A/N: Hello again.

I have another chap for you all, as the first didn't really set the pace as such.

Anyway hope you like this...and why wont the fricking ruler thing work. stupid thing!

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2.

"Girls, it's so lovely to see you." Penny Halliwell greeted her granddaughters as they moved into her hospital room quietly.

"Hey Grams, how you feeling?" Prue asked with a smile on her face, coming up to the side of her grandmothers bed.

"I'm fine, Prudence. I'd be better when I am out of this God forsaken place."

"Grams, you know very well why you're here and you might as well enjoy it because we're not letting you leave until you are better." Piper scolded, in her typical mother tone she had gradually began to pick.

Phoebe glanced around the room, eyeing it in disgust. "I dunno, I'd have to side with Grams on this one. I wouldn't want to be stuck in here."

"Phoebe!" both Prue and Piper reprimanded.

"Phoebe, that is why you are my favourite." Grams joked as she pulled her youngest granddaughter onto the uncomfortable bed next to her, while Piper and Prue took the chairs nearby.

"So, Grams, how are you really feeling?" Piper asked.

"..and no lying." Prue added with a pointed finger.

Penny glared playfully at the two before responding. "I'm fine, honestly girls. I have to admit, much better from seeing you all…but generally I am fine." she smiled, then glanced at each of them. "…which leads me to ask; why are we late?"

Prue rolled her eyes and pointed in Phoebe's direction. "The usual reason." she answered.

"Hey! I'm not always the reason." the youngest argued, vying indignantly.

"Actually my graduation, you were late because you lost your shoe." Piper replied with a smile, happy to get Phoebe back for her earlier comment.

"My friends engagement party, we were late because you ran into some trouble with your curling iron." Prue added.

"Not to mention the amount of doctors and dentist appointments because you suddenly had a contagious virus." the middle child laughed.

"Or the time you decided to wait until…"

"Okay, okay. I get the point." Phoebe stated, cutting Prue off from continuing. She turned to her grandmother. "I'm sorry Grams."

"That's okay Phoebe, I'm sure it wasn't intentional." Penny smiled.

The youngest turned back to her two older sisters with a glare. "Unlike certain sisters, who never leave another certain sister with any hot water."

"Hey, don't look at me. I have my own water thank you." Prue defended herself while raising her hands to emphasize her innocence.

"Prudence, are you still living in that squalor you call a home?" Grams asked disapprovingly.

"Yes I am Grams." Prue smiled pleasantly, knowing the only reason her grandmother acted the way she did was because she enjoyed having the entire family under one roof. "I love where I live."

"Oh yeah and why's that?" Phoebe questioned with a mischievous grin.

"I have all the hot water I could want." the eldest Halliwell sister smugly answered.

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"So this girl, is she the one?" Andy questioned with a lopsided grin, looking at his new partner closely.

Calvin blushed slightly before nodding timidly. "I hope so." he smiled. "What about you? What happened to your girl?"

"Life got in the way." Andy answered vaguely, as he glanced around the office, noting many had already headed home.

"So you divorced?" Calvin found himself assuming.

The comment brought Andy out of his thoughts. "Nooo. Never made it to the church. Never really got engaged."

"But you said you got divorced."

"I have but you've got the wrong girl. I married Susan for all the wrong reasons and then found out we weren't quite suited for married life together anyway." Andy explained.

"Did you love her?" Calvin asked curiously.

"A part of me did, just not the part she wanted."

"The other part being with the original girl." the lighter haired man smiled with recognition.

Andy grinned at his new partners understanding, before nodding. "Yep." he stated simply. "How long have you been with your girlfriend?"

"About five months now. She went to New York with her sister but then her grandmother fell ill, so they had to come back. Me, being me, didn't want to let her go that easily so I followed." Calvin replied.

"No regrets?"

"No regrets."

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"Do you guys actually think Grams is okay?" Phoebe asked as she walked through the back door and entered the kitchen with her sisters trailing behind.

"She seems healthier and doctors have noticed an improvement in her. I think that's a good thing." Prue analysed placing her bag on the counter top and taking the water bottle Piper held out to her.

"It's a great improvement from before you two got back." Piper added, having been the only Halliwell left when her sisters went to New York.

"Sorry for leaving you with this, Pipe." Phoebe said in her typical baby voice while wrapping an arm around her older sister. Prue was soon pulled into the hug as she nodded in agreement.

Piper sighed heavily. "I'm just glad you guys are back."

"You would have loved New York though." Phoebe commented getting excited. "It's amazing."

"I had quite an amazing time here too…" Piper smiled, before adding a little more quietly. "..with Leo."

"I bet you did." Phoebe giggled, receiving a pinch on the top of her arm from Piper.

Prue laughed at the two before looking at the time. "What are you two doing tonight anyway?"

"I have a club to run and a husband-to-be to see." Piper grinned.

"How is P3 going since we've been away? What with Grams, I never got the chance to ask." Prue questioned, while Phoebe sniggered to herself at a comment she obviously wasn't going to vocalise.

"Great. You two have absolutely nothing worry about. We are out of the red and in the black." Piper chirped, feeling very proud of her accomplishment. Sure she needed help in buying the place but she had done the rest all by herself practically…with some help from Leo.

"That's good then, right?" Phoebe asked, with a raised eyebrow.

Both Prue and Piper stared at her with bemused looks for a moment, as well as lopsided smiles, causing Phoebe to roll her eyes.

"What are you doing tonight? Pheebs." Prue asked.

"I have a date." the youngest beamed.

"Any clues as to who it may be?" Piper remarked with a grin.

Phoebe only smiled before turning to her eldest sister. "What are you doing?"

Prue shook her head at her baby sisters obvious topic change. "I believe I asked first."

"And I answered. Your turn."

Piper now turned to Prue, knowing Phoebe wasn't likely to divulge anymore information.

The oldest Halliwell sighed very slightly. "I'm going home." she smiled.

Piper glared playfully. "Your already here."

"We've had this out before. I have moved out, meaning I have another home." Prue remarked.

"It's just strange and creepy when you refer to somewhere else as home." Phoebe replied, siding with the middle child on this one.

"Look, I'll be back tomorrow and we can have dinner or something." Prue suggested. "We can even invite boyfriends."

"That's a good idea. I can cook." Piper nodded.

"We wouldn't have it any other way, sis." Phoebe grinned, knowing neither she nor Prue would be able to meet their sister's high standards.

"Right, tomorrow it is then." Prue concluded, grabbing her bag from the side. "I have to run. Piper, have fun with Leo tonight." she instructed giving her sister a peck on the cheek. "Phoebe, you just behave yourself."

It was more of an order compared to the tone she had used with Piper.

"I'm not twelve, Prue." Phoebe rolled her eyes.

"I know, even at twenty-two, I still need you to behave yourself." Prue smiled, trying to lighten the tone.

"Fine but just for your peace of mind, my date is on the correct side of the law this time."

Prue laughed softly. "That's good to know Pheebs. I'll see you both tomorrow."

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Prue slid the key into the apartment lock and turned it until she heard the click, finally pushing the door open. Sighing, she walked in and closed the door gently behind her. Everything was quiet, which she had become used to.

She clipped on the light and moved further into her apartment, while flicking through that days mail.

A hand suddenly covered her eyes and she let out a yelp, as the mail fell from her hands. She was released quickly and she turned fuming eyes on to the person.

"Cal, I'm going to kill you!" she screeched.

"Would you reconsider if I said 'surprise'?" he tried to somewhat smile.

Prue laughed softly and moved closer, placing a soft kiss on his lips, while he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Hi." she greeted with a grin.

"Hey." he grinned back.

"Miss me?"

"Always." Calvin laughed gently.

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A/N: Awe it's another one that bites the dust.

What are you guys thinking? Yah or nah?

Thanks to those who are reading and a HUGE grin to those who review.

Thank You!