//------------------------------// // Dinners and Feels // Story: Alcohol, College, and the Elements of Harmony // by TroWolf15 //------------------------------// Well, I wasn’t expecting this… Six very sexy girls are walking towards me and five of my bros, all in super-formal ball gown. The fuck is this!? “Uh, heya Matt! Sorry we are kinda late, we had an issue wid’ our pal Spencer. He ain’t feelin’ so good,” Addison said as she walked up to me. “Uh, no problem, but I gotta ask, what’s with the getups? I did say dinner right?” I was confused as hell. I did say dinner, right? I didn’t confuse these girls with some other group or other plans, at least I don’t think I did. “See! I told you these would be too much, Twi— err, I mean Tanya!” snapped the multicolored-hair girl, what was her name again? Shit, I’ve got horrible memory, I need to write these things down, can’t be mixing up names. “Hey, hey, girls, girls! Listen! It’s cool! I like a dolled up girl, don’t get too worked up over it! Tells me you girls don’t mess around.” I try to calm them down, not sure if this will end well, they seem... off. “Well since you’re all here, let’s hit the road to the Chinese food joint! Mitch you can join me, so can Addison and umm...” I was trying to think who Mitch would like the most, hard to say, he’s always very picky with his women. “Purple highlight! What’s your name?” Mitch pointed to Tanya, I think? “My name’s Tanya, Tanya Harold. What’s yours?” The homely girl responded. Shit, I just can’t decide which girl I’d want if Addison doesn’t work out. “Mitchell, or Mitch. Nice to meet you. You’re joining me and Matt.” Mitch told her in a commanding way. He thinks taking control is attractive, and to an extent I agree, but I always think he takes it too far. “Oh, okay then.” The girl seemed taken off guard by this. Eh, whatever. “Alright, and Riley and John can drive Max and Henry.” I motion for the guys to take their picks of which girl they wanted. Max ended up with the one who could be a model, Renee I think? Riley went with the short-rainbow-haired girl; Henry was with the straight-pink-haired girl, I totally forgot her name — she was quiet as hell and John was with the really pink-poofy-haired girl. I’m just glad I got my first dibs with Addison. As we walked off to our cars next to the house, Max comes by my side and whispers, “If you don’t nail this tonight she’s mine.” While holding out his hand. I simply laugh and tell him to stop dreaming, it won’t happen and shake his hand. Us four pile into my car, and we ship out to the local Chinese food place — real classy joint too. Authentic Chinese food, good service, and to emphasize: damn good food. “So, where are we going again?” Tanya asked me as we pulled out of the parking lot. “A Chinese food joint called Yang-Chow. The place is the bomb. We go there all the time, both serious occasions and just for the shits ’n’ giggles. You’ll like it.” I turn on some music(TAKES YOU OFF PAGE), we needed some good shit: I was in a rager mood. The scenery was awesome — driving all throughout the city with the bustling lights and sounds. “Uh, Matt, what kinda music is this?” Addison asked me, barely audible over the raging music. “You mean the exact genre? This is house, I’ve really gotten into it recently.” I was always a classic rock guy, but ever since joining the brotherhood I got introduced to this shift from the constant partying, and I’ve been hooked. Loud house (or most of the dance techno) is made for two reasons: one, raging your fucking ass off and, two, driving through the city. “House? Never heard of it. This popular ‘round these here parts of town?” “Really? Well, kinda. Though I’m pretty sure it’s popular just about everywhere. I say if there’s Greek on a campus, you’re gonna hear this music.” I was kinda surprised she at least never heard of it, and seems like she’s in a foreign land. I mean yeah I get she moved here from Oregon, but shit it isn’t that much of a culture shock. With about a twenty minute drive and some small talk between us all we finally reach the restaurant. “Well, we’re here!” We pull in to the driveway to see everyone else already there waiting for us. We get out and we all walk in together, some of us putting our arms around the girls. I noticed Riley and rainbow girl were getting pretty chummy — $20 says they hook up tonight. We all sit down at different tables, the same groups who drove over sit together. Mitch and I sit across from each other, with our dates next to us. I see the table next to us is Riley, rainbow girl, Max and the model. The model kept looking over at me and smiling, I think I just may steal her later tonight, along with Addison. Far away from us were the other four, Henry, John, and the two pink-haired girls. After ordering our food, I really started getting flirty with Addison. “Gotta say, with this fancy dress here, you’re looking damn gorgeous tonight.” I say with a smirk on my face, making sure not to break eye contact with her. She blushed. “Oh, uh, thanks Matt! Ah really din’t know what to wear, so Ah jus’ threw on this ol’ thing.” She was shuffling through her dress, trying to primp herself up a bit. I put my hand on her leg and started to rub it a bit, trying to get some sexual tension going. She got tense, and starting looking away from me. “Hey, Addison,” I now move my hand and put my arm around her, she looks over to me, nervous and blushing like crazy. “There’s no need to get nervous. We’re all very relaxed here; you should be, too” She’s so into me. I decided it was time I really made a move. “Listen, I can tell you find me attractive and truth be told, I kinda feel the same way. So how about we show each other how we really feel?” I say so smoothly, bringing my hand up to her chin and guiding her attention towards me. “Erm, Ah don’t know Matt, Ah mean we just met and all.” She still not looking at me, but red as a tomato. “Nonsense, just do what feels right,” and with that I move in for the kiss. She doesn’t move away, and she doesn’t reject me. Our lips lock. God, she had soft lips, but she didn’t know what the fuck she was doing. I wonder if this was her first kiss — no way; she’s too damn hot to be this innocent. It was a quick make out: I couldn’t take the awkward kissing anymore. When I looked at her, her eyes were still closed and she was just pure red. I take a quick glance across the table and see Mitch’s smile of approval and Tanya looking shocked. Maybe she didn’t expect her friend to be this easy? Eh, either way Addison looked pleased. Once she realized the kiss was over, she just giggled and looked down towards the table. In order to kill the awkward silence, Tanya decided to ask me and Mitch a question as the food arrived: “So, boys, you are in a fraternity, right?” To which we both nod our heads. “So, what’s it like? I don’t get it, how do you join and why do you?” Ah shit, that’s a loaded one. “Well... erm...” I begin to scratch my head trying to work on a good spiel. I should have this ready. First day of rush is tomorrow! “Basically, a fraternity is an entity to help you with your college experience, and beyond. It is here to push you further academically, while giving you the support of like-minded men, and building your leadership skills at the same time. The social benefits are nice as well, the partying and the drinking and what-not, and we love that, but we put school first.” Tanya seemed to be accepting this answer. Same for Addison. “And you join through what we call rush. You rush a fraternity and see if you get accepted. Here, we have a week of rush: Day 1: Meet and greet all the fraternities, see if you can find two that you really like. Days 2-4 are all separate events hosted by each fraternity. This is where you gotta strategize who you’re gonna see and when. Day 5 is the blue chip dinner, invite event only, where the fraternities invite rushes who they think will be good fits — it’s the final cut basically. Day 6 is bid night, where the fraternities officially invite men to pledge the fraternity. Then, it’s pledge semester for those boys,” I say with an evil smile, excited for my new batch of pledges. “Oh god, please don’t murder them. We would still like to grow you know,” Mitch groans at me, knowing I could have a lot of fun with these pledges. “Don’t worry your tall self, my brudda. I have a very good plan for these pledges.” The food was damn good, just as I predicted. They never disappoint. “So ladies, how’s the food?” “Oh it’s delicious! Thank you so much for showing us this place! We need to come here more often!” Tanya tells me as she inhales her chowmein. Addison was having a crap-ton of egg rolls with chowmein and steamed rice. “Darn right! This here food is deeeeelish! Thanks for bringing us, pardner!” Addison said in her Southern drawl, God that was so sexy. “Uh, wait, a minute ago you said ‘pledges’? whaddya mean, ‘pledges’?” Addison asked. Time to put on the good boy act. “Oh well with fraternities, you have to pledge for a semester, to show that you are really dedicated to joining the brotherhood. It also gives us a chance to better know the guys, and drop them from the fraternity if we think we made a bad decision on some pledges with regards to their character,” I say as I feel a hand on my shoulder. I look up and see it’s Max. “Sorry ladies, hate to interrupt, but, Matt, we’re heading out. You all almost done?” “Yeah we’re done here.” I pull him closer to whisper him “She’s in the bag. You getting lucky?” He just backs his head up and smiles and nods, and quickly walks away. That sly mothafucka. “You ladies ready to head out?” I ask while getting out and dropping the money for the bill and tip. Everyone nods their heads and we all head out. It was a much noisier car ride back home, as Addison took the front seat with me and Mitch sat in the back with Tanya, those two obviously clicking. The flirting continued, and I drove the way home with my hand on Addisons thigh, trying to rub it through that damn fat dress. Why the hell did they even wear these dresses? It’s gonna be a bitch taking it off in a bit. We finally get home and the girls started walking back, obviously these guys couldn’t close tonight. However, they didn’t leave. Four of them waited for Addison and the model girl, both were with Max and I, at separate parts of the frat castle parking lot. “I had a real great time, beautiful, but I don’t think it should end just yet.” I tell Addison as I lean in and kiss her on the lips again, my hands on her waist, while her arms are just kinda hanging there, making this slightly awkward. She returns the kiss and just closes her eyes for a second. Is she thinking about it? What the fuck? “Ah don’t know Matt, my friends are waiting for me.” She turns to look at her friends. “Don’t worry about it, if they really are your friends they should be cool with it. Besides, I can walk you back to your apartment,” I try to convince her while I go and kiss her on the neck. SLAP. I look over and see the model walking away and Max rubbing his cheek. Hah, bastard struck out. “You know, Ah’m just gonna go with my friends. Ah’ll talk to ya later, ’kay Matt?” She hugs me and walks away. Well fuck. Time to go drink this sad night away and get ready for a fun week: Rush Week.