Truth kept

Chapter 12 - meeting the friends

I pulled myself out of bed after getting a text which woke me up.

Hey Ali, meet us all at park in half an hour, ly xx

I pulled on some leggings and a long baggy tshirt and looked longingly into the mirror. I pressed the tshirt against my stomach and took in a quick breath. I ran into the bathroom and shoved a toothbrush in my mouth, and grabbed my shoes from the hallway and my phone from the table.

"I'm going to the park with mates, I'll be back before tea ok?" I shouted to anyone as long as I got a response.

"OK sweetheart, have fun." My mum replied

I held onto my phone as I made my way to the park as I didn't have any pockets. I started to get a sharp pain shooting through my stomach area. Not good!

I could see my friends waiting for me all huddled around the table and benches.

"Hey guys," I said giving everyone a hug

"Hey Ali, long time no see," Alice said

I laughed and then that quickly turned into a straight face thinking about the real reason why I havnt been in school apart from the other day.

Jay cracked open a can of beer that he pulled out of his rucksack, and offered everyone else one too.

"Ali, you want one?" He offered

"No thanks," I said with a big lie

"Oh come on, what happened to the old you?" He laughed

"I said no OK?" I snapped backed

He looked at everyone with wide eyes and sat back down and took a few more wigs of his beer

The next twenty minutes were kind of awkward.

"So, where you been lately?" Phoebe asked me to break the silence

"Ill," I said quickly

"What the heck did you have? You were gone for ages," She asked again

"Just sick and headaches and shit," I said

I was getting kind of hungry so we headed over to the food stool near the gate.

"Has anyone got any money I could borrow as I left mine at home? I said helplessly

"Sure," Henry reached into his pocket and pulled out a couple of pound coins

"Hey, can I have a large portion of chips please?" I asked

"Sure that will be two pound fifty please?" The stool owner said

I dropped the gold coins into his hand and he in return gave me the chips in a paper cone.

We sat back down onto the benches and I was digging into the chips, and I couldn't care less that at this point they were burning the hell out of my mouth.

A few of my mates were snatching the odd chip, but I couldn't let them take too many as I am feeding for TWO!

"Jeez Ali, your scoffing them quicker than a lion can rip up its prey," Alice said

"Im hungry, is there a problem with that?" I asked looking up

"Putting on the extra pounds for the winter?" Callum laughed prodding my belly

I smacked his hand away and gave him an evil glare.

"Whoa there girl, calm it," He said astonished

I finished my chips and wiped the remains from around my mouth. We walked over to the wings which wasn't a very good idea as I felt like the chips would come back up, but hey ho.

I instantly stopped swinging and cluched onto my stomach in pain. I let out a small yell and Alice jumped off her wing and rushed over to me.

"What on earth is wrong Ali?" She said worriedly

"Its probably just the tail of my flu." I tried telling her

"Maybe you should go home, you ain't looking right?" She said truthfully

I didn't feel right at all to be honest. I had a pounding headache, my stomach was killing me and I felt really self consious of my stomach at the moment, they already told me I'm putting on weight.

I waddled home with Alice attached to my arm.

"Wheres the others?" I said acting like I had forgotten everything that's just happened

"There at the park, they said they will wait for me," She smiled

She knocked on my front door and my mum answered.

"Whats wrong with her?" My mum asked looking at Alice

"She's not feeling too good," She replies

"Take her upstairs for me sweety," My mum technically orders her

She helped me up the stairs as I was still clutching my stomach and plopped my on my bed.

"So, how you feeling?" She asked me

"SHIT!" I told her moving my hands to cup my face

I ran to the toilet and upchucked my chips. I flushed the chain and splashed water all over my face.

"What the fuck is wrong with you Ali, your scaring me!" She said looking at me with a panicking look

"I told you, I don't need to tell you again do I?" I asked

"Anyway to change subject, hows life at home then?" She smiled

"Boring, and if I'm ill what am I supposed to say?" I laughed

"Hows you and Mitch?" She said as one of her MANY questions

My face dropped and my eyes directly headed for the floor. I picked up my pillow and lobbed it at her like the good old pillow fights we used to have.

SHIT!  But wasn't picking up my pillow a BIG mistake!

She glanced over at my and her eyes leaded to the pillow underneath the first one.

"Ali, what is that?"