Rebecca and Zac had been laying on the beach for an hour with nothing said.

"Zac..i..my parents..how am i gonna tell them?"

"We'll tell them when they get back tonite."

"Ok,i guess."

"Hey,we have to tell them,and you have to see a doctor. Ok?"

"Alright..fine. I'll see a doctor,but only if you go with me."

"Don't worry..i will." He kissed her forhead,and they headed inside at the sound of a car. They sat on the leather couch,as both sets of parents,the little kids,and Amy and Ike came in and sat in the living room too.

"Mom..Dad..i really need to tell you something." Rebecca started to cry slowly.

"What's wrong Honey? What is it?"her mom asked.

"I..I..Zac could you help me here?"

"Rebecca..Rebecca has been making herself sick. And now..she's throwing up blood,"he almost whispered.

"Ohmig.."Diana covered her mouth as Rebecca's mom shrunk into her father's arms.

"Rebecca..why?"her dad asked.

"I..they told me that to model i needed to lose weight. And Zac caught me. I really wanna go to a doctor."

"Ok." Rebecca's mom came over and wrapped her daughter up in her arms. Amy sat silent..stunned that Rebecca would ever do anything that stupid. That night,Rebeccca and her parents left quietly and went to their temporary house. As Rebecca laid in her bed that night she couldn't sleep.

"What am i gonna do? I just can't give up this modeling..or can i? It's killing me..literaly. And Zac..i'll never see him if we're both always traveling. I have no choice." She fell asleep at that thought.

"Rebecca..it's Sarah..get up. We have to go." Rebecca groaned and rolled over.

"Sarah..i..c'mon. I'll tell you when we get there."

"What? I'm confused."

"Nothing..just c'mon." Rebecca threw on her clothes,and got into the jeep. As they walked into the condo,she sighed. Everyone sat around the living room,looking through clothes or make-up.

"Excuse me..i have something to say,"Rebecca said. Everyone looked up.

"David...i'm sorry. I know that as the editor and director of Delia's you were trying to find the perfect girl to model..and you thought you did with me. But i can't do this anymore. I've been making myself sick after i eat. But Zac knew,and he caught me last nite. I'm sorry..but i love him and my family,and his family too much to do that anymore. I'm killing myself..and if i continue to model,then i'll continue to kill myself i know i will."

"So..you're giving up the chance of a lifetime over your boyfriend?"Sarah asked.

"I wouldn't call it that. I'm giving it up for my family and friends too. Nothing is more important than them. And..Zac is always traveling,i would never get to see him. I'm sorry...but i just can't do this."

"Rebecca..we can work something out i'm sure,"David commented.

"No..i know this is right."

"If you say so."

"You can still use my pictures from yesterday. Thank you all so much for giving me the chance. Especaily you Sarah. Bye." Rebecca turned and walked out the door,and started down the road. A few minutes later,Sarah drove up behind her.

"Jump in kiddo." Rebecca got in and plopped down.

"Ya know..you're a smart girl..but giving this up..over Zac and your family.."

"Look..you don't know it all. I moved when i was 6 to North Carolina. I left Zac,Tay,Ike..their whole family who i loved with all of my heart. I also left Amy and Katherine..the best friends i've ever had. I finaly moved back not even a year ago,and this all happened with me and Zac. Then Amy got pregnant and we went on tour with them and a bunch of stuff..me and Zac got caught sleeping together. But we made it through all of it..and i know that all of us can make it through this. I mean..i wanna model more than anything..but it's not the right thing. I can't kill myself like this...and i can't be away from the people that i love."

"Wow..that's pretty deep."

"Yeah well..it's the truth."

"Here we are. Good luck Rebecca. I'll keep in touch."

"Thanks. Bye!"

"Bye!" Rebecca walked in to find everyone gathered around watching a movie."

"You're back early,"Zac said.

"Ya..i uhm..i quit."

"You did what?!"Katherine exclaimed.

"I quit..i knew it wouldn't work."

"I'm so proud of you!"Rebecca's mom cried and hugged her. Rebecca slipped out of her mom's arms in a few seconds and sat on the couch in Zac's lap.

"I love you,"she whispered into his ear.

"I love you too,"he whispered back,smiling.

*****************************3 Days Later-Tulsa***********************

Rebecca and Zac walked into the health clinic at the hospital. After filling out forms..and young man,about the age of 24 took them back.

"Hello. I'm Dr. Mark..just call my Mark."

"Hi,"Rebecca smiled.

"You must be Rebecca?"

"Yes."

"And this is?"he pointed to Zac.

"My boyfriend..Zac." She took Zac's hand and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Hello Zac."

"Hi."

"Ok Rebecca..tell me about how this happened." Dr. Mark sat down on a stool across from the two teens and listened. Rebecca finished her story in about 15 minutes.

"This is very common..the scenerio. But now you're throwing up blood?"

"Yeah..i just started a few days ago..the last time i purged."

"When was that?"

"About 4 days ago..in Florida."

"Have you eaten anything since?"

"Crackers..but i threw those up..i didn't mean to..but i couldn't keep them down. I'm really scared." She started crying and leaned over on Zac.

"It's gonna be ok,"the doctor took her hand and looked into her eyes,"Everything is gonna be just fine. It happens alot." Rebecca nodded.

"Ok now..let's see..would you mind taking off your shirt." Zac gave him a look.

"We have to..just your shirt." She slipped her baby tee off. The doctor put his hands on her stomach. She winced.

"Does that hurt?"

"Yeah."

"It's ok..it's just that your stomach muscles are tired from working to make the food come up."

"Oh..ok." He moved his hands around her stomach and back. Zac sat watching uneasily. Rebecca giggled at the look on Zac's face,Mark seemed to catch on.

"Zac it's ok..this is all mandatory. I'm not harrassing her or anything."

"I still don't see why she had to take off her shirt then you have to feel all over her."

"I have to see if she has any damage and where she's sore...and how thin she is."

"Well..whatever." Mark smiled..he had seen the whole thing many times.

"Ok..you can put your shirt back on,"Mark said. Zac handed her the shirt and french kissed her deeply. She smiled and pulled away.

"Well now..how much did you weigh before?"

"Uhm..i think like 108..maybe not even that."

"That's thin for you to be your height."

"Yeah..but not thin enough to model."

"Well..i wanna get you back to about 108...your regular wieght."

"But i can't eat anything."

"I know..this is how you have to do it. You have to eat 3 meals a day..and some snacks. But..you start out just eating like a peice of toast and water. And you work your way up. Now you are gonna get stomach aches and cramps probably,but you have to do it. And i don't want you doing alot of excersizing."

"Ok..thanks Mark."

"No problem. I wanna see you in a week."

"Alright. Bye!"

"Bye!" Zac waved,and they walked down the hall.