Is there Truth in the Stars? (A Laurisa Cimorelli Fanfiction)

Chapter 2

Chapter Two

"Hey Lauren! Hey! Hello! Wake up!"

Tiredly I rubbed my eyes and tried to see that really mean person who just woke me up. It was Dani sitting on my matrass and smiling warmly at me. I couldn't stop myself from smiling back at her even though I was mad I had to wake up.

"You couldn't sleep last night, right?" she asked. I shrugged and yawned.

"It's okay" I said.

"Katherine made some pancakes and somehow all of us are sitting at the table so I thought I should wake you up so we could all eat together."

"Oh I didn't know we were eating together today. I would have set an alarm."

"No, we didn't plan it. It just happened randomly. I just thought you were missing."

"Oh, Dani. Thank you."

She laughed and then she took my wrist and dragged me out of my super warm and comfortable bed. We ran down the stairs and I realized how rare that moment was. Seriously every one of my family sat around the huge table eating and laughing and I loved that.

Dani sat down next to Michael and Alex and I sat down on my usual spot next to Christina and Lisa.

"Morning", Lisa whispered but I ignored her and turned around to Christina.

"Hey, did you sleep well?", she asked and smiled at me.

"Yeah. I did. And you?"

"Me too."

Lisa sighed next to me but I pretended that I didn't hear it. I didn't want to hear that. I didn't want to hear anything from her. I would love to not having to see her all the time or not to share a room. But those were things I couldn't change.

So after breakfast I just sat down on the couch and realized how lazy I was. I didn't even change. But my pjs were just too comfortable.

"Hey, Lauren!", Joey suddenly said and he sat down next to me.

"Hey little man" I chuckled at how he was annoyed that I called him that. He narrowed his chocolate brown eyes.

"I'm not little. I bet you were much smaller when you were in my age" he said.

"You're probably right."

"Lauren, would you help us with our treehouse today? We want to make it even bigger."

I thought about a reason I couldn't do it. But I couldn't think about anything. So I just nodded.

"Sure. Why not."

"Thank you! Now we still get it" Joey said satisfied.

I looked at him confused.

"What do you mean?"

"Ethan wanted to help us. But then..."

He didn't finish that sentence and he didn't need to.

"Just give me time to change" I said and walked up the stairs fast. I locked the door of the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror.

"Don't cry, Lauren. Stop it. Don't be a baby. Don't think about it." I told myself and tried to calm down. Finally my heart slowed down and I could take a quick shower and get dressed.

I wore a blue jeans short and a huge navy-blue T-Shirt. Then I put on some converse and was ready to go outside.

Christian, Nick and Joey were already sitting in the treehouse with a lot of boards and nails and hammers. They were so nimble climbing the trees.

I started walking up but still I felt that sharp pain in my shoulder. I decided to ignore it because if I would have let that pain come through my awareness I would have thought about how I got it. And I didn't want to think about that. I just couldn't.

Wednesday was over. Why didn't it feel that way?

Finally I reached my brothers and they looked so excited to see me. It felt so good seeing how people are happy just because you were there. It reminded me of him.

"So do you have another hammer?" I asked.

"Yes, sure! You can have mine", Nick said and handed me his hammer.

"Thanks", I said and took one board.

"You can make a little stair to that thick branch over there", Christian suggested. He showed me how he imagined it to be and I realized how gifted I was with crafts. Because I had no idea what I was doing. I just beat with the hammer but somehow my brothers seemed to be satisfied.

After working at least two hours on the treehouse I decided to use the stars I just build to climb to that branch. I was halfway there when suddenly my shoulder refused to hold me anymore. Fast it gave in and so at first I hit my head at the wood before crashing down on the ground. Ouch.

"Lauren!"

"Are you okay?"

"Say something!"

My brothers climbed down and kneeled down beside me. I didn't want to show them how much it hurt and so I tried to smile.

"Well, I guess I'm really gifted in climbing trees" I said. Joey chuckled. Christian took my hand.

"Hey, are you really okay?"

I nodded and tried to sit up but my back and head hurt too much.

"I'll get Mom!" Joey screamed and he ran away. Great. Now she would worry again.

"Hey, it's okay" Christian said and I hated that moment so much. My younger brother told me that it was okay? Wasn't that my part?

"Lauren, what happened?" Mom said running over to me and kneeling down.

"I'm okay, Mom."

"It doesn't look that way."

"I'm just not good at climbing a tree" I said and Mom sighed.

"Was it because of your shoulder?"

"No, Mom. I just slipped" I lied.

"Do you think you can walk? Do we have to go to the hospital?"

I shook my head. "No. It's okay."

Mom helped me up and we walked to the house. Right before going inside I saw Lisa standing next to the swing set looking at me with a really sad expression. But I ignored her and walked in.

Mom made me lay down on the couch.

"So it wasn't your shoulder?"

"No Mom."

"Tell me the truth. The doctor said it would be normal if you have problems with it. But I have to know, Lauren."

She looked at my head to ensure that I didn't hurt myself too much.

"It wasn't the shoulder, Mom! Okay? I'm just too dumb to climb that stupid tree!"

"You're not. Maybe you should sleep a bit." She smiled at me and kissed my forehead. It was like she believed that my pain would disappear like it used to when I was a kid. She would only have to kiss my injury and I was sure it was gone. But this is different. 

Dani brought me a blanket and sat down next to me.

"Are you okay?" she asked and I nodded. I was sick of everyone asking me if I was okay. And I was sick of everyone worrying about me.

I was fine. Why couldn't anyone understand?

 And because I didn't want to see all of their worried faces anymore I closed my eyes and hoped I would fall asleep. But still I felt Lisa by the door watching me closely with her usual worried expression. And I wanted her to stop so bad that I almost screamed at her. But thankfully I could stop myself.

A/N Thank you so much for reading and voting and everything! That really means a lot to me. I feel like this is a really weird chapter but I wanted to update today. :)