Connie was laying on the Sofa in Cal's arms under a blanket feeling a little washed out from the days events. Cal was trying to pluck up the courage to talk to Connie about how she was feeling, not in that moment but all round she'd been struggling and he didn't notice until now.

'Baby, we need to talk. I know you don't want to talk about it, but you'll have to at some point' he spoke softly

'I'm sorry Cal, I shouldn't have bottled up. I want you to know that I can trust you.'

'and you can 100% trust me. anything you need to talk about im always there'

'thank you' Connie placed a light kiss on his lips

'So are you going to tell me whats going on?'

Connie let out a sigh and nodded 'I've been feeling this way for a long time, even before Grace was ill but i guess that was the tipping point of it..'

'tipping point of what?'

'Feeling that i'm not what i should be. I've been told i'm underweight which is the problem, I don't have an Eating disorder but i have a phobia of being overweight or even gaining weight, i only ever want to loose it... and its drained me'

'Connie' Cal sighed 'You do have an Eating disorder, it may not be as bad as the teenage girls out there but feeling that way, it's controlling you'

Connie nodded, knowing that he was right as a small tear fell.

'You're beautiful and i don't need you too change. But I can get you help, and we don't have to tell anyone, it shouldn't effect your work no more than it has now.'

'thank you' and she looked into Cal's eyes as he leaned in to kiss her deeply as she returned it.

After the both fell asleep on the sofa entwined in each others arms Connie awoke as the light beamed through the big bay window opposite the couple. She wondered over to the kitchen and started making herself and Coffee, just how they both like it.
Cal awoke to the smell of the Coffee and wondered over to his beautiful girlfriend, he loved how beautiful and plain she looked in the morning.

'I love it when your hair is in a messy bun and you have no makeup on' as he kissed her good morning

she smiled to herself looking down as she carried on making coffee as Cal wrapped his arms around her kissing her neck.

'how do you feel today?' he whispered to her

'I feel better that I've opened up to you, and very well rested even though we fell asleep on the sofa' She handed him his coffee and made her way over to the breakfast bar.

He sipped it 'White, 2 sugars, not too milky but not too strong' He took another sip 'Perfect'

She sipped hers 'Black, 1 sugar, half a spoon of decaff and half a spoon of caffeinated' she smiled over to him

sitting opposite his beautiful girlfriend, he looked at her admiring every perfection of her clear skin. He loved her more than anything, and realized that she was the one after so many flings.

'I'm going to see grace just before my shift starts otherwise it'll be too late during or after' She explained

Cal nodded 'Do you want me to come with you?'

'If that's okay?' she nodded 'I don't want to be on my own after what happened last time'

'Of course, I'll be there as long as you need me.'

Connie took Cal's mug off him and took it back to the kitchen, he followed her

She turned around to Cal kneeling on the floor just in front of her and she smiled knowing what was happening