Where The Wild Things Grow | Paul Lahote

iv

iv | big changes

October flew by so quickly, Talise almost felt like she wouldn't be able to keep up. But, of course, she did.

Talise won homecoming queen, which was no surprise to any of the other nominees.

She also won President of her class, even though she never put herself up for vote. The students just wrote her name down even when she didn't have a campaign.

It was now mid November, the mid-term final grades were getting posted tonight and it made the young adult very nervous. She couldn't think, eat, or sleep. All she wanted was to know if she remained in lead for top GPA.

She liked to say that silly things like becoming valedictorian didn't matter to her, well it didn't, but it mattered to her dad and all she wanted was to make him proud.

After dinner, Talise cleaned up the kitchen and kissed her father goodnight.

As she sat in her bed, all the girl could think about was that unknown grade in her AP chemistry class. She knew that Mrs. Kowa was a tough teacher to impress. She knew she got all her formulas right, but she didn't know how the teacher felt about the written out speech on two elements of choice.

She groaned as her pillow hit the back of her head. "The suspense is killing me."

Just then, her nerves got the best of her, there was a flutter in her tummy and it made her fly to the bathroom.

She emptied out all of the contents from her dinner. The tears poured from her face, she wiped her eyes. "Ew," she mumbled, scooting her body to the bathroom wall. "All I want is a A plus, I'll even take an A minus."

And she indeed, in fact, received an A plus for her final grade in AP chemistry, which was known to be the hardest class in La Push High to pass.

With another victory won, Talise went to bed, content with how her life was going.

{Where The Wild Things Grow}

Splash.

Eeeck.

The young woman held her head over the toilet yet again. It was starting to become a ritual, along with the headaches, and back pain.

Not to mention the weight gain. Talise was never one to worry about her weight, she knew she was beautiful and she had a loving boyfriend who would remind her as well. But her weight, in her opinion, was getting out of control.

Her boobs were getting bigger. No longer a perfect C cup, it was now hanging out with the double D's...not that Paul was complaining.

But Talise had to prove to her dad that she did NOT have any boob jobs done.

She knew things were getting bad when her father started noticing a change.

Once she got up from the toilet, Talise continued with her morning schedule by applying all of her face cream. Then she realized she was out of the stage two cream of "Zit Relief", she didn't freak out. She knew she had a spare bottle in the cabinet at the bottom of the sink. When she reached for it, she noticed all of her pads and tampons boxes have been untouched.