Chapter 177

"No," Lori interrupted, pushing Jessica back and standing in front of her, throwing down her sign, "but I will!" She pushed up her sleeves and began to rush at the other girl, but before she could, I grabbed her by the arm and yanked her back. My action resulted in a chorus of boos coming from the other side, and the other girl stuck her tongue out before disappearing into the crowd again.

"Lori," I said, squeezing her arm, "it's nice that you wanna stand up for your girlfriend, but try to tone it down a notch. It doesn't help our image if we let them get under our skin and start a fight within the first five minutes of coming here."

Lori nodded angrily, picking back up her sign. I watched as she grabbed Jessica by the hand and rejoined the rest of the group.