At lunch I caught up with Sasha. We sat in our same round table with a bunch of other people we knew from our classes. Since it was Monday my excuse for not eating was that we went out to eat the night before. This always fooled them.
But today was different.
I sat down at the fake wooden table at my normal seat. No one else was at our table but I just dismissed it as being the classes getting out late. Then a few minutes later all my friends come up to the table at once and tell me we have to go to the guidance room.
“What’s going on” I ask no one in particular.
“ This is just because we care about you” said one of Sasha’s friends who I had in my History class last year. Now I really feel worried. They couldn’t possibly know….. no that was impossible I was immaculate about keeping it a secret. I felt like vomiting as we got closer to the guidance room. Not that there was anything left in my stomach.
We went through the heavy wooden door and were led into a small room with seven chairs. I saw the secretary give me a pitying look as she returned to her desk. The chairs were lined up against the farthest wall to give the illusion of more space in the room. The chair closest to the guidance teachers desk. The girl was Amanda. She was notoriously known for developing a eating disorder last summer, there were rumors that she had to go to rehab it was so bad. I’m guessing the rumors were true because she looked much healthier.
I started to put two and two together and the realization of why I was here hit me like a ton of bricks.
I just broke down in tears before anyone could explain.
I was supported by six pairs of arms holding me tightly. Some even shook along with mine. I saw Amanda slowly stand from her chair and attentively cross the room to where I was standing. A part of me was so relived to get this off my chest and know the secret was no longer pulling me down. But another part of me was furious, she had no right to assume things about me, even if they were true.
“ You had NO right to make up stories about me. I have no problems. Not like you anyway.” My fury beat out the relief as I shouted this to her even though she was feet from me.
“ I know this is hard, but it will feel nice to get help” She wrapped her arms around me. That’s when all of my friends had ended our embrace and were now huddled in the corner, surly surprised from my outburst.
I pushed her back. She stumbled back then caught herself. I loved how now one has yet to come out and accused me throwing up or not eating. Then I realized they were as clueless as what I was doing, as me.
I found myself having a hard time breathing. I pushed through the door without looking back at me “friend's” stunned faces. When I got to the main hall the bell had just wrung so I was maneuvering myself through a sea of faces.
When I got to the first fire exit I propelled my body outside to the sweltering heat.
Freedom.
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Not Perfect
Teen FictionBritt is a teenage girl who is fighting with bulimia. After her dad walked out on her and her mom, and her older brother moved out two years ago with out notice, she began to feel she couldnt control her own l...