Actually, interestingly enough, one of my best friends and I pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha, though at different times. Neither one of us expressed any real interest before coming to college; her mother is a soror and a graduate advisor and I had been involved with AKAteens in middle/high school so we both had an idea of the work and time put into being a member.
Anyways, I crossed in Spring 04 and went abroad the following spring. Our communication had become sort of weak while I was gone; I assumed, being junior year for both of us, that her work load had increased. Upon returning in July, she e-mailed me her new contact info (I lost my planner and phone in Italy), expressing a huge desire to speak to me in person, or at least over the phone. Long story short: I couldn't go, but I did call her ASAP to learn the urgency of her situation. She greeted my "Hey, _____" with a "S-k-double e, W-double e, skee-wee, my soror ______, SKEE-WEE!"
And since she's crossed, we've become super tight (she was a lone ace and has to carry on chapter duties by herself, now--and since I was president before I left and am now vice, I had a lot of info to help her through) through ALL the (AKA and otherwise) thick and thin!
Another one of my close friends turned soror from high school crossed the sands right before me and called me to give me words of encouragement in my journey to Alpha Kappa Alpha! Other good male friend is an Omega and had the nerve to tell my father before me (he's frat), lol! But this, too, was while I was abroad and kinda made since. He made up for it, though!
My other HS friends are GDI and my classmates are as well.
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