Kimi was on the couch, watching soaps, eating a huge tub of ice cream. She was trying to make herself feel better about breaking Tommy's heart. He didn't want this to end, and she felt bad that they didn't agree. She had her eyes on the screen, but through her tears, she could hardly understand what was going on. Maybe she did the right thing, but there was a voice in the back of her mind telling her she had made a mistake, and they really could fix this.
She heard her phone vibrate on the end table next to her, and she picked it up, smearing vanilla ice cream all over the screen.
She had one new text message….from Angelica? It was rare to get anything from Angelica…a text, an email, a phone call. Very rare. It must have been important, so she opened the text.
Before she could read what it said, her phone turned black. Ugh! It died, "Now of all times!" she sighed in frustration, and threw the phone onto the floor.
Chuckie came in through the front door, "Kimi? Aren't you supposed to be at Tommy's?"
"Go away!" she growled through clenched teeth, "I don't want to talk about it."
"Kimi, what happened?" he said, sitting down next to her, looking like a concerned older brother.
"I dumped him," she said quietly, and he looked taken aback.
"Really? I mean, sure you always fight, but…."
"I know, don't make me feel even worse. I want to be alone," and he stood up, and walked down the hall, and heard his bedroom door close. She curled up into a ball, and reached for a pack of unopened Lays, and shoved them into her mouth while she cried and cried.
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Chuckie took off his shoes, and walked over to the phone on his bed to check and see if he had any new messages.
The screen said he had one new text messages from Angelica. Angelica? How weird. She never texted him. He shrugged and opened it up, a video awaiting him.
He pressed play. There was Tommy and Lil, sitting in the old sandbox, kissing. He watched in horror. He didn't know who to be mad at more: Tommy for getting over Kimi so quickly, or Lil for kissing his best friend instead of him.
He left his bed, gripped the door knob hard, and opened it. He needed to tell his sister. But then, he drew back. He saw her, hair disheveled, mascara running down her face, munching on Lays, bawling like a baby. She probably felt like crap right now, and he didn't want to make her feel worse.
He went back to his bedroom, doing a face plant into his pillows. Why couldn't she see?
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Susie was alone for once. Her parents were out having dinner, and her brothers were at some high school football game.
She had gone for days without eating anything more than water, salad, and celery sticks.
She ran to kitchen and grabbed all the junk food she could find, and pigged out in front of the TV.
All of the food felt so good, so delicious. She felt so bloated, so fat after she had scarfed everything down.
No one was home, and no one would know. She went to the bathroom, and stuck the toothbrush down her throat. She was wondering why she could do such a horrible thing to herself, but then remembered the mean comment the lady had said about her at the audition, "Very talented, but very pudgy. You're never going make it out here in the entertainment business if you don't lose some weight."
Singing was her passion, and she didn't want her weight to get in the way of that.
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I know, very short chapter! Sorry about that, but I have been very busy lately, and I haven't had much time for my fanficiton. Hopefully the next chapter will be up soon, though!
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