Prue opened her eyes slowly. She could see the rays of the sun slowly peeking over the darkness, but nothing else. She was still in a lot of pain, but she felt strangely taken care of. She wondered if she was dead, but then she realized that she wouldn't be in any pain if she were dead.
Piper's face then suddenly appeared. Piper smiled as best she could, but her eyes told a story of unbelievable sadness and pain.
"Hi." Piper said quietly.
"What happened?" Prue asked in a hoarse voice.
"I got here just as the fire was getting really bad." Piper said. "I saw you and pulled you out."
"How did you find me?" Prue asked.
"I couldn't sleep and I called for you." Piper explained. "Darryl came and told me what you had done and I immediately left. I went... went to the manor and scryed. I found you and - and that's the story."
"Phoebe?" Prue asked.
Piper shook her head sadly.
"After I pulled you out," Piper said. "I looked in the window and I saw her. She was already gone. A - a beam had fallen on her."
"Piper, we've lost too much." Prue said.
"We haven't lost each other." Piper reminded her.
"I know." Prue said. She tried to sit up, but Piper gently put a hand on her shoulder.
"The paramedics say you have to lay down."
"I don't think I can keep going." Prue said, the tears finally flowing.
"You have to." Piper said, holding her tears. It was her turn to be the strong one. "If you didn't keep going, I could never do a damn thing. Ever. I need you, Prue. I haven't got anyone else."
"I just wish it had all been different." Prue said.
"I know." Piper said and began to cry. "It seems we're not allowed to have our happy ending, though."
"That's not a Halliwell's destiny." Prue said. "Happiness is for the rest of the world."
Piper kept herself from screaming out-loud and lightly kissed Prue on the forehead.
"Darryl wants to talk to you."
"Stay close." Prue said.
Piper nodded, then disappeared from Prue's vision. Darryl's face then appeared.
"How're you holding up?" He asked.
"I've been better." Prue said.
"I'm sorry." Darryl said. Prue could see the tears now streaming down his cheeks. "You guys... you're like my sisters and I didn't do anything."
"There was nothing you could have done." Prue told him. "Nobody could've known."
"I just - I don't know anymore." Darryl said. "Life is too confusing. Bad things happen to good people... why?"
"No one knows." Prue said. "You just... have to live."
Darryl nodded then walked away. Piper appeared again.
"Piper," Prue said quietly. "I killed our sister."
"No." Piper said. "She killed herself."
"I just want it all to be over." Prue said.
"I'm sorry." A paramedic said. "We've got to take her to the hospital now."
"Piper, don't leave me." Prue said.
Piper looked to the paramedic and he allowed her into the ambulance.
When the paramedics lifted Prue's stretcher, she screamed so loud she thought she might have deafened the paramedics. Pain shot through every inch of her body. After she was settled into the ambulance with Piper next to her, Prue began to think.
That was life. Life was pain.
Piper's face then suddenly appeared. Piper smiled as best she could, but her eyes told a story of unbelievable sadness and pain.
"Hi." Piper said quietly.
"What happened?" Prue asked in a hoarse voice.
"I got here just as the fire was getting really bad." Piper said. "I saw you and pulled you out."
"How did you find me?" Prue asked.
"I couldn't sleep and I called for you." Piper explained. "Darryl came and told me what you had done and I immediately left. I went... went to the manor and scryed. I found you and - and that's the story."
"Phoebe?" Prue asked.
Piper shook her head sadly.
"After I pulled you out," Piper said. "I looked in the window and I saw her. She was already gone. A - a beam had fallen on her."
"Piper, we've lost too much." Prue said.
"We haven't lost each other." Piper reminded her.
"I know." Prue said. She tried to sit up, but Piper gently put a hand on her shoulder.
"The paramedics say you have to lay down."
"I don't think I can keep going." Prue said, the tears finally flowing.
"You have to." Piper said, holding her tears. It was her turn to be the strong one. "If you didn't keep going, I could never do a damn thing. Ever. I need you, Prue. I haven't got anyone else."
"I just wish it had all been different." Prue said.
"I know." Piper said and began to cry. "It seems we're not allowed to have our happy ending, though."
"That's not a Halliwell's destiny." Prue said. "Happiness is for the rest of the world."
Piper kept herself from screaming out-loud and lightly kissed Prue on the forehead.
"Darryl wants to talk to you."
"Stay close." Prue said.
Piper nodded, then disappeared from Prue's vision. Darryl's face then appeared.
"How're you holding up?" He asked.
"I've been better." Prue said.
"I'm sorry." Darryl said. Prue could see the tears now streaming down his cheeks. "You guys... you're like my sisters and I didn't do anything."
"There was nothing you could have done." Prue told him. "Nobody could've known."
"I just - I don't know anymore." Darryl said. "Life is too confusing. Bad things happen to good people... why?"
"No one knows." Prue said. "You just... have to live."
Darryl nodded then walked away. Piper appeared again.
"Piper," Prue said quietly. "I killed our sister."
"No." Piper said. "She killed herself."
"I just want it all to be over." Prue said.
"I'm sorry." A paramedic said. "We've got to take her to the hospital now."
"Piper, don't leave me." Prue said.
Piper looked to the paramedic and he allowed her into the ambulance.
When the paramedics lifted Prue's stretcher, she screamed so loud she thought she might have deafened the paramedics. Pain shot through every inch of her body. After she was settled into the ambulance with Piper next to her, Prue began to think.
That was life. Life was pain.
