Boy Next Door (Lauren Cimorelli love story)

Sickness+Forgiveness

Lauren's Pov
-9AM-

I woke up with a pair of arms wrapped around me protectively. I opened my eyes to see my sister Lisa's face, mouth parted, her quiet snores slipping out of the space. I giggled softly at the action, replacing my head on her chest and closing my eyes once more.

"Laur time to wake up." A soft voice spoke, waking me from my slumber.

I groaned the light from our room's window blinding my vision.

"Lisa-you want to talk?" She cut me off like she read my mind. "How did y-I'm your sister, I know everything." She said smugly which made me laugh.

"So, tell me why this whole Dani Keegan situation is bothering my Lolo so much." She started off softly sitting in front of me, legs crossed, hands clasped together loosely in her lap.

"I just, I don't know how to explain it... it's like he values her more than me and I'm his girlfriend and he acts all cutesy with her and not with me and gosh Lisa! I hate how he'll take pictures with her no problem but with me it seems like he's hesitant to do so. And before, when he kissed her cheek for that picture they took I felt really jealous, like she mattered more to him, like he may actually LIKE her the way he likes me and I just broke." I vented to my older sister, tears brimming my eyes but not escaping their place in my eyelid.

"I know it's hard to see Keegan being all cutesy with Dani but they really are super close and best friends, it's natural that they're going to act like that with eachother. Now I'm not saying that him kissing her cheek was the greatest of ideas but he probably meant no harm by it. You know Keegan loves you and I don't mean that puppy love I mean LOVE love. I remember Carson telling me how he wouldn't shut up about you and went on for hours and hours about you. Now do you really think Keegan would one, date your sister even though he's dating you and two, blabber about you to everyone if he didn't love you? I'm not implying that what you're feeling is wrong but what he's done may have been taken out of context."

"I know, I shouldn't have snapped at him. It was just in the moment, I was too hurt to think of him or give him a chance to explain."

"So you're going to talk to him?"

"Yeah I am. Today if I can find him and if I can't I'll wait till tomorrow."

"I'm glad you're gonna try to work this out Lolo. Now lets go get some breakfast, Lisa needs her food." She finished to which I chuckled.

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Keegan's Pov
-4AM-

I woke up my stomach churning, my head spinning. I felt the sickness wash over me and I booked it into my bathroom. As I kneeled in front of the toilet releasing whatever contents were in my stomach, my now overgrown bangs cascaded down onto my face blocking my eyes. I felt a pair of cool hands on my bare back as I continued to throw up, throat burning as the acidic matter forces it's way our of my system.

"You're alright hun, just let it out."

"Mom---it hurts s----so bad"

"I know sweetheart, you'll feel better afterwards."

After what felt like hours, which in actuality was only five minutes, my stomach calmed down and I could breath normally again. My mom's hands moved to my forearms and steadily helped me up, walking me back over to my bed at my own pace which as of right now is as slow as a turtle. When we reached the side of my bed I collapsed onto it, feeling no life left in me.

"Why is being sick so energy draining momma?" I whined.

"I don't know, I'm not that smart." "Well obviously" "Rude." "Shut upppp mama I'm tryna sleep." "You're a cranky baby when you're sick aren't ya?" "Yup, can you like pull the covers over me? I'm too immobile to do so." "You mean lazy?" "No immobile-lazy-immobile-laaaazy-okay whatever lazy, now please?" We bantered for a bit until I felt my eyes closing on me. I heard a soft, goodnight before my eyes shut, leaving my body rest peacefully until later on.