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them when they said young women were practically begging them. But Teddi hadn’t even been speaking to me. And now all the interest.
    â€œHave the Betas talked to you? ” I asked because I knew if they hadn’t reached out to Teddi, I didn’t want to throw it in her face that I was their top pick and she wasn’t.
    â€œWhat did they want with you?” she asked, again speaking to me for the first time in a couple of days.
    I knew she couldn’t take any more disappointment, so I said, “You know, just being sorority girls.”
    â€œYeah, I know. Trying to tell you how to act and stuff. Cool it down and not be such a maverick. They don’t have to tell me how to act like a Beta. I studied them all last year. I learned their ways. I’m ready.”
    I just nodded.
    False as the hope was, it was certainly good to see her feel confident again. And as salty as I was with her for being mad at me for having my own mind, I knew I loved her deeply, and as much as I appreciated their flattery, I would much rather enjoy seeing Teddi as a Beta than me. Maybe I would lose my interest if that happened.
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    â€œSo the Betas want you to pledge, huh, lil’ sis?” Hayden said to me as we sat down for dinner.
    We hadn’t had sister time in over a few months, which was so odd because we’d used to get together every week. But she had her off-and-on-boyfriend, Creed, since her days at Western Smith. Whenever I’d called her over the summer to hang out and do this or that, she would shoot me down with how she couldn’t or she and Creed had plans, so I just stopped asking. Then out of the blue she’d wanted to take me out to eat, but I knew why. She wanted to talk about the Betas.
    â€œLet me just stop you,” I said to her before the waiter came over to our table. “Yeah, the Betas talked a good game, and that was cool and everything, but—”
    â€œBut? Are you kidding? For them to say you’re who they’re looking for and all you need to do is apply is unheard of. They usually give girls a hard time.”
    â€œI don’t want any special treatment. I don’t want people coming up to me telling me I’m who they’re looking for. The only reason they stepped up to me is because I’m your younger sister. Did you call them and tell them they better put me on the line, Hayden?”
    â€œGirl, they hate legacies,” she said as she looked around for the waiter. “We’ve been sitting around for twenty minutes. I’m thirsty. Besides, you’re a double legacy. Your mom and your sister are Betas. In my days on campus that was not cool. If they talked to you, something you did stood out.”
    My sister was very strong. I didn’t know a lot about her pledge days, but I remembered it was brutal. Girls were hazed pretty badly. She had been on some underground line that had gotten dropped. A girl had ended up in the hospital, and an alumni chapter had had to take over. Because some girls had gotten suspended, the new girls were the only ones on campus. They’d elected Hayden for Chapter President, and that had worked great for a minute, but her strong-willed personality had ended up alienating them.
    The waiter came over and took our order. As bad as my sister had wanted the waiter over, now she was kinda rushing him off so we could talk more. Before Hayden could open her mouth I said, “Don’t sell me on Beta Gamma Pi. I wanna see for myself. I wanna try out some other organizations. I’m not sure if pledging is for me at all anyway.”
    She grabbed my hand and said, “Yes. I know you remember that my pledging experience was difficult, but a lot has changed. Again, they’re not trying to take you to some dark room and jack you up. They intimidated the heck out of me. I only pledged because I knew it was in my heart. I wanted to be like Mom so badly and have a good underground experience, but