#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.

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

look at me. The smudged makeup under her eyes from the night before made

that far. Thankfully, a friend of mine saw

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 a werewolf’s apartment, so

me through her tears. “I’m glad you’re

wonder if they were avoiding me, or if… They were doing something to the guy who tried to drug me. The

was heading home. We had spent the day in her office treating students, since there was a flu outbreak on campus. Needless to say, after

home.

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

universe had something else in store for me, because Lisa

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

hey,” I said

realized that she was indeed headed

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

my hair free from her surprisingly strong grip. “What are you

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

but she

and notebooks falling out of my

some sort

me with her sharp, manicured

out of her mouth

throttled me, hitting my head on the sidewalk. I grabbed her wrists and attempted to stop her, but it was no use. It was

tightened around my

couldn’t breathe.

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

started to

sound of people running toward us and saw two guys grab Lisa by her arms and yank her

and screaming like

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