#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.

I couldn’t hold it in anymore and I started sobbing into Lori’s shoulder. Jessica came over and rubbed my back, tears

night, were you?” Lori asked finally, pulling away a bit to look at me. The smudged makeup

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

didn’t feel as bad not telling them that I was actually picked up by a

her tears. “I’m

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

students, since there was a flu outbreak on campus. Needless to say,

home.

and the campus was quiet. I enjoyed nights like this more than

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

fists balled up at her sides and her hair a mess. She was wearing her skimpy cheerleading uniform with no jacket, which was odd considering how

said

I realized that she was indeed headed straight

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

wrench my hair free from her surprisingly

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

she didn’t seem to care.

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

like some sort of

me with her sharp, manicured

out of her mouth as she

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 was on

grip tightened around my

couldn’t breathe.

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

started

toward us and saw two guys grab

and screaming like a

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