Ethereal

Fourteen

"Yeah." Dinah replied hesitantly. There was not a dry eye in the group of girls.

"Are you fucking serious D? You knew? Why didn't you do anything." Lauren yelled at Dinah through clenched teeth.

"I figured it out yes. But I was helping her." Dinah tried to convince herself.

Lauren couldn't hold in her emotions any more. She walked up to the younger girl and shoved her backwards into the wall. Even though the younger girl was taller, Lauren was really hot-headed and had no problem holding Dinah against her will.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Lauren tried to yell while tears were streaming down her face.

"Lauren she begged me not to. No one else needed to know, I was there helping her. You needed to connect the dots Lauren," Dinah responded. "She told me she just wanted to loose a few pounds and that it would stop."

Lauren released her tight grip on Dinah and fell to the floor. The Polynesian helped Lauren to her feet and over to a chair.

"So when she tensed up around food, she couldn't fit into double zeros, and she always too tired and too full and too sick to eat. This is because of her anorexia?" Lauren questioned while putting everything together.
"She's so little Dinah. She's literally a toothpick and the fans were warning us. How didn't we know?" Lauren was trying comprehend everything. She was the most observant. Why didn't she figure it out?

"Camila Cabello's family?" A doctor called.
The 4 girls walked over to the guy in scrubs. He led them out front of Camila's hospital room.

"Camila passed out from malnourishment. She should be just fine. However we are concerned about this weight change. The last time we weighed her at the hospital she weighed 98 pounds, however her weight has dropped dramatically to 79 pounds.," Lauren put her hand over her mouth and tried to keep herself from sobbing. "That is a significant weight loss for her being here when she got her cast removed around a week ago, but we can discuss this later. You may enter the room." The doctor explained.

Camila chuckled as the other girls walked into the room. "98 pounds? That's bullshit. I had weights in my pockets and under my sweats. The ones you wrap around your leg and work out with." Camila mumbled to herself.
Lauren froze at the door. Everything seemed to become a reality for her. The small girl made the small hospital bed look big. She had tubes and wires coming from her everywhere. She looked so fragile.

"Hey," Camila called out in a soft, raspy voice while grabbing Lauren's hand. "I'm sorry."

"No Camila we've been over this. You can't apologize for things you can't control." Lauren soothed while playing with Camila's hair.

The small girl tried to sit up but pouted when she was pulled back by her IV. She rolled her eyes and pulled it out of her vein she tied it off to stop the supply of nutrients going into her bloodstream and then stuck the needle back in her vein.

"Camila. You can't do that." Lauren argued while grabbing the smaller girl's wrist. Camila yanked her hand away.

"I can do whatever I want." Camila snapped at Lauren. The small girl turned away from the older girl. Her whole life felt like it had been turned upside down. It was easy to get away with her anorexia with Dinah, she knew Lauren would be up her ass about it.

"I know you have questions. Just ask them." Camila stated.

"Why would you starve yourself?" Lauren questioned with saddened written all over her face.

"I wanted to loose a few pounds. My dad is an alcoholic and doesn't care about me. My mom moved to Mexico and took Sofia with her. No one was there for me and I needed control." Camila opened up.