#Chapter 21: Pariah

Nina

The morning after my motorcycle ride with Enzo, I woke up to dozens of Twitter notifications. Still blinking the sleep out of my eyes, I scrunched up my eyebrows as I opened my phone and started to read all of the notifications.

“Wowwww @ninaharpı, alone time with Enzo, huh?”

“Enzo must be joking if he’s hanging around with that ugly nerd @ ninaharpı!!”

“What a slut, messing around with two boys from the hockey team at once. Save some for the rest of us @ ninaharpı!”

I sat up in bed, my eyes glued to the phone as I opened Twitter and realized that someone snuck pictures of Enzo and I last night. There were pictures of #Chapter 21. Pariah

me talking to Justin in the parking lot, a picture of me as I shoved Justin to the ground, Enzo wiping the tears from my cheek, and getting on his motorcycle together.

I knew I shouldn’t have trusted him. This was just another step in the game he was playing with me!

As I looked at the time, I realized that I had class in twenty minutes. I jumped out of bed and threw on some jeans and a t-shirt, quickly braided my hair and brushed my teeth, and ran out of my room.

Jessica was standing in the kitchen when I came out of my room. She looked up from making her coffee briefly, then looked back down. Even in that brief moment, I could see tears in her eyes.

“It was really nothing,” I said,

assuming that she already saw the #Chapter 21 Parian

photos. “Justin was harassing me and Enzo just happened to show up. He drove me home.”

seems to just magically appear around 1 you a lot lately,” she grumbled as

my bag on my shoulder. “It

coffee on the counter. “Bullshit,” she said, glaring at me

floor and bit my lip. “I’m just the team doctor,” I replied.

way he looks at you,” Jessica

#Chapter 21 Pariah

between you before, and I had a hard time believing it then. Now I know something is going on without a

with Jessica about everything, but right

said, “I’ll tell you everything later. But I’m

turned away and grabbed a paper towel to start cleaning up the coffee she spilled. Without another word, I ran out the

already exhausted from all of the dirty looks and whispering from other girls. I kept my head down and sat in the back of

I just tried to keep my head down and pretend like I was looking

looking at my notebook, someone sat down next to me. I looked up to see Lisa sitting beside me

today, please, Lisa,” I said, rummaging through my

away from both

replied. “But all of this is out of

stood and huffed, folding her arms across her chest. “Who knows what sort of dirty deal you made to be the team doctor?” she said, raising her voice. “For all I know, you probably slept with someone

team by the end of the semester.

students started whispering amongst themselves. Lisa, pleased with herself, stomped off to sit

the room

the quad, who seemed to be the only person at this stupid school who

toward her and walking with her. “I can’t take this anymore. I feel like I’ve got a

she said, pulling a piece of paper off of my

this.”

paper and winced.

$5 blowjobs,” the paper said. I whirled around to see a group of students snickering

said, waving the paper in the

wrapped her arm around my shoulders and guided me away. “Ignore them,” she said, grabbing the paper from my hands and crumpling it before throwing

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