It was well past 2am and the girls knew they shouldn’t
be awake, their parents would only get mad if they found out. The two girls
faced each other with matching expressions, both blonds, one thin the other a
little chubby.
“I don’t know why you always have to be so stupid all the time
Anna” the thin girl said to her heavier companion.
Anna, the larger girl,
opened her mouth to speak, her eyes held a plea for help. However, she was
interrupted by the sound of first girl scoffing as a tear began to form in Anna’s
blue eyes.
“See, this is what I mean, you are weak” the slender girl remarked.
She ran a hand through her long hair and backed away towards the bed.
The
second girl began to back up as well. The room they shared was small and held
very little personal items. A few volleyball trophies littered the dresser to the left. The weather outside was cold, causing the heat to
turn on and make the girls jump slightly. The jittery girls faced each other
again and the bony girl sighed and glared at her fatter partner.
“I know it’s
not always your fault, but I hate you” she said, tugging down her white
T-shirt, her hopeless attempt to cover her exposed hip bones.
Anna turned her head down too, as if she was looking
at her stomach in shame, but she remained silent. When the girls suddenly heard
footsteps walking down the hall, presumable towards the bathroom, both girls
froze. They brought a hand up to their lips to shush each other. The second
girl’s fingers were significantly more round then the first.
The thinner girl
always called them her “sausage fingers.” Her chubby arms had several rolls and
her cheeks puffed out whenever she moved her mouth. The smaller girl felt
disgusted, but Anna brought her hand down and looked to her left towards the
door.
Once the toilet flushed and the sound of the footsteps
began to disappear, they faced each other again. “You are always there bringing
me down, and just looking at you makes me sick” the thin girl began to get
angry now as the second girl looked frustrated but still hurt.
Anna opened her mouth to let out a
sob, causing her chins to fold up in an unsightly manner . Except, the sound
came from the beautiful, skinnier girl instead. Anna quickly closed her mouth
and tried to quiet down her sobs. Her attractive adversary suddenly became
angry and raised her fist at the heavier Anna. Feeling defenseless, Anna raised
her pudgy fist and tried to seem threatening. The first girl became angrier and
angrier until she finally brought her bony fist down onto the face of the
second girl.
The sound of the crash was louder then the girl
anticipated as she watched the glass crumble onto the floor, covered in splatters
of her own blood.
Nothing was left except the brass
frame and the wall on which the mirror was suspended. The emaciated girl looked
down at herself, grabbed onto her skin and cried. “Stupid, fat and weak” she
mumbled to herself before wrapping her hand with an old ripped T-shirt. She
thought she would feel better, but she somehow only felt worse.
