Girls Night by I.S. Belle
Author:I.S. Belle [Belle, I.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fight club, sapphic, young adult, highschool, teen, femlae friends
Publisher: Tiny Ghost Press
Published: 2024-04-15T23:00:00+00:00
Itâs not about Girls Night, she told herself as she neared the office. When that fell flat, she tried, she doesnât have anything concrete on us.
Unless she did, and sheâd marked Tulsi as the one most likely to screw them over for personal gain. Some of those social media posts were getting less vague. A girl had posted a #GirlsNight photo of her skinned knee that showed peopleâs faces in the background. Another girl had made a text post talking about how her latest assignment had gone on her public account: sneaking out to play drums in her new punk band. Alex had made them take both of them down, and the next Girls Night, sheâd given an impassioned speech about not posting anything on socials you wouldnât want your mother to read in front of your whole family.
No talking about Girls Night, sheâd begged. No assignment talk, no showing off bruises, and for the love of God, no face pics.
Yazmine tilted side to side in a roller chair, high heels up on the admin desk. She hit Tulsi with a lazy peace sign as she entered. âGood luck, bitch. Hope your new school sucks.â
Tulsi flipped her off and knocked.
Ms. Ryansâs voice floated through the door. âCome in.â
Tulsi sat on the couch and slouched down as far as she could get away with. âWhatâs up?â
Ms. Ryansâs weariness was showing through her concealer. Her eyes drifted down to Tulsiâs thigh, where a bruise poked out from under her skirtâs hem.
Tulsi sat up.
Ms. Ryans smiled tightly. âHowâs your family doing?â
âGreat. Weâre always great, us Ortizes.â
âAnd youâre still writing your own essays nowadays?â
âYou know it,â Tulsi said. They hadnât caught on to Sunjuâs one. Sheâd been starting to think she was in the clear.
âGood,â Ms. Ryans said. Her smile was brittle in the way it was around most students she had in her office. Tulsi often got the feeling she regretted her career choices.
Ms. Ryans nudged a pencil back into its perfect place. All straight lines on her desk.
âLetâs not beat around the bush,â she said. âWeâve been noticing some worrying injuries since this self-defense course started.â
I bet, Tulsi thought. Skin splitting open on knuckles or floorboards. Bruises turning black. A gouge mark from someone who hadnât listened to the âno long nailsâ requirement. Last week, someone had spat out a tooth and giggled. There were so many girls at Girls Night nowadays that most attendants only got the chance to fight once every few weeks, and when they did, they unleashed a monthâs worth of shit.
Tulsi waited. âAnd?â
âAnd,â Ms. Ryans said, sighing, âwe would like to know if the rumors of a . . . of a fight club are true.â
There we go. Theyâd have to get more people on lookout.
âA what?â Tulsi barked out a harsh laugh. âNo. Shit, no.â
âAre you sure?â
âIf there was a fight club, weâd know about it.â
âMm. Howâs Joseph been as a teacher?â
âJoseph? Heâs fine. Good guy.â
Ms. Ryansâs eyes narrowed. Maybe Tulsi shouldâve been more dismissive. She didnât go around calling people good guys.
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