𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐄 𝐆𝐎
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𝖢𝗂𝗀𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝖠𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖲𝖾𝗑

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 the only one who stayed by John B's side the whole night he was in the hospital. They had all gone to the hospital the night of the accident-including Sarah and had waited until the boy's operation for his broken arm was done to make sure he was okay. But once he was out, one after the other, the Pogues slowly began disappearing from the hospital until it was only Star who remained with the unconscious Routledge boy.

The hospital had given him extra anaesthesia to let him sleep through the night since it was very late once the operation was done, but Star stayed by his side the whole night, hardly getting any sleep while she sat and watched the boy who was like a brother to her, lay unconscious with his arm in a thick and hard blue cast on his left arm.

It was early in the morning- or perhaps the afternoon when Star had woken, her body sat in the same uncomfortable wooden chair she sat in all night, while her head and arms rested on the boys hospital bed, her right hand clutched in his non broken one.

Her eyes squinted from the sun that peered in through the window as she lifted her head to see the still unconscious-or perhaps fast asleep boy.

She stared at him for a moment, she still couldn't believe Topper had pushed him, and from so high up? What was the stupid Kook thinking? Just because Sarah had chosen John B over him? Topper could have killed him, Star could have-and wanted to kill Topper.

Her thoughts soon got interrupted and her head whipped round to the sound of a voice.

"Oh, I'm sorry." It was Sarah.

Sarah had stayed late with Star that night, each of them seemed to take turns watching over the boy, but never saying a word to one another. Star didn't seem to like how the girl was there with her, she had been seeing John B for practically two days, she had no right sitting there with him.

Sarah on the other hand, knew how close the girl and boy were so she had left that night, letting Star stay with her brother, she would return in the morning.

"I didn't know if you'd still be here." Sarah spoke in a soft tone, slowly waking towards the bed and sitting down in the spare chair at the other side of the hospital bed.

Star didn't say anything, she felt she'd be betraying Kiara if she did, she also didn't feel like talking to Sarah and had no desire to what so ever because she didn't like her. Did she have reasons? Yes. What were they? She just didn't like the girl, nothing more, nothing less.

Sarah knew that the Ownes girl wasn't found of her, just like Kiara was, so she decided to just try "How's he doing?" She looked over at the asleep boy.

Star looked at John B once more, taking a deep sigh before answering "I think he's okay." She shrugged, keeping her voice low and unbothered "He's still not woken up since last night."

Sarah gaze left John B's to look over at Star's who's head wasn't facing Sarah's "Look-"

"Miss Ownes?" The sound of the doctors voice interrupted the Cameron girl.

"Yeah?" Star looked up, seeing the doctor standing at the door.

"Your father is here to pick you up, Robert Ownes?" He almost asked, sticking to the safety percussion rules.

"Oh, yeah." She nodded "Umm thank you, i'll be right out." She smiled and thanked the doctor who left quickly.

Star cleared her throat as she let go of the boys hand, standing as she rubbed her own on her dress that she still had on from last night, with one of JJ's hoodies covering her top half "I guess I better go." She spoke without even looking at Sarah.

"Uhh... Yeah." Sarah swallowed awkwardly as she watched Star walk towards the open door of the hospital room "Umm Star?" She stopped her.

Star huffed and turned to face the blonde "Yeah?" She practically whispered.

"Thank you." Sarah spoke softly "I-i mean for staying with him." She pointed her head at John B, a soft, friendly look resting on her face.

Star swallowed "No problem." She gave the girl a tight smile and walked away.

'Thank you for staying with him?' Why did she thanked her? It was the common currency to stay with her friend, and it's not like she was doing it for Sarah, Star knew this boy since she was five, Sarah's been seeing him for about two days- and she's saying thank you?

"𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋." Star walked out the door and saw her Dad standing up out of his chair he waited in for his daughter "How is he? They wouldn't let me through." Robert asked as he pulled his daughter in for a hug.

"Yeah, he'll be okay." She mumbled into her father's chest "Just a broken arm."

Robert pulled away from the hug and smiled, he had phoned his daughter about ten times that night since she had run off, and once she finally answered his call when they were in the hospital and she had explained everything to him, and Robert had wanted to come by the hospital and make sure the boy was okay, along with picking up his daughter but Star had told him not too, she had explained that he was in the operating room and wouldn't wake up until the morning, she had also explained she'd stay with John B that night.

"Come on, let's go." Robert placed an arm around the girls shoulder as they walked out the Hospital doors and over to his truck. "Gees...you still got the same clothes on from last night?" Robert laughed as she screwed his face in a disgusted manner."

"Shut up." Star laughed.

"Look... I also gotta talk to you about you running off." Robert spoke as he opened the truck door.

"Look, I'm sorry okay-"

"No, I don't wanna hear it." Her father interrupted her "You can't do that." He turned to his daughter as they both sat in the car "You can't just run off late at night without telling me where your going or what your doing-"

"But I was-"

"I know you were with your friends, and I know the boys always look after you and make sure you're safe, but you still can't do stuff like that okay?" He paused as he waited for his daughter to answer, Robert knew wherever she was she'd be safe, but he still hated how she just ran off without speaking to him.

"Okay, i'm sorry." She mumbled.

"Good, I'm glad we're both on the same page." Her father spoke as he pulled his truck out the parking spot and drove away from the hospital.

The hospital wasn't far from home, only a ten minute drive, maybe a bit more, and it had been ten minutes since Star and her father had said a word to one another, each of them being silent the whole ride home, that was until Star finally spoke up as they were driving through Figure eight.

"Uh dad?" She asked.

Star caught her father's attention as he looked at the girl for a second "Yeah?" He said before looking back on the road.

"Could you drop me off at Kie's?" She asked, afraid he would say no as the girl hadn't been home much in a week, she thought it would be best to try though.

Robert cocked an eyebrow "Why?" He asked.

"Well...Kie's working later and  she wanted me to stop by her house before and see her." She spoke truthfully as the night before Kiara had asked the girl to stop by on her way home from the hospital if he could.

Riveter stopped the van outside the Cerrera's house "Well I don't know Star." Robert was unsure whether to let his daughter go or not, not having seen the girl since last night at Midsummers, which was only for a second "You've not been home much, and your still in your dress."

Star looked at her father, feeling upset by his words "I know, I'm sorry and-" She spoke low.

Robert bit his lip in thought, before nodding his head "Okay." He spoke "You can go, But...." He turned to her "I want you home tonight." He pointed a finger at his nodding daughter "No staying at John's or Kiara's Okay?"

Star nodded "Okay, I promise." She smiled before kissing her father's cheek "I love you!" She shouted as she hopped out of the car and ran into the Cerrera's, having no care about the clothes she wore.

Robert laughed and shook his head at the young girl who was definitely his daughter, she always had been, always been daddy's little girl, no matter how old she got.

Authors note -

Chapter 19 is here bitches!!! Boring but I NEEDED to post, so this is kinda just a filler as it's quite short.