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if you don’t take me home . . .”
    â€œWhat? What’s gonna happen, Sunday Tolliver? Nothing. And you know why? ’Cause you like me.”
    DeShawn winks at me and holds his arm out for me to grab, and he walks me right up out of Mystique and Zac’s celebrity nightmare of a wedding. After this bananas day, I can’t wait to get back to the calm peacefulness of my dorm at Spelman and my homegirls Gia and Piper.

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    â€œS o the wedding was bonkers?” Piper asks as she tries on a pair of my boots. They don’t suit her.
    We’re in Gia’s and my dorm, getting ready to go to a Gamma Phi Gamma party. It’s the first sorority party of the semester, and since both Piper and Meagan are determined to be Gamma girls, Gia and I have no choice but to get dragged to all of their parties.
    â€œYeah, I’m glad the whole wedding thing is over. Mystique is a stepmama though. I think Zac’s baby mama left their son with them.”
    â€œThat is sooo what happened on that Tina Turner movie,” Gia says as she looks at her asymmetrical afro in the mirror. “Remember? Tina had to raise Ike’s kids just like they were her own.”
    â€œThat’s too much drama,” Piper says. “If that’s what being rich and famous is all about, I’ll pass.”
    â€œThanks a lot,” I reply. “Since I’m on the road to riches and fame, I hope my journey is not like Mystique’s.”
    Gia giggles and pulls on a snug wool skirt. “You’ve already got stuff popping off with you, girl. DeShawn was your date, and you were in the wedding party with Sam. I just knew we were gonna get a YouTube sensation out of that situation right there.”
    â€œSam knows what it is, plus me and DeShawn are not even all like that.”
    Piper says, “You are not all like that toward DeShawn, but he’s definitely getting gone over you.”
    I groan and throw myself onto my bed and a pile of clothes. “I’m so not feeling that at all. I need a break from boys. Sam has messed it up for their gender right now.”
    â€œWho could ever get tired of boys?” Piper asks.
    Before Gia or I can answer her question, there’s a knock on the door. We already know that it’s Meagan, because she texted us to say she was on her way. When Gia opens the door, Meagan steps in with a huge smile on her face.
    â€œHow do I look, y’all?”
    Meagan is wearing head-to-toe turquoise and white, the Gamma Phi Gamma colors. She’s got on a turquoise half jacket, white shimmery tank, and turquoise skinny jeans. She finishes the ensemble with silver boots.
    Piper’s eyes widen. “Aren’t they gonna be mad if you wear their colors and you haven’t crossed?”
    â€œI am legacy,” Meagan says. “For me, crossing over is a formality.”
    Gia lifts an eyebrow and says, “Usually, I don’t agree with Piper, but this time I think you should change. Remember there are those two chicks in the sorority who already aren’t feeling you. You don’t want to make anybody mad.”
    Meagan looks as if she’s considering Gia’s advice. “Maybe you’re right. I don’t want to start any mess. It’s a new year so maybe they’ll let bygones be bygones.”
    â€œWe’ll wait for you while you go and change,” I say. “But hurry up. The party started an hour ago. I like fashionably late, but dang.”
    As Meagan dashes out of the room to go and change her outfit, Gia uses this as an opportunity to beef up her accessories.
    â€œIf you add one more bangle, you’re gonna sound like a set of wind chimes walking up in there,” Piper says.
    â€œI like to jingle when I walk,” Gia says with a laugh. “I sound musical, like Jill Scott or somebody.”
    â€œWow” is the only response I can muster. It’s hard to have a comeback for some of Gia’s