Chapter 7 :3 Thanks to everyone who has followed and favorited this story. I really never expected this kind of reaction to it :3
Sarah sat in her hospital room, waiting for the doctor to come back with the results of her x-rays. She was bored to say the least. She didn't have the patience for this. She knew that if it took too long Tony would get impatient and probably try to blow something up.
Just then the doctor walked into the room. He lifted the x-rays up to show her."You were quite lucky this time Miss. Sttop. Only 2 toes are broken and your foot is not. You will need to keep your toes tapped together and try to stay off of them for at least a week."
"A week?" she said in disbelief. If she couldn't even entertain herself for 10 minutes in a doctors office, how on earth was she going to entertain herself for a week of nothing. She'd need someone to talk to and a project. Something big to work on that might take a week.
"Yes, a week, maybe 10 days" the doctor replied.
Oh hell no. She thought to herself. I'll be up and moving around as soon as I can, but on the outside she plastered a Fake smile on her face and replied "Oh of course." she replied "I'll stay off of my toes until they are okay to walk on"
She then let the doctor wrap her toes and he handed her crutches to walk out to the waiting room, where Tony should've been waiting for her. She looked around the waiting room again to see if maybe she just missed him. He had to be here. He promised. She kept looking. Nope, He defiantly was not here. She felt like crying. He'd only known for 20 minutes and he was already gone.
"Dammit Tony!" she said, "Why would you leave?"
"Tony?" a little girl who was probably 10 or 11 said, "You mean the guy who was talking to himself?"
"Umm.. Yeah probably, He's pretty crazy. What can you tell me about him?"
"Well he wanted to fix something, but there was nothing to fix. So then he made a telephone call-"
Sarah interrupted her. "To who?" she asked.
"Some dude named Brucie. Or At least that's what he called him. He also got something called a JARVIS put onto his phone. He had this JARVIS look for someone named 'Virginia Sttop' and then after this JARVIS said he would inform him if anything came up, he just left" she said
"Well thanks.. Uhh?"
"Kara, Kara Mounts, at your service, if you ever need me, I'll probably be here" she said
"Why? What's wrong?" Sarah asked, worried for this girls health. She was nice and very helpful. "Btw, I'm Sarah"
"Well I have a pain in my chest right here." she said pointing to her heart
"This is the 7th time I've been to the hospital in the past 2 months, they aren't sure what wrong."
"Oh man.. I'm sorry.. I hope they figure out what's wrong"
"Me too, I want it to go away"
"Listen, I'll be right back, I need to get someone to come take me home, but I promise I'll be back"
"Okay" Kara said, smiling. Sarah heard Kara turn around to her mother. "Mommy, I made a new friend! Her name is Sarah!" and then heard her mother say "Don't bother the nice lady, I'm sure she has more important things to do."
Sarah turned to the mother and said "No, I'm waiting on my ride home, plus your daughter is very nice. I really don't mind."
Sarah then hobbled up to the front desk. "May I borrow your phone?" she asked one of the nurses, the nurse who had helped her earlier was no where in sight. Too bad really, Sarah had grown attached to her.
"Of course" she said handing Sarah an old flip phone.
She wasn't sure who to call. She decided she would try Tony first and see what happened there, then maybe she would try Stark Towers and see if anyone picked up there.
She dialed in Tony's cell number.
"Yellow" he said when he answered
"Where are you!" she yelled into the phone.
"Oh, hey Sarah" he said sounding bored now.
"Don't 'hey Sarah' me. You were supposed to wait for me in the waiting room!"
"Well I didn't so get over it" How dare she try to boss him around like that. She was not his wife, and he still really didn't believe that she was his daughter. He had no responsibility towards her.
"Wow." Sarah said, she was on the verge of tears, "I trusted you to wait for 20 minutes and you couldn't even do that. Not even for your own daughter. Mom said you would do this. Ignore me and only care about yourself, but I wanted to come meet you. I was insistent. I begged and pleaded with her to tell me who my real father was. Who had given me half of my DNA. I wanted to meet the man who gave me life. Obviously that was a bad idea." She said.
"Wait Sarah-" she cut him off.
"No Tony, Don't talk to me" she slammed the phone down and wiped away the tear that had managed to slip out of her eye.
"Sarah!" Kara said, running over to her, "What happened?"
"Oh, Kara, it's nothing,"
"Well obviously it's not nothing" she said "Your crying, I've learned that crying is usually a sign of pain"
"It's just my dad.." Sarah said
"Oh did he die? My dad did when I was 5, I don't really remember him though so its not that big of a deal" Kara said, shrugging her shoulders "I mean I miss him, but I can't change anything about it"
"No my dad didn't die" Sarah replied "I just met him though. He just found out that I was his daughter and he pretty much let me down, so I probably won't be in town anymore. I'll probably go back to my mom. I'm extremely mad at him"
"Ooooh!" Kara said. After that the conversation moved to less sensitive topics, but they still conversed a lot. Sarah learned that Kara was 13 years old, but the pain in her chest had stunted her growth, so she looked young. She also learned that Kara had an Older brother named Liam, and a younger sister named Delilah. Her mom worked 2 jobs to be able to afford all of Kara's hospital bills and to provide for the other 2 kids.
About 15 minutes later, Steve walked into the hospital. He casually scanned the hospital looking for Sarah.
"Hey Sarah!" he called when he found her.
"What are you doing here? Not that I'm not totally siked to see you, because this hospital smell was starting to give me a head ache. But how did you know to come get me?"
"Tony called and told me you needed a ride."
"Did he now? Well it's good to know that he cares" she said, the venom in her voice was very noticeable.
"Hey Sarah!" Kara said, "Is he your boyfriend?" she asked
"Uhh.. No, I just met him the other day"
"Oh well he's very attractive" Kara said and Sarah laughed as she watched Steve's face turn bright red.
"Steve, This is Kara, Kara this is Steve" Sarah said, introducing them to each other. "Kara's been keeping me company because Tony left me here. Ugh, I am going to murder him next time I see him." she said. Her hands balled into fists beside her, or as much as they could around the crutch handle. She was so ticked off at Tony.
"I'm sorry you feel that way about Tony." Steve said. Hey, He and Tony may not have started out as automatic friends, but over the past couple years they have really gotten to know each other and Steve considered Tony to be a brother.
"Well its not your fault. It's Tony's." She nearly spat his name.
"You ready to go?" he said, trying to change the subject. He didn't like hearing her talk about Tony that way. Also the venom in her voice didn't match her appearance. She normally had a charming look about her, but right now she looked down right murderous.
"Oh yeah, sure, I just have one thing I need to do before we go" Sarah crutched her way over to the receptionist desk.
"Any and all of the Mounts's hospital bills are to be sent to me. I don't want them to have to worry about that right now" she said.
The nurse smiled. She was happy to see that generosity still lived in the human race. The nurse herself had also fallen under Kara's spell. She just took people in and didn't get rid of them. She was happy that someone was taking care of the Mounts family. "Of course Miss Sttop."
"Bye Kara" Sarah said as she left the hospital, and waved to the girl.
"Bye Sarah!" she yelled and ran over to give Sarah a hug.
As Sarah and Steve walked out of the hospital, Steve whispered in her ear. "That was a really nice thing you did for them."
"Hey, just cause I'm Tony Stark's daughter doesn't mean I don't have a heart." she said with a laugh.
Steve gave her a look and she realized that she hadn't told him yet.
Well shit.
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