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Fragile Innocence 1 As the morning sets in, I keep wondering if the pain shooting up and down my spine would pass. I hardly have the energy to get up, but I know I have to. Have to run for miles a day, come rain, snow, bitter cold or searing heat. I will run from the pain and in fright. I sat down, to have breakfast with my family; my gaze crept from the plate on the table to my thighs on the chair. They were already swelling, as the stringy legs dangled. Mum stared at me as I took the first bite, and them she looked away. It was a sign of relief. She probably noticed the dark circles under my eyes showing how tired I was from burning up the calories from last night’s dinner. I don’t know how long ‘till I’ll be discovered, but I know for sure, I do not want to be. And little did I know that I was due for an appointment at the doctors. Walking through the bright white corridors, I felt bad and guilty, like I had done something wrong and being there was my punishment. I wanted to feel better, but not the kind of better that gaining weight would bring. I wanted to feel better from the pain that had been locked up in me before I’d quit eating, the sense that I was invisible, except if I was misbehaving or inadeq