Famous Collide || h.s.

Chapter 31

Elena P.O.V.

Lisa looked good except for her pallor. Stefan told the three girls that Lisa was enlightened thank Harry, after all. But the concern was in his face, including her too.

"As long as we survive everything is okay.", Lisa had said and her lips pressed on each other, before she had looked up to Harry and raised an eyebrow: "Right?"

"As long as it is feasible for you.", he had kissed her hairline.

"I think we can do it. Provided you don't leave me.", she gave him an serious look. "Otherwise, I have to kick your ass if you do that."

That sentence had brought all to grin, beside Damon and Stefan tried to suppress their laughter by coughing.

"I wouldn't even think about it, don't worry.", Harry smiled gentle at her. "You are the one that I love and nothing would change that."

"Better it shouldn't.", she now smiled too, but it dropped immediately.

"What?", Harry asked instantly, bracing himself for the worst.

Lisa had seen from his hands to her belly and back to him. Instantly the other were alert. Was it perhaps new pain? Elena listened to the heartbeat of the baby, but Lisa already said: "I'm hungry"

What let them all to breathe again.

"What did you think?", she furrowed her forehead.

"The same.", Damon replied sarcastically and rolled his eyes on her.

"What do you want to eat?", Harry ignored him, but sounded easier.

She looked at everyone for a little while uncertainly and then decided: "Pizza!"

"At half past seven in the morning?", Caroline grinned.

"Perfect.", Lisa replied. "Proper Pizza Time."

So they all agreed, as they had a free period and made their way to the nearest pizzeria, without knowing what the day would bring.

Lisa P.O.V.

The pizza trip was now an tradition, what everyone loves.
As we were finish eating our pizzas, saturated sat there and had been silent for a millisecond, my phone vibrated on the table next to my glass and at the same time the restaurant door was ripped open.

"What the-", I took my phone in my hands, but couldn't answering the call, because it was already launched.

"Lise!", someone shouted my name, what made me winced; I raised my head looking straight in the direction of-

"Nick?!", and behind him my oldest sister. "Christina?!", she didn't look as good as she should, her pallor was making her looking weak.

"What are you doing here? Don't you have been back home, Nick?", Questions buzzing in my head, but I couldn't ask them all.

As soon as I went around the table, Christina came hastily towards me.

"I'm sorry, so sorry!", she pulled me into her arms, close and loving. "We shouldn't have let Dad chasing you away and Mom taking your stuff out of your room. Joey is depressed because you're not there anymore and it isn't the same at home! We are all down. We have to change that, you have to come back! ", she sobbed close at my ear, which brought also tears in my eyes. "You can't stay away any longer, we love you! Dad can't forbid the contact to us. This is inhumane and wrong!"

"I know - calm down Christina - I know.", my voice was trembling. "But I've broken the rules, Dad had to act like that, otherwise -"

"No! He hadn't act like that if he was thinking just for a second. You are a member of this family and no one should have act like that! Stupid rules, we can't change what happened before that, right?", she looked now straight into my eyes, tear streaming down her face.

I nodded after she looked from me to the others, sitting at the table beside us. "Hey everyone."

"Hi.", came the worried answer.

"I am your older sister and older siblings have to protect their small ones.", she faced me again.

"Oh Christina.", I whispered, but knowing her a lifetime I know that something did happened. "What's wrong?"

"You have to come home.", she nodded and looked shortly back to Nick and again to me. "Lauren, she -"

"What about her? What happened? Is she all right? Christina?!", I realized how my breathing became faster; if something was wrong with my siblings, I had to know!

A movement behind me and I felt Harry's arm around my waist. "Calm down."

Christina glanced from me to him, and then said as controlled as possible: "She is in the hospital."

"Is it bad? What happened?", I wanted to know.

"It is bad.", she swallowed.

"We need to pay. We have to drive to the hospital. Right now! Where is my purse? Harry, we need to -", I turned to him hectically.

"We pay.", Elena interrupted me. "We meet at the hospital. Go!"

Knowing that Harry would carry our jackets, I took Christina's hand in mine and pull her with me.

On the way to the hospital, Harry begged me again to reassure me, which was difficult because I still didn't know what was wrong with Lauren. Maybe it was a flu with 40 fever, but that was ruled out. Maybe she had an accident or worse?

"Stay with me, no matter what happens now, okay?", I looked over at Harry. "I can't do this alone."

"I will go everywhere as where you're going.", he squeezed my hand.

It was another hand that I hold as I walked through the hospital - Christina's hand.

She led us through the endless corridors and finally stopped, turned to me and said: "Lauren had an accident yesterday. She's in a coma."

"No -", I breathed. "No."

New tears formed in our eyes.

"No one knows how it happened.", she whispered and let me look through the window next to her.

We were in the ICU. And what I saw made me beat my hands over my mouth. I stifled a sob and shook my head. Lauren was surrounded by equipment and was so peaceful in her bed, that one thought she would just sleep and wake up at any moment. But this unnatural pallor and the fact that she was ventilated, betraying another.

"Lauren.", I repeated. "Lauren."

Uncontrollable tears ran down my cheek. It was serious, no one need to tell me. It was very serious. My little sister! My angel! Lie there without a real sign of life. That couldn't be true! It was impossible! She couldn't lie there! She should walk around outside and be happy! That was all a bad joke. A nightmare!

"That's not Lauren!", I exclaimed. "It can't be her!"

"Lise -", Christina interjected.

"No!", I shook my head again. "That's not her!"

"- think of the baby."

"That can't be Lauren! That's not our sister!", I looked between Christina and her back and forth.

"I know it's unbelievable. I know that, Lisa.", her voice trembled. "But she can do it!"

"Look at her! She's weak, how can you even think that. She - oh my god! - She is dying, right? No, that can't be!"

"Lise. Shush!", Harry pulled me into his arms, holding me tight as I broke down.

"That's impossible. She's my little sister. I should lie there.", I sobbed.