#Chapter 43: Mean Girls

Nina

When I got home, Jessica and Lori were both furious.

“Where were you!” Jessica yelled as soon as I walked in the door. I didn’t even have a chance to hang my jacket up.

“You totally ditched us,” Lori chimed in, folding her arms across her chest. ” We thought you got kidnapped or something. Then that freak typhoon hit and you still weren’t answering your phone.”

“Okay, mom and dad,” I said, tossing my bag down on the counter. “I’m sorry. Just, you know… I was lonely, and there was a cute guy.”

Jessica let out a big sigh. “Well, you could’ve at least let us know you were leaving,” she said. “But I know with

everything going on lately, stuff like that happens.”

Meanwhile, Lori didn’t seem convinced at all. She had always been more intuitive than Jessica and could always see through a lie, but she didn’t say anything this time. Still, seeing her hurt expression made me feel awful for lying and I couldn’t let myself walk away like this.

I took a deep breath. “Actually,” I said, looking at my feet, “that’s not what happened. I did something really stupid, and honestly I’m lucky that it didn’t turn out worse than it did.”

Jessica and Lori were silent. When I looked up at them, they both looked concerned and confused. I sighed and continued.

“I didn’t watch my drink at the bar and I got drugged.”

Jessica gasped and clamped her hand

over her mouth, her eyes wide. Lori, without a word, ran over to me and threw her arms around me.

held me, the more I felt like I was going to cry until I couldn’t hold it in anymore and I started sobbing into Lori’s

weren’t at that asshole’s place all night, were you?” Lori asked finally, pulling away a bit to look at me. The smudged makeup under

friend of

both let out a sigh of relief. I didn’t feel as bad not telling them that I was actually picked up by

through her tears. “I’m

They were doing something to the guy who tried to drug

her office treating students, since there was a flu outbreak on campus.

home.

day, and the campus was quiet. I enjoyed nights like this more than anything; feeling the cool autumn breeze on my skin

something else in store for me, because Lisa was crossing the quad and

her sides and her hair a

said nervously

I realized that she was indeed headed

not hesitating for a second before her hand flew forward and grabbed

I yelped, trying to wrench my hair free from her surprisingly strong grip.

apartment the other day, you dirty, pathetic little slut!” she

but she didn’t seem to care. She clearly just

and notebooks falling out of

like some sort of

her sharp, manicured

spit flying out of her mouth as she attacked

my head on the sidewalk. I grabbed her wrists and attempted to stop her, but it was no use. It was like she was on something, or

around my throat.

couldn’t breathe.

tried to get her off of me, but the longer she choked me, the weaker

vision started to

the sound of people running toward us and saw

screaming like a

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