Scattered

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January 7, 2010 

That was the worst day of the Cimorelli family's lives, the day they fell apart. It started like any other day slow but normal. The girls were preparing for their parents return from California, they were there for a business trip. The two youngest girls, Lauren and Dani, couldn't wait for their parents to come home, it was the longest they've ever been apart from their parents. Katherine, Lisa, Amy, and Christina set up the banner and balloons, while Dani and Lauren sat and watched tv. Suddenly the phone started to ring, since everyone was busy Christina asked Lauren to answer the phone, she sighed but got up.

"Hello?" She answered 

"Hello is this the Cimorelli household?" A woman on the other line asked.

"Yes it is." Lauren replied and since she was 12 her voice was noticeably higher pitched.

"Ok sweetie may I speak to an adult?" The voice asked nicely.

" Yeah one second," she said as she held the phone away from her," Christina there's a lady who wants to speak to an adult."

"Hello?" Christina asked as she took the phone from Lauren.

"Hi, ma'am I'm deeply sorry to inform you that Michael and Lynne Cimorelli have been in a plane crash, and are currently being operated on at the Nashville Hospital." The lady informed Christina.

"What?!? Oh my god! Are they ok?" Christina asked frantically, as the others stopped what they were doing to check on Christina.

"I'm not sure, but you should try to make it over here fast." The woman spoke and Christina ended the call, rushing to find her keys.

"What's going on Chris?" The second oldest sister asked worried.

"Mom and dad got into a plane crash we have to get to the hospital." Christina said quickly grabbing Lauren and Dani as she made her way to the car. The drive to the hospital was silent and tense, tears filled everyone's eyes except for Dani's and Lauren's.

"I don't understand what's going on." Dani told Amy.

"Yeah aren't we supposed to be waiting for mom and dad at home?" Lauren added.

"Well um, you see, we have to go to the hospital right now." Amy tried to explain but didn't know how to tell her baby sisters that their parents might die.

"Why?" Dani asked.

"Mom and dad got hurt when they were on the plane." Lisa said trying to help Amy out a little bit.

"Oh will they be ok?" Lauren questioned.

"Um we don't know yet, but they were hurt pretty badly," Lisa answered figuring it would be best to tell them the truth instead of getting their hopes up.  That was enough to stop their questions from coming.

"Don't worry girls whatever happens, we'll be here together. Ok?" Christina said.

"Ok." they all replied. 10 minutes later they all arrived at the hospital and rushed in

"Name please?" The lady at the desk asked.

"Michael and Lynne Cimorelli." Katherine answered quickly as the lady typed.

"Oh I'm so sorry, but it looks like they passed away a couple minutes ago." She said apologetically.

"Oh um thank you." Katherine said as she held back her tears, turning back to her sisters, she gave the eldest ones a look, and they sadly understood.

"Are we going to see mom and dad now?" Lauren asked. Katherine pulled Lauren to sit on her lap and Lisa did the same with Dani.

"Ok so mom and dad were more hurt than we thought, and um the good news is that they aren't in any pain right now." Katherine explained

"Is there bad news?" Dani asked and the older girls began to cry a bit.

"Yeah Dani, there is." Lisa started, "The bad news is that mom and dad aren't with us anymore, they're  with god now."

"No, that can't be. They aren't dead. They just can't be." Lauren said as she cried into Katherine's arms. All the other girls joined in for a comforting group hug, until they decided that it was time to go home.