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Stone snapped back into reality when the door opened and Caitlin came in, looking like the walking death. He arose immediately from his seat and walked over to her. Caitlin smiled weakly up at him and leaned her forehead against his chest while he wrapped his arms around her.
"You should go. The papes don't sell themselves." Stone nodded and walked out of the room silently.
Caitlin waited until she heard the front door falling into his lock before she went towards the door.
"Caitlin…" She turned around and looked asking at Blink.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so rude earlier on." Caitlin smiled slightly at him and tried to keep her eyes open.
"It's okay." She stepped closer to the bed and looked at him.
"How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine. But you don't seem to be." He said while he looked concern at her.
"You look like you hadn't slept in weeks!"
"No, I'm fine." Blink raised his visible brow and looked into her eyes. There were dark rings under them and he could see how heavy her lids seemed to be. He tried to move but was stopped soon by his side.
"Lay calm!" Caitlin told him while she pressed him back into the pillows.
"Please, help me to lay closer at the wall." She sighed and helped him to move. Blink laid down and breathed heavy holding his side.
"You won't move again before I tell you!!!" Blink smiled weakly up at her.
"Now, you can also have a rest in your bed." Caitlin looked confused at him.
"I can't led you become unconscious when I'm not able to move and carry you up from the floor." He winked at her. Caitlin shook her head smiling and couldn't hide another yawn.
"See!"
"I guess you're right. I need a rest." She laid down next to him carefully that she wouldn't touch his side.
It didn't took long before she was soundly asleep. Blink laid still awake and watched the sleeping girl next to him. He reached his hand out towards her face and stroke his fingers gently over her cheek.
"You're beautiful." He whispered while his eyes began to sparkle.
Caitlin slept the whole day and the whole night. It was alright late afternoon when she awoke the next day.
"Hey." She said sleepy and ran her hand through her hair while she sat up.
"Hey. How did you sleep?" She looked down at Blink and smiled at him.
"Good. Very good." She looked at him and held her head crooked.
"Why don't you let anyone see your eye?" She asked out of the blue. Blink bite his lip before he sighed.
"It's a long story."
"I have time, and I don't think you have anything to do either." She winked at him. Blink sighed again but finally spoke.
"I was nine or ten when it happened. I lived with my parents in a small flat and one night the house burned down. The heat made the windows burst. The glass seemed to fly everywhere. My parents died in the fire. And I was sent into an orphanage. A doc came and looked at my eye. He said he couldn't do anything. I can't open the lid and the wounds became scars. All the other children ran away from me. They refused to even sit next to me when we had school or when we ate. They called me monster and things like this. I stayed one year at this orphanage then I couldn't stand it any longer. I lived on the streets and avoided the people as good as I could. One day I stole some money from this rich guy. I bought me the patch and on my way through the streets I met this newsies. Racetrack Higgins and Mush Myers. They were my age and we talked a while, That's how I became a newsie. And Mush and Race are still my best friends."
"Did you show them your eye?" Caitlin asked softly.
"No. I thought about it, but I never did it. I was scared they would react the same way like the people before. I was afraid to be alone again."
"You say they are your friends. Do you trust them?" Blink looked confused at her.
"If they are really your friends, then they will accept you the way you are with or without the patch." Blink looked at her and let the words sunk into his brain.
Maybe she's right. He thought but didn't say anything.
"If anyone of them would say something like that you're a monster, then they aren't your friends." Blink looked into her eyes.
"You are the first person that isn't scared of the scars." He whispered and reached his fingers to touch her cheek tenderly.
"But I'm for sure not the only one…" She whispered while her heartbeat raced and she began to tremble inside again.
"You're beautiful." Were the last words Blink whispered before their lips met each other in a gentle and long kiss.
They parted just as slowly as they had leaned in and looked each other in the eyes.
"Will you take it off someday?" Caitlin asked while she touched his patch with her fingertips.
"For you, maybe. If you ever go away from here." Caitlin smiled sad at him.
"I wish I could…"
"You can!"
"No, there is so much that you don't know…" Blink took her head in his hands.
"Stone told me everything."
"Then you should understand…" Blink tried to say something but just then they were interrupted by Stone who came into the room. Blink let his hands fall immediately but Stone didn't seem to notice what was going on between them.
"You're finally awake? So how are you feeling now?"
"I'm fine." Caitlin said and get out of the bed.
"I'll better make something to eat for the others."
Stone snapped back into reality when the door opened and Caitlin came in, looking like the walking death. He arose immediately from his seat and walked over to her. Caitlin smiled weakly up at him and leaned her forehead against his chest while he wrapped his arms around her.
"You should go. The papes don't sell themselves." Stone nodded and walked out of the room silently.
Caitlin waited until she heard the front door falling into his lock before she went towards the door.
"Caitlin…" She turned around and looked asking at Blink.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so rude earlier on." Caitlin smiled slightly at him and tried to keep her eyes open.
"It's okay." She stepped closer to the bed and looked at him.
"How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine. But you don't seem to be." He said while he looked concern at her.
"You look like you hadn't slept in weeks!"
"No, I'm fine." Blink raised his visible brow and looked into her eyes. There were dark rings under them and he could see how heavy her lids seemed to be. He tried to move but was stopped soon by his side.
"Lay calm!" Caitlin told him while she pressed him back into the pillows.
"Please, help me to lay closer at the wall." She sighed and helped him to move. Blink laid down and breathed heavy holding his side.
"You won't move again before I tell you!!!" Blink smiled weakly up at her.
"Now, you can also have a rest in your bed." Caitlin looked confused at him.
"I can't led you become unconscious when I'm not able to move and carry you up from the floor." He winked at her. Caitlin shook her head smiling and couldn't hide another yawn.
"See!"
"I guess you're right. I need a rest." She laid down next to him carefully that she wouldn't touch his side.
It didn't took long before she was soundly asleep. Blink laid still awake and watched the sleeping girl next to him. He reached his hand out towards her face and stroke his fingers gently over her cheek.
"You're beautiful." He whispered while his eyes began to sparkle.
Caitlin slept the whole day and the whole night. It was alright late afternoon when she awoke the next day.
"Hey." She said sleepy and ran her hand through her hair while she sat up.
"Hey. How did you sleep?" She looked down at Blink and smiled at him.
"Good. Very good." She looked at him and held her head crooked.
"Why don't you let anyone see your eye?" She asked out of the blue. Blink bite his lip before he sighed.
"It's a long story."
"I have time, and I don't think you have anything to do either." She winked at him. Blink sighed again but finally spoke.
"I was nine or ten when it happened. I lived with my parents in a small flat and one night the house burned down. The heat made the windows burst. The glass seemed to fly everywhere. My parents died in the fire. And I was sent into an orphanage. A doc came and looked at my eye. He said he couldn't do anything. I can't open the lid and the wounds became scars. All the other children ran away from me. They refused to even sit next to me when we had school or when we ate. They called me monster and things like this. I stayed one year at this orphanage then I couldn't stand it any longer. I lived on the streets and avoided the people as good as I could. One day I stole some money from this rich guy. I bought me the patch and on my way through the streets I met this newsies. Racetrack Higgins and Mush Myers. They were my age and we talked a while, That's how I became a newsie. And Mush and Race are still my best friends."
"Did you show them your eye?" Caitlin asked softly.
"No. I thought about it, but I never did it. I was scared they would react the same way like the people before. I was afraid to be alone again."
"You say they are your friends. Do you trust them?" Blink looked confused at her.
"If they are really your friends, then they will accept you the way you are with or without the patch." Blink looked at her and let the words sunk into his brain.
Maybe she's right. He thought but didn't say anything.
"If anyone of them would say something like that you're a monster, then they aren't your friends." Blink looked into her eyes.
"You are the first person that isn't scared of the scars." He whispered and reached his fingers to touch her cheek tenderly.
"But I'm for sure not the only one…" She whispered while her heartbeat raced and she began to tremble inside again.
"You're beautiful." Were the last words Blink whispered before their lips met each other in a gentle and long kiss.
They parted just as slowly as they had leaned in and looked each other in the eyes.
"Will you take it off someday?" Caitlin asked while she touched his patch with her fingertips.
"For you, maybe. If you ever go away from here." Caitlin smiled sad at him.
"I wish I could…"
"You can!"
"No, there is so much that you don't know…" Blink took her head in his hands.
"Stone told me everything."
"Then you should understand…" Blink tried to say something but just then they were interrupted by Stone who came into the room. Blink let his hands fall immediately but Stone didn't seem to notice what was going on between them.
"You're finally awake? So how are you feeling now?"
"I'm fine." Caitlin said and get out of the bed.
"I'll better make something to eat for the others."