Gaining

I was the fat-kid too, so stares all across the board.

But also, this morning when I was taking in a buffet for breakfast a family with two young sons came in. And the older of them stopped and stared open-mouthed at me for a few seconds. I had a hard time not laughing.

I just met his gaze and held it until he walked past, something which I learned years ago that works most of the time.

I ate four more plates of food after that, but the family was sat behind me. So I don't know if I got anymore stares.