Part Thirteen: 2 August 1998: Legal Adult
Characters: Steve, Jeremy, Glen (21), Anna (21), Kirsten (21), Deon (21), Prue (27), Piper (25), Paige (21)
Prue smiled at Steve, she could hardly believe what a good time she was having. The club was great and even better Steve was proving to be a really easy to talk to and very cute. She had not thought about work, Roger or her youngest sister all night, which was the first time that had happened for a while. In all honestly she had expected to hate tonight and it had taken half the evening to persuade her to come.
The oldest Halliwell glanced over at Piper, she'd been right she did need to get out of the house more. Prue had hardly been out since she'd found out that her pathetic excuse of a fiancée had been involved with her bratty younger sister. Every time she thought about that awful night, she felt like exploding. Thank god Phoebe had conformed her guilt and disappeared to the East Coast.
Steve placed his hand over Prue's smiling, "What are you thinking about?"
Prue looked back at his date trying to read his facial expression before she answered, "That I made the right decision in coming tonight."
Piper grinned as she nudged her boyfriend and looked over at her big sister. She had barely seen a smile on Prue's face in the last couple of months. It came as a relief to see that even for a couple of hours that she could loose the bitter streak that had taken over her at times.
"Told you, that you'd enjoy it tonight," Piper explained with a grin on her face as she felt Jeremy's hand on her thigh.
Prue raised her eyebrows at her younger sister, "You know it doesn't suit you."
"What doesn't suit me?" Piper asked innocently, "This dress, because we have both agreed that borrowing from your wardrobe is a good idea."
"Gloating."
"Really? I quite enjoy it when I'm right," Piper told her older sister as she felt Jeremy wrap his other arm around her waist. "But if you don't think so I'll just get back to my date."
While Piper turned back to Jeremy, Prue's eyes were distracted and drifted over Steve shoulder to some celebrations taking place on the dance floor.
Prue smiled as she noticed that a group had crowded around a young woman with dark hair singing a version of happy birthday badly. She let out a small sigh looking at the girl, she doubted that her birthday would have as much to celebrating in a couple of months, before turning back to look at Steve.
Glen opened a bottle of Champagne while Deon handed out the glasses and Paige unscrewed the top of a bottle of water. It seemed a bit of a let down to be having water while all her friends filled themselves with alcohol, but she had worked so hard to get and stay sober, she was not going to ruin that all for one glass of bubbly. Glancing back at her friends, she could not help but laugh as she saw her friend's raise their individual glasses to her.
"To Paige," Kirsten said, talking a sip as she waited for the others to echo Paige's name, "And to legally being allowed to do everything that she has been doing since she was 16!"
"And to all of that," Deon agree with a small grin as he wrapped his arm around Anna. "So how does it feel to finally be an adult?"
"Yeah, we want a full speech," Anna told her friend as she glanced up at Deon. "And this year you're sober so you're not going to get out of it by running to the toilets like on you're 18!"
"Okay, okay," Paige, said with a small grin on her bright red face, the whole of the club seemed to have turned to look at them. "I would like to thank you all for using my birthday for a chance to drink bubbly and get trashed."
As Paige turned to leave and head back to the dance floor, Glen grabbed her arm and shot her and evil grin. "You don't get away that easily Matthews, because as your oldest friend present here to night, I feel that it is my duty to embarrass you. So either you get talking or I will."
"Oh, oh." Kirsten's face lit up, "Let Glen give the speech I want to hear a couple of past experiences, that Ms. Matthew here would be less than willing to tell us."
Paige playful hit Glen side as she thought for a minute. "You see the problem with that would be, in the morning I am probably going to be the only one that can remember tonight."
"Spoil sport," Glen muttered.
"Okay, okay, here's attempt number two. Thanks all for coming, but I not looking after you later and my bathroom is off limits to anyone who is evil. Because I'd much prefer to spend my twenty-first with the cute bar tender over there than looking after any of you," Paige explained as her grin grew and both Kirsten and Anna looked over their shoulders to the bar. "But on a more serious note, you guys have become like a family to me and helped me through a lot. So now that been said, let's forget the emotional stuff and have some fun while I get his number."
"Here, here." Anna grinned as she felt Deon arms wrap tighter around her.
"Glen," Kirsten whispered as she waited for Paige to head for the bar and stood on tiptoes that she was level with Glen's ear. "I'll buy you a drink for each story you can tell me, so we can embarrass her on campus tomorrow."
Glen grinned back, "Well I'd say that's what friends are for, right."
"No kidding."
Characters: Steve, Jeremy, Glen (21), Anna (21), Kirsten (21), Deon (21), Prue (27), Piper (25), Paige (21)
Prue smiled at Steve, she could hardly believe what a good time she was having. The club was great and even better Steve was proving to be a really easy to talk to and very cute. She had not thought about work, Roger or her youngest sister all night, which was the first time that had happened for a while. In all honestly she had expected to hate tonight and it had taken half the evening to persuade her to come.
The oldest Halliwell glanced over at Piper, she'd been right she did need to get out of the house more. Prue had hardly been out since she'd found out that her pathetic excuse of a fiancée had been involved with her bratty younger sister. Every time she thought about that awful night, she felt like exploding. Thank god Phoebe had conformed her guilt and disappeared to the East Coast.
Steve placed his hand over Prue's smiling, "What are you thinking about?"
Prue looked back at his date trying to read his facial expression before she answered, "That I made the right decision in coming tonight."
Piper grinned as she nudged her boyfriend and looked over at her big sister. She had barely seen a smile on Prue's face in the last couple of months. It came as a relief to see that even for a couple of hours that she could loose the bitter streak that had taken over her at times.
"Told you, that you'd enjoy it tonight," Piper explained with a grin on her face as she felt Jeremy's hand on her thigh.
Prue raised her eyebrows at her younger sister, "You know it doesn't suit you."
"What doesn't suit me?" Piper asked innocently, "This dress, because we have both agreed that borrowing from your wardrobe is a good idea."
"Gloating."
"Really? I quite enjoy it when I'm right," Piper told her older sister as she felt Jeremy wrap his other arm around her waist. "But if you don't think so I'll just get back to my date."
While Piper turned back to Jeremy, Prue's eyes were distracted and drifted over Steve shoulder to some celebrations taking place on the dance floor.
Prue smiled as she noticed that a group had crowded around a young woman with dark hair singing a version of happy birthday badly. She let out a small sigh looking at the girl, she doubted that her birthday would have as much to celebrating in a couple of months, before turning back to look at Steve.
Glen opened a bottle of Champagne while Deon handed out the glasses and Paige unscrewed the top of a bottle of water. It seemed a bit of a let down to be having water while all her friends filled themselves with alcohol, but she had worked so hard to get and stay sober, she was not going to ruin that all for one glass of bubbly. Glancing back at her friends, she could not help but laugh as she saw her friend's raise their individual glasses to her.
"To Paige," Kirsten said, talking a sip as she waited for the others to echo Paige's name, "And to legally being allowed to do everything that she has been doing since she was 16!"
"And to all of that," Deon agree with a small grin as he wrapped his arm around Anna. "So how does it feel to finally be an adult?"
"Yeah, we want a full speech," Anna told her friend as she glanced up at Deon. "And this year you're sober so you're not going to get out of it by running to the toilets like on you're 18!"
"Okay, okay," Paige, said with a small grin on her bright red face, the whole of the club seemed to have turned to look at them. "I would like to thank you all for using my birthday for a chance to drink bubbly and get trashed."
As Paige turned to leave and head back to the dance floor, Glen grabbed her arm and shot her and evil grin. "You don't get away that easily Matthews, because as your oldest friend present here to night, I feel that it is my duty to embarrass you. So either you get talking or I will."
"Oh, oh." Kirsten's face lit up, "Let Glen give the speech I want to hear a couple of past experiences, that Ms. Matthew here would be less than willing to tell us."
Paige playful hit Glen side as she thought for a minute. "You see the problem with that would be, in the morning I am probably going to be the only one that can remember tonight."
"Spoil sport," Glen muttered.
"Okay, okay, here's attempt number two. Thanks all for coming, but I not looking after you later and my bathroom is off limits to anyone who is evil. Because I'd much prefer to spend my twenty-first with the cute bar tender over there than looking after any of you," Paige explained as her grin grew and both Kirsten and Anna looked over their shoulders to the bar. "But on a more serious note, you guys have become like a family to me and helped me through a lot. So now that been said, let's forget the emotional stuff and have some fun while I get his number."
"Here, here." Anna grinned as she felt Deon arms wrap tighter around her.
"Glen," Kirsten whispered as she waited for Paige to head for the bar and stood on tiptoes that she was level with Glen's ear. "I'll buy you a drink for each story you can tell me, so we can embarrass her on campus tomorrow."
Glen grinned back, "Well I'd say that's what friends are for, right."
"No kidding."