The Things We Left Behind | Lisa Cimorelli

Chapter 1

*3 years ago!*

Lisa's POV:

"Lisaaaaaaaaaaa," Lauren whines next to me, looking up at me with pleading eyes.

"Yes, bug?" I say looking at her playfully.

"Can you buy me ice cream?" She asks hopeful.

I laugh at her and look down at my 11 year old sister in awe,

"Don't we have any in the fridge Lo?" I ask curiously, we normally do.

"But that's the yucky ice cream." She says shyly and I smile at her.

"Okay fine, what ice cream would you like Lolo?" I ask her and watch her brown eyes light up, it puts the biggest smile on my face.

"Chocolate Chip!!!" She exclaims happily.

"Okay, I'll go buy some now, are you gonna be okay here with Mike?" I ask her and get up from the couch to grab my keys.

"Yes! Thanks Lisa!" She says and runs up to give me a hug.

I hug her back and lean down to kiss her small forehead.

"Bye Bug," I tell her when I'm halfway out the door.

"Bye Moose!" She says back.

I head into my car, turn on the radio and head to the supermarket.

On the way there, my favourite song ever came on. I rolled down the windows and sung at the top of my lungs, not caring who was watching.

As the song finishes, I decide to change the song as I don't like the current one the radio is playing, I take my phone out of my pocket.

Honk, honk!!!

I look to the left, where that sound came from and see a truck coming head on towards me at speed. I try to turn onto the pavement and not get crushed, no help whatsoever.

Before I could even process what just happened, I was upside down on what felt like the road, I couldn't hear anything and my breathing became slower and slower. I could feel blood. Next I know, I was out like a light.

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Lauren's POV:

"Mikeeeeee," I whine up to my older brother Mike who's sitting at his desk doing work.

"What's the time?" I ask when he looks at me.

"3pm Laur, why?"

"I asked Lisa to bring me ice cream at 11 and she's still not back! I'm scared Mikey," I say worried about my sister. I hope she's okay.

"Really? Well let's go find her then Lolo," He says, I can see he's trying not to panic and keep it calm for me. Our whole family was out at Alex's swim meet, Mike decided to stay home to finish off some work and Lisa and me wanted to spend some time together at home.

We drive to the shops but we couldn't find Lisa, we drive to the beach and the park but she wasn't there.

"Mike, I'm worried." I say as I look at my older brother in the drivers seat.

"Hey, don't worry Lo, I'm sure she's fine okay?" Mike tells me reassuringly. I just nod my head and focus on outside.

"Whoa, what in the world...." Mike says and stops the car suddenly, making me jolt forward. We have stopped in front of two cars that are completely smashed. I recognise the one car but can't remember where I've seen it.

"Mike, why did we stop?" I ask him as he gets out the car. I follow him, confused but not daring to ask anything. We stand around the incident until I see a familiar face covered in blood,

"LISA!!!" I scream as I see a girl laying on the floor being loaded onto a stretcher into an ambulance.

I can't do anything, I'm in too much shock. I want to run to her but my feet seem to be glued to the ground. I put a shaky hand over my mouth as the tears flow out of me like a waterfall. I fall to the ground and curl myself into a small ball.

"Hey, hey, it's okay. She's going to be just fine." Mike kneels down and puts a hand on my back, stroking my back carefully.

I know he's trying to keep it together for me, but I don't want that. I want to know that she'll be okay and that she won't die. I don't want him to be strong for me, he doesn't have too.

"I-it's, it's all my fault Mike," I say shakily as I bury my head into my hands and begin to cry hectically. This is my fault, if I didn't want ice cream this would have never happened to Lisa.

I can hear Mike on the phone, probably calling the rest of the family but I don't want to hear it. I can hear sirens in the background wailing which means she's probably going to the hospital.

Lisa, please, you have to be okay!

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{A/N} hey guys! hope you like the idea of this story :)
sorry for the short chapter, it was just explaining the accident and what happened 3 years ago! Next chapter will be in the present x

Characters: AGES ARE NOT FOR THIS CHAPTER (only for the next chapter and future chapters x)
Mike Snr
Lynne
Mike Jnr - 28 (present)
Christina - 27 (present)
Katherine - 25 (present)
Lisa - 23 (present)
Amy - 22 (present)
Alex - 17 (present)
Lauren - 15 (present)
Dani - 13 (present)
Christian - 11 (present)
Nick - 8 (present)
Joey - 7 (present)

Most of this chapters will be in Lauren's POV.