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on their faces, slapping each other high fives, ready to mobilize in cars and go join in other underground lines. Isha came over to me and tugged me.
    â€œCan I speak to you for a second?” Isha said. We stepped into my bedroom. “Are you okay with this?” she asked before I could even ask her what was up.
    Clearly, she could tell that I was not happy. “I mean, we just can’t let them decide we’re going to do something that could jeopardize all of us getting our letters. We signed a slip of paper saying we wouldn’t be hazed at all. I don’t know about you, Isha, but my word is my word.”
    She leaned in and said, “I don’t want to do it.”
    Instantly, I was confused. “If you don’t want to do it, why don’t you just tell them you don’t want to go out like that?”
    â€œCome on, Cassidy, be real. They already think I’m the little Christian girl. I roll by myself all the time. That’s one of the joys in wanting to be in a sorority—so I could feel important, think I had it going on. Deep down inside I don’t want to be ostracized, and I could tell on some of the faces of other girls in there that everybody wasn’t for it. We just need somebody who can stand up to Cheryl to say we’re not doing this because our line can’t be divided. Will you speak for us?”
    Understanding her pleas, I nodded. I stepped out into the hall and saw Sam grabbing her purse.
    â€œWait a minute. We haven’t finished talking about all this,” I said loudly.
    â€œWe don’t have a lot of time to talk about anything. We got to get in the cars and go. How many people are driving? We need to take as few vehicles as possible,” Cheryl said, talking over me as if I didn’t matter and as if what only she had to say counted.
    I nudged my roommate. “Sam, you might want to check your girl. I just said we’re not through talking.”
    â€œAll right, well, calm down, Cassidy,” Sam said, standing between the two of us.
    â€œAll right, you got everybody’s attention. We’ll be late and get in trouble with the Big Sisters down there, but what do you have to say? Cassidy, we know if they ask us any history to throw you out there because you know everything. What else you want to say?” Cheryl rudely asked.
    â€œWe haven’t voted on going. I’m not for this little-go-get-hazed-by-some-sorors-who-aren’t-even-in-school-at- Western -Smith bull.”
    â€œWait, what are you saying?” Sam said to me. “You don’t want to be legitimate?”
    I said, “I don’t know how many of you guys are for it, but everybody needs to really think about the repercussions of us stepping out there and somebody getting hurt, us getting caught, or who knows whatever else.”
    Isha yelled out, “We could go to jail!”
    â€œWe could get thrown out of school,” said somebody else who was on our side.
    â€œOh, what, so half of y’all don’t want to go?” Cheryl said. “Sam, you need to check your roommate. All those who are ready, let’s roll out.”
    Sam turned and walked toward the door. I grabbed her arm. She needed to rethink following a nut because she was on her way to getting cracked. I pleaded, “Don’t do this.”
    â€œSam, let’s go!” Cheryl called, almost screaming.
    Half of the sorors were out the door; the other half of us were inside with arms folded, clearly not moving. Sam was torn. Before our line had officially been inducted as initiates to the Beta Gamma Pi pledge process, we were already divided. There Sam stood between right and wrong.

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    I leaned over to Samantha as we stood in the middle of our line sisters, anxiously knowing that whatever we decided was going to affect everyone. “Before you head out of here, you really need to make sure you’re okay with risking all of us not being Betas.