It was a hot day in the city of angels, one of many in the long summer of LA. Seasons passed, but the weather stay the same.
Mary and Hayley hadn't talked to each other in weeks, and the first was still waiting for a sign of her friend. No call, no messages, no snap, she even stopped using her IG. Every day, Mary kept convincing herself hat Hay was okay, but she couldn't stop this feeling in her stomach, a soft ache, a reminder that not everything was rose with her pal recently.
As she was contemplating another slow day, writing and soaking up the sun on her terrace. Mary decided to have a little party of her own, with people from the neighborhood.
"Why should I give up on my social life for one girl that refuse a helping hand? she thought. After all, I'm not the one that needs help and my life's pretty freaking amazing."
On that evening, as everyone was enjoying some classic tunes on Spot, talking about their life, and simply having a good time being with each other, a solitary being turned this whole "feel good" moment upside down.
" Hey everyone! *munch*
- Hay! How are you? You look....
- Like a fat mess yeah I know.
- Why do you diminish yourself again girl? I'm so happy to have you here! I haven't see you in ages, please tell me, what's up?"
Hayley looked down at herself "Do I need to tell you what's up?"
The young woman had changed again since the last time they met. She wore her now yellow hair in leia style. But they looked greasy and all messed up as if she didn't take a shower in days. Her face was round, there was no other way to say it, it was as if her face was lost into her fatness. Her cheeks were huge and she now had a permanent double chin. Her huge neck was mostly covered by it. Her arms, made her jean jacket look like a second skin, they looked big and wobbly. Her belly was now a huge muffin top hanging over a trousers by far and forming a huge tire of fat. Her shirt was far too little for her size couldn't handle her new D cup breasts.
As Hayley was turning on herself to show herself off to her friend and her guests, Mary go a good view of the huge love handles and back fat that took over Hayley's body. Her ass was humongous, atleast three times its normal size and her thighs were touching by far as she was wobbling now.
As she put an end to her show, Hayley laughed, grabbed the bag of snacks in her hands, wrinkled it and threw it on her friend.
"Okay, come on girl, we got to talk."
Mary grabbed Hayley by the arm and got her to a more pivate space, so they can have this long awaited conversation.
"Hayley! what's up with you? What about that show?
- My point is that I feel perfectly fine, thanks for asking.
- I've been waiting for your call for weeks, I've been ill, worrying that something might happen to you, I offered you a hand and all you do is coming here and trying to ridicule me?
- Oh excuse me! I forgot how important your little person was.
- Are you kidding me?
- Either way, I came here to tell you that I decline your offer. I don't need your help. I can handl this situation all alone. After all, I manage a lucrative business on my own, and it works well for me.
- Hayley, seriously, I don't know what happened to you these mast few weeks, or if somebody put something in your head, but I just want to help you.
- I'm not a weak little poney, I can think by myself. And I came to the conclusion that I'm better off alone. I don't need anyone to try to change who I am.
- I'm not here to change you. I'm here to bring you back from this dark place you seem to be lost in.
- To you it's a dark place, to me that's freedom. I can finally be me, and show to this world my stength and my success.
- Hay, I'm sorry to bring that on the table, we both know that it's usually not that important, but now is radical mesure for a hard time.
Suddenly, Mary point a finger at Hayley's belly, to the surprise of the least, and the disgust of the first.
"Are tou fat-shaming me?
- Hayley, this is not a sign of your success, or of a certain freedom, this, is a sign of you losing once again against your old demons.
- What are you saying?
- You are the living example of an addict Hay. At first it was music, you couldn't help but work your ass off on your music, then you got that boy, and you almost gave up on everything for him. He was your dreams and your nightmares, but most importantly, he was your life. I understand, you felt like he was your whole, that he completed you. But then, he left, he broke up with you at the worst moment. You finally healed from your addictive personality, well almost, but he shattered everything and brought you back to the darkest corner of your mind. And this, this whole weighty situation is the proof that your demons are back and that you need to fight it. That something is missing in your life and that even if you're trying to fill it with work or with food it'll always slap you back right in the face, if it's by a low selling numbers, a lack of social life or a huge weight gain.
And you can try to hide it behind a false sense of rebellion or complaisance, it won't do it and you know it. I'm sorry, but you needed to hear it."
At that exact moment, as Hayley was looking at her feet, her eyes covered by her messy hair, she suddenly slapped the taste out of her friend's mouth.
"Ouch! What the... Hay!"
The second after, the young singer was hugging her friend strongly, having big tears running across her huge cheeks.
" I'm sorry! I didn't mean to do this. Why am I so weak?"
She fell on her knees like a fat kid crying after being mean to someone. Mary took her friend in her arms.
- Hay, it's alright, life's been pretty harsh to you. It crushed you when you least expected it and it hurts. It takes time to heal, but you can count on me and the others to try to help you. Just give us a chance."
As she was trying to calm her friend down, Mary began to sing one of Hayley' song "It's just a spark, but its enough, to keep me goin'."
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