Misunderstood
Chapter 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Madelyn's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eleanor? His girlfriend? Really? Bu- I thou- How di-..... I really thought that we would be alone to hang out with our stupid selves. Well nevermind. Who wants to be alone with me anyway? I see why he brought his girlfriend now. But I mean it's been 4 years and he brings his girlfriend with him when he gets to see me, let me repeat myself, for the first time in 4 years!? I guess I can't judge him. He obviously loves her if she follows him around this much. That's why they're dating right? I sighed as I walked up to the car. Louis opened the passenger door. "Here you go, love." He said letting me in. "Thanks." I mumbled. I kind of have anxiety around new people. I cannot handle being social. I only work at that bookstore because like 5 people go in once a day and I don't work at the cash register. I'm the quiet girl who walks around organizing the books. I work in the back half the day!
"Hey......" Eleanor trailed off. "Madelyn." Louis said. "Right! Anyways, hey Madelyn! It's finally nice to meet you. Louis has talked about you non-stop the whole plane ride here. I'm just glad he can finally shut up!" She giggled starting the car. "Oh whatever." Louis said from the back. "So I wanna get to know you." She said. That's when i started breathing heavily. I nodded my head as I tried to cover my face with my hair. "Ok well what's your favorite color?" She asked. I couldn't bring up the courage to talk. "Maddy?" Louis asked. "You ok?" I nodded my head. After a few minutes I finally spoke up. "Lime Green." I whispered unable to speak louder.
"Ooooh! I love that color! It's my second favorite tho. My first is pink!" She exclaimed. I showed her a smile so she wouldn't think I was a freak. Like everyone else. We came to an abrupt stop and it freaked me out for a minute until I realized the car was just parking. Don't blame me! I haven't been in a car for 4 years. I don't have enough money. I just walk everywhere. I looked out the window. It was a really fancy restaurant. I can't exactly pronounce the name. That's how fancy it was. We all unbuckled and got out of the car.
We entered and waited at a bench. Not a word was said. I figured it was just an awkward silence. Though it was probably just because they didn't want to talk to me. "Table for 3?" A woman in a uniform asked. "Yes ma'am." Louis said. Ha. Louis was never one to use manners.
We sat down at our table as a waiter came up to us. "Hello, what would you like today?" He asked. Eleanor and Louis ordered and then they stared at me. I didn't really say anything. I mean I couldn't. I was just placed in a place I've never been before where there was a bunch of people and I was sitting with a random stranger that was Louis' girlfriend and now this stranger waiter asks me a question? Now I feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders. I just shook my head 'no'.
I have an eating disorder. Everyone would call me fat. Even my dad. He actually refused to feed me because he said I needed to lose weight and that he is ashamed to have a fat daughter. So ever since then I just ate like once every week or something? I don't know. I ate enough to keep me alive. That's why I only had bread when Louis came over. "Aren't you hungry?" Louis asked. I shook my head once again. Even if I was hungry I couldn't afford to eat here. "Not even a drink?" Louis asked. I shook my head once again. "Alright then." He said leaning back in his chair as the waiter walked away.
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We have been here for 40 minutes. Eleanor keeps throwing questions at me and is trying to kill me with kindness or something. It's like an 8 year old kid meeting Santa! I mean Eleanor is nice and everything but she is really making me uncomfortable. Louis just sat there trying to let us get to know each other. When Eleanor asked her like thousandth question I held my finger up and mouthed 'one minute.' and walked to the bathroom. I couldn't take it anymore. My heavy breathing died down as I got more and more isolated from the hundreds of people in this huge restaurant.
I walked in the bathroom and checked all the stalls. No one was in here. Cool. I just stared at myself in the mirror telling myself I can do this, I can do this. I have to do this! For Louis. It's his girlfriend. If I hate his girlfriend he will probably leave me to die on the streets. I wouldn't blame him. I would too. Just then the door swung open and was softly closed. I turned around. Eleanor was standing in front of me. "Hi. You okay?" She asked gently laying a hand on my shoulder. I nodded and gave her a light smile. I might as well try to make things better now. "Good! Because I wouldn't want to kick anyone while their down. I'm not that rude." She said. I gave her a questioning look. "Look here! I know what you're doing! You're playing that stupid pitiful act so you can steal Louis away from me! You're gonna convince him that I'm not good enough and that can't happen!" She gritted through her teeth. "Wh-what?" I managed to get out. "Oh honey! Don't do that with me! I'm not falling for it! Stop acting like a lost little girl and woman up! Louis is mine so you might as well give up!" She squeezed my wrist. I winced at the pain. She was just digging into my cuts. I nodded as tears brimmed my eyes but I blinked them back. "You have to tell Louis that you're sick and that he can't visit you anymore! For a long time!" She said letting go of my wrist. She turned around to walk out the door but just before she left she spoke up. "If you mention this conversation to anyone I will come right back and just make things worse. Tootles!" She said skipping out of the bathroom.
I couldn't believe it. Her. Eleanor. The sweet girl basically made out of candy is a dark and scary rude person at the core? I sighed as a tear slipped down my cheek. I quickly wiped it away and prepared myself to walk back out.
Eleanor? His girlfriend? Really? Bu- I thou- How di-..... I really thought that we would be alone to hang out with our stupid selves. Well nevermind. Who wants to be alone with me anyway? I see why he brought his girlfriend now. But I mean it's been 4 years and he brings his girlfriend with him when he gets to see me, let me repeat myself, for the first time in 4 years!? I guess I can't judge him. He obviously loves her if she follows him around this much. That's why they're dating right? I sighed as I walked up to the car. Louis opened the passenger door. "Here you go, love." He said letting me in. "Thanks." I mumbled. I kind of have anxiety around new people. I cannot handle being social. I only work at that bookstore because like 5 people go in once a day and I don't work at the cash register. I'm the quiet girl who walks around organizing the books. I work in the back half the day!
"Hey......" Eleanor trailed off. "Madelyn." Louis said. "Right! Anyways, hey Madelyn! It's finally nice to meet you. Louis has talked about you non-stop the whole plane ride here. I'm just glad he can finally shut up!" She giggled starting the car. "Oh whatever." Louis said from the back. "So I wanna get to know you." She said. That's when i started breathing heavily. I nodded my head as I tried to cover my face with my hair. "Ok well what's your favorite color?" She asked. I couldn't bring up the courage to talk. "Maddy?" Louis asked. "You ok?" I nodded my head. After a few minutes I finally spoke up. "Lime Green." I whispered unable to speak louder.
"Ooooh! I love that color! It's my second favorite tho. My first is pink!" She exclaimed. I showed her a smile so she wouldn't think I was a freak. Like everyone else. We came to an abrupt stop and it freaked me out for a minute until I realized the car was just parking. Don't blame me! I haven't been in a car for 4 years. I don't have enough money. I just walk everywhere. I looked out the window. It was a really fancy restaurant. I can't exactly pronounce the name. That's how fancy it was. We all unbuckled and got out of the car.
We entered and waited at a bench. Not a word was said. I figured it was just an awkward silence. Though it was probably just because they didn't want to talk to me. "Table for 3?" A woman in a uniform asked. "Yes ma'am." Louis said. Ha. Louis was never one to use manners.
We sat down at our table as a waiter came up to us. "Hello, what would you like today?" He asked. Eleanor and Louis ordered and then they stared at me. I didn't really say anything. I mean I couldn't. I was just placed in a place I've never been before where there was a bunch of people and I was sitting with a random stranger that was Louis' girlfriend and now this stranger waiter asks me a question? Now I feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders. I just shook my head 'no'.
I have an eating disorder. Everyone would call me fat. Even my dad. He actually refused to feed me because he said I needed to lose weight and that he is ashamed to have a fat daughter. So ever since then I just ate like once every week or something? I don't know. I ate enough to keep me alive. That's why I only had bread when Louis came over. "Aren't you hungry?" Louis asked. I shook my head once again. Even if I was hungry I couldn't afford to eat here. "Not even a drink?" Louis asked. I shook my head once again. "Alright then." He said leaning back in his chair as the waiter walked away.
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We have been here for 40 minutes. Eleanor keeps throwing questions at me and is trying to kill me with kindness or something. It's like an 8 year old kid meeting Santa! I mean Eleanor is nice and everything but she is really making me uncomfortable. Louis just sat there trying to let us get to know each other. When Eleanor asked her like thousandth question I held my finger up and mouthed 'one minute.' and walked to the bathroom. I couldn't take it anymore. My heavy breathing died down as I got more and more isolated from the hundreds of people in this huge restaurant.
I walked in the bathroom and checked all the stalls. No one was in here. Cool. I just stared at myself in the mirror telling myself I can do this, I can do this. I have to do this! For Louis. It's his girlfriend. If I hate his girlfriend he will probably leave me to die on the streets. I wouldn't blame him. I would too. Just then the door swung open and was softly closed. I turned around. Eleanor was standing in front of me. "Hi. You okay?" She asked gently laying a hand on my shoulder. I nodded and gave her a light smile. I might as well try to make things better now. "Good! Because I wouldn't want to kick anyone while their down. I'm not that rude." She said. I gave her a questioning look. "Look here! I know what you're doing! You're playing that stupid pitiful act so you can steal Louis away from me! You're gonna convince him that I'm not good enough and that can't happen!" She gritted through her teeth. "Wh-what?" I managed to get out. "Oh honey! Don't do that with me! I'm not falling for it! Stop acting like a lost little girl and woman up! Louis is mine so you might as well give up!" She squeezed my wrist. I winced at the pain. She was just digging into my cuts. I nodded as tears brimmed my eyes but I blinked them back. "You have to tell Louis that you're sick and that he can't visit you anymore! For a long time!" She said letting go of my wrist. She turned around to walk out the door but just before she left she spoke up. "If you mention this conversation to anyone I will come right back and just make things worse. Tootles!" She said skipping out of the bathroom.
I couldn't believe it. Her. Eleanor. The sweet girl basically made out of candy is a dark and scary rude person at the core? I sighed as a tear slipped down my cheek. I quickly wiped it away and prepared myself to walk back out.
Notes
Here is a Madelyn gif! I based Madelyn off my favorite female singer, besides Avril Lavigne, Valer Poxleitner. The singer of LIGHTS!(:
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I would die too from the excitement lol
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