What's wrong with me?

What happens when Casey looks in the mirror one morning and doesn't like what he sees. What downwards spiral does this send him on and will his brother's help before time runs out.

TRIGGER: this story will include eating disorders and some self harm so if you feel may be affected please don't feel like you have to read it. I will put in triggers in the chapters that will contain these :)

Chapter 1:

Casey woke up, just like he did any normal day. He got out of bed, like he did any normal day. He would walk past the mirror, like he did any normal day. He'd go and have breakfast, just like he'd do any normal day. Except today was different.

He got out of bed, just like he normally would but then when Casey walked past the mirror he stopped and looked at himself; he looked at himself carefully. Did he look normal? His face, his neck, his arms and his lips. Were they normal? Casey just stood there looking at himself, picking out little things that stood out so much. It was his face and neck that got Casey the most; they just didn't look right.

Casey didn't realise how long he'd been standing there until Brax called him down and Casey realised he'd been standing at the mirror for 30 minutes. "Just coming!" Casey called back, not quite believing he'd just spent 30 minutes in front of the mirror. What was going on with him?

He got himself dressed and then walked out into the kitchen; he knew Brax would ask questions. "What took you so long?" Brax asked as expected. "Oh I just slept in", Casey lied hoping that Brax would believe him. "Right, you had a late night or something?" Brax asked knowing that Casey wasn't really for lie ins as much as he loved his bed.

Casey silently cursed Brax. Why did he have to ask so many questions? Casey got his breakfast and sat down at the table. "Yeah something like that", Casey replied and Brax nodded. "Well I'm going down to the beach, I'll be back later" Brax said before grabbing his keys and leaving Casey in the house.

Casey looked down at his breakfast, he wasn't hungry and he didn't really feel like eating. He stood up pouring the cereal into the bin and putting his bowl in the sink. He walked off back to his room, he was going to sort some stuff out, stop himself from feeling like he did. However for Casey that would be easier said than done.

2 hours later and Brax was back. Casey had spent most of that time in his room, looking in the mirror and for some reason exercising. Casey would never normally exercise in his room, he'd normally go down to the gym but for some reason today, he just felt the compulsion to exercise.

"Casey I'm back!" Brax called as he walked into the house putting his keys down behind him. He walked into the kitchen and couldn't find Casey, he presumed he was in his room. Brax had noticed Casey had been a little odd that morning, but he didn't know why. As Brax walked past the bin he noticed that Casey's breakfast was in it and he started to wonder why. "Casey", Brax said as he knocked on Casey's bedroom door. He tried to open it, but Casey had locked it.

Inside his room Casey could hear Brax outside, what was Casey supposed to do? He was hot, sweaty and was breathing heavy. He couldn't let Brax in. "Yeah?" Casey shouted slightly breathless. "Are you alright in there?" Brax asked. "Yeah!" Casey replied. "Casey let me in", Brax instructed and Casey panicked.

He could not let Brax in. He just couldn't, he would ask why he was hot and sweaty; also Casey was sure that Brax had found the food in the bin. "Case, I just want to ask you something", Brax said trying to get Casey to open the door. "Casey open this door, what are you hiding?"

"Nothing", Casey replied knowing he was running out of time. He quickly changed his top, cooled himself down, slowed down his breathing and went to open the door. "Finally", Brax said as Casey opened the door. "What did you want?" Casey asked. Brax rubbed his hand across his head. "I found your breakfast in the bin." Casey's breath hitched. How was he supposed to explain this?

Thank you for reading, please review and tell me what you think :) I know this is short but the chapters will get longer as the story goes on :)

See you next chapter :)