5SOS - Babysat By Idiots 2

Chapter 61

I grabbed my iPod and went into my messages. I looked at the number and typed it in. Then I tried thinking about what I should say.

Eventually I made up my mind and typed it in. But it took me awhile to click send. I was kind of nervous. I liked Beau a lot. I mean, I haven't really gotten to know him yet but he seems pretty nice.

Wait, Nicole. Remember what Michael said. He told you that he's just trying to butter you up. Not all guys are sweet like that.

But he was soooo nice. And he was soooo cute. I really hope I don't regret sending this message. But I did it. I sent the message.

Nicole: Hey Beau. It's Nicole, the girl u met at the mall. Remember me?

After sending the message, I did a hard facepalm. Why did I say "Remember me?" Like, really? Of course he'll remember me! We met like, 2 hours ago! Ugh, sometimes I can just be so stupid, you know? I guess all girls are like that when it comes to love. Amirite?

Anyway, Beau didn't text back immediately, of course. I was kind of hungry though. I got off of my bed and was about to walk out of my room, until I caught a small glimpse of myself in the mirror.

I walked backwards and looked at my reflection. I thought to myself, "Have I gained weight?" I just thought I looked a little different than what I looked like a month ago. Maybe I should lay off the food a bit. I don't really like what I look like at the moment. In fact, I'm actually kind of discouraged by it. I don't want to look like this. I want to change myself. And now.  I don't have enough patience to get fit by exercising and eating healthier. That takes like, weeks to work.

What if I stopped eating altogether? I think I've read something online that if you eat less than 300 calories a day, you can lose 1 pound every day. Sounds good to me. I just won't eat. That's less than 300 calories. I need this. And I know I'm hungry right now, so maybe I'll just search up some foods that have no calories.

As I searched it up, there were a whole bunch of things that we didn't have in the house at the moment but I did see apples in the list so I'll just go eat an apple.

I went downstairs and saw Nia talking to Michael and Calum and I went into the kitchen. Surprisingly, Luke was there. I didn't want to really talk to him because I had remembered the whole Arzaylea thing we fought about.

There was pasta on the table. Luke turned around to look at me but I pretended to ignore him and I just opened the fridge. I kinda just wanted to crawl into it and close the door and just die. You know what I mean?

Anyway, I heard Luke say something. He said to me, "There's leftover pasta on the table if you're hungry."

I said, "Okay." I didn't say anything else after that. I just kept on looking in the fridge.

"Why are you still looking for something in the fridge? I just told you there's pasta on the table," he said.

I replied, "I'm... looking for some juice."

"It's in the back," said Luke.

I didn't answer him. There was a long moment of silence and I was just standing in front of the fridge not moving.

Eventually, I heard Luke walking away and that's when I decided to close the fridge. I didn't get the juice out. In fact, I didn't even eat that pasta.

I went the fruit bowl and grabbed an apple. I walked over to the sink and washed it. I took a bite out of it and then turned around to stop dead in my tracks. I even stopped chewing.

Luke was standing in the doorway leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. He said calmly, "Why are you eating an apple, Nicole?"

I said back, "'Cause I like apples, Luke."

He said, "But there's pasta. I already told you that."

"I don't want pasta," I replied, "I was in the mood for apples." He gave me a weird look. I added, "Apples are technically healthier than pasta so it doesn't matter."

Luke stared at me for a few seconds with a blank expression and then turned around and walked away. I could tell he was totally still mad at me. I sighed when he left. But I kind of hoped the reason that he was acting that way was because he was still mad at me. 'Cause if he wasn't still mad at me, the only other reason for him acting that way was that he was onto me. Like, suspicious about me eating less. I really hoped he wasn't.