Even though I’d bowed to tradition in my freshman year and pledged to one of the more “party-centric” sororities, I was still a bookworm who didn’t drink much.

Instead of going to the beach or shopping with my Kappa sisters, my summer between sophomore and junior year consisted of taking extra coursework. Back then I was an overly ambitious pre-med major, and so the chance to finish labs in the summer vs. attempting to cram them into my schedule during the fall was too good to pass up, even if it meant no social life.

Jennifer had transferred to our conservative-yet-urban Southern campus from somewhere out of state that spring. Apparently she was a cousin of one of my sorority sisters, and while she was friendly with almost everyone, she did not pledge any Greek life herself.

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