Childhood Best Friend – Chap 1 by Dash91830..,
At the age of 15, Sidney Queens is called a fat girl by all the other kids in her year. She can’t blame them though, since she really is quite overweight. It is a thing that the blonde girl is fully aware but still can never get fully used to. All she could do is try not to cry in front of the other students whenever they tease her about her weight and call her out on it. Holding back her tears become harder as they get meaner and call her fat more often though, and she find herself having to cope with depression from a very young age. It sucks.
Fortunately, she has one person in her life who has always been there for her and makes school just bearable. Jake is a stick thin, reedy guy who has been friends with her since they were eight. Whenever someone calls her fat he’d be there to hug her and tell her that it’s going to be okay. She just couldn’t imagine getting through all the struggles without him. He is so kind and sweet to her, and such a cutie too. Ever since they were little she has always loved him, and the romantic feelings she harbors for him have never gone away. But she has never been brave enough to own up to her feelings and confess to him until now.
He is sitting right next to her on their favorite bench in the park, having some ice cream. Jake doesn’t eat as much as she does. That’s why he isn’t fat, unlike me, Sidney thinks morosely. No, she can’t think like that right now. She has to put it behind her and try to do this properly. It is her perfect opportunity. They are alone together in the place that both of them like a lot. It is now the right time for Sidney to just rip the bandage and confess her feelings to him. She is going to do it, no matter how unlikely it is that he feels the same way.
“Can I please tell you something?” she asks him. He nods, giving her a warm smile that makes her heart throb madly in her chest. “Remember the rumor that you’re gay? I was actually the one who spread it.” Jake gasps. “Before you start shouting at me, I really want you to know that I did it for a good reason. It wasn’t malicious or anything. I just had to do it. It was kind of selfish of me to do that, but you have got to let me explain first. Can you do that for me?”
She gives him the cutest puppy dog eyes she can.
Jake sighs and nods. “I am only letting you explain because you are my friend and mean a lot to me,” he mutters, his pale cheeks slightly red once he realizes what he just said to her. Sidney raises her eyebrows at this but doesn’t allow herself to think too much of it. Jake’s probably just embarrassed about being sentimental, she thinks to herself as she gazes at him. “Go on. You can tell me why you did what I did. Better be a really good reason though.” He looks at her meaningfully, the vanilla ice cream in his hand and the rum & raisins in hers momentarily forgotten.
“It’s because I love you, Jake Tanner. I love you so much and I was worried you would go out with another girl. That’s why I told people you are gay, so that no one would want to go out with you and I wouldn’t have to worry about it anymore,” she says to him. Jake’s face turns bright red and she leans into him, hugging him from the side. “I know that you probably don’t want to be with a fat girl like me, but if I didn’t confess to you, I know that I would regret it forever. So please let me down gently, okay?”
She begins to turn away but Jake tells her to stop. “Sidney, do you really think that I would reject you because of how you look?” he asks his childhood friend, sounding wounded. “Do I really seem that shallow to you?” The girl quickly shakes her head to say no but he cuts her off “It’s okay. I know that you have to deal with a lot of burden from bullies and that the mockery could affect your self-esteem. But please don’t let it get in the way of us, because I love you too, Sidney. Always have, always will.”
Sidney gapes in shock at his word. She can’t believe her ears, but the coy look on his face tells her that she heard him correctly. Still, the girl wants to be sure and asks “Can you say that again?” He blushes even more as Sidney nags him. “Please say it again, Jake. I really want to hear you say it again. It would mean so much to me!” Her doe like eyes stare into his and he gazes away shyly, his face redder than it had ever been in his entire life. The intense sun is causing their ice creams to start melting but neither of them notice this.
“I love you, Sidney. I love you so much and I’ll tell you I love you every day for the rest of our lives if you want me to,” he says. “Will you be my girlfriend?” She nods and quickly hugs him, tears of happiness welling in her eyes. Sidney is, simply put, overjoyed. She’s always seen herself as nothing but a fat, boring kid, and here she is, now dating the boy she has always been in love with. This is all that she ever wanted. She loves him and he loves her too, and nothing else matters.
A lot of people make fun of them and call them the ‘Thick and Thin’ couple for really obvious reasons. Sidney finds herself daunted by it but with Jake’s help she learns to shrug it off and take the comments in stride. He is always there for her when she needs him and the first week after they got together is the best week of her life. Sidney never thought she could ever be this happy. The girl decides to cherish every single moment with him. She’s waited for a few years to be with him now and this doesn’t disappoint.
When Sidney turns 16 though, things begin to change for her. After deciding to cut back on all the snacks and start working out regularly, she begins to lose her extra weight. Jake is always there to offer her emotional support and encourage her. With both his support and her own dedication, she is able to get rid of all of the excess fat and gain a washboard stomach. Now no classmate can call her a fat kid anymore. Sidney is in excellent shape thanks to her efforts, and proud of it.
Her face also becomes more beautiful. She takes better hygienic care and it gets rid of the acne, making her pimple free for the first time in years. The girl also learns how to apply make up and allows her previously short blonde hair grow from shoulder length down to the middle of her back. Now Sidney is a seriously pretty girl. She went from a 3 to an 7 within just one year, but still manages to remain the same kind girl, not yet becoming an arrogant teen. Her attitude is still the same as it used to be.
With her being now much prettier than before, a lot of guys start to ask her out. She always tell them no, since she is madly in love with her boyfriend, just like she has been for their entire lives. Jake is the only one for her and Sidney makes sure they all know it. When they call him a nerdy loser and tell her she could do so much better than Jake, she would always tell them that he was there for her when they were busy with calling her a fat girl. That would always shut them up as they can’t deny it.
One would think that Jake would get jealous as his formerly fat girlfriend is now way out of his league, with him still being a 4. But because he loves her he trusts Sidney, and there has never be an issue from him being jealous at all. They are still going steady one year after they confessed to each other and neither of them would rather be with anyone else. He just loves Sidney so much and doesn’t want ruin anything by being jealous. He isn’t going to be one of those dumb guys who screw it all up by not trusting their partners.