My Brothers Best Friend

Eating Disorders?!

We went to a little dinner and all ordered something. Well, all but Joel. He decided to stay home for some reason I didn't bother paying attention to.

"So, how does it feel?" Johann asked out of the blue.

We all looked at him confusingly.

"How does it feel to be reunited again?" He clarified looking at me and the twins.

"Oh! Right! Well, it feels like... Like..." I paused trying to find something that would describe how I felt. Trying to put into words how I'm feeling. "It feels like I finally found what has been missing in my life."

They all looked at me and smiled. "All these years I have been faking smiles and trying to be happy but I have never found any reason to be. I was alone when these two left. But now, now it's not like that. Now I not only have my twins, but now I also have you guys! These past weeks, you guys have helped me. It may not seem like it, but you have. You guys have been trying to help me with my eating disorders and-"

"Woah woah woah woah... WOAH! Excuse me?! Did I hear that right? Tell me I did not hear right! Eating disorders?!? Bro Bro! Tell me I'm starting to hear things!" Ezequiel nearly yelled.

  “Bro, I wish we didn't hear right! Yamileth Pimentel, what is this “eating disorder” you speak of? Explain to us right now please before we start losing our minds!” Jeremiah demanded.

  “Too late! I think I just lost mine already.” Ezequiel said holding his head.

  “Well, I umm, I don't eat... when I do umm, I throw it up. I say I already ate when really, I haven't so that way, they don't make me eat... I usually get full of water... ”

  “Why??” Jeremiah asked.

  I was looking down at the table and slowly looked up at Johann and Yoandri hoping they can help me out a bit. Thankfully Johann stepped up. “Umm... She would be told so many things at school that she started to believe even though they weren't ever true. Or close to being true. They would tell her she's... Fat, and she ended up believing that so she decided to stop eating and told herself that she HAD to “lose weight” even thought she shouldn't have.

  I just looked down listening to what they all had to say about it. Everybody started telling me stuff and every now and then I would look up and nod but look right back down.

  “Okay.” I would sometimes say.

  Eventually it all died down and they started eating.

  “You're not going to eat?” Ezequiel asked. He shook his head. “Wait no. Forget I asked that. You are going to eat. The real question here is what are you going to eat?”

  I just looked at him not saying a word and he did the same.

  “Im just going to drink coffee.” I whispered looking at my iced coffee sitting on the table in front of me.

  He shook his head and closed his eyes. “Okay.” he sighed. “But you have to promise you will eat later in the day.”

  I just looked down and rember about the promise I made with Johann and Yoandri.

  “I do eat.” I said softly.

  Ezequiel and Jeremiah looked at the other guys for some kind of confirmation.

  “She does. A little bit, but she does. Don't worry, she made us a promise about eating so I'm sure she can promise you that as week, right Yamileth?” Johann said looking at me.

  I nodded looking at my coffee.

  Yoandri smiled at him. “Casi no le gusta comer en la mañana. Pero ya luego en él día, si.”

  “Okay.” Ezequiel nodded.

  “Can we talk about something else. Please?” I muttered.

  “Yeah. Let's talk about something else.” Jeremiah agreed.

  “Y a ver. ¿Como han estado ustedes??” Erick asked them.

  They all started talking and asking each other questions, catching up and all when I started dozing off.

  I was in my own little world and they were in the middle of a conversation when I suddenly remembered something making me let out a soft gasp which Erick, who was next to me, heard.

  “Um...” I trailed off thinking.

  “¿Que paso?” He asked.

  “Hm? Oh! Nada. Just... What do you guys say we go walk around the mall once you guys finish eating. I said trying to sound casual.

  “The mall?” Richard asked confused.

  “Um... Yeah? ” I questioned softly.

  “Mall sounds good.” Jeremiah agreed smiling.

  “Yeah! I can buy a few things I need.” Ezequiel added.

  Bless your souls!!!

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  “Wow! Look at these shirts!” Ezequiel yelled across the store holding up two shirts.

  “Bro. You have like three shirts like that! If not more!” Jeremiah laughed.

  “Ha ha. Very funny. For your information, they are all different.” he stuck his tongue out. “I think I'm going to buy them. ” he muttered to himself once he was next to me.

  “Suits you” I smiled lightly.

  “Why thank you Yami!” he smiled.

  “Bro come here! ” Jeremiah called.

  Ezequiel put the shirts down and went over to his twin.

  Hmmm... Well thank you Jeremiah!

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The rest of the day, we spent it going around shopping and just looking at stuff and making fun of each other. And them getting MORE food. Classics.

  Joel ended up calling one of the guys asking where we were. They just said we were shopping some more and left it at that.

  “Yami!” Ezequiel yelled running up to me and hugging me.

  “Yes?” I answered.

  “I'm so glad we got to see you again. Honestly, we would always ask about you. If you were doing fine. How you were. Would we ever see you again. We would something see someone and think it was possibly you but we'd see their face, and it wasn't. But here you are. Again together and this time, we don't plan on doing the same again. We're not going to leave you just like that anymore.” he said hugging me again.

  “Momma would ask about you too. She'd ask us if we knew anything or if we've heard from you but we never did.” Jeremiah added.

  “I miss her so much...” I trailed off thinking about her.

  “She misses you too.” they both said in unison.

  We stayed quiet for a little until Ezequiel's head jerked up quickly.

“I got an idea!”

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THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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~Yamileth💖