The looks I receive are normal to me. Every time I walk through the door all eyes are on me, but not in the way I wished they would. They don't look at me because I am famous. They don't look at me because I am beautiful. They don't look at me for what I am wearing. No. They look at me because I have a skin - and - bone body. Don't get me wrong; not all looks are disapproving ones, truthfully, there are many different types. First of all, there is the most common and obvious one; the judgemental ones, usually from the older generations, telling me with their eyes that I should be eating more. Then there are the ones of admiration and jealousy from all the teenage girls who will go on unhealthy diets to have what I have naturally. And then there is the one which I hate the most; the pitying looks. The ones that look at me because they think I am going to die soon due to my skinniness.
The thing is, I am not anorexic, I am just really skinny. What most people find peculiar is that I love to eat. Like a pig. And that I can eat and eat and eat and I still would not be full by then. Most of my friends are still trying to figure out how I can fit so much in tiny body and yet never grow. My skinniness is 100% natural and I have never skipped meal to lose weight.
What I find funny is that whenever I am in a class and the teacher is talking about anorexia, they always will give me certain looks, as if to say 'I'm talking about you here,' and I will just sit there and laugh, only earning even weirder looks from them.
Although I may not like being short, I like being skinny. There are times were I do curse my skinniness like when I see a top I really like, only to find that even the smallest size doesn't fit me properly, but other than those days, I genuinely enjoy being skinny. There is nothing specific that makes me love it, but then again, it does make me somewhat unique.
(A/N) Hey! Thank-you for reading my short story. I had to write this for literature and my teacher thought it was really good and suggested that we publish it to the Guardian but my mum didn't let so I thought that this would be the next best thing! So I hope you enjoy my view about being skinny :)
Alex =3
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The Skinny Girl
Short StoryI had to write this story for literature and my teacher thought it was really good and suggested that we publish it to the Guardian but my mum didn't let so I thought that this would be the next best thing! So I hope you enjoy my view about being sk...