Free Get What You Give by Stephanie Perry Moore

with you last week was because he wanted you to be his girl?”
    â€œWhat’s wrong with that?” Covin asked her. “I’ll take care of her.”
    â€œYou don’t even know her,” Teddi said to him.
    Covin replied, “So? You don’t even know me.”
    There had been too much drama already for me to let the two of them go at it. I took him to the side and said, “Thank you for your help tonight.”
    â€œYou can’t listen to her,” he said. “We got something.”
    â€œI think we do, too. But understand for me that I’m gonna go back with my line sisters. I’ll call you tomorrow, okay?” Though I could tell he wasn’t happy, he agreed.
    During the car ride home, Teddi asked a million questions. I opened my mouth not to one question. She couldn’t get the hint that I didn’t wanna talk about it, so I just let her vent.
    Then she said, “I can’t believe you’re with the guy who took everything from me.”
    â€œTeddi, that guy risked his life to save yours. He gave you everything. He gave you your future. I don’t know where things are going with me and Covin, but I don’t have to answer to you. So many times in my life you’ve come first, but right now, after tonight, after everything I’ve been through, I wanna be happy. And if you keep getting on my nerves like this ...”
    â€œWhat? What?” she said as she hit the car window.
    From the backseat, Millie said, “Calm down, Teddi. Give her some space.”
    â€œWhat? What? Hailey?” Teddi asked.
    â€œYou fill in the blank,” I told her, tired of her riding me to see things her way.
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    â€œTime flies when you’re having fun,” Millie said two weeks later to me as we were in the holding room waiting for our final Gem ceremony to start.
    Teddi was in the room, too, but she was over in the corner with Quisa. Evan was off to herself. She hadn’t quit on us, but with G-Dogg released and none of us backing her to stay with him, she was with us but not with us. It really bothered me that our line was divided.
    I wanted to hug Teddi and let her know I cared, but I didn’t. A part of me wanted to say, “ Teddi, you can have Beta Gamma Pi.” So many times I came close to telling her, “ If it weren’t for me going to bat with the big sisters to get you on the line in the first place, you wouldn’t even be here. Don’t trip!”
    Teddi thought I was supposed to bow down to her, say I was sorry, and give up my new little romance. We timed it so neither one of us was in the room at the same time. Whoever was asleep first at night was the first one gone before the other one woke in the morning. It was actually quite childish. I hated that it seemed we acted like we couldn’t stand each other.
    I was about to suggest we squash all issues and be real sisters, but my thoughts were interrupted. Cassidy came to the door and said, “All right, my five Pis, line up. It’s time to get one step closer to my beloved BGP.”
    As we walked into the room, our collegiate adviser, Dr. Weaver, was on the microphone saying, “Ladies, as you come in, reflect on the past four Gems.”
    And I thought back to the first one on leadership. Hayden had said that ceremony was the one that got to her the most. It was moving, as I was certainly motivated by what they said: work what you got and give it all you can. Reflecting on it, I realized that I was a leader, and going to my line sisters to get things straight was an area I could take the lead on.
    Then I thought about Gem two on sisterhood. The basic message behind the whole thing was: The way we roll was as one unit. And if Teddi and Evan were ever to feel true love from me, I needed to give it unconditionally and be willing to work on our differences.
    Gem three: act like you know. Wow! It focused on education. They said a lot of people that pledged