Hey! This is my entry for the VA contest by XxXLost-In-The-CrowdXxX. This is my first one-shot so I'm so sorry if it sucks. I urge you to vote when the time comes, even if it isn't for me! This story really means a lot to me since I feel this way a lot of the time and I've been anorexic for three years but recently I've had it under control.I'm glad to be writing this since I can totally relate to it. I hope you guys enjoy!

*DISCLAIMER*

I do not own Vampire Academy or any of the characters, the wonderful Richelle Meade does!

Topic: Gym

Summary:

Rose has gone to the gym since she was 12 because she wanted to look like the other girls who have the perfect slim figure. Since she was 14 she has suffered from anorexia and bulimia. Starving herself and then eating very little and throwing it back up has been all she's done for the past 4 years and nobody has ever noticed. One day at her usual time going to the gym Rose meets a certain russian who notices and tries to help, but can he?

I stood looking at my naked form in the mirror. I've been both anorexic and bulimic since I was 14. I`m now 18 and a senior in highschool that can't reach the perfect weight or perfect clothe size. I`m a size 9 (11 is the average size) in dresses and my goal is to be a size 7. Why? Because everyone at my school is a freakin' size 7 or smaller and if you're not that size you get made fun of. Everyday I only eat salad or yogurt. In public I eat what everyone else eats, or so it seems. In reality I pick at my food and if I do act like I take a bite, I discreetly spit it back out in my napkin. When I do eat I go to the restroom and throw it back up. Many people don`t understand what I go through and are just like you`re skinny, isn`t that enough? but the answer isn`t that simple. You think I`m skinny but I don`t think I`m skinny so I`m working to be my ideal skinny.

As I got ready for school I thought about the past years and close I am to my goal. Two more sizes and I`m done. I can go back to eating without having to go throw it back up. When I was finished getting ready for school I packed my draw-string bag with clothes for the gym, a towel, and a water bottle. Everyday I go to the gym and do hard-core work-outs to help lose weight and stay active. Everyone I know thinks I`m a extremely healthy person but if they only knew what I was going through and could understand. Since I became anorexic and bulimic I have drifted from my friends and once I get to size seven then I`m going to be sure to repair my relationships with my friends.

I drove to school and went through my usual day which passed uneventfully. After school I went to the gym and did my workout. after was done I decided to run for a bit so I went out to the track. I had run 2 laps when a tall man ran up beside me with chin length brown hair and chocolate-brown eyes.

"Hi! I`m Dimitri!"

"Hi, Dimitri, I`m, Rose."

"So Rose do you come here often?" he asked curiously

"Yup... Everyday since I turned 12. Do you come here often?" I replied feeling as if I was giving away too much information.

"No. I`m new in town," he told me glancing at his watch.

"I have to go. Talk to you later Rose." he said and jogged off. I ran a couple more laps and went to the showers. I allowed myself to eat a banana when I got home and a granola bar and went to the bathroom. When I was done I only had some of the banana left in my system and very little of the granola bar. When I went to bed that night I thought back to when I met Dimitri and I just know I was going to see a lot of him.