Hidden in the star, book one

Chapter 31 The brocken makes this family beautiful

The day's past, it's the night before Queenie's papers need to be done and Keller gets a call from Cherry, answering
"Hay what up?"
Keller can only hear crying and asks
"Were are you, I'm on my way"
Only a sniffing wisperd
"Shop"
Keller
"Ok can you put me on speak?"
He only get a 'beep' in return so Keller contus
"I'm diving now, one beep for yes, two for no. Are you ok?"
There was only silenlen Keller
"I need to know baby girl"
One beep, yes
"Are you alone?"
One beep, yes
"So good, do I need to call Queenie?"
Two beeps, no
"It OK baby girl I'm just tuning in now"
One beep, yes
"I owe you a door"
One beep, yes. Keller hanging up, kicks in the door and steps in, there's a turn over table and some ink bottles on the floor. But no Cherry so Keller calls out
"Baby girl"
Somthing is heard deeper in the store so Keller moves forward saying
"Are you back here"
One knock, yes. It sounded like wood, there was only one wood cabinet. A buffet unit on the back right wall, walking over, Kneeling and opening the door. There was Cherry, make-up down her face, split lip and scard, Keller's only reply
"Came here"
Scooping the shaky girl out of the cabinet and cradled her in his lap.
After a moment her breathing back to normal Keller said
"I'm calling the police baby girl, who ever did this, will regret life it's fucking self"
After the phone call they stay cuddle on the floor till the police come.
As soon as two offices walk in Cherry shakes a little and Keller hold her tight and looks over to the office saying
"Hay, the door was me, the rest I don't know"
Offers one
"That's OK Switch, I'm Officer June, that's officer Jamie, what about the girl she was here by the looks"
Keller
"Keller, I'm not here officially, my nisc, Cherry, she called but has not talked"
Turning his attention to Cherry asking
"Baby girl I just need yes and no like before, ok"
One tap, yes
"Robbery"
Two taps, no
"Asalt"
One tap, yes
"Clint"
One tap, yes
"Carmas"
One tap, yes
Officer June
"It's ok I catch on, your uncle can answer for you but we need to see the footage, is that ok"
One tap, yes
Keller
"Yes"
Officer Jamie
"We ment to ask whether you need medical assistance, but you have Switch"
One tap, yes
Keller
"Yes"
Officers June
"We have the footage it shows what happened, he's in the hospital with a broken nose. We're arising him now."
Keller
"Thank you, you have my number call..."
And gets no further when Queenie walks in yelling
"I WILL FUCK YOU UP, WHERE IS SHE"
Keller
"Queenie were here!
her brother"
Queenie comes running over, four black 2 inch little demon looking creches following behind. His Della is Ink Form, to create things out of ink, only keeping there form for 20 minutes, Kneeling and asking
"Oh God, what happen"
Officer June
"Hello I'm officer June, your uncul has been helping us. There was a client that became vilant, Miss Keller has given stapmet and video. He is being arrested as we speak, we will contact Keller with further information but would suggest staying with family"
Queenie looks down and Keller firmly replies
"There with me, Queenie go pack"
Queenie nodded and walked upstairs to pack, while the two officers said there good byes and left. Some time later Queenie comes down saying
"Keller you don't need.."
He gets cut short with Keller saying
"What I need to do is take my baby niece and nefue somewhere safe. And that's with me, end of story, come"
All carefully hoped in the car, Keller starts the drive home before Queenie starts to talk
"Keller thank you, but please if you could look after Cherry, that's all I could ask"
Keller
"One condition, anwaers my question,
and I'll think about it"
Queenie said
"Yeh, ok"
Keller flatly asks
"Why should I look after her and not you?"
Queenie looks down ashamed saying
"I lost my job, she needs someone stable"
A whisper is heard from Cherry
"I told them not to call, the is.."
Keller cuts in
"Baby girl never your fault, Queenie was just working for an ass"
Queenie chuckles and asks
"Sounds like you know my boss?"
Keller only smirks saying
"Job benefits"
Keller turns serious for a moment, now parked in the driveway of his home
"Lisean.."
Taking a breath continues look off to the distance saying
"Baby boy your eyes looked so broken, I vold to myself I would look out for you, for both of you. But it's not my choice. My home is yours, come in if you won't. Just please look after yourself."
Keller gets out of the car and go's inside and to the kitchen where Max and Sol are cooking simply saying
"I'm back"
Sol looks past Sage asking
"No luggage?"
Keller shrugs and then Queenie wakes into the kitchen saying
"Hello all, um, uncle Max do you mind if we crush here for a few days?"
Cooper gives a bright smile saying
"No need to ask, dinner almost done, Adi upstairs he'll help you get settled, Sol set up the table please"
After everything got organised, dinner ready and everyone is sitting Cooper ask
"Sweet what happened to your face?"
Cherry feels better now amongst what she can say is family, but only Queenie knows this, she said
"Oh come on I took my make-up off, low"
Max pails stumbling over what words he try's and use in the moment
"No, yes not the um face, I mean your beautiful"
Cherry wave a hand said
"Bad client"
Cooper wilding a fork stands saying
"Which client?"
Cherry chuckles starting in a show voice
"And here in the right corner wilding a fork, Gum.Bear and in the left, Mr Already Gone To Jail, probably someones jail bait bitch by now, he was pretty~."
And shrugs, Max can't take it and bending over in a fit of laughter, chuckles from the rest is heard. After a moment Keller speaks up saying
"You have a home hear as long as you need it, Sage and Max"
Jestering to himself then Max, then Queenie said
"Thanks, truly, I'll look for a job tomorrow"
Keller
"We have opoitment tomorrow, then there someone I won't you to meet"
Queenie node's and Cherry said
"Please tell me it's a girlfriend?!"
Sol
"Why, because you have your eyes set on a girlfriend of your own"
The rest of dinner was filled with small talk and benter.
The next day Queenie gets ready whereing his usual pink platform boots but wheres a black button shirt and lose pants. As he go's down to the kitchen he sees Keller sitting drinking his coffee, Sol making pancakes, Adi, Cherry and Cooper talking away about God knows. Quietly Queenie aksd Keller
"Um, Sage is this ok?"
Keller hmms looking up saying
"More importantly are you conformable?"
Queenie shrugs saying
"I never liked boy boy clothes, but I try to dress down"
Keller saying with a little emotion
"Then go and change, I'm taking you not a poster child"
Queenie nodded and run up straris and changed returning with a black button up dress that looked like a shirt with rolled up sleeves, tights and a pink undercorset.
Keller looks at Queenie as he returned and smiled saying
"Adorable Baby boy, eat"
Sol puts a mound of pancakes down and everyone enjoys there breakfast.
Now Keller and Queenie are driving to the office to sign papers, but the car was filled with uncomfortable silence. Keller had enough and said
"Spill it"
Queenie plays dumb saying
"What? Im just nervous"
Keller arch a brow saying
"Nervous is one thing, but I hear your brain screaming"
Queenie closed his eye and hmm, after a moment replies
"I wont to change our names, Keller"
Keller paused for a moment then asked
"You mean you won't to be Keller's on paper?"
Queenie loses his nerve saying
"Never mind, I miss spoke"
Keller is over wheld and can't think of the right words to say so left it.
At the meeting Keller and Queenie seats at a table with two others, one casual dressed man, social worker and the woman, button shit and pants, children therapist. The social worker speaks first
"Hello I'm Tommy a social worker and this is Jenny a child therapist. We team together so we now that the kids we place are where they will be best suited."
Keller go's cold and formal saying
"Hello and thank you, this is Queenie"
Jenny said
"Hello Queenie, you like this name?"
No reply, Jenny try's again
"That's a pretty out fit did you pick it out?"
No reply, Keller has little patience said
"Baby boy, you need to awaser.."
Queenie cuts in
"Why, she treats me like a three year old, really. I came to sign papers, not this"
Keller coldly said
"Use your dam brain, your under age, your turnd 17 only last mouth and Cherry is 15 and your going to look after her. She's only asking if you are mentally stable, whether you in a dress is normal, whether you can look after yourself little lone a little sister."
Queenie sighd taking a breath, after a moment starts to talk
"Queenie was a slur kid would use at school, I've never liked boy boy clothes. My parents would tell me not to take it to heart, I'm beautiful and there jealous. I'm not saying I'm medical sound, I put my sister first, without qutions. I don't regret my ations."
Jenny nodded saying
"Thank you, I would like you to see a therapist once a week. And I understand Switch is looking after you?"
Looking at keller for confirmation, Keller flatly saying
"No, not Switch. Keller, they are my niece and nefue, they will take my name"
A gasp and crying broke Keller's resolve, turn and see Queenie in tears Keller ask
"To much?"
Queenie let's out a breathy
"Always"
And crashed into Keller's chest, Keller wrapping his arms around him and holding tightly, Tommy speaks
"Well looks like you have a wonderful family and it's just dam papers in the way, let's sign these then."
After the paperwork is done there on there way to the next meeting, Queenie ask
"So who are we meeting Sage"
Keller evil smiled saying
"A mad dam cat"
Keller pulled into Jenkins and hopes out with Queenie following behind asks
"Sage wait, mad cat, you mean Mr Jenkins?"
Keller shys saying
"The one and only"
as they enter the office Raven says
"Hello Sage, and your nefue, hmm"
Queenie smile and replies
"Queenie Mr Jenkins"
Raven smiled softly
"Oh please Mr Jenkins was my father, Raven, just Raven"
Queenie
"OK Raven it's lovely to meet you"
Keller leans an arm on the chair
"So your up to speed"
Raven let's a wicked smile appear
"Oh I am, but your not."
Keller extends a finger to rub is temple
"What the fuck did you do this time?"
Queenie steps in
"Wait I'm lost"
Keller smiled saying
"A constant state when you see this dam cat, now spill it"
Raven giggles saying
"You and Max wonted a charity fund raiser, it's set. Next Friday we doing a carnival, everyone's been offering there free service and time. Live just dance, roller coaster, food, drink, charms, candy and firer works. All proceeds will be shard between, mental heath and child safety and awareness. I have also got Raymond out of her relationship, she will be housed on site."
Keller node's points a thub at Queenie and asks
"And this one?"
Raven looks to Queenie saying
"Oh yes, I need a runner, if you would like Queenie?"
Queenie
"What would the job intail?"
Raven
"Simpe really, delivering of papers and notes within school grounds, between 9-3, Monday-Friday."
Queenie is speechless but Raven cuts in
"Oh almost forgot, Raymond is dropping hero work, her dad worked a pecring parler and would like to work for you"
Queenie
"Um who"
Raven chuckles saying
"Sorry, 10th hero, Mi Raymond hero Faith Spell. If you say yes she will do a course while Cherry takes a break from the clinic instead yesterday"
Keller
"Dont worry, you get used to being the last to know, even on your own life"
Queenie chuckles asked
"You trust her?"
Raven
"Yes very, she's sweet, gentle, that how she got in a bad relationship"
Queenie
"OK, on all, tho she will be with Cherry so Raymond may have to be a maybe for now"
Keller jumps in
"Raven come and her, Family dinner tonight, I'll let the other know."
Raven smiled and nodded, his two gust got up and left.
Once in the car Keller asking
"What we cooking, we have 12 to feed, Val is making cakes."
Queenie hmms then replied
"How about a hole lot of things, spring roll, dumplings, octopus balls and so on, Cherry can help she's home"
Keller
"Sounds good, I'll get Max on the grill with meat sticks, he makes them so dam good"
Queenie
"Wondfull let's shop"
Keller
"I can do Karaage, steamd cabbage rolls, sauteed bok choy and steamed gyoza, well there the easy ones any way"
Queenie
"Oh wow, this is going to be great Sage"
Keller
"Write a list baby boy, I'm going to the big shop down on Maine."
After the shopping and back home Queenie whisled loudly, a moment later Cherry comes running down saying
"Hay, what the fuck up"
Queenie shrugs looks at Sage and back to Cherry saying
"Well your making spring rolls"
Keller smirks
"And I'm legally your uncul"
Queenie
"We both might have jobs"
Keller
"And we have family comming for dinner"
Cherry is in a state of shock only replied with
"Wh..el..ha."
Keller chuckles saying
"Baby girl your safe it's all you need to know, we'll talk later with the family"
Cherry hmms and smiles saying
"OK uncal Sage, let's cook, do we need sweets?"
Keller
"Val comming with cake"
Mid afternoon and the preparations for dinner are coming along well when Sol comes in saying
"I'm home, I got Roma, Liam's with Davi there coming soon"
Roma looks towards Queenie saying
"Hello I'm Roma, one of Sage's lost boys"
Queenie
"Queenie nefue and Cherry nicse"
Cherry
"Sage said family was coming, who else?"
Keller
"Noah's fucking Ark"
All laughing and then Valerie heard from the door
"Knock knock where here"
And in walks Valerie, Davi and Liam, Valerie continues
"I have Davi and Liam with me to"
Davi
"Mum made fluffy cheesecake and strawberry mouse cake!"
Liam
"Hello everyone"
Roma see Queenie hasation and jumps in
"Valerie is like a sister to Sage and Liam's the other lost boy, Liam, Sage's nicse and nefue"
Queenie smiles wide saying
"Oh hello lovely meeting you, I'm Queenie and my sister Cherry"
And jesters to his sister and Cherry said
"Hay good ta' see you again"
Roma smiled turning back to Queenie and comment's
"I love you out fit, it adorable!"
Then you here Adi
"Hay no fan girling my cousin"
Walks over to Roma and continues
"Not without me! Dam have you see his shoes, there hot!"
Roma chuckles and shakes his foot a little with his platform docs saying
"Nah my are hoter!"
Roma in one of his usual edgy out fits, oversize tshirt with 'not your baby' on the front with side ribbon shorts, fishnet stockings, his platform docs and a black and white over shirt.
Adi jesters to Queenie's outfit saying
"But you got to admire a guy that pulls off hot pink"
Queenie
"Please those side ribbon shorts, dam! Now I can definitely admire that!"
All three chuckles as Keller said
"Stop fan girling in the fucking kitchen, cake fridge and out"
Everyone starts wondering out and take it to the games room, some time pasts and Cooper comes in saying
"Hello everyone all the family is here so lounge room please"
Once everyone is in the lounge room Keller starts talking
"OK shits change to much, we're doing this simple going around and intguse yourself, I'm Sage Keller married with two sons"
And jabs a thumb at Cooper
"Hello I'm Max Cooper, Sage's husband"
"Oh I'm Adilin Cooper, Adi, son"
Jabbing a thumb at Sage and Max
"The younger son, Sol Jackson"
"Sage's Sister, Valerie Manroe"
"My mum, I'm Davi"
"Sage's Lost boys Liam Murphy"
And gesture to his side
"Roma Wilson"
"Raven, fra"
Keller cuts in
"God father"
"Sage's Nicse and nefue, Queenie and"
"Cherry Keller"
"..Mi.."
Keller
"Mi will be an aunty in our family, she has got out of a bad relationship. She also would like to work with you Cherry"
Cherry
"Hay, sound good, I've only worked with family. And I'm happy that an't change"
Mi starts to cry, holding her hands to her face as Cherry walks over
"Hay aunty Mi, don't worry, see this room, I just got 'em this morning. We got thi' together"
Cherry sites beside her and hugs her side, after a moment Mi speaks
"Thank you, I have no family, my mum past when I was 12, she won't me to be a hero. Dad past when I was 17, I didn't now what to do so..I. "
Sol
"My Da died when I was 7, you go with what you know, not what's good"
Mi
"But how can you just.."
Jesters to the room of strangers, now family, Roma said
"We are all lost, broken or un loved in one way or another. We made the choice to make our own family, to help each other, to learn to love and to be loved"
Adi stands up Clapping he's hands saying
"OK enough havey, dinner, come on anuty Mi"
As everyone scarred around doing things for dinner and getting the table set.
After there all seated and having dinner Raven speak
"So fund raiser next Friday, we even got the Pop Dolls coming"
Sol yelling
"WHAT THE SHIT!"
The Pop Dolls were a trio of dancers, know to the world for dance competitions and working with dance games like just dance.
Raven smiled
"Hmm, I thought you might like, there coming free, they ask if they could do a live just dance, put 5 dollars down and you can dance off with one, there idea, wonderful right"
Sol giggdy like a school girl ask
"Yeh, what else"
Raven smiled anwaers
"Rolling coaster, food, drink, charms, candy and firer works all donated there services for free. All proceeds will be shard between, mental heath and child safety and awareness."
The night went forward, enjoy by all, together with what now can be called family.