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I think some of you might have heard my story in the past but...

There was this girl, lets call her Jessica. Jessica knew she wanted to pledge us but just didn't have the money, and she was friends with a lot of the sisters. She knew she'd have the money together in the fall, and she only wanted SDT, and the sisters wanted her as a sister as well.

The two girls next up for littles, let's call them Sarah and Melissa. It was clear that Melissa and my pledge sister were great together and would be big and little. Sarah wanted to wait and take Jessica the next semester. The little I saw of Sarah before big/little night I didn't like and didn't want her as a big. She was basically told if she didn't take me she would give up the chance to have a little and she still might not get Jessica in the fall, so she took me.

I had more contact with Melissa then her and was closer to Melissa and other sisters then to Sarah. I don't think I even spoke to her at all during the summer. Fall came and Jessica got a bid. Due to circumstances, Sarah wound up taking her as her second little, and treated her great. I have to admit, I was jealous at initiation seeing all the gifts that Jessica got that I didn't get and seeing how great she was to her, but I was happy that Jessica got a good big.

Jessica disaffilated not even two weeks later, saying now that she was engaged to the guy she was dating, she didn't have a need for a sorority anymore.

Break came, and Sarah, myself, my pledge sister and another sister signed up for the school's leadership retreat. Sarah and I were going to be sharing a room so I knew I'd somehow have to get along with her for three days. I invited her out for a slice of pizza and offered her my house to spend the night in, as it's closer to school and easier to get to in the morning. She agreed, and we had a blast. Ever since then, we've been close. Maybe not super close, and I never had the chance of having a big that I was close with through pledging, but I value the relationship that we have now.

As for my little, once I transfered schools she refused to answer my calls, e-mails or IMs. It hurt me a lot at first, because she started pledging, de-pledged because of family issues, and then re-pledged the next semester and we were close. However I speak to my grand lil from time to time, and I have other sisters I'm close with so that's what counts.