Mariana Adams-Foster : Striving for Perfection

by mrk1023

Mariana is my favorite character on The Fosters. I thought it would be interesting to write a story about her developing an eating disorder. This has not happened on the show, and I think Cierra Ramirez is beautiful and not fat, it's just something I thought of and wanted to write about.

3. Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Her stomach and thighs looked smaller, her hair looked thinner, and she constantly had bags under her eyes. She continued her routine until summer started. Her siblings began to notice how she wouldn't eat with the family at dinner anymore, and she would exercise every morning. She thought her moms were too busy to notice she had lost weight. She stepped on the scale on the first day of July and saw 110. She saw how her ribs were protruding and how defined her collarbone was. There was a space between her thighs and her hip bones stuck out. Callie walked in the bathroom just then and saw how thin Mariana had become. She gasped, which made Mariana look over and panic.

"Oh, Callie I didn't know you were awake, I was just-"

Callie interrupted, "Oh my GOD, Mariana! You look so skinny what happened?"

"I uh… I've been on a diet." She answered.

"A diet? You look like you're starving yourself. Are you okay?"

Mariana wondered why Callie sounded so worried. "Of course I'm okay, I don't know why youre acting all weird."

"Because you look sick and I'm worried about you."

"Well you don't need to worry, everything's fine."

Callie wanted to believe Mariana but she wasn't coming downstairs for dinner anymore so she told her moms that she was concerned about her. They looked at Callie with sadness in their eyes and responded, "We are too, love."