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Preference!
My Rho Gamma called me late on Saturday night to tell me what time to arrive the next day, so I knew I had been invited back to at least one party! I was so nervous to find out who, but I somehow made it to sleep then headed over there the next day. When my Rho Gamma handed me my schedule I was relieved to see both Harry Potter and Hermione Granger on my list! I had not been invited back to Draco Malfoy, which I blamed on my being late, but I didn’t mind too much. But, there was another party on my list…it was Ron Weasley. I was so confused! What did these girls see in our awkward conversations?! I just shoved it aside and headed to my first party. Which happened to be,
Ron Weasley: I was at least excited to see how the preference rounds went. I was very confident. I loved my dress and my shoes and felt I was really showing my personality. We were announced one by one to the girls in Ron Weasley and someone handed us a flower and led us to the outside of the room. I felt like I was being treated like a princess! The girls were singing a pretty song and one of the seniors read a letter about what Ron Weasley had meant to her. She started crying and I thought it was sweet but it was a little strange too. Maybe I’m just uncomfortable with people crying. Once this was all over, I couldn’t hold a conversation with my rusher yet again! And this time I managed to spill my drink, even more awkward! It was so uncomfortable. They did a good job with their preference party but I knew this was not the house for me.
Next up was Harry Potter: Words could not even express how much I was excited for this! I was happy I was invited to preference, even after my not so good conversation with my rusher the day before! I had talked with the Sorcerer’s Stone earlier and she had not been invited back to Harry Potter this round. I was sad for her, but she had been invited back to Severus Snape, which she liked, so she seemed okay! The party for Harry Potter was once again beautiful. We were at small individual tables with our rusher and there were some finger foods for us. The best part was that my name was written in chocolate sauce on the plate. I thought it was the cutest idea! My rusher this time was fantastic. I LOVED her. We had the best conversation with each other. We talked about how I liked to sing, and she said that was good because they needed singers! A senior read a letter and it was very sweet. A couple of the girls I talked to before said hi to me and stopped by to chat. Overall, I was just so comfortable and happy with Harry Potter. I was certain this was the place for me.
My final preference party was with Hermione Granger! I was excited since they had been growing on me. We were taken in and sat down at a specified seat where they had cookies with our names written on them! I was loving all this food with our name on it! It was a delicious cookie but I didn’t finish it because my rusher and I got along so well! She was so cool and funny. This was the first person I talked to that I felt I could actually be best friends with. We were both tour guides so we talked about that. She told me how goofy and weird all of the Hermione Grangers could be but they somehow managed to mesh so perfectly. It was great. Their recruitment chair came over to personally introduce herself to me and she was very nice. We were then taken into a room to experience part of their rituals and it was literally one of the most heartwarming things I had ever seen. These girls truly loved each other and loved being Hermione Grangers. I left this party feeling beyond confused. This whole time I had consistently loved Harry Potter. I had been convinced that they were the house for me. But now Hermione Granger had really captured my heart. I didn’t know what to do!
We went back to our Rho Gamma sections and got our final cards to fill out. We were recommended to rank all of the parties that we were invited to but I decided to not put Ron Weasley on my list. I had consistently ranked them low and had yet to have a good experience there. I didn’t want to get a bid from them because I didn’t think that I would accept. But I was now struggling with which house to rank first. I had loved Harry Potter. I always left there feeling excited and happy. But I had liked Hermione Granger too and their preference party had really won me over! I didn’t know what to do. I sat there a long time with another girl in my group. She said she didn’t know what to do because there had been rumors of a new chapter colonizing in the fall so she felt like she wanted to wait. Our Rho Gamma dismissed these rumors and told her to rank the houses she had. I then decided to ask my Rho Gamma for advice. We talked about the parties and about which I liked better. After our conversation, she told me I got really defensive when she brought up the idea of me not being in Harry Potter and that because of this, this was the one I probably wanted most. I realized she was right, and ranked:
1. Harry Potter
2. Hermione Granger
I decided overall, I would be happy in either of these houses!
Bid Day will be posted Saturday morning! (There is a reason for me making you wait, I swear!)
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Hybrid Mode
