Chapter 25: After Midnight

All the girls were required to stay and party until at least 2 A.M., when liquor sales had to end according to state law. If the program lasted until after 1 A.M., we had to stay at least an hour. The program ended late, just after midnight.

Our biggest fear was that when the wrestling ended, the guys would be all over the gals. Surprisingly, it didn't happen. Part of it was security, which was really real. People who were impaired but awake were actually being driven home before the party ended. Those who were asleep were left where they slept, some on the lawn, and a goodly number in the stands. Part of it was that there were so many naked and half-naked girls around that we weren't a rarity. In a small mixed group, if one or two girls get naked, guys sometimes act like assholes. The girls didn't do much drinking, because we were working, and those girls who weren't scheduled to wrestle were at risk for being injury replacements. There were two or three sober girls as ambulatory boys.

It was a warm night within the shelter provided by the seats, and with the body heat provided by several hundred spectators. As co-chair, I spent almost the whole time inside the seating area. Once all the guys except the few who had drunk themselves into unconsciousness had moved out of the arena, and the girls joined them, we were cold. The vast majority of us were not wearing bras, and our nipples were showing nice and perky.

The girls danced a little bit, and ate some, but mostly we talked with our adoring fans, and we ate a little. We didn't drink much, because both houses planned to do some serious drinking when we got back to our respective sororities.

At 2 A.M., the last drawings of the night were held. They selected the guys who got to escort the two groups of sorority girls back to their respective sororities, and for the guys who would meet at the fraternity house next week to escort us back. All but the wrestlers would walk back next Saturday dressed as we were when we departed. Walking back to the house, without the shelter of the fraternity house, walking barefooted on the cold pavement, we were even colder and perkier. Mine were sticking so far forward they almost hurt, in a sexual way. I wanted lips, or at least hands, all over them. My hands were not going to do the trick.

Most of the paid security the Kaps had hired came too. We were very safe, but very cold.

The Delts got home OK. We had snacks, and we had booze. We didn't have any guys. We wanted to let our hair down. We partied until about 3:30. Then most of us crashed. Almost nobody went home. We sacked out on mats on the floor, or we doubled up in beds with the girls who lived in the house. Almost nobody put any more clothing on, and the majority of the girls had removed their remaining bikini pieces during the drinking. Some girls didn't get much sleep.

Between 10 and Noon on Sunday, most of us ended up in the hot tub, or sitting on the pool steps or on plastic chairs in the shallow end of the pool, sobering up. Most of the wrestlers were hurting. After lunch, most of us put on clothing and went home. I certainly didn't.

My credit card was not maxed out. Since I'd won some money the first week, it probably wouldn't max out next school year. Wrestlers who were still active were allowed to replace their suits for the next weekend. I stopped by the Bikini Factory Sunday afternoon and used my plastic to buy the exact same Velcro strapped unremovable bra Macy had stolen from me, and bottoms almost like the ones I'd worn last night. I spent less than forty bucks, with tax.

On Monday, Brandy and I had lunch with Jim he paid and saw the preliminary numbers. Every income item was above budget. Expenses were right about budget, except that beer costs were lower than budget. Jim said they'd gotten a discount. If we want to "get a little wild," we can make some good extra money, and so can some of the girls."