i just..forgot; l.s

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"are you gonna be able to make it lou?" lottie questions in a whisper.

i close my eyes tightly at the red light and try to shake the dizziness from my head. only to make it worse and my fingers start to tremble. soon enough, my whole body is trembling and my knuckles turn white from how hard i'm grasping the wheel.

"lou, if you're not gonna be alright pull over."

"i'm fine lotts it usually just goes away. gosh, i don't need two mums around, now do i?" i joke, trying to lighten the mood.

"what's wrong?" the new neighbor harry chimes in.

"nothing, just my idiot brother decided to not eat again and now he's about to die," lottie chuckles.

"what-," before harry finishes, i cut him off.

"what she meant to say was i'm just a bit dizzy s'all. no need to worry 'new neighbor harry from across the street."

"must you keep calling me that? my name's just harry," the tree chimes, "and if you're feeling dizzy, i have a cliff bar in my bag if you want."

"yes, i must call you that because that's how you were introduced, not 'just harry'" i giggle to myself, "and i don't need your fucking cliff bar, i'm perfectly fine." right as i say that, my remote beeps saying that my blood sugar has dropped more. harry looks suspiciously at the front seat.

"actually, i think we'll be needing it," lottie states, eyes trained onto where my fingers still grip at the wheel with a vice grip.

"geez people would think you're older charlotte he coulda jus' said he's not hungry."

"helllooo, i'm right here, i'm the one driving you to school, remember?" i whine.

"you have no idea how many times our own mother says that same statement," fizzy chimes

lottie reaches to the back seat as harry hands over the poop looking bar.

"ew, i'm not fucking eating that," i grimace.

"well, i don't want you to pass out at the wheel either. now eat."

i snatch the cliff bar from her grasp and take a tiny nibble from the corner.

"there, i took a bite," i tell lottie mockingly.

"haha playing with your health is so funny"

" i know right, it's like a party trick and a hospital bill wrapped in one am i right?"

lottie rolls her eyes and the two in the back stare with interested look in their eyes. all the while, i start to swerve out of my lane.

"lou!" my two sisters exclaim, "just because you don't wanna fucking take care of yourself doesn't mean you have to kill us all, jesus," lottie adds with a wide eyed glance.

harry chuckles with his stupid chuckle, "wow, my first day and i'm already about to die. great," he mutters.

"look, we're already here. you lot are just a bunch of babies. i did the swerve on purpose jeez lighten up," i state as i pull into my designated parking spot beside niall's bright red pickup truck.

"whatever lou. y'know i hope you pass out today," lottie flips her hair again and gets out of the car, walking off with fizzy in tow.

"i love you too my beautiful sisters," i shout after her. i sigh and put my hand out to steady myself on the side of my car.

"hey," harry startles me," um..i uh have another cliff bar..if you need it that is"

"i don't need your fucking cliff bar," as i try and stomp off my vision goes fuzzy and i stumble, almost hitting the concrete.