#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

that asshole’s place all night, were you?” Lori asked finally, pulling away a bit to look at me. The smudged makeup under her eyes from the

of mine saw what was happening and stepped in and took me to

sigh of relief. I didn’t feel as bad not telling them that I was actually picked up

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

didn’t see Enzo or Luke 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

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

home.

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

store for me, because Lisa was crossing the quad and heading directly

me with her fists balled up at her sides and her hair a

I said

when I realized that she was indeed headed straight

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

trying to wrench my hair free from her surprisingly strong grip. “What are

pathetic little slut!” she yelled, yanking my hair so hard that tears came to

not what you–” I said, but she didn’t seem to care. She clearly just wanted to

notebooks falling out of my

like some sort of demon,

me with her

fucking bitch!” she screamed, spit flying out of

light as Lisa grabbed me by the throat and throttled me, hitting my head on the sidewalk. I grabbed her wrists and attempted to stop her, but it was no use. It was like she

tightened around my

couldn’t breathe.

of me, but the longer she

vision started

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

screaming like

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