Chapters nine and ten are short, so they are up on the same day. =)
It took Piper and Phoebe two hours to calm Prue down and get her to bed. Almost all the progress that they had made with her had been lost.
Piper was sitting by the fireplace, staring into the flames, when Phoebe handed her a cup of tea.
"I can't believe it." Phoebe said quietly. "All that progress and now she's back to being that five-year-old in a twenty-nine-year-old's body."
"You've got to give her credit though." Piper said and took a sip of tea. "She's still Prue. You heard that demon, she just wanted it more."
"What're we going to do?" Phoebe asked. "I mean, Paige thinks you hate her. We should be paying more attention to her. She's a wreck. And did I mention that she thinks you hate her?"
Piper didn't reply. She just stared into the fire.
"Piper! This isn't Paige's fault! You can't blame her!"
"Phoebe, just leave me alone." Piper said. "You can't use your college-learned skills on me, all rihgt?"
Piper then got up and left the room. Phoebe looked down at her tea with a sad expression.
*****
Piper sighed and sat on the bottom step. She held back her tears for as long as she could, then they spilled out. She put her head in her hands and started to shake lightly because of her crying.
"Pi?"
Piper turned and saw Prue standing a few steps up. She immediately stopped crying and smiled as best she could.
"Yes, Prue?"
"I woke up and was alone." Prue said. Piper kept smiling and Prue went and sat next to her. Piper put her arm around Prue's shoulders.
"Everything is going to get better soon." Piper said.
"How soon?"
"I don't know... soon."
There was a knock at the door and Phoebe came into the foyer. She glanced at Piper and Prue then opened the door.
"Paige?"
"Hi." Paige said quietly.
"Come in." Phoebe said and moved aside, but Paige stayed where she was.
"Um, I don't think so." Paige said.
"Why?" Phoebe asked.
"Phoebe, I've decided to leave."
"What? You can't!"
"Phoebe, I have to." Paige said. "I need to be in a place where I don't feel like I've ruined someone's life."
"Paige, we talked about that." Phoebe said.
"I know, but... I just need to go." Paige told her.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to meet Glen in Austraila." Paige said. "I got a last minute flight."
"Too much is going for you to-"
"If you need me, you can send Leo." Paige said.
"Paige, you can't."
"But I am." Paige said. "I'm sorry."
Paige walked down the stairs, ignoring Phoebe's yells, then got into the cab that was waiting for her and drove off.
Phoebe slammed the door and put a hand to her mouth, then she rushed into the kitchen.
"I want it to get better." Prue said.
"I do too." Piper said quietly.
*****
The next morning, Piper walked into the kitchen and was greeted with quite a sight. Prue had the morning paper scattered around the table and was rushing around, reading every little bit. When she saw Piper, she paused.
"Morning!"
"Prue, are you feeling okay?"
"Well, I've got a little more energy now that I got a good sleep!" Prue chirped. "Actually, I remembered a lot about myself."
"Really? That's great!" Piper exclaimed.
"And this morning do you know what I said to myself? 'Self,' I said. 'You're going to look at every photo album in this house today!'"
"Where'd you get all this energy?" Piper asked.
"You know what else I said to myself? 'Self,' I said - Phoebe!"
Piper turned and saw Phoebe enter the kitchen. They both turned away from each other.
"Hello Prue."
"Pipey, I drank lots of coffee! That be how I got me energy! That rhymes."
"Okay, Prue, you need to calm down." Piper said. "Why don't you go take a shower."
"Okay." Prue said. Then as she was leaving the kitchen, she said, "Don't miss me too much!"
Both Piper and Phoebe would miss her presence a lot. When Prue left, a cloud of tension entered the room.
"I talked to Paige this morning." Phoebe said quietly. "She called from Austrailia. Don't worry about the bill."
"Phoebe, I know we had that whole fight thing, but can we just forget it? Prue needs positive things right now."
Before Phoebe could answer, there was a scream from upstairs. Without a word, Piper and Phoebe ran up as fast as they could.
They found Prue in the bathroom, sitting in the corner, crying. They rushed over to her.
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
"I looked in the mirror and didn't see anything!" Prue sobbed.
It took Piper and Phoebe two hours to calm Prue down and get her to bed. Almost all the progress that they had made with her had been lost.
Piper was sitting by the fireplace, staring into the flames, when Phoebe handed her a cup of tea.
"I can't believe it." Phoebe said quietly. "All that progress and now she's back to being that five-year-old in a twenty-nine-year-old's body."
"You've got to give her credit though." Piper said and took a sip of tea. "She's still Prue. You heard that demon, she just wanted it more."
"What're we going to do?" Phoebe asked. "I mean, Paige thinks you hate her. We should be paying more attention to her. She's a wreck. And did I mention that she thinks you hate her?"
Piper didn't reply. She just stared into the fire.
"Piper! This isn't Paige's fault! You can't blame her!"
"Phoebe, just leave me alone." Piper said. "You can't use your college-learned skills on me, all rihgt?"
Piper then got up and left the room. Phoebe looked down at her tea with a sad expression.
*****
Piper sighed and sat on the bottom step. She held back her tears for as long as she could, then they spilled out. She put her head in her hands and started to shake lightly because of her crying.
"Pi?"
Piper turned and saw Prue standing a few steps up. She immediately stopped crying and smiled as best she could.
"Yes, Prue?"
"I woke up and was alone." Prue said. Piper kept smiling and Prue went and sat next to her. Piper put her arm around Prue's shoulders.
"Everything is going to get better soon." Piper said.
"How soon?"
"I don't know... soon."
There was a knock at the door and Phoebe came into the foyer. She glanced at Piper and Prue then opened the door.
"Paige?"
"Hi." Paige said quietly.
"Come in." Phoebe said and moved aside, but Paige stayed where she was.
"Um, I don't think so." Paige said.
"Why?" Phoebe asked.
"Phoebe, I've decided to leave."
"What? You can't!"
"Phoebe, I have to." Paige said. "I need to be in a place where I don't feel like I've ruined someone's life."
"Paige, we talked about that." Phoebe said.
"I know, but... I just need to go." Paige told her.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to meet Glen in Austraila." Paige said. "I got a last minute flight."
"Too much is going for you to-"
"If you need me, you can send Leo." Paige said.
"Paige, you can't."
"But I am." Paige said. "I'm sorry."
Paige walked down the stairs, ignoring Phoebe's yells, then got into the cab that was waiting for her and drove off.
Phoebe slammed the door and put a hand to her mouth, then she rushed into the kitchen.
"I want it to get better." Prue said.
"I do too." Piper said quietly.
*****
The next morning, Piper walked into the kitchen and was greeted with quite a sight. Prue had the morning paper scattered around the table and was rushing around, reading every little bit. When she saw Piper, she paused.
"Morning!"
"Prue, are you feeling okay?"
"Well, I've got a little more energy now that I got a good sleep!" Prue chirped. "Actually, I remembered a lot about myself."
"Really? That's great!" Piper exclaimed.
"And this morning do you know what I said to myself? 'Self,' I said. 'You're going to look at every photo album in this house today!'"
"Where'd you get all this energy?" Piper asked.
"You know what else I said to myself? 'Self,' I said - Phoebe!"
Piper turned and saw Phoebe enter the kitchen. They both turned away from each other.
"Hello Prue."
"Pipey, I drank lots of coffee! That be how I got me energy! That rhymes."
"Okay, Prue, you need to calm down." Piper said. "Why don't you go take a shower."
"Okay." Prue said. Then as she was leaving the kitchen, she said, "Don't miss me too much!"
Both Piper and Phoebe would miss her presence a lot. When Prue left, a cloud of tension entered the room.
"I talked to Paige this morning." Phoebe said quietly. "She called from Austrailia. Don't worry about the bill."
"Phoebe, I know we had that whole fight thing, but can we just forget it? Prue needs positive things right now."
Before Phoebe could answer, there was a scream from upstairs. Without a word, Piper and Phoebe ran up as fast as they could.
They found Prue in the bathroom, sitting in the corner, crying. They rushed over to her.
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
"I looked in the mirror and didn't see anything!" Prue sobbed.
