Corona Virus in The Cimorelli Household (A Cimorelli FanFic)

Lauren

"Laur!" Christina calls. "It's your turn to talk to Lisa."

I walk over to the phone, both excited and nervous. What if she doesn't want me to talk to her? What if she would prefer a different sister. I'm just wasting her precious time and-

"Laur!" Christina's loud voice shakes me out of my thoughts. She looks at me harshly and says "What are you doing?? Take the ripping phone!"

Tears well up in my eyes as I try to explain. "I-I'm sorry, I- just-"

Her gaze softens. "I know sweetie. I didn't mean to snap. I'm sorry, it's just Lisa really wants to talk to you, I know it. And.." she hesitates.

"What?"

"Well," she whispers. "They're not sure if she's going to make it. This might be your only chance to-"

I nod quickly and snatch the phone from her hand before she can finish her sentence. I know what she was going to say. And I don't want to hear it. This came as a huge shock to me. I thought Lisa was perfectly healthy! But now as I put the phone up to my ear, I hear her ragged gasping breaths, and it sounds like its a struggle with each inhale and each exhale sounds like a huge relief. With a trembling voice, I say, "Hi Lise. It's me, Lauren. I hope you're doing good. And I miss you so much, and I can't wait to see you when you come h-home."

I'm met with silence for a second and then another gasping breath. It sounds weird but those breaths are the only thing comforting me right now. Each time she breaths in, I stop holding my own breath. Because the sound of Lisa breathing means that my sister is alive. I talk to her some more, telling her everything that has happened In the past few weeks, even the mundane, boring things, because I know Lisa would be interested. We talk- I talk for about an hour, then Chris comes back and tells me to finish up because it's Kath's turn. I nod and hold back tears as I say goodbye, and I say, "Lisa, you better not die on me," then hand the phone over to Chris who calls Kath to come in the bedroom.

Once downstairs, I sit down on the couch and ask Amy if she knows where Dani is.

"Yeah," she says. "In her and Emmyn's room."

As I start to head up, Amy stops me. "Are you okay, honey?" She asks. "I know you just talked to Lisa. I know when I did it was really hard, but you two are really close. Don't try to lie, hon. I can see it."

I sigh and walk back down the stairs.

"No Amy. I'm not alright. If she dies, I don't think I'll be able to hang on. I was just going to talk to Dan about it. See if she wanted to talk about it."

"Oh sweetie. It would be so hard for all of us. I can't even imagine it. But it's not over yet. Lisa can still make it through. I know her, she's strong."

I start to cry. "But what if she doesn't make it, Ames? What if our older sister dies because of this virus. Can you imagine never talking to Lise again? Because I CAN'T!" I start to cry harder, and she rubs my back. "I know," she says. "It's hard. But there's nothing we can do except pray for her and remember that she's one of the strongest girls we know."

I simply bury my face in Amy's shoulder.

"Okay honey. Come with me to the car."

I trail after her, confused where we are going. She unlocks her car door and tells me to get in the passenger side.

She starts the car and begins to drive peacefully. I look out the window. It's a very nice day. Bright, sunny, birds chirping.

We drive for 20 or so minutes when Amy pulls over into a cul-de-sac. Wait, I recognize this. Isn't this her crying cul-de-sac?

HEY PEOPLE! I WAS LISTENING TO CIMORELLI'S "DISNEY HARMONIZING CHALLENGE" WHILE I WROTE THIS, AND NOT GOING TO LIE THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE VIDEOS THEY'VE EVER DONE. I WATCH IT LIKE EVERYDAY LOL. THEIR A CAPELLA STYLE OF "POTENTIAL BREAKUP SONG" IS SOOOOO GOOD! OKAY, I'M UPDATING IN HALF AN HOUR SO LOOK FOR THAT!