Chubby Love

Chapter 5.

Another day of school passed by and surprisingly Lumi didn't run into either Ren or Freddy. It was quite peculiar.

"Dang girl who's blowing you up?" Jade asked, trying to take a peek at the messages appearing on Lumi's phone.

"Uhh..no one." Lumi hesitated. She didn't want to let Jade know that she had been texting Ren all day.

Lumi: 'What is your problem?'

Ren: 'Nothing'

Lumi: "Looks like something.'

Ren: 'Don't go on that date tonight'

Lumi: "I wasn't but now I think I will'

Ren: Annoyed Emoji Inserted

Lumi: 'UGH'

"I can't believe Ren just stopped by your place last night. And you aren't sure what he wanted?" Jade asked.

Lumi finally looked up at her friend and sighed exasperated while shaking her head.

"These guys are driving me insane." Lumi muttered.

"Well snap out of it. You have a date tonight. And with a really hot guy." Jade said, trying to boost Lumi's confidence.

"Yeah..." Lumi was still not really sure about going out with Freddy that night but shrugged it off.

"Do you want me to come over and help you get ready?" Jade asked with excitement.

Lumi pondered it for a moment and said, "Mmm no I think I got it tonight."

Jade nodded and confirmed, "You do."

The two best friends left school arm and arm to Jade's car and she dropped Lumi off at her house.

When Lumi got inside she rushed to her room to get ready since Freddy said he would pick her up after school. He wasn't too specific on the time so she rushed and panicked a bit. Wait, why am I so nervous? It's just a small date, we are just friends, but he did confess he had some feelings for me. Oh my god, does he think this is a date, date? Of course he does, why wouldn't he. He literally told me he liked me! Lumi shouted in her head. The first date anxiety was starting to set in.

"Chill," she said to herself looking into her hazel eyes in the vanity mirror in her room.

She started combing her wavy brown hair which caused it to poof up a little. She really wished she had a hair straightener by now but she kept forgetting to buy one when she had a chance. All she had was the hair curler so she decided to turn that on and wait for it to heat up. In the meanwhile she put on a light coverage of makeup and some mascara and topped her lips with a cherry red stain. It made her pale skin look even more pale she thought and debated wiping it away but she didn't.

Once the curling iron was hot enough she went ahead and started to do some quick curls throughout her hair not really caring to make sure it was perfect. She was in a crunch for time. Then when she was satisfied she turned off the device and got up to search her closet. She pulled out a pink blouse that was still kind of a project piece but decided to put it back for another time. Next she pulled out an old dress she never got to wear. It was a long black tank dress that went down to her knees. Mmm let me just try it on, I doubt it fits. She said to herself.

She slipped into the dress and to her surprise it fit. "Oh my God it fits! Am I losing weight?" She smiled while looking at herself in the mirror. She was losing a little weight with all the excitement in her life. Recently she had totally forgotten about the comfort of her dessert cravings. Her smile went away when she saw how big her arms looked exposed. It was really not that bad but sometimes the mind just tricked insecurities to come out. So she went back to the closet and pulled out an oversized cardigan to throw over the dress. She nodded with assertion that this was the fit she would be rocking for the night. It was totally out of the norm for her to wear a dress because she didn't like the discomfort she felt when she was in them.