The World Beyond
A woman is walking fast on the street. It's late, much later than usual for her. Her boss insisted the job was too important to wait. Now, alone on the street, she curses him. No important job is worth the feeling of helplessness she has right now.
For the umpteenth time, she looks behind her, but she sees nothing. The street is practically deserted as her part of the town is one that quiets down early. She wishes she lived in a busier place right now, even though she chose this neighborhood for its quiet.
Now that she can see her apartment building, less than five minutes away, she begins to relax. She promises herself " No more of those late walks, they are going to be the end of my fragile nerves"
She almost feels like laughing now, mocking herself for being such a chicken.
Just as she is thinking this, a noise attracts her attention. It's like a sudden breeze, but she doesn't feel the wind on her skin. Then she hears someone walking behind her but when she nervously turns her head toward the noise, she still can't see anyone there. She presses on, the fear returning.
She's almost at the door when a man or at least that's as close a description as she can give, appears right before her. He stares at her with hypnotic yellow eyes. She tries to scream, but she feels like her whole body is paralyzed. No sound comes from her open mouth. She is just standing there unable to escape and the terror she feels inside threatens her mental state.
As the man continues staring intensely at her, she suddenly feels herself floating and leaving her body and falling in a dizzying endless spiral…
At P3 that night, the girls are on their own.
They just look at the crowd and chat with each other in turn. They have had a grueling week and now it's their free night. Or at least they hope the quiet is going to hold on just a little longer.
Piper notices the barmaid signaling her and excuses herself.
Prue:
-Now that is nice to be just us girls together, isn't it?
Phoebe:
-Don't be ridiculous, I can't wait till Cole gets here…
Prue:
-I thought he wasn't coming tonight.
Phoebe answers with an exasperated sigh:
-Prue I know you still do not like him very much, but please would you respect that he is with me now?
I barely saw him this week and I can't wait for him to arrive.
She looks expectantly toward the door while talking to her sister.
Prue:
-I'm sorry if it came out the wrong way. I was just appreciating that we didn't need men to have some fun.
She can't help but let a hint of irritation creep in her voice when she continues:
-Obviously that is not your opinion…
Phoebe, alerted by her sister's intonation, turns to look at her:
-Come on Prue, we spend most of our free time together…
She then senses that something else might be on her sister's mind:
-Somehow I have the feeling that this new "girl on their own" attitude might have another motive altogether…
Prue replies on the defensive:
-What do you insinuate?
Phoebe hesitates to answer that one. She knows she shouldn't have brought up the subject but as usual her mouth had a mind of its own.
Prue:
-Come out with it!
Phoebe sighs heavily but answers at last:
- It wouldn't have to do with a certain Scottish guy now?
Prue quickly dismisses it:
-You can't be serious. He might have disappeared from the face of this earth for all I care…
Phoebe:
-Is that why you are checking the messages 10 times a day since he left.
Run for the phone when it rings. Jump every time someone is at the door…
Prue:
-Ok stop that!
Phoebe continues:
-Prue you are in such denial. Any one with eyes can see that you're pining for the guy.
Prue:
-First of all, I'm not desperate for a man. Second of all you know perfectly well that Paul is really not the kind of man I want in my life.
Phoebe gives her a dubious look then continues:
-It's been my experience that what you want in your head and what your heart decides are two very different things.
Prue cuts her off:
-Phoebe you can't give me lessons about love. Your choices have not been very well advised. Particularly the last one.
Phoebe just glares at her now and ads angrily:
-At least, I don't deny myself happiness anymore…
The two sisters stare at each other in silence after this.
Piper returning interrupts the staring match:
-What? I'm only gone for a few minutes and when I come back you're both ready to jump at each other's throat?
Phoebe answers that one:
-Don't worry, we just have a very different opinion on what is fun…
Piper sensing that it's a touchy subject decides not to mix up in that.
She is just sitting down when she notices Cole entering the club. She signals Phoebe, who starts smiling happily at the sight of her boyfriend, forgetting altogether about the argument with Prue.
Prue shrugs at her sister's attitude and is about to turn back toward Piper when something catches her attention.
She is now staring in Cole direction, and as he approaches them, he notices her expression:
-Hello girls, he says Hey Prue do I have something out of place?
But Prue doesn't answer him and he finally realizes she is looking behind him. He turns around and finds himself face to face with Paul Mckail.
This one, apparently relaxed and not in the least affected by Prue stare, extends his hand in greeting toward Cole who takes it a bit reluctantly.
-Aye says Paul. How are you all tonight?
Prue can't stand this anymore and she comes between the two men fixing Paul with fiery eyes:
-What are you doing here? I thought I told you I didn't want to see you again.
This does not phase Paul as he replies:
-And I thought I told you I'd come back…
They just look at each other and Prue somehow feels ridiculous right then. She realizes that as angry as she is, deep down she's also happy to see him again.
Paul:
-Come on now, won't you invite me to sit down? It's the least you can do after what I did for you.
Prue, no matter how she feels, is still not about to give him an inch but Phoebe has another idea on the matter:
-Take a seat, as a matter of fact we were just talking about you earlier…
Prue turns on herself so fast you'd think she'll break her neck:
-PHOEBE!!!
Phoebe gets up and indicates her seat to Paul ignoring her sister:
-Take my seat, me and Cole are going to get a table instead.
Cole:
-We are?
Phoebe smiles at him:
-Yes sweetie we are…
He doesn't argue seeing that she seems to have an ulterior motive.
And they just move away leaving Prue and Paul still standing, facing each other.
Paul:
-Well for myself, I'm going to accept this invitation, he says mockingly and he tries to take Prue's arm to lead her to her own seat. She shakes him off and goes there on her own.
Piper:
-Well well, I'm sure there is a problem at the bar that needs my attention.
Prue looks pleadingly at her sister but Piper is not about to stay in the middle of those two. She walks away quickly leaving them alone.
Still smiling, Paul just sits and pretends that everything is perfect.
After a long and uneasy silence Prue:
-You do know that you are an infuriating man?
He just smiles at her warmly and says:
-You do know that you are even more beautiful when you're angry.
He continues rapidly:
-Ok I know it's corny and all, but I couldn't help it. It's the truth.
Prue just looks at him incredulously:
-Don't you understand English? I don't want you in my life.
You betrayed my trust, not to mention the fact that I don't approve of your ways with magic.
Paul:
-We didn't even have a chance to really know each other. Why can't you give me a chance to change your mind?
Prue stubbornly answers:
-Nothing you can say or do will change anything to what I already know.
You're losing your time.
Paul smiling anew:
-Well that is my time to lose.
Throughout that tense conversation, Prue couldn't help the feelings she had felt before to resurface and now, she realizes that she is angrier with herself than at him.
She decides to try ignoring him and turns away from him pretending to look at the couples on the dance floor.
But try as she may, she cannot stop the pounding in her chest. She hasn't felt like this in like, forever. At least not since Andy. In the last 2 years she has met many men. Even dated a few. But none of them has made her feel the way she does now. Just knowing he is there makes her feel warm inside. She tries hard to repress it but that's no use. Which is why when he touches her arm she practically jumps out of her skin.
His hand slides toward hers, which he takes pulling her to her feet.
She wants to resist but when he leads her in silence to the dance floor she just follows him, cursing her weakness.
The next day at the manor, the tension is rising steadily between Phoebe and Prue. They haven't said a word to each other all day.
At last Phoebe can't take the silent treatment anymore and she corners her sister to have it out:
Phoebe:
-Ok we have to talk now.
Prue is still ignoring her.
Phoebe:
-You cannot keep this up forever Prue. All I want is for you to be happy.
Prue answers rudely:
-You should have stayed out of my business…
Phoebe is not deterred:
-Prue I've seen you with him last night. You can't tell me you're not interested. It's plain to see.
Prue:
-It may have seemed like that to you, and I admit that I let him suck me in again for an evening but that's the end of it. I won't see him again and I told him so.
Phoebe still insists:
-You know what? I don't think he is going anywhere. It's just as obvious that he is very taken with you too.
Prue:
-I'm asking you to stop playing matchmaker. You have enough problems on your hand without meddling with my love life.
Phoebe decides that it's not worth her relationship with her sister to insist:
-Al right, I won't say anymore about this, if you really don't want me to.
Just remember that I did this because I love you. All I want is for you to be happy and I don't want us to fight anymore ok?
Prue takes a moment before answering then she replies:
-I know you do, Phoebe. Maybe I overreacted. Just stay out of it, please.
Phoebe is only too happy to drop this, and she says so. They awkwardly hug, hoping that this little fight is really over.
Piper walks in on them and smiles happily at this new development.
-Hey you two, I was starting to worry now. Are we all ok?
The other two smile back at her.
Prue:
-Yes I think we understand each other now, she says looking back at Phoebe affectionately.
But please, no more talk of my so called love life.
Phoebe in a little baby voice says:
-Scouts honor.
Prue can't help but smile at this.
The doorbell interrupts their talk. Prue and Phoebe go to the door and are pleasantly surprised to find Daryl there:
Prue:
-Hello Daryl. Come on in.
He enters and the girls notice his serious expression.
Prue:
-Is something wrong?
Daryl:
-Well I don't know exactly but something fishy is going on…
Phoebe:
-What do you mean?
Daryl:
-I'm not even sure if it has to do with your stuff, but there has been a series of attacks and try as we may, no one can figure them out…
Prue:
-What kind of attacks?
Daryl:
-In the last 10 days, there has been at least 5 people found in a coma without any apparent cause except for a weird marking on their forehead. That reminded me of the Emilio case, although this time the victims simply fall into a deep coma instead of being killed…
Prue:
-What kind of marking?
Daryl scribbles on a piece of paper.
-As far as we know, it looks like a reversed b or something.
Phoebe takes a good look then seems to have an inspiration:
-I think that might be a reversed Rune instead, I have a book on them. Let me check it out.
She goes to a bookshelf in the living room and after a few minutes comes up with the right book.
She finally finds the right page and brings it up so they all can see.
-It says here that in the normal way this rune looks exactly like a b but in that position it means interruption. To be exact: rebirth interrupted.
Daryl:
What the hell does that mean anyway?
Phoebe:
-Beats me, your guess is as good as mine.
You're saying that all the victims had that marking?
Daryl:
-Yes that's why I came to you girls, I figured that maybe you would have a clue as to what that means.
Prue:
-Frankly, there is not enough here to know what we're talking about.
We'll research the book now. Maybe it has more information.
They climb the stairs and Prue immediately goes to the book, hoping to find an answer. After a while though, she is discouraged. As she thought, there wasn't enough to go on. And she couldn't find anything looking even remotely like this rune in there.
Prue:
-Sorry Daryl, I can't find anything.
Phoebe:
-Then maybe I should go to the hospital. Who knows maybe I can get a premonition from one of the victims?
Prue:
-I guess that's a plan.
Phoebe turns to Daryl:
-Let's go.
Daryl:
-Right now?
Phoebe:
-Why wait? Besides, if there is a demon involve and he continues on his whatever coma spree, we have to stop him and soon.
Daryl:
-Let's go.
At the hospital, they enter one of the patient's room and stop for a moment. The person seems only to be sleeping but a bunch of tubes run to her. Phoebe doesn't like hospitals and she hesitates to come near her.
Daryl:
-Phoebe?
Phoebe seems to shake the bad feelings off and moves slowly toward the patient.
She extends her hands and reluctantly touches hers. Immediately the familiar sensation of a vision comes to her:
"The woman is walking on the street, she seems afraid, looking many times behind her. Suddenly her eyes grow larger and Phoebe sees a large man with yellow eyes appear in front of the woman. The woman seems about to scream but apparently can't, and instead of running away she stands there unmoving, mouth opened on a silent scream. Then she falls to the ground and the man touches her forehead, provoking a flash of light."
The vision stops leaving Phoebe shaken.
After a moment she turns to the others:
-Yes there's definitely something demonic behind this.
Prue:
-Did you see who did it?
Phoebe:
-Yes, but all I can tell for sure is that he has yellow eyes and a balding head.
Doesn't help much now.
As they are coming out of the room, a bald man is observing them. He turns around and his yellow eyes seem to shine brightly. He growls at the back of the witches then vanishes.
Back at the manor, Daryl drops off the girls and when they are about to go up the driveway, Prue notices a car parked nearby. She recognizes it immediately.
Prue sighs heavily, which doesn't go unnoticed by Phoebe:
-What is it?
But Prue resolutely walks to the door instead of answering.
She enters the house with a look of determination on her face and is greeted by a sheepish Piper who tries to humor her when she sees her expression:
-Hey Prue look who came to visit. What a surprise!
Prue is not amused and she goes straight to Paul, intent on throwing him out for good this time.
She begins almost screaming:
-How dare you? I told you last night that I didn't want to see you again.
Paul just smiles calmly and replies:
-I really enjoyed our dance last night. Whatever happened after that, I might have forgotten.
Phoebe and Piper retreat rapidly in another room sensing the storm coming…
Prue's indignation is written all over her face, and yet Paul just continues looking at her with the most charming smile he can muster.
Suddenly Prue can't stand it anymore and the impulse she's been pushing away since yesterday just comes rushing.
Instead of hitting him as all her brains are screaming at her to do, she goes to him and kisses him passionately.
That on the other hand, has an effect on Paul who then looks at her with undisguised surprise.
Then he says:
-Far from me to complain but where did that come from?
Prue, angry with herself now, says:
-You're the wizard, figure it out.
The smile is returning anew on Paul's face and he is about to answer when a commotion coming from the next room attracts both their attentions.
They hear a muffled thump, and then another and they run toward the noise.
What they arrive in the foyer, Prue can't help a little scream. Her sisters are lying on the floor unconscious and a balding man is bent over them laying both his hands on their foreheads, a little flash of light explodes on each of them. Prue finally reacts tking the man away from her sisters but it's obviously too late. The man vanishes and Prue runs to her sisters, in a panic.
-Oh my god, what happened?
She tries to wake them up but to no avail. They seem to have fallen in a deep sleep. Their breathing is shallow and difficult. Paul immediately reacts and picks up the phone to call 911.
Prue looks at him with reproach:
-It's not something for the doctors; you saw the demon like me didn't you?
Paul after finishing his call comes to her:
-It really doesn't matter. They will still need assistance. I know what you are facing and without a doctor they will be dead within a day.
Tears are running down Prue's face now as she is asking:
-Can we do something?
Paul hesitates:
-I'm not sure… First let's get them to a hospital then we'll try to figure it out.
Piper and Phoebe find themselves in a strange place. It's all bright and it seems to go on forever…
Phoebe turns to her sister and can't help a little intake of breath when she sees her glowing like a ghost.
They had seemed to be falling forever and then just found themselves in this place. She takes a look at herself just to realize she also glows in the same manner and the only conclusion she can get is that they have died.
She always thought that in death she would feel peace, and that she would see her mother and grand-mother again.
But at this moment all she feels is fear and emptiness.
Piper tries to talk but no sound comes from her mouth. Still Phoebe seems to hear her but in a strange way.
She surmises that somehow they can communicate telepathically here:
"Piper do you hear me?"
Piper:
"Yes I do. Where are we? Are we dead?"
Phoebe:
"I don't know, it sure doesn't feel good if we are"
Piper:
"No it doesn't. Is that it? It's all over now?
I can't believe we went through all this and it's all over"
Phoebe can't help but thinking about Cole and her sister looks at her mirroring her thought with one of Leo.
Both sisters look at each other and they both know they never shared so much in their entire life. They can feel the loss and the love that the other feel.
A sad smile forms on both their faces.
A newcomer interrupts their common train of thoughts. They can feel her before she comes in sight. Unlike the complete understanding they had with each other though, all they get from her are random thoughts. They turn toward her and Phoebe recognizes the woman from the hospital and fear now creeps deeper in her.
As Prue is waiting, the doctors are working on her sisters. Paul has insisted on staying with her and now she is grateful. She feels so helpless.
The phone ringing in her purse makes her jump. She picks it up with shaking hands.
-Hello?
Daryl:
-Prue where are you? I came to the house but nobody's there.
Prue:
-We're at the hospital, Phoebe and Piper are in a coma, just like the others.
Daryl incredulously:
-Both of them?
Prue answers through another urge to cry:
-Yes I couldn't protect them.
She hears a commotion at the other end, Daryl answering someone's question about them. Then she hears him exclaim angrily HEY!
Then nothing.
Next thing she knows, Daryl is coming in the waiting room, obviously upset and shaken. Behind him Cole comes straight at Prue, anger and fear playing on his face.
Cole:
-Where is she? What happened?
He asks those questions rudely, as if ready to pounce on her.
Paul and Daryl put themselves between the two and Paul pushes him away.
-Calm down, she had nothing to do with it.
Cole still fixes Prue with angry eyes but he stops advancing and finally asks again in a somewhat calmer voice:
-Where is she?
Paul answers for Prue who stays unusually stoic at Cole's attack.
-The doctors are taking care of both of them. Now what matters is that we have to figure out how to help them.
At this Cole turns to him with a questioning stare.
Paul:
-The demon who did this is a Veroush and there was nothing she could do.
Fear wins the match on Cole's face.
That more than anything else seems to shake Prue out of her prostration:
-Why didn't you tell me that you knew what he was? I could have looked him up in the book.
Paul turns toward her, and calmly answers:
-There was no point. There is no known way to vanquish them.
Seeing the look of despair coming back he continues quickly:
-At least not in this world.
Phoebe and Piper try to get the woman to talk to them. At least they managed to get her name. Sandra.
She is so scared and confused. Her thoughts barely make sense. After a while and a lot of patience they get out of her that there was 4 other people with her here but that was a while ago. Two of them had disappeared without a trace. The others were somewhere else, lost in the light. She had run away when she had seen what happened to the ones who disappeared and now she felt lost.
Piper:
"What do you mean disappeared?"
The woman finally tells them that the man with the yellow eyes had come and somehow taken them away.
Phoebe turns to Piper:
"Is he like harvesting souls?"
Piper:
"That's what it looks like" Both women can feels each other's dread. They now know that there is more to this place than being some kind of waiting room for the dead. It's apparently the demon's realm.
They feel more than hear a chiming noise beside them and are astounded to see Leo orb in.
Piper runs to him but her ephemeral form doesn't have substance and she can't really touch him to her chagrin.
Leo:
"I'm glad I found you. I have been looking everywhere."
Piper:
"How?"
Leo:
"I knew something happened but I could feel that your essences were not in your own bodies anymore. So I looked for them instead and here I am"
Phoebe:
"Yes and now will you help us get out of here?"
Leo:
"I wish I could but I can't"
Piper:
"What? Why?"
Leo:
"In order to get you out of here the demon must be vanquished and frankly I have no idea how"
Piper:
"I'm sure Prue is trying to figure it out right now isn't she?"
Leo:
"I haven't talked to Prue yet. I wanted to find you first. Now I have to go and see what she knows and how I can help you."
Phoebe feels her sister's dilemma. She is torn between the need to be with Leo and the fact that she knows he is right…
She looks at her as she tells Leo:
"Then you have to go and come back soon. We will be waiting…"
Leo smiles at them reassuringly and orbs out again.
Back at the hospital, the doctor just came out of the intensive care unit to talk to Prue:
-Your sisters are still in a coma. We will sustain their vital signs but for now we don't have any idea what they suffer from…
Prue:
-Can I see them?
The doctor offers that there should be only one visitor at a time but Cole disagrees.
-You will let me go in now, he says with an edge to his voice.
The doctor without knowing why takes a step back.
Prue puts her hand on Cole's arm and turns to the doctor:
-Can you make an exception? Cole is my sister's boyfriend. He is very worried about her too.
Cole casts a grateful look at Prue and awaits the answer.
The doctor reluctantly agrees and they both enter the room.
The room is crowded but it takes them only an instant to spot Phoebe and Piper's inert bodies.
Cole goes straight to Phoebe and takes her hand. He stares at her intently almost as if he thought that he could make her come back by sheer will.
Prue looks at her sisters with teary eyes. After a moment though she feels a mounting determination to get them out of trouble. She goes to each in turn and says to them:
-I will get you back, trust me.
Then she goes to Cole and puts her hand on his shoulder. He doesn't seem to notice her so she calls to him:
-Cole come on we got to find a way to save them. Let's go talk to Paul.
He half turns toward her to signal he heard what she said then he kisses Phoebe's forehead and reluctantly lets go of her hand to follow Prue.
When they come out of the room they see that Leo has finally arrived.
Prue:
-Where were you?
Leo:
-I was looking for them and I found them.
Prue is a bit hopeful:
-Can you bring them back?
Leo sadly answers:
-No I have no way to do this. But Paul here tells me there might be a way.
Prue turns to Paul:
-That's what you said but you still haven't explained.
Paul:
-Yes it's true there is a way…
He hesitates looking at Prue with a worried expression then he continues:
-It is very risky and you might get lost in there with them…
Prue doesn't hesitate for a moment:
-Tell me, I'll do anything to save them.
Paul begins:
-As Leo has already figured out, your body cannot interact with them in the realm they are in. But your astral self might.
That is also the reason why you can't vanquish the demon in this realm. He doesn't belong here. He only exists in his realm and interacts with this world only long enough to take his victims back with him.
Prue:
-Continue…
Paul:
-Once there you will have to find him. It might not be that easy but when you do then you could use the spell I have made for you to vanquish him.
Prue:
-When do we start?
Paul:
-First you have to learn the spell. You can't bring it with you. Your sisters will know what you know. Then Leo here can direct your astral self to them. But you have to be in contact with both of them at the time.
Prue:
-Let's do it.
A little while later, they are ready and Cole and her return to the girls sides.
Cole pulls the dividing drapes around them and Prue picks up both of her sisters hands.
Cole:
-I'll keep watch. Then he ads:
Bring them back.
Prue just acquiesces silently and she waits for Leo to orb in with them. As soon as he does she starts concentrating and her head falls to her chest.
Prue feels herself spiral down an apparently unending tunnel. After what seems an eternity, she sees a bright light coming rapidly to her and she suddenly finds herself bathed in the light as she stops falling.
The moment she has recovered from the shock she starts looking for her sisters. Leo orbs in close to her and she hears in her mind:
"Come with me, I'll show you the way."
She follows him and finally spots the ethereal forms of her sisters who immediately feel her:
"Prue" she hears them call to her.
"I'm here, I'm coming."
The sensation is incredible, not only can she hear them but she also can feel what they feel. The prominent feeling being fear.
"Prue have you been caught too?"
"No I'm here to help"
She feels their relief as well.
As soon as she gets closer to them she indicates that they now have to search for the demon. She just then notices the woman whom she saw in the hospital bed earlier that day.
She can hear her incoherent thoughts and she feels that it probably won't be long before she is taken if they don't do something now.
The others concur and start moving together searching.
After almost an hour of "walk" through this endless whiteness they start believing that they are just going in circle but Leo tells them to go on.
At last they find the other two persons left in this place besides the woman and themselves. Their thoughts are even more incoherent than Sandra's. It is obvious that there is a pattern there and they decide to wait with them expecting the demon to come collect his prize.
They do not have long to wait as a few minutes later, he appears in front of them. His pleased expression soon turns to anger when he sees Prue and Leo in there. He had not expected to be confronted by all the witches. Still, he is confident that they cannot do anything to him and he moves toward one of the other essences. The girls do not lose any time:
They start to chant the spell in their mind:
"With the Treacherous light
You stole our will to fight
At this point the demon seems to realize the threat and turns to them but the witches hurry to finish the spell:
But now hear our thoughts of Rebellion
They will send you directly to oblivion"
A dark tunnel suddenly appears and grows larger by the moment, the demon is pulled toward the dark spot and his form becomes distorted as he scream in their head. They want to block the scream but can only endure.
It only lasts a moment and then, they all feel like the ground falls under their feet.
The fall seems to last forever once more, but when Prue opens her eyes she finds herself back in the hospital room. She looks at her sisters who are just now waking up.
She is smiling at them happily when a series of alarms go off in the unit.
A nurse comes in, and is astounded to see the both of them awake. She says:
-I cannot believe it! All but two of the comatose patients awoke at the same time.
Prue asks:
-What happened to the other two?
She sadly answer:
-They both died not long ago, we thought that all of them would end up the same way at this point.
Phoebe and Piper are trying to get up now. But the nurse tells them to wait for the doctor's visit. Resigned, they accept to wait.
The joy of their return is a little shadowed by the innocents that they lost but at least they could save a few.
Later at the house everyone but Paul is in the living room.
Phoebe is cuddling to her man and says to the others:
-The doctor was almost comical. He couldn't understand at all what happened.
Prue chastises her affectionately:
-We all know it's better that way. At least our secret is safe.
Cole ads:
-It almost wasn't, the nurse was a little impatient with us before you came back. But somehow, I managed to convince her to leave us alone…
Prue:
-I get the feeling I don't want to know how.
He smiles a little at that but keeps quiet.
Piper in Leo's arms turns to Phoebe and the two of them look at each other's as if they could still hear each other's thoughts. They smile happily at each other and cuddle even closer to their respective men.
Prue seeing this has a little pinch of jealousy. They told her how much they shared in that ordeal, and that alone is something. But now she can't help thinking of Paul and feels a little lonely.
As Phoebe told her a few days ago, when the doorbell rings she jumps. But now, she doesn't even try to deny why…
She goes quickly to the door and is rewarded with the warm smile of the man she expected. He waits for her to invite him in. That alone is unusual for him. She smiles at him and takes his hand.
-Come in. She says softly.
His smiles widens…