He's Back

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Part 5

"Prue are you ok," Cole asked coming up behind her, as all three of the sisters seemed to be frozen in place.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Prue replied softly. 'Andy…he's really here. Why now, just when I finally accepted the fact that he wasn't coming back. He still looks the same, but I can't help wondering why he's back now.' "Why are you here Andy?" she asked coldly, her voice free of any emotion. Both Cole and Andy were surprised at that, but Andy physically flinched from the amount of coldness in her voice but knew he deserved it.

"Prue, look I know that I have no right to be here, especially after what I did, but I was wondering, no hoping that maybe you could forgive me." Andy said rapidly, his eyes shooting venom at Cole. 'Who is this guy? Please don't tell me that he's dating Prue…'

"Oh my god…Andy!" Phoebe and Piper finally snapped out of it and stepped forward to see him better. Phoebe walked to Cole, and wrapped her arms around him.

"How dare you…" Prue's reply surprised them all. "How dare you come back here after all this time and expect me to forgive you."

"Cole, Phoebe, I think that we should give these two some privacy. Obviously they have issues to work out." Piper said softly to her them.

"Don't worry about it Piper, I've got to get to work anyway." Prue said warmly to her sister. Then she turned to Andy, and her voice held an edge of pain when she spoke. "Goodbye Andy." With that, she walked away.

"Damn Prue wait. Look just give me a chance to explain, please." He called out to her. Prue paused and turned back.

"I can't do this right now Andy. Come back tonight. I need time to sort this out." Her voice broke, and she whirled around and ran to her car, her control shattered. Piper, Phoebe and Cole all watched as Prue's car sped out of the driveway, and out onto the road. They watched as Andy slumped on the ground and just sat on the steps.

"Andy, what the hell did you do to my sister that she left in tears?" Piper asked furiously.

"Piper let's take this inside, I don't think the neighbors really need to hear this." Phoebe said gently to her sister.

"That mean's you as well." Cole said coldly to Andy. He had no idea who he was, but obviously he knew Prue well enough to hurt her like that, and when Prue or Piper hurt, Phoebe hurt.

Andy didn't reply, but got up and walked into the manor. Once they were all inside, Phoebe whirled around and repeated Piper's earlier request.

"What the hell did you do to her?!"

"Before you start on the long story, would somebody mind telling me who the hell he is?" Cole asked annoyed at being out of the loop.

"Later honey." Phoebe told him.

 "How much did Prue tell you about me leaving?" Andy asked his face weary and bleak.

"She just told us that you got transferred while we were in Hawaii at the conference. Why?" Phoebe asked puzzled.

"I didn't get transferred, I asked for one. It was when me and Prue were going through our little trust problem. Th..."

"Wait, YOU asked for one?! Why?" Piper asked or rather yelled, interrupting him.

"It got too hard…we were barely talking and when we did talk, all we did was fight."

"Hey, Piper, honey, what's going on?" Leo said walking in from the kitchen where he had orbed in private.

"Leo, sweetie, I'd like you to meet an old friend of ours, Andy Trudeau. He dated Prue back a couple of years." Piper said to her husband.

"Wait, he's Andy?" Leo asked curiously, his mind flashing back to when he found Prue crying. At Piper's nod, he walked up to Andy and said, "Look man, I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but I made a promise to myself. And I always keep my promises." With that, he socked Andy on the jaw.

"Leo! What the hell did you do that for?" Phoebe and Piper yelled in unison. Even Cole looked in surprise at the normally peaceful man/white lighter in surprise.

"Hey, what did I do to you?" Andy asked confused, rubbing his jaw where it was starting to redden.

"Nothing to me, but you bloody well hurt Prue. Just out of question, do Piper and Phoebe even know what a coward you are?" Leo said angrily.

"Leo, what are you talking about?" Piper asked confused, while Phoebe looked curiously at Andy who was staring shamefacedly at the floor.

"I promised Prue that I wouldn't tell anyone. But he can. It's not like he's big on keeping promises." Leo said jerking his head towards Andy.

"Andy, what is he talking about? What promise didn't you keep?" Phoebe asked softly, while glaring at him.

"The one's he made to me." Prue's voice broke into the thick tension surrounding everyone as she walked into the living room and grabbed her purse off the couch.

TBC….Reviews welcome.

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