The Thigh Gap Experiment

Chapter 2 They Want To Help

As soon as the car pulled into the school's parking lot, I grabbed my book bag from the backseat where I left it last night and shoved the lunch box I grabbed off the counter into it. Mom always packed my lunch for me, leaving it on the counter so I could just retrieve it before I leave. I guess Ana ate at school, because I've never seen her bring anything with her to eat.

"Will you hurry the fuck up?" Ana huffed, crossing her arms as she waited for me to close the door so she could lock it. As soon as the door was shut, the sound of it being locked was heard and we both made our way to the cafeteria where everyone sat in the morning as we waited for the first bell. Luckily for me, they served breakfast, meaning I got food again.

Ana and I went our separate ways, her going towards her friends, me going towards mine.

My friends, Katherine, Damon, Luka, Charlotte and Avery all sat at a round table, greeting me once they saw me. Katherine and Avery were identical twins, both tall and thin with vibrant red hair from them dying it. It was easy to say I was jealous of them. Charlotte was around my weight, but she was taller ,so it worked out for her. She had black hair with bangs covering her right eye. She was beautiful in my opinion, but we had the same eating habits. Damon was the tallest of the group, me being the shortest at 4'11. He has brown hair that was long. He usually tended to tie it in a ponytail at the back of his head. Last of all was Luka. He was only a few inches taller than me, but he had a muscular build that made him look taller that what he was. His blonde hair swept across his forehead and flipped up at the top, all set off with tan skin and blue eyes.

It was obvious I was the outcast of our tight-knit group, but none of them seemed to care.

"Hey, want to go get breakfast with me?" Charlotte asked, getting up from the table, knowing my answer was yes. Without a word, we made our way to the lines with food.

"I was thinking," I looked at Charlotte curiously,wondering what this would lead to. "My sister and yours were talking about this diet plan they wanted to help us with, you know, to get thiner or whatever," as she was saying this, we both grabbed a sausage and egg biscuit, moving down the line as I looked at her a little skeptically. I knew Charlotte's sister Mia was friend's with Ana, and I knew Charlotte was made just as much fun of as me by her sister, so I wondered why they wanted to help us.

"I don't kn-," she cut me off .

"They want to help us get thigh gaps," she whispered to me, not wanting anyone to hear as we grabbed a juice and sausage pancake stick and made our way to the check out.

"I don't know about this," I sighed, going to the cashier lady and paying for my food, opening and taking a bite of the pancake stick as soon as I paid. "How do you know this isn't a trick? They always make fun of us and call us whales and stuff...why would they want to give us a thigh gap? Aren't thigh gaps a little cliche?" I questioned, waiting for her to check out her food before moving back to our table slowly, finishing the rest of the pancake stick off and throwing the wrapper away in a trashcan a few feet away from our destination, Charlotte in pursuit.

"No, Lilith, I swear! Thigh gaps are the next big thing! Just think about it...we'll be so skinny all the boys will have to stare. Plus we won't be fat anymore!" I sighed at her quiet excitement, but I had to admit, it did sound pretty good to me. I always hated how much of a fat cow I was.

"Alright Charlie!" I said, giving in. "We can talk to them about it tonight,"

"Well, not tonight," she said suddenly. "I have to watch Mark and Sadie tonight, because Mia is staying the night with Ana tonight," I groaned, sitting down in a chair at the table with our group.

"Gosh you guys know how to eat," Damon chuckled, obviously joking with us. Me and Charlie just looked at each other for a moment.

"Hey, be nice," Katherine said, hitting Damon on the shoulder. "If they're hungry let them eat," He just rolled his eyes and punched her side gentl. Kat and Damon were dating, so this kind of playful abuse was normal.

"Okay, okay love birds. It's five minutes until class, we better star heading out," as Luka said, taking Avery's hand and pulling her up, causing her to blush. The two of them wern't in a relationship, but they flirted 24/7 just as we all stood the bell rang, telling people it was five minutes until class, causing everyone to rush out.

"See you guys at lunch!" Avery said happily, yet softly to everyone, being the quiet twin.

And with that, we all went our separate ways, except for me and Damon. We had homeroom together.