[Cutie_Hootie]

My second day of recruitment came. I heard a knock at the door and it was my Rho Chi with my invitations. I looked at it and then did a double take. Listed were Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. I looked at her with a question forming...and she looked at me and said, "I'm so sorry". I nodded my head because I couldn't speak. She told me to call her if I wanted to talk but otherwise she would see me that afternoon. I walked across the hall to Kristin's room. She opened it and said, "Well, my decision just became really easy". She had been cut by Slytherin, her second choice and the only one to hold a candle to Ravenclaw in her mind. Jill and Jess had both dropped Hufflepuff. I was in shock and wondering what I had done wrong to be dropped by Ravenclaw. I thought it was what I wanted, but of course I wasn't certain.

It wasn't too long before some of the women came back to the dorm to shower. The PNMs were supposed to try their best to stay out of their way and we were in strict silence. I saw Lori, my RA, who was a Ravenclaw. She walked past me towards the shower as I went back to my room to relax. Then all of sudden there was a knock at my door. I opened it and Lori quickly barged in and shut the door. She told me that I couldn't tell anyone that I had talked to her and then said, "I know you are upset. We are too. You have to believe that it wasn't because people don't like you. We all do. But you are a junior and with your grades...". I told her that I understood, but that I was disappointed. She said that she knew I would find a good house and that I would be happy there and that everyone in Ravenclaw was happy for me. Then she hugged me and left.

I really didn't know what to think and spent the rest of the morning thinking over everything that had happened.