#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?
on the floor with a little handheld mirror as she did her makeup, and Lori was texting on
going out with
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Jessica said matter-of-factly, not
up from the mirror.. novelxo.com
replied, a bit annoyed
we going?”
new club in
their grand
drinks.”
both Lori and Jessica
tossing
the counter and heading to my
shower and
Jessica asked, looking over her shoulder at me with a smirk. I paused at my door, not wanting to think about Justin randomly showing up like a clone
date,” I replied. “We
And… It was
grinned and returned
Lori and I were standing in line outside the club, waiting to get
a skimpy, sparkly pink dress with heels while Lori
too much trouble,” Jessica replied. “I
looked at each other and rolled
said, waving us forward. He 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
bar, where she immediately ordered three
over the music, clinking her shot glass with us and downing it like a ditsy sorority girl. Lori and I gave each other another look at our friend’s goofy behavior and took our
they were moving almost robotically. Jessica, of course, wanted to be right in the center of the group and
of sight, out of
with my friends. It felt good just to let loose without having to deal
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