#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?

a little handheld mirror as she did her makeup, and Lori was

going out with us

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Jessica said matter-of-factly, not

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replied, a bit annoyed that it seemed that my

we going?”

club in

“It’s their

drinks.”

of this if both Lori and Jessica had already made up their minds.

tossing

the counter and heading

and get

asked, looking over her shoulder at me with a smirk. I paused at my door, not

wasn’t a date,” I

And… It was

returned

few hours later, Jessica, Lori and I were standing in line outside

wearing nothing but a skimpy, sparkly pink dress with

Jessica replied. “I hate

and I looked at each other and

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

and my hands and dragged us straight toward the bar, where she immediately ordered three shots of some alcohol that I couldn’t hear her pronounce over the loud

like a ditsy sorority girl. Lori and I gave each

one big unit to the music, the flashing lights making them look like they were moving almost robotically. Jessica, of course, wanted to be right in the center of the group and wriggled her way in with

of sight, out of

shot we took at the bar started to hit, and soon I was dancing along with my friends. It felt good just to let loose without having to deal with any drama just us three girls. I was

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