Not Natural

Chapter 5

Daniel's Point of View

I stopped my motorcycle on the side of the road. I was speechless, how could I have not seen this. God that is why she wears oversized sweaters.

"Hello Danny? You still there?" Cal asks.

"Ya, how do you know for sure?" I ask hoping he got it wrong.

"Well I looked over at her plate and nothing was touched and then I looked at her and noticed how frail she was and how her face sank in like she was starved for 10 years," he says.

" God I need to get home,'' I reply.

"You can't I'll take care of her. I swear," he says.

I know Cal and he never promises something he can't handle. I sign, I hope he is right.

"Fine," I say.

"Bye,'' he says.

I hang up and head on over to Beaconsfield.

Thyme's Point of View

Great Calum knows. He used my full name not my nickname. He probably called Daniel and told him. Next he'll probably tell Michael and they will all treat me differently. Oh my god what am I going to do. I don't want their pity. What if they interrogate me that would be bad. while I am thinking of all the possibilities I feel someone poke my shoulder. I turn around and see Mic. I don't really talk to him much.

"Are you feeling well you haven't eaten anything?" he asks.

"Um ya I uh lost my appetite when my father walked in," I lie.

"Ok well I paid. So uh lets go," he said.

We got up and walked outside to be greeted by Cal. He looks at me and looks at the floor. He knows, this is going to be harder than I thought.

"He Thyme what do u want to do today?" Mic asked.

"Um I don't really care what we do,'' I replied.

"Cal lets go to the beach ya?" Mic asked.

"Mkay lets go to the store and then Thyme's house," he said.

We drove to the supermarket and got some food. But we were told not to come back because Mic and Cal were fighting over which soda we should get and sprayed the soda at each other.

At my house Mic offered to come with me inside. We went upstair and I told him to stay outside. When I got changed I looked at myself in the mirror and sighed.

"If Mic doesn't know I'm anorexic yet he will find out at the beach," I mumbled to myself.

I am a size 0, weight 95 pounds, I am 17, I am 5'3, and the doctors say I have mild anorexia but if I continue to be this way it will be worse. I'm not bone thin, I am just skinny.

When I stepped outside and look at the ground. I am wearing my black bikini. I have shorts and a tank top on over it, they are also black.

"Come on lets go," he said.

When we reach the beach Mic goes sprinting toward the water but I stay as close to the sand as possible.

"Ty what's wrong do you not like the beach?" Cal asked.

"Um not really," I reply.

"What happened?'' he asked.

"When I was little, like 5 or so, I went to close to the water and turned my back and a wave came and hit me and dragged me to the open sea. I was screaming and crying and then blacked out. When I woke up I was in a hospital bed and alive. That is why I am afraid,'' I replied.