#Chapter 40: Girls Night Out

Nina

“Fancy seeing you here,” Justin said with an oddly warm smile. “Can I sit with you?”

I bit my lip and glanced around quickly, half expecting Lisa or someone else to be snickering nearby as if this was all a prank — but there was no one else. It seemed as though he came alone. Why was he acting so different all of a sudden and dressed like Enzo? It all felt a bit weird and I didn’t really want to stick around to see what would come of it.

“I was actually just leaving,” I said, shutting my laptop and standing as I slipped my things into my bag. Justin looked immediately saddened, but what could I do? He was my ex and I had made it clear, multiple times, that I

wouldn’t be open to any sort of

friendship or relationship with him

after I found him cheating on me with

Lisa in my own bed!

“Oh,” Justin said with a sad frown, his

shoulders drooping. “Well, see you

around, then.”

I managed a pitiful smile before turning on my heel and practically running out of the coffee shop.

What was all that about?

home. Jessica was sitting on the floor with a little handheld

out

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Jessica said matter-of-factly, not

from the

head. “Oh?” I replied, a bit annoyed that it seemed that my

we going?”

new club in

“It’s their

drinks.”

able to get out of this if both Lori and Jessica had already made up their minds. I loved them, but they

said, tossing

the counter and heading to

shower and get

was your date?” Jessica asked, looking over her shoulder at me with a smirk. I paused at my door, not wanting to think about Justin randomly

date,” I

studying. And…

returned to her

and I were standing in line outside the

nothing but a skimpy, sparkly pink dress with heels while Lori and I were

Jessica replied. “I hate

looked at each

let us through without so much as checking our ID’s, which he had been doing with all of the girls so far. It seemed that they just wanted as many college girls as possible inside, which was a somewhat gross

over to the attendant, Jessica grabbed both Lori’s and my hands and dragged us straight toward the bar, where she immediately ordered three shots of some alcohol that

ditsy sorority girl. Lori and I gave each other another look at our friend’s goofy

robotically. Jessica, of course, wanted to be right in the

of sight,

I was dancing along with my friends. It felt good just to let loose

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