Outtakes Part 4:
1x01 Part 3: The morning after
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"Come on, we'll face him together. Do you remember the spirit board?"
Prue asked, looking at them.
"The inscription on the back."
Piper added to Prue's thoughts.
"The power of three will set us free."
Prue agreed and suddenly a circle of fire surrounded them. All three sisters look banned around, speechless at what happened. Prue ignored her fears and grabbed for her sisters' hands.
"Come on, we gotta say it together."
She told them, as always taking the leader role.
"The power of three will set us free."
With Jeremy pointing at the fire, it changed into a wild wind, almost hurricane alike, but Prue just squeezed her sisters' hands signalizing them to go on.
"I am not the only one! I am one of millions! In places you can't even imagine! In forms you would never believe!"
Jeremy started squirming around after the first few times they had repeated the spell over again.
"We are hell on earth!"
he yelled before exploding.
"The power of three."
Prue whispered lowly. She then turned around and looked at her sisters. And automatically they pulled each other into a big group hug
"I never ever am gonna see men again"
Piper told them
"that's ridiculous, Piper..."
"Is it? You heard him... there are more..."
"We can't freak now"
Prue told them.
"Let's... clean this mess and go to bed..."
"Cleaning yes... sleeping... I don't think so..."
Piper answered.
"Sleeping yes... tidying no."
Phoebe answered as well. Prue smiled
"yeah right... didn't sleep already last night... go to bed... I'll handle this..."
"You sure?"
"Yeah..."
"I'll help her... don't worry Pheebs"
"alright, if you guys insist"
Phoebe said smirking
"night!"
she told them and left the attic
"you should go, too..."
"I don't think I'm able to sleep..."
Prue smiled at her sister. She knew how her sister felt. This was scary. Friend or foe? Everything was even more uncertain now.
"What about you? Not tired?"
"I have some thinking to do... I mean... I tried to handle all day... what Phoebe insisted in... That we're..."
"Witches?"
"Yeah... that... but... I think... there's something which... comes more to me..."
"Really? What is that?"
"Well... beside me being a witch... I also don't have a job anymore and... I... saw Andy today..."
"wait a second... when did all of that happen?"
Prue smiled.
"Well... I fired around noon... then I wanted to go home, but... I was called to the hospital to pick Phoebe... where I met Andy... and... After that she... drove me crazy... and I really saw my powers for the first time... and then... we practically came here... what about that job of yours? Did you get it?"
"Yes... but... hold it... Phoebe in hospital? Andy in San Francisco?"
Prue smiled again as they sat down on an old couch
"yeah, well Phoebe had some sort of accident... nothing wicked. And... Apparently Andy is already back in San Francisco for half a year. I stood at the entrance, talking to the nurse and then there suddenly he was... his voice... saying inspector Andrew Trudeau..."
"Inspector... nice..."
Piper said grinning, looking at her sister
"what?"
"Your eyes... you're in love..."
"Piper!"
"What... you act like I never saw you this way..."
Prue smiled
"I... fell for him the second I looked into his eyes... he looked so... good... and he's..."
"Married..."
"No! That's the best, Piper... he had a divorce…"
"Lucky you"
"we almost kissed... but... then I was called to meet phoebe... and... I suddenly couldn't anymore. Otherwise... he reacted the same..."
"Why didn't you just do it? I mean… if you say you almost kissed, he must have approached you as well… wanted it as well..."
"I don't know... it... maybe... wasn't meant to be..."
"Why not?"
"What should be different this time?"
"Nothing... why should there be something different? You two were happy until..."
"We changed..."
"What can you loose?"
"What can you loose with dating men?"
"My life!"
Prue laughed
"it's... almost 10 years... and... I... the last time we saw... I treated him so..."
"Like you said: it's almost 10 years ago..."
"I don't know if I'm ready for a new relationship..."
"Well... then don't go for that right away... be loose... kiss... go to movies... don't make it serious... test it out... you'll see if it works out or not..."
Prue looked down, playing with her hands
"Prue... you said..."
"I know... but... Piper... it's like... nothing happened since we were 18... But I'm now 27... It scares me. It should feel different..."
"Well... you never were in real love with someone after Andy left..."
"What about our... new secret?"
"See where it goes with Andy... and if it goes serious... tell him..."
"What if it is like déjà vu..."
"It won't be..."
"Since when are you so positive?"
"Since when are you so negative?"
Prue smiled
"I'm going to bed... let you think some more..."
Piper pecked her sister's cheek
"night"
Prue told her. Prue then looked down at her hands and sighted. There were so many contras and so little pro. But this one single pro was meaning so much to her.
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Young Prue is sitting on her mother's lap. Patty caresses her daughter's head gently.
"Prue, I want you to remember one thing. No matter what happens, always do what your heart tells you. Always do what you want to do. Don't do anything for others. It just gets you hurt"
Patty told her gently. It was the time Patty was pregnant with Paige.
"What do you mean, mommy?"
Prue asked looking at her mom. Patty smiled a little.
"You'll understand one day, but just keep in mind: whatever happens, never give up on your dreams. Never loose them. Try everything to realize them, and always follow your heart. You promise me that?"
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"So... go for it?"
Prue asked sighting, looking up at heavens
"I wished you were here..."
she whispered and looked back down. She then got up and put some more things on place, then went over to the Book of shadows. She let her hand trail over the leather cover. She started flipping through the book for several minutes. She hoped she'd find something, some advice, anything... form her grandmother and, or mom. Something about how to handle this mess she was standing before. But there was nothing.
"I wonder how long family members have added stuff to that..."
she whispered and then went downstairs. In the kitchen she grabbed some water from the fridge. She glanced at the clock. 4 am. she had spend almost three hours alone upstairs in the attic, tidying and watching the book. Prue sighted. What use was there in getting to bed now? She made herself something to eat and went to the living. She pulled a blanket around her while she slowly was getting spoon by spoon out of the cup of ready soup she made herself. She starred into nothing as her thoughts kept on turning about the very same topic. Andy. Some when around 6 she must have fallen asleep. She woke up around 7 again. She opened her eyes. She felt miserable. The good side? She didn't have to go into work. She dragged herself up, got upstairs, showered and changed. Then went back downstairs, turned on the coffee machine and finally made her way to the front door to get the newspaper.
"Good morning!"
Prue got a slight fright and shrugged together.
'Everything's okay...'
she assured herself. She looked up and into Andy's green eyes. A smile crept to her face
"Hey. This is a surprise..."
she told him
"I've been feeling really guilty about that bad cup of coffee yesterday. I just want to make it up to you."
He told her and took his sun glasses off. how often did he go through what to say this morning already till he had decided it was the best, easiest way to ask her out
"Sooo... you brought me a good cup of coffee?"
she asked, as she saw the cup of coffee in his hand
"this? No, this is mine!"
he told her and put one of his charming smiles on
'god... that smile'
Prue thought
"I, uh, just wanted to ask you out to dinner. Unless of course you're afraid..."
he continued
"afraid of what?"
Prue asked, shaking on the inside, from exactly that, being afraid.
"Oh... you know... having too good time... stirring up old memories... rekindling and old flame..."
Prue looked at the surroundings, nowhere but his eyes
'he thought about the same I did. Was he up all night as well?'
she asked herself and looked back at him and his expecting face
"umm, good point..."
'don't say it... please... please say yes... this needed me so much strength... please don't say no now'
"better not..."
"Okay."
'Alright Andy... think... fast... c'mon... don't let her go again'
"Friday night, eight o'clock?"
'She was serious...'
he told himself, seeing how she didn't react on his invitation
"You're hesitating..."
he said sighting
"Yeah. But... it's not what you think."
Prue took a big breath
"It's just that my life has gotten a bit complicated..."
Prue told him but wasn't able to 'break it up' completely again
"can... Can I call you?"
Andy looked up.
'This is good... don't sound too disappointed now...'
Andy told himself. He got one of the cards, he naturally had as an inspector, out of the pocket of his shirt and handed it to her
"Take care, Prue."
"Bye, Andy."
Prue told him and watched him go back to his car. Prue bit her lip
'go after him...'
something screamed in her head, but she couldn't move. Then she already heard sounds from her sisters. Prue turned around and saw piper and phoebe coming down the stairs, Phoebe holding kit.
"It was Andy... I told you I heard voices."
Phoebe told piper
"What did he want?"
Piper asked noisy, especially after they talk, they had last night
"He asked me out."
Prue told them, after turning around
"And you said...?"
Piper asked her, hoping her sister had taken her advice. She wanted her big brother back.
"I started to say yes and then I stopped. I wondered if I could date. I mean, do witches date?"
Prue asked, again wishing her mother and grandmother would be there to help them out
"Not only do they date but they usually get the best guys."
Piper and Phoebe laugh
"You two will not be laughing when this happens to you. Believe me; everything will be different now..."
"Well, at least our lives won't be boring..."
'Typical Phoebe'
both, piper and Prue thought. They exchanged a quick glance and both smirked slightly, knowing they thought the same
"But they'll never be the same..."
Prue threw in, going back to the topic
"And this is a bad thing?"
Phoebe asked
"No. But it could be a big problem."
Prue answered as she turned, to go back inside, her sisters following
"Prue's right... What are we gonna do?"
piper asked, back to her panicking
"What can't we do?"
Phoebe asked back, all positive
"We are gonna be careful, we're gonna be wise and we're gonna stick together."
Prue answered, as always the voice of rationality
"This should be interesting."
prue commented before using her powers and comanding the door to close behind the sisters.