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After she’s done she pops a piece of spearmint gum in her mouth, to mask the smell of vomit, knowing it won’t actually but also knowing no one will notice except maybe Brian, and if he noticed he wouldn’t say anything. She gets back to find that Brian had eaten more than half of the cupcake and she’s impressed, if not a little jealous. She sometimes wishes she could be that brave. He looks up at her grimacing, seemingly at the smell of vomit and for a second she thinks he knows. She soon puts that in the back of her mind because he couldn’t, she been so careful covering her tracks. “Come on Brian, can you at least try and finish the cupcake. It’s just one tiny little cupcake and it’s the only thing you’ve eaten all day. The least you could …show more content…

“I’ve already eaten half of it and that’s a lot more than I intended on eating. You should be happy I ate any at all. I could have refused to eat the concoction of fat, sugar and calories all together.” Brian says violently. “Please can you at least try and eat it,” Maya continues to plead, almost disregarding Brian’s previous statement. “We’re worried about you. You’ve been losing a lot of weight lately that you can’t afford to lose and it’s not good. We need you to start eating.” “No,” he responds more loud and commanding than before. “If I eat then I’ll get even fatter than I am now. I’m just starting to lose all the weight they made me put on during recovery and I can’t afford to mess that up now. So no I’m not going to start eating again because then I will get even fatter and I can’t let that happen.” “You’re not fat and you’ve been fat,” Maya breaks, her tone of voice angrier than she she intended. Maya looks to Chelsea to validate what she is saying but Chelsea looks away. It would be nothing short of hypocritical for her to call Brian out on his behavior when she isn’t much better but that being said, Maya is …show more content…

In fact, I think you’re too thin, way too thin. Brian I can see the outline of your spine and I’m not supposed to be able to see that. But probably none of that matters to you because you can’t see what we see so I’ll tell you something that will matter to you. You will die if you keep starving yourself like this and that will kill us inside. Honestly we couldn’t give a fuck if you’re thin as a twig or big as a house as long as you’re healthy, happy and most of all alive. “The look of guilt in Brian’s eyes tells Chelsea her little speech has

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