#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 mirror as she did her makeup, and Lori was texting
going out with us
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Jessica said matter-of-factly, not
from the mirror.. novelxo.com
in the kitchen and cocked my head. “Oh?” I replied, a bit annoyed that it seemed that
we going?”
new club
“It’s their grand opening.
drinks.”
out of this if both Lori and Jessica had already made up their minds. I loved them, but they
said, tossing my
the counter and heading to
shower and
smirk. I paused at my door, not wanting to think about
date,” I
And…
returned to
standing in line outside
rubbing her arms. She was wearing nothing but a skimpy, sparkly pink dress with heels
too much trouble,” Jessica replied. “I hate having to deal with
looked at each other and rolled
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
inside and handed our coats 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 I couldn’t hear her pronounce over the loud club music. The bartender filled three
with us and downing it like a ditsy sorority girl. Lori and I
wanted to be right in the center of the group and wriggled her way in with Lori and I on her heels. I took a big swig of my drink and scanned the crowd, happy to see that neither Enzo nor Justin were around; or at least, I couldn’t see them anywhere, which
sight,
was dancing along with my friends. It felt good just to let loose without having to deal
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