Authors: Lauren Myracle
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mad maddie: | hey, Angela, answer yr phone. |
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mad maddie: | ANSWER! I read your texts. |
mad maddie: | ok, I'm calling again . . . |
mad maddie: | dammit, Angela, ANSWER YR FUCKING PHONE! |
SnowAngel: | shhhhh! I'm here, k? |
SnowAngel: | I'm at the Zeta house. I told my pledge class leader that I was depledging, and she said I have to talk to the president of the chapter. |
SnowAngel: | so now I'm sitting outside a room, waiting, while the two of them talk. |
mad maddie: | are you ok? are you going to tell her about the girl you saved? |
mad maddie: | also, how'd you get her home? you never said. |
SnowAngel: | Reid and I slung her arms over our shoulders and walked/carried her to the Zeta house. |
SnowAngel: | she was groggy, but she kind of stumbled along between us. at one point she asked about her stethoscope. |
mad maddie: | her stethoscope? |
SnowAngel: | nurse? Halloween? |
mad maddie: | oh yeah |
SnowAngel: | once we got to the Zeta house, I didn't know what |
mad maddie: | how cld you not know if she's a Zeta? |
SnowAngel: | god, you and Zoe seriously don't get it. |
SnowAngel: | there are 250 active sisters on campus. I was supposed to memorize their names and faces for pledge stuff, but I didn't, ok? |
mad maddie: | ok! sorry! |
SnowAngel: | do you know everyone in yr dorm? cld you recognize them in a lineup? |
mad maddie: | I said I'm sorry. I understand now, so go on. |
SnowAngel: | well, I tried to think what I'd want someone to do for me if the situation was reversed. |
mad maddie: | the situation never will be reversed. don't ever let that happen to you, Angela. |
SnowAngel: | I wldn't want everyone knowing about it unless I chose to tell them. more importantly, I'd want to know that I *hadn't* been raped. |
mad maddie: | agh. but yes. me too. |
SnowAngel: | we ended up tucking her into a bed in an empty bedroom. we wrote a note and left it for her, along with her underwear. we tucked both into a pocket on her nurse outfit, with the note sticking out just a little so she'd see it. |
mad maddie: | what did the note say? |
SnowAngel: | “you're ok. no one hurt you.” |
SnowAngel: | I wanted to add “but next time, please don't get so drunk,” but I didn't want her to feel like what happened was her fault or that she was being blamed. |
mad maddie: | plus, someone cld have slipped a roofie into her drink. it DOES happen. |
SnowAngel: | I also wanted to tell her how sorry I was, but I cldn't find the right words. so I kept it short and sweet. |
mad maddie: | I think you did right by her. I think you handled it in the best way you could. |
mad maddie: | so *are* you going to tell the Zeta prez? |
SnowAngel: | I don't know! but I don't think so, cuz like I said, I'd want it to stay private if it was me. |
SnowAngel: | yikes, they're calling me in, wish me luck! |
mad maddie: | good luck, good luck! not that u need it. I'm so proud, my friend! |
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zoegirl: | sending hugs to both of you. |
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zoegirl: | wanted you to know I'm thinking about you! |
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SnowAngel: | the Cross Over ceremony is probably starting at the Zeta house. this is when I'd be becoming a full-fledged member . . . if I hadn't depledged. |
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zoegirl: | how are you doing? are you still ok with your decision? |
SnowAngel: | mainly. my feelings are a bit mixed up. |
zoegirl: | I can understand that. you had fun with those girls. you made some true friends. |
SnowAngel: | Anna's the only girl I'm going to miss, really. |
zoegirl: | you can still do stuff with her, can't you? |
SnowAngel: | yeah, I guess. |
SnowAngel: | but it won't be the same. sororities take up a lot of yr life. there isn't always room for other stuff or even other ppl. |
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zoegirl: | I'm sorry, Angela. |
SnowAngel: | thx |
zoegirl: | have you heard anything new about the girl from the party? |
SnowAngel: | no, and I haven't seen her on campus or anything. I described her to Anna to see if Anna knew her, but “skinny and blond” describes almost all the Zetas. |
SnowAngel: | Anna said she'd keep her ears open, tho. she told me she has a cousin who was date-raped, and that her cousin still hasn't gotten over it. |
zoegirl: | I'm not sure that's something anyone ever gets over. |
zoegirl: | agh, I just got the chills again, imagining what might have happened if you and Reid hadn't shown up when you did. |
SnowAngel: | but we did |
zoegirl: | but you did. |
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SnowAngel: | helloooo, Maddie. I think I'm supposed to be in this mysterious “geology lab” I keep hearing vague references to, but it's far too confusing. why wld being enrolled in one class require you to have to go to a second class? |
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SnowAngel: | it's like going to the dentist and getting yr teeth cleaned and then being told to go to some weird other place to get yr new toothbrush. |
mad maddie: | u realize yr going to fail geology . . . |
SnowAngel: | no way, silly. my geology professor loves me. |
SnowAngel: | all of my professors love me, because I am an excellent class participator. |
mad maddie: | when yr not txting, that iOS |
mad maddie: | *is |
SnowAngel: | when I'm not texting that iOS. exactly. |
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SnowAngel: | ANYway, I fear my soul is being sucked away. must stop being addicted to Twitter! |
mad maddie: | and tumblr and FB and Instagram . . . shld I go on? |
SnowAngel: | I checked on our friend Jana, and she's not a happy camper. wanna hear more? |
mad maddie: | no |
mad maddie: | but ok, sure. |
SnowAngel: | all of her recent tweets have been about how depressed she is, how stupid college is, and how she wants to drop out. |
mad maddie: | maybe she shld. |
SnowAngel: | what? why wld you say that? |
mad maddie: | cuz going to college just cuz yr expected to doesn't make a ton of sense, not when u think about it. |
SnowAngel: | but . . . college! learning stuff and getting smarter! it's important! |
mad maddie: | which is why yr skipping yr geology lab again. nice. |
SnowAngel: | ok, but there's other stuff too. college isn't JUST about book learning. |
mad maddie: | my point exactly. you can teach yrself anything you really need to know by going to the library. |
SnowAngel: | why are you arguing on Jana's side? I *like* college. don't you? |
mad maddie: | dude. what idiot doesn't like college? |
SnowAngel: | aargh! you are being very aggravating!!! |