Bones and Blood

Chapter One: All is Still

[JR]

It feels cold. I can't feel anything. I don't know where I am. My vision came back as I looked down at the blood on my fingers and the vomit and blood mixture in the toilet bowl. I can't believe I did it again. I started to cough and cough as I felt my throat burning. I had to have scratched it. I probably just need water. I got up and scurried to the sink in my bathroom and began to chug water. My throat still burnt and I kept coughing. I soon spit up blood in the sink. I knew something was very wrong and I need to get help. I grabbed my cellphone that was sitting on the counter. I hurriedly dialed the emergency number as I kept coughing. Once they answered I didn't even wait for them to finish speaking. I coughed up more blood." Please send somebody to help me. I am bulimic and I was purging and I can't stop coughing up blood." I said as I coughed up more blood. They told me that they had sent an ambulance to my address.

[Present Day]

"And that's how I got here," I said as I looked around the group of other eating disorder plagued teenagers. The three other bulimics just nodded as in agreement. It was quiet as our group therapist had written it down." Thank you for sharing JR. I could only imagine how scary that was." He said. I scoffed and rolled my eyes. It was quiet for a good five minutes as nobody said anything." Excuse me Matt is it too late for a new person to come to the group." A young nurse asked. Matt smiled at him and told him to show the person to a seat. I saw the most beautiful long-haired boy ever. His cheekbones were so prominent his hips bones could be seen through his hospital clothes his collar bones stuck out so much. I was instantly captivated. I noticed he had writing in another language all over his arms. I bet his ribs showed so perfectly." Young man, would you like to introduce yourself." Matt asked as the boy sat down in the seat next to me. The boy just smiled and sat cross-legged." Well, my name is MinKi but you can call me Ren and before you ask me to tell you why I am here I was in my choir's after-school practice and we were dancing and I collapsed was rushed to the ER and then my anorexia was discovered and I was sent here." Ren said as he glanced around the room. Before Matt could even get a word out Ren began to speak." And I have no intention of recovering. I'd rather be skinnier and prettier. So before you try to lecture me about how bad anorexia is I know and I don't care. I do not care this is the only thing in my life I can control." Ren said as Matt watched him with a disapproving look. Ren only smiled and in that smile, he showed all his sadness was exposed and he looked so vulnerable. Another anorexic boy comforted Ren as the therapy session went on." Alright boys lunch is in ten minutes go wash up and sit at the tables." Dr Lee said as Matt just left the room. Ren and the other anorexic who seemed to have gotten close just from their disorder both looked so uncomfortable as they made their way upstairs to wash up. I watched Ren go up the stairs." He needs to be mine." I mumbled before walking to my room on the ground floor.