"I wanna be skinny" An Emma Nelson Story: Part 3
I
will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be
there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
I wake to the sound of my alarm, and the smell of food filling my nostrils. I hit the off button on the clock and look over toward Manny's bed, nothing, just covers bunched up. I make my bed, and hers to, and then make my way up stairs. "Morning Em, Breakfast is ready" mom says without looking away from the stove, obviously fixing more breakfast because she never thinks they'll be enough. "Actually I think I'm going to get ready, grab a bite at the dot and go somewhere"
"Oh where are you going?"
"I don't know just somewhere"
"Okay"
I head back downstairs and take a shower. That takes about 15 minutes and I blow drying and curling my hair. I slip into a green camisole, a pair of grey joggers, matching green socks, and my tennis shoes. I put my hair up in a messy bun, letting the curls hang, and climb out my window.
I've been running for an hour, and I really need a drink of water. I didn't think about having anything to drink at the house, before I left. I turn around and head for the bench I saw a couple minutes ago, so I can stop and take a break, maybe get my mind of a big gulp of ice cold water running down my scratchy throat. I can see the bench with my eyes and I stare at it until I finally reach it. I sit down and take a deep breath in, and then I let it out slowly. Did I go to the dot? Nope, I'm not hungry; I mean all they really have at the dot is fattening, heck almost everything now a day is fattening. The thought of having a bottle of water slowly floods back into my mind so I think about what all I'm doing to tomorrow, since tomorrow is Saturday I'll have to run to the grocery store so that mom doesn't freak once she notices she's out of potatoes, because the Cameron's always come over and have this little book club thingy on Saturday nights, and they always have baked potatoes as their 'snack'. Then I'll have to go to Cheerleading practice in the school gym. After practice I'll- Wait I can hear a honking noise… it's coming from a car, or a truck, either one. Why is it honking? I can see the … Car getting closer and now I know why, I can recognize that car, its Jay's. I stand up and walk over to the side of the sidewalk and he pulls up beside me, "Hey Greenpeace, need a ride?"
"Nope, But I could use a water, got any of them?"
"No, I don't drink water"
"Should have known"
"Are you sure you don't want a ride?"
"I'm sure; I'm just out on a run"
"Okay, you're loss"
He drives away and I start running back toward the direction of the house. Jay may seem like a butt sometimes, but he's really a super sweet guy, who cares about other people.
I take a long drink of the ice cold water in my hand, gulping it down. I feel the relief on my throat as it runs down it. I managed to get home without a single drop of water, how I managed that, I have not a clue. But now I can feel the water on my tongue, and then when my mouth fills completely up with water I gulp, making a noise. I put the water back in the fridge and walk down stairs, Manny must have went out, probably on a date with her new beau, I hate that boy. His name's Tony, he looks old and worn out. Manny could do so much better than that. He's a high school drop out and works at a fast food restraint, I mean hello, wake up Manny, he's a piece of crap. I mean Manny practically has every boy at school foaming at the mouth as she walks by, it's crazy! Any who, I slip out of my clothes and take another shower, considering I was all sweaty from the run.
Not really much of anything but, it's something, I guess. It just shows that Emma is exercising, maybe not a humongous amount right now, but yea. You'll see.