The next morning when I woke up my stomach started rumbling loudly. The entire time in the hospital I ate for Quil but now I really had no motivation. I slid on sweats to be careful of the cuts still fresh on my legs and then a giant hoodie. I knew I looked like a bum but it didn't matter to me, I wasn't trying to impress anyone. I brushed my teeth and threw my make-up in my bag to do at school. I went into the kitchen while putting my hair in a bun and looked at the two pieces of toast still fresh on the table. I grabbed them and started my way to school not waiting for Dorothy to offer me a ride. I had a while to walk so I would walk off the toast. I shoved the perfect pieces of bread down my throat and held my bag tight to my side. I didn't want bother any of the cars that kept passing me so I kept to myself and listened to the rain drops falling from the tree tops. I was into myself until a car horn honked behind me. I jumped scared and turned around to glare at the person in the car. But that person was Quil so my face instantly went into a smile without thinking. Around him I can smile freely and have no reason not to.
"Hop in," he called out the window as he pushed the door open. I climbed in with no hesitation and made myself comfy. When we were almost to school he pulled a brown bag from the back and handed it to me.
"It has a bagel in it for breakfast and a peanut butter sandwich for lunch," he said with a sheepish grin. I smiled at him and knew that I couldn't keep being bulimic. I knew I had to stop and I knew I had to get help, my help would be Quil. I made a promise to myself that I would start trying to eat more and not think about how perfect I could be. I tore the bagel in two and offered a piece to Quil but he said no.
"My stomach is full enough," he laughed and rolled up his window when it started raining. I took a huge bite and felt my stomach leap with joy. By the time we pulled into the parking lot at school I finished the bagel and was about to eat the sandwich.
"Are you that hungry?" Quil asked with an amused look. I shrugged and slid the bag into my sack and got out. The rain was beating down but I didn't mind. We took off running for the brick cover, hand in hand. But before we got there Quil stopped me and pulled me close in the middle of the road. The rain was coming down so hard it was seeping into my closed mouth. Quil opened his mouth a little and bent down slowly giving me time to pull back but I didn't want to. I stood on my toes and closed the gaps. Before I knew it we were tangled up with each other in the middle of the road. His heat warmed me to my core and it felt so new and so special and raw I didn't want it to end. But sadly the rang and we had to book it to class.
"Nice to join us," the teacher said with a scowl on her face. I chuckled and rushed to my seat and I knew Quil was behind me from his squeaky shoes. His friends in the back made cat calls and he winked at them. Usually if a guy did that after a kiss like that I would have thought they were just messing around with me but Quil was different. Something about him, his words, his touch was just absolutely…breath taking. I knew from that moment on that Quil and I could be together forever if he wanted.