Eat Your Food. // Adopted by 5SOS

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C A L U M

"She?"
I looked at Ashton with wide eyes and he stared back at me.
"Yes. She. As in a female."Ashton said with a ridiculous smile on his face.
There was a long pause and silence. Before Michael broke it,
"Is she cute?" Michael shrugged.
A chorus of ewes went around and then Ashton warned,
"She's 15- Almost 16. And she's coming in a week, so control your hormones."
We all looked at Michael and gave him a weird look.
"It was worth a try." He said once Ashton left.

***

A S H T O N

"I'm bored." Calum emphasized for what seems like the 100th time today.
"Calum. Goddamnit! We know. You've only said it a million times." Michael yelled

"Hey! Language. Ruby is coming in 3 days and we have to stop the swearing."
"Whatever. I'm still fuck-- fudging bored!" Calum corrected.
"Let's go to the beach?" Luke suggested.
"Okay!" Calum chirped.
The three filed out the door and I stayed behind.
"Aren't you coming ash?" Calum asked.
"Nah. I gotta finish Ruby's room yet and then I'm going to get some sleep." I faked a yawn.
"Okay lad. Whatever you say." Michael winked at me and then headed off to the beach.

I ascended the stairs and made my way to ruby's new room.

I hope she likes it.
I hope she likes me.

***

R U B Y

"Oh come on!!" You've won the past 4 games!!" I cried to the boy that was sitting next to me, Zach.
"It's not my fault you suck at Mario kart!" He protested.

"Kids! Dinners ready!" Miss Margaret calls.
I checked the digital clock.
6:00.
On the dot.
I hopped out of my seat to find hamburgers with corn and peaches.
"My favorite!!" Zach cried, causing miss Margaret to laugh.

Zak began to start telling miss Margret and the twins at the table, Anthony and Alice, how he kicked my butt in Mario kart, causing everyone to laugh.
The Alice went on about how she dressed up as Luigi for Halloween last year and I thought back to last year, when miss Margaret had taken us all out to go Trick-or-Treating that year. I giggled at the thought of my childish cat costume.

"Ruby, dear? You've hardly eaten anything! Eat up, the food is good for you."
I stared at the burger and sighed.

It will only make you bigger.

"Now, go ahead. Speak up. What's the problem? No one here is going to judge you."
Miss Margaret shot a threatening look to everyone around the table.

"I'm not very hungry."

"Well at least eat half. Split it with Zach or something." I shrugged and nibbled on my corn.

Don't eat it. You're a pig. A big fat pig.

I shook the thought from my head and I excused myself from the table and faked a yawn,
"I'm going to bed."

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