Thin •Lip Gallagher•

07

I lay in a bed or on a couch, confused as to where I am laying down. A cold rag lay on my sweaty forehead and I feel the sudden urge to vomit. I open my eyes to see Vee sitting on a chair in her living room as I lay on the couch.
      " You're awake." I nod slowly trying to sit up but end up falling back down. My body too sore to lift up. "Stay laying down.You need to rest and eat something."
  "Oh, I'm not hungry." She looks at me sadly," Honey, you don't need to lie. Tell me what's going on. You're really thin Rose. " I mask my shocked feeling with a face of confusion.

    " I don't know what you're talking about Vee."
" She's talking about how you're slowly dying in front of us and we can't do anything about it."
    The voice I knew all too well spoke sitting in the kitchen, I'm guessing. Ian Gallagher.

My best friend, one of the only people that care about me. "I'm fine."
" You aren't fine Rose. You're sick." "Who all knows now?"
"Vee and Lip."
            Ana yells at me. How could I let them find out. I'm so stupid. My eyes began to water, but I refuse to cry. Fiona walks through the door and looks at us.
      " Dinner in 10 guys." Everyone nods except me. I just turn on my side facing the back of the couch.
  " Rosie, will you eat ?" I shrug at Vee's question. "I don't know." Everyone sits in awkward silence until I stand up.
     " I'm going to nap in Ian's room." I'm not necessarily tired I just need an excuse not to go to dinner. Good job, Ana spoke sourly. You're doing good, don't give into temptation. I nodded to myself walking back over to the Gallagher household. Walking in the back door I spot Lip at the table with Debs. I quickly avoid eye contact as Lip looks up at me.
   Please don't ask to talk, please don't ask to talk. I thought over and over as I sped walked up the stairs. I heard foot steps closely behind me an ran into Ian, Lip, and Carl's room, dive bombing Ians bed.

     " What makes you do that?" " Do what?"
" Don't bullshit a bullshitter. You know what I'm talking about."  " I don't know."
" How do you mean you don't know?"  He yells at me like an asshole. " I mean I don't know as in I've been like this for three years and now everyone is suddenly concerned about my health?" "You passed out!"
  " Wouldn't be the first time!"  Lip looks shocked, " Three years? What made you do it to began with?"
  " Why do you care? You didn't even talk to me until I began getting thinner."
"Bullshit." " No Lip, not bullshit. No one ever talked to me but Ian. Everyone bullied me. Everyone."
   "They made fun of your body?" Humiliation was in my eyes as I nodded. "Well, I'm gonna find them, don't worry. I'll make sure they're really fucking sorry."
   "I'm not a little girl anymore Lip, I can handle myself now. "
"Obviously not." He muttered. " Oh Phillip, how you make a girl's heart flutter." I spoke to him sarcastically  . "Good night asshole." "Good night Cunt."
    With that he side hugged me and left the room. I closed my eyes and Ana was there.
Smiling. She whispered something so quiet, that I could not understand.