#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

at that 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 before made her

shook my head. “No. It didn’t get that far. Thankfully, a friend of mine saw what was happening and stepped in and took me to the

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,

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

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

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

home.

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

in store for me, because Lisa was crossing the quad and heading directly

out on something, storming toward me with her fists balled up at her sides and her hair a mess. She was wearing her skimpy cheerleading uniform with no

hey,” I said nervously

I realized that she was

her hand flew forward and grabbed one of my braids,

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

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

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

some sort of demon,

me with her

fucking bitch!” she screamed, spit flying out

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

tightened around my throat.

couldn’t breathe.

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

started

running toward us and saw two guys grab Lisa by her arms

and screaming like a feral

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