Pledge

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Rylenn

"So here's everything you need to know about us in a nutshell, it's a pretty good read so read all of it" Arielle slapped down a big 3 ring binder in front of me. I open it seeing way too much writing and she was talking so fast . I already had fell asleep in class , recovering from a hangover from too many Hennessy slushies. Now here we are, and I would kill to get back in the bed. 

"I don't mean to be so harsh on rules and history , but I want to see who's really gonna be committed to this, which leads to your Bid. you have 3 events to attend with us before your Initiation day, in your binder is a video with our dances and some music, you must learns these By Friday. If you learn them and people are feeling you, Your initiation is next Monday, I'm sure you wont have a problem though right?" She says with a smile.

I smile back as much as I could, being sleep deprived "Yeah I think I'm good"

"Great, then I'll see you friday--" Arielle is cut off by her phone buzzing off the table. She picks it up and looks at it and rolls her eyes "Ugh, its Ant" 

"Girl don't answer that shit he know what he did" Jasmine scoffed

"He asked where I am, what should I say, Ion know" Arielle says almost shaking while I was still trying to figure out who the hell Ant was. 

"Tell him you in class and to stop texting you" Jasmine suggested "She'on want that, she was some dick that's why she hasn't said anything" Bella folded her arms with a smug look on her face. She rolled her eyes "I'm not even mad at him, he just pisses me off sometimes.. but I love him ya'll" 

"Who's Ant?" I interrupt Arielle. I sounded very annoyed but they looked past it I hope.

"I'm surprised nobody has told you about Ant"Jasmine clenched her pearls "The captian of the Nupe" Bella added

Arielle rolled her eyes with a sigh "He's my boyfriend, We call him Ant, his friends call him by his middle name, August.. His name is Anthony though. We work with the Kappa's a lot so you'll see him eventually "

From what she said I realized he was the guy she left with last night. His eyes were piercing, like he was breaking down my self esteem just being in his presence, However I didn't know him, and I really didn't care to, but I would have to see him again eventually. 

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"There's so much that goes into this Vince.. I just don't know if I even wanna do it anymore" I shook my head pouring milk in my bowl of cereal like it wasn't almost midnight. 

"Baby come on, this is what you wanted right?" Vincent asked still distracted by his game 

"If anything it's what my parents want for me and I just went along with it, Maybe it's not for me, all the rules that go along with it, I can't learn all 6 of these dances by Monday -" 

"What I tell you about saying you can't .. you are too smart for that shit." He pauses the game. "I believe in you .. and if this is what you want, at least I'll be supporting you. Ay look I'll even help you with the dances if you want" 

I roll my eyes with a smile "You can't dance, we've been over this" 

"Girl whatchu mean, I busted my ass at prom, got bitches wanting some of this Vince-Prince"  He brushes is shoulders off. "Ay nobody can have Vince-Prince except me" I giggle. 

He chuckles back "Yeah... I miss you baby" He bites his bottom lip

"I miss you too" I say. 

Interrupting my train of thought and my stare down with Vincent I hear a thump on the wall next to me. I wasn't one to get in peoples business but I was curious and Bridget was sleeping beside that wall. 

"Hey Vince I'ma call you later okay?"

I finish my call with Vincent, put on my slides and opened the door to my dorm. As soon as I stepped into the hallways the sound of arguing became louder. I stood by the wall by the room, that I didn't know until now belonged to Arielle. 

"I'm sick of you fucking around with these bitches like you don't love me Ant!"

"How many times I gotta tell you I ain't fuckin' nobody besides you! If I was fuckin' somebody I wouldn't be here setting shit straight Arielle! and you ain't even listenin'--"

"See I knew I shouldn't have taken yo ass back , you're such a fuckin' liar Anthony! I knew I shouldn't have listened to you. I'm sick of arguing witcho dumb ass--" 

"You'on think I'm tired of arguin' witchu? Hm, Over some bullshit!!"  *Glass Breaking*

"Anthony chill--" A different voice buds into their conversation, It had to be Jasmine

"You wanna argue?! You wanna see me yelling and fuckin' screaming at you, this is what the fuck you want?!!-"

"Fuck you!--"

"Just get the fuck out Ant before we get in trouble!"  Jasmine says cutting off the both of them

I hear the door nob jiggle. I rush across the hall where some vending machines were pretending I was getting something the drink. I saw him leave the room slamming the door behind him. He punches the wall I was standing by til a big gaping hole was present. He stood there taking a deep breath his hands on the wall. 

"What the fuck is you doin' Ant... You gotta chill ant.." He talks to himself. Something inside of me wanted to console him, make sure he was okay. The risk of him probably knocking my ass out was at the back of my mind. I turned to  him banging his fist on the wall, his leg shaking. Just as I was about start approaching, My dorm room opened. 

"Hey! What the hell are you doing?! I'm trying to sleep you dick head!" Bridget shouts at him. 

"Man shut the fuck up and mind yours!" He snaps back. "You shut the fuck up first, Banging on the wall what are you a fucking zoo animal--" 

"I'm finna knock you out if you don't leave me alone!--"

"She didn't mean that!" I rush in front of Bridget. He stopped as soon as I stood in front of her. 

"She didn't mean that , she just tired.." I tell him. "Hell yeah I'm tired" She groans behind me but I was still starring at him as he eyed me the same way he did at the party. "She's sorry" I continue to talk for her trying to calm him down. 

He gives me one last glance looking me up and down before he walks away down to the elevator to leave. Though I was confused by his action I  let it be. I push Bridget into the room. 

"You should have let him try to knock me out! What an Ass!!" She groans. 

"He was going through something.." I try to defend him "I heard him and the girl over there. They've been going at it for a while , I'm surprised you didn't hear any of that!" She exclaimed 

"Nope.." I shook my head with the lie. 

"Well whatever glad that's over, I'm going back to bed" She says. 

His dark eyes played in my mind in a way I couldn't understand, Why did he look so mad? Why did he look so mad at me? He don't know me. That, I'll never get an explanation for.

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