Happy Prompt: Kid!Jane has to have surgery to remove her tonsils and… well maybe she's a little scared. Kid!Maura offers to help.
Maura gently closed her front door and bounced down to the sidewalk, carefully looking twice on each side before crossing the road, like her dad taught her to do. She wasn't allowed to run, so she walked as fast as she could to her friend Jane's, who lived just three houses down the street.
Arriving in front of her door, she smoothed the front of her skirt and stood on her tiptoes to ring the bell. The little tune echoed in the house, and she heard the sound of feet running around and the very hoarse voice of her best friend shouting, followed shortly by her mother's voice: "Jane, you're sick, you should rest !". The door flung open and Maura mirrored the bright smile she saw on the other girl's face.
"Maura!", she shouted, almost immediately grimacing, her throat hurting. The smaller girl immediately took her back inside, greeting Angela as she walked by.
Once they were both comfortably settle on the couch, Maura started to talk. "I didn't see you in class today so I thought you were sick again. I did your homework too because you probably need rest and homework is usually really frustrating for you because you can't go and play outside but well you can't go now either but it's okay because…"
"Maura stop!" Jane chuckled, "that's really nice of you, and I'm glad I don't have any homework now. I have to tell you something really really important now." she added with a serious look on her face.
The little girl shot her a concerned look. "What is wrong, what did the doctor say?" Her hands suddenly covered her mouth "Do you have an epitheliod carcinoma of the larynx?"
"Do I… what?" Jane looked at her, confused. "No! I have to have my ton-skills removed. By surgery." she added solemnly, nodding.
"Ooooh, your tonsils. And by surgery ! What kind of anesthesia will you be under? Local? General? When?" Spotting the frightened look on her friend's face, Maura put her hand over Jane's and asked: "Are you scared? »
The taller girl sat up straighter "Me? Scared? You may be only 6 Maura, but I am a big 7 year-old, I'm not scared at all!" Spotting the gentle look in her friend's eyes, she added shyly: "Well, maybe a little bit… But just a little !"
"It's okay, you know, I've read things about surgery" Maura said, "They put a mask on your face and they tell you to count to ten but you can't go to ten because poof! You're sleeping! Then you wake up and you're not sick anymore! And then we'll be able to go outside, and you can go and play baseball and basketball!»
"And we'll watch the bees and the ladybugs on Mom's roses, you love to do that" Jane added with a smile.
Maura suddenly jumped, clapping her hands. "I'll make you a good recovery card!"
Knowing her friend's pronounced taste for pink and sparkles, Jane slightly cringed. "How about you just don't kiss Garrett when he asks you to be his sweetheart?" she suggested with a bright smile. "I heard him talk to his brother the other day…" she added, sensing that Maura was about to shower her with questions.
"Okay!" Maura answered. "I'll kiss you instead!»