Sing: The Era of Music

Chapter 28: Hope and Anger

Chris was in the waiting room, hoping for results. "I can't lose her. We made plans for our future." said Chris in his thoughts. He then hears the doors open and sees Buster Moon and the cast. They were all worried with tears in their eyes. "Hey Chris. How's Porsha? Is she okay?" asked Buster. Chris had his head down and shook his head. "They're still doing the surgery?" asked Meena. Chris nodded with his head still bowed down. Rosita approaches the young wolf. "Chris, I know this is a silly question, but are you ok?" asked Rosita. Chris slowly breaks down. "No." said Chris as he cried into Rosita's shoulder as she comforted him. Meena sits on the other side of him and hugs him in comfort for her best friend. Everyone else was saddened by the news and hoped Porsha would be alright. Buster then notices the T.V was on. "Excuse me? Can you turn the volume please?" asked Buster as the receptionist turned up the volume. "Two hours ago, Porsha, the wife of singer Chris and member of the Moon cast, was hospitalized after a vicious assault in Newark, New Jersey. The suspect is a leopard known as Gus DiMarco, the younger brother of ruthless gang leader Sean DiMarco. A witness has footage of the fight and we must warn you, it is disturbing." said the reporter as it showed the footage. Chris watched as the leopard was beating down on his wife but eventually she would capitalize and attacked viciously before eventually tasing him with her taser. The group celebrated as they saw Porsha emerging victorious. "Oohh! Almost feel sorry for the guy." said Nooshy. "Didn't know Porsha could fight like that." said Johnny in amazement. Ash on the other hand was saddened after seeing the brutal assault Porsha was given. She stood and headed to the bathroom. Rosita takes notice and follows her. Ash was hiding in the stall, covering her face with her hands as she cried silently. "Ash? Are you okay?" asked Rosita. "I'm fine." said Ash. "Ash, there's no need to lie. Talk to me." said Rosita in a motherly tone. "It's all my fault. I left Porsha alone to get food." said Ash. "No, no, no. You listen to me, young lady. It's NOT your fault. You didn't know it was gonna happen." said Rosita. "If Porsha doesn't make it and I tell Chris what happened, he's not gonna talk to me anymore!" said Ash as she cried. Rosita crawled under the stall and held her hands. "Sweetie...Chris is never gonna hate you. You're his friend. Plus you have us. Chris will understand. I will understand and everyone else will. Okay?" said Rosita. Ash nodded as she hugged her. Suddenly, they heard clamoring outside. They stare in shock as they see an infuriated Chris holding up a warthog on the wall. "Chris! Don't!" yelled Rosita but Chris wasn't listening. "Take it back!! Take back what you said about her or I'll make you regret it!!" roared Chris as he snarled furiously. The warthog was in tears. "I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me!" said the hog. Chris stared at him for a while until he saw his tears stream down his face. His rage died down and was back to his normal self. His anger was replaced with shame and guilt. And with disgust, he realized he had done the one thing he'd promised he would never do...hurting and scaring someone. He then slowly sets him down with his head down. "I'm sorry. Please forgive me." said Chris. The wolf looks back at his friends. They all looked at him with shock. For a kind, sweet and happy wolf, they never expected this kind of anger from him. Chris looks down and walks to the very back of the room but he feels a pair of hooves hold his hand. He turns and sees Rosita. He wanted to speak but she hushed him. She takes him to the bench, where the others join her and gives Chris a comforting hug as he silently cries with his hand covering his face. They then heard a ding. The surgery was done.