Charmed...
the other way around ::: The Drama Chapter 03:
Late
Autumn 2002 Part 3
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Abbey lay awake a long time. She knew what had happened with Prue, over at Piper's, but she didn't know what it meant.
She had heard the bell and got ready. She and Piper came downstairs just in time to see Prue's car speeding away. Patty had acted really weird afterwards. She looked very pale and when Piper had asked her, what was going on, she just shook her head and ran upstairs. Penny, Piper's grandma, had then called for Sam, Piper's dad, and told him to take her home. Piper had looked very scared when they said their goodbyes and then Sam took her home.
Julia was kinda upset, Prue didn't pick her, when Abbey told her the story. however when Andy came home he got worried and tried calling her ceil a billion of times but no one ever took it, which scared Andy even more.
Then there was that call from Victor. Andy afterwards had been gone for two hours. When he returned he had carried a very pale looking Prue, with puffy red eyes, who starred into nothing, not blinking, just starring, and not moving one muscle and tears were like magically produced in her eyes and flowing down her cheeks. After the call, Julia had gotten worried about Prue too. Now that she had thought about it, she knew Prue wouldn't have left Abbey at the manor, if there wasn't something seriously wrong.
It all really freaked Abbey out, and so as soon as the house somewhat had died out, she called Piper's ceil. She needed to get to know what happened. Maybe Piper knew something.
"Hey" a low voice answered from the other side of the phone
"Hey" Abbey answered "I'm really... scared... Prue's..."
"I know... my mom's too..."
"What happened?"
"I dunno... my mom won't come out of her room, but I hear her crying permanently. At dinner, Grams only said, she couldn't tell us, what was wrong, that it was mom's responsibility to tell us, what's going on."
"You should have seen Prue. Her dad called saying she had fainted over at his. And when Andy returned with her... she was as white as the wall... crying... but not moving a muscle. Her eyes completely unfocused. He didn't show up anymore... didn't say anything..."
"Grams... wanted me to show her the wedding invitation from Prue and Andy, and when I showed her, she actually cried as well... I mean... she didn't really cry... she just... a few tears left her eyes, which she quickly pushed aside again and then she left my room again... going back to mom..."
"But why?"
"I dunno... I just... she... she stopped at Prue's name... and while reading out the last name the tears flowed. I'm sca..."
More Abbey couldn't understand, as a loud scream suddenly echoed through the whole house
"What... what was that?"
"I... I think it's Prue..." Abbey whispered lowly and then she heard how Piper started sobbing as well
"I dunno what's going on here, Abbey... I just... dad's very upset... angry... and... Grams cries... she never cries... and mom's... and Prue... I don't get this. What are we missing?"
"I wished I knew... but... I don't... listen... I'm... I'm gonna ask my mom if it's okay, if I can sleep over at yours tonight, okay?"
"No... it's... scary here, Abbey... Phoebe and Paige already sleep here with me..."
Again you could hear a scream echoing throughout the house and Abbey shrugged together, snapping for air
"And here it's not?" Abbey asked now sniffling as well, what got Piper to stifle something like a laugh
"I don't think Grams would allow me to have someone over..."
"Okay... I'm... gonna... go to my mom... maybe... maybe she knows something..."
"Okay..."
"We're gonna find this out"
"Hopefully" Piper answered and then Abbey hung up, got out of her bed and crept to her parent's bedroom, freezing deadly in the hall-way, as another scream filled the house. She shuddered slightly, it was like she could sense all the pain and anger, which came from the scream and it scared her even more. Finally she reached the door and knocked gently, immediately the door sprung open and her mom hugged her. As soon as she felt her arms around her, she started crying as well.
"I'm... gonna go call Victor and Claire... it seems like, Andy's not enough to calm her..." Richard said, getting up as well. Julia just nodded and took Abbey over to the queen size bed, lying down with her. Half an hour later, Victor and Claire came and Claire joined Julia and Abbey, while Richard tried to back Andy and Victor up in the attic.
"What's going on, Claire?"
"We don't really know... Victor said, he found her in her car in front of the house, completely out of it. He took her inside and she... she never really calmed... but after hours of... just holding her, she asked after her mother's name... Victor said... she then got up... but she only made a few steps and fainted…"
Julia noticed how Abbey stiffened in her arms during Claire's explanation
"Honey?" she asked gently
"Piper said... her mom locked herself in her room... and her dad's very upset... and... her grandma wanted to see her wedding invitation, and then her grandma cried... what she never does... she said, that she hesitated reading Prue's name and then cried at her last name..."
Julia now too, got where Abbey was heading and looked at Claire
"What's Prue's mother's name?"
"Patricia..."
"Patty for short" Julia finished for her. There was silence in the room for a good while, and then Claire shook her head and got up
"I gotta... I gotta tell Victor..." she mumbled, going upstairs, there on the bed she found Andy and Victor, Prue in the middle and Brian sitting on the edge of the bed, just removing a needle form Prue's arm
"That should let her calm down again..." he told them. Andy looked worried at Prue, who still was lying in his arms. He wished she'd finally talk. He wished he knew what was going on, but all she did was cry... and now scream... in the middle of the night. He didn't know what was going on, but suddenly Prue pulled a bit away and looked up. Focusing her eyes on something. He followed her gaze and found Claire standing there.
"She's not... you are" she choke out, before starting to cry again. Everyone looked puzzled at Claire,
"oh baby" Claire mumbled who had immediately understood what Prue meant and moved over, hugging 'her daughter' tightly, mumbling gentle words into her ear. Prue started to calm down and so Andy and Victor moved off the bed and Claire lay down with Prue, holding her tightly, while the woman in her arms slowly drifted off to sleep.
"I know what happened..." Claire told them, when she was sure, Prue was deep asleep. "Piper's mom... is... is Prue's mother..."
"What?"
"she saw her... and must have recognized her... that's why she asked you what her mother's name was and... her rambling before... she... she probably thought, I was mad at her or something... that I may think... or treat her differently or something... that's why she said... she's not ... I would be... she's claiming the other's not her mom... I am..."
"But... but that's impossible... it's..." Victor rambled
"Victor... after you made that big deal; you wanted to move back to San Francisco. If you have moved after what happened, why should Patty have had to? She didn't have any reason to move from San Francisco. And she... probably didn't even know you're back or Prue's living here... Abbey said, she talked to Piper, who said her grandmother, wanted to see the wedding invitations of Prue and Andy... and she said she stopped at Prue's name... and started to cry at her last name. Patty named Prue Pruedence, Victor... and she had your last name on that invitation..."
Victor starred at his wife and shook his head slightly, then looked at Andy
"Do you... know... how... the grandmother... what's her name?"
"I... I dunno... Abbey probably knows..."
"It's Penny" Richard said lowly from the entrance of the bedroom "Penny Halliwell..."
"Penelope Halliwell..." Victor almost choked on the words "the address is 13..."
"... 29 Prescott Street" Andy finished for him and looked down at Prue "that's why she's so upset... Prue always got upset even talking about her mother..."
"Well, whatever it is..." Brian started "she shouldn't have much more of the stress... the heartbeat of the kid's very low and... I'd really prefer taking her to the hospital... to properly watch both the baby's and Prue's condition"
"No... Prue's... Prue can't handle the hospital or the fear of loosing the baby right now, Brian... we can't tell her..."
"She has to know, Andy. It's her right as much as yours" Richard told his son
"No, Andy's right..." Claire nodded "Prue hates hospitals... especially because of the cuts... she can't be reminded of them right now and... if she knew... about the baby not doing well... she'd only upset herself even more..."
"You do realize, you two are gambling with the baby's life right now..."
"No... I'm gonna make sure she's... calming down... the baby will be fine." Andy argued and sat down on the bed again, taking Prue's hand
