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#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.

few moments. The longer Lori held me, the more I felt like I was going to cry until I couldn’t hold it in anymore and I started sobbing into Lori’s

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

It didn’t get that far. Thankfully, a friend of mine saw what was happening and stepped in and took

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 I just left it at

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

if… They were doing something to the guy who tried

since there was a flu outbreak on campus. Needless to say, after hours of tending to feverish

home.

quiet. I enjoyed nights like this more than anything; feeling the cool autumn breeze

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

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

said

when I realized that she was indeed headed straight

a second before her hand flew forward

my hair free from her surprisingly strong grip.

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

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

and notebooks falling out of my bag and slamming on the concrete. I groaned

like some sort of

me with her sharp,

screamed, spit flying out of her mouth

the sidewalk. I grabbed her wrists and attempted to stop her, but it

tightened around

couldn’t breathe.

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

vision started

someone else scream. I heard the sound of people running toward us and saw two guys grab

screaming like a