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I was a little more nervous going into this round because I now knew nothing was a guarantee. I didn't get the dreaded call from my Rho Gamma, so I knew that at least one of my two had asked me back and I was just hoping that Very Berry Paisley was on my list. And they were! It was only them, but I didn't care. I was head over heals with this sorority that there was no sting from being dropped. My Rho Gamma said she was really excited for me because she knew I really liked them. I could not get the smile off of my face!

I went to the tent to wait until it was time to go to the party and heard girls, once more, talking about how they were invited back to sororities they didn't like and kept trying to drop. I turned around and told them that everyone should be grateful for the parties they had because this was my only party of the day. I think it sobered them up a little because they stopped complaining after that. We soon made our way over to the doors and were chanting the chant and I was smiling like a loon. Very Berry Paisley is famous for the door chant they did on this day and it was every bit as adorable as I thought it would be. After their door song, we made our way inside and I was paired off with another PNM and an active. The sister led us to some chairs where we sat down and she made her way to join the other sisters around the room. They then played their video for us. Which, of course, I cried because everything about it was perfect and I so knew that this was where I was meant to be. After the video ended, our rusher took us out to the front room where we started talking and I quickly learned that the PNM I was paired with and I had nothing in common. She was a sophomore, I was a freshman. She moved around a lot and didn't really do many extracurriculars in high school, whereas I have lived in the same house all my life and was in oodles of activities in high school. I could see that the conversations were going to have to be made in turns. While the sister was asking me questions, the other PNM made no move to join the conversation which I thought was strange. When the sister tried to bring her in, I tried to keep in the conversation so I would not be forgotten, but because of the lack of similarity, I was simply grasping for nothing. Towards the end of the party, the sister tried to have us talk to another sister, but the music soon started. Since we were right by the doors, people started walking out, but the sister and the PNM we had just joined were talking about how Big/Littles worked in the house and I that was something I had really wanted to talk about. I got a brief answer and was soon being guided out the doors. I left feeling really, really good about Very Berry Paisley and was so excited for Pref Knight (purposefully spelled with a K) and Bid Day!