, the door a few feet away from her…
"Rie" Hilary stepped down in a press that was actually reminiscent of Jackie Onassis and smiled "welcome and well done for coming"
'Not thank you for coming?' Rie thought and nodded "thank you" she scratched her arm.
"Food?" Hilary gestured to the room opposite the small seating area and walked over in shoes that had the same red soles as Christian Louboutins.
'They probably are Louboutins' Rie thought.
"No thank you"
"Please, it's the least you can do"…'you did sleep with my man' felt like it should be tacked onto the end of the line.
Rie nodded and picked at a chocolate sponge cake, and stepped aside as the other girls filtered in.
"Cream?" Hilary smiled as one of the pledges stepped forward with the exquisite mug
"Um, yes…please" Rie added nervously, she didn't like this.
Rie gasped as the cream filtered her hair and obscured her vision.
"Oh no, let's get that out!" Mariah added mockingly.
Rie froze as another liquid oozed over her.
"That's not water!" Mariah exclaimed in mock shock.
Rie dropped the plate with force and went towards the door.
"Rie" Hilary called, her arms folded "don't mess with ZBZ, especially me"
Rie was already across the lawn, her long legs taking her fast away from the house…she scrambled in her bag for her phone…
"…what a dick" Mathilda blurted out.
"Yeah…" Rie called from the shower with Mathilda sat on the toilet.
"…What are you doing to do?"
"I think I'm going to give Julia Barthez a call"
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