Weighing In by HEAR
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5477906/1/Weighing_In
Word Count: 14,631

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Kassiah says: One night I was discussing the amazing entries for the Indies’ First Time Writers’ Challenge with graphics guru HeatherDawn. She told me that I had to stop what I was doing and read Weighing In asap. Right from the very beginning, I was sucked in:

Oh. Oh my. Oh my God. Oh my God. Ow. OW! OH MY GOD!!! This hurts! BAD! I knew there would be pain the first time but why didn’t anybody tell me it would hurt this bad?! This is not what I expected when I dreamed about this. Not at all.

Heather giggled when I started to read this out loud and said, “it’s not what you think…”

Indeed.

Weighing In has proved to be so much more than the lolz you are sure to get. It’s funny, but real. I am shocked that this is HEAR‘s first foray into writing, and I can’t wait for more from her.

Between Edward’s motivational speaking, Alice being “220 pounds of solid determination” and sweet-talking J”Dubya” Whitlock , Bella’s experience on reality show “Big Fat Chance” is an adventure that you don’t want to miss.

Why would she subject herself to the torture of being on reality television? Bella’s best friend, Jane, tells her,

“you’ve watched every episode of every season of Big Fat Chance. Why wouldn’t you want to compete yourself? Think about it… If you’re one of the finalists you could win the money, have the fame and change your whole damn life! Plus, you’ll get to meet Edward Cullen and I know how much you love that man… Oh, Bella, think about it! What if he’s your trainer?! How hot would that be?”

HEAR is an exceptional writer, with great descriptions and hilarious dialogue. I particularly loved it when Bella explained that beautiful people like Emmett and Rosalie “only exist to remind the rest of us that God likes some of us more than others.” I loved her character development, right off the bat.

The thing that I love so much about Weighing In is that it is more than just an episode in the life of a fat person. It’s about seeing beyond skin deep, even for the beautiful people:

“Look, pretty boy, I get it. You’re perfection personified with your rock hard body and Hollywood life. You’ve got to understand it took a lifetime to get my body looking this good,” I said, sarcasm oozing from my voice. “I don’t care how many people like me you’ve trained into shape, you will never understand how hard this is for me. You can stand there and roll your eyes and pass judgment on me but you have no fucking clue! I took a big leap just coming here! You can’t expect me to change over night. Someone like you can’t possibl-”

“Don’t.” A look of pure irritation crossed his face as he interrupted me uttering that one simple word.

“You don’t know a damn thing about me, Bella. You think because you’ve seen me on TV for a few seasons that you know everything there is to know about me? You think you’ve got me pegged because I have a nice face and as you say, a ‘rock hard body’? I would expect someone like you to know better than that.”

Someone like me? Are you fucking kidding me?

“What the hell is that supposed to mean, Edward? Fat girls should know better than to judge a book by its cover? Well, fuck you, Mr. Prom King. You don’t know shit about me!” I spat, my voice full of venom.

HEAR has woven quite the tale for us and I personally can’t wait for more. She’s inspired me to take a “Big Fat Chance,” and I really hope that she is planning to continue it. Hopefully I can read it while I am on a “torture machine disguised as a treadmill.”