I sigh as I step out of my final class for the day, which was a
biology class, and realize that I am starving.
So I start heading toward the cafeteria for lunch. On my way there I notice that the
fraternities and sororities have tables set up in the courtyard in front of the
cafeteria trying to recruit people into their houses. As I’m walking by the tables one of the
sorority girls sees me and walks up to me.
“Excuse me, but
have you thought of joining a sorority?” She says looking me once over.
“Not that much
but my mom was a part of one and told me how much fun it was and that it was
like having another family so you are never home sick,” I said smiling.
“Cool what
sorority was your mom apart of?” She asks.
“She was part of
Alpha Omicron pi,” I said.
“Wow,” she said
clearly impressed. “Well unfortunately
we don’t have a chapter of that sorority here but if you are interested you can
try out for Chi Omega. My name is
Crystal and I’m in charge of new recruits so if you are interested just let me
know.”
Crystal hands me
some flyer and pamphlets with information on them. She also hands me a card with her name, phone
number, and school email to get in touch with her. No sooner had she left than other sororities
upon hearing the sorority my mother was from swarmed me with their
paraphernalia too. I’m used to being
popular but not this popular. I finally
make it to the front doors and go in.
I go through the
line and choose my food. I walk out to
the main eating area and search for a table to sit at. I find an empty table in the back corner by
the window that has a great view of the lake that is behind the cafeteria.
“Is this seat
taken?” Says a voice next to me.
I turn around
and see a girl about my age with a tray of food in her hands.
“No, you can sit
there,” I say smiling at her.
“Thank you. It’s hard trying to find a seat right
now. My name is Tina by the way,” She
says putting her tray down and sitting in the chair next to me.
“I’m Samantha
but you can call me Sammie if you want,” I say taking a bite of the chicken
salad I got.
“Okay. So how are you enjoying your first day?” Tina
asks and then bits into her tuna salad sandwich.
“It’s going
good. Never realized how big the campus
was and that there would be a lot more homework than what it was in high
school,” I say with a laugh.
“I know right?”
Tina says smiling at me. She then
notices all the sororities’ flyers and pamphlets on the table on my books.
“Wow! Do all of those sororities want
you?”
“Yeah, they sort
of found out the sorority that my mother was a part of and they all of the
sudden want me to be a part of their houses,” I said looking through some of
the papers.
“That’s
cool. You going to try out for any of
the houses?” Tina asks before taking another bite of her sandwich.
“I’m thinking
about it. I just don’t know which one
though,” I say with a sigh.
I put the papers
in a folder and put the folder in my bag so I won’t have to look at it
anymore. Tina and I sit for about an
hour after that just talking about classes and what our majors are. I found out that Tina is a Political Science
major and wants to work in politics and maybe run for an office one day. I thought that was really cool. I told her I wanted to be an author but was
willing to start off as a journalist and maybe write books on the side until I
become better known. She thought that
was pretty cool too.
“Well sorry to
run like this but I have to get to my afternoon classes. Your lucky that you got all morning classes
today, so you can go and explore more of the campus now and check out some of
the cute guys here,” Tina says winking at me.
I laugh and
smile back.
“That is exactly
what I’ll do,” I say picking up my bag and walk with her out the front door and
into the courtyard where we part.
I head toward
the library to check out how big it is and what the book selection looks like
and maybe ask where local public library is in case I need to go there for more
research material.
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