A/N: this is about how a felt today (I had also just found out Liam Payne d!ed today, rip)
TW: ED, body insecurity, body judgement comments (There is a bit of smut, but not a lot)
Marjorie had never been in the rooms normally, due to being the manager, but today, due to a shortage of staff, she offered to go in. She walked in and saw Charlotte, who looked confused to see her. "Hey Marjorie, why are you here?" She asked, with her normal smile. "Hello, my love, I'm here, because there's a shortage of staff. I thought it'd be safer for me to be with the whining children than Autumn." They both chuckled, and parents started to walk in, so they parted ways to do handover. A woman well known around the nursey approached Marjorie. "Hello Marjorie, how are you?" The woman looked her up and down before rolling her eyes. Marjorie took notice but decided to ignore it. "Hello, I'm good, how is Eloise today?" Marjorie asked, smiling. "She's clearly better than you." The woman placed down her daughter, and Marjorie looked confused. "What's that meant to mean?" Marjorie put her hands on her hips. "Well, you're basically demonstrating it. Look at you, I'd say... you're... not going on your usual runs anymore?" The woman grinned, as Marjorie's smile faltered. "Anyways, Eloise is fine, I'll be back tonight, bye." The woman walked out, as Marjorie stood stunned, looking at her body. Throughout the day, Marjorie kept thinking about what the woman said.
The next day, something crazy happened, another freaky Friday, only, she was in Mia's body this time. She had said nothing to Reece last night about the parent, as she didn't want to worry him. As her (in Mia's body) and Mia (in Autumn's body) stood in the office, Siobhan (in Marjorie's body) walked in. "Which ever one of you is Marjorie, you need to start doing some more working out, I got winded walked down the corridor." Marjorie's expression changed, and Mia noticed, just didn't say anything. The day went on, and Marjorie found herself, constantly staring at Siobhan (in Marjorie's body), then comparing herself (in Mia's body). At the end of the day, Reece managed to get Marjorie back in her body. She hadn't eaten the entire day, not feeling hungry seeing her body. She didn't say anything as she entered Reece's car. "Hey you, how was work, apart from going into my ex's body." Reece tried to joke, but Marjorie sighed. "It was fine." Marjorie stared out the window. As they returned home, Reece's eyes were glued on his phone and Marjorie. Marjorie had no idea why, but as Reece cooked dinner, she quickly stepped forwards. "I'm not hungry darling, you just cook something for yourself." She went upstairs and got changed, staring in the mirror as she put on her oversized jumper. Reece sat at the dinner table alone, playing with his food, before finally eating. He glanced at his phone again, reading the message Mia had sent him previously that day. "Watch out for your girl, she's had a rough day I think, I saw her expression falter at Siobhan stated a few things, and I'm assuming things had been rough the day before, as she didn't mention anything and didn't come in as she normally would." Reece looked to his bedroom which was upstairs, put his empty plate in the sink and went upstairs. "Hey gorgeous, what are you doing?" Reece asked, laying on the bed where Marjorie was currently laying. "Nothing much darling, just trying to sleep." Marjorie said, before opening her eyes and seeing Reece on top of her. He started planting kisses on her neck, but she wasn't in the mood. Reece removed his jumper, throwing it to side, before his hands moved under Marjorie's top. He started to pull it off, until Marjorie freaked. "Actually! I don't think I wanna do this tonight!" She pulled her shirt back down, causing Reece to look at her confused. Marjorie never turned down sex. Like, never. "Are you okay?" He sat down next to her, worried. "I'm fine!" Marjorie snapped and rolled over. Reece stared at her shocked, before stripping down to his boxers and laid in bed, pulling the covers up.
Marjorie was like this for weeks, until Reece figured it out. Marjorie was going on runs, doing more exercise, and skipping more meals. Marjorie had let some stupid comments get to her head. Such as today, Reece woke up early to find Marjorie wasn't in bed. He got ready and looked at the time, 5:40am, when a soaking wet Marjorie walked in the door. "Hey darling... how are you?" Marjorie was dripping in sweat and water, since it had been raining. "I'm fine, what about you?" Marjorie nodded, before heading off to the shower. After Marjorie got ready, Reece dropped her off and she walked into the office, where Autumn was already sitting. "Morning Autumn, how are you?" Marjorie asked, grinning big. "I'm fine, why are you so happy?" Autumn kept her head down at the paperwork. "I'm finally starting to lose weight!" Marjorie clapped her hands with excitement, but Autumn looked up. "You're... losing weight...?" Autumn looked over to Marjorie. "Yes! I know! I'm so proud of myself!" Marjorie got excited again. "I was thinking of getting some new clothes for my new body." Autumn looked worried. "Marjorie, why are you... trying to lose weight?" Marjorie looked over to Autumn. "Oh, no reason, just felt like it." Marjorie kept working, until she got up. "I'm go- going ou... out..." Marjorie started to sway. "Marjorie?" Autumn looked concerned. Marjorie got dizzy and fainted. "Marjorie!?" Autumn ran up, shaking Marjorie's shoulder, dialing her older brother. "Reece! Get here now! Marjorie's just fainted!" Autumn screamed into the phone. Reece got in his car and quickly made his way over. While all of this was going on, Winter, Autumn's husband walked in. "My love, I have this for-." Winter stopped and dropped the papers. "Marjorie!?" Winter dropped to his knees, while Autumn waited for Reece, who arrived soon. Reece sprinted into the office, quickly seeing Marjorie. "Oh my god! What happened!?" Reece quickly went by Marjorie's side. "She just fainted, but... she got excited over something..." Both Winter and Reece looked at Autumn. "She was losing weight..." Reece sighed and picked up Marjorie. "Call her in sick." He walked out to his car, placed Marjorie inside. Marjorie woke up on the couch, rubbing her eyes. Reece went by her side. "Hey you... how you feeling?" Reece started to stroke her hair. "Reece? Why aren't I at work?" Reece sighed. "Love, you passed out... You've been overworking yourself."
Months went by and Marjorie had gotten better, and she started eating lunch with Carly and Reece. She wasn't overworking herself, thought she had gotten the body she wanted.
But at what cost?
