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

Chapter 17

It's been two weeks since Lauren's in the hospital.
Today she would come home. Mom and Dad would pick her up and, on their way home, they will go to a therapist. I haven't seen Lauren ever since she was lifeless on the ground. I was worried sick what would happen when we would see each other. Amy told me she wanted to see me but I know she never asked for it. And this time she had to do the first step because I wasn'r strong enough anymore and second of all I didn't want to rush her.

The problem was we still shared a room so we couldn't go separate ways. Christina tried to calm me down when I asked her to switch rooms and she refused to do it. Somehow everyone believed that Lauren and I would go back to normal. But I wasn't so sure. Nothing changed for her, right?

When I could hear the front door open I sneaked to the stairs and sat down on the ground. Dad carried Lauren's bags and Mom pushed my sister lightly in the livingroom like she was scared Lauren would ran away. My sister looked so fragile and embarrassed and lonely somehow. Immediately I was concerned. I wanted her to be happy so bad and I wanted to hug her and never let her go.

"Lauren! You're home!", Christian screamed and rushed down the stairs. I hadn't even realized how he passed me. He ran to her and hugged her. Lauren hugged him back lightly. I smiled when I saw them.

"I missed you so much", my little brother said. "I missed you too." Lauren's voice was just a whisper. Nothing more. But I smiled anyway because I knew she meant it.

"Why don't you sit down on the couch, Lauren? It was a long day and you still need to rest" Mom decided and Lauren nodded. She went to the couch and sat down. Then Mom put a blanket around her body and handed her a mug with tea.
"I'm okay, Mom. You don't need to do this" Lauren said quietly and even from upstairs I saw the tears in my mother's face. She fast turned around and tried to brush them away with her hand.
"I'll cook you something, okay? I'll do pasta, your favorite. And I'll send the boys to the store to get ice cream and then we'll have dinner all together. It's gonna be great" she said and then she went to the kitchen.

"Why don't you come downstairs?", Christina asked me. She was right behind me, but I shook my head.
"No, it's okay. It's better this way."
She sighed. Then I saw all of my siblings surrounding my little sister, hugging her and talking to her und I wanted to be there so bad. But I knew I would make everything worse. She wouldn't want to see me. And I didn't want to stress her out because I knew she would be stressed out seeing me remembering all her pain and all her sadness. I couldn't destroy that.

So while everyone spend the night together, I stayed in my room, lying in my bed and wondering if it's ever going to be fine. I listened to them laughing downstairs trying to find Lauren's laugh. But I couldn't make it out. It probably was too soon.

It's only a short chapter, I know. But the next chapter will be longer. Actually, there are only two chapters left. I hope you still liked this. Thank you so much for reading and everything. It means so much to me! :)