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#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.

a few moments. The longer Lori 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 shoulder. Jessica

you?” Lori asked finally, pulling away a bit to look at

get that far. Thankfully, a friend of mine saw what was happening and stepped in and took me to

let out a sigh of relief. I didn’t feel as bad not telling them that I was actually picked up by a talking skeleton and carried to

up at me through her tears. “I’m

Wednesday, I started to wonder if they were avoiding me, or if… They were doing

day in her office treating students, since there was a flu outbreak on

home.

being cooped up in an office all day, and the campus was quiet. I enjoyed nights like this more than anything; feeling the cool autumn breeze on my skin

store for me, because Lisa was crossing

her sides and her hair a mess. She was wearing her

I said nervously

I realized that she was indeed

before her hand flew forward and grabbed one of my braids, yanking

free from her surprisingly strong grip. “What

you dirty, pathetic little slut!” she yelled, yanking my hair so

but she didn’t seem to care. She

shoved me hard enough to send me to the ground, my laptop and notebooks falling out of my bag and slamming on

sort of demon,

her

spit flying out of

the throat and throttled me, hitting my head on the sidewalk. I grabbed her wrists and attempted to stop

grip tightened around my throat.

couldn’t breathe.

arms as I tried to get her off of me, but the longer she choked

started

the sound of people running toward us

like a