Chapter 2 - Friday before the event

Friday began with breakfast. Penelope, the mother-superior, had provided the fresh bread, egg, and fruit, but we as a collective were responsible for making breakfast and the cleanup afterward. Penelope’s loyal dog, whose name turned out to be Creed, followed her every step. He seemed extremely well-trained as he ignored our attempts to get his attention.

During breakfast, Penelope reminded us that the first challenge would kick off that evening at 7 PM and that everybody should show up in their pajamas, just to set the mood.

“And just in case that is confusing to you girls.” Penelope said, “That means slippers, panties of your choosing, and a shirt. The shirt can be either a T-shirt or a button-up with short sleeves but nothing else. Try to make an appearance, you are not visiting your grandma.”

“That was something.”, I said referring to Penelope’s visit and speech...

“Nothing usual.”, Diane replied, “Unless there was a party, we were taught to make fun of wearing bras inside. The whole point is that you felt comfortable in the sorority house and bras are not comfortable.”

“But there are men around, doesn’t that make it different?”, I asked.

“Another house motto.”, Diane explained, “The female body is a tool, that she be used to reach your goals. We were often told that what happened to our body wasn’t something that our brain should worry about.”

In my mind, that sounded more like something a cult leader would say, but with eight sorority sisters around, I was not going to argue.

“You get to see Gemma in full glory”, said Emily who had overheard our conversation, “without a bra, there is no place for her breasts to hide.”

It sounded like the evening could be fun, but first, we had another day of games ahead.

The day went okay and had its ups and downs. We played mostly social and party games like Charade and Twister. During Twister, Diane and Gemma had gotten into a fight as Diane had already taken her bra off and Gemma thought that she was purposely rubbing her boobs against Gemma’s boyfriend. Gemma had been correct, as Diane had done it on purpose but didn’t want to admit that to Gemma as we had won that round.

Alcohol was available in abundance, so all feuds were soon forgotten. Ashley was the biggest lush and was halfway through the afternoon somewhat tipsy. Emily and Carolyn didn’t drink alcohol. They both treated their body as a temple and for Carolyn, it also didn’t fit her active lifestyle.

The Cards Against Humanity part was fun, although not everyone was enjoying it. Ashley seemed surprisingly prudish sometimes, while her boyfriend was rather crude, especially after a few drinks. It also became clear why Emily and Diane liked to hang out, they had a similar filthy mind.

Every time I discovered a new trade of one of the girls, I would share it with Diane, who would give me feedback on my findings. I wanted her to win, as I felt it was my path to stay in her life.

I felt after just a day that I had a pretty decent understanding of the couples. Heidi was a closeted lesbian. The guy she had brought was more like a good friend of hers and I don’t think they were intimate. I wasn’t even sure if the guy had a lot of success with women. Not that he appeared gay, but more that he seemed out of his league here with all the pretty, self-assured women.

Ashley’s boyfriend was a football-playing jerk and it was obvious he was cheating on her as he was flirting with every other girl in the house. Ashley was so nice, so it was weird to see that she was staying with such an obvious asshole.

The more I looked at Emily and her brother, the more I got the feeling that they were just a drink away from boning. He was charming and his pretty looks made him a focal point for a lot of the sorority sisters. Not that any of them would have a chance, as Emily made sure to never be away from him for too long. And I think I saw Emily kiss him on the mouth when nobody was looking and he was going outside for a vape.

Brianna and her long-term boyfriend almost looked alike. I didn’t trust either as both wanted to go into politics. Carolyn’s boyfriend was a runner like her and seemed like a nice couple but I just didn’t have much in common with them.

Fran’s boyfriend was not much better than Ashley’s boyfriend. It seemed that he never had a job in his life. My job wasn’t great, but at least I was working. He just seemed to want to mooch off her.

Gemma’s boyfriend was a pretty boy and they looked good together. I disliked him though as he was cocky, probably because of his beauty, and treated women like shit. But unlike Ashley, I didn’t care as Gemma also appeared very fake.

The day progressed had a few other small incidents. Fran and Brianna seemed to be in the middle of most of them and often it was also just the two of them in an argument as they didn’t seem to agree on any subject. Ashley was often the one to calm things down.

Making dinner together was a good team-building event and it was clear that the sorority sisters could work well together if a task needed to be done. Diane described that they had been trained to obey orders and that the goal always came first. The sorority had severe and sometimes cruel penalties for people who didn’t follow the rules or were lazy, Diane had explained, and she had learned the hard way that it was much easier to just obey the rules.

During dinner, Penelope and her dog, Creed, briefly made an appearance before disappearing into the locked backroom, the name that we had given the barn area. Penelope was seen moving large boxes with the help of some locals into the barn. This piqued everyone’s curiosity, leaving us wondering what was inside those mysterious boxes.