Starlight was awoken when Rose began her waking tour around the house. She
was slightly confused to see Blink gone. She closed her eyes for five
minutes before returning to her room. "Hey, you look real tired." Jenny
looked at her friend while taking off her clothes.
"Well, I am. So let's grab some sleep." Jenny changed into a blue tank top and brown pants. Star only wore an oversized blue shirt. The lay down to get their well earned sleep.
About ten in the morning, Star woke up with a thirst for water so she descended down the downstairs to get one. Just as she was about to take a glass, she heard on odd sound behind her. It sounded as if someone had a… gun! Star swallowed and turned around slowly.
"Well, if it isn't our little Starlight! You grew up! If it wasn't your damn black hair you would almost be pretty." The glass of water slipped out of Star's hand and shattered on the floor. She stepped back and tried to get away from the man standing just a few feet away from her but she just backed into a table.
"Fr..Frank!" She breathed heavily, her eyes feared every single move from him.
"Hey, You aren't afraid of good old Frankie, no? You aren't afraid of the man who taught you everything in this business! COME HERE!!!" Star slightly shook her head and fumbled on the table for anything that could be used as a weapon.
"I told you to come here!" He walked up at her, pointing the gun at her with intimidation. Her life depended on the trigger, and the man behind it. He was just about to reach for her arm when Star saw a movement in her eye range.
"It's time that we come back to our old order here. Rose has to do her job as a slut! She isn't more than this! And so are you! You should work at this time of day. But you look as if you were just awake!"
"It's only ten in the morning! What do you think? That we work twenty-four hours a day?"
"At least!" Frank grabbed Star's arm and turned her around, holding her close to him and pressing the gun in her back.
"Let's go to Rose!" He dragged her forward, but after a few steps, he felt a presence behind him. He turned around, pushing Star away so she fell on the floor. Just as Star let out a "ouch" Rose jumped at Frank and tried to take the gun away from him.
"Star. Get away from here! Take the others and run!!!" Rose yelled at Star and she got up as fast as she could.
"NO WAY!" Frank screamed and fired the gun. Star had to swallow down the pain and ran out of the room.
Star ran upstairs and opened the doors to the private rooms.
"GET OUT!!! ALL OF YOU!!! TAKE THE FIRE ESCAPE!!! FRANK'S BACK!!!" She screamed. She was lucky that the girls were already awake from the gun noise. The last door was her own room. She ran in and pulled on black pants while telling Jenny what had happened. They grabbed their jackets and anything they needed before bounding down the fire escape. In the alley, the other girls held their most important possession and waited. No one knew if it was safe to could go back to the lodging house.
"Where is Rose?" In the same moment, they heard a second shot.
"NO!" Jenny whispered while looking at the house.
"Rose?" Smiley, the youngest girl in the house, asked to her mother. Lips lifted her up and looked at the others.
"Where shall we go?" She said with tears in her eyes.
"Let's get away from here first! Rose is okay. I'm sure!" Rouge said and walked out of the alleyto get away from Frank. Lucky for them this time of day brought large numbers of people to the streets. "Let's stop here and think about what to do." Lips said. She let Smiley down and walked inside the church in front of them.
"So, where shall we go to?" Star sat down and whispered, while looking at the people praying in the front of the church.
"I have a brother over in Harlem. I'm sure I can stay there. He runs the lodging house over there, so I can also have a job as a newsie. I could also take a few with me." Raven said.
"Okay, take Sunny and Dreams. It is better for the little ones to stay with older girls, so this would work." Lips said.
"I can go to Michael. He wants me to marry him now that I'm pregnant." Angel gently stroked her belly and smiled.
"I'm going with Pearl over to Jersey. We have enough money, so maybe we can start a new life there." Rouge said.
"Where are you going?" Lips looked at Starlight, Jenny, and Pearl.
"I think I'm going to the Bronx. My sister is leading a brothel there." Pearl shrugged.
"And you two?"
"We'll find something. Maybe, we can stay at the lodging house here in Manhattan and become newsies like Dreams, Sunny and Raven." Jenny said blushing at the slightest mention of the Manhattan lodging house. Lips nodded and pulled Smiley closer to her.
"Where are you going ?" Raven asked.
"To my brother. He owns a tailor shop in Queens." She pulled out some paper and a pen and wrote down her new address for the other girls.
"Everyone of you write down the address if you already know. So we can stay in contact if something happens or if we hear something from Rose." Smiley sat down next to Star while the others wrote their addresses down.
"You're hurt!" She said loud enough for the others to hear and looked at Star's arm. On Star's upper arm was bleeding severely-.
"It isn't as bad as it looks. I almost forgot it." Star smiled to prove she was okay.
"We are going to a doctor. Right now!" Star looked furious at Jenny. She hated doctors. But Jenny just gave her a motherly stare.
"Okay, let's go. I hope you'll make the best out of this situation." Lips took Smiley's hand and exited the church. The others followed her. Everyone headed in the direction of their new lives, still thinking about Rose.
"Well, I am. So let's grab some sleep." Jenny changed into a blue tank top and brown pants. Star only wore an oversized blue shirt. The lay down to get their well earned sleep.
About ten in the morning, Star woke up with a thirst for water so she descended down the downstairs to get one. Just as she was about to take a glass, she heard on odd sound behind her. It sounded as if someone had a… gun! Star swallowed and turned around slowly.
"Well, if it isn't our little Starlight! You grew up! If it wasn't your damn black hair you would almost be pretty." The glass of water slipped out of Star's hand and shattered on the floor. She stepped back and tried to get away from the man standing just a few feet away from her but she just backed into a table.
"Fr..Frank!" She breathed heavily, her eyes feared every single move from him.
"Hey, You aren't afraid of good old Frankie, no? You aren't afraid of the man who taught you everything in this business! COME HERE!!!" Star slightly shook her head and fumbled on the table for anything that could be used as a weapon.
"I told you to come here!" He walked up at her, pointing the gun at her with intimidation. Her life depended on the trigger, and the man behind it. He was just about to reach for her arm when Star saw a movement in her eye range.
"It's time that we come back to our old order here. Rose has to do her job as a slut! She isn't more than this! And so are you! You should work at this time of day. But you look as if you were just awake!"
"It's only ten in the morning! What do you think? That we work twenty-four hours a day?"
"At least!" Frank grabbed Star's arm and turned her around, holding her close to him and pressing the gun in her back.
"Let's go to Rose!" He dragged her forward, but after a few steps, he felt a presence behind him. He turned around, pushing Star away so she fell on the floor. Just as Star let out a "ouch" Rose jumped at Frank and tried to take the gun away from him.
"Star. Get away from here! Take the others and run!!!" Rose yelled at Star and she got up as fast as she could.
"NO WAY!" Frank screamed and fired the gun. Star had to swallow down the pain and ran out of the room.
Star ran upstairs and opened the doors to the private rooms.
"GET OUT!!! ALL OF YOU!!! TAKE THE FIRE ESCAPE!!! FRANK'S BACK!!!" She screamed. She was lucky that the girls were already awake from the gun noise. The last door was her own room. She ran in and pulled on black pants while telling Jenny what had happened. They grabbed their jackets and anything they needed before bounding down the fire escape. In the alley, the other girls held their most important possession and waited. No one knew if it was safe to could go back to the lodging house.
"Where is Rose?" In the same moment, they heard a second shot.
"NO!" Jenny whispered while looking at the house.
"Rose?" Smiley, the youngest girl in the house, asked to her mother. Lips lifted her up and looked at the others.
"Where shall we go?" She said with tears in her eyes.
"Let's get away from here first! Rose is okay. I'm sure!" Rouge said and walked out of the alleyto get away from Frank. Lucky for them this time of day brought large numbers of people to the streets. "Let's stop here and think about what to do." Lips said. She let Smiley down and walked inside the church in front of them.
"So, where shall we go to?" Star sat down and whispered, while looking at the people praying in the front of the church.
"I have a brother over in Harlem. I'm sure I can stay there. He runs the lodging house over there, so I can also have a job as a newsie. I could also take a few with me." Raven said.
"Okay, take Sunny and Dreams. It is better for the little ones to stay with older girls, so this would work." Lips said.
"I can go to Michael. He wants me to marry him now that I'm pregnant." Angel gently stroked her belly and smiled.
"I'm going with Pearl over to Jersey. We have enough money, so maybe we can start a new life there." Rouge said.
"Where are you going?" Lips looked at Starlight, Jenny, and Pearl.
"I think I'm going to the Bronx. My sister is leading a brothel there." Pearl shrugged.
"And you two?"
"We'll find something. Maybe, we can stay at the lodging house here in Manhattan and become newsies like Dreams, Sunny and Raven." Jenny said blushing at the slightest mention of the Manhattan lodging house. Lips nodded and pulled Smiley closer to her.
"Where are you going ?" Raven asked.
"To my brother. He owns a tailor shop in Queens." She pulled out some paper and a pen and wrote down her new address for the other girls.
"Everyone of you write down the address if you already know. So we can stay in contact if something happens or if we hear something from Rose." Smiley sat down next to Star while the others wrote their addresses down.
"You're hurt!" She said loud enough for the others to hear and looked at Star's arm. On Star's upper arm was bleeding severely-.
"It isn't as bad as it looks. I almost forgot it." Star smiled to prove she was okay.
"We are going to a doctor. Right now!" Star looked furious at Jenny. She hated doctors. But Jenny just gave her a motherly stare.
"Okay, let's go. I hope you'll make the best out of this situation." Lips took Smiley's hand and exited the church. The others followed her. Everyone headed in the direction of their new lives, still thinking about Rose.