The Sensible one
Lucy stood in front of her mirror putting the finishing touches on her makeup. Today was the first day of school, her first day as a senior. Her first day of being the oldest Camden at Glen Oak High. She had to drive her younger brother and sister to school, but this year there was no Matt or Mary to share her lunch period telling her she had to eat.
"Luce, come on we're going to be late," Simon, yelled at a Lucy for the fifth time that morning "it's the first day of school we can't be late."
"I'm coming, give me a minute." She yelled back
She hadn't meant to stop eating, it just sort of happened. And she did eat sometimes. Okay, only on the weekends when she was home. She never meant to start cutting ether. She knew what could happen if you became a cutter. She had that under control too. Her life was completely under her control. She had a great boy friend, Jimmy. She was captain of the cheerleading squad. She got strait A's. She volunteers for Habitat for Humanity. Everything was good.
"Lucy, its time to go. You don't have time to eat breakfast now." Her mom had appeared at her door. "You'll have to eat when you get to school." She said handing Lucy a five-dollar bill.
She refused. "I wasn't really all that hungry to being with," Lucy lied to her mom, even though her stomach was grumbling. She could smell the pancakes every one else had eaten.
As she left her bathroom she gave her mom a kiss on the cheek. "I love you mom. Is my lunch on the counter?" She asked even though she had no intention of eating it. Last year her mom had become worried about her weight loss, and had began to pack extra desserts to tempt her.
"I had Simon take it to the car for you." Her mom had followed her down the stairs to the kitchen where her dad was finishing his coffee. "Lucy, can you pick up Sam and David from Mrs. Bink's after school?" he asked.
"Sure" she mumbled as she left.
"Eric, I'm worried about Lucy. She's lost a lot of weight and yesterday when I was cleaning her bathroom, I found blood on her razor and her towel ." Annie told her husband.
"Annie I'm sure its nothing. Lucy's a smart girl. More than likely she cut herself shaving" He soothed his wife. "Now I have to go, I'm going to be late for work."
After dropping off Ruthie at her school, Simon and Lucy made it to their school with ten minutes to spare. "See Simon, we made it to school with time to spare." Her words were slurred and she was feeling light headed. She stumbled a bit getting out of the car.
Simon rushed her side, "Luce are you okay?" he asked.
"Yeah I'm okay." She pushed him away and begin to walk up the steps. She was half way up the stone step when she fainted.