AN: Here's the long promised, hopefully long awaited next chapter to 7 Sinners. I know it's short, but this is the best I could come up with. :) Hope it isn't too sucky. :)
Gluttony....
Rebecca Baxter, also known as Bex. Lean and mean, she was the girl that stuck out the most out of the 7. A natural born tom-boy, she certainly didn't care whether her shoes matched her outfit, or if her hair was the latest style. The only thing she cared about was sports.
Basketball, soccer, lacrosse, tennis, you name it, she could play it. But the one thing she loved the most was running. I always came to school early, and I could always see her on the truck, running a few miles every morning.
I know it shocked everyone when she tried out for the school track team.... and made it. You see, Bex was born with type three osteoporosis, or brittle bone disease. Nobody thought she would survive let alone lead a normal life. Yet here she was, 14 years into her life, and running like the wind.
From what I heard, Bex was also drug free. In fact, if Bex wasn't as rich as she is, she still wouldn't have to worry about college, because she was an ace athlete, and had brilliant grades. She was the cover girl for our school, and everyone admired the strength she had, the perseverance she had to run.
However, I was a little suspicious of Bex. With type three osteoporosis, walking should have been a difficulty for her. She definitely shouldn't be running!
Then my suspicions were cleared, all in an instant. I was walking to the bathroom after our pep rally. I opened the door to the girl's bathroom and walked in, like normal. However, as I walked into a stall, I heard the door open up behind me again.
Crouching on the toilet, I held my breath and listened.
"Listen, Kim, you can't tell anyone," the voice was panicked and breathless.
"How can I not?" Kim cried. I let my breath out slowly. It was just Bex and Kim. They were probably talking about the fact that Bex was secretly crushing on Mr. Solomon. I began stepping down from the toilet when I heard Kim cry out again.
"Bex, you're popping pills!" I heard two sharp intakes of breath and then the sound of a body slamming into the concrete wall. I cautiously opened the stall door a crack and breathed a sigh of relief. Bex hadn't caused Kim to bleed atleast.
"I'm not popping pills, Lee," Bex snarled. "I'm taking medication, for my.... condition." Bex didn't like admitting that she was different than other people.
Kim made spluttering noises. Bex had tightened her grip on her neck. Bex released Kim's neck, and Kim wheezed, trying to get her breath back.
Finally, when she did, she replied. "Yeah, like five or six pills at a time!"
I was watching through a crack in the door, and I saw Bex move for Kim, but Kim dashed out of the way.
"Bex, listen to me!" Kim pleaded. "I'm your friend. Taking that many pills will kill you Bex!"
"Listen to me!" Bex snapped. "It's my body, I know what I'm doing." Her voice softened, and she sounded.... sad. Vulnerable.
"Listen Kim. My mom, my dad, they were both on the track team in their time. I want them to be proud of me. I want to be like them."
"And you think being a druggie is going to make them proud of you?!" Kim screeched. Bex lunged forward, and I started for the latch, but it turned out that she was just going to cover Kim's mouth.
"Shut up Lee!" Bex's eyes darted around. Her eyes turned menacing as she looked at Kim again.
"Word of this gets out, and I know who to come for," Bex threatened Kim. Kim nodded wordlessly.
"You snitch, and you're dead," Bex promised, removing her hand from Kim's mouth and sauntering away.
Kim waited until Bex's footsteps had faded away, and then went to go wash her face and calm down. Eventually she too left.
I exited my stall and washed my hands.
Bex wasn't a star athlete. I knew that now. She was a druggie, had succumbed to gluttony.
AN: So, how was it? Sucky? Good(e)? Please review! Also, please include in your review who's POV you think this story is in. *Hint* She's a Gallagher Girl.
