Lying in a hospital wasn't exactly abi's idea of fun. Her family often visited her along with ben, jay and Lola but the only person she wanted was rose. When she asked about her best friend, her parents would automatically change the subject. Abi was getting worried.
'mum just tell me, where the hell is my best friend?' abi asked her mum as she visited one day.
Tanya looked unsure at her daughter as she knew that the news would only worry her but decided that she needed to know.
'Well sweetheart when you came here, rose was to and she's not looking to well darling ' Tanya told abi gently.
Abi sat in shock. Her best friend was being treated to at the same time as her and she couldn't even visit her.
'Well have you seen her?' abi asked quietly
'Yes sweetheart and she send her love and told me to tell you not to worry ok ' Tanya said.
After a few moments Tanya got up from where she was sitting.
'Well I best be off, get well soon darling' Tanya said giving her daughter a kiss on the forehead and left straight afterwards.
Abi sat there in silence and looked around the room; she noticed a mirror in the bathroom and stood up then walked over to it. She then lifted her nightgown and shivered at the coldness hitting her bare skin as she stood in her underwear. As she looked at her body, she was sickened. Bones were sticking out in different places, her skin a sickly pale color, her hair looked damaged and greasy and her face that was once full of brightness now has no color. She remembered a girl who was proud of the way she looked and also remembered that she beautiful inside and out. now as she stared at this stranger she saw nothing but a person who was dying slowly and before all this person wanted was to be beautifully thin and realized that the road that she was on was a stupid one and with that abi was ready to move on to a different path . The right path as she now knew that she needed help. In the background of the room while abi was thinking a song was playing. A song which summarized her pretty well.
I told another lie today
And I got through this day
No one saw through my games
I know the right words to say
Like "I don't feel well," "I ate before I came"
Then someone tells me how good I look
And for a moment, for a moment I am happy
But when I'm alone, no one hears me cry
I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be OK
Together we can make it through another day
I don't know the first time I felt unbeautiful
The day I chose not to eat
What I do know is how I've changed my life forever
I know I should know better
There are days when I'm OK
And for a moment, for a moment I find hope
But there are days when I'm not OK
And I need your help
So I'm letting go
I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be OK
Together we can make it through another day
You should know you're not on your own
These secrets are walls that keep us alone
I don't know when but I know now
Together we'll make it through somehow
(together we'll make it through somehow)
I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be OK
Together we can make it through another day
Song - courage by superchick.