A Simple Love: Hartbig

Chapter 3

Graces POV:
I woke up in Hannah's lap, and quickly remember what had happened the night before.

I nuzzled her arm a little and she stirred.

Before she awoke, I saw the marks on her arm.

I knew better than anything what they were.

Hannah has cut herself before. And she still does. She gets urges, and as her best friend, I've known that.

Her eyes opened.

"Goodmorning Gracie." She smiled.

Her raspy voice made my heart almost shoot out of my chest.

"Morning love."

We stared into eachothers eyes for a moment, and then Hannah spoke.

"Grace.. Be my girlfriend."

My eyes shot up at her.

"Me..?"

"You."

"Hannah.. How could you want to be with me out of all people?"

"What do you mean Grace? You are amazing and beautiful, and perfect."

My head lowered as I wanted to believe it.

Hannah cupped my chin in her hand and forced my eyes to meet hers. She tried again.

"Grace, will you be my girlfriend?"

"Yes."

I leaned up to kiss her soft lips, because I want to taste her again. To feel her again.

She held on for a few seconds and then gently pushed me off of her.

She could see the worry on my face as she got up.

"Don't worry baby, I'm just going to make some breakfast."

I was relieved.

But I really did not want to eat.

I've had enough these past couple of days.

I would find a way to get out of it.

"Whatcha making?" I asked casually.

"Well that just depends, what would like love?"

I replied too fast, "Whatever you want babe."

She pulled out two bowls and a box of Cheerios.

"Hey.. I'm gonna.. Jump in the shower, if that's okay."

"Before you even get a bite to eat?"

"Yeah.. I'm.. Im not so hungry anyways."

I turned on my heel and walked slowly to the bathroom. Right before I turned the knob, I felt her hands around my waist.

"Hey what's up..?" I stumbled over my words.

She brought her lips close to my ear and whispered, "Please come eat with me. You need to."

Did she know what I was doing that easily?

"Han.. I'm not h-"

"Bullshit."

Her sudden outburst startled me and I felt my bottom lip quiver.

Her face instantly softened.

"Baby I'm sorry.. I didn't mean to upset you. Go take a shower. We can talk after."

I slowly eased myself away from her and into the bathroom.

I stared at myself. Wondering why I had to eat.

I sat by the toilet and weighed out my options. Purge? Get in the shower? Weigh in?

I thought about how much it hurts Hannah when I do those things to myself. I decided that I would resist my
urge and get into the shower.

Hannah's POV:
I could hear the soft hum of the shower from the bathroom where Grace was.

I know what she's doing, and I knew that I shouldn't trust when she told
me she's been eating.

I can see the weight going down.

I want her to eat, and there's no easy way to get her to do that.

I quickly decide that when she gets out we can talk about what's been going on. Maybe she just needs to talk about it.

The water shuts off and Grace walks out minutes later in her sweatpants and my shirt. Her hair is in a french braid.

"Hey baby, feeling better?"

"I am, actually. I want to just relax today, but I know I have to run some errands."

"Gracie, can we talk?"

"Tired of me already?" She grins.

"Of course not babe. It's about something else."

I grab her waist and pull her close until our foreheads touch, and don't hesitate to get to the point.

"Why haven't you been eating love?"

Her face hardens.

"I don't know what your talking about."

I didn't want to make her uncomfortable, but I pushed.

"Baby.."

Tears swelled in her eyes and I immediately felt bad.

"No no Grace, I just want to talk. I'm not mad. I just want to know what's going on. I want to be here for you."

"I saw your arm." She changed the subject.

"Well then, I guess we both have some explaining to do, don't we?"

A/N: hey guys! I know this is my third update today which is kind of a lot. But I'm babysitting and there's nothing to do while he's sleeping! I hope you like this story so far. Please comment and tell me what you think! I think this is going well so far, at least I hope! This story has little things about my girlfriend and I in it. It's not all completely and exactly what happened, but some of the little things involved are related to our relationship. We really love Hartbig so I decided to base a fanfiction off of their names. Vote, Comment, And READ!! :)