Dear Prudence……it's a brand new day…….
Prudence woke up, still depressed, despite her having shared a circus tent with her girlfriend Rita the past 3 months. That phrase, that song had been in her dream. And it brought her back to that day. She was, quite literally, in the closet of Sadie's apartment, the one they were all sharing. She'd been in there all night, having flashbacks and such. She hadn't wanted to talk to anyone and they were all worried about her. Sadie, JoJo, Max, Jude and Lucy. Sadie and JoJo had a show to go to and they were going to be late. But Sadie didn't care; she was more worried about Prudence than anything. Not at all like her own mother. Oh how Prudence longed for those days. But they were long gone and so much, too much, had happened since then. She'd left to join the circus, where she met Rita. Rita, that tall, thin, gorgeous, sweet woman who, within a day or so, had become her girlfriend. No one in the circus cared but she didn't see why they would, as they were circus people. Mr. Kite, as he was called, had welcomed her into his giant orange tent and heart with open arms, love and acceptance. And the Henderson's what a strange group. But she loved them all of them. It was just, so different, being here.
Max had gone off to war………she'd no idea if he'd come back or not. Sadie had left and Jude and Lucy, JoJo……….she didn't know about the rest, where they'd gone what they were doing.
Prudence noticed her girlfriend had been observing her from their bed.
"Hey," she said to Prudence.
Prudence looked at her.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"You ok hun?"
"No, as usual, I'm not."
"Want to talk about it?"