Andy Trudeau got out his car keys from they key chain by his front door, and started to drive over towards Halliwell manor. He knew the location of the house like he knew the back of his hand. He left his house, and got into his car. Starting up the ignition, he backed up and headed towards his destination. He couldn't wait to be with Prue once again. He wanted to look into colleges with her; she seemed enthusiastic at one point, and then the next, she was distant.

Soon he was at the at the manor, and he turned off the ignition. He felt a little strange; it was different when it was just Prue, her sisters, and their grandmother. Now that their Dad was living there and Grams was gone, there was definitely going to be some stricter boundaries. He walked up to the front door, and rang the doorbell. The door opened up, and Prue appeared with a huge grin on her face. "Hey Andy," she murmured. He walked in through the doorway, and gave her a small grin. He put his hands on her waist, and brought her closer to him.

"Something is bugging you," he observed, "what's up?" Prue shook her head; she had no intention of telling her boyfriend that she was a witch.

"I'm ok," she whispered, leaning into his embrace. "What makes you think something is going on?" she asked.

"You just seem a little..." Andy wasn't sure how to say it, "out of it," she didn't say anything. Before she could try to and set Andy's mind at ease, Victor walked down the stairs. Andy immediately stiffened up. She didn't know why he was so nervous; he was never this scared around Grams.

He tried to pull away, but Prue leaned into him. He was effectively restrained in an embrace, and Prue could feel his palms starting to sweat. "Hello Mr. Bennett," Andy said politely.

"How are you doing Andy?" Victor asked in response.

"Good sir," he said in the same as before. Victor frowned lightly; Andy was just as polite as ever, which wasn't a bad thing. It was the way that he looked at him; it was like even Andy, the kid that trusted everyone wasn't the same. From the way Andy was postured towards his eldest daughter; it was like he was protecting her from him.

"You don't have to be so formal Andy," Victor said in response. The younger man just nodded his head, and he turned towards Prue. "Prue," he said to her, "Phoebe is staying home today," before Prue could respond Victor said, "don't worry, I'll stay home with her today," he said to her.

"Ok...." Prue whispered, pulling away from Andy, "I'll get the number so you can call Phoebe in sick," As she left the room, the only thing that could be heard was the clicking of her heels. Andy was glad when he saw Piper coming down the stairs.

Piper's face immediately lit up seeing Andy. Victor didn't want to seem surprised, but he couldn't help it. "Hey Andy," Piper said, wrapping her arms around him. Piper instantly regretted doing that in front of her father; it was just that she viewed Andy as a father figure since they were little. Andy reciprocated the hug.

"You ready for school?"Andy asked, pulling away lightly. She nodded her head, and pushed her glasses back to the rim of her nose. Piper smiled, and grabbed her backpack, "Go ahead and put your stuff in the car," Andy said to her. She nodded her head and turned around to her father.

"Bye Dad," she said wrapping her arms around him. He pressed his lips to her forehead, and pulled away lightly.

"Have fun at school," he murmured with a smile. She just nodded her head, and headed towards Andy's car. Victor wondered what he said wrong. Prue came back into the room, and looked at the silent duo.

"You two having fun?" Prue questioned pushing back her long dark hair off her shoulder. She handed Victor the number, and looked in between the men. "Well..." she said sensing the tension, "we'd better get to school," she grabbed her boyfriend's hand, and gently started to tug him towards the door. "Bye Dad...make sure Phoebe gets some rest," she called over her shoulder.

The door closed lightly behind Prue and Andy. She looked over towards her boyfriend and saw conflicting emotions playing in his eyes. "Is something wrong Andy?" she asked, leaning her head on his shoulder.

"Nah," he murmured, wrapping his arm around her shoulders. "Just a little worried about you I guess," Andy admitted. Prue smiled lightly, and nuzzled her head into his neck. He tightened his arm around her, and peppered kisses on the top of her head. Andy opened up the passenger door and Prue got in the car. No matter what happens, he thought to himself, he would always be there for Prue and her sisters. He shook his head, and started up the car. Keeping one hand on top of his girlfriend's, he headed towards the high school.

"Thanks for the ride," Piper murmured softly, getting out of the car. Andy looked at Piper's retreating form, and then turned back to his girlfriend.

"Are people still bothering Piper?" Andy questioned. Prue shrugged her shoulders with a sigh, and looked out towards her sister.

"She thinks that no one at school likes her here but us," Prue said, pulling her backpack out of the backseat. Andy frowned, wishing there was a way to get someone to talk to Piper.

A few hours into school, Piper was in her advanced trigonometry class. "Hey...do you have an extra pencil?" Piper turned around and saw a senior with longish brown hair, and beautiful smile. He had been talking to her a little bit now and again. She got shy whenever he talked to her.

"Um...yeah," Piper said shyly. She dug through her backpack, and felt a hand go onto her shoulder. She knew only two things about him, his name was Dan Gordon, and he was a baseball player. "Here you go,"

"Your name is Piper right?" he asked. She nodded her head, and suddenly she thought something. How could she have been so stupid? The other baseball players must have put him up to this. He noticed her change, and questioned, "what's wrong?"

"I know they just put you up to talking to me," Piper said as the bell rang. Dan placed a hand on her shoulder lightly restraining her.

"What do you mean they?" he asked.

Normally she wouldn't believe anything a jock would have to say, but she felt like he was telling her the truth. "Why would anyone like you talk to me-," she started to murmur.

"Piper, wait," Dan said, "just come hang out with me today," he breathed, "not all of us are horrible," he promised. Piper waited for a moment, and saw his hopeful eyes light up. She nodded her head reluctantly, and gave her a huge grin. "You'll have fun," he whispered.

She stayed quiet as they headed towards the cafeteria. He got the impression that she was still uncomfortable. "I'm sorry," Piper apologized after a moment, "I'm just not used to anyone talking to me," she said. She internally groaned, nice one Piper.

"That's ok," Dan whispered. "If you get too uncomfortable, we can just go somewhere else," she smiled lightly. Maybe she could let someone in for once....

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