#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.

felt like I was going to cry until I couldn’t hold it in anymore and I started sobbing into Lori’s shoulder. Jessica came over and rubbed my

to look at me. The smudged makeup under her eyes from the night before made her expression even darker. novelxo.com fast

friend of mine saw what was happening and stepped in and took

them that I was actually picked up by a talking skeleton

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

They were doing something to the guy who

Tiffany and 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 hours of tending to feverish and vomiting students, I was exhausted and just happy

home.

after being cooped up in an office all day, and the campus was quiet. I enjoyed nights like this

universe had something else in store for me, because Lisa

toward me with her fists balled up at her sides and her hair a mess. She was wearing her skimpy

I said nervously with

wave when I realized that she was indeed headed straight for

a second before her hand flew forward and grabbed one of my braids,

free from her surprisingly strong grip. “What are you

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

what you–” I said, but she didn’t seem to

and shoved me hard enough to send me to the ground, my laptop and notebooks falling out of my bag and slamming on

sort

me with her

screamed, spit flying out

grabbed me by the throat and throttled me, hitting my head on the sidewalk. I grabbed her wrists and attempted to stop her, but

grip tightened around my throat.

couldn’t breathe.

get her off of me,

vision started

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

and screaming like a

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