Part 3
Time.
Always goes slow when you need it to go fast, always goes fast when you need it to go slow.
It was always there, always the main factor in everything. It was the decider.
When we live. When we die.
Where would Bismarck have got without Timing?
How would we have evolved without learning the meaning of time?
But screw Time.
Their baby sister was in some room surrounded by medical staff and doctors. She was hurt and they weren't by her side. They were clueless as to how she was.
Piper let the world around her return and heard how forced her breathing was.
She tried to quiet it down as she looked at her big sister. She was pacing, worry etched on her face.
Piper had watched Prue sitting with a blank look on her face, not moving for a minutes before she couldn't take it. She had shouted at Prue, until what happened sunk in and she stopped blocking it out.
In true Prue fasion she only cried for a few minutes before she sucked it up and began her pacing.
A voice penitrated her mind. "Halliwell?"
She hadn't even noticed the doctor entering the private waiting room.
Prue had already answered as she stood by Piper.
"Im Jen. I treated your sister when she came in. Right Now, Paige is up in surgery."
"Why?" Piper blurted out.
"It was a bad fall your sister took and unfortunately her head took the brunt of it. There's a lot of swelling in her brain and we're hoping surgery will relieve that. But... there is a chance of brain damage."
Prue and Piper were visably shocked.
A tear escaped the younger of the two as she struggled to hold back her guilt.
"What? How can... How large a chance." Prue demanded more than asked.
"I couldn't say--"
"Just tell us!" Prue tried to calm down. "Please."
The doctors gaze broke and fell to her feet. "I'd say it'd be unlikly that there's no damage."
Piper's legs gave out and she fell onto the seat, putting her face in her hands.
"What's damage?" Prue askd, her voice quivering like her body but she refused to give in to her tears.
"That I really don't know. It could be anything from slightly slurred speech to... very low brain activity."
"My sister could be a vegatable?"
"I understand how upsetting this must be but you shouldn't think about this until you know for sure."
"How long till we know?"
"I don't think it'll be any more than a few hours." She let the state of them sink in. "Maybe you should go home and collect some things. She'll need you when she gets out of surgery." She turned to leave. "I hope its good news."
Prue slowly sank next to a now openly sobbing Piper. She put her arm around her sister and kissed her head. "Honey, we can fix this. I need you to calm down and come home with me."
Piper looked up at Prue with her blood shot and puffy eyes, "How? How can we fix this?"
"we're witches, and witches help poeple, right? So we can heal, Paige." Prue explained.
Piper felt some hope as she realised what Prue was saying made sense. "Let's go." She aid simply as she pulled Prue from the room.
They drive home was long and quiet. Each Halliwell lost in thoughts and fears for their baby sister's life.
Time.
Always goes slow when you need it to go fast, always goes fast when you need it to go slow.
It was always there, always the main factor in everything. It was the decider.
When we live. When we die.
Where would Bismarck have got without Timing?
How would we have evolved without learning the meaning of time?
But screw Time.
Their baby sister was in some room surrounded by medical staff and doctors. She was hurt and they weren't by her side. They were clueless as to how she was.
Piper let the world around her return and heard how forced her breathing was.
She tried to quiet it down as she looked at her big sister. She was pacing, worry etched on her face.
Piper had watched Prue sitting with a blank look on her face, not moving for a minutes before she couldn't take it. She had shouted at Prue, until what happened sunk in and she stopped blocking it out.
In true Prue fasion she only cried for a few minutes before she sucked it up and began her pacing.
A voice penitrated her mind. "Halliwell?"
She hadn't even noticed the doctor entering the private waiting room.
Prue had already answered as she stood by Piper.
"Im Jen. I treated your sister when she came in. Right Now, Paige is up in surgery."
"Why?" Piper blurted out.
"It was a bad fall your sister took and unfortunately her head took the brunt of it. There's a lot of swelling in her brain and we're hoping surgery will relieve that. But... there is a chance of brain damage."
Prue and Piper were visably shocked.
A tear escaped the younger of the two as she struggled to hold back her guilt.
"What? How can... How large a chance." Prue demanded more than asked.
"I couldn't say--"
"Just tell us!" Prue tried to calm down. "Please."
The doctors gaze broke and fell to her feet. "I'd say it'd be unlikly that there's no damage."
Piper's legs gave out and she fell onto the seat, putting her face in her hands.
"What's damage?" Prue askd, her voice quivering like her body but she refused to give in to her tears.
"That I really don't know. It could be anything from slightly slurred speech to... very low brain activity."
"My sister could be a vegatable?"
"I understand how upsetting this must be but you shouldn't think about this until you know for sure."
"How long till we know?"
"I don't think it'll be any more than a few hours." She let the state of them sink in. "Maybe you should go home and collect some things. She'll need you when she gets out of surgery." She turned to leave. "I hope its good news."
Prue slowly sank next to a now openly sobbing Piper. She put her arm around her sister and kissed her head. "Honey, we can fix this. I need you to calm down and come home with me."
Piper looked up at Prue with her blood shot and puffy eyes, "How? How can we fix this?"
"we're witches, and witches help poeple, right? So we can heal, Paige." Prue explained.
Piper felt some hope as she realised what Prue was saying made sense. "Let's go." She aid simply as she pulled Prue from the room.
They drive home was long and quiet. Each Halliwell lost in thoughts and fears for their baby sister's life.