Lookism: What Am I Even Doing?

Chapter Thirteen

Things were smoothed over pretty nicely with Vasco and in the end I didn't have to do anything about it. The next morning after I visited Enu, Sook said he left something for me on my desk. She did the favor of hiding it inside of her purse so none of the other guys would see it. He bought me medicine for menstrual cramps.

I thanked him over text and he sent me this.

Vasco - Jace said they were the best. I hope you feel better.

I looked down at the medication. Never had I wished my period would come except then. I've kept them in my backpack since then. He's also hasn't tried to contact me every since then. Not even when I went to the cafeteria the same day with Sook. I don't really think he was paying attention to anything at the moment. He was having a conversation with Jace.

It hurt me a little bit. 

"You're getting your cast off this weekend right?"

"Yeah."

"Daniel. I heard you are raising five retrievers, is that true?!"

His voice was so loud. Vasco rushed over towards Daniel with his phone in hand. When did Daniel decide to take them in? I thought maybe she had gone off on her own. Now that I knew he was taking care of them I felt really reassured. Its going to be hard for him but I know he'll do his best to treat them right.

I packed up the rest of my food. Its getting pretty noisy in here. You can't even enjoy your food when everyone's talking so loud.

Uncle watched me slowly as I dragged myself into the shop. He greeted me but I couldn't bring myself to greet him back. Right now even smiling seemed like a task. What was wrong with me that I was feeling this way? My mind was so blurry and my body felt weak. There was also this small tugging in my heart.

I hadn't noticed I'd been laying in my bed for that long until my Uncle came into my room and turned on the lights. The mechanical clock on my wall told me that it was ten. Closing time. Had I really lain here since I got back from school? That was around six hours. Maybe I really was getting my period.

"I'll be down in a bit."

He sat down at the foot of my bed, "I closed early today. Everything's cleaned up."

"Oh, okay."

We sat there in silence for a moment. He was probably waiting for me to tell him what was wrong with me. Even if I knew I don't know if I'd be able to tell him. I wanted to be alone for a little bit is all. We all have days when we can't even lift our hands to grab our phones. With enough rest I'll be better by tomorrow.

"Do you....want to take tomorrow off? I want to take you somewhere."

Can I really do that? Won't I get in trouble with the school? I've already missed so many days after the school trip. Those were the things I should've been worrying about but I wasn't. Instead I let him help me out my jacket and slip of my shoes. I buried myself underneath the pile of my blankets and cried.

We woke up early in the morning, around six-thirty. Around this time he'd be downstairs prepping up the store. It was odd to see him out of his work clothes and in a black suit. I wore mine as well.

People must've thought we were strange to be walking in the middle of the morning with our best attire. A dog walker gave us a look as we headed over to the park near the cannel. I'm not really sure what Uncle wanted to show me here but I followed along. I really didn't feel like going to school today and if this took me out of it then so be it.

We walked all the way to the edge where a single park bench sat behind a bunch of workout equipment. My eyes lingered at one particular bar where weights were piled onto each other. There was no way that someone could humanly carry all that weight. I might barely be able to on a good day but for an actual workout?