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The heavy rain and loud crackling thunder that sounded in the dark sky had always kept Phoebe awake at night, she had always slept in Prue's or Piper's bed when she was little because the sound of thunder had always terrified her. She was tossing and turning in bed, covering her face with her blanket as if it would keep her safe, the perspiration was showing on her face. Phoebe never really got a decent night sleep when this kind of weather had occurred. As the echo of the loud rumbling thunder struck in the sky, it made her shoot up in bed panting as if she just had a nightmare. As her breathing returned to normal, she rested her head back onto her pillow, realising she was now wide awake and there was no way she was going back to sleep so she looked at the clock on her bed side table and realised it was only 2:05AM.
She sighed as she layed there, it was no use to even try to sleep so about 10 minutes later she pulled the covers away and climbed out of bed. Phoebe opened her bedroom door as quietly as possible and snuck down the stairs hoping that she didn't wake either of her sisters. she grabbed a mug out of the cupboard and made herself a cup of coffee, she purched herself on a chair annoyed that she couldn't sleep. Being irritated, she then got out of her chair and walked to the window craddling her coffee, looking out the window, she noticed how miserable and dreary it looked outside. Looking outside made her feel cold which she had not realised until she felt a shiver run down her spine.
Phoebe hadn't realised how long she had been standing at the window, she glanced at the clock and noticed it was only 2:40AM. "Phoebe!" Jumped as she turned around putting her hand on her heart "Piper, hey, you made me jump" phoebe said as she went and sat down up the table. Piper made herself some coffee and joined her sitting opposite staring at Phoebe.
"Phoebe what are you doing up? It's like" Piper glanced at the watch around her wrist, then back up at Phoebe "2:45 in the morning."
"I couldn't sleep" Phoebe looked at Piper, she could tell that Piper was worried. Her sisters had always worried about her even if there was no reason for them to. "How about you Piper, what are you doing up?"
"I heard you come out of your room and sneak down stairs, I thought you were just going to get a drink and go back to bed. The thunder had woken me up. Have you noticed how Prue always seems to be able to sleep through it?" Piper finished with a slight smile on her face.
Phoebe smiled back "Yeah! How do you know she slept through it?"
"Because I checked on her before coming down here." Piper responded as if it was the most obvious answer in the world.
Phoebe sat there and remembered all the times she slept in Prue's room on nights like this "Except for when I slept in her room when I was little. I kicked" Phoebe just had to laugh at the memory.
Piper remembered too."Yeah, and you hurt, you still kick. I remember from the times you slept in my room, I had bruises by morning" Phoebe stuck her tongue out at Piper. "Anyway Phoebe, whats going on? If you can't sleep there must be a reason, so lets hear it."
Phoebe really didn't want to talk about it, but with Piper sitting in front of her, it wasn't easy to lie to her sisers as they always caught her out "Honestly, it's nothing, just a slight case of insomnia" She could tell that Piper wasn't completely convinced. Phoebe didn't really want to tell Piper that she couldn't sleep because of the weather, she just felt like it was stupid that she was still scared of it.
Did Phoebe honestly think that Piper would believe that. "Phoebe, do you think i'm stupid? I've grown up with you Phoebe and in that time if there is anything I have learned, is that you are a terrible liar. Now are you going to tell me what's going on, or do I have to wake Prue and recruit her healp to get it out of you?" Piper knew it was a long shot playing the Prue card, but it did usually work on Phoebe.
Phoebe knew all too well that Piper would actually wake Prue, which would be would be a fate worse than death, metaphorically speaking. Prue would also start to worry more than she already does. "There is nothing to tell" But the look on Piper's face made Phoebe think again about her answer "It's just really stupid"
'Well atleast I'm getting somewhere, but not far enough' Piper thought, she was still getting irritated though, "Phoebe!" Piper glanced at her watch again and noticed they had been sitting there a while. "Ok, Look it's now 5:30. Prue will be up soon and she also will get involved and worry even more about you than she already does. Please Phoebe, talk to me?" Phoebe just diverted her eyes away from Piper, she thought that Piper would laugh at her so when she started telling her she was going to look at her. "If it is bothering you Phoebe, then it isn't stupid." Piper said trying to reassure her.
"It's just, the thunder." Phoebe spoke quietly hoping piper hadn't heard her, but she was out of luck.
"It's not stupid Phoebe, I know you have been scared of it for as long as I can remember, when you were little you would always wake up screaming and mum would jus hold you and rock you back to sleep." Piper remembered, a little Phoebe terrified, screaming in the night, and she would have tears streaming down her face.
That's when Phoebe finally looked at Piper "I don't remember" She spoke sadly.
"I didn't think you would, I think it was when you were two. The last time mum helped you go back to sleep. You know it got worse for a while after mum died, I was so scared cause I never knew what to do, but Prue just walked in and sat beside you the first time you woke up from it after mum died." Piper looked at Phoebe, who had watery eyes before she continued. What both Phoebe hadn't noticed was that Prue was leaning against the door frame watching and listening to them. She had been there about 5 minutes. "When Prue sat on your bed, you just climbed out from the safety of your covers and sat on her lap, you rested you head on her chest. You just looked so innocent, she wiped away your tears, when you looked at her she told you that everything would be ok. I think for the first time after mum died you actually believed it." Piper smiled at the image in her head how they looked so cute sitting on Phoebes bed cuddled together. "Prue had just rested her head on yours and gently rubbed your back, and you just fell to sleep in her lap."
Phoebe just looked at Piper "Really?" Piper nodded "I wish I could remember it!" You could tell that Phoebe was slightly sad that she couldn't remember the first time Prue comforted her after their mum died.
Prue also smiled at that memory. "I could feel you tremble, when you climbed on to my lap." she said making her presence known, this made Piper and Phoebe instantly look towards her. She moved from her spot in the doorway, and sat next to Phoebe and smiled at her. "After you had fallen to sleep, I tried to lay you back down in your bed so I could put your covers over you, but the minute I tried to move you off my lap, you tightened your grip on me and refused to let go of me." Phoebe sat their listening intensely to the memory they were telling her, whilst she was listening, she rested her head on Prue's shoulder.
"You know, you were so clingy then. You wouldn't let me leave you, so I did the only thing I could and that was to lay in your bed with you. As soon as we layed down you curled your self as far into my side as you could get. After that you slept like a baby. But at first I was scared, I mean, mum was the only one that was able to calm you down, and I didn't know if it could do it, because before if anyone else other than mum went near you'd scream even more. When I did, I knd of let instinct kick in and did whatever I could to calm you down." Prue rested her head on top of Phoebe's.
Piper then spoke up again. "After that night you only let Prue comfort you, I tried once and you legged it into Prue's room." Prue lifted her head off Phoebe's and looked at Piper confused.
"I don't rememer that." Prue sat there and tried to think, and came up with nothing.
"It was that night you had a sleepover and your friends." thats when it dawned on Prue "She ran into your room, when she noticed you weren't there. I came in and tried to hug her." Piper looked at Phoebe. "But you weren't having any of it and jumped into her bed, you climbed into her bed and held on to it as if it was your safety blanket and fell to sleep. Me, I just gave up and went to bed, you were so stubborn when you were little. Didn't grow out of it much." Piper chuckled as Phoebe lifted her head, stuck her tongue out at Piper and went back to her previous position.
"I remember that now because my friend dropped me off here the next morning and I found you sleeping soundly in my bed. So I sat down beside you and tried to wake you up but then you just curled up into a ball and turned you back on me" Prue sat there and rubbed Phoebe's back. Looking at both of her sisters, she was curious. "When did you two get up anyway?"
Piper looked at Phoebe before looking back to Prue "I got up at about 2:45" Piper stated noticing the questioning look on Prue's face she finished by saying "Only because the thunder woke me up. I heard Phoebe come down, so I thought I'd join her, ended up just sitting here talking."
Prue turned to look a Phoebe, which made her move her head off Prue and she raised her eyebrows at Phoebe. "What time did you get up?"
"About 2:15" Phoebe responded diverting her eyes.
"Why? How much sleep did you get. Actually what time did you go to bed because I didn't even hear you come up to bed last night." Prue gave Phoebe a looked that basically said, don't bother lying, cause I'll know.
Phoebe sighed as she looked at Prue. "I went to bed about 11:30" and then looked anywhere but at her.
"Why did you get up that early Phoebe, it's not good for you. What's going on?" Prue asked Phoebe, worried about her baby sister.
Phoebe just shrugged it off as if it was nothing "Couldn't sleep" she got out of her seat and went to leave the room but before she could get any further, Prue grabbed her hand which made her stop. "It's just a slight case of insomnia, nothing to worry about. Promise."
"You know I don't believe you, right?" Prue stood up and walked over to Phoebe, in which Piper followed. Prue was standing in front of Phoebe and was remembering the story they were telling just 10 minutes ago. It just clicked, and she got what was going on. "You know Phoebe, it is ok to be scared"
"No! It's not!" Phoebe sighed. "Well yeah I know, but it's just so stupid to be scared over something I should have got over already." Both of her sisters looked at her sympathetically.
"It's not stupid Phoebs!" Piper spoke as she pulled Phoebe into a hug "Come on" She was dragging Phoebe behind her.
Phoebe looked at Prue who followed behind them, then back to Piper "Where are we going?" Phoebe asked curiously.
"To sit in the living room, we're going to have a chat."
"That is actually a really good Idea" Prue agreed, Phoebe managed to stop Piper from dragging her along, but as Prue was behind her, she pushed her and Phoebe glared at her.
They finally got Phoebe into the living room and got her to sit down on the couch, they both sat on the coffee table opposite her and letting her know they weren't going anywhere until they talked.
Prue was the first to speak up "Right lets talk!" They now both looked at Phoebe and waited for her to start.
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