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Wow, I hope that people are still reading this thread, because this story is so special to me...
When I went through recruitment, I had no intention of going Zeta. I had my heart set on another sorority. In Zeta's room, I kept getting paired up with a girl I'd met over the summer. The third night I went back to ZTA's room and was paired with her once again. I really wanted to go somewhere else, still, but Marlene (the girl) was why I kept going back. On Pref night, the other group didn't invite me back and I was so upset. I even thought about not going back to recruitment, but I didn't want to let Marlene down. When I went to ZTA's room, and head the song "Feels Like Home" I started crying, and KNEW ZTA was where I needed to be. Then Marlene told me she couldn't promise me a bid, but she'd LOVE to see me come running over the hill in a ZTA Bid Day shirt the next day. She also said that the only way she would take another little sister would be if I joined, that before meeting me she didn't want one. So, there I was, teary eyed, mascara smeared, with my flower in hand and ZTA truly felt like home.
I walked outside and called my boyfriend (who was in a fraternity) and was like "Cory, I'm going ZTA. If ABC* were to give me a bid, I wouldn't except it. "
The next day, I got my bid, and went running over that hill looking for Marlene, and there she was, and I was SO HAPPY!!! Now, she's my big sis, and I still think that if I would have went anywhere else, I wouldn't have stayed.
I LOVE ZETA and all it stands for. My mom made me turn in my pin until I get some bills paid off, and when I announced it to the chapter, a few people cried. But everyday when I see one of my sisters (yeah... so I don't wear the letters, but they are STILL sisters to me) they tell me "Can't wait til you come back!! You HAVE to come back so soon!" and it gives me that push to get through not being able to call myself a Zeta.
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