Skinny ☓ 5sos

Chapter 8

It was six days after the surgery and I was feeling horrible. I could'nt really eat much and I felt so much pain from my stomach. Around 11 am someone knocks on my door.

"Come in." I noticed those brown curls instantly.

"Aren't you supposed to be in school." I say to Ashton as he plops down on my bed next to me.

"I called the school and said I was going to be sick this whole week. My grades are fine anyways so they told me I have nothing to worry about." It was true. Ashton may come off as the 'punk rock' type of guy but he is extremely smart. I heard that a bunch of colleges want him, but he told me he doesn't really want to attend college. He said he wanted to pursue his music career. He tried a couple of bands before but none of them really worked out. I told him that someday he'll find the right group of guys. I wonder if Calum has taken my suggestion and talked to Ash.

As if right on cue Ashton read my mind. "Speaking of school Calum came up to me last week and asked me if we could get together and talk about music."

"How did talking about school remind you of that?"

"I don't know I get random at times." He said shrugging.

"I can tell. So anyways are you going to?"

"Yea. He seems cool, even if he is a junior."

"Hey i'm a junior and i'm cool." I say playfully pushing him.

"No you're not." Skinny said. My smile turns into a frown.

We were both looking around my room awkwardly as a silence fell upon us. This rarely happens to us and I didn't really know why it happened to us now. I always hated these types of silences.

"I love seeing you Ash, but why are you here?" I said breaking the silence.

"Well somebody's had to get you started on the right track right?" He said jumping off my bed.

"What?" I swallow hard. I knew where he was going with this.

"Yup. So I decided i'm going to make a chart about to you're weight loss and exercises and keep track of all of it." He said getting his computer.

"Do you really have too?" I pleaded.

"Yes I have too. This is for you Lydia." He said while typing frantically.

"Fine." I say while rolling my eyes and now getting up so that i'm sitting on the edge of my bed next to Ashton.

"Starting Weight?" He asked me not looking up from the computer screen. I swallowed hard, not wanting to answer.

" 302. " I say weakly.

"How can a 17 year old girl weigh that much ?" Skinny fills in Ashton's thoughts.

"Weight now ?"

"285" This time I say sounding proud.

"Weight loss?"

"17 pounds."

"That's really good. Now you just have to do the rest by eating right and exercising." He said finally looking up from the computer screen.

"You know Ash I really would but I'm too busy doing nothing for the next three years." I said falling back on my bed.

"You know you have too." He said falling back too. Now where looking up at the stars my mom painted on my ceilings before she died.

"She would have been proud of you." He said reading my mind again.

I sighed. " I know. I'll do it. Just not right now. Can we watch a movie instead?"