I Don't Care | Tony Stark ~ wrong number

Chapter 20

TW: there will be mentions of anorexia and a slight panic attack.

"I don't know Bucky. I'm not really that hungry right now." Alana tried refusing the spoon and bucket of ice cream he offered but he just shoved it into her lap.

"Ice cream doesn't even take up space in your stomach." He insisted.

She knew she couldn't say no to him. He was kind enough to get her this ice cream, she couldn't make him sad and not eat it.

"Okay." She sadly said and picked the bucket and spoon up, immediately feeling the guilt.

Come on Alana. It's just a little bit of ice cream. It won't be that bad.

She looked at the people around her happily eating ice cream with no worry.

Come on. You should be happy. It's ice cream. Everyone loves ice cream. Don't be a kill joy.

She took a little bite of ice cream, her stomach was churning.

She took another bite.

Okay, that's enough. I've had way too many. I shouldn't be eating this.

She hurriedly put the lid back on, got up from the couch and quickly made her way to the kitchen where she put the ice cream back in the freezer.

Her sudden and slightly rash movement got the others paying attention to her.

"I, umm, I'm full. Thank you for the ice cream, but I should be heading home now. Bye guys." She quickly went to the elevator without giving them a second glance.

"Lani! Is everything okay?" Bucky called after her. He got up to make his way over.

"Yeah yeah. Everything's fine. I just have to go. Okay? Thank you for the food and ice cream, it was all very good."

They could clearly tell that everything was not fine from the way she held onto the hem of her shirt, to the way she wasn't looking them in the eye and to the fact that she didn't hug them before trying to leave.

"You know, you can alwa-" Steve got interrupted by the elevator door opening and her stepping in.

"I had fun, thanks again." She pressed the ground floor button and the elevator door shut.

This is bad. This is really really bad. I'm going to get overweight again. Management is going to get mad.

"How is she going to leave when we drove her over?" Steve pondered.

A sinking feeling settled in Peter.

"Shit. I forgot."

Everyone gasped and turned to look at him because that was the first swear word he's ever said.

"No! Peter! Go back to being innocent!" Nat threw a pillow at him and he webed it and tossed it away.

"What did you forget?" Sam asked.

TW: ANOREXIA

"Alana, she's...well it's never been publicly said before, but it's very clear that she has anorexia."

Sam groaned and Nat immediately felt guilty at not noticing. And now that she thinks about it, Lani barely touched her lunch too. Just a single bite and some fries.

"What does that mean?" Bucky asked scratching the back of his neck.

"It basically means she doesn't eat.  She's too conscious of how she looks and how much she weighs so she doesn't eat, especially fast food and unhealthy stuff."

"So she starves herself?" Steve's face was filled with bewilderment.

"I guess. Every single time she's on a talk show and they eat something, she takes the smallest bites. In paparazzi restaurant pictures, everyone has piles of food on their plates but she barely has a thing." Peter curled into a ball just thinking about it. He hated that he forgot and he hated that he doesn't know how to help her.