My Secret, My Bully, My Mates by Miss L

“Sh*t! You can not do that to me!! I thought someone found you and was trying to take off With you.” He’s gasping and holding his chest He doesn’t come further into the room but leans back against the doorframe letting his head thunk back on the wood frame while he closes his eyes and takes a deep breath.

“We need a drink after all of that. And what do you mean ‘ found us’? Mina asks, folding her arms across her chest, trying and failing to look intimidating in her pink pajamas.

Wait..pajamas? When did she change into pajamas? I look down at myself. When did change? We were in jeans and tshirts when we did the ceremony, but that’s the last thing I remember. Everything else is hazy flashes of memory. 5

“I can grab you guys some water. I’ll be right back.” He says, breathing almost normal now.

a drink and if we are going onto campus after the break, she needs to have some kind of knowledge and tolerance. We feel like garbage and

will be, I agree with you. You both need a tolerance. We can’t keep bouncing between you two being ready for the challenge and being too young to handle things. You were sent here, might as well do it right. Let’s go.” He waves us out of the room. “I don’t have beer though,

don’t like the thought of that at all. He knows what the branding ceremony is and what will happen. There should have been no reason to worry. “Why don’t I remember changing my clothes? And how did we get upstairs?’ “That was mostly Gentry. You both managed to get yourselves upstairs, but just enough to fall into bed. She changed you both and tucked you in. That is a little more than my job description calls for.” He smiles back at us as we head downstairs. “As far as the time, no, no one is usually out that long. But you both are so young, that might be the reason. I mean, Mina just turned eighteen, and that’s when you’re supposed to start the training. And Midge you’re supposed to still be in school, just figuring out boys and make-up and other girly sh*t like that.

take a silent seat and watch as he pulls glasses out of the cabinet, along with

thing you need to know is that drinks

begins with shots, then moves to on-the-rocks and then mixed drinks. We get a whole lesson on alcohol types, how things are measured and poured properly, what drinks are common in college and what to look for and avoid. I am completely fascinated

that does the trick and I can feel the effect of my brain being sluggishly slow and not matching up with what my body is trying to do. He didn’t give us more than a small sip of each type of pour, but

all over the kitchen.” He catches

like this at all. I can’t move my body, I just feel floppy.” I giggle and can feel my emotions bouncing all over the place. “Why would anyone choose this? It’s like