Pippa's POV:

"Do you think she's OK?"

"How's you find her, Christina?"

"Do you know her name?"

I heard lots of whispers, and I opened my eyes. I saw light, and I shut my eyes again.

I felt someone take my hand. "It's OK, sweetie," said a woman's voice, warm and kind.

"You're in safe hands."

I slowly opened my eyes again and saw a bunch of people. My jaw slammed shut, and I whimpered in fear.

But then, I saw her. The lady I saw before I fainted. She smiled warmly.

"I'm Christina. Are you OK?"

I nodded. "I'm scared."

Christina blinked. "I'm sorry. What was that?"

I signed again. "I'm scared."

One of the women, a blonde lady, paid attention to my hands.

"She's using sign language. She must be mute."

"I'm scared. Terrified. Help."

"She's scared," a man said.

I nodded. Christina looked at me.

"What's your name, honey?"

I took Christina's arm and spelled slowly. "P. I. P. P. A."

"Pippa? Your name is Pippa?"

I nodded and smiled. A man took my hand.

"Nice to meet you, Pippa. I'm Jordan."

I nodded again. These people were nice.

I noticed I was in a hospital. "What happened?"

I signed it really quickly, so another lady left and found a translator.

"Sign that again, little one," she said, and I sighed.

"Can someone tell me what happened?"

"She's confused. What happened?"

Christina looked at me. "You fainted in my arms, and me and Jodie-"

She gestured to the blonde woman. "We called an ambulance and sent you here."

I nodded again. It made sense.

"I'm sorry for bothering you. I was just running."

Christina blinked. "From what, Pippa?"

I hesitated. "A house fire. My dad was helping and he told me to run. So I did."

The nice lady translated the sentences, and a black woman gasped.

"That's terrible. No wonder you were exhausted."

Christina took my hand. "It's gonna be OK, Pippa. I'm gonna take care of you, OK?"

I nodded slowly. I didn't want anything to happen to Christina, she seemed really nice.

"Can we leave now?"

Christina waited for the translation, and she gave me a hug. "Sure, Pip. Come on."

I hopped out of the hospital bed and walked with her. I looked at the others.

"You guys look familiar.."

Christina nodded. "We may be the cast of Heather the Musical. Have you heard of it?"

I nodded excitedly. "You guys are awesome!"

Christina gave me a smile. "That's sweet, Pippa. Come on, we'll take you to the theater."