The Meal Plan

Chapter 6

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“You are not worthy of love, fatty” Sean sneered.

“Tell her that, baby. Tell her she should die” Roxy added huskily and pulled him into a passionate kiss.

“You should die, Neveah… You should die trying. You are such an embarrassment to this family” Mom whispered in a venomous voice I have heard before. It was Mia’s voice. Mia was inside mom’s body.

“MOM…”

I woke up with a jolt, hitting my head on the bedpost during the process.

“Ouch! Damn, I hate you, bedpost” I cursed under my breath. My head throbbed painfully. I knew I couldn’t sleep further. So, I slowly descended the bed, switched on my laptop and logged into my Facebook account. The first thing I saw on my newsfeed made me cringe in agony.

It was a picture of me, soaked in Spaghetti. It was tagged to the Green Peace’s official page with a title “Send the whale back to ocean” The picture got forty six likes, twenty two comments and twelve shares. It was created by Mia. I reported the photo to Facebook and scrolled down to see something else that sliced my heart.

‘Sean Rodriguez is in a relationship with Mia Mallon’

A tear slowly rolled down from eyes. I wiped it quickly and remembered the promise I made to myself earlier. “I will not shed my precious tears over these jerks”

It was heartbreaking to face betrayal from two people I adored the most. The guy I loved and the girl I thought was my soul sister crushed my heart. Why? Was it because I occupied more space than they liked? I knew I was overweight but I was not a horrible person.

I blocked both Sean and Mia from my Facebook and switched off my laptop. I saw my reflection on the mirror and took a good look at myself. I saw a pair of tired brown eyes looking back at me. I approached my reflection and took off my clothes.

I didn’t have a hot body. I didn’t have a normal body either. All I saw lard collected in rolls. I slapped my stomach twice. It jiggled painfully.

I walked to my cupboard and opened a counter which had my secret stash of comfort foods. I collected every single food article in the counter and flushed them down the toilet.

“I hate you, food. You will never control me again” I whispered.

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“Good morning, mom…”

“Good morning, honey. Whoa! Look at you! It looks like you haven’t slept last night. Are you alright? And where are you going so early?”

“Mom, I have this huge project which is due today. It carries twenty five percentage of our final grade. I was tweaking it the whole night. I made it near perfect. I am sure Mrs.Norbury will give me an A-minus at least” I said, proudly.

“My baby will get an A-plus for her hard work.  I am absolutely certain of that” Mom beamed at me.

“Well, I have to rush now, mom. I promised Trina and Lou that I will catch up with them for a last minute tweaking” I rushed. 

“Alright, let’s get you something to eat. I have made your favorite breakfast – Bacon and Omelet” My stomach grumbled in response. I felt a pang of hunger.

“It’s alright, mom. Trina’s mom is making honey dipped pancakes for me” I lied.

“In that case, I will keep your breakfast in the fridge. You can microwave it when you get back” She said, thoughtfully.

“Thank you so much, mom. You are the best” I smiled and gave her a tight hug.

“Good luck with the project, darling”

“Love you, mom. Bye” I kissed her goodbye.