00:01damn lucas finally got yourself a girlfriend so is it real or just for show
00:09what do you mean do i look like the kind of girl who lets random guys put their hands on
00:13my waist
00:15lucas did not deny it people started cheering and teasing them i lowered my head and looked
00:20at my workbook at least no one cared about what happened that day anymore no one had time to laugh
00:26at me that was already good enough after that i buried myself in school work on the next ap
00:31calculus test i beat ethan miller the top student for the first time the moment class ended ethan
00:38moved his desk beside mine miss carter said i keep messing up the written explanations she told me
00:43to learn from you new seatmate help me out it took me a few seconds to realize i had a
00:52seatmate again
00:53i was a little happy so i quickly pulled out my notebook here this is what i use
01:01good when i looked up by accident i met lucas's eyes across the room he had been watching us for
01:07a while
01:07a second later he looked away first then he gave a short ridiculous smile i did not know my confession
01:13had disgusted him that much so much so that he could not even stand to see me doing okay
01:19the next morning ethan brought me two sausage rolls
01:24i had just taken them when lucas walked over with a low laugh
01:30didn't know you had such specific taste man what do you mean
01:42for you
01:45you like this type right want me to bring you more tomorrow
01:51lucas's friends laughed with him once again our corner of the classroom became the center of
01:56attention ethan cursed under his breath then he moved back to his old seat without another word
02:01from beginning to end neither of them looked at me but every word was about me
02:06my eyes fell on the pictures scattered across the desk the sausage rolls in my hands went cold
02:11why would you do this
02:19what
02:24are you that desperate for attention every guy who sits beside you gets the full treatment
02:31after that day no one was sitting beside me the girls did not talk to me much either
02:36everyone liked bright easy girls i was quiet dull and easy to leave in a corner even then i never
02:44thought about dieting again the only time i had tried to lose weight was because i liked lucas more than
02:50food now i did not like him anymore
02:58that friday we had volleyball class halfway through class it started
03:02everyone ran toward the gym entrance they laughed and screamed while covering their heads
03:08before i even made it off the court my kneecap slipped out of place i fell hard when the bone
03:14slid back
03:15the pain hit its peak i lay on the wet court unable to sit up then a person stopped beside
03:21me i grabbed
03:22one pant leg without thinking
03:27i can't stand can you help me
03:32no
03:34maybe if you lost weight you wouldn't fall so hard
03:37i was soaked through lucas did not look at me he walked past me rain kept running into my mouth
03:44but
03:44my throat still felt dry i could only try to push myself up near the gym entrance i heard people
03:50talking
03:55she doesn't look like she's faking it should we help her you like her you go it took me almost
04:0110 minutes to sit up i still could not stand so i sat quietly in the rain i forced myself
04:07to think
04:08about what grandma might make for dinner otherwise the pain in my knee and the eyes behind me would
04:14break me in the end i got up by myself the voices at the gym entrance never stopped i did
04:20not dare look
04:20back i limped into the security office and called grandma after grandma heard my kneecap had dislocated
04:26she decided my weight was affecting my health from that day on she started controlling my diet
04:32she said she had to help me lose weight i stayed home for two days before going back to school
04:39that
04:39morning grandma only let me eat one whole wheat egg sandwich i felt miserable but soon miss carter
04:46walked into the classroom behind her stood a strange transfer student the transfer student wears
04:51a mask and a baseball cap most of his face was hidden in shadow miss carter looked around the room
04:57her eyes finally stopped at me sebastian cole sit beside lily after that she hurried back to the office
05:05sebastian sat in the empty spot beside me neither of us seemed interested in talking but blake could never
05:11keep his voice down lucas look this guy is weird his whole face is covered lion chin his whole face
05:20is covered bella sat beside lucas and joined in if he looked good why would he hide his face blake
05:26clicked his tongue ghost boy and fat girl new couple alert lucas did not react he only spun his pen
05:34lazily
05:34and said nothing for almost a month sebastian and i barely spoke i did not want to talk i was
05:40afraid
05:41the same thing that happened with ethan would happen again then one afternoon after class i noticed
05:46sebastian lying across his desk sebastian presses one hand hard against his stomach do you have a stomach ache
05:56yeah i'll take you to the nurse's office luckily he did not pull away when i touched him he was
06:01almost six feet two most of his weight leaned against me good thing i was sturdy otherwise i
06:07would not have been able to hold him up the nurse gave him medicine then she asked me to get
06:12him some
06:12water i nodded quickly i ran to buy it then hurried back by then sebastian was the only one left
06:18in the
06:19nurse's office he leaned back in the chair you dislike me that much and still helped me i don't dislike
06:25you
06:27that's pretty kind of you lily i thought you hated me so i didn't talk to you why would i
06:34hate you
06:35sebastian's eyes are clean dark and calm because i'm fat i suddenly felt he was probably not disfigured
06:42at all after that day sebastian and i slowly got closer but he was still strange he never took off
06:49his mask or baseball cap he barely talked to anyone else but he always walked laps with me after school
06:55my weight changed too without noticing it i had slimmed down a lot grandma was pleased
07:00she said i look healthy now i never expected lucas to be the first person at school to notice
07:05that afternoon i sat on the lawn finishing the low-fat turkey bowl grandma had packed for me
07:10when lucas suddenly grabbed my wrist you're dieting again it's none of your business lucas pulled me
07:17toward the cafeteria you get dizzy when you starve yourself did you forget planning to pass out again
07:24and you've trained costs i sandively if you don't let go i'll bite you lucas laughed out of anger
07:30you really don't know who is good to you i took one step back and looked at him calmly drop
07:35the act
07:38after that i turned and walked back to the classroom sebastian was lying across his desk
07:43alone i hurried over is your stomach hurting again yeah he looked at me and lowered his eyes
07:51i wanted to buy medicine but i forgot where the nurse's office was
07:58i saw you downstairs just now but you were talking to some guy so i didn't want to interrupt
08:07lily it hurts i'll go buy it for you right now wait here sebastian pressed one hand to his stomach
08:13and forced himself to stand i'll go with you that way i can remember the route i held his arm
08:19and
08:19helped him toward the nurse's office when we went downstairs we ran into lucas sebastian suddenly lost
08:25his balance and fell against me i hurt too much to walk let me rest for a second okay i
08:36could not
08:37refuse lucas's eyes turned cold at once he had just taken one step toward us when blake and bella caught
08:44up from behind whoa fatty and ghost boy what are you two doing what did you call her fatty am
08:58i wrong
08:59if she's not fat then am i yes you're not fat you're just a twig before blake could swing i
09:14grabbed
09:14sebastian and ran only when we reached the nurse's office did i let out a breath
09:22thank you sebastian but next time just ignore him he won a taekwondo tournament before if you mess
09:30with him you'll only get beaten up a trace of mockery flashes through sebastian's eyes but he was
09:36bullying you lily i can't let anyone bully you the next day blake came to school with bruises all over
09:49his face blake's eye is swollen and his lip is split if i find out who did it if i
09:58find out who
09:58did it i'll kill him forget your face for a second listen to this i walked past the office earlier
10:04the principal was talking about some billionaire's son in senior geared he just transferred back from
10:10overseas tringlers who do you think it is i looked up i met sebastian's clean calm eyes
10:19he pointed at a problem on his worksheet lily can you explain this one to me by late spring
10:25graduation was only a month away for the graduation showcase bella was in charge of costume sizes
10:32she stood at the front of the classroom with a clipboard and asked everyone
10:38lily should i put you down for xxl or xxxl
10:43i looked up from my corrections for some reason i felt embarrassed saying it
10:49i wear a small the classroom went quiet
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