„Damn it! Where is she?!" Jenny was up since nine o'clock and Star had
disappeared. Nobody had seen her. And the rain outside was terrible.
"She'll sure be back soon!" Race tried to calm her. They sat in the boys bunkroom with the others and Jenny looked out of the window to see if Starlight was anywhere to be seen.
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Star walked like she was in trance. She didn't notice where she walked to and it was like a miracle that she went to the lodging house instead of the Blue rose.
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Jenny's eyes widened and she ran downstairs. She pulled the door open and ran outside in the rain.
"Where were you?!" Jenny hugged Star and lead her inside.
"Blue Rose." Star whispered just for Jenny to hear. Jenny stopped in her tracks. She turned Star so she looked her directly in the eyes.
"What…?"
"Rose is dead. She died this morning in the hospital."
"Hospital, but how…?"
"I brought her there tonight."
"And you was the whole time in the hospital?" Star shook slowly her head.
"So?"
"I was at the cemetery." She took the picture and gave it to Jenny. She just looked once at it and gave it back to Star.
"Are you okay?" Star nodded slightly.
"And you better change in some dry clothes if you don't want to catch a cold or worse." They looked up and saw Jack standing there on the stairs. The girls walked upstairs and into their room.
Star took of her pants and shirt and changed into her dark blue skirt and pulled the tank top on. Her hair did Jenny pull up with some hair needles, to keep it from falling.
They were just done when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Jenny yelled to the door.
"Hey." Blink stepped in. His eye fell on Star's upper arm that was bandaged.
"What happened?!" He asked concerned. Jenny looked at Star and decided to leave the two of them alone.
"Star, what happened?" Blink walked over to her and laid his hand under her chin and lifted her face up so she looked at him.
"It's nothing." She tried to avoid his look.
"Star!" He took a closer look of her face and saw that it wasn't only the rain that had made her face so red. Also the strains of the tears were still good to be seen.
"Why'd you cry?" He asked softly. Star looked up at him again. He looked at her with concerns in his eyes. Don't keep people away from you. Let this wall break.
She sighed and told him about Frank and Rose. But the thing about her parents would be her thing to handle alone.
"Hey. It's okay. He won't get you. I promise!" Blink pulled Star in his arms and rubbed her back to comfort her when the tears came again. He laid his chin on her head and closed his eyes. He hadn't thought Star was even able to cry. He hoped she would also be able soon to admit that she also believed in love. And he hoped that she would return his feelings one day.
"She'll sure be back soon!" Race tried to calm her. They sat in the boys bunkroom with the others and Jenny looked out of the window to see if Starlight was anywhere to be seen.
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Star walked like she was in trance. She didn't notice where she walked to and it was like a miracle that she went to the lodging house instead of the Blue rose.
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Jenny's eyes widened and she ran downstairs. She pulled the door open and ran outside in the rain.
"Where were you?!" Jenny hugged Star and lead her inside.
"Blue Rose." Star whispered just for Jenny to hear. Jenny stopped in her tracks. She turned Star so she looked her directly in the eyes.
"What…?"
"Rose is dead. She died this morning in the hospital."
"Hospital, but how…?"
"I brought her there tonight."
"And you was the whole time in the hospital?" Star shook slowly her head.
"So?"
"I was at the cemetery." She took the picture and gave it to Jenny. She just looked once at it and gave it back to Star.
"Are you okay?" Star nodded slightly.
"And you better change in some dry clothes if you don't want to catch a cold or worse." They looked up and saw Jack standing there on the stairs. The girls walked upstairs and into their room.
Star took of her pants and shirt and changed into her dark blue skirt and pulled the tank top on. Her hair did Jenny pull up with some hair needles, to keep it from falling.
They were just done when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Jenny yelled to the door.
"Hey." Blink stepped in. His eye fell on Star's upper arm that was bandaged.
"What happened?!" He asked concerned. Jenny looked at Star and decided to leave the two of them alone.
"Star, what happened?" Blink walked over to her and laid his hand under her chin and lifted her face up so she looked at him.
"It's nothing." She tried to avoid his look.
"Star!" He took a closer look of her face and saw that it wasn't only the rain that had made her face so red. Also the strains of the tears were still good to be seen.
"Why'd you cry?" He asked softly. Star looked up at him again. He looked at her with concerns in his eyes. Don't keep people away from you. Let this wall break.
She sighed and told him about Frank and Rose. But the thing about her parents would be her thing to handle alone.
"Hey. It's okay. He won't get you. I promise!" Blink pulled Star in his arms and rubbed her back to comfort her when the tears came again. He laid his chin on her head and closed his eyes. He hadn't thought Star was even able to cry. He hoped she would also be able soon to admit that she also believed in love. And he hoped that she would return his feelings one day.