"Please come in." Selina said.
"I was in an important meeting with the Director of all the district." The old woman said removing her coat "I hope your excuse will be good."
"Yes," Barbara explained, taking her coat, "Helena had beed so depressed this last days."
"Helena? That demon? Don't joke with me."
The red head looked Selina. The excriminal crossed her arms and shouted: "Helena! What are you doing?"
"Cleaning my room, you said that." The child yelled.
"Don't want go to eat pizza?"
"Im not hungry mom."
Selina raised her brown looking Lelie.
"She said she didn't have hungry?" the old doctor muttered.
Barbara and the blonde nodded.
"She had been there since…?"
"A week ago when her pet blew inside my laundry machine." Selina explained.
"Jaçques?" Leslie asked.
"Yes."
"This is serious."
"Yes." Barbara nodded.
"What you too expect I do?"
They made her go to the laundry machine. Leslie noticed the stuffing and the black "skin" of Jaçques too. She took the stuff between her hands and examined it.
"Well, seemed as he really blown up…"
"We think we can fix it and give it back to Helena." Barbara said.
"But the stuff is broke…"
" A few stitcheds I don't think would matter Helena." Selina rested her back on the laundry machine.
Leslie raised the grey stuff "And this is?"
"Boo, her squirrel."
"Girl, you really messed up her toys. I understand her." Leslie glard to selina, "nobody told to you stuff animals never must be wash inside a laundry machine?"
"Its my first time as mother." Selina excused her self.
"No doubt about it," Leslie grumbled, "Why you didn't sew it Barbara?"
"We need no many stitches," Barbara said, "Im bad sewing."
"Well, you must learn, in your "work" know how do it is important." She put her medical bag o a side "Okay, where is the needle? I need see what can I do for this poor animals."
Selina gave her her sew kit.
"I need black thread and scissors," She raised the black stuff. "Jaçques, you really are a mess. Let's go what we can do for you."
Barbara and Selina observed her work. While Leslie tried to ignored both. They were like big children.
"I think a leg is bigger that the other one." Barbara said.
"No, he just needs a bit more of stuffing." Selina observed.
"Carefull Leslie, he had a hole on his head and the stuff is moving out."
"Could you too please shut up?" the doctor asked, "God! And later you asked why Helena talks so much Selina."
"I don't talk so much."
"Yes, you do it." The red head grinned.
"Not true."
"Shut up or I will sew wrong and let Jaçques a pretty bad scar."
"Uh oh." Selina mumbled.
"What?" Leslie wanted kill her.
"He is on-eyed."
"What?" the doctor turned the pet to her; Selina was right, on the explosion he had lost a green eye, "Oh shit."
"Maybe he can use a patch." Barbara mumbled.
"No way!" Selina said opening another bag with more stuff that was over the closet, and put it over a table "Help me looking here Barbara. The eye must be here. I cleaned all and im sure I didn't put in the trash his eye."
The red head obeyed and both began to remove the stuff out of the bag.
"Hey, careful." Leslie protested, "that thing flies everywhere and annoys."
"All right, all right…" Selina said.
"I have an idea," suddenly Leslie turned.
"What is?" Barbara asked.
The laundry room door closed.
"Go to watch TV" Leslie shouted from inside, "Ill call you when I finish."
Selina and Barbara looked each other.
"Why she kicked me off the laundry room if is my house?" the blonde asked.
"Well," Barbara scratched her head, "Want contradict her?"
Selina looked the door again. "no," she turned and walked to the kitchen, "Want more coffe?"
"Sure."
Selina and Barbara lying over the couch looking and old movie.
"I still think Leslie was rude." Selina mumbled.
"She is." Barbara said distractely.
"I can't believe she kicked me out of my own room."
"You know doctors, most of them are grumpy."
"All right it's done," they heard the voice of Leslie. They stood up inmediately and ran toward the laundry room.
"Where is?" Selina asked anxious, "Is everything all right?"
"Hey, hey, easy, easy, I want talk with the mother first." Leslie cleaned her hands.
"What?" Barbara blinked.
"Helena!" the doctor shouted, "Helena come here!"
"Wait Leslie." Selina protested, "We had been here waiting more of two hours."
"Yes, why…?" Barbara was interrupted by the sudden apartition of the child. She looked Leslie and frowned.
"What are you doing here?" the little brunette asked.
"Oh, an emergency." Leslie leaned over her, "How are you? Those two women took good care of you?"
"Yes… why?"
"Your mother told me some of your pets had an accident last week."
Helena's face couldn't hide her sadness, she nodded.
"Well, do you know what happened?"
"Jaçques and Boo blew up."
"Are you sure?" Leslie asked her.
"They are dead."
"Did you see the bodies?"
Helena moved her head. Selina looked marveled the love that Leslie was showing to Helena, she was a marvelous woman.
"So maybe you were wrong."
"Wrong?"
Leslie took her shoulder and with her free hand she pointed the laundry room, "I have inside a small friends, they are sick now and need help to recover, maybe you can help them."
"I don't understand." Helena cocked her head.
"Im going to give you some medical instructions to help the recover faster. But before, why don't go to look them? They are waiting for you."
"For me?"
"Go, and don't yell, remember they are sick too."
"What did she do?" Barbara whispered to Selina.
"I don't know." Selina answered in low voide and smiled.
Helena walked inside the laundry machine. On the floor was a box wih a white cloth inside. Inside Jaçques and Boo fixed. Leslie had put a bandage on the squirrel's tail. And a patch over the black cat's head. She opened wide her eyes and couldn't avoid a big smile.
"Jaçques!" Helena ran toward her pets and kneeling, she hugged the black cat.
"I said not yells Helena," Leslie smiled at the framedoor. Barbara and Selina stood up next to her.
"You are wonderful Leslie." The blonde said feeling really grateful with the old doctor.
"Oh, you know, everything for her."
She rocked him back and fort closing her yes, feeling so happy to have him again between her arms. "I missed you… I missed you so much." Tears fell from her eyes, she turned to se her squirrel andtook it with her hand "You are here too. I missed you too."
"Don't hug them so strong Hel." Leslie said, "Or I'll must stitch them again."
The child turned to see her, huggin her pets with one arm she ran to Leslie and hugged her.
"Merry christmas Hel."
"Merry christmas leslie, thanks so much, thanks so much."
"Give thanks your mom Helena, she called me." Leslie patted her head.
Helena went and hugged her mom too. "Thanks so much mommy."
"Oh Hel, Im glad you are happy." Selina said smiling, she felt relief to see again her smile.
"Well," Leslie took Barbara's shoulder, "What about ceebrate with a pizza?"
"Yes!" Helena said, "May I take Jaçques and boo?."
"No, no." Leslie said, she didn't want fight against stuff animlas and catsup in a restaurant. "Remember I told you they must rest. You need keep them inside a box until tomorrow, and cover them well."
"Yes, yes." Blue eyes shone.
"Well," the doctor explained patiently," put them in their bed and took the to your bedroom, bring your coat and we can go outside."
Helena obeyed inmediately. Selina went to Leslie and gave her a kiss on her cheeck. "Thanks so much, you are wonderful."
"Don't give me thanks, this is not a free work, you must pay the pizza."
"No, no, let me invite you." Barbara said, "Will be a pleasure."
