The Thigh Gap Experiment

Chapter 4 Ana and Mia

It was Saturday morning, meaning mom and dad were sleeping in. Charlie, thankfully, had already came over as soon as she woke up. I explained to her what all I heard Mia and Ana talk about, and she was just as confused as to what was going to happen as I was. I even told her about the zebra cake incident.

"I can't believe they'd say those things about us," Charlie huffed, laying on my bed next to me, both of us facing each other.

"Well, I mean, it is true isn't it?" I asked with a grunt as I sat up. "We're 16 and 230 pounds. We should be having fun and wearing bikinis and flirting with guys because we're hot and we can!"

"but all we're doing is sitting around and eating out hearts out,wishing we could be those girls " Charlie and I came to a realization when she finished saying the words we were both thinking.

"Now that's the kind of motivational speech I like," Mia was standing at the door, Ana on her hip.

"Get's strait to the point," Ana noted with a laugh. "Glad you guys came to this conclusion on your own or it would have sounded harsher coming from us. We can't just say you're fat without you realizing it,"

"And it's true, guys don't like fat girls," Mia giggled softly at herself as if she said some kind of hilarious joke.

"Okay, okay! We get it geeze. That's why you guys are here,making us not fat and all" Charlie said, rolling her eyes as she sat up on the bed, making a grunting sound like I had before. "Wait, you are here to help us,right? Not just to call us fat?"

Mia and Ana looked at each other for a moment before nodding.

"Well yeah...but we should inform you guys on some things. This isn't just a diet or something. You're going to have to live with this," Ana said, acting as if she were some instructor, pointing at a giant chalk board with bullet points written on it.

"I think we can handle it," I said, rolling my eyes. "It's not like we can't just stop when we want to quit,"

"You're wrong. And if you start talking like that we won't help you," Mia placed a hand on one of her bony hips. "This is The Thigh Gap Experiment. You guys make up the third trial. Julie was the second. Both of the first trials were successful. But, once you're in there's no backing out. So you decide, right here, right now. Do you want to be a bag of lard, sitting on your fat ass all day, or do you want to become skinny and have all your bones exposed?"

"But remember," Ana added. "There's no backing out. We're going to put you through some harsh things, and I want you to be aware of that. You don't realize it now, but these things will help you in the long run. The only downfall is that there's no quiting until you are absolutely perfect," Ana's blonde hair shone as she threw it over her shoulder. If the defenition of perfect was her then I'd agree instantly to it.

"But who decides when we've reached our full capability of being perfect?" Mia questioned, rasing an eyebrow, but by the tone of her voice I knew she was already in for it.

"Well, that's be Ed, Ana, and I,"

"Who is Ed?"

"He's the creator of The Thigh Gap Experiment,"

Charlotte and I looked at eachother for a second. I couldn't read her facial expression , but I knew she wanted to do this, and I knew I wanted to do it and be skinny for once too, but a nagging part of me was telling me it was a really bad idea. Either way, I answered the question for us.

"Okay...we're in,"