Stargirl//TWD

7

"Here you go ducky," said Shane, handing the girl a cup of water, Shane and Rory were sat in the RV across from one another, she had insisted that he brought her here straight there after the Ed situation, for she couldn't let the boys see her like that.

" you haven't called me that since I was little," she laughed quietly before hissing in pain, to say she looked hurt was an understatement, she had a large cut on her eyebrow and lip, and there was a now developed purple bruise on her cheek and cheekbone, she was sure there was multiple bruises on her body that Ed had caused after growing tired of hitting her face

" yeah cause you used to get so angry at me!" he laughed, reminding the girl of how much she used to hate the nickname, after a while she grew to love it, but she still kept up the act

"I was 7, you were really that scared of a seven-year-old?" she asked laughing at the fact that 7 year old her in pigtails had scared him enough to make him stop

"Nah, I just didn't wanna upset you, kid," he said moving to clean the cut on her arm that seemed to be caused by one of the sharp rocks on the ground, she watched him close and noticed his brows furrowed and a guilty look in his eyes

" Shane I'm fine, it's my own fault, I need to learn to keep my mouth shut," she said feeling ashamed and embarrassed, she often talked big, but like the situation before, when it came down to it, she couldn't follow through, the only reason she had managed to 'take down' Bellamy was because she had snuck up behind him, she didn't have that opportunity with Ed.

" no, no you don't Rory," he said dropping the wipe on the table and looking into her teary eyes, "You don't need to do none of that, you protect people, it's what you do, just like your father, and yeah sometimes you get a little carried away with it..." he said smiling at her, trying to lighten the conversation a little bit " but you only do it because you care, you stood up for Carol, that was brave, yeah it ended shit, but you still did it and that's what matters," he finished, patting her hand

" thank you," she said smiling at her father figure as he stared at her and nodded

" of course, duckie," he said, the duo's attention was then brought to the door swinging opening and Finnick walking in, as he looked at mothers face his big grin fell, his eyes filled with worry, and his dark brows furrowed

" What happened to you,"  he asked running to his mother and sitting in the seat next to her bringing his grubby hands up to her face.

" oh honey don't worry, I'm okay, " she said grabbing his red cheeks and pressing a kiss to his head.

" you don't look okay," he said with his eyebrows raised, Shane laughed across the table at his bluntness

" hey!" she said tickling his stomach making him laugh out loud and wiggle

" stop it!" he said giggling and pushing her hands away, once she dropped her hand she just stared at him, making sure she put on her best ' I'm okay, I totally don't feel like shit right now' face

" what's the matter?" she asked him, seeing his frown, she brought her hand up a brushed a curl out of his eyes

"Are you sure they will come back?" he asked teary-eyed, Shane took that as his leave, standing up to give the mother and son some time alone, he walked past Finnick and rubbed his head, winking at him

" he does know a genie isn't going to come out of me right?" said Finnick sitting beside Rory, rolling his eyes humorously

" even if you tell him he'll  still try," she said laughing and giving the cup of water to Finn for him to drink, " and yes, they will come back, I promise you, " she said holding his hand and rubbing it as he drank the water loudly, she could tell he had just been running around, for his loud ragged breaths echoed in the plastic cup