Greet The Brand New Day

"How is she?" Jess nervously asked the doctor.
"I'm sorry to say this but, Prudence probably will....not survive." The doctor sighed.


"WHAT?" Charity exclaimed.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She yelled at the top of her lungs.
My grip on Sonali's hand strengthened.

Molly and Callie shared a glance, they were supposed to be on the next plane to Chicago to go to Chorus' Sectionals.

"Should we pull the plug on her?" The doctor asked.
"DO I NEED TO COME OVER THERE AND SMACK YOUR OVER-SIZED NOSE OFF YOUR FACE?" Felicity yelled.
"I will take that as a 'no.'" He muttered, scribbling something on his notepad.
"We have to perform another surgery. You girls will still be out here, right?" He asked.

"JUST GO!" Charity yelled, then put her head back on Marisol's shoulder.
He did as he was told, and walked back into Prudence's room.

We all sighed, and slumped back in our chairs.
"This can't be happening." Cindie muttered under her breath.
"Well, it is." Callie said.
"There just HAS to be something they can do, right?" Rita asked.
"You heard him." Marisol sighed, and began stroking Charity's newly-straightened hair.

"There is nothing." She finished.
"This SUCKS!" Julia yelled.
"JULIA! Language." Marisol scolded.
"She's right." Becca nodded.

Everyone nodded in agreement, even Marisol corrected herself.
Everything went quiet, and we were all sitting there.
Just..... Waiting.
For something.
A sign.

Rita coughed, and all of a sudden the radio began playing a God-sent.

"Dear Prudence." I whispered in bewilderment.

The guitar intro played, then Molly began to sing.

"Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?" She shot a weak smile at Julia.
"Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day." Julia sang.
"The sun is up," Becca sang.
"the sky is blue" Sonali sang.
"Its beautiful" Callie sang.
"and so are you" Rita sang, smiling at a picture of Prudence in her hand. Then placed it down into the chair next to Charity.

"Dear Prudence, wont you come out to play?" Rita sang, with tears in her eyes, to the picture.

"Dear Prudence open up your eyes" Jess smiled to the picture while singing.
"Dear Prudence, see the sunny skies" Cindie sang, while Becca, Julia, and Marisol all harmonized in the background.

"The wind is low," I sang.
"the birds will sing" Felicity sang, shooting a grin towards Pru's picture.
"That you are part of everything." Marisol sang.
"Dear Prudence, wont you open up your eyes?" Charity sang, blinking back tears.

Just then, Julie, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Nathan, (he's Pru's boyfriend) Jake, and Matt all came in and sat by us.

"Look around round" Rebecca sang.
"Round, Round, Round, Round, Round, Round, Round, Round." The boys sang, low.

"Look around round round" Elizabeth sniffled before she sang, with the boys repeating the word 'Round' in the background.

"Look around" Julie flashed a smile towards Picture Prudence while singing.

"Dear Prudence let me see you smile" Nathan sang.
This must have hit him really hard.

"Dear Prudence, like a little child." Charity sang again.
"The clouds will be" Matt sang.
"a daisy chain" Felicity sang.
"so let me see" Becca sang.
"you smile again." Rebecca sang, while smiling at Prudence's picture.
"Dear Prudence," I sang.
"wont you let me see you smile?" Elizabeth finished.

"Dear Prudence." Sonali sang.
"Won't you come out to play?" Julia sang.
"Dear Prudence." Molly sang.
"Greet the brand new day?" Jess sang.

We all grabbed hands and sang with all of our power.
"The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful, and so are you! Dear Prudence"

"Won't you come out to play?" Charity sang softly, looking at the doors of the hospital room.

The rest of us hummed the ending and then we all looked at Prudence's picture.
"Please. Come out to play." I pleaded softly.

"OH MY LORD!" Someone yelled from inside Prudence's room.
We all jumped up.
Doctor Reches, he's her main doctor, came rushing out.

"SHE'S ALIVE!" He yelled.

We all erupted in celebration, there were a flood of hugs, high fives, and a heck of a lot of jumping for joy.

Our Dear Prudence had made it.
<3 Chrissa