The Epsilon Experience 6

The Epsilon Experience 6: Big & Little

The women of Epsilon Alpha Tau all arrived back at Hayes University a full week before the rest of the student population. This was common for all sororities on campus for this was what was known as Polish Week. It had nothing to do with people from Poland, but rather getting ready for formal recruitment, which would begin shortly after freshman move-in. The house itself was made to look spick and span, but more importantly everybody got to reconnect with their sisters. The most of the girls had scattered across the country at the end of the semester, some going back home, others starting internships, and several going abroad for a summer semester.

No reunion was more joyous than that of Carly Morgan, Madeline Carver, and Priya Tibor. Words were unnecessary for the first two minutes—their warm hugs said enough.

Madeline had spent the summer working in a medical office to get some experience in the medical field since she had decided last semester to pursue a nursing degree. It had been an enjoyable time and the best part was that Madeline brought in some respectable earnings too. That meant that Madeline had plenty of money to go out and have some fun with her old high school friends, who were all delighted to see the tall brunette again. They were also surprised at how much weight the former athlete had put on, but no one was tactless enough to mention the fact.

Plenty of partying had resulted in Madeline packing on another 5 pounds. They seemed to have largely gone towards Madeline's impressive gut, which seemed to have increased in circumference since the end of last semester. However, her thighs were also looking larger and lovelier than her friends remembered. Her smooth, wobbling legs were on full view for the hot Ohio summer that had not yet dissipated since khaki shorts were mandatory to survive the heat. Carly and Priya immediately complemented Madeline on how good her legs were looking these days.

"Really? I guess that's what happens when you're on your feet all day long for three months," Madeline remarked with a shrug, "Honestly I hadn't noticed. Well, other than the fact I had to get some new jeans and shorts this summer. The old ones seemed to fit a little more snuggly than I remembered…"

Priya was looking just as radiant as she had when she'd sped off for the airport to catch a flight back to Australia. The Australian had been downcast during the flight because of the fact that spring had finally come into its full glory in Ohio and now she was leaving for winter in the southern hemisphere. Naturally, Priya found plenty of ways have fun with all her old friends while staying indoors. However, most of those friends actually had university classes themselves, so Priya worked as a receptionist at a neighbor's office during her break. One of her duties was to pick up doughnuts on her way into work on Friday. The nice thing about this job's duties was that picking up doughnuts was considered "working" and started her timesheet early. However, the position also had the added benefit that nobody really knew if there should have been one more doughnut in one of those boxes when they got to the office…

Much more importantly Priya quickly reconnected with Tony, who she had met during her month back in Australia for Christmas break from Hayes. It took all of four days before Priya and Tony began a torrid love affair that lasted the whole of her three months at home. After all, it was the dead of winter—what else was there to do? As was usual in her ebullient way Priya was more than ready to tell Carly and Madeline all about every detail, but the Americans quickly forestalled any such relation of specifics. Unfortunately, Priya's return to Hayes and the separation of so many thousands of miles had ended things between Tony and her, which had resulted in a very miserable flight back to the States for Priya. Still, it wasn't like there weren't boys in Ohio…

Priya came back to Hayes weighing in at 145 pounds, just a couple pounds heavier than when she'd left. This wasn't the result of any constraint on Priya's part, but rather it seemed to indicate a leveling off of her weight gain. Priya took this fact with the same level acceptance that she'd demonstrated when the weight gain began. If that was the way it was going to be, then that was the way it was going to be. The most important thing was that Priya was looking absolutely amazing as usual.

Though her figure was largely unchanged from its newfound voluptuousness of the end of the spring semester, the extra pounds appeared to have just made Priya a shade lovelier than she had been before. Her curves seemed to be a touch more rounded and pleasing to the eye these days. What had changed was that Priya had completely redone her wardrobe with her earnings from work so as to show off her body to the fullest extent possible. A year ago, she never would have worn a v neck shirt because there simply wasn't anything there to show. Now the majority of the Australian's shirts all gave glimpses of her swelling cleavage, fitting tightly to her pert breasts. A completely new collection of jeans, pants, and shorts had all been purchased to show precisely how sensual Priya's hips were, not to mention how full and delicious her ass had become. Even though there weren't many Hayes boys back in town, those that were there turned into puppies with their tongues hanging out whenever Priya would pass by.

Unlike her friends, Carly had done diddly squat during her summer vacation. Her parents felt that she'd worked so hard during her Freshman year that she didn't really need to take a serious summer job. A few days a week interning with the Pawnee Parks and Recreation Department would be enough for her (coincidentally, the internship had turned out to be an absolute blast). The result was that Carly spent the vast majority of her summer vacation laying by the pool, going out with friends, or lazing around the house. During all such activities, food was never out of reach.

Accordingly, Carly had packed on another 7 pounds over the course of the summer, bringing her up to a very chubby 145 pounds. Though 145 pounds didn't seem like a lot, Carly's 5' 1" frame meant that she showed every pound of it. The blonde was now definitively a pear shaped girl—as if there had been any doubt of that before summer vacation. Yet another set of jeans had been purchased as a return to Hayes approached since the existing pairs were all feeling a smidge too tight, especially in the seat. Carly's thighs continued to be nice and thick without the blemish of cellulite pockmarking them.

There was, however, a new development in Carly's physique that had taken place over summer. Carly had developed a very healthy and impressive bust over the summer. It was still dwarfed by all her weight below her waist, but there was a little more semblance of a balance to her figure with her well sized jugs. They were a most welcome surprise for Charles, who had only seen his girlfriend a couple times over the break and was blown away by the new and improved Carly. The pair quickly found some alone time to allow Charles to have some fun getting to know all of the aspects of the new and improved Carly Morgan.

However, there was little time for fun and games with recruitment starting up soon. The outgoing, enthusiastic Priya had been elected Director of Formal Rush and had a bajillion things to do to get everything ready for the deluge of Freshmen that was about to flood into Epsilon Alpha Tau.

The week was a blur. All the Epsilons shook a million hands, answered thousands of questions, and were on their feet for what seemed like all day. Meals, which were usually times of socializing and laughter, were now nearly silent as all the sisters' main concern at them was making sure that they were consuming enough calories to prevent them from keeling over in the middle of the day. The Sophomores now experienced firsthand all of the work that had gone into creating the warm environment that had so attracted them a year ago. Even so, not a single girl resented all the work that they put into rush.

When the bids came in, the entire sorority got together to review the applicants. Like last year, Epsilon's welcoming environment attracted a huge number of Freshmen who put down the house as their first choice. The sisters spent an entire evening sifting through them with girls contributing their opinions of various girls based on their interactions to the conversation. Bryce, who had been reelected President of Epsilon, moderated debate and made sure that a fair chance was offered to each potential pledge. Decision making went into the wee hours of the morning, but the Epsilons were able to get through it—assisted by a few calls to local pizza joints that delivered towers of boxes filled with hot, delicious slices of pie to the sorority.

Much to the dismay of the majority of the other sororities, Epsilon's Beta pledge class turned out to be comprised of the most desirable rushees at Hayes. Every single one of them was welcomed with open arms to the Epsilon house, which was decked out for Bid Night. Carly had thought that it was euphoric to join a sorority as a new pledge, but now that she was the one who was welcoming new members into Epsilon she couldn't help but think that it was more fun to share the joy of sisterhood with the doe eyed Freshmen who were just beginning their journey. Indeed, Carly couldn't stop herself from hugging every single pledge that night, an act that seemed to catch each of the Freshmen pleasantly by surprise.

Needless to say, the food served on Bid Night was absolutely delicious and Carly and Madeline found their way to the tables of food on a rather frequent basis, often meeting a new pledge who was raving about how good the food at Epsilon was. The pair simply shared a knowing look with each other every time a pledge waxed poetic about the culinary wonders performed by the Epsilon cooks.

It wasn't until the night was half over that Carly realized that after the formal welcoming of the pledges that Priya had dropped out of sight. "I haven't seen her anywhere," Carly said to Madeline, "Have you?"

"She slinked off about an hour ago and said something about recruitment being totally exhausting and how she really needed a drink," Madeline reported, "Then she mumbled something about a guy with really blue eyes in Phi Alpha."

Carly just smiled and rolled her eyes. "Oh Priya." She knew exactly what the Australian was up to tonight.

***

"Did you guys see what's in our boxes?" Madeline asked as she breezed into the room that she shared with Carly and Priya. They trio had opted to stick together for their sophomore year in the same room, which was still one of the best ones in the house. Staying together also had the upside of not having to move any of their stuff into storage for the summer, which was highly convenient.

"No, what?" Carly asked.

Madeline flashed three envelopes. "I think it's our little sises!"

The other two jumped up and mobbed the tall brunette to find out who they'd been assigned as their little sisters. Carly ripped open her envelope and eagerly scanned the page looking for a name…and found Isabella Ronaldo.

"Isabella, Isabella," Carly muttered to herself, trying to pick the girl out from the sea of faces that she'd met on Bid Night, "Oh! Isabella."

Carly's new little sis was a girl of raven hair and caramel skin, befitting her Latin descent. She was, like all of the Epsilon pledges, pretty svelte. However, she had a very fine booty on her that bounced rhythmically to a beat of a hot night in a beachside club. She had beautiful dark brown eyes and a perfectly polished smile. Yes, now that Carly thought back she could remember that there had been a magnetism about Isabella, perhaps transmitted through her infectious laugh.

"Well would you look at that," Priya said, "Rachel Brown. She's the one from Texas."

"You two will probably have a lot in common," Madeline remarked.

"Really? Why's that?" Priya asked.

"I'll let you figure that out for yourself," Madeline said wryly, "I got Sally Toranaga, that Japanese girl. She's got to weigh like 82 pounds."

"Please, it's more like 79," Priya corrected, "And she won't be for much longer if she hangs out with us."

"Oh for sure. I think I saw her have at least five brownies on Bid Night," Madeline said.

"Can you blame her? Those brownies were amazing," Priya gushed, "They were addictive. I had to have had at least twelve of them myself before I took off. What did they put in those things? Crack?"

"Just weed," Madeline said simply.

Priya's jaw dropped open. "WHAT?"

"Didn't you have dreams of pink elephants that night?"

"No…"

"Oh silly me. Guess those were just regular brownies that tasted insanely good like everything that comes out of the kitchen here," Madeline said, giving Priya a you-really-shouldn't-be-so-gullible look.

Priya just glared back at Madeline unappreciatively.

"Hey Carly, who'd you get?" Madeline asked to change the subject.

"Isabella Ronaldo," Carly said.

"Oh, I remember talking with her on Bid Night. She seemed super chill. You'll get along with her really well," Madeline said.

"You think so?" Carly asked, "All of a sudden I'm really nervous. Like what if when she finds out that I'm her big sis she's disappointed or something."

"Carly, don't you remember what being a little sis was like? We got gifts like every single week," Priya said, "After that much bribery there's no way you can't not like your big sister."

"Chocolate does have a way of endearing people to you," Madeline remarked.

"Good point," Carly admitted, "This says we're supposed to have some sort of basket for them for tomorrow night. You guys have any chocolate? I ate mine earlier today."

"Nope."

"Not a bit."

"Sounds like we need to hit the drug store," Carly said.

Her friends thought that was an absolutely capital idea.

***

Corey Hearn had perpetually been in a state of being pissed off for the last four months. It had started when he'd been forced to retreat from his confrontation with Lee Ballard, Charles Worthing, and the rest of the Fatty Lovers Club that masqueraded as a fraternity called Phi Alpha. Corey hadn't set foot in that place since then except for once and that had been to collect his possessions as quickly as possible so they wouldn't be tainted by remaining in the presence of such assholes for any longer than they had to. Now Corey was living in an apartment and stewing about the injustice of having been forced out by his so-called "brothers".

Sharing his misery and indignation was Elena Norbert, a wispy blonde who belonged to Beta Iota Chi. The pair had become attracted to each other when they'd both been pretty buzzed at a bar and Corey had noticed Elena's sorority sweatshirt. Forty five minutes later they were getting it on and it turned out they had plenty in common. They both thought that Beta was the absolute best sorority in the history of the world, they both thought that a woman weighing over 115 pounds was obese, and—most importantly of all—both Elena and Corey hated Epsilon Alpha Tau with a passion.

The personal injury and insult he had received at the hands of Lee Ballard had only caused Corey's hostility towards Epsilon and all its members to multiply exponentially. For her part, Elena and the rest of the Betas had come to resent Epsilon and their inexplicable recruiting powers. It seemed that almost all of the most prominent rushees gravitated towards that house of hogs. Didn't they all know that the most important thing in picking a sorority was to choose the one with the hottest women in it? Naturally, Beta wouldn't actually want anyone who had the poor taste to select Epsilon as their first choice, but that didn't mean that they couldn't still abhor Epsilon for their recruiting prowess.

The only thing that Corey and Elena though Epsilon was good for was the ability to talk about them in as disparaging terms as possible, which was their favorite past time and the one that they were indulging in at this moment.

"I wonder what they're doing right now at Epsilon," Elena said morosely.

"Probably stuffing their face with brownies," Corey replied in much the same tone.

"Made with extra fat and stuff," Elena added.

"While they're making more brownies," Corey said, starting to get into a groove.

"They probably won't even wait for them to cool," Elena said, "They're such pigs that they'll eat them right after coming out of the oven. They probably burn their mouths but can't stop eating because they're such pigs."

"They probably only stop eating brownies when they've run out of mix," Corey said, "Either that or their scales all break and they can't tell how fat they've gotten."

"Are you kidding? They don't even own scales in Epsilon. They don't care about the fact that they're like morbidly obese."

"Good point. Thanks for correcting me there."

"No, the only thing that would stop those Epsilons from eating would be a worldwide famine. Even then they probably have stockpiled enough Twinkies to survive a nuclear holocaust."

"I don't think they've built the vault big enough to hold that many Twinkies."

"If anyone's going to, it'd be the Epsilons," Elena said with disgust, "I mean it's incredible that they even built a house. I'm surprised they didn't just spend all that money on food."

Corey's ears suddenly perked up.

"The only house that I could imagine them building was a gingerbread house so they could eat it when they were done," Elena continued.

"Wait, what was that you said?" Corey asked, suddenly very intent.

"Oh you know, one of those gingerbread houses, like in Hansel and Gretel," Elena said.

"No, before that. What did you say?"

"You mean the part about how they actually spent their money building a house rather than using the money to just get even fatter?" Elena said.

"Elena, I don't care what they say about you. You're an absolute genius." Corey jumped up from his seat. "I have to go."

"But wait! Weren't we going to have sex tonight?" Elena plaintively bleated.

"We will, but there's something I've got to look into right now," Corey said and with that he dashed out the door.

Elena sat there stunned at the sudden determination that had seized Corey and ruined her night of pleasure. She sat there looking blankly at the open door for a second before shouting, "Hey! Wait a second! What do they say about me?"

***

The care with which Carly selected gifts for her little sister was no less than that of a championship chess player making her next move. Every single item was carefully considered before it was bundled with its fellow goodies with a large bow. Isabella had so gleefully received her first package of chocolate from her unknown big sister that Carly could not have been more delighted—though she successfully hid her delight to make sure she didn't prematurely reveal her identity. Since Carly had little desire to reinvent the wheel, subsequent gifts all followed in the same sugary vein.

The result was that over the following few weeks, Isabella not only grew closer to her fellow Epsilons, but she also grew a little wider as well. Isabella's Latin booty took the brunt of the new pounds, getting a little bigger and bouncier thanks to all of the chocolaty gifts that were left by her mysterious big sister. The sharper edges of her physique softened up just a little bit, making her more aesthetically pleasing. It wasn't a large weight gain, but just enough to put a teensy bit of strain on her clothes.

Of course, Carly wasn't solely to blame for Isabella's slight expansion. She was helped by the fact that the Latina took very warmly to the buffet style dining offered by the dining halls. The cornucopia of food was completely overwhelming for Isabella. Every night at dinner there were almost always at least three different dishes that looked absolutely delicious. The menu changed nightly and sometimes it would be a full month before a particularly good offering would come back. Therefore, Isabella always snapped up a tasty serving whenever she saw it. The fact that the menu changed so frequently also meant that there was always something new and delicious for Isabella to have every time that she went to the dining hall. That didn't even take into account the fact that the best thing that they had to eat at the dining commons was always dessert and Isabella wasn't about to skip dessert. After all, she'd paid for it, hadn't she?

Why the Latina indulged herself so completely and unabashedly was hard to say. Perhaps it had something to do with being fully in control of her dietary choices for the first time in her life. If she wanted to have two dinners and a couple slices of cheesecake, why shouldn't she? Maybe those early meals that she shared with several of the sisters from Epsilon caused her to slip into the habit of eating large portions. Perhaps the fact that Isabella wanted to get the most for her money resulted in her multiple trips to the various stations. Or maybe it was just that Isabella really liked good food and wasn't about to pass up the opportunity to have an excellent meal.

Whatever the reason, the change was noticeable to someone who was looking. Now that they were fully initiated into the mysteries of Epsilon Alpha Tau, Carly, Priya, and Madeline were always sneaking looks at the pledges to see who was plumping up. Almost every night at least one of them had a report on one of the pledges, which was often delivered in between bites of Ben and Jerry's ice cream.

"So I saw Suzy Choi when I was coming out of Biology 5," Madeline reported one night, "Looks like she's starting to get a little pudgy in the tummy. She kept pulling her t-shirt down. I don't think that she even realized she was doing it."

"That's how it starts," Priya said as she poked her own belly, which was looking a little bigger these days.

"Well it's no surprise. The other night she was up here for dinner and I think she had like three slices of that chocolate cake," Carly said.

"Oh that cake was soooooooooo good," Priya said, closing her eyes and licking her lips, "I wonder if there's any left."

"There was before I ate it last night," Madeline said.

"Madeline! Why didn't you ask me if I wanted some?" Priya said in a huff.

"It was a midnight snack," Madeline said, "You were asleep. Besides, I was like super hungry. I would have been grouchy if I had to share."

"Humpf," Priya said sourly as she crossed her arms petulantly.

"Oh don't be so mad Priya," Madeline said, "I haven't touched the strawberry shortcake left over from last night's dinner."

Priya's eyes widened. "You mean there's some left?" The Australian scrambled off her bed and slid across the floor and out the door.

"Hey, wait for me!" Carly said as she rolled out of bed in her pajamas, which seemed to be a little too small for the coed. There was a gap between the top of her drawstring pants—which didn't have much slack in the string—and the bottom of her t-shirt. This gap allowed Carly's burgeoning spare tire to jiggle in plain sight as she wobbled for the kitchen downstairs.

Madeline allowed herself a little smile as the two tubbies headed for the kitchen. When they were out of sight she opened her minifridge and took out the last slice of double chocolate cake. She held it up to her nose and took a deep drag of its intoxicating aroma.

"I thought they'd never leave," Madeline said happily to herself as she plunged a fork into the moist dessert so she could eat the last piece and slowly relish the rich flavor.

***

This night was the biggest yet for the Beta pledge class of Epsilon Alpha Tau. Tonight they would find out who their big sisters were. The Freshmen milled about expectantly in the sorority house, excited to find out what girl would be her mentor for this first semester until initiation. To a girl they were all bubbling over with anticipation. To quell their anxiety, more than a few girls unconsciously nibbled on platters of brownies and cookies sprinkled throughout the room.

"Ladies, tonight is a big moment for our pledges," Bryce said, addressing the room that had fallen silent at her first word, "Tonight our newest members shall become even more tightly woven into the fabric of this sorority. Pledges, meet your big sisters."

The cluster of pledges waited nervously as some of the upperclassmen started forward and began to pick out their little sisters from the crowd. Priya found Rachel Brown, Madeline beamed as she found Sally Toranaga, and Carly was with Isabella in a heartbeat. The big sisters all took their little sisters' hands in theirs.

"Though we are all bound together as members of this sorority, the bond that you will share with your big sisters is something special," Bryce continued, "Every big sister was once a little sister and knows how formative and strong this connection can be. Though we may be a young house, you are already part of a tradition, one that will thrive at Hayes for generations to come. Even within a community as tightly knit as our own here in Epsilon Alpha Tau, one can still feel like a face in the crowd. Tonight you will have the absolute certainty that you have a counselor, a confidant, and a friend that will never desert you."

All of the big sisters looked into the eyes of their little sisters and said together, "As your big sister, I will always be there for you, to laugh and to cry. I will share my knowledge with you so that you may succeed where I have failed. The bond that we share is sacred and shall not be torn asunder by pettiness and jealousy. And, most importantly, together we shall journey together, hand in hand, heart in heart, as sisters now and forever."

With that, all of the other girls cheered and the big sisters embraced their little sisters and the party began.

"So it was you all the time?" Isabella asked of Carly, "I have you to thank for all that delicious chocolate?"

"Oh you have no idea how relieved I am to hear you liked it!" Carly said, putting a hand to her ample bosom with relief.

"Liked it? It was perfect!" Isabella exclaimed, "Chocolate is one of my most favorite things in the whole world!"

"Well that's good because I got you a whole basket to celebrate us officially becoming big and little sises," Carly said with a broad smile.

"Really?" Isabella squealed with delight.

"Yep, it's up in my room. I'll go get it later," Carly said, "After all, there's enough chocolate down here to keep us both satisfied for a while!"

"Hey, what do you mean 'us'?" Isabella said archly, "Don't think you're going to get any of my chocolate!"

Carly could only smile. She and Isabella were two of a kind.