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to the side when she got up in my face and I didn’t back down by standing straight up in hers. I was doing all I could to compromise, and they had to do the same. As much as I wanted to stick to my former outburst and not go, I was open to doing what Alyx said.
    I overheard Sam say, “That’s reasonable, Cheryl. Come on. Cass is more than trying.”
    Isha was behind my back and egging me on, saying, “That’s right, you told her right.”
    Cheryl came over to me and said, “Make the call.” Everybody sat down when I called Alyx.
    â€œPut me on loudspeaker or something. I need to talk to everybody, and I can’t come over there and see y’all because that is against our rules,” Alyx said as I followed her instructions and hit the button. “Hey, y’all, this is Alyx.” Everybody said hey. “Just so we have an understanding, there are going to be some of my sorors who may try to get you guys to do this and that, participating in all kinds of stuff, and as long as you guys are going through Alpha chapter, know for sure you will be legit. But we need you to trust us and do it our way, so if you’re not down with that whole plan, maybe you need to rethink whether you should pledge before we have the meeting completing this pledge process tomorrow. So no going down to another school, got it?” She hung up the phone.
    We all just sat there, each and every person deciding for themselves if and why they wanted to be a part of Alpha chapter. Though everyone wasn’t pleased, we all collectively agreed, even Cheryl, that we weren’t going to go get hazed. We were one.
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    We’d officially been on line for two weeks now. We’d been inducted as Pis, we were bonding as a group, and we’d been through three different ceremonies. Each was getting us a step closer to hopefully becoming full members of the best sorority around. We actually had two lines. One in which we lined up in alphabetical order—because lining up by height was considered a form of hazing—and one in which we ignored the rule and lined up by height anyway (when we weren’t in the presence of Alumni chapter members, Dr. Garnes, or anyone from the campus). I wasn’t the tallest person, so I was number three of forty.
    â€œYou know what tonight’s ceremony is about?” Isha, who happened to be number four, asked me. “I’m so excited!”
    We’d gone through Gem one, a seminar on leadership, learning that every member of Beta Gamma Pi stands for excellence and is a pioneer. Gem two was about sisterhood; the basic principle we got from that special night was that we were joining a sorority. We each had our own family, but we were now joining a new family of incredibly strong sisters. The Gem targeted how you should care about others as you cared about yourself and that you should never intentionally break that rule. Gem three was about education; Betas were smart because we always knew there was more we could learn. Now we were headed to Gem ceremony number four. Yeah, I knew what it was on: Christianity. Because I was a new believer, I was a little less enthusiastic. The President of the chapter, Malloy, and Alyx came into the large dressing room of the school’s historic theater, which was where the ceremony was being held, and addressed us.
    Malloy, with a stern face, spoke first. “Listen up, y’all. I’m just going to be honest. My mother’s the National President, so I get to preview a lot of information that the Grand Chapter gives about all the chapters. Also, because my mother doesn’t want me to let her down and be the one to blame if this chapter happens to get taken for good, I’m just going to keep it real and let everyone know I’m not going to allow anybody to jeopardize Alpha chapter.”
    Isha elbowed me and whispered, “What’s going on now? What did we miss?”
    â€œWe’ve been