CHAPTER4 LOST FAMILY WOES WRITTEN BY CLAIRE
After seeing Prue into her room to rest Phoebe went to find Piper. She was to Phoebes delight already in the kitchen making a pan of chicken soup. Phoebe loved this about Piper, whenever they were ill or upset, Piper's chicken soup always cheered them up.
"I see you're already on it."
"Yea, how is she?"
"Not so good, Piper i've never seen her like this before. The womans so broken up over this.Brenda sure has a lot to answer for."
"Don't be so hard on her Phoebe. This would have been just as much of a shock to her as it was to Prue. Put yourself in her shoes. How would you feel if some stranger came up to you and announced she was your sister. wouldn't you have freaked out too?"
Phoebe thought about it. Piper was right, she would have probably kick-boxed her right out of the place.
"I guess your right Piper, as always." Phoebe said as the door bell rang. " But it still doesn't help us now does it." She said as she reached the front door.Piper followed her with a tray for Prue, and was about to take it up when Phoebe opened the door and gasped. Piper looked at who was at the door and the tray fell from her hands, followed by a resounding crash that echoed through the house.
"Oh my god. Oh...my...god." Piper said flabergasted as Phoebe showed the two people into the lobby.
"How did you find us Brenda?" Phoebe enquired
"Oh my god." Piper repeated.
"Piper what was that crash..." Prue shouted coming down the stairs and stopping in her tracks as she saw who was in her house.
"Oh my god." Piper said again. Looking from both Prue to Brenda then back again.
Prue backed up the stairs again and dissapeared.
"It's you...the double glazing rep?" Brandon spoke first out of the two of them. He was looking at Phoebe.
Piper gave her a look that meant 'what is he talking about' but she only replied
"Long story, Piper"
"Brandon, i'm no rep, that was a rouse to check you and Brenda out. To see if she really did look like my sister."
"Wait a second. So you are Prue's sister too, and what about you?" Brenda asked looking at Piper.
"Yes, i'm the middle sister, Phoebe there is the youngest."
"Brandon, i don't think i can take this..." She said and suddenly she fell backwards, into Brandons arms. Scooping her up he looked at Piper and Phoebe unsure.
"Oh here, put her down here." Piper said leading them over to the lounge sofa.
Brandon lay his sister down and stood up. Prue came down the stairs and upon seeing Brenda flat out on the sofa rushed over.
"Oh god, what happened?"
"It's ok Prue, she just fainted. She er... doesn't take change easy." Brandon assured her.
"She's not the only one" Prue replied.
Piper placed her arms around Prue's waist and her chin on her shoulder, while all the time not taking her eyes of Brenda.
"Wow, the resemblance is uncanny. They are identical right down to the beauty mark on their faces." Phoebe commented.
"I'm right here Pheebs, you don't have to refer to me as a third person you know" Prue said defensively. Phoebe looked down and Prue immediately regretted what she had said.
"I'm sorry." Prue said opening her arms for a hug, Phoebe obliged.
"I'm sorry too, this has been hard on both of us."Brandon said.
"Why are you here, now...no offense..but why did you come here?" Prue asked him.
"We came to appologise. Brenda told me what happened at her office, and she wanted to say sorry. She overreacted...she has a habit of doing that."
Branden explained.
"Sounds like someone else i know." Piper muttered, while Prue slapped her arm.
"Bran...Brandon, " Brenda mumbled as she began to wake up.
"I'm here sis." He replied as he knelt down near her and picked up a hand to hold.
"Whats going on, here? " Leo said as he came from the kitchen. He had just orbed in from a charge.
Brenda opened her eye's fully and slowly sat up, rubbing her temple. She looked around at the three women and one man who had since joined them.
"Brenda and Brandon paid us a visit." Piper explained to him.
"You...you were the man that dragged that woman into the stairwell, if you've hurt her, i'll...i'll" Brenda threatened standing up and glaring at Leo.
"It's ok Brenda, that was me. He was trying to talk some sense into me is all. Leo wouldn't hurt anyone."
"Ok...if you say so...Phoebe was it? I guess your wondering why we are here..."
"...It's ok Brandon explained it to us." Phoebe countered.
"Oh...I'm sorry Prue. You just freaked me out. I mean i look at you and ...well...wow."
"I know, we must be identical, and you, Brandon must be fraternal." Prue explained.
"Yea...right...What i don't get..." Brenda said sitting back down "..is why my mom gave you away, i mean why keep me and Brandon and not you?"
Prue looked at Piper, then phoebe and breathed in deep.
"No..it's a mystery alright."She replied.
"Would you like a drink? Tea maybe?" Piper asked.
"No, thank-you, we have to get back. I got my friend watching the boys, and she has to be somewhere in an hour, but thanks." Brenda replied.
"Ok.Maybe you could come by again, say tomorow, and bring your boys. I'd really love to meet them." Prue asked.
Brenda looked at Prue and thought for a moment. Was she really ready to introduce her son's to these people. She wasn't...not quite yet, but how would she tell them this. She decided to be honest.
"I'm sorry, i'm just not ready for that yet. This is all still so very strange to me.I'm not sure i want my boys involved just yet. Maybe when we've gotten to know a bit more about each other, i'll bring them to meet you all then."
Silence elapsed around the room, until Brandon cleared his throat.
"Maybe we should go Bren', It's getting late."
Brenda and Brandon stood up and the six of them walked to the lobby. Once at the front door, Brandon held his hand out and the sisters and Leo shook it. Then Brenda copied. As Phoebe shook her hand though she had a vision.
A young man was driving in a car, He was sleepy, but he was driving with a purpose.Suddenly a deer ran out in front of him, and he swerved the car, hitting a tree. The car burst into flames and the man was burned alive. Next she saw Brenda holding a phone to her ear, suddenly she clutched her stomache, she must have been pregnant and screamed. Falling to the floor. The vision ended, and Phoebe opened her eye's only to look into Brenda's scared ones.
Phoebe let go of Brendas hand and stumbled backwards, Prue caught her and Brenda tried to help.
"Piper. Help!" Prue shouted.
Piper helped Prue stand Phoebe up and walked her over to the sofa they had just recently vacated. Brenda just stood there holding onto Brandon, a worried look on her face. Piper turned to her.
"She's um...been working too hard...Not eating right..." She turned to look at Phoebe winking.."..I told you, you should eat something Phoebe."
"Sorry Piper, sorry Brenda...i um... what can i say, i'm a workaholic, ha"
Brenda relaxed and let go of Brandon.
"Well i guess we'll go...um...take care of yourself Phoebe, and go eat ok."
"Ok." Phoebe said smiling, as Leo showed the twins to the door.
Once he had returned Prue turned toPhoebe.
"Ok, spill, what did you see?"
"I think i just saw her husband's death.It was so sad, Prue.He was burned alive."
"Oh my god. How?"Piper asked.
"Well from what i saw he swerved to miss a deer, hit a tree and the car blew up. He was killed instantly." Phoebe said, sitting forward and putting her head in her hands.
"Oh god, that's awful, Was that all you saw?"
"No ." Phoebe said quietly. "I saw her when she found out. She was pregnant.He never saw his children." A tear fell down her cheek and Prue put her arm around her shoulders.
"Thats awful." She said quietly.
There was a pregnant pause until Phoebe spoke up.
"So what are we going to tell her, about us i mean.Do you think she has a power and Brandon too?"
"I don't know, but if they are our blood they will have to know. We have to tell them. And find out if they have had anything strange happen to them." Prue said.
"What do you suppose their powers will be?"Piper said.
"Don't know. Are we going to introduce them to mom?" Prue replied.
"We have to tell them about her first. They think their mom gave Prue up remember."Phoebe reminded them.
"I wouldn't want to be them in the near future. I mean its one thing to find out you have three sisters you never knew about. But to find out they and you are witches and have magical powers...Well... I just wouldn't want to be them that's all." Leo said.
"Well you're a ray of sunshine now aren't you?" Piper said at Leo, he just smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
"We have to think this out seriously, we can't just rush in and yell it out to them. We have to come up with a plan." Leo said.
"Yea but its late, we'll think better after a good nights sleep. Good night you three." Prue said heading to the stairs, but Piper stopped her.
"You ok ,sis?"
"I'm not sure yet Piper, I'm not sure." She said as she walked up the stairs to her room.
Prue didn't sleep a wink that night. After everything that had happened the day before. Her mind was whirling and she just couldn't shut it off. She looked at her clock , it read 3:47. She was thankful she was on a day off today, she wouldn't have been able to concentrate anyway. A knock sounded and Phoebe poked her head around the door.
"Prue? You asleep?"
"Yes." Prue replied.
Snorting Phoebe entered the room and lay at Prue's left side, placing her arm around her waist. Prue rubbed Phoebes arm in silent thanks.
"I couldn't sleep either, just kept thinking about yesterday. That was definitely unexpected of them to show up like that."
"I know... I've been thinking about more pressing matters though, like how to tell them we are witches. They are my brother and sister so that's got to mean they have powers right?" Prue said turning to look at Phoebe.
"It might not. I mean we didn't get our powers back from when Grams bound them until after her death. They were separated from you at birth therefore no power of three until Piper and I were born. It could have skipped them by separation."
Prue looked at Phoebe, gone was the rebel without a cause, and in her place one of the smartest witches aside from Piper that she had ever met.
"Did I ever tell you how smart you are Pheeb's."
"No but you could always start now." Phoebe joked.
Laughing Prue moved her head so she was touching Phoebes and she closed her eyes. She was soon asleep.