Save Me

Chapter 5 "Grams Finds Out"

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            Prue stared at the forms she was given to sign and her hand shook as she signed her name at the bottom. She really couldn't believe that she was about to have an abortion. And no one knew, Prue wished more then anything that she wasn't alone, but she knew it was too late now, she'd made her decision and it was probably for the best. Then she and Jack could get back together and Grams would never have to know that she was ever pregnant at all. Prue filled out the medical form and signed her name at the bottom, since she was 16, she could haven an abortion confidentially and the doctors didn't need to get Gram's okay to do it. Prue was told to sit back in the waiting room and the doctor would call her when it was her turn.

            She looked around at the other girls waiting there, they were all around her age too, but most of them had parents or at least a boyfriend there with them. Prue's stomach turned and she went into the bathroom to throw up, her morning sickness was getting a lot worse. Prue looked at her watch and groaned, it was 3:00 in the afternoon, now her morning sickness seemed to last all day. But it will end today, Prue thought, trying to cheer herself up, with that thought, any thought. But no matter what she tried to distract herself with, she still felt like she was about to make the biggest mistake of her life. Prue walked back out into the waiting room and sat down again, wishing they'd call her soon, so she could just get it over with.

            A few minutes later a nurse walked out in to the waiting room, consulting a clipboard, "Prue Halliwell?" she asked. "Yeah" Prue said quietly as she followed the nurse back to a smaller room where she was given a paper gown to change into before the doctor came in. Prue sat there, staring at the gown a few minutes, wondering if she really could go through with this. "I just can't do it" Prue said to herself as she walked out of the doctor office, brushing away tears from her cheeks. "I changed my mind" she told the receptionist and walked back to the parking lot, getting back in her car before she broke down completely. Prue laid her head on the steering wheel and cried, her second time with in a few hours. As she sobbed, a wave of nausea rushed over her and she opened the car door, throw up next to the wheel. Another wave of nausea hit her and Prue threw up, again and again until she was doubled over gasping for breath and choking on her own tears. What is happening to me? Prue wondered desperately and without another thought she pulled out her cell phone and called Andy to come get her.

            A few minutes later Andy's dark green Honda pulled into the parking lot, parking next to Prue's car. Andy jumped out and walked over to Prue who was still doubled over with her eyes closed. "Prue?" Andy asked uncertainly, he'd never seen her look this sick before. Prue sat up and opened her eyes, smiling faintly at him, "Want me to take you home?" Andy asked. "Okay" Prue agreed getting out of her car and following him to his. "Did you get one?" Andy asked, meaning an abortion. "I tried, but I just couldn't do it" Prue answered as she slumped into the passenger set of Andy's car and closed her eyes again.

"Do you have the flu?" Andy asked, climbing into the driver's seat and looking at Prue concerned, she was so pale and had dark circles under her eyes. "No, I'm okay" Prue said, making her self open her eyes again and smile at him. She already felt guilty for calling him, now she didn't want him worrying about her too. But the truth was, she didn't know what was wrong, she felt so dizzy and nauseas and could barely catch her breath. "Andy I- she was about to apologize for how she treated him a few weeks ago and thank him for coming to get her, but before she could, her eyes rolled back in the her head and she slumped back against the chair, passing out. "Prue? Prue!" Andy said, alarmed. He shook Prue's shoulders gently, trying to wake her up. Her breathing was coming out in short gasps. "Oh my god, Prue" Andy said, looking around in fear, wondering what was wrong with her. Prue's eyes snapped open and she gasp for breath. "I'm taking you to the hospital" Andy said decidedly, holding her hand in his as he drove.

Prue passed out again and when she opened her eyes she was laying in a hospital bed with an oxygen mask over her face and Andy at her side. "What happened?" Prue asked, slipping the mask down so she could talk. "No, keep it on" Andy told her gently, sliding it back up, "You passed out and I took you to the hospital. That's where you are now." "Oh" Prue answered, feeling too tired to ask any more questions, she closed her eyes and dozed off to sleep, feeling much less nauseous than before and comforted by Andy's presence.

When Prue woke up about an hour later, Grams and her sisters were in her hospital room along with Andy, who still hadn't moved from her side. "Andy" Prue said sounding concerned and nodded her head in Gram's direction. "It's okay, she knows" Andy said and quickly added "I had to call her from the hospital, the doctors couldn't help you without her consent" Prue nodded, realizing Andy was right and was sill to dazed by what happened to care too much, "Okay" Prue said again and Andy smiled "Wow, you are so much more agreeable on painkillers, you should be on them all the time" he joked, brushing a strand of hair from Prue's forehead. Prue smiled at his touch and remembered their kiss. "I love you, Andy" she whispered, gazing up at him. Andy smiled again and kissed her forehead softly, I wish you really did, Andy thought sadly, I wish it wasn't just the drugs talking. "I'm going to let you and Grams talk" Andy said and kissed Prue's hand before walking out.

Grams walked over to Prue's bedside, followed by Piper and Phoebe, whom Grams promptly ordered out of the room so they could talk in private. "How are you feeling?" Grams asked, sounding much more concerned and less angry than Prue could have ever imagined she would be. "I'm okay" Prue answered, "Are you mad, Grams?" Gram's mouth tightened into a straight line "You have no idea, but this isn't the time or the place to discuss that. You need to get better first." Grams answered and Prue knew that she was in for one hell of a lecture when she got home. "What's wrong with me?" Prue asked, becoming more awake and sitting up as the pain pills wore off. "You have a vitamin deficiency, you went into a seizure. Have you not been eating?" Grams asked. Prue cringed "Not really" she admitted "Just …the morning sickness, I felt better if I don't eat" "Well, that stops now. You will just have to deal with it, I went through it being pregnant with your mother and Patty went though it with all three of you girls, it's just a part of pregnancy, but starving yourself and your baby isn't healthy." Grams lectured. Prue nodded "Okay! Okay, I'm sorry. But I didn't know this was going to happen." "I know, honey" Grams said, her tone softening "I'm just worried about you; the doctor said this pregnancy will not be easy on you. You're so small as it is and young. If you don't take vitamins everyday, you'll end up back here again. And the doctor said your stress levels are off the charts. You need to calm down and start eating healthy."

"I'm keeping my baby" Prue said matter-of –factly, "I know it won't be easy, but I just can't give up" Grams nodded "Of course you can't, I would never expect you to, it's just not you, even when Phoebe was born you could never put her down" Grams smiled at the memory but then turned serious again, "But you'll have to get a job and at least partially support your self and your child, because Jack obviously won't do a damn thing , and I've already raised your mother and all of you girls, I'm not about to do it all over again." "I know" Prue replied, "but I can still live at home, right, at least until I get a job?" "Yes, you can live at home as long as you need to, but don't worry about that now. Go back to sleep now, and I'll go ask your doctor when you can come home" "Wait Grams" Prue said, "How did you know Jack was the father? Do Piper and Phoebe know I'm pregnant?" Prue trailed off, filled with more questions but not having the energy to ask them all. "Jack's the only serous boyfriend you've ever had so, of course he's the father and both of your sisters know, now go to sleep" Grams told her. Prue nodded, closing her eyes until she heard Grams walk out of the room, then she opened them again and waited for Andy to come back in.

Andy popped his head around the door, saw she was still awake and walked back in "Hey, you" Andy said, pulling up a chair next to her bed and intertwining his fingers with hers. "Hey" Prue answered "Looks like you saved my life" "Looks like it" Andy replied, "You look like you feel better" Prue nodded "I do" she said and then paused "Thanks Andy, not just for coming to pick me up today, but for everything. Putting up with me all these years and still being my friend, through every fight. Just…thank you" "Prue, there's nothing you could do, no fight we could get into that would make me not be here for you" Andy told her honestly. "I should have called you sooner, but I just thought you were mad at me and I wanted to give you time to cool off." Prue smiled, grateful that they had resolved everything. She needed Andy more then she knew.

Andy laid his head on Prue's bed and wiped away a few tears out of his eyes before she saw them, a friend, she thanked him for being a friend. That's all he was to her, their kiss didn't mean anything, he was just her friend. "Um, Andy?" Prue asked, and Andy looked up quickly, "hmm?" he asked. "When I was on the um, pain killers, did I tell you I loved you?" Prue asked, blushing slightly. "It's okay, I know it was just the medicine talking" Andy told her, his heart breaking with every word. "Yeah, okay" Prue answered, he was wrong, actually she was about to tell him that she meant it, that she'd always been in love with him and just didn't know it until about a week ago. But Andy obviously doesn't feel the same way, because if he did, then he'd have assumed I was serious, Prue thought sadly, but it doesn't matter, she told herself; at least they were friends again.

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