#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 back, tears

were you?” Lori asked finally, pulling away a bit to look at me. The smudged makeup under her eyes from the

It didn’t get that far. Thankfully, a friend of mine

feel as bad not telling them that I was actually

smiled up at me through her tears.

doing something to the guy who tried to drug me. The thought haunted me all day, but I choked

and was heading home. We had spent the day in her office treating students, since there was

home.

the campus was quiet. I enjoyed nights

else in store for me, because

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

I said nervously

when I realized that she was indeed headed

not hesitating for a second before her hand

I yelped, trying to wrench my hair free from her surprisingly strong grip. “What

little slut!” she yelled,

what you–” I said, but she

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

some sort of

me with her sharp, manicured

she screamed, spit flying out of her mouth

and throttled me, hitting my head on the sidewalk. I grabbed her

around my throat.

couldn’t breathe.

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

started

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

like a

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