Tamsin helped Kenzi get up off the ground and held onto her as she led the small human back to her apartment. Kenzi began to realize just how weak she really was as she had to lean on Tamsin for support several times ,as they slowly made their way to Tamsin's place. Tamsin kept asking Kenzi if she was okay and if she wanted to stop for a few minutes, but Kenzi only willingly stopped once when she felt incredibly dizzy. They finally made it to Tamsin's a half hour later and Tamsin unlocked her door and led Kenzi inside.
"Here, why don't you sit down on the couch and i'll make you something to drink," Tamsin said, leading Kenzi to her couch and helping her sit down before going into her kitchen.
Tamsin had already decided exactly what she was going to give Kenzi. She was particularly fond of green juice smoothies and always kept some in her fridge so she grabbed a glass and poured some for Kenzi. She figured it would be exactly what Kenzi's body needed right now and would help her feel much less dizzy without her actually having to eat food, something she was pretty sure Kenzi didn't want to do at the moment.
"Here Kenzi, I brought you some green juice. Trust me, its really good, and it will be really good for your body. Hopefully it will be easy for you to get down," Tamsin said, handing the glass to Kenzi.
Kenzi hesitantly took the glass, not wanting to have to put any calories in her body right now but knowing that if she didn't she would likely pass out soon. She had worked out for 4 hours that afternoon alone and the only thing she had managed to eat that day was an apple, which had taken her an hour to eat, that morning.
"Thanks Tamsin," Kenzi said, smiling over at her friend.
Tamsin sat down on the couch next to Kenzi, not entirely certain what to do next but wanting to be close to Kenzi.
"So Kenzi, how often have you been working out at the gym?"
"I go every day, usually in the mornings and sometimes I stay a few hours, sometimes all day. Today I got there around 9 am and workout out for 2 hours then took a break to do some things on my computer. Around 3 I realized I couldn't sit still anymore so I decided to go work out again and I found I couldn't stop. 4 hours later I finally had to stop when I got dizzy and that's when I decided to head home and got really dizzy," Kenzi said.
"So you worked out 6 hours just today? Did you...did you eat anything today? I hate asking you that, because i'm not trying to nag you about eating, but I'm concerned..."
"I ate an apple this morning, but nothing else today."
"My sister used to do that too. She would eat something in the morning just so she could have something to keep her going, but it was never a lot. Then she would jog for like 2 hours and after school she usually had track practice so she would go another hour then and most days would make herself workout at least another hour before going to bed," Tamsin said, pain in her eyes as memories began to flood her mind again.
"What was your sisters name?" Kenzi asked, as she took a small sip of the drink.
"Kayleigh."
"I bet she was beautiful, just like her sister," Kenzi said, smiling over at Tamsin. She hated seeing Tamsin feeling so upset. It had to be horrible to watch your own sister die and not be able to do anything about it.
"She was. Especially before her eating disorder. She was a knock out. And Kenzi, your beautiful too. You know that, right? I know you probably don't feel like you are...but you are absolutely beautiful...to me," Tamsin said, nearly choking on her words. She was not sure how Kenzi was going to react to what she had just said. She really liked Kenzi and she was beginning to realize it wasn't just an "as a friend" type thing anymore.
"You...you think i'm beautiful?" Kenzi said, not having expected to hear that from the Valkyrie.
"I do. Your pretty hot...for a human," Tamsin said, feeling flirty but also not believing she'd just said that.
"Um...could I use your bathroom, Tamsin?" Kenzi asked. She was feeling several different things at once. First, she realized that she was feeling something for Tamsin, and she wasn't sure if she liked that she felt that way or not. Second, she wanted to blush at Tamsin's last comment. Was she flirting with Kenzi? Third, she had just looked down at the glass when Tamsin had made her last comment and realized that she had absentmindedly drank over half of the green smoothie. She wasn't sure she was okay with having the calories in her body even if they were very healthy calories and she knew that they would help ease the pains she had felt in her stomach from hunger. The pains she had felt for nearly the entire day.
Tamsin wasn't sure if Kenzi was reacting to her comment by trying to get away from Tamsin or if she had realized she had nearly drank the entire glass of smoothie. Perhaps both? But she wasn't about to let Kenzi run off to the bathroom so soon after drinking it. She knew that it would be too tempting for Kenzi to throw up right now.
"Um, Kenzi, I'm not sure its such a good idea for you to leave this room right now. I don't know how to put this...but...I think you may have been making yourself throw up after you eat, lately. I think that's how you've been fooling Bo into thinking your actually eating."
"What?! How do you know that I...why do you think i've been doing that?" Kenzi said, realizing she had nearly admitted to doing just what Tamsin had described.
"Kenzi, i've sort of been...watching you. Like following you and such. But even before that I heard you making yourself throw up that night that Bo invited Lauren and I to dinner. You snuck off after dinner and I heard you in the bathroom making yourself sick. I followed you because...I was pretty sure your eating disorder hadn't just stopped so quickly. I followed you because...because I care about you," Tamsin said, not feeling quite so confident about admitting all this to Kenzi. She wasn't looking forward to Kenzi's reaction.
"Tamsin, I think I need to go home now. I'll just walk since its not too far," Kenzi said, getting up and grabbing her bag, preparing to walk out the door.
Tamsin wasn't entirely certain what to do. Should she just let Kenzi leave? Especially after she had gotten so dizzy after working out for so long earlier? Or should she stop her. She didn't have much time to make a decision before Kenzi would walk out the door and be gone. Tamsin decided that she was going to make a move, even if she ended up regretting it. She ran over to the door where Kenzi was about to place her hand on the knob and open it. She quickly placed her hand on top of the hand Kenzi had on the door.
"Wait, I know that what I said made you uncomfortable and I'm sorry. It didn't come out exactly the way I was expecting it to. And i'm sorry that I said you've been making yourself throw up. I'm even sorry that I may have freaked you out by telling you that i've been following you. But i'm not sorry that I followed you. I'm not sorry that I care too much about you and that I can't just stand back and watch you do this to yourself. Kenzi, I..."
Tamsin was about to finish her sentence when Kenzi used her other hand to remove Tamsin's hand from the one she had on the door. Then Kenzi walked closer to Tamsin, still holding onto Tamsin's hand. She look up into the tall blonde's eyes, nearly swooning from how beautiful they were. She placed a hand on Tamsin's cheek, then pulled her down towards Kenzi's face and kissed the Valkyrie passionately.
Tamsin was in shock but couldn't have been happier when Kenzi made her move. She kissed Kenzi back, loving the way Kenzi made her feel.
Kenzi felt her heart start to beat a little faster from excitement as she kissed the Valkyrie. She was a bit shocked with herself to be honest, and hadn't realized she had wanted to kiss Tamsin until she had gone for it. Several passionate minutes later, Tamsin reached down and pulled Kenzi close to her, holding the small human close. Kenzi happily let herself mold into Tamsin's arms, feeling very safe and warm in her friends arms. She felt herself relax and all thoughts of food and wanting to rid her body of it left her mind.
After a few minutes Tamsin led Kenzi over to the couch and lay down on it, motioning for Kenzi to join her. Kenzi lay in Tamsin's lap, letting the Valkyrie hold her closely. They both were feeling very relaxed and soon after both fell asleep, holding each other closely.
