#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.

cry until I couldn’t hold it in anymore and I

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 night

that far. Thankfully, a friend of mine

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 a werewolf’s apartment, so I just left it

me through her tears. “I’m glad

if… They were doing something to the guy who tried to drug me. The thought haunted me all

had just finished up work with Tiffany and was heading home. We had spent the day in her office treating students, since there was a flu outbreak on

home.

in an office all day, and the campus was quiet. I enjoyed nights like this more than anything;

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

out on something, storming toward me with her fists balled up at her sides and her hair a mess.

said nervously

I realized that she

growled, not hesitating for a second before her hand flew forward and grabbed one of my braids, yanking me

free from her surprisingly strong grip. “What

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

she didn’t seem to care. She clearly

the ground, my laptop and notebooks falling out of my bag and slamming on the concrete. I

like some sort of

her sharp,

fucking bitch!” she screamed, spit flying out of

the sidewalk. I grabbed her wrists

around my throat.

couldn’t breathe.

my arms as I tried to get her off 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

screaming like a

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