LOVE HURTS
Chapter one
"Don't turn away Phoebe, don't you dare walk away from this..." "Why not, we know how it is going to turn out?" Phoebe shot back at the eldest "You are three and a half hours late, I told you to be back by eleven thirty" "Well, I'm not a child, and you can't ground me," "I can't ground you but I can sure as hell teach you who's boss." "Oh so your boss are you?" Phoebe screamed, "Yeah, I'm boss; I'm the one that has looked out for you..." "Since I was a baby, you gave up your own childhood...blah, blah, blah! I'm sick of this shit change the record Prue."
Prue gritted her teeth, no matter how much she wanted to hit Phoebe right now she controlled her anger, and decide to change the subject.
"Your baby sister is sitting up in her room, scared because she thought that you had left, like dad! I think that you should do your best to sober up, and go and speak to her." "I'm not drunk!" Phoebe shouted, "Phoebe I can smell it on you from here." Prue argued, "Just do your best to get hold of your self and speak to her..." "How about you speak to me...stop getting out of telling me what you really think!" "I am not speaking to you when you are like this." "LIKE WHAT?" Phoebe screamed, "This! You, acting all almighty all of a sudden" "Do you know what I have had a shit day and this isn't what I need right now!" "What happened one of your boyfriends hit you?" Prue spat evilly.
Phoebe was shocked; her voice sounded so genuinely hurt, "That was low Prue. Really low...you really know how to hurt someone." Prue was instantly regretting what she said, "Phoebe I'm..." She tried "What you think that you're so great? Your boyfriend comes over when he says so that makes him and you better? What he holds your hand and you are the best thing ever?" She asked, "No He doesn't hit me! When he downs a few he doesn't turn on me! Your better than that Phoebe" "No I'm not Prue, and you taught me that every time I came through that door, you will find some way to put me down." "No this isn't getting turned into a deep, you and me issue..." "Oh so we do have them, issues...cause I still thought you were in denial, living in this delusional world where you were actually a good sister, that we were actually close..." "If you don't shut your moth you and my fist will be close." Phoebe stepped forward as if Dearing Prue to try something, "Go on, hit me Prue, it's what I'm used to, dad hit me! Rob hit me! Mark hit me! Jack hit me! Chris put me in hospital! Don't think I don't expect to be hit by you...I do..." Phoebe's fist clenched and Prue stepped closer to her, "Hit me Prue" She shouted, "Don't tempt me." She warned, "Don't talk about me like I'm nothing, don't put me down and don't ever bring up my boyfriends again!" "Why because their all losers who beat on you?" Prue asked, Her voice raised, "I am warning you..." Phoebe shouted louder, "What are you going to do?" Prue spat, "I'm going to make you sorry!" Phoebe warned.
"You are just like dad Prue, this is exactly how he acted before he hit me, he'd make everything my fault, mom's death, why you and Piper were never around, why grams died, why there was never any food on the table." Phoebe stepped forward to Prue so there were inches between them, "So go on, you have had a go, this is where you hit me..." Phoebe looked into Prue's eyes, they were fiery red with anger "You know that I would never treat you like he did!" "Don't kid yourself Prue; this is exactly how he treated me." "This is nothing like what he did..." "How would you know you were never around here, when I had to jump in front of him to stop him from hitting Paige, had to make sure he never hurt her after he had a drink...where were you and Piper? No where, I was sixteen Prue and three years later I still have nightmares, I still have to get up in the night and go and sit in the corner of Paige's bedroom just to make sure she won't be hurt. You and Piper walked away, from the drink from the arguments from the anger, you didn't care about me then or Paige, how can you stand there now and pretend that you are doing all this because you love me, you are just as bad as he is...You don't give a damn about me, or Paige..." They were still only inches apart when Prue began to shout back, "Don't ever talk to me like that again!" "Why? What are you going to do?"
Prue lost it; she pushed Phoebe by the shoulders causing her to back up, "Don't touch me Prue!" Phoebe warned sternly, both sisters staring into the eyes of the other, "I have had it with you" Prue said, once again pushing her, this time into the small table in the center of the foyer, causing all that was on top to fall to the floor, Phoebe pushed Prue back, and advanced towards her, "You want to play this way you got it...Dad had the same look in his eyes just before he'd hit me, so come on lets get it over with... " Prue looked away, "What you don't like the anger you feel, well get used to it...just like dad once it gets you it won't leave." Phoebe continued to scream.
"Paige and Piper are going to realize what you are and walk, just like Dad, and now me." it was then that Prue lunged her fist into Phoebe's face causing her to fall backwards and fall against the table just managing to grab it and keep herself from hitting the floor, it was then that Prue looked up to see Piper stood in shock coming through the front door, then she looked at Phoebe who was struggling to get to her feet, everything was in slow-motion and then everything came fast all at once.
"Prue!" Piper's voice screamed, then a small voice came, it was Paige's, "STOP! Stop fighting!" She cried sounding so lost and helpless, "Please stop it!" she cried, begging in desperation.
Phoebe once on her feet wiped the blood from her mouth, anger in her eyes, her hands trembling with anger she wanted so much to hit Prue right now but, held back. She advanced forward, "Welcome back dad." Phoebe said, angrily, "Welcome the fuck back, this isn't over, watch your back, I'm going to take you" She threatened, before turning to see a shocked Piper at the door and Paige on the bottom step.
Phoebe looked at Paige and felt her heart crumble, she had seen this so many times, Paige would cry like this when her dad would hit Phoebe.
Phoebe walked over pulling a broken Paige up from the floor, wrapping her loving arms around the small frame of the nine year old; she stopped at the bottom of the stairs, "You are going to pay Prue!" She spoke firmly before advancing up the stairs with a crying Paige burying her face in Phoebe's neck.
Chapter one
"Don't turn away Phoebe, don't you dare walk away from this..." "Why not, we know how it is going to turn out?" Phoebe shot back at the eldest "You are three and a half hours late, I told you to be back by eleven thirty" "Well, I'm not a child, and you can't ground me," "I can't ground you but I can sure as hell teach you who's boss." "Oh so your boss are you?" Phoebe screamed, "Yeah, I'm boss; I'm the one that has looked out for you..." "Since I was a baby, you gave up your own childhood...blah, blah, blah! I'm sick of this shit change the record Prue."
Prue gritted her teeth, no matter how much she wanted to hit Phoebe right now she controlled her anger, and decide to change the subject.
"Your baby sister is sitting up in her room, scared because she thought that you had left, like dad! I think that you should do your best to sober up, and go and speak to her." "I'm not drunk!" Phoebe shouted, "Phoebe I can smell it on you from here." Prue argued, "Just do your best to get hold of your self and speak to her..." "How about you speak to me...stop getting out of telling me what you really think!" "I am not speaking to you when you are like this." "LIKE WHAT?" Phoebe screamed, "This! You, acting all almighty all of a sudden" "Do you know what I have had a shit day and this isn't what I need right now!" "What happened one of your boyfriends hit you?" Prue spat evilly.
Phoebe was shocked; her voice sounded so genuinely hurt, "That was low Prue. Really low...you really know how to hurt someone." Prue was instantly regretting what she said, "Phoebe I'm..." She tried "What you think that you're so great? Your boyfriend comes over when he says so that makes him and you better? What he holds your hand and you are the best thing ever?" She asked, "No He doesn't hit me! When he downs a few he doesn't turn on me! Your better than that Phoebe" "No I'm not Prue, and you taught me that every time I came through that door, you will find some way to put me down." "No this isn't getting turned into a deep, you and me issue..." "Oh so we do have them, issues...cause I still thought you were in denial, living in this delusional world where you were actually a good sister, that we were actually close..." "If you don't shut your moth you and my fist will be close." Phoebe stepped forward as if Dearing Prue to try something, "Go on, hit me Prue, it's what I'm used to, dad hit me! Rob hit me! Mark hit me! Jack hit me! Chris put me in hospital! Don't think I don't expect to be hit by you...I do..." Phoebe's fist clenched and Prue stepped closer to her, "Hit me Prue" She shouted, "Don't tempt me." She warned, "Don't talk about me like I'm nothing, don't put me down and don't ever bring up my boyfriends again!" "Why because their all losers who beat on you?" Prue asked, Her voice raised, "I am warning you..." Phoebe shouted louder, "What are you going to do?" Prue spat, "I'm going to make you sorry!" Phoebe warned.
"You are just like dad Prue, this is exactly how he acted before he hit me, he'd make everything my fault, mom's death, why you and Piper were never around, why grams died, why there was never any food on the table." Phoebe stepped forward to Prue so there were inches between them, "So go on, you have had a go, this is where you hit me..." Phoebe looked into Prue's eyes, they were fiery red with anger "You know that I would never treat you like he did!" "Don't kid yourself Prue; this is exactly how he treated me." "This is nothing like what he did..." "How would you know you were never around here, when I had to jump in front of him to stop him from hitting Paige, had to make sure he never hurt her after he had a drink...where were you and Piper? No where, I was sixteen Prue and three years later I still have nightmares, I still have to get up in the night and go and sit in the corner of Paige's bedroom just to make sure she won't be hurt. You and Piper walked away, from the drink from the arguments from the anger, you didn't care about me then or Paige, how can you stand there now and pretend that you are doing all this because you love me, you are just as bad as he is...You don't give a damn about me, or Paige..." They were still only inches apart when Prue began to shout back, "Don't ever talk to me like that again!" "Why? What are you going to do?"
Prue lost it; she pushed Phoebe by the shoulders causing her to back up, "Don't touch me Prue!" Phoebe warned sternly, both sisters staring into the eyes of the other, "I have had it with you" Prue said, once again pushing her, this time into the small table in the center of the foyer, causing all that was on top to fall to the floor, Phoebe pushed Prue back, and advanced towards her, "You want to play this way you got it...Dad had the same look in his eyes just before he'd hit me, so come on lets get it over with... " Prue looked away, "What you don't like the anger you feel, well get used to it...just like dad once it gets you it won't leave." Phoebe continued to scream.
"Paige and Piper are going to realize what you are and walk, just like Dad, and now me." it was then that Prue lunged her fist into Phoebe's face causing her to fall backwards and fall against the table just managing to grab it and keep herself from hitting the floor, it was then that Prue looked up to see Piper stood in shock coming through the front door, then she looked at Phoebe who was struggling to get to her feet, everything was in slow-motion and then everything came fast all at once.
"Prue!" Piper's voice screamed, then a small voice came, it was Paige's, "STOP! Stop fighting!" She cried sounding so lost and helpless, "Please stop it!" she cried, begging in desperation.
Phoebe once on her feet wiped the blood from her mouth, anger in her eyes, her hands trembling with anger she wanted so much to hit Prue right now but, held back. She advanced forward, "Welcome back dad." Phoebe said, angrily, "Welcome the fuck back, this isn't over, watch your back, I'm going to take you" She threatened, before turning to see a shocked Piper at the door and Paige on the bottom step.
Phoebe looked at Paige and felt her heart crumble, she had seen this so many times, Paige would cry like this when her dad would hit Phoebe.
Phoebe walked over pulling a broken Paige up from the floor, wrapping her loving arms around the small frame of the nine year old; she stopped at the bottom of the stairs, "You are going to pay Prue!" She spoke firmly before advancing up the stairs with a crying Paige burying her face in Phoebe's neck.