Brooke and I hung out a few more times before we went to my Mom's house. It's been about 3 weeks with my 'diet,' and all together I've probably only eaten 3 meals in those 3 weeks. "Hey Aeron, can I ask you something?"Aidan asked me the night before we left. I turned around and looked at him, who was sitting on the opposite end of the bed. "Why don't you eat anything?" I looked down, how could I explain this to someone who is barely 11? "Is it because of Uncle Ed?" I felt tears in my eyes. I looked up at him again and nodded. "Yeah."
"Why do you listen to him?"
"Because he's right, I'm fat, ugly and worthless."
"Stop it! Just because he's a grown up, doesn't make him right!" My eyes were extremely puffy now and I was blinded by tears.
"What if he called Aileen that? Huh? You'd do something to stop him, and you would tell her that he is wrong! Then why do you let it bring you down? Just eat!" The thought of my sister getting called terrible names by my abusive uncle was too much to take. I covered my ears with my hands, I started shaking with anxiety.
Anxiety runs in my family, and my mom told me not to be surprised if I had it. "Aeron?" Aidan sounded like he was panicking a little. He ran out of the room as I sat there nearly screaming. He returned a few minutes later with my dad.
"Aeron, what happened?" He held me tight.
"Please don't." I didn't even know what I was saying. "It's alright, it'll be okay." I tried so hard to catch my breath, but I kept choking on it. "I'm sorry." I whispered to him. "I'm so sorry."
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Thin Ice
Teen FictionFollowing his parents divorce, Aeron is forced to stay with his step uncle. Aeron begins finding no point in eating and becomes insecure. His Uncle starts to abuse him, calling him fat, even though he was already quite skinny. Aeron starts loosing h...
