The Oddities Of Life

5. The Revelation

27th April, 2017

So today I finally got a chance to meet Leo again. We spent a lot of time talking in the nearby park. He was indeed surprised at my great guesswork of his nationality. The best part is that both of us share the same birthdays.

Everything went well until he asked me out for lunch. I realize the fact that I'm supposed to be happy on receiving such a great offer, but I wasn't. It was my mistake of not giving him the slightest idea of me being anorexic. Nothing can be as embarrassing as that. But I couldn't even deny our first real outing because I really liked this person.

"Everything fine?" he asked and with a positive reply, we headed to McDonalds. I could feel the beads of perspiration on my neck and forehead and he never stopped looking at my nervous face.

"Ohkayyy...so what shall we order?", he asked eagerly.

"I'll be good with salads", I said nervously.

"Are you kidding me? Aren't you hungry after all these hours?
  What about a cheeseburger and a drink?", the hungry boy asked.

"I'm sorry but I really wanna have something light.", I said.

"Okay , so make yourselves comfortable while I grab the food and come.", he said.

At this exact moment , I just wanted to run away. Our foods arrived and it was time for me to get my DISTRACTION MODE on.

"So you play the drums huh? I've seen you play them in the music room. Must say, you are one hell of a player!", I appreciated his skills.

"Haha thanks! I play them to relieve my stress. Well you've got a mini stalker too cause I've seen you play the keyboard.", he pelted back.

"Well it was my mom's dream to see me become a rising musician. After her death, I'm fully devoted to music and I'm even planning to join the Juilliard Music Academy hopefully after school. " Now I decided to stop there because I felt I stretched the conversation way too much.

"Now I see some bright and sorted plans made up there. Good luck on that! "

Finally he was done with his food and as he inquired about why I wasn't eating , I tried to prove him wrong by stuffing the salad into my mouth with great difficulty. Thankfully at that moment he wanted to go to the washroom and as soon as he left, I immediately disposed the salad and rushed to the washroom. I spat off the salad and washed my mouth several times. I sprayed body mist all over my body to get rid of it's smell. While we were leaving , he said that he had a great day with me today and I weaved a smile on my face. We then shared hugs and left.

As soon as I reached home, I banged the door behind me and on hearing the big thud, my parents came rushing to ask if everything was alright, and I sent them off with a positive reply. Next I brushed my teeth hard and cried a lot. I forced myself to puke. I looked at myself on the mirror and slapped several times till the five fingers got imprinted on my cheeks. I have never really felt this troubled in these 16 years of my life and doubted if I was going mad. After spending about an hour there... I got out and dinner was ready by then. Forcefully I was made to eat bread and butter by my mom who didn't fall for my tears as she was so determined to see me gain a pound from 18 kg.

So it was a pretty embarrassing day today and I'm totally stressed out. I'm glad that he had fun with me today but I wonder what the next task is going to be with him though!