Food Can Wait [H.S]

FCW | 4

"why did the chicken cross the road?"
-Anna Stevens

"so that it could get hit by a car."
-Klaus Fischer

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f o o d c a n w a i t | 4

"Lets get out of here." A frightened Klaus said to Anna that very next week.

Today was the day that they'd all sit down for a meal to eat. This happened every Monday. They had to bring their food journals and would hand them in at the start of the session. Anna was used to it while Klaus planned to skip every Monday because he didn't like it when people watched him eat, even if he didn't eat that often anyways.

"Why?" Anna asked him.

"I just don't want to be here." Klaus said, his eyes skimming over the seven other people who sat around the long table.

Anna's eye looked around the table to see if there were any open spots. When she found two right beside each other, she grabbed onto Klaus's wrist, who would have flinched if any other person would have touched him. But oddly when it came to Anna, even though she annoyed him, he felt safe around her.

"Hey." Anna said to a girl who smiled at her. "I'm Anna."

"I'm Chloe." The girl said.

While Anna chatted with Chloe, who she immediately figured out was a shy girl who had an eating disorder since she was twelve, Klaus watched the exchange between the two.

Anna was a weird person to him. She came off as shy, but when you started up a conversation with her, it never seemed to end. But he liked that about her.

"Klaus?" She said, snapping him out of his thoughts. "Did you hear anything that I just said?"

"No." he shrugged.

Anna ignored his response and went back to chatting with Chloe.

An hour passed of everyone talking and picking at their food, except for Anna who ate almost everything on her plate.

"You not going to eat anything?" Anna asked Klaus who was mixing all of his food. It happened to bother Anna quite a lot.

"No." Klaus shrugged.

"What's wrong with you now?" Anna asked.

"You don't even know me, so how could you possibly know when there is something wrong with me?" Klaus asked.

Anna shrunk back, hurt by Klaus's words. He was right, she didn't know him. But what was so bad about knowing him anyways?

"Sorry."

"Anna, I didn't mean-" Klaus began to say, but was interrupted by Steve.

"Alright guys, I'd like to say a few words before you all leave." Steve clapped.

"What, is this a fucking wedding?" Klaus said, to himself mostly.

Anna laughed at Klaus who took the chance to look over at her. Even her laugh was beautiful.

"I'm very disappointed in all of you. Not a single one of you ate what was in front of you. And if you did, you ate too much." Anna felt like he was hinting at her. "I'm going to look at your food logs tonight and I'll give them back to you tomorrow. Please be kind to your body and eat something tonight."

With that, everyone went their separate ways.