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Reach for the Stars
Chapter 10
*Present*
Fairy woke up to the sound of a record playing. Everyone was getting out of bed around
her. "What time is it?" she asked rubbing her eyes and sitting up.
"4:30" a voice answered. Fairy looked over, Squid was sitting there tying his boots.
She moaned. "Man I am normally just getting to bed at this time." She slid onto the floor
so her back was against her cot. She once again began digging through the duffle bag. She paused
as her hand touched something in the bag. She pulled out a teal blue tank top. It had a purple
heart on the chest. Underneath the heart in small lettering it read. "Forever."
Blinking the tears out of her eyes, Star was startled when Squid leaned over. "What's
that?"
Fairy quickly stuffed it back into the bag and grabbed a different shirt. "Nothing." She
pulled it over her head and tied her boots and stood up and walked out of the tent not saying
another word.
Squid sighed and finished getting ready and walked out of the tent with the rest of the
guys.
Fairy stood in line and waited to get a shovel. She grabbed one and started to walk away.
Someone walked up behind her and grabbed the shovel out of her hands. She whipped around to
see X-Ray. He threw a different shovel on the ground. Hissing she picked it up off the ground.
Magnet came up next to her. "That's X-Ray's shovel. Smaller than the rest of them." He walked
off leaving a fuming Fairy.
Squid stepped up next to her. "The smaller the shovel..." Fairy held up her hand stopping
him mid-sentence.
"The smaller the hole..I get it." She walked past the breakfast line and stalked towards X-
Ray. "Hey X-Ray." She yelled out. When he turned around she whipped her shovel at him
causing him to drop his shovel to catch hers. When his shovel hit the ground she bent down and
grabbed it. She stood back up and swept it along the ground knocking his feet out from under
him. He sprawled out on the ground onto his stomach, her shovel lay in front of his face.
Fairy squatted down in front of him. She looked him in the eyes as she picked up her
shovel. "All you had to do was ask." she said as she threw his shovel down to the ground
showering his face with sand. She stood up and walked away leaving X-Ray and his shovel in the
dirt.
*Flashback*
Star tucked Stephanie into bed. She kissed the small girls forehead. "I don't want to leave
you honey. I really don't. But I have no choice."
Stephanie nodded but she still clung to Star's hand. "I know you have to go. But promise
me you will come back."
Star felt something catch in her throat. Promises. Too many promises she couldn't keep.
Promises others couldn't keep. She had let so many people down, her mom, Jack, Sandy. "Oh
baby." Star said squeezing Stephanie's hand. "I can't promise anything anymore. I know that
isn't what you want to hear. But I can't do any better."
Stephanie let go of Star's hand. "I understand." she said quietly. "I really do." Steph's
gaze turned out the window. "So I will do the promising. I promise you will grow old, meet some
guy who won't hurt you like daddy. We will have a good Christmas next week. And I will always
be with you."
"I can only hope it comes true." Star said standing up picking up her backpack off the
floor. She had an all nighter ahead of her. She had to make up for the funeral bills.
Star stopped in the kitchen and took some aspirin. She then walked out the door into the
streets. First she had the club. Then she had to work the streets. "God I hate the cold."
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Sweet A.K. - yeah Jack is an awesome friend. I am glad you still like it. Here is another one.
Trinity- hehe, and thanks for still liking me :)
Reach for the Stars
Chapter 10
*Present*
Fairy woke up to the sound of a record playing. Everyone was getting out of bed around
her. "What time is it?" she asked rubbing her eyes and sitting up.
"4:30" a voice answered. Fairy looked over, Squid was sitting there tying his boots.
She moaned. "Man I am normally just getting to bed at this time." She slid onto the floor
so her back was against her cot. She once again began digging through the duffle bag. She paused
as her hand touched something in the bag. She pulled out a teal blue tank top. It had a purple
heart on the chest. Underneath the heart in small lettering it read. "Forever."
Blinking the tears out of her eyes, Star was startled when Squid leaned over. "What's
that?"
Fairy quickly stuffed it back into the bag and grabbed a different shirt. "Nothing." She
pulled it over her head and tied her boots and stood up and walked out of the tent not saying
another word.
Squid sighed and finished getting ready and walked out of the tent with the rest of the
guys.
Fairy stood in line and waited to get a shovel. She grabbed one and started to walk away.
Someone walked up behind her and grabbed the shovel out of her hands. She whipped around to
see X-Ray. He threw a different shovel on the ground. Hissing she picked it up off the ground.
Magnet came up next to her. "That's X-Ray's shovel. Smaller than the rest of them." He walked
off leaving a fuming Fairy.
Squid stepped up next to her. "The smaller the shovel..." Fairy held up her hand stopping
him mid-sentence.
"The smaller the hole..I get it." She walked past the breakfast line and stalked towards X-
Ray. "Hey X-Ray." She yelled out. When he turned around she whipped her shovel at him
causing him to drop his shovel to catch hers. When his shovel hit the ground she bent down and
grabbed it. She stood back up and swept it along the ground knocking his feet out from under
him. He sprawled out on the ground onto his stomach, her shovel lay in front of his face.
Fairy squatted down in front of him. She looked him in the eyes as she picked up her
shovel. "All you had to do was ask." she said as she threw his shovel down to the ground
showering his face with sand. She stood up and walked away leaving X-Ray and his shovel in the
dirt.
*Flashback*
Star tucked Stephanie into bed. She kissed the small girls forehead. "I don't want to leave
you honey. I really don't. But I have no choice."
Stephanie nodded but she still clung to Star's hand. "I know you have to go. But promise
me you will come back."
Star felt something catch in her throat. Promises. Too many promises she couldn't keep.
Promises others couldn't keep. She had let so many people down, her mom, Jack, Sandy. "Oh
baby." Star said squeezing Stephanie's hand. "I can't promise anything anymore. I know that
isn't what you want to hear. But I can't do any better."
Stephanie let go of Star's hand. "I understand." she said quietly. "I really do." Steph's
gaze turned out the window. "So I will do the promising. I promise you will grow old, meet some
guy who won't hurt you like daddy. We will have a good Christmas next week. And I will always
be with you."
"I can only hope it comes true." Star said standing up picking up her backpack off the
floor. She had an all nighter ahead of her. She had to make up for the funeral bills.
Star stopped in the kitchen and took some aspirin. She then walked out the door into the
streets. First she had the club. Then she had to work the streets. "God I hate the cold."
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Sweet A.K. - yeah Jack is an awesome friend. I am glad you still like it. Here is another one.
Trinity- hehe, and thanks for still liking me :)