Before He Met Her

Chapter Eighteen

"So class, we'll be presenting in two days." The teacher told the class as the bell rang. "Coming to lunch?" Jake asked me. "Uh yeah." I said as I got up from my chair, nearly fainting. "You okay?" Jake asked me. "Uh yeah, just tired." I lied. "Yeah, tired right, tired of having to pretend everything's fine I thought to myself.

I've been taking appetite suppressants and drinking water and tea to suppress my appetite. So far it seemed to be working well. "So for our project I think Brady pretty much finished everything." "Thank God!"' I said relived. "Are you free tonight?"Lucy asked me. "I'm going to the GYM after school, after that I'm free." I told her.

"That's all you ever do anymore." She said to me. "What?" I asked feeling dizzy again. "You're always working out, can't you take a day off from it ever?" She asked me. "It's the End of the season, I'm at my peak." I told her. "And i'm proud of you for that but don't forget about everything else along the way." She told me.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked her. "That there's life outside of wrestling and I'm trying to remind you of that." She said in that sweet soft tone of hers. "You know what, I guess one night off won't hurt me." I said as I kissed her lips as we entered the empty closet in the locker room.

"Woah, easy there." I said to her noticing she threw me up against the wall. Before I knew it were already making out and it felt so good. I wrapped my arms around her waist and she pulled me in closer toward her. I noticed she felt a little bit thinner than usual.

"That was uh, really nice." I said to her as we pulled away from each other after about ten and a half minutes.

"Are we going to lunch now?" She asked me. "Depends." She said. "What do you mean?" I asked her. "We both know you've been struggling with the ADHD again and I mean you're parents are getting a divorce." She told me. "What's that got to do with going to lunch?" I asked her. "I know you well enough to know that you haven't been doing well." She explained to me taking my hand.

"It's that obvious?" I asked her. "Well, maybe not to everyone but I know you Babe and I know you're struggling." She said to me. "But I'm fine I mean yeah it's upsetting but what can I do about it.... Nothing absolutely nothing." I told her. "What do you say we get out of here?" She asked me. "You mean like skip the rest of the day?" I asked her.

"Yeah, what do you say?" She asked me. "I can't I'm sorry." I told her. "That's okay, it was a stupid idea, what about later?" She asked. "I'll meet you at the lake." I told her. "Sounds good." She agreed as we went out separate ways to the cafeteria.

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"Dude, you good?" Jake asked me as he tapped my shoulder. "Where am I?" I asked groggily. "Are you drunk again?" He whispered to me. "Still sorta recovering from Friday night." I said as I slouched in my chair. "I can tell." Jake told me.

"You with us Thomas?" The English teacher asked me. "May I go to the nurse, I'm feeding sick suddenly." I asked her in front of everyone. "Go ahead." The teacher said as she continued to write on the board. "Thank you, I'm really sorry I have to miss class." I said as I walked out.

But I wasn't going to the nurse, I was going to walk around the hallways for exercise. I couldn't stand sitting in desks all day, my body needed to move around. When suddenly I could feel my stomach churn. I've been sick to my stomach since Saturday the day after the Taylor's wild party.

I walked into the bathroom and threw up into a toilet, "ugh, I felt so gross." So I grabbed an anti acid pill from my pocket and swallowed it with some water from the sink. "Aren't you supposed to be in class?" Logan joked to me. "Uh, no actually." I said with a raspy voice. "Matches tonight I hear you're supposed to be first up." Logan said as he washed his hands.