"We really don't have to go to the doctor! I'm okay, really!" Star said,
being tugged by Jenny and receiving a joking glare for her comment.
"I know that you don't like doctors. With all their medicines and syringes…"
"They don't help. If the medicine was so good, then why did my mom die?!" Jenny was silent, continuing to pull Star to Doctor Smith's house.
"Okay, why are you here?" Doctor Smith asked the girls.
"She was shot in her arm." Jenny pointed on Starlight's arm.
"Okay, let me see." Star took her shirt off so the doc could see if the bullet remained in her upper arm, or drifted away from the entrance wound. (I don't know how, but this really can happen!!!)
"Okay. I have to get it out. This will hurt. You better bite in this while I cut the bullet out."
"CUT?! Can't it just stay were it is?" Star looked afraid. She hated needles like the ones on syringes. And this guy really thought he could CUT out this damn bullet of her arm!!!????!!!
But she had no other choice. A wooden stick was given for her to bite on while the doc cut out the bullet. After this, he came with one of these hated needles to stitch up her wound and covered it with a bandage.
"Okay. I want to see you in four weeks. Maybe then we can take of the stitches." Star nodded slightly. She was so pale Jenny wasn't sure if she could walk to the lodging house on her own.
"Are you okay?" She asked Star when they were on the street.
"No, and I'll kill you as soon as I'm able to do anything but swallow down this damn fucking pain!!!" Star said between clinched teeth.
Jenny was intimidated by Star's word, but still had the personality to chuckle at Star's threats. They headed to Tibby's because it was around noon and they didn't know the right way to the lodging house, so they hoped to find Race and Blink there. Or better said: Jenny hoped to find them. Star wasn't sure if it was a good idea to go there.
"What if they find out what we did before? Or worse what if they already know??? I don't want to stay in a house full of boys that think they can have us whenever they want!!!! I'm glad to be away from this for now!"
"Oh come on! They won't know!" They entered Tibby's and the guys looked up at them curiously.
"I don't like this!" Star whispered to Jenny but she just smiled around and headed to a table in the back of the restaurant while newsies whistled at them. They sat there with their lunch when Race and Blink walked in laughing and joking around. Blink stopped in his tracks when he saw Star and Jenny. He slapped Race's arm and nodded in the direction of the girls. Without looking at the other boys, they headed towards Star and Jenny's table.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Race asked smiling while he sat down next to Jenny.
"Frank's back." She said looking up at him.
"WHAT?!" They two boys shouted with such volume, everyone in the restaurant turned to look.
"What? But how? And why?" Race asked quietly.
"We don't know how. He wanted to take over the house again. We fled to the streets when we heard a shot. It was probably Rose. We don't know well she is at this time." Star said looking on the table the whole time. She hadn't eaten much. The action of today had been way too much for her. First Frank, then the doc…
"What are you doing now?" Blink asked them.
"We hoped we could stay at the lodging house and became newsies?" Jenny looked with her big puppy eyes at Race. The boys exchanged looks.
"I don't see any reason why this should be a problem." Blink nodded. "Maybe we should ask Jack at first."
"Hey Jack." He called over to a boy with a cowboy hat and a red bandana around his neck. The boy walked over to the table.
"Hey Jack. Can the girls here stay at the lodging house with us?" Race asked.
"Race where are your manners? I'm Jack Kelley." The tall boy said while he leaned over and kissed Jenny's hand, letting his brown hair fall into his face.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Jenny." She smiled up at him. Jack winked at the girl next to Race.
He took Star's hand in his and bent down to kiss it as well.
"And your name beauty?" Starlight, still very calm and pale smiled weakly up at him.
"I'm Starlight."
"A pretty name. It fits you."
"So Jack, can they stay?!" Race asked again, eyeing his friend nervously.
"Sure. We still have the extra bunkroom. We just have to clean it up a bit."
"Oh, we can do that. Just show us where we have to go."
"We'll take you!" Race said, and he and Blink arose from the table and were about to walk back to the lodging house.
"I know that you don't like doctors. With all their medicines and syringes…"
"They don't help. If the medicine was so good, then why did my mom die?!" Jenny was silent, continuing to pull Star to Doctor Smith's house.
"Okay, why are you here?" Doctor Smith asked the girls.
"She was shot in her arm." Jenny pointed on Starlight's arm.
"Okay, let me see." Star took her shirt off so the doc could see if the bullet remained in her upper arm, or drifted away from the entrance wound. (I don't know how, but this really can happen!!!)
"Okay. I have to get it out. This will hurt. You better bite in this while I cut the bullet out."
"CUT?! Can't it just stay were it is?" Star looked afraid. She hated needles like the ones on syringes. And this guy really thought he could CUT out this damn bullet of her arm!!!????!!!
But she had no other choice. A wooden stick was given for her to bite on while the doc cut out the bullet. After this, he came with one of these hated needles to stitch up her wound and covered it with a bandage.
"Okay. I want to see you in four weeks. Maybe then we can take of the stitches." Star nodded slightly. She was so pale Jenny wasn't sure if she could walk to the lodging house on her own.
"Are you okay?" She asked Star when they were on the street.
"No, and I'll kill you as soon as I'm able to do anything but swallow down this damn fucking pain!!!" Star said between clinched teeth.
Jenny was intimidated by Star's word, but still had the personality to chuckle at Star's threats. They headed to Tibby's because it was around noon and they didn't know the right way to the lodging house, so they hoped to find Race and Blink there. Or better said: Jenny hoped to find them. Star wasn't sure if it was a good idea to go there.
"What if they find out what we did before? Or worse what if they already know??? I don't want to stay in a house full of boys that think they can have us whenever they want!!!! I'm glad to be away from this for now!"
"Oh come on! They won't know!" They entered Tibby's and the guys looked up at them curiously.
"I don't like this!" Star whispered to Jenny but she just smiled around and headed to a table in the back of the restaurant while newsies whistled at them. They sat there with their lunch when Race and Blink walked in laughing and joking around. Blink stopped in his tracks when he saw Star and Jenny. He slapped Race's arm and nodded in the direction of the girls. Without looking at the other boys, they headed towards Star and Jenny's table.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Race asked smiling while he sat down next to Jenny.
"Frank's back." She said looking up at him.
"WHAT?!" They two boys shouted with such volume, everyone in the restaurant turned to look.
"What? But how? And why?" Race asked quietly.
"We don't know how. He wanted to take over the house again. We fled to the streets when we heard a shot. It was probably Rose. We don't know well she is at this time." Star said looking on the table the whole time. She hadn't eaten much. The action of today had been way too much for her. First Frank, then the doc…
"What are you doing now?" Blink asked them.
"We hoped we could stay at the lodging house and became newsies?" Jenny looked with her big puppy eyes at Race. The boys exchanged looks.
"I don't see any reason why this should be a problem." Blink nodded. "Maybe we should ask Jack at first."
"Hey Jack." He called over to a boy with a cowboy hat and a red bandana around his neck. The boy walked over to the table.
"Hey Jack. Can the girls here stay at the lodging house with us?" Race asked.
"Race where are your manners? I'm Jack Kelley." The tall boy said while he leaned over and kissed Jenny's hand, letting his brown hair fall into his face.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Jenny." She smiled up at him. Jack winked at the girl next to Race.
He took Star's hand in his and bent down to kiss it as well.
"And your name beauty?" Starlight, still very calm and pale smiled weakly up at him.
"I'm Starlight."
"A pretty name. It fits you."
"So Jack, can they stay?!" Race asked again, eyeing his friend nervously.
"Sure. We still have the extra bunkroom. We just have to clean it up a bit."
"Oh, we can do that. Just show us where we have to go."
"We'll take you!" Race said, and he and Blink arose from the table and were about to walk back to the lodging house.