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like for us to consider you as future members of Alpha Chi. Honest answers only. Her eyes reduce to
slits, and suddenly I m fearing for my room at the haunted inn.  I have an exceptional radar for liars.
Her thin lips set in a line, and somehow I believe her.
The girls at the far end start in on the fun while Laney leans into me.
 Aubree and I grew up together, she whispers.  She s been hot and bothered over Bryson for
as long as I can remember, so I wouldn t mention him Cole either just to be safe.
I give a barely-there nod.  What do I say? I zip the words through the side of my lips like a
ventriloquist.
 Say that you d die to live here, she whispers.  That you came to Whitney just for Alpha Chi.
 Excuse me? The brassy bitch snaps her fingers in our direction.  It looks like someone here
likes talking out of turn. Her dark eyes narrow in on us, her jaw roots itself to the ground,
incredulous that we even bothered to breathe out of turn. I half-expect her to punch us in the throat.
 Why don t you two go next since you re so excited, you could hardly keep your pie holes shut. You
first. She hardens her gaze at me.
 Baya Brighton, and I would l-o-v-e to become a member of Alpha Chi  I thought spelling it
out would be a cute touch since Jules seems to be addicted to the alphabet. Wait...do I really want to
be a member of Alpha Chi and have more of this f-u-n?
 Why? Aubree s eyes expand the size of baseballs.  Spit it out.
Lynn and Jules drape her like bookends, albeit frightened, quaking in their patent stilettos,
bookends.
 I would really love to become a member of Alpha Chi&   now would be a great time to
dream up some craptastic answer, but, truthfully, I m a little short on lies at the moment so I go for the
truth  so I don t have to witness Jeanie Waters fornicating herself into a cardiac episode. Thing
One and Thing Two blink through my mind as if they were waving hello.
The room lights up with laughter, and I let out a breath I didn t even know I was holding.
That s a good sign right? Adding levity to the situation and all that good stuff? I can feel a bite of
perspiration under my arms because I seriously doubt inciting a laugh riot is a very good fucking sign.
Shit. I can t believe I just said that crap about Jeanie out loud. It was one thing to tell a few
people but an entire crowd of questionably stable girls? My mouth has officially morphed into the
rumor mill.
 Also  it s like I m on autopilot, and my lips won t stop moving  sharing a bathroom with
my brother and his roommate is growing a little old. I manage to leave the parade of sluts out of the
equation for now, although Bryson did mention he was handing the keys to the carnal kingdom to my
brother.
Aubree narrows her gaze at me. She leans so far in my direction, I m positive she s about to flop
over. Her jaws cut back like razors, her lips are pulled into a thin line of hatred, and I m pretty sure
I ve just reduced my stay at this glorified mortuary to zero. Why don t I just tell them I hate tea length
dresses and pearls? Or really go out in style and swing a sickle from the second floor balcony while
screaming, die bitches!
 So let me get this straight? Aubree takes a few steps toward me, and the room echoes with the
click of her heels.  You want to join our sorority because you ran away from your romping
roommate? And you don t like the bathroom accommodations at your brother s place? Her pink
glossy mouth contorts in disapproval.
Oh, what the hell.  Yes. I bite down on my lip in an effort to block my vocal cords from
spewing any more hardcore truths, but it s no use.  And, I happen to hate tea length dresses and
pearls. A circle of gasps titter around the room.  This is the hall of truth, right?
She sucks in a breath and darts her finger toward the exit.
Laney and I laugh our asses off as we speed over to the Black Bear Saloon.
 You were brilliant. She shakes her head into the dark two-lane highway.
 So do you think they ll let us in? I can t even finish the thought before the two of us hack out
another round of good old-fashioned air laughs. Laney swerves momentarily before pulling into the
parking lot.
 If they did let us in, I m pretty sure Alpha Chi would be a lot more fun. Seriously though 
Laney wipes the tears from her eyes with her pinkies  you ll probably wish you didn t blow rush.
 What are you taking about? That girl had I-specialize-in-breaking-lady-balls written all over
her face. There s no way I ll ever regret not scoring a room at the mansion of misery. Well, maybe
I ll regret it a little.
 I know, but I was just thinking, you might be right. If things get serious between you and Bry
you know, once you re officially together, you ll want to find someplace else to stay to maintain that
air of mystery for a while.
 Officially together, I whisper. Just the thought of being with Bryson sends me soaring. I d be
the envy of every girl at Whitney Briggs. Hell, I d be the envy of me.
Laney and I hop out of the car and head on in. The Black Bear is jammed packed with bodies
tonight. Music pulsates through the speakers at lethal decibels, and Holt lifts a drink to us from behind
the black granite bar. It s just this side of creepy the way he looks almost exactly like his brother I
guess being fraternal twins will do that. Then I see him the real deal. Bryson s smile expands as his
eyes lock onto mine. His jaw cinches tight. He s got that five o clock shadow peppering his cut
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