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Aubree, Scarlett, & Laila

Aubree met Scarlett during the second semester of her freshman year at Yale while rushing their sorority Alpha Phi Tau. Aubree pledged because she had been having trouble making friends her first semester. Scarlett pledged because she wanted to be one of the girls wearing  letters around campus. The sorority parties were an incentive for both of them.

At the start of pledging, Scarlett and Aubree bonded instantly. Well to be accurate, Scarlett took a liking to Aubree right away and eventually Aubree caught up so that the feeling was mutual. By the end of pledging, while they were close to the other ten girls in their pledge class, the two of them had the strongest relationship. It was an obvious choice for them to be roommates their sophomore year and for the two years following that.

Laila was Mrs. Woodhouse’s personal assistant when she met Scarlett. Not too long after, Scarlett started inviting Laila out with her friends.  Mrs. Woodhouse was not overjoyed by this friendship, but did see Laila as a positive influence on Scarlett. She had reduced her partying from seven days a week to four or five. Mrs. Woodhouse considered this to be a vast improvement. Laila has since moved on from Mrs. Woodhouse’s employment, but the friendship between she and Scarlett stuck.

As was the case with most new people she encountered, it took Aubree a bit of time to warm to Laila. She is the type of person who makes judgments quickly and waits for people to prove her wrong or right. Aubree assumed that Laila was a social climber who was using Scarlett for her kindness (and money). It took a few months, but she eventually thawed and saw that Laila was coming from the right place.  A friendship between the two blossomed shortly after. Continue reading →