Insecurities ~ A Union J Fan Fiction

It was a normal day for Skylar. Being around all her pretty friends when they were out shopping, having a blast and giggling. Skylar on the other hand wasn't. Constantly looking around to see if anyone was giving her wired looks and making sure her sleeves were covering her scars. Then making a quick turn following her friends she caught someone looking at her. She was surprised. Not because he was looking at her, but because he hadn't flinched and started pointing and laughing at her.

And at that moment, something sparked, but neither of them knew.

It was 10:30 am on a Saturday in Worcester. Skylar wandering aimlessly following her friends Cath, Bobbie and Michelle. Michelle and Skylar had know each other since basically birth and were really close. They would always be seen together and it would look like you could never break them apart. But then they moved to Tudor Grange High School and everything seemed to change from there. You see, Michelle was always the pretty one in Skylar's eyes. She had natural wavy black hair going down to her waist with a few blue streaks in it. She had the clearest most perfect blue eyes, a great body and was just the perfect size for every cute guy she met. Skylar on the other hand had frizzy brunette hair going just past her shoulders, she was just below average height and was quite curvy.

Anway, once they had moved to Tudor Grange Michelle started to become more popular. It seemed that every guy liked her and all of the girls wanted to be her friend. Michelle being the kind, fun loving girl she is was nice to everyone but in the end became really close with Cath and Bobbie. Skylar thought that she would never see Michelle anymore but she made sure that Skylar was always fine with what her and her new friends were doing. So much so that Michelle told Cath and Bobbie if they couldn't hang around Skylar then she would stop hanging around them, and with them wanting to be close to the popular girl they agreed with that.

4 years from that Skylar, Michelle, Cath and Bobbie went to town every Saturday to catch up and gossip about anything form homework to the latest boy bands. But Skylar didn't always want to go. You see, Skylar was 'curvy' and 'fat' well it would seem society would label her as that when she was actually the perfect weight for her height. But Skylar didn't think of that, she always wanted to be the same size as her friends, be 'pretty' like her friends, she wanted to be popular like her friends, basically she wanted to be her friends. Gradually, the more she hung around Michelle and her new found besties she grew more and more insecure. Skylar was never really a girly girl, wearing tons of makeup and having the latest clothes but slowly she ended up trying out makeup to fit in with everyone around her. Skylar also had a BIG secret. She was diagnosed with depression. You see, her father had some anger management issues, he had never hit anyone but Skylar always thought he would, and her mum was an alcoholic, she didn't go out every night and come back drunk but she wanted to she would drink rather a lot and there would be no stopping her. Step by step Skylar's depression got worse. So bad even she started to self harm. First she started by using scissors but then she moved into removing the blade from sharpeners and using them.

Anyway, enough of that topic. Skylar was following Michelle, Cath and Bobbie around the town centre. They had already visited TopShop and River Island. Michelle had brought this beautiful white maxi dress with a white leather belt and some pyjamas with 'Pizza Slut' written on in bold white letters. Cath had brought a pair of plain black roman sandals and Bobbie brought a white crop top and a pair of dungarees.