Somehow it was already Monday and everyone was still talking about the party that happened Friday night. It was the last period before lunchtime and I was starving I didn't have much time for breakfast and I overslept too. "All right class, we'll pick up where we left off tomorrow." The teacher said to us.
That's when I practically raced out of my chair out into the hallway. I had to go to my locker to set down my morning books and get my afternoon books for the remainder of the day. "Hey, can we talk?" I hear Lucy say as she gently tapped my shoulder to get my attention. "Yeah, let's go somewhere more private." I said to her as I shut my locker door.
I looked around to make sure no one was around so we could sneak into the janitors closet. "Fuck, it's locked." I said to her. "That's okay." "Let's just talk quietly then." She said to me. "Look, I know we haven't talked much since the party..." I started to say. "That's what I wanted to talk about." She said to me.
"How about we hang out or something tonight so we can discuss things?" I asked her. "Yeah, sounds like a plan." She said to me. "Okay, cool I'll text you with plans." I told her as we walked into the cafeteria. "I've gotta go meet up with Taylor." She told me. "Go ahead, I should probably go find the guys." I told her. "Well, well well I guess you have a new girlfriend." Jake teased me.
"No, it's not like that, we're just friends." I told Jake. "Aren't you getting anything to eat?" He asked me as he picked up his sandwich. "Oh, I forgot." I said to him as I watched him eat his sandwich. "Where's Brady I asked. "He's getting some food." Jake explained to me. "I'll be right back." I told him as I headed over to the subway in the cafeteria.
"Can I get a ham and cheese on a flatbread with some shredded lettuce and peppers?" I asked the man. "I'll have that right out for you the man told me as I paid for my sandwich. "Thanks, have a good day." I told the man as I walked back to my table.
"Hey." Brady said to me as I sat down at the table. "You guys ready for practice?" I asked them as I practically devoured my sandwich. "Totally." Jake said as he finished his lunch. Just then the bell rang and that meant it was time for wrestling practice. We practically hurried into the Gym and made our way back to the locker room.
All of the upperclassmen were already In their workout clothes. My friends we're changing into their workout clothes. I realized that i forgot my workout clothes in my locker. "Guys, I'll be right back I need to get my Workout bag." I told them as I practically ran to my regular locker out in the hallway. "No running." I heard a teacher say. "Right, sorry." I said.
I finally got to my locker and I opened my locker and I quickly grabbed my GYM bag and I bought a bottle of water from the vending machine. I tried to speed walk to the GYM before the late bell rang. I somehow made it just in time back into the locker room. Everyone was already out of the locker room and I knew I didn't have much time to change so I tried to be quick.
I opened up my bag and took out my clothes then I quickly undressed myself. When suddenly I heard the sound of someone throwing up and a toilet was flushing too. As I got changed into my workout clothes and put on my deodorant on, I walked over to the bathroom side of the locker room. I nocked on the door and said, "are you okay." I was surprised to see the upper class man open the door.
"Oh, yeah I'm fine." The upper class man told me as he swished his mouth out with water and dried off his mouth with a paper towel. "Are you sure I can tell the coach." I said. "No, don't tell the coach." He told me sounding nervous. "What's your name?" The upper class man asked me. "I'm Thomas, and you." I said. "My name's Logan." He said as he walked over to his locker.
"I hate to bother you but I kinda need some advice." I said to him. "What's up?" He asked me. "I've been working out everyday, running, lifting and I'm not seeing any results yet." I said to Logan. "I can give you some pointers if ya want." Logan said to me. "Okay, sure." I said. "Well what do you normally eat?" He asked me.
"I skip breakfast most of the time because I usually end up being late for school, i usually eat sandwiches for lunch and dinner is usually pizza or whatever my mom makes." I told him. "I'm gonna let you in on a little secret." He said to me. I nodded my head and waited for him to start explaining things to me.
"What I do is I eat whatever I want and I keep myself in check by throwing up." He explained. "So you're saying that I can eat anything I want as long as throw everything up?" I asked him confused. "Well, you don't have to do it it's just a suggestion, or if your looking to get leaner you can just eat a lot of protein and take these water pills, also you should cut down on your carb intake." He said to me as he pulled a box out of his bag.
"Water pills?" I asked. "Basically they help you lose weight by releasing the extra salt and urine into your bladder, you piss out all of the bad stuff basically." He explained. "I hate puking, so I'll take the water pills and I guess I'll just keep working out and increase my protein intake and eat less carbs." I told him.
"All right, here you go." Logan told me as I put the box of water pills into my bag. "Also, I promise not to say anything to anyone, about any of this." I told him as we walked into the weight room. "Good, and if you need anything I mean anything advice or whatever you can talk to me." Logan said to me.
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It was 4:30 and I was was waiting for Lucy to text me back. " I got dinner." My mom told me. "What'd you make?" I asked her. "I ordered pizza again." She told me. "I'm actually meeting my friend Jake tonight." I lied to her. "I thought you loved pizza." She said to me. "Actually on second thought I'll grab a slice before I go." I told her. She cut a slice and gave it to me on a paper plate. "Thanks, mom." I said as I headed upstairs.
I decided to go up to my room and check my phone to see if Lucy texted me yet. But before I did I tore the slice of pizza apart and threw the little pieces of it into the toilet and flushed it down. I threw the plate in the garbage. Just then my phone vibrated I saw Lucy was typing. I decided to wait a minute or two before answering I didn't want to seem desperate.
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Before He Met Her
Saggistica(This is Thomas's Story, read how it started from the beginning!) It was his Freshman year of high school, he wanted to have a fresh new start in high school. He was sick and tired of being the quiet boy who read books in the back of the class. ...
