I had trouble believing what Sarah told me, but I knew that it was probably true. The apartment seemed empty when I came in, but I knew Marcus was probably home. I didn't see him anywhere until I noticed that the bathroom door was open. When I looked inside I saw Marcus sitting on the floor. He had this look that I'd never seen before, but I knew what was going on.
"What has gotten into you?" I asked, totally bewildered.
Marcus looked ashamed "I'm sorry."
I crouched next to him "No...tell me you won't do this."
He nodded. "I wasn't...are we okay?"
I smiled and stroked his hair "of course."
His smile back was so endearing, he seemed almost fine.
We walked out "Will you tell me what happened?" I asked
Marcus looked down sadly "Well, you know about the Hair audition"
I nodded.
"Well, I saw Jesse. And he got all in my head. Talking about how a big part of getting cast is getting, well, naked. Made a not-so-subtle comment that I gained weight"
I sighed sympathetically. "Why did you letit get to you? You knew what he was doing."
He shook his head "I didn't exactly believe him, but I thought it couldn't hurt to fast until the audition was done with"
"What about you? Didn't it hurt you?"
"Yes." he shrugged "it did."
"Well that's been over, what was that in there?" I nodded toward the bathroom.
He shrugged again "When it was over I couldn't stop. When Sarah took me to lunch, I felt better at first. But when I was alone..."
"You're not alone anymore."
"Thanks" he smiled
A second later the phone rang, I could tell by Marcus' expression when he picked up that it was the Hair casting director.
I listened as he talked "Yes, yes...okay...yes, thank you"
"So...?" I asked nervously after he hung up.
He shook his head "I didn't get it."
I wrapped my arms around him "I'm so sorry"
I felt him cry against me "Now I feel really stupid for what I did."
"It's okay. You know that it's just minutes until you're in a different show."
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