HIS CHUBBY OBSESSION
I’d perfected the art of taking up as little space as possible — slouching to minimize my size, speaking only when called on, never making eye contact with the popular kids who treated my existence like a joke.
“Hey, Emma!” Kyle Morrison called from across the room. “You gonna eat that?” He pointed at my lunch — a sad sandwich and an apple my mother had packed.
Laughter rippled through the classroom. My cheeks burned.
“Leave her alone, Morrison,” a voice said. Bored. Disinterested. But authoritative.
My head snapped up.
Bruce Smith lounged in his desk like a king on a throne — quarterback, student body president, son of Robert Smith who sat on every important board in town. He didn’t even lo
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