"You know" Jen said looking into Prue's blue eyes "I really meant what I said before, that I was excited from that movie. Why not try being a little honest with yourself?"

Prue was fighting her inner self on what to do. Admitting such a shameful thing in front of Piper?

"Yeah" she finally resigned and replied after a moment of silence "me too." She said looking at Jen as Piper was confusedly looking from Prue to Jen and back. "I mean" Prue said and took a deep breath to get courage, then looking at Piper "I was getting really excited and wanted to feel as good as the girls on TV. I couldn't resist so I started touching myself right here on the couch. I'm sorry Piper." she said, her anger slowly being replaced by deep regret.

"Oh" was all Piper was able to respond. Prue, still guilty about what happened, continued "I know I shouldn't be doing such things right next to you. I understand if you hate me for it" she said as she sadly looked away again.

"No, wait Prue." Piper stopped her, blinking quickly "Please, I should be apologizing to you." She said as Prue looked into her eyes "I felt excited too and I went about to touch myself when I bumped into you. I'm always so clumsy and I ruin everything and my hand hit you when, when you just wanted to be left alone." Piper said. She started to sob. Prue realized the tense situation must have overwhelmed her sensitive sister.

"I'm sorry, Prue, I'm good for nothing, just your stupid little sister always ruining everything. I think you should really hate me now."

Prue looked briefly at Jen, surprised by her sister's sincerity, not knowing what to do. Jen raised her eyebrows looking into Prue's eyes and gestured with her head towards Piper. Prue understood, and slid closer to Piper, and touched her shoulder "Come on, now. Look at me Piper." When Piper looked up, eyes red from the crying, Prue smiled, with tears forming in her eyes too. She held Piper's face in her hands and continued "You're not good for nothing, you're my wonderful little sister, I could never hate you. I love you, you know that. Come here." She opened her arms and Piper fell into them as they embraced. "I will always love you Piper, no matter what."

Piper held her close, still sobbing occasionally. "You really mean that?" she said in a tiny voice. Prue looked deep into Piper's eyes again. "Really." she replied.

Piper could not contain her emotions anymore. She burst into happy laughter mixed with sobbing as she recognized the quote from her favorite movie and hugged Prue tightly again "Thank you sis, I love you too." After a few moments she added "I didn't mean those things I said earlier about you and getting guys."

"I know" Prue said soothingly as she held Piper's head. "Don't worry about it."

Piper was more happy in her sister's arms than she ever thought possible. Prue forgave her and didn't hate her. She realized how much her sister really meant to her "You're really the most beautiful girl in the world" Piper said, still hugging her sister. Her sobs slowed down and she felt content again. With her eyes closed and her head on her sisters' shoulder, she just enjoyed big sisters warmth and closeness. "No one deserves you."

"So, you're saying I should stay lonely forever?" Prue asked and Piper jerked back, looking scared at Prue's face, afraid she would be misunderstood. "No, not at all!" she started quickly but as soon as she saw Prue's smile, she knew it was just a joke. She slowly hugged her sister again, laying her head on her shoulder again and said "I don't want you to feel lonely. If you ever feel lonely, please tell me, OK? I promise I will come and cheer you up. And we'll tickle each other and I'll give you my magazines and I'll give you my make up. Just please don't be lonely again."

"And if you ever feel lonely, I promise I will do the same for you." Prue replied

When Jen saw the tender moments between the sisters, she felt her eyes sting as well. She was touched by their sincere feelings. These girls would be there for each other, during bad and good times. They would cheer each other up, care for each other and protect each other whenever necessary. She was a little jealous, never experiencing such a friendship.

After a few minutes of silence, Jen could see Piper's rhythmic breathing, but she couldn't see her face, since she was still laying on Prue's right shoulder, opposite from Jen. Prue opened her eyes, gently stroked her sister's back and asked quietly "Piper, you sleepy?"

"A little." a tiny voice from Piper replied.

"Wanna go to bed?" Prue asked

Piper hummed a negative and held Prue closer "Just a little longer." She answered and Prue closed her eyes again. After a few more minutes, just when Jen thought about what she would do, should these two really fall asleep on the couch, Piper picked up her head and the girls slowly ended their embrace. Prue smiled at Piper's sleepy face, who smiled back at her. Both of their eyes still looked a bit puffy from crying, especially Piper's sleepy eyes. Then they slowly looked at Jen, who smiled as warmly and happily as she could.

She noticed they were still holding hands. Sitting there, happily smiling and gently holding hands, these two girls looked more like lovers than sisters, she thought. She could almost imagine them kissing lovingly, like the girls on the TV a while back. When she realized what she was thinking while they were still looking at her, she jerked awake and shyly averted their inquiring looks.

"What is it?" Piper asked curiously and looked at Prue for an answer, who was just as perplexed

"Um, no nothing" Jen replied shyly. She couldn't possibly tell them what she was thinking about. But the girls were curious now and she couldn't stay silent either.

"Come on, you can tell us anything, remember? It was you who said we should be honest with each other?" Prue said and Jen saw she was just as curious as Piper

"No, if I told you, you would surely hate me" Jen replied and averted her eyes again

Prue reluctantly let go of her sister's hands. She got off the couch and crouched next to Jen. She took Jen's hand and said "You're my best friend. I know it was nothing bad. You can tell me anything. I promise I won't hate you."

Jen looked deep into Prue's sincere eyes and started "I thought" she glanced briefly at Piper, then back at Prue, then she looked away again "I thought just now you looked more like two lovers. Sort of like those kissing girls in that movie."

When Prue realized what Jen was saying, her heart skipped a beat. She desperately wanted to look at Piper, but was too scared to do it.

"No I don't mean it in a bad way!" Jen looked at her desperately "I was really happy for you in that moment. I just couldn't help but notice how it looked similar to the movie. With your hands touching and both of you smiling at each other and everything. I know it's terrible of me to think that way, I just couldn't help it, sorry." She said still looking at Prue.

They shared a silent look. Then both of them jumped a bit when Piper burst into laughing on the sofa behind Prue's back.

"Ooh, my dearest Prue" Piper said in a deep theatrical voice between laughs as she got off the couch and tackled Prue from behind "Ohh, kiss me, my lover" she said and made exaggerated kissing sounds while embracing Prue's shoulders from behind and moving her mouth as if she was kissing her neck.

Prue's shyness fell off quick as she got into Piper's game. She looked around at Piper with a mischievous grin. Piper backed off a bit as Prue said "Who are you calling lover, my dear? Just wait 'til I get my hands on you, see what you'll say then" and she started chasing her, hands raised in a menacing manner. Piper shrieked as Prue caught up with her and started tickling, causing Piper to laugh out repeatedly and plead her to stop. Seeing Prue would not let her go so easily, she went into counterattack, tickling Prue all over her body as well.

It was then when the girls noticed the sound of Jen's ring tone coming from her bag.

"Crap, I left my cell in the bag" Jen said as she stood up and went over to her bag. She took the phone out and said "It's mom, I wonder what she wants now."

Prue got off Piper, and they both sat next to each other on the sofa, looking at Jen.

"Yeah hi mom. Yeah, we're at their house, what's up?" gradually Jen's voice got slower "Aha. Yeah. Yeah I know, he'll be back in a week. Can't you have Miss. Annie look after her? I see. Yeah. Hmm, OK. I'll wait for you here then. It's OK, don't worry about it mom. OK, see you."

Jen looked at the girls who were still sitting silently and watching her.

She explained what was happening "Mom is on call today and they just called her from her office, said it was urgent and she had to go. But someone has to look after grandma while she's away, and neither dad nor my brother is there. Not even our neighbor. So it's up to me now. She told me to pack up and be ready; she'll come by and pick me up in ten minutes."

"You're going?" Prue asked

"I know, sorry, I wish I could stay."

"No, it's not your fault" Prue replied

"When can you come back?" Piper asked

"Tomorrow, probably. I can ask mom to take me here again, but I don't know how long she has to stay." Jen replied

Piper picked up the DVDs and gave them to Jen while she packed her stuff up. She was barely finished when they heard Jen's mom honking from the street.

"Got to go" Jen said and looked at Prue "Hey, listen guys, just forget what I said before, about the two of you, OK?"

"Yeah" Prue said, looking uneasy again.

She looked at Piper who frowned too "It's OK Jen. Don't worry about it." She said finally

the sisters escorted Jen to the front door.

"Just don't fight again, OK?" Jen said smilingly, then turned around and walked to the car

Jen's mom was standing next to the car, engine running "Hi girls, sorry to ruin your sleepover." She shouted "I'll bring her back tomorrow."

"OK" the sisters shouted in unison after everyone said bye, Jen and her mom got into the car. The car made a U turn and left the way it came from.

Piper was walking back to the living room, right behind her sister.

"So what now?" she asked. Alone with her sister, she felt somehow uneasy now.

Prue looked at the clock in the hallway. Piper looked too and saw it was after ten o'clock.

"I don't know. I think I'm gonna take a shower." She said and went to her room for her pajamas.

Piper heard her go into the bathroom and turn on the shower. She took a bag of crisps from the kitchen and sat down in front of the TV again, browsing the channels.

When Prue returned, she was in her blue pajamas and with her came a fresh smell of shampoo. Piper wanted to smell as nice as Prue did "I'll take a shower too"

She was also feeling a little dirty from watching the movie and hoped the shower would take her mind off these things.

The shower was refreshing, but it didn't really help calm her down. She stepped out of the shower and drying up, she studied her body in the mirror critically. She was always small framed. Only in the last years her hips were getting wider, her tummy flatter and her breasts bigger. But sis was much more of a woman than her, getting many looks from the boys and Piper was a little envious of that. 'Maybe someday I'll have such a nice body too' she thought as she put on her orange pajamas, finishing with a pair of white fluffy slippers. When she returned to the living room, she found Prue asleep. She was laying on the sofa, covered with the blanket. Piper turned the TV volume down. She looked at Prue for a minute, just watching her sister's peaceful expression and soft breathing. Somehow, she just wanted to snuggle up next to her, enjoy the closeness again, if only for a while. She bit her lower lip as she thought about it, but then shook her head. There wasn't really enough space on the sofa and she didn't want to wake her sister up. She was on good terms with her now and didn't want to ruin that again. With a sigh she went to the kitchen to prepare some late dinner.

Ten minutes later a sleepy eyed Prue came to the kitchen.

"Hey sis" she said and yawned. Seeing it, Piper had to yawn too. Prue rubbed her eyes and continued "what's up?"

"Just making some salad" Piper answered "I thought maybe something healthy wouldn't hurt for a change."

"I think so too" Prue agreed and cleared her throat as she went to get a sip of water

"Also there's some of that beef steak left, maybe a bit of cheese.." Piper continued

"Mmm, sounds very tasty, I'll warm up the steak and get the cheese" Prue replied when she finished drinking. She turned to the fridge, then looked back at Piper "You know sis, you've got a great sense for these things. I think your future husband will be a very lucky man." she said, throwing Piper a gentle smile.

Piper looked in Prue's eyes and felt her heart skip a beat. Feeling she is about to blush, she looked down at the salad again "No, I don't think.. thank you."

They made two servings and together with a glass of juice each took the food to the living room.

"Can we ..share the blanket again?" Piper asked cautiously. The room was already warm and she was not cold anymore, she just wanted to be closer to Prue.

"Sure, anytime." Prue said and Piper smiled as she felt a jolt of happiness.

They moved the table closer to the sofa, put their glasses on it and sat down with the plates in their hands. The dinner was great and Prue couldn't stop moaning how great it tasted. Piper couldn't stop laughing. Being praised by Prue filled her with happiness.

When they finished eating, Piper got up saying "I'll clean this up"

Prue wondered why Piper was so active tonight, she wasn't usually the first one to volunteer for chores. 'Is she trying to avoid me?' she thought.

"Wait, you prepared it, I should do the cleaning" Prue started saying, as she got up.

Piper was faster. "No chance" she said, picking up their plates and standing up. But her legs were still wrapped in the blanket on the floor. Prue could barely lift her arms towards Piper before she fell forward with a thump and ringing of broken porcelain. Piper's fall pulled the blanket and Prue fell next to her, her legs wrapped up as well. Luckily they just missed the table next to them.

Prue shook herself and knelt next to her sister "Piper!"

She couldn't see her face, because it was turned the other way and covered with her hair "Are you OK?"

"Yeah .." Piper moaned from the ground, arms spread apart

Prue insisted "Can you move?"

"Yeah I think so" Piper mumbled as she rose up and sat down on the carpet.

"You hurt anywhere?" Prue repeated with a shaky voice, the thought of something happening to Piper almost made her panic

"No, I'm okay." she said as she checked herself and Prue finally relaxed "But I broke a plate, grams is gonna kill me."

Prue smiled, her worries finally disappearing. "And you?" Piper asked as she touched Prue's left shoulder

The pain from the shoulder made Prue grimace slightly "Ow".

Piper was startled by the pain in her sister's face. She jerked her hand back immediately "Sorry! Oh no! What happened?" She said in a scared tone with her hands in the air, wanting to hold and comfort her sister, but being afraid of hurting her again. Her eyes were starting to burn again as she watched Prue pull the collar of the blue top over her shoulder to look at it. "I must have hit the table."

"I'm so sorry, I ruined everything again" Piper started sobbing. The shock from the fall and now seeing Prue hurting because of her was more than she could bear "Please forgive me sis, I didn't want to hurt you!" she pleaded

"No Piper, it was just an accident." She said in a soothing voice "Don't cry, OK? I'm not even hurt."

"Really?" Piper asked through tears

"Yeah, there's nothing there" Prue said, smiling as she showed Piper her shoulder and moved her arm around "See?" She said still smiling

Piper nodded in agreement, smiling through tears "And it doesn't hurt?"

"No, not really, it's already getting better." Prue replied, pulled her top back up and sat down next to Piper. She took hold of Piper's hands, trying to calm her down "It's nothing really."

She looked into Piper's eyes and smiled "You know, you always bumped into something when you were little. Like when you were just a few years old and we were playing in my bed and you fell off it when I wasn't paying attention. I was so scared when you started crying, but grams said not to worry. But I always felt guilty about it."

She continued "Or a few years later, when we were on the playground in the park"

Piper nodded, picking one hand up and trying to wipe her tears "When I fell off that slide, I think you were crying more than me."

"Yeah" Prue nodded and remembering the time, tears started forming in her eyes as well "I was so scared you were hurt. I couldn't stop crying even after grams came to look after us."

"You were always so nice and caring towards me, unlike little Phoebe." Piper said and smiled, looking down at her sister's hands. Then with a jagged deep breath her smile faded and a tormented expression took its place. She didn't deserve such a good sister.

"What's wrong?" Prue asked with a concerned look at Piper.

Piper looked briefly into her sister's concerned eyes, then looked away. She took her hand away from Prue's and turned away from her "I'm sorry Prue.."

"Why? Please Piper, tell me what's wrong." Prue pleaded

"I just.." Piper said slowly, her back towards Prue. Face turned down, the emotions overwhelmed her and she started crying silently again.

"Piper please..you can tell me anything." Prue begged

Piper continued between silent sobs "Prue, every time I think of you, every time I hear you say my name, I am so happy. And at the same time it hurts so bad. I just can't take it anymore." And after a few seconds she added "Because, what Jen said was true, about me, I really love you, in that way."

"But I thought when she said that, and you laughed" Prue started

Piper shook her head "No that was just. I just didn't know what else to do. I thought, if I could play it, like a game, I could hide these feelings for you."

"I" Prue tried to say something

"I thought" Piper continued talking and crying "I thought. This is enough. If Prue is happy, then it is enough, even if she only likes me, as a sister. But then I feel you pulling away from me, and it hurts even more than before. I just can't take it anymore. I know I'm so selfish. You are so perfect and I'm just a selfish, perverted person. I'm in love with my own sister for Gods sake!"

"Piper" Prue said slowly and tried to caress her back, but Piper jerked away, saying "Don't, please."

For a few moments the only sound was Piper's silent sobbing.

"You're hurting me." Prue said in a resolute voice and Piper fell silent. After a second she turned around. With her wet and puffy eyes she barely saw her sister's concerned face. She blinked and saw Prue's eyes were full of tears as well.

"Wwhat? How can, you say that?" Piper stammered

"I said you are hurting me," Prue repeated "because when you say I only like you as a sister, that's not true."

"What?" Piper asked again, hearing things she couldn't believe

"Piper, I love you in that way too. And if that makes me perverted then I am." Prue replied "But I've loved you like that for a long time."