In honor of this being the 10th Chapter, this is the chapter in which you will all find out the truth. You might have picked up on it already but for those who haven't it is spelt out very clearly (yeah you get told exactly what is wrong with Izzy). I don't want to keep you waiting so here you go, part 10!
The Truth Amongst Lies (Part 10)
The nurse place Izzy's tray on the little table and rolled it over so it was across her bed. Cameron was watching Izzy carefully, studying her expression, so carefully that she didn't notice the nurse was now looking at her. Realizing the nurse was asking if she would stay while Izzy ate, Cameron nodded slowly and pulled her chair closer to Izzy's bed.
Izzy stared down at her food, doing a quick calculation in her head. For someone who had always struggled with math, her addition skills had certainly improved. Double checking her answer, Izzy cringed noticeably, forgetting it was Cameron who was supervising today and not a nurse.
Seeing the girl's response to being presented with her breakfast, Cameron's heart broke, she knew the girl needed help but her responsibility as a doctor to keep patient record confidential overpowered her responsibility to be truthful with her girlfriend.
"Please don't make me," Izzy mumbled, pleading with the older doctor, knowing her chances were slim but she had become so good at avoiding it even if Cameron made her eat she could use the argument to distract the blonde.
"Izzy, you have to eat, if you don't, you're going to die," Cameron told her, fighting back tears.
Seeing the blonde's eyes fill with tears, Izzy felt awful for reducing the woman to tears not once, but twice. However, a small part of her brain told her this was the perfect excuse.
"You have to tell Remy, I need you to," Cameron pleaded with her, knowing the girl would only connect with her if she personalized the subject.
"She wouldn't understand, she doesn't care about me. She hasn't cared about me since mum died, she doesn't care about anyone."
'I'm here to see my sister, Izzy- Isabella Hadley," She quickly told the woman at the Reception desk. The young receptionist typed Izzy's name into her computer and moments later her whole expression had changed.
"Oh, she's one of them, ward 9, room 11," she snapped rudely at Thirteen before turning back to her computer and closing the file with a flounce.
Thirteen stood there for a moment, before slowly making her way to the elevator. Trying to understand the receptionist's rude response, it suddenly hit her.
"She does care, she truly does, she might not show it at times but Remy really does care. Even if it is in her own wild and unique way." Cameron reassured the girl, smiling to herself at the thought of her girlfriend's funny way of avoiding emotion.
"No one cares, as soon as they find out, it's like I don't deserve anything," Izzy mumbled, not wanting to sound pathetic until she realized that's exactly that's exactly what she was, pathetic.
"I care, and I'm sure Remy will to. She might need some time to deal with everything, but she will understand and I'll help you through it." Cameron whispered reassuringly. Having completely forgotten about the fact Izzy had not eaten a single thing.
"OK, I'll tell her, but.. er... will you... um-" Izzy stumbled over her words, trying to find the right ones for the situation.
"Will I be there when you tell her? Of course, you're not on your own anymore, Izzy." Cameron finished for her, now smiling up at the frail girl.
"Thank you," Izzy said, smiling back. Now that everything was silent again, both of them returned their focus to Izzy's uneaten breakfast.
"I'll go you halves, I didn't have the time to eat breakfast this morning," Cameron said, pulling the tray towards her and cutting and serving the breakfast into two equal portions and beginning to eat her half. Surprisingly, Izzy picked up some egg tenderly and took a small bite.
Cameron polished off her half quickly, starving after not having had dinner last night. Cameron began telling Izzy all kinds of stories about Thirteen, how their relationship had started, how shy Thirteen was after their first kiss at a co-worker's party.
They both were laughing loudly, enjoying themselves thoroughly. Neither of them noticed the sudden entrance of the brunette's older sister until she spoke up.
"Why didn't you tell me?" she asked Izzy, with a slight bitterness in her voice, before turning to Cameron "And you, you're meant to be my girlfriend! Why didn't you tell me?"
The room fell silent, Izzy looked from her sister to Cameron and back again, the tension in the air building. Thirteen could feel tears building up in her eyes and she ran out of the room before her sister and girlfriend could see her cry.
Cameron chased after her girlfriend, leaving Izzy alone. Staring at the door as it swung shut, Izzy realized it had happened again, everyone had cared for her and sided with those who decided they hated her. Suddenly she was repulsed by herself, leaning over the bed she threw up the small amount she had eaten. Leaning back, her head cleared and Izzy could finally see clearly. She didn't need her family or Cameron, she stopped needing them the day this all started. The say she began starving herself to perfection. The day she developed Anorexia.