Ugly(42)

“A run? I’m working tomorrow. I’ll be at work all day.”

“You don’t want to keep looking like a pig do you? You’ll have to start exercising so you lose that huge ass of yours.” I look down at my legs and suck in my stomach. “But tonight, don’t worry about your weight.”

“Okay,” I say, but I sound disheartened, because truthfully I am.

We arrive at the restaurant and all the patrons look so beautiful and elegant. I feel out of place here because now I know my bottom looks really big, which means I look fat in comparison to all the women here. I stand behind Trent and discretely pull my dress down so it’s covering me and hopefully people won’t look at my big butt.

“Sir, ma’am, I’ll show you to your table,” the maître‘d says, as he leads us through the busy restaurant. The lights are dim and there’s a lot of chatter happening as we walk past the tables. People are elegant and stunningly dressed in lovely gowns and suits.

We reach a table and I see Audrey and Jason sitting at the table the maître‘d has lead us to. They’re sitting close together and Jason has his arm around the back of Audrey’s chair.

“Trent,” I whisper as I hold onto his arm.

“What?”

“What are they doing here?”

“They’re joining us.”

“Audrey doesn’t like me. Why would you invite her?” I whisper trying not to drag attention to myself.

“Get over it, Lily. They’re my friends, and I want them here.” He goes and sits down, and I’m left red-faced in front of them and the maître‘d. He pulls my chair out for me, pretending not to have been witness to the very embarrassing exchange.

I sit between Trent and Jason and listen to the conversation they’re having. They’re loud and embarrassing, talking about their school.

“How does it feel coming out at the top of the class?” Audrey asks. Her delivery is somewhat bitchy.

“It’s okay,” I say as I pick my water glass up and have a drink. The waiter comes and takes our orders and brings us all our drinks. The three of them are having a great conversation, it easily flows for them and they keep excluding me by talking about the times they have together.

Jason is Trent’s best friend, and Jason is also dating Audrey. I stand to go to the bathroom, excusing myself from the table, but none of the three are paying any attention to me.

I go to the bathroom and stand looking at myself in the powder room mirror. The door swings open, and in comes Audrey in all her absolute perfection. She has beautiful, silken, black hair and the most amazing green eyes I’ve ever seen. She may not be ugly on the outside like me, but she’s ugly on the inside, where it counts most.

“You look good, Lily. Amazing really, well amazing for a river rat,” she spits at me as she comes to stand behind me, holding my gaze in the mirror.

“You look beautiful, too,” I say trying to ignore her horribly spiteful remark.

She moves in closer and I get a hint of her floral perfume as she moves my hair to the side, exposing my neck to her. “You know,” she whispers, her mouth dangerously close to my skin. “The other night while you were working.” She sweeps her mouth down on my neck and slightly kisses me. “Jason, Trent and I had a really good night.” She pushes her breast into my back. “So good, I couldn’t walk the next day.” She steps back and smiles at me, then turns and goes into one of the cubicles.

Slumping my shoulders, I wash my hands as quickly as possible and go back to the table. When I return I notice Trent’s moved closer to where Audrey’s chair is. I sit down and let the last few moments fully register.

Trent is cheating on me with Audrey, and not only that, he shared her with his best friend. How sick is that? All while I was at work.

“You alright, babe?” Trent asks, but doesn’t bother waiting for my reply before turning back to Jason and talking to him.

“Did you have sex with her?” I ask not caring who can hear me and who can’t.

“What? Who?” He quickly turns his head back to me and sits forward.

“Audrey. Did you have sex with her while we’ve been dating?”

“What? No!” he shrieks. “I swear, baby, I haven’t touched her. Never.” He looks at me and holds my gaze. I can feel myself getting angrier.

Audrey comes back, sits down and both Trent and Jason glare at her. “What?” she says and looks straight at me. “I don’t know what she said to you, but I didn’t touch her.”

“No, you kissed my neck and told me you slept with both Trent and Jason together.” I feel like I’m finally able to say something and stick up for myself.