I went to bed thinking about my life; all 18 years of the taunting, of my late nights upchucking the remnants of the feasts where no one was invited but myself. Me, myself, and my fat. Feeling sorry for myself was a must, what else could I possibly do with my time besides that? So that's what I did, I threw myself a freaking pity party consisting of jagged tears and food that goes straight to my ass.
My name is Lily and I am a hippo. No; not literally. but I'd rather be one of those, than be me with no excuse of what I've become. My life in a nutshell has amounted to nothing. At school I am invisible, my grades are nothing above average. At home, I am invisible; my parents are addicted to working, and my sister Holly. Holly is 31 with a beautiful home and a beautiful family. I've been trying to figure out where I possibly fit in, but I don't. I don't resemble them and they don't resemble me.
So before I went to bed and after the usual pity party, I took a couple of sleeping pills praying that I would never wake up. When I did at 10AM, missing my alarm clock at 7AM for school, my day was already down the crapper. No one was home, like usual. No one was home to hear my scream or see me bawling. After pinching my skin raw, making sure I wasn't dreaming, I prayed to a God I never knew. Because what I saw was the Lily I have been searching for, for eternity. What I saw, was a Lily about 150 pounds lighter than the fat lard I went to bed as.
this story kind of makes me want to cry. I feel bad for the girl, but the ending makes everything better. (:
ReplyDeleteI want the story to continue, perhaps see her go to school or something, and see how people treat her differently. A very interesting concept.
ReplyDeleteI liked that yoy compared a girl to a hippo.
ReplyDeletefantastic story did not see the plot twist i was all like is she a hippo or not then i was like she was not and the ending was all happy it was well done.
ReplyDeleteI liked the whole story, it was a very good story. Like buddy said though, i would like to see this made longer to see what the school was like for her. Yes I understand it was a dream, but still.
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