Chapter 14-I knew It

Benny P.O.V

"I knew it!"

We all looked over at Sky and Demi, who blushed and shoved Sky in the water, making us laugh. I wondered what they were talking about, but I didn't ask. Smalls and Timmy were trying to dunk me under water, but failing badly. I pushed them off me, and then they all attacked me, and I was shoved under. I opened my eyes under water, looking around. I spotted Riley, Sky, and Squints, and I decided to have a little fun. As I was swimming over to Squints, I noticed a very skinny figure swimming beside Sky. Is that..it cant be Demi could it? I focused on Squints, making sure he didn't see me, and I yanked down his shorts, and he flipped out. I came up to the surface laughing, but no one else had seen it. He was cherry red, I kept laughing even as he splashed me with water, everyone else was looking at me like I was crazy. "You should've seen your face Squints!" I said happily, and he glared at me while everyone just kept looking confused.

"Your dead Benny!"

He tried to swim after me, but I easily dodged him, almost running into Demi in the process. "Sorry Demi." I said smiling at her, and she smiled back. "No problem." She answered, and I remembered what I had seen under water. Riley called Demi up on dry land, and she got out and sat beside her on a towel. Her waist couldn't be more than 2 inches thick, and you could easily see her ribs. I was studying her for a few more minutes, until her and Riley put their short-shorts and tanks back on. I snapped out of it and jumped out of the pool, sitting down by Demi.

"You guys leaving?"

"Yeah, we're just gunna hang out at Riley's."

I nodded, and Demi smiled a little at me. "You can come too if you want." She said, and I pretened to think deeply. "Well…I don't think I have anything on my calendar…why not." They laughed and I smiled and put my shirt back on, and I could've swore Demi's face dropped a little. We got up and got our bikes, and I followed them to Riley's house. It was a small, white cottage with a deck, and Riley put on her sunglasses and laid on the deck right in the sun. Demi did the same thing, although I don't think she needed another tan, so I followed her and laid beside her.

"Umm..Riley?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you parents home?"

"No, their on vacation again." I let out a breath,and Demi looked at me amused. "What, were you worried her dad was gunna come out here and kick your ass?" I smiled and shook my head, "No…" Demi laughed and Riley smiled, but It faded quickly. "I don't think he would even care. He probably wouldn't even notice." Riley mumbled, and Demi looked sadly at her friend. "Yeah." I didn't get what was going on, but I just let it be. We sat in a comfortable silence for a while, just letting the hot sun hit our bodies. Demi suddenly turned to Riley and whispered to her, "When will they be back?" I heard her ask, and Riley sighed, "Next Tuesday." Today was Wednesday, they wouldn't be back till next week, that was a long time.

"Oh..you want me to stay over tonight?"

"Please."

Demi smiled weakly and leaned back on the porch, and I smiled at her. "What do you think Phillips is doing?" I asked, and Demi laughed. "His mom." We all laughed at Demi's joke, and then Demi shrugged. "I don't know, probably sitting at home like a lazy bum." I nodded in agreement, and Riley sat up and grinned. "Who wants ice cream?" she asked, and me and Demi's eyes went wide. "I do!" we both said like little kids, and Riley laughed and entered the house. "Coming right up!" I laughed and it was me and Demi left alone.

"Dem, can I ask you something?"

She nodded and looked at me curiously. "Whatchu wanna know?" I bit my lip, wondering if I should ask her or not, and she sat there waiting for me. "Are you anorexic?"I asked quickly, wondering if she was mad at me already. Demi froze on the ground, slowly taking her sunglasses off, and her face was scared. "Umm…" she started to say, but I waved her off and got up. "Sorry, I shouldn't have asked, it was rude." I picked up my bike, thinking she would never wanna see me again. "Benny wait!" she yelled, jumping up and stopping me from riding away. I looked at her apologetcily, "Im so sorry, I really shouldn't have asked that."I said again, but she just sighed and looked down.

"I am anorexic."

I stared at her for a few seconds, and she just kept looking at the ground ashamed. I opened my mouth to say something, but couldn't find the words. She let go of my bike and went back on the deck, leaning against the rail and putting a hand to her head. My heart fell a little, I got off my bike and slowly walked on the deck beside her. It was sad to think that Demi thought she was fat. "Can…Will you tell me why?" I asked quietly, and I saw tears coming from her eyes a little, but she brushed them away. "I don't know, just everything that has happened to me…I just…" she tried to explain, but the tears came out and she couldn't speak anymore. I hugged her close, trying to make her feel better, and she wrapped her arms around my waist, and I looked down at her sad face.

"Demi…I know you wont believe me, but your not fat."

Demi looked up at me, the sadness gone from her brown eyes. "I can actually believe that coming from you." she replied, and I didn't know what to say. We stared at each other for what seemed like forever, until Riley came out with our ice cream. She stopped and we pushed apart quickly. "Sorry, did I interrupt something?" she asked, unable to hide the smile on her face. We both shook our heads, "No." she just smiled and handed us our ice cream, and I thanked her and we sat back down. It was an awkward silence now, and Demi kept blushing for some reason. Riley sighed and turned on the radio, which made it less awkward.

But I couldn't get it outa my mind that Demi was anorexic.