SSS(SS) - Part 22

It’s so much worse than expected.

The CGH girls are mostly cool about it; after all, they aren’t being **** to move in. The only ones coming to CCL House are the ones who want to.

CCL girls, on the other hand, are struggling. Two of the reasons for this are obvious: first, change is difficult. Second, due to CCL’s lower numbers ever since the murders, CCL has gotten a little spoiled with the bathroom situation in the massive house.

Suddenly having twice as many people in the house means more sharing. It’s hard to blame anyone for chafing a bit at that.

As for a third contributing factor, Sal has opinions, but she’s keeping them to herself. CCL might be the hot, edgy sorority, but it also attracts misfits and girls who have come from difficult situations and don’t always have the highest self-esteem.

Meanwhile, CGH is the sorority for more conventionally cool and successful, popular girls. Sal suspects that a lot of CCL girls are shy and possibly threatened by a large group of unfamiliar girls who skew athletic and conventionally attractive.

Whatever the case, the end result is exactly as Sal predicted: bedlam.

Athena wasn’t kidding about deputizing Meri, who impresses Sal by embracing the role in a mature, sensitive, and almost professional fashion. While the girls fight freely inside the house, everyone is on the same page about not doing anything that will jeopardize the broader campaign to legitimize the sororities and weaken the position of the bigots trying to exploit them.

So they’re avoiding making any scenes outside the house.

“Sal!”

“Fuck me!” Sal gasps as Meri throws her arms around her from behind and squeezes.

It’s a miracle that Sal’s can of seltzer didn’t spill.

“Jesus,” she says. “What?”

“Make it stop,” Meri whines, pressing her face into Sal’s back.

“Who is it now?” Sal escapes Meri’s grip and faces her. They’re alone in the kitchen, but not for long. The kitchen and the bathrooms are now the highest-trafficked areas of the house, which feels packed even though it’s so huge that there’s an entire wing basically unused. Except for its bathrooms.

“I think her name’s Krista,” Meri says, making a face.

Sal is surprised to hear that. Krista is a sweet, even-tempered girl. She’s a pole vaulter. Hard to imagine her starting any trouble.

“What did she do?”

“She’s cast her witchy siren spell over Yuki,” Meri says, prodding Sal in the chest. “And you know how Yuki gets when she’s not getting the attention she wants.”

“Krista has a boyfriend,” Sal says with a snort. “Yuki’s insane.”

“You deal with her then.”

“What? She’s one of yours,” Sal retorts, indignant. She points suddenly. “Look! Cartoon porn!”

Meri turns and Sal darts for the stairs. She hustles down the hallway and pounds on Athena’s door.

“Let me in, she’s right behind me,” she says desperately.