"Jessie, please don't tell my parents!" Emma begged as she pulled herself out of the hug.
"Emma, I-"
"Jessie, please! They can't know about this please!" Emma began to sob again.
"Emma I can't keep this a secret from them. They're your parents, they love you and will want to help you."
"No they won't, they'll send me away. You don't understand they don't want anything like this to embarrass them. They are all over the news and they won't want this in the tabloids. I'll end up in rehab or something." Jessie just stared at Emma unsure of what to say, and Emma could tell that she was wearing Jessie down. "You said we were like sisters, as my big sister please, help me…please"
Jessie sighed, "Okay, but you have to start eating. I can't keep this a secret if you continue to starve yourself. But, if you start eating again I guess I can keep it on the DL."
"Thank you Jessie!" Emma said clapping her hands together.
"And you're going to start eating again?"
"Yes, yes I promise!"
Jessie smiled, "Great, hold on, I'll be right back." Jessie left the room and reappeared a few moments later holding a plate with a few cookies. "I thought you might be hungry since you hadn't eaten since we got back from the hospital. Now I know you must be hungry since you haven't eaten for a while, so I baked you some cookies earlier. I hope you like them." Jessie handed the plate to Emma.
"Thank you." Emma replied as she took the plate. "These look great." She made a show of sniffing the cookies and slowly took one to her lips and took a bite. She smiled at Jessie, "Goodnight," she said her mouth still full of cookies, "I'll eat these in bed." Jessie kissed the top of her head and left the room satisfied that she had seen Emma eat.
As soon as Emma heard Jessie's footsteps fade down the hall way she closed her bedroom door and ran to the bathroom. She spit out the cookie that was in her mouth into the toilet. She rinsed out her mouth with water making sure that not even one crumb made it to her stomach. Once she was sure all the cookie bits were washed out of her mouth, she dumped the rest of the plate into the toilet and flushed.