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Disclaimer

This is a work of fiction. There should be no way that these
characters are like anyone else, but if that isn’t the case, it has definitely
been unintentional. Also, if you happen to find that your life is represented
in these pages, I’ll be impressed.

Sorority Boy

By Heather O’Malley

Chap 23

I felt weird when I woke up, feeling something I
couldn’t quite register at first. I shifted in bed and realized what I was
wearing. At that point things processed and I quickly realized that I had
actually been so drunk last night that I had actually wet myself during the
night. I groaned unhappily and the sound of it vibrated my head, which was not
helpful. I sat up slowly and noticed that Meredith wasn’t there in the bed with
me. I rubbed my eyes, got to my feet and set my teddy bear down on the bed.

Looking at myself in the mirror, with a glazed
look in my eyes, I realized that I needed a shower and coffee, maybe food if my
stomach would just stop rebelling. Thankfully I was not at the vomit stage of things,
as that would be really irritating. Wanting to get out of the wet diaper and
get clean, I grabbed my shower stuff and sort of shuffled towards the bathroom
in the way that barely conscious people do. I crinkled. A lot.

Several girls were already awake and saw me,
smiling at the sight. Apparently I looked cute or something in my nightgown and
crinkly diaper. Just what I needed. Once in the bathroom, I undressed, took off
the diaper and threw it away, then got into the shower. The warm water helped
and as I began to wash myself, some degree of consciousness returned. That
helped me and I sighed happily under the stream of warmth.

I dressed fairly quickly, in a comfortable jumper
and sandals, and headed downstairs in search of food and coffee. My hope was
that there would still be breakfast available. Luck was with me as there were
still some waffles and scrambled eggs available. Apparently, I was earlier than
I had thought. I happily devoured that and sipped down my good sized mug of
coffee. A huge cappuccino mug was just the right size for this and I had heavy
cream and sugar in the raw in the mug to help give me more of a boost. I needed
to wake up.

The food and coffee was just what my system
needed and made me more conscious, to the point of nearly being fully awake.
Now I might be able to deal with my day as it was supposed to be pretty wild,
or maybe that was just the evening. I honestly couldn’t remember. The rest of
the pledge class trickled in, with only Esperanza and Thuriya not looking hung
over. Those two beamed smiles at the rest of us and a few people growled back.
This got several people to laugh at everything. I had to admit we had to be
funny looking from the sober side of things.

After everyone ate some and were looking more
alive, Nadia came up and proceeded to explain what was up, “Okay. You girls
have to leave the House for a while since we have to get everything set up for
your initiation. So if you could come back to the House at five, all in a
group, that would be great.”

“So you have nothing planned for us today? No
crazy games or anything?” asked Holly, trying to clarify the chain of events.

“That’s right, nothing. What you should do instead
is to sit down and honestly think about if this initiation is what you want to
do and if this House is the right place for you. If you are sure, show up if
not then don’t come here to take an oath you don’t believe in.” Nadia looked at
each of us as she said that. I was sure I wanted this already, but then again,
I had to go through so much more to get into this House. I had earned this
place.

We grabbed our stuff for the night, those of us
who lived there and we headed off to Alison’s apartment, which had sort of
become the groups little haven. Dawn, Devin, and I headed straight there. Once we
got there, the three of us all sat on the couch and sighed.

“Just think… this whole thing is almost over.”
said Devin.

“Yeah… I am liking that.” added Dawn. “I am
looking forward to not having to do all those strange pledge things, like those
diapers. That was a bit out of it.”

Devin blushed and said, “I thought it turned out
to be fun.”

“You guys want something to drink?” called out
Alison, breaking that line of thought before it embarrassed Devin any further.

The others called out their drink requests and I
got up to help. Alley was busy filling the drink order when I entered the
kitchen. “Can I give you a hand?”

“No thinks. I got it. But can you grab the
chips.”

I grabbed the bag of Salt and Vinegar chips from the top of the fridge and headed to the
living room behind her.

Alison had put in some sort of strange Sorority
film where one evil Sorority used Magic to compel people to do things and then
there was a nerdy geek House that was fighting against them, also using magic.
We laughed, even though we were supposed to be worried by the tension, based
off the music and the way it was filmed. It was a pretty silly attempt at a
horror movie. The others filtered in over the next hour and a half, carrying
the clothes they were going to change into and stuff. Holly brought more food
as well.

We just sat around, drank, watched bad films, ate
Chinese food, and generally had a good time. It was nice and relaxing. I was
content and happy with my life. That of course didn’t last.

Esperanza commented, “You know Caitlin… if it
weren’t for the statements of the others, that you are actually male, I would
never believe it. You just seem like one of the girls.”

“Yeah, one who doesn’t have to cramp.” grumbled
Amy. “Of all nights to have started.”

I swallowed hard, feeling a bit awkward and out
of place with this turn of discussion. What did I know about periods?

“There is that, but I have to admit, you really
are one of us Caitlin. I am glad I gave you another chance.” said Holly,
looking a touch embarassed.

“I am sorry that I lied to you guys at the
beginning, but would you have been okay with me at the beginning, without
having gotten to know me?” I asked.

Thuriya smiled at me. “Caitlin, think about this.
I have no problem having my hair being uncovered around you. That is a major
thing for an Islamic woman and for a while I worried about it, but you come
across to me as a young woman so why not treat you like the maiden that you are
portraying instead of the man you say you are?”

I was beginning to tear up as that did mean a lot
to me. Learning about her culture certainly put a spin on things. “Thank you
Thuriya. That means a lot to me. It really does. You guys are some of the first
friends I have made in my life. Hell, until I started this crazy stunt I didn’t
really have any friends. You guys changed all of that by accepting me. Thank
you.”

Alison beamed at me, with possible the widest
grin I had ever seen from her. “What are friends for.”

I was hugged then, by several people and it was
nice. I knew that these women were my friends and that was not going to change
any time soon. This, this friendship, was one of the big reasons that I was
going to keep this up after the Initiation and remain as Caitlin. These women
were my sisters in all ways but blood and I didn’t know what to say about that.
I was honored to be in their presence and touched that they had included me in
their group.

Holly looked at the clock and cursed. “Crap, we
need to get ready. We only have a little over an hour and one bathroom.”

“Well, you can change in here or my bedroom if
you want. The bathroom is only big enough for one person.” offered Alison.

I went into Alley’s room and got ready. I had a
lovely cocktail dress in blues and greens that looked really good on me that
Gwen had found on sale but I didn’t want to wear granny panties under it,
because the panty lines would totally have showed. There were a few others in
there with me changing and a few stopped what they were doing and peeked at me
when I took off my panties.

Megan gasped out, “Holy crap, you have a vagina!”

I blushed and moved to cover myself, feeling
utterly exposed and naked. What I didn’t expect was the rush of girls to the
room all clamoring to see.

“You have a vagina?” asked Dawn, clearly
confused.

“I… I… I… I…” I think my brain short circuited at
that point. I gibbered weakly.

Alley came up and rested a hand on my shoulder,
comfortingly. “It’s okay Caitlin, no one is mad. We are just wondering is all.”

“I… uh… Meredith made it and my breasts.” I
admitted slowly.

What screwed me up was the next question and from
who. Thuriya asked calmly, “Can we see it?”

My ears were burning I was blushing so hard. What
the hell? They did say I was one of them and maybe this would be okay. I nodded
and uncovered myself.

“Ooooohhhhh.” was apparently the general
consensus when they saw me.

“It looks so real.” stated Megan, who had leaned
in to get a closer look.

“Meredith matched the hair?” commented Holly, who
was a bit dumbfounded and clearly impressed.

“That’s incredible.” said Dawn.

I just nodded and wished I was dead and in a
hole. I had no clue what to say and I almost wanted to run and lock myself into
the bathroom and maybe never coming out. This was so embarrassing, exposing
myself like this.

Alley pushed my hands back, covering me. “Okay…
shows over ladies, unless one of use wants to drop our drawers and show off our
vaginas.”

People agreed that we should stop the gawking and
they dispersed to continue with getting dressed. I turned to face Alley. “Thank
you.”

“You’re welcome. Hurry up… we don’t have much
time.”

I pulled on the thong I was going to wear and got
everything settled. I was quickly dressed and was putting my necklace on,
nearly ready to go. Everyone else seemed done as well.

Holly looked us over and smiled, “Girls, we look
great. Come on let’s get Initiated!”

With that, we all headed into the cars and took
off. The drive to the House was thankfully short, as I think the anxiety was
beginning to kill some of us. We walked on in and we could see that some
decorations had been put up, mostly crepe paper and a few things that reminded
me of Christmas ornaments. The House looked great. Nadia walked up to us and
grinned, “Right on time. Excellent. Come on into the sitting room for a bit.”

We all went in and took seats. I guess this whole
girl thing was taking hold as I barely registered the fact that I swept the
skirt out from under me so the fabric would not bunch up and get massively
wrinkled. Nadia continued, “Okay… just so you know what is going to happen. You
are going to be blindfolded and then taken into the Chapter Room. You will be
led in there by your Big Sister. You will be asked some questions about the
House and our history. It will not be anything you don’t know. We have covered
some of this stuff weekly so it is something you should be familiar with. Then,
once the Sisters are satisfied with your knowledge, the Initiation will begin.
At some point, the blindfolds will be taken off. And then you will be a Sister
of this House. Any questions?”

Nobody seemed to have any questions at that point
so Nadia nodded and called out, “Gwen!”

Gwen came into the room with a box and began
handing out black blindfolds to all of us, which were more black sleeping masks
as opposed to anything else. I nervously pulled one on and remained seated,
unable to see anything. This whole thing was crazy but my quest was almost
over. I had challenged this House and it had answered by being far more
accepting and open than anything I had ever imagined a Greek organization to be.
I was going to be joining a group of women who had accepted me, helped me
become who I now was, became friends with, and were making my life more amazing
than it had been. This was what I wanted and having to be a girl was pretty
much a non-issue right now as the benefits far outweighed the weird. I was okay
with where I was, who I was, and what I was wearing. It wasn’t like clothes
actually made the man, or rather woman in this case.

“Ladies, please stand.”

We all stood and I felt someone take my hand and
arm. I figured it was Gwen, since she was being all Big Sistery and she
squeezed my hand comfortingly. I squeezed back.

“Since you are all ready and no one has any
second thoughts we can begin. Ladies, it is time.”