Order her to stay with you

As Jenny turns to go, you feel a sudden and surprising anger. This seems entirely unjust - it's not like you asked for this bizarre situation to come up. You grab her arm. She whirls at your touch, eyes wide, jaws set.

"Don't - " she starts.

"No, you don't," you snap, loudly enough that she blinks and actually does shut up. Glancing around, surprised by yourself, you step closer to her and, still holding her arm, lean into her to speak fiercely and directly into her face. "You think I wanted this to happen? You think I had any idea this kooky scholarship was part of this school? I didn't! You're taking out your anger at the system on me, and that's not fair. You don't even know me."

"Let go of my arm," Jenny says through gritted teeth, though she doesn't try to pull away.

"Only if you promise you won't run off on me. Stay here."

"Oh, is that an order?" she spits.

"If it has to be!" you whisper sharply. You jangle the bracelet you're wearing in front of her face. "And if I understand right, that means that you have to obey! But you also should obey, because it's in your best interests. Look around." You let go of her arm and you both do so. Mostly, people seem to be proceeding as normal - heading out to see friends, or get food, or return to their dorms. A few couples, however, are sitting in their chairs, still, mostly talking seriously to one another.

"What do you think all these people who are still here are doing?" you ask Jenny quietly. "They're getting to know one another. They're strategizing. Don't you see? The way that they set this up, we need each other. At least for the moment. I command and you obey, yeah - but you can go anywhere you want, and if you do, I have no way of getting that scholarship! I'm totally at your mercy, here."

Jenny scowls and crosses her arms. "I think that might be overstating things a little," she growls. "But fine. Here I am. What now?"

You grimace. She clearly doesn't seem interested in getting to know you better...but maybe you could go somewhere and make things a bit more comfortable? {if Britt > 0}Pulling your thoughts back to the present, you look around again. At one edge of the field, you spy some of the girls you met earlier gathering; Rosa, Makenzie, Judy, and Leah. Rosa happens to glance your way as you're looking at them and turns her face away, frowning. Your heart sinks. They're not going to be weird about this, are they? They're the only people you know here!

{endif}You mull your options. You could head back to your dorm...{if Britt > 0} You could also, of course, go over and see what your friends - at least you hope they're still your friends - are talking about.{endif} But you could also go to the library or somewhere similarly quiet and try to chat, catch up on your email, look through your course schedule, and so on.