Lauren Cimorelli Sick and Sad

You Put Words In My Head, Knives In My Heart; Cause I'm Only Human

Recap
I can see right through her fingers. They are completely transparent and I can see right through them. Suddenly they fade back into there solid form and it's like nothing happened. Her fingers are back and Lauren curls them experimentally. I look back up at her face and she any pain that she felt was quickly hidden when she saw us all staring at her. She doesn't look shocked at all be what just happened. What was going on?

"I meant to tell you." She said. I could only glance over at my sisters in shock. They all looked over at me with wide eyes. This couldn't be a good sign.

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Amy's POV
"At first it only happened occasionally, but it's gotten worse. And more disappears each time." Lauren tries to explain.

"Why didn't you tell us?! This is obviously something we need to know!" Lisa freaks out. She runs up and grabs Lauren's hands, looking at them.

"I was going to, I just wanted to make sure you guys actually cared before I said anything." That makes us all pause. We stare at Lauren but she won't look us in the eyes.

"Lo, you can't seriously think we don't care about you?"

"I know that you do, at least I think you do. It's just- I mean- everything's so jumbled up in my head. I don't know what to believe anymore. I feel like I'm learning it all over again." She looks back up at us with so much doubt in her eyes my heart implodes on itself right then and there. I run up to her and pull her into the tightest hug I can physically give. She hugs back hesitantly for a few minutes before I let go.

"Lo, we love you. And I know we've done some stupid things and said some terrible things recently but I promise that I am never doing it again. You don't deserve it." The other girls promise the same thing behind me and Lauren glances at all of them looking a little taken aback.

"O-okay..." She smiles a tiny bit and that's all I could ask for. Now we need to figure this disappearing thing out.

"Lo, when did it start happening?" I motion to her hands. Lauren thinks for a minute before answering.

"In the mall, when they used the mirrors on me the first time. It's gotten worse since the warehouse. At first it was only the tips of my fingers, now it's practically my whole hand."

"Okay, that means the more times they use it on you, the worse it will be." Lisa says.

"And the less often they use it the more the effects wear off. The tips of my fingers only disappeared for a week after the mall and then they were fine afterwards. I didn't have any problems with it again until the second time." Lauren said.

"It wears off? So your not just gonna keep fading away until one day you disappear?" Katherine asks.

"I don't think so. As long as they don't use those mirrors anymore."

"How often does something disappear?"

"I don't know, at the beach caves I think all of me disappeared for a second while I was leaning against that wall. But that hasn't happened since. It's usually just one thing like my hands. I don't know how often...maybe once a day? It just comes and goes randomly," Lauren answers.

"Okay." We all stop and think about the best course of action but Lauren already has it covered.

"Guys, I'll just wear long sleeves and pants for the next little while that way no one notices. It should wear off soon. Now let's eat something. I'm starving." She walks out of the room and down the steps before any of us can get a word in edgewise. Lauren shuffles through the cabinets for a few minutes before turning back to us.

"We might need to go to the store." I open up the cabinets to see nothing. There was no food left. Katherine grabbed a pen and paper and started to write down everything we could possibly need from the supermarket. We all go to head out the door when someone coughs to get our attention. I look back to see Lauren heading up the stairs pointing at her pajamas. We look down to see that we hadn't changed. I face palm before heading up stairs and jumping in the shower to get ready. After some time we are all dressed to go.