| l a u r e l ' r e d' |
Once inside the toilet and with the door securely locked behind her, she exhaled in relief and took a long reassuring breath and looked at herself in the mirror, self-loathing twisted in the front of her eyes as she gazed upon her own face and the edge of her figure- she looked at her skeletal shoulder blades but only noticed the ounces of fat resting on her fragile bones and her face creased with disgust. She felt the urge to punch the mirror, to destroy the image and make it all go away but as she pressed her flat hand against the glass she knew it wouldn't change a thing. There would always be mirrors around to remind her but in a way she almost worshipped them because they gave her the wake-up call she needed to stay away from the fiendish calories that made food so awful but so tempting too.
She smiled at herself.
An incredibly fake and bitchy smile like a mean girl passing through a corridor at school and she sighed as she adjusted her hair, pulling it down one side before she slipped out of the toilet cubicle and feeling collected enough to return to the main diner, she led herself out. She'd been gone only several minutes but it was too long to be casual but she doubted they'd question her- she could claim to have been freshening up anyway.
She sat down next to Scout when she came back and beamed at the two lightly and also at the stranger she'd noticed they'd began conversing with.
She smiled at herself.
An incredibly fake and bitchy smile like a mean girl passing through a corridor at school and she sighed as she adjusted her hair, pulling it down one side before she slipped out of the toilet cubicle and feeling collected enough to return to the main diner, she led herself out. She'd been gone only several minutes but it was too long to be casual but she doubted they'd question her- she could claim to have been freshening up anyway.
She sat down next to Scout when she came back and beamed at the two lightly and also at the stranger she'd noticed they'd began conversing with.
| j e s s e |
Jesse ordered a cheese burger when he was asked and didn't even debate his decision- he was hungry enough for it so why not? He may as well enjoy a good meal whilst he knew it was still coming. He watched how Laurel wandered around with a slight look of concern but he didn't question her and as Scout hadn't either he figured there couldn't be a reason to worry.
Jesse looked at the guy and bore his usual charismatic smile but it was moody with an undertone of boyish attitude that you'd see in the eyes of a typical high school bad boy- which was exactly what Jesse had been for a while. "Oh, you know the cliché, things went tits up, so we kicked up the roots I guess," He shrugged it lightly like it wasn't a big deal because he didn't want to admit it kind of was and he wasn't afraid to admit it to the other boy because from the looks of things, his situation was no better and Jesse doubted he'd be one to judge them for it.
Red looked at the guy curiously and smiled softly in her quirky red lipped manner. "What about you though? I mean it's just as bizarre you are here as it is we are," We are she pointed out gently. "I don't mean that badly by the way, that sounded kinda bad," She bit her lip for a moment and then shrugged it off gently dreading the moment the waitress noticed her presence and asked for an order from her but she hadn't come back yet to Laurel's relief.
Jesse looked at the guy and bore his usual charismatic smile but it was moody with an undertone of boyish attitude that you'd see in the eyes of a typical high school bad boy- which was exactly what Jesse had been for a while. "Oh, you know the cliché, things went tits up, so we kicked up the roots I guess," He shrugged it lightly like it wasn't a big deal because he didn't want to admit it kind of was and he wasn't afraid to admit it to the other boy because from the looks of things, his situation was no better and Jesse doubted he'd be one to judge them for it.
Red looked at the guy curiously and smiled softly in her quirky red lipped manner. "What about you though? I mean it's just as bizarre you are here as it is we are," We are she pointed out gently. "I don't mean that badly by the way, that sounded kinda bad," She bit her lip for a moment and then shrugged it off gently dreading the moment the waitress noticed her presence and asked for an order from her but she hadn't come back yet to Laurel's relief.