HIS TRUE BEAUTY

“You didn’t mention you are fat”.

He said loud enough for anyone close by to hear.

“I thought looks don’t matter to you, you said so”.

I said shamefully.

“Are you kidding me, of course it doesn’t matter unless it’s your case, ever heard of anything like exercise?”

“I am on diet actually and I visit the gym regularly”.

“Then it’s worse than I thought”.

He replied.

A waiter came to us.

“What should I get for you ma’am”.

I was about to reply when Eric cut me out.

“Don’t ask her, she is likely to eat the whole restaurant and us in it”.

I have never felt so embarrassed in my entire life. I lost it and decided to be that weirdo he accepted that I was.

“Excuse me, can you get me 5 Hamburgers please, extra meat, turkey wings, big bowl family size…

Emmmm you know sauce …oh and a lot of chips, thank you”.

I smiled at the stunned Waiter then looked back at Eric.

His expression could only interpret miserable, he was shocked and I loved it.

“What about you sir”.

The waiter asked him. He blinked and swallowed hard, looking around awkwardly.

“A drink is okay”.

Eric replied.

Beauty immediately snapped.

“Oh yeah, drink! Get me one of your best, I will love to have it”.

She told the overwhelmed Waiter and winked.

The waiter left without a word.

Eric wiped his face shamefully with his sweating palm.

“What is wrong with you, don’t tell me you are serious with those things you ordered, you are a cow!”

“I am hungry, do you want me to stay hungry?”

Beauty made a sad face to piss him off even more.

“Well as long as I am not paying”.

Eric replied.

“No need to worry”.

Beauty smiled at him, she is the one who needs to worry.

What the hell is she thinking? This is an expensive place.

The orders arrived faster than expected and the table was filled with food.

“Thank you”.

Beauty replied softly and clapped her hand tiny in excitement.

She dived into the burger like she’s been starved for years, Eric almost puked.

Loving the reaction, Beauty raised her head and smiled at him.

“You can join me if you want”.

Eric didn’t say a word but kept staring at her in disgust, hoping to get out of the place soon as possible.

She continued eating in a very embarrassing way making him uncomfortable.

Eric took a sip from his wine glass and secretly delivered a message to the waiter close by.

Beauty was eating angrily, she didn’t eat much so she forced herself to swallow the food. She had flashbacks of how much she tried to lose weight, how she was bullied by everyone she came across.

A tear dropped down her cheeks, the chips in her hand were falling off due to her emotions and body shaking.

She forced herself and swallowed the handful of chips.

“Don’t cry you idiot”.

She said to herself and took the wine and drank it from the bottle.

She forcefully gulped it down her throat one time, her whole body was tormented by the alcohol, she had to shake herself as though to shake it off her.

Her heart burned with the alcohol, she coughed and coughed.

“Wow! That’s one strong drink”.

She looked up and found no one on the chair opposite her.

“Yeah.. that’s what I thought”.

She said sadly and started crying, forcing the food into her mouth.

Many heads turned in her direction, the waiter went to her and told her about disturbing others but she cried more.

***

Bruno just finished working on a new project, he pressed his fingers over his tired eyes and closed his laptop.

He was about to retire to bed when his phone rang.

He glanced at it tiredly. The number wasn’t saved to his phone books and he hated phone calls. So he ignored me and put the phone back on his bedside.

It rang again, he kept ignoring it but the caller seemed to be after his life.

His phone kept ringing and he got annoyed.

I picked the phone and answered.

“Don’t you know when to stop?”

“Heeeeeeeey!”

That voice sounds familiar.

He thought.

“I’m sorry, who is this?”

“I got dumped again, can you please come pick me up.. baby”.

Bruno was beyond confused.

Baby what?

He heard a hoarse voice telling the caller to go straight to the point.

The voice sounds rough and it’s that of a man.

He wondered if she’s in trouble.

“Are you alright?”

“Yeah I am alright.. I just told the waiter that my boyfriend is very rich, he was doubting me and threatening to call the police”.

“Remind me who you are and how you get my number?”

“Hello, is this Beauty’s boyfriend, she is drunk and refused to pay for the meal…”.

Another voice yelled over the phone.

Bruno was unable to answer that.

“Give me my phone, rude!”

He heard her say to the man and she took over.

“Hello baby!”

Beauty yelled loudly.

Bruno groaned lowly and wiped his face unsure what to do.

“That is certainly the employee who I stood up for at the company today.

I recognized her voice”

He said to himself, suddenly he heard her yelling.

“Don’t touch me”.

A nerve in him kicked off.

“Hey …if you can hear me waiter, don’t lay a finger on her I will be on my way”.

He shouted a bit higher than his normal voice.

“Take that!”

He heard Beauty yell at the waiter.

He sighed and groaned lowly.

“Ms where are you?”

“What is the name of this place?”

Beauty asked, then the man replied.

She screamed the name out loud and started singing about it.

Bruno sighed

.

“Fine, I will be on my way”.

He hung up and sighed again, stared at his phone for a while.

How did she get my number? Beauty…huh..

He got up from the bed, put on a shirt and a jeans, picked his car key, took some bills and headed out.

He stopped his car at the lot and dialled the number again but there was no answer.

He stare across the road at the restaurant.

“I hope she is okay”.

He murmured and got out of the car.

Two hands tucked in his pocket, he walked into the place and found her on a chair with a Table filled with grossly scattered foods.

“Emm hello..”

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Beauty turned and her eyes sparkled with a mixture of tears and excitement.

“Tim! You are here”.

She said loudly and ran to hug him crying.

“Actually it’s… Bruno”.

He said softly unsure who Tim was.

The angry restaurateur came to him.

“Is this your girlfriend?”

Bruno looked at Beauty beneath his chin sobbing then back to the restaurateur.