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"Open" the therapist said, whilst holding up one hand and opening it. Piper looked at him, head tilted to the side in confusion.
"Yes" She said, not understanding what the therapist wanted her to do.
"Open" The therapist repeated, this time opening Pipers hand. "Close" She said, now closing Pipers hand. "Open" the therapist, said again, this time not holding onto Pipers hand. Piper responded by very slowly opening her hand. "Yes, that's it" The therapist encouraged. "Close" he said, Piper responding by closing her hand, a big smile on her face. "Way to go Piper!" The therapist exclaimed. Pipers smile grew into a grin as she flung her arms around the therapist in a big hug.
"Hey Justin, how's Piper doing" Prue said, as she entered the room, followed by a smiling Phoebe, carrying a tray of food.
"Leo!" Piper responded happily before Justin could get a word in. Both Prue and Phoebe exchanged knowing glances.
"She's doing really well today actually, she did some writing today as well as some reading" He said, carefully trying to remove himself from one of Pipers bear hugs "It's the best session I have ever had with her".
"That's great!" Phoebe exclaimed, "Do you think that I could give her a letter I wrote to her just before she became sick" Phoebe asked hopefully, setting the food tray down next to the bed.
"Yeah, I guess so, she may not understand it but I'm sure she'd love to have a read. But not right now, she is sick of reading for the moment" He said warmly, knowing that both Prue and Phoebe had a way of getting through to Piper.
"Phoebe likes to sometimes write spells, but mistakes she makes" Piper said out of the blue, stunning both Prue and Phoebe.
"I don't think she meant that" Phoebe said quickly, trying to cover up what Piper just said
"She probably trying to say that sometimes Phoebe makes spelling mistakes!" Prue said quickly, resulting in a hard smack from Phoebe.
"Yeah" Justin said, confused at the reaction "well I must be going now, bye Piper" he said dismissing what had just happened.
"Wendigo" Piper said gravely as he left, moving to follow him out.
"Where do you think youre going?" Prue said, quickly grabbing Piper before she could reach the door
"Home" Piper said, trying to pull away from Prue.
"No honey, you have to stay here," Phoebe said, coming up and stroking her sister's hair
"Home" Piper repeated her eyes beginning to fill with tears.
"Shh honey, I'm sorry you can't come home, I wish you could to." Prue said, hugging Piper, tightly, tears also beginning to form in her eyes. The last few months had been a very trying time for all of them, and all that Prue and Phoebe wanted was for their sister to be home and happy again. Christmas was also coming up, and Piper had mentioned this on several occasions, and they wanted her to be home to celebrate her favorite holiday.
"So, time for lunch" Phoebe said brightly once Piper had stopped crying. Taking her sisters hand she led her to the small table in the corner of the room.
"Here you go! One hospital lunch! Enjoy" Phoebe, said, placing the tray in front of Piper once the three sisters were comfortably seated.
"Yours" Piper said, pushing it back to Phoebe
"No Piper its not mine" Phoebe said, pushing the plate back to her sister
"Yours" Piper said, this time pushing it to Prue
"No, its yours Piper" Prue said with a smile, pushing it firmly back to her sister, who this time relented, taking the spoon and dipping it in the soup.
"Eat?" Piper asked holding the spoon towards her sisters
"No thanks" Prue and Phoebe said in unison, neither of them too keen on hospital food.
"Uniform yours" Piper said in her normal ambiguous way.
"Piper, you remember Dan… your boyfriend" Prue said once Piper had finish eating
"Absolutely not" Piper responded
"That's him there," Phoebe said, putting the photo of Dan in front of Piper for her inspection.
"Ah! Silly hairy man" Piper said proudly, a big smile on her face
"Yes silly hairy man!" Phoebe said with a laugh "well he is coming to visit." Pipers smile turned into a frown.
"Here?" she asked worriedly.
"Yes here honey, he really wants to visit you again" Prue said, obviously amused with Pipers reaction. At this Piper stood up again and headed to the door.
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"Hey Piper" Phoebe greeted her older sister happily. Sitting up and rubbing her tired eyes, Piper tried to focus on the person greeting her. It was only early in the morning and Phoebe waited till she was sure that her sister was fully awake and focused on her before she began her announcement. Once she was sure her sister was listening she continued. "Dan's here" She said holding up the photo again.
"Dan's here" Piper echoed thoughtfully, examining the picture carefully, her eyes screwing up as she held the photo close to her face.
"Remember yesterday i told you he was coming to visit?" Phoebe reminded her older sister gently.
Piper frowned, obviously trying to remember. After a while she responded. "Yes" She said happily, but her smile quickly turned back into a frown. "No want see," she said loudly, folding her arms over her chest in a sign of defiance.
"Shh, he's just outside, you dont wan' him to get mad" Phoebe warned, hoping to prevent world war 3.
"She doesn't want to see him," Piper said cryptically.
"Okayyyyy. Well what if you see him and are polite to him and afterwards we will take you for a walk around the hospital, and maybe we can have ice cream. Does that sound OK to you?"
Piper was silent for a moment as she slowly processed and considered Phoebes proposal. "Yus... Ice cream.... Yus" She said, a big smile on her face
"Okay i will just get him" Phoebe said, letting out a small sigh of relief, not knowing what she would have done if Piper had refused.
Striding out into the corridor Phoebe spied damn sitting
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a table of magazines and frowning intensely at a copy in one hand, holding a coke can in the other. "Um Dan?" Phoebe said, heading toward the hunched figure.
"Oh god - Phoebe" Dan said, standing up hurriedly and tossing the magazine back onto the table. "Is she umm... i mean is Piper ready to umm...?"
"Yeah, she's ready" Phoebe replied leading Dan into Pipers hospital room.
"Now what did I tell you a little earlier?" Phoebe said to Dan once they reached the door
"Don't ask her too many questions at once, for she will get confused, and she will take a while to process each question " Dan said rolling his eyes.
"Ok after you" she said, stepping back to allow Dan to enter.
"Here" Dan said, shoving the empty coke can he was holding into Phoebe's hand. Phoebe sighed and followed him in, taking a seat at the table in the corner of the room.
"Hey…. Piper…. Um, how… How're you feeling?" Dan asked in a strained voice, taking a seat next to Piper's bed and gripping the chair tightly. There was no response from Piper and she burrowed down until only her eyes were visible above the hospital blankets and glowered sulkily at Dan. Phoebe attempted a strained cough, but was unable to break the tension that was building in the room. The coke can she was holding buckled slightly as she gripped it tightly, wishing that it were Dan she could sit on it and squash it.
Piper looks at Dan, but does not respond.
"How are you today" Dan repeated, a little louder.
Piper still doesn't respond.
"Piper can you hear me?" Dan asked, his voice rising and his frustration showing clearly. Phoebe's grip tightened even further, crushing the can.
"Where's my angel?" Piper said after this awkward pause, scanning the room frantically. Both Phoebe and Dan's mouth dropped open.
"Who's your angel… Is it Leo?" Dan yelled, his face beginning to redden.
"Umm, maybe you should go now!" Phoebe said quickly, grabbing Dan by the shoulders and practically shoving him out the door.
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"Open" the therapist said, whilst holding up one hand and opening it. Piper looked at him, head tilted to the side in confusion.
"Yes" She said, not understanding what the therapist wanted her to do.
"Open" The therapist repeated, this time opening Pipers hand. "Close" She said, now closing Pipers hand. "Open" the therapist, said again, this time not holding onto Pipers hand. Piper responded by very slowly opening her hand. "Yes, that's it" The therapist encouraged. "Close" he said, Piper responding by closing her hand, a big smile on her face. "Way to go Piper!" The therapist exclaimed. Pipers smile grew into a grin as she flung her arms around the therapist in a big hug.
"Hey Justin, how's Piper doing" Prue said, as she entered the room, followed by a smiling Phoebe, carrying a tray of food.
"Leo!" Piper responded happily before Justin could get a word in. Both Prue and Phoebe exchanged knowing glances.
"She's doing really well today actually, she did some writing today as well as some reading" He said, carefully trying to remove himself from one of Pipers bear hugs "It's the best session I have ever had with her".
"That's great!" Phoebe exclaimed, "Do you think that I could give her a letter I wrote to her just before she became sick" Phoebe asked hopefully, setting the food tray down next to the bed.
"Yeah, I guess so, she may not understand it but I'm sure she'd love to have a read. But not right now, she is sick of reading for the moment" He said warmly, knowing that both Prue and Phoebe had a way of getting through to Piper.
"Phoebe likes to sometimes write spells, but mistakes she makes" Piper said out of the blue, stunning both Prue and Phoebe.
"I don't think she meant that" Phoebe said quickly, trying to cover up what Piper just said
"She probably trying to say that sometimes Phoebe makes spelling mistakes!" Prue said quickly, resulting in a hard smack from Phoebe.
"Yeah" Justin said, confused at the reaction "well I must be going now, bye Piper" he said dismissing what had just happened.
"Wendigo" Piper said gravely as he left, moving to follow him out.
"Where do you think youre going?" Prue said, quickly grabbing Piper before she could reach the door
"Home" Piper said, trying to pull away from Prue.
"No honey, you have to stay here," Phoebe said, coming up and stroking her sister's hair
"Home" Piper repeated her eyes beginning to fill with tears.
"Shh honey, I'm sorry you can't come home, I wish you could to." Prue said, hugging Piper, tightly, tears also beginning to form in her eyes. The last few months had been a very trying time for all of them, and all that Prue and Phoebe wanted was for their sister to be home and happy again. Christmas was also coming up, and Piper had mentioned this on several occasions, and they wanted her to be home to celebrate her favorite holiday.
"So, time for lunch" Phoebe said brightly once Piper had stopped crying. Taking her sisters hand she led her to the small table in the corner of the room.
"Here you go! One hospital lunch! Enjoy" Phoebe, said, placing the tray in front of Piper once the three sisters were comfortably seated.
"Yours" Piper said, pushing it back to Phoebe
"No Piper its not mine" Phoebe said, pushing the plate back to her sister
"Yours" Piper said, this time pushing it to Prue
"No, its yours Piper" Prue said with a smile, pushing it firmly back to her sister, who this time relented, taking the spoon and dipping it in the soup.
"Eat?" Piper asked holding the spoon towards her sisters
"No thanks" Prue and Phoebe said in unison, neither of them too keen on hospital food.
"Uniform yours" Piper said in her normal ambiguous way.
"Piper, you remember Dan… your boyfriend" Prue said once Piper had finish eating
"Absolutely not" Piper responded
"That's him there," Phoebe said, putting the photo of Dan in front of Piper for her inspection.
"Ah! Silly hairy man" Piper said proudly, a big smile on her face
"Yes silly hairy man!" Phoebe said with a laugh "well he is coming to visit." Pipers smile turned into a frown.
"Here?" she asked worriedly.
"Yes here honey, he really wants to visit you again" Prue said, obviously amused with Pipers reaction. At this Piper stood up again and headed to the door.
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"Hey Piper" Phoebe greeted her older sister happily. Sitting up and rubbing her tired eyes, Piper tried to focus on the person greeting her. It was only early in the morning and Phoebe waited till she was sure that her sister was fully awake and focused on her before she began her announcement. Once she was sure her sister was listening she continued. "Dan's here" She said holding up the photo again.
"Dan's here" Piper echoed thoughtfully, examining the picture carefully, her eyes screwing up as she held the photo close to her face.
"Remember yesterday i told you he was coming to visit?" Phoebe reminded her older sister gently.
Piper frowned, obviously trying to remember. After a while she responded. "Yes" She said happily, but her smile quickly turned back into a frown. "No want see," she said loudly, folding her arms over her chest in a sign of defiance.
"Shh, he's just outside, you dont wan' him to get mad" Phoebe warned, hoping to prevent world war 3.
"She doesn't want to see him," Piper said cryptically.
"Okayyyyy. Well what if you see him and are polite to him and afterwards we will take you for a walk around the hospital, and maybe we can have ice cream. Does that sound OK to you?"
Piper was silent for a moment as she slowly processed and considered Phoebes proposal. "Yus... Ice cream.... Yus" She said, a big smile on her face
"Okay i will just get him" Phoebe said, letting out a small sigh of relief, not knowing what she would have done if Piper had refused.
Striding out into the corridor Phoebe spied damn sitting
by
a table of magazines and frowning intensely at a copy in one hand, holding a coke can in the other. "Um Dan?" Phoebe said, heading toward the hunched figure.
"Oh god - Phoebe" Dan said, standing up hurriedly and tossing the magazine back onto the table. "Is she umm... i mean is Piper ready to umm...?"
"Yeah, she's ready" Phoebe replied leading Dan into Pipers hospital room.
"Now what did I tell you a little earlier?" Phoebe said to Dan once they reached the door
"Don't ask her too many questions at once, for she will get confused, and she will take a while to process each question " Dan said rolling his eyes.
"Ok after you" she said, stepping back to allow Dan to enter.
"Here" Dan said, shoving the empty coke can he was holding into Phoebe's hand. Phoebe sighed and followed him in, taking a seat at the table in the corner of the room.
"Hey…. Piper…. Um, how… How're you feeling?" Dan asked in a strained voice, taking a seat next to Piper's bed and gripping the chair tightly. There was no response from Piper and she burrowed down until only her eyes were visible above the hospital blankets and glowered sulkily at Dan. Phoebe attempted a strained cough, but was unable to break the tension that was building in the room. The coke can she was holding buckled slightly as she gripped it tightly, wishing that it were Dan she could sit on it and squash it.
Piper looks at Dan, but does not respond.
"How are you today" Dan repeated, a little louder.
Piper still doesn't respond.
"Piper can you hear me?" Dan asked, his voice rising and his frustration showing clearly. Phoebe's grip tightened even further, crushing the can.
"Where's my angel?" Piper said after this awkward pause, scanning the room frantically. Both Phoebe and Dan's mouth dropped open.
"Who's your angel… Is it Leo?" Dan yelled, his face beginning to redden.
"Umm, maybe you should go now!" Phoebe said quickly, grabbing Dan by the shoulders and practically shoving him out the door.
To Be Continued! Please leave feedback