Two friends keep their vomiting a secret until one friend almost dies.

When two friends, Lexi and Jennifer, try to get into shape, they start to get rid of their food by vomiting it up. Lexi's worried mother takes her to an eating-disorder treatment center, and when she recovers she tells her mom that Jennifer might still have the same problem. Lexi's mom confronts Jennifer's mom and Jennifer gets mad at Lexi. Lexi tries to reason with Jennifer at a beach party while Jennifer is drunk, and Jennifer runs away from her and is hit by a passing car. Lexi becomes depressed and the vomiting starts again.—Kyle <[email protected]>

When her parents divorce, shallow Alexis 'Lexi' Archer moves with mother Kathryn and kid sister Jill to Seattle. Through her only talent, volleyball, she finds one high-school friend: popular, pretty, and together Jennifer 'Jen,' who teaches her some tips to be attractive, but also how to become absurdly thin through excessive dieting which escalates into anorexia. Even dear old dad Peter back in Chicago can't get her to enjoy anything with calories. She goes on to bulimia: pig-out sessions followed by self-induced vomiting that eventually causes blood to come up too while all muscles, even the heart, are effectively starved. Kathryn is sensible enough to find out and send her to a clinic, but too weak to have her forced-fed in time, so dad steps in. When Lexi is finally able to go home, she tells Kathryn about Jen's similar skinniness-obsession, with even more tragic consequences.—KGF Vissers