I want to thank all of you who have been supportive and encouraging. I enjoy very much writing these stories, but they do take quite a bit of time, and the positive encouragement is so very, very helpful. I hope you like this one. All persons within this story are at least eighteen years old. Any resemblance to any actual sorority or person is entirely accidental, as this story is just a satirical fiction. I classified it as Novella. It is relatively long and certainly broad in scope, as it covers a number of different themes across the five chapters.
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Bree Olson wanted so much to join Delta Nu. It was by far the most popular sorority on the Livingston campus. Every one of the sisters of Delta Nu was quite pretty; in fact, gorgeous. They had the bodies that men drooled over. More importantly, Delta Nu girls met and married the most desirable and successful gentlemen. "Any girl who wants a guy wants first to be Delta Nu," was their motto. Elle Woods was, of course, a Delta Nu. One of their most famous alumni. She naturally married a very successful lawyer. But, there were other notable graduates as well. Suzanne Somers was Delta Nu. Goldie Hawn was Delta Nu. Alicia Silverstone was Delta Nu. Desiree Cousteau was Delta Nu. Christina Applegate was Delta Nu. Carol Connors was Delta Nu. Claire Wellington was Delta Nu. Lorelei Lee was Delta Nu. The list just goes on, and Bree Olson wanted to be the next member of this illustriously eminent family.
But, it wasn't easy. Of course it wasn't easy. Anything worth anything isn't going to be easy. To be rushed by Delta Nu was in fact an honor. Delta Nu was the premier sorority.
Bree knew that she wasn't an obvious candidate for Delta Nu. She was quite confident of her appearance and presentation. If appearance alone was the basis for selection, she would be a shoe-in. She was 5'3" with long, wavy blonde hair, large brown eyes, creamy smooth skin, lovely dimples, a perky nose, and a wonderful smile that was always so readily provided. Her voice was itself a delight, so cute and feminine. And, her breasts were very full and prominent.
But, she had not always been this attractive. She was in fact a very late bloomer. She hadn't even hardly ever dated, much less have sex with guys. Much of her life until this point had been spent on studying and getting good grades. And, she knew now that this was largely time wasted. After all, she had no real interest in becoming a scientist, a doctor, a writer, a teacher, or anything like that. She wanted to marry a very wonderful and successful man who would care for her for the rest of her life. But, no such guy was available to a girl like her. When her body did finally develop in her last year of high school it was largely too late to reap the benefits.
Well, she wasn't going to make that mistake in college. She was eighteen now and she wanted to be, for the first time, finally, among the popular girls. She devoted her entire summer studying what it took to be a popular and pretty girl. She applied the time and effort that she had been giving to algebra and biology to learning how to dress well, how to select and apply make-up, how to choose the right perfume, and how to speak in a manner that was friendly and feminine. She watched all the right television shows: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gossip Girl, The Hills, Laguna Beach, Falcon Beach, 8th & Ocean, Melrose Place, Beautiful People, Greek, Gastineau Girls, The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, My Super Sweet 16, The Simple Life, America's Next Top Model, and so much more. It was really amazing how much you could learn on television. She knew that she had been wasting so much time in books.
She found the most helpful source for such guidance and instruction to in fact be the website of Delta Nu.
But, Bree soon discovered that it wasn't even just appearance and personality that Delta Nu was seeking. Delta Nu dug far deeper than that. It wasn't an accident that Delta Nu girls were the most successful. Their selection process was developed to evaluate and identify true Delta Nu potential, and it was here that she knew she might fail, and probably would fail. How could someone as inexperienced as she, as naive as she, really become Delta Nu? It wasn't realistic. She knew that. But, she did at least want to, have to, try.
Delta Nu provided a very stringent series of tasks, or hurdles, that pledges must surmount before they could become a sister. They certainly embraced the ban on alcohol advocated by the Panhellenic Council, the governing body for sororities. And, they eschewed the mundane trials employed by most other sororities. Sorority initiation should not be simply a polite reception, a soiree, or even a kegger. Nor should it be a mindless, cruel hazing. It was a matter of choosing the right girl.
Delta Nu's initiation was a true test of the capacity, the capabilities, of a Delta Nu pledge. Once admitted to the sisterhood, a Delta Nu would become privy to the secrets known only to the sisterhood for how to find and land the perfect guy, the most desirable husband, and they did not want these secrets to be wasted on a girl who lacked the motivation, the dedication, or the talent to use them effectively. They wanted a girl who would not cringe at what was needed to be another successful Delta Nu, a girl who would carry on the tradition and glory of Delta Nu. The five steps were therefore specifically designed to test her true commitment to the Delta Nu dream.
Bree was apprehensive but terribly excited when she got the word that she had passed the initial phase of interviews. She wasn't even so sure that she would get this far. She had not been entirely honest in the interviews. Frankly, she had been quite dishonest, indicating that she had a very active social life as a high school student and had dated quite a few boys. She was at first a little surprised that they would ask such questions, but given the mission, the ambition, of a Delta Nu, she realized that she should not have been.
She felt quite bad about being dishonest with respect to her background, but she also felt that a true Delta Nu would do what was necessary to become a Delta Nu. She imagined that someday, when she did eventually confess her duplicity, her sisters would understand, and may even applaud her motivation, her zeal.
She was now just a few steps away from becoming a Delta Nu. Many girls did not even get this far. She knew the subsequent trials would be difficult, even demanding, but she also knew that she would do whatever it took to be a Delta Nu.
She was introduced to the five steps by her sister-in-training, Candy Christian.
"Bree," Candy explained, "You are about to embark on the most important journey of your life. The steps you will take will not be easy, but they will determine whether you have what it takes to be a Delta Nu, whether you truly want to join the sorority of every girl's dream."
Bree was on pins and needles. "I will do my best, Candy, I promise. I have never wanted anything more in my life."
Candy had heard that before and, regrettably, quite a number of girls failed to complete the journey. "Well, it will not be easy, Bree. I must warn you of that."
"I can do it, Candy, really I can."
"Well, be assured, Bree, that the steps are not simply to have you do things that are difficult, or to embarrass you in any way. We know from our own experience, our own success, that there are attributes that are integral to the success the sisters of Delta Nu have achieved, and these steps you are about to take will demonstrate whether you have the right stuff to be Delta Nu."
Bree's heart was fluttering with anticipation and excitement. There was simply no way she would fail. She would complete all five steps, or she would die. Well, that was a bit dramatic, but she was determined, very determined. "Let's get started."