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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.

anything for 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

finally, pulling away a bit to look at me. The smudged

didn’t get that far. Thankfully, a friend of mine saw what was happening and stepped in

I didn’t feel as bad not telling them that I was actually picked up by a talking skeleton and carried to a werewolf’s apartment, so I

through her tears. “I’m glad you’re okay,” she

at all for a few days. By Wednesday, I started to wonder if they were avoiding me, or if… They were doing something to the guy who tried to drug me. The thought haunted me all day, but I choked it down in order to get through

day in her office treating students, since there was a flu outbreak on campus. Needless to say, after hours of tending to feverish and vomiting students, I was exhausted and

home.

the campus was quiet. I enjoyed nights like

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

tracks as she approached. She looked strung out on something, storming toward me with her fists balled up at her sides

I said nervously

I realized that she was

she growled, not hesitating for a second before her hand flew forward and

trying to wrench my hair free from her surprisingly

apartment the other day, you dirty, pathetic little slut!” she yelled, yanking my hair so hard

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

hair and shoved me hard enough to send me to the ground, my laptop and notebooks falling out of my bag and slamming on the concrete. I groaned and attempted to stand, but she was on top of me

like some sort

with her sharp, manicured

spit flying out of her mouth

the sidewalk. I grabbed her wrists and attempted to stop her, but it was no use. It

around my throat.

couldn’t breathe.

as I tried to get her off of me, but the

started

scream. I heard the sound of people running toward us and saw two guys grab Lisa by

and screaming like