Katie Matlin looked at her reflection in the mirror. She was trying on a new dress for her date tonight with Jake.

"Come on, I wanna see!" her sister Maya shouted.

Katie fidgeted with the zipper of the gown, "Just a second!"

The dress was beautiful, a black mid-thigh party dress with a sweetheart neckline and sparkles, but it wouldn't zip. Katie tugged at the zipper yet it wouldn't budge.

"I don't have all day Katie, and neither does Jake!" Maya teased, "you're date is in a few hours!"

Katie's heart sank as realized her dress was not going to fit. Defeated, she stripped back to her bra and undies. She studied her reflection in the dressing room mirror. She had always fit in a 4, had she gained weight?

"This one's a no Maya. I'm getting dressed and we are leaving," she replied.

Back at home, Maya flitted up the stairs to her room. Katie looked at her sister's slim frame and knew the black dress would have fit , she glaced at the clock. 5:00 pm. Her date with Jake wasn't supposed to be until 7, but she missed him.

Katie took out her iPhone and wrote a text for Jake:

Hey babe, I couldn't find a dress for dinner.. any chance you wanna chill here?

She didn't feel like wearing an old dress, and felt more comfortable eating popcorn and watching movies here with Jake. Her phone buzzed with Jake's reply:

K. I'll be over in a bit.

Katie sighed, she had been cancelling dates a lot lately, going out just didn't suit her.

After about twenty minutes, she heard a knock at her door.

"Come in Jake!" she called.

Her door whipped open revealing her obviously-high boyfriend.

"Jake, have you been smoking again?" Katie asked, although she already knew the answer.

Jake stumbled over to her and embraced her with a sloppy kiss.

"Well we weren't going out anyway, so why not?" he answered.

He gently pushed Katie onto the couch and tried to kiss her again.

"Stop it," she said annoyed, "I thought you liked hanging out here."

Jake ignored her question and poked a bit of skin showing on Katie's mid-drift.

"Babe, this shirt is too small for you."
Katie's cheeks flushed. Yes, this was one of Maya's shirts, but it didn't look that bad, did it?

"You know what Jake, just go," Katie spat. "I'm not putting up with this, I hate it when you're high!"

Jake shrugged and stumbled toward the door, "I love you Katie Matlin!" With that he left.

Tears brimmed Katie's eyes, Jake had been getting high more and more often lately. What stung worse was the comment he had made about her. First the dress, and now this? Katie refused to let her body or Jake's smoking habits come between them.

Hi guys, please review if you want me to continue on with this story, next chapter is about Maya!