Adopted! (Fifth Harmony)

Back to life

Lacey's pov
I got back from the hospital a week ago and I'm already back to normal. It took a lot of music, laughing, and medicine to completely recover. The girls found out about me not eating and forced me to eat and they've been watching me like a hawk to make sure I eat enough especially Dinah. Crazy little poly girl.
I am having my friends over today to see them again since I've been out of a school for close to a month. I put on a pair of shorts and a t shirt with a floral denim vest. I went downstairs where an angry Dinah was standing there with a plate in her hands.
"What?"
"Why was all if your breakfast in the trash?"
"I don't know maybe it was Charlie Charlie." I sass and pretend to look around scared like there was a ghost.
"Oh don't be smart you know what I'm talking about."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Yes you do now eat."
"Is that from the trash can?"
"Yes you wanna throw it out, you gotta eat it."
"No I don't wanna."
"You have to eat."
"Yeah but that was in the trash."
"Should've thought about that before you threw it out."
"Ew Dinah no I'm not eating it."
"Yes you are."
"No way."
"Yes way." she walks towards me.
"No!" I yell and run back up the stairs and she chases me with the food in her hand. I run around the hall dodging her here and there. I ran into mommy mani's room.
"Lacey what's...."
"Help mommy mani D-macs trying to shove trash food down my throat."
Dinah runs in the room and tries to catch me and feed me the food.
"Dinah what are you doing?"
"She threw out her food, she has to eat it."
"Dinah you can't feed her food from the garbage."
"She shouldn't have thrown it out."
"Dinah stop there are better ways to deal with this."
"No she needs to eat she needs to get healthy."
"So to get her healthy you're going to make her sick."
"Well.....yeah I...."
"Just go sit down somewhere Dinah...come on Lacey I'll make you a sandwich."
"Fine!" She picks me up off the bed and slings me onto her hip. I stick my tongue out at Dinah and put my hands on my ears. She sticks her tongue out back at me. Mani takes me down the stairs into the kitchen. She sits me on the counter and starts making my sandwich.
"Lacey why aren't you eating."
"I don't know it's just...i don't know. I got used to not eating much at the orphanage and then some stuff in my brain was like you're eating more you're getting fat stop blah blah and now it just feels like a game."
"I understand, don't tell anyone but I kind of went through that in my life, it was only for a year but I struggled I did and now i am gonna help you."
"Really?"
"Yeah so you are going to get healthier and you are going to start eating."
"I am?"
"Don't be sassy and yes you are going to be starting to eat slowly but surely we'll get you up to normal portions."
"Thanks mommy mani."
"Of course Lacey! now kid here is your Nutella and banana sandwich with milk. She hands me half of a Nutella banana sandwich and small glass with milk.
"See if we start with these small portions we can gradually grow the size till your eating normally."
"Thanks."
"Now where are the rest of your moms and dads so we can get ready for your friends."
"I don't know."
"I think we should get rid of Lou, Niall, Liam, and Ally don't you think!"
"That sounds like a good idea." we laugh and she finishes the other half of my sandwich.

Later on Luisa, Mack, Reagen, and Sadie had arrived and we were all sitting in the theater room watching a movie but really just talking and laughing.
"Wait so Hunter got his finger suck in the faucet?"
"Yup we had to get butter and everything to try and squeeze it out."
"That's hilarious." we all start laughing again. The doorbell rings.
"That must be Dean."
I run to the door Lauren following behind just in case it's some creep trying to kill us. I open the door and Deans blue eyes stare me right in the face. He smiles at me dressed extremely preppy.
"Hey Dean." I say.
"Hey Lacey." he looks behind me and his eyes brighten. be walks in hugs me and then walks past me to Lauren.
"And who is the Angel with the piercing green eyes?" He asks
"Woah kid I'm not your age."
"Doesn't matter, Estas buenisima, tu eres hermosa." (You're hot, you are beautiful.)
"¿Tu hablé español?" (You speak Spanish) She seems impressed.
"Sí mis padres son de España y Cuba."(my prarents are from Spain and Cuba)
"En serio yo también." (Seriously me too.)
"Wow we already have so much in common."
"Coming on a little too strong little man."
"Pido disculpas Mamita." (I apologize Girl.)
"I ain't your Mamita."
"You could be."
"Ok Dean your done." I grab him by his collar and drag him away from my mother who looks a little weirded out as he smirks at her while I'm dragging him away. We get to the theater and everyone greats him. I introduce him to Reagan and Sadie, Reagan takes an extra pleasure in meeting him. If you know what I mean. We all sat and talked for a while until the question I was dreading came.
"So Lacey what caused you to go into that coma sleep thing?" Sadie asked me.
"Uh well I had a seizure and hit my head."
"Why did you have a seizure?"
"Uh I get chronic nightmares basically I have nightmares so scary they feel real that I can't wake myself up from and sometimes I wake up not breathing."
"Oh wow that's scary isn't it?"
"Yeah but it's my reality so I'm used to it."
"How can you get used to something like that?"
"I don't know I just did because I had to face that I can't really change it not in a way my parents would be on board with."
"That's freaky!"
"Well ok this just got awkward." Mack says after a moment of strange silence overtook the conversation. We continued watching the movie in silence before everyone had to leave. Their parents picking them up one by one before it was just me and Dean left. His mother arrived later.
"Lacey who else is still here?" Lauren yells from the kitchen.
"Just Dean and his mom is here so he's leaving."
"Alright let me walk him out."
She walks with him to the door.
"It was a pleasure to meet you Mamita, don't dream about me too much." he says smirking as he kissed her hand.
"Ok kid you're leaving now."
"Goodbye Lacey feel better." he says leaving through the door. As soon as it closes Lauren gives me a relieved look.
"That Dean kid is quite the flirt isn't he?"
"Yeah he is an annoying little turd."
"Lacey why do you look so upset."
"I think everyone thinks I'm a freak."
"What why would you say that?"
"Because it just seems like they think I'm weird because of my condition."
"Lacey you're not weird because of that."
"I mean aren't I? My own thoughts basically come out of me and attack me and try to break me and saw me in half. My own mind is attacking me."
"That's one way to view it but that's not the correct way. Lacey you have a condition lots of people have conditions but they don't define them nor does it define you, Lacey your mind has been through a lot in its underdeveloped years which caused this but you're not a freak at all. Let me get a little Jesus on you right now, God loves you and made you in his image alright. Any complaints talk to the manufacturer. You're not a freak because of your condition. It's just a condition. You can't help it. I have epilepsy (a/n Lauren may not actually have epilepsy in real life) , I get seizures sometimes. That's a condition but that doesn't make me a freak. Hunter and Dylan have epilepsy too and they're the most normal boys ever. You are not a freak. Don't ever think that ok?"
"I understand mommy Lolo."
"Good now let's get some food."
"I'm not hungry."
"Lacey you haven't eaten in close to 5 hours."
"I'm not hungry."
"You have to eat now come on."
"I don't wanna."
"I'll give you a piece of gum afterwards."
"Fine!" She lifts me up onto her hip placed her hat on my head and took me into the kitchen.