Dinner Time
theme-dinner time
theme from darkangelsnapelover's one-shot challenge. this will be a longer piece.
Chapter 1-Hungry
Fern was hungry. She was always hungry, but today the feeling felt different somehow. Her stomach gurgled a prodded. She tried to ignore it. She'd ignored it for so long now, using sips of water to keep her filled. She tried that now. She soothed herself.
Fern had been anorexic for about three months now. It started in freshman gym class. She thought she looked bigger than the other kids, and because the class focused on weight loss, she had to find a way to lose pounds. Dieting wasn't working. Working out wasn't working. So Fern skipped a meal, breakfast, at first. Then she'd try to skip lunch, deciding she just didn't feel hungry. Once she discovered the water trick, she started going all day without food.
She did give in sometimes. She'd tell herself, "well, yesterday I had an apple," or "this morning I had a grape," and she'd convince herself that was plenty of food.
But Fern wasn't fond of the hungry feeling anymore. She felt empty in so many ways. She hid at lunch and dinner. She kept herself distant from people like Buster. She was losing friends slowly the longer she stayed hungry.
Fern went for a walk, another way to fight off the hunger. She needed new shoes. Her feet were too small for these and they slipped as she walked. She walked past a restaurant and gagged at the smell. She wondered if she really was hungry since food disgusted her so much. She kept walking.
A block up, she saw her friends at the Sugar Bowl. Arthur was laughing as he launched ice cream covered fries into Buster's mouth. Francine laughed and snorted milkshake out her nose. Muffy was there too nibbling on a plate of ketchup-covered fries.
Fern wanted to join them but the smells coming from the building made her nauseous. She wasn't hungry anymore. She'd never be hungry again.