After Joseph left to work Sarah still had many questions left for Anakin. "So you really are not from here?" Sarah question. "No, I am not." Anakin said softly.
He was going to continue his story, but help a sudden sharp pain at his back. Anakin grabs his back to rub it, to see if it would relive the pain. "Are you Ok?" Sarah question him. "Yeah, just give me a sec." Anakin said. So Sarah gave him space as Anakin took a few deep breaths. Until, he finally calmed down a little. "Did you hurt yourself." Sarah asked. " I don't think so, one day the pain started slowly and has slowly been progressing for the last few weeks. Now a few time a day it hurts too much. I find just calming myself down a little helps a lot." Anakin said. Sarah started at him concernedly. "I'm fine, really." Anakin says.
"You know I just figured out what we are going to do today, why don't we stop by the local doctor and figure out just what is wrong with your back." Sarah says. "Thank you but that isn't necessary. You and your husband have helped so much, I can not ask for more." Anakin says.
"Nonsense, it will be quick I promise." Sarah says.
So Anakin and Sarah went down to the local doctor. It was on the side of the grocery store.
Right at the entrance off to the side, a nurse greeted them. "Hello Madame, how can we assist you today?" the nurse said.
Before Anakin could answer, Sarah whispered in his ear, "Follow my lead."
"Yes, hello my son is here because he has been having some pain along his mid back." Sarah said. "Ok, how bad is the pain?" the nurse asked. "Well, we are here, so I would say very bad." Sarah said. "Just fill these papers out, and the doctor will see you in a few. Can I see both of your identifications?" the Nurse asked.
So Sarah pulled out two papers from her bag and handed them over to the nurse while grabbing the paperwork to fill out. "Ok, here you go Mrs. Rogers. You may sit in our waiting room, till you are called." the nurse said while handing the identifications back to Sarah.
Anakin was confused as to what identification she gave for him, so as he sat down, he asked her in a soft voice, "How were you able to forge some documentation for me so quickly." Anakin asked.
Sarah looks sadly to her lap, like she was on the verge of speaking, but at the last minute she stops herself. However, not before a few tears slip out.
Were those tears? Anakin thought to himself
"They aren't forged." Sarah answers. Anakin looks at her, still confused about it. "They used to belong to my son" she finished off softly. "His name was Steven Rodgers, he was the most kind hearted young man, unlike any other boy his age. He used to save his allowance and buy fruit to pass out to the people who lived in the park or in the street, in general. He never wanted anyone to suffer, so he did what he could." Sarah said. "So that's how Joseph has seen me then. He must have been there with Steven one time, when I was there….But I don't remember ever seeing a young boy there." Anakin said.
"Yeah, for the last six months, since Steven's passing Joseph likes to walk around the park it helps him remember his boy. He still misses him a lot, so he tries to keep him alive by doing what Steven loved to do, helping those in need." Sarah finished sadly. "It just happened so quickly, one night he was burning up like a furnace, and coughing up a storm, and just a few hours later we were visiting him in a morgue…..You know they say it was that Spanish flu that got a hold of him. Well, I was in too much dismay that I never did have the heart to do the proper paperwork to make his passing official. I just couldn't let go of my son just like that so I kept them."
Anakin now understood so much from the Rodgers' why they had offered him dinner, why they had let him stay the night, and why they wanted to take care of him. He was so lost in thought he almost missed what Sarah had said. "That's the paperwork I gave to the nurse, I know it may feel weird to be called Steven, but I know if he was here he would have wanted to try to help you as well. In any way he could have.I know my Steve would have tried his hardest to help anyone. Even those without proper documentation to visit the doctor" and laughed a little remembering her little Steve, before continuing, "He would have properly committed fraud too, if it meant helping someone who needed it." She finished off softly before smiling at Anakin. Anakin was about to respond when they heard a shout through a door, "Next, is Steven Rodgers, STEVEN RODGERS." Sarah looked at Anakin and said, "Well, let's go now they are calling us." and walked towards the door. Anakin didn't know what else to do, so astonished of the story of Steven of how he did not need powers, the force, or even money to help others, he was just driven by his own wit and wisdom to help in anyway he could, so he got up and followed Sarah through the door.
After many tests and questions the doctor was able to make an assessment on Anakin.
"So it seems, I found your problem, I'm not sure how nobody caught it before, but all tests indicate you have an asthma. This is evident in the way your lungs have to work extra hard to breathe, during my initial we noticed that your lungs look too shrunken for your size." Anakin wasn't sure how that was possible if he felt ok. "Furthermore, know why your back is in so much pain, your spine is compressing on itself. The vertebrates are usually separated by a few millimeters, but your are unusually too close. Sadly all I could offer you is a few painkillers, but your spine will remain the same for the time being." the doctor finished off. As a side comment the doctor said, "You know, you condition is so strange, it is as if the oxygen is hurting you lungs, while our gravity is shrinking your body. Anakin stares in awe, thinking maybe the wild assessment of the doctor may actually be true. The doctor finishes the prescription, and holds it up. Sarah grabs the prescription before Anakin can and stuff it into her purse. "Thank you, I will make sure he gets his medication." Sarah says.
Need some help, not sure if there should be a time jump in the next few chapters. Please leave you thoughts and review it will help me decided where the story shall go. :)