When Cherry, Strawberry, and Quaker reached the testing area, Cherry was beyond nervous.
"I really hope I don't have anything" she said.
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"Cherry, why did you blow him?" Quaker asked.
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"He promised me cocaine!" Cherry said, and Quaker sighed.
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A few hours later, Cherry found out that she had chlamydia.
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"You HAD to have gotten it from Muffins" Quaker said. "He had sex with Lemonade, and we all know how much of a skank she is"
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"Sully and Ringo had sex with her, too..." Strawberry pointed out.
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"Not unprotected" Cherry tried to hold back the tears.
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"Well, you've gotta let Muffins know" Quaker said. "And Sully. And Ringo. And Stitch. And all of them need to get tested and possibly treated as well"
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Cherry sighed, as they headed back up to Sully's room.
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When they got up to the lounge room, Cherry asked to speak with Stitch privately, so they went into Sully's room.
"What's wrong, Cher?" Stitch asked.
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"I- I have chlamydia" Cherry whispered. "I got it from Muffins. You might wanna, you know, get tested. They gave me antibiotics"
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"Oh, wow" Stitch said. "Tha- Thanks for letting me know. Does Muffins know?"
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"Not yet," Cherry said. "Where is he?"
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"He ran to the store to get cigs" Stitch said. "I can tell him when he comes back up if you'd like"
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"Thanks, Stitch" Cherry said.
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They half hugged, awkwardly, and walked back to the lounge.
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Awhile later, one of Sully's nurses came out into the lounge room.
"He just came out of surgery" she said. "He's going to be just fine"
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"Oh my god, that's wonderful!" Cherry jumped up and hugged the nurse.
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"I'll let you know when you can go see him" the nurse smiled, and walked back down the hall.
Stitch ran after the nurse.
"Can you rapid test him for STDs?" Stitch whispered to the nurse. "I know that's a thing. I've seen it in the movies"
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"Um, sure" the nurse looked at him side eyed.
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About 30 minutes later, the nurse came back out and motioned for Stitch to follow her.
"It's negative" she said. "He's getting antibiotics already anyways though if you're really worried. They're in his IV and they're pretty strong"
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"You're the best" Stitch smiled, passing her 5 dollars.
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The nurse looked at him strangely and walked away.
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Stitch headed back to the lounge to see that Muffins had returned.
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"Muffins, can I talk to you?" Stitch asked. "In private?"
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"Uh, sure" Muffins followed him into the hallway.
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"Cherry and I have chlamydia" Stitch whispered.
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"Okay..." Muffins was confused.
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"Cherry must have gotten it from you" Stitch said. "The two of us need to get tested. Now"
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"From your first sentence, it sounds like you already knew that you have it" Muffins said.
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"I mean I'm pretty sure I do" Stitch replied, looking scared.
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"Shit" Muffins looked worried and started pacing around, holding his head between his hands. "Shit shit SHIT!"
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"What, what's wrong?" Stitch asked. "It's treatable, bro, we'll be fine. A week of antibiotics will clear it right up. And luckily Sully doesn't have it. I asked the nurse in private to test him, since he slept with Lemonade, which is obviously where it originated, but at least he was smart enough to use a condom with her"
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"I don't know, I'm just so stressed" Muffins said. "I need to stop doing coke"
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"Sully is being transferred back to L-Town tomorrow" Stitch said. "Let's go now and the results will be back in a few hours"
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"Fine" Muffins sighed, as he followed Stitch the other way to get tested.
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Meanwhile, Cherry was allowed to go into Sully's room and wait for him to wake up. She was super anxious, pacing around back and forth. She looked over at the empty bed, with the sheets still messy, and felt guilty.
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Then she heard a weak voice speak her name.
"Cherry..."
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She turned around.
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"Sully!" she exclaimed. "Do you know where you are?"
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"No..." Sully gave her a blank stare from his bruised up black eyes.
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A nurse walked in. "Sully, you had an accident" she said gently.
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"Those mexicans..." Sully said weakly. "Cynthia's cousins... they hit me... beat me..."
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"What?" Cherry asked. "Are you sure?"
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Sully tried to nod his head, but it hurt too much. He just groaned. "Their names were Lenny and Eddie" he struggled to say.
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"I'm calling the cops" Cherry said. "Excuse me"
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She stepped into the hallway, and returned about five minutes later.
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"Sully, do you know their last names?" she asked, covering the mouthpiece.
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"No" he said quietly. "It's not the same as Cynthia though"
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Cherry stepped back in the hallway for a few minutes, and when she came back, she said "They're going to be on the lookout"
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