Dare To Dream
By: Beth Diane
Disclaimer: . . . Beth . . . Does . . . Not . . . Own . . . Charmed . . .
A/N: Sorry I haven't written in so long. please review!
Chapter four:
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Piper and Phoebe stared into the distance, wondering if they should listen to Leo. What he has to say might be that Prue has woken up and that she's going to be just fine, but maybe not. Maybe Prue died.
"Girls?" Leo asked, his tone calm, but it wasn't helping them guess at what he had to say.
"Is it good, Leo, or bad?" Piper asked, turning to face her husband. If he said that it was bad, she'd probably melt down.
"She's not dead," Leo stated. "If that's what you're asking."
"What is it, Leo?" Phoebe said after staring blankly at the two of them for a minute.
"She's in a coma." Leo glanced at both sisters before continuing. "She's probably not going to die, but they aren't sure. She's as stable as she could be right now though. You're allowed to see her."
Piper and Phoebe nodded, but didn't say anything. They climbed into Phoebe's car and drove to the hospital silently. When they got there, they stood at the receptionist's counter and asked where Prue Halliwell was.
"Are you family?" The lady at the counter asked.
"Yes. We are her sisters." Piper said. The lady looked over at Leo.
"I'm her brother in law." Leo explained, walking over and putting his arm around Piper.
"Can I see some ID?" She obviously didn't believe them, but the question was, why.
"Why?" Piper asked, digging through her purse to get her drivers' license.
"Because it's hospital policy to only let family visit her at this stage." The lady replied, grabbing the picture ID's. She nodded and handed them back. "You may see her now." She said and told them where she was.
The three of them walked down the halls straight towards Prue's room. The nurses said they could only go in one at a time, and Piper was going to go in first. She walked in the door, bracing herself for what she might see. Prue was lying in the bed; she didn't look like she was in critical condition. It looked like she was sleeping, but Piper knew not to let that fool her. She walked over to her sister's bed and sat down in the chair. Piper began to cry.
"Prue, I need you! You can't die on us, please hold on. I know you can hear me, Prue and you listen! I'm not ready to be the oldest! I can't do it, and you need to come back for us! Leo's here. He orbed in after he heard about you. We all love you, Prue. Please hold on!"
A few of Piper's tears landed on Prue's hospital sheets, and Piper figured it was time to let Phoebe come in. She stood up, squeezing Prue's hand, and walked out of the room. She found where Phoebe and Leo were sitting in the waiting room and nodded at Phoebe, letting her know that she could go in. After Phoebe walked away, Piper sat down next to Leo and leaned into him.
"How is she?" He asked, wrapping an arm around Piper.
"She doesn't look sick." Piper said.
"She's not. She's hurt." Leo said, wiping the tears away from Piper's face.
"But it doesn't look like it. She has a few scratches and she is really pale, but she looks like she's sleeping. I don't know what I'd do if she dies . . . "
"She won't die, Piper." Leo said.
"You don't know that!" Piper screamed.
"Yes I do," Leo said.
"Why? Can you heal her?" Piper asked hopefully.
"I cant heal her all the way, the doctors will know that something's up, but I can heal her to the point where she can come back home and there I can heal her all the way." Leo said, thankful that she wasn't already dead, because if she were, he wouldn't be able to heal her.
"When?"
"As soon as Phoebe comes back out. Don't tell her. Let's just let her think it was a miracle." Leo suggested, combing through Piper's long brown hair with his fingers.
"She'll know." Piper said.
"Maybe, but just don't tell her. For me, okay?" Leo asked. "Don't tell Prue either."
"Sure Leo." Piper said. "But what should I tell them?"
"Nothing. I'll just say that Prue woke up when I was in there. It will be easier to tell the doctors that too, if that's what Phoebe and Prue believe."
"Right." Piper said, anxious for her husband to get in there and save her older sister.
Phoebe walked out into the room about ten minutes later, looking distressed.
"Your turn, Leo." She said as she sat down. Leo got up and walked down the hall into Prue's room.
"How are you, Phoebe?" Piper asked, noticing how her sister looked sick.
"She doesn't look like she's dying. She looks like she's just sleeping."
"I know, Phoebe, but she'll be okay. I promise." Piper said, hugging her sister.
"How can you promise that? How do you know?" Phoebe asked, doubting Piper.
"Have faith, Phoebe."
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Leo walked into the room and sat down in the chair that both Piper and Phoebe had been in just moments before. He held his arms over Prue's heart and waited for his magic to start doing it's work. He pulled his arms away before he could heal the cuts and bruises, in order to make it look more normal, but he pulled her out of the coma.
"Prue? Are you okay, Prue?" Leo asked as soon as Prue's eyes began to flutter open.
"Wha - Leo?" Prue asked. Leo paged a nurse and told Prue that she just woke up out of her coma. The nurse walked in.
"Wow. You are lucky. In your condition we figured you'd be in a coma for about a week. This is certainly a great surprise." The nurse said, not suspicious of Leo and Prue at all.
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"Do you hear that, Piper?" Phoebe asked, jumping out of her seat.
"Hear what?"
"Voices . . . "
"No, Phoebe. I do not hear voices. Do you?"
"Not that kind of voices! I hear voices coming from Prue's room."
"Yeah. Leo."
"No! I hear a woman's voice too."
"Nurses, Phoebe!" Piper said, completely forgetting about the conversation she had with Leo about healing Prue.
"I don't think so . . . " Phoebe said, pulling Piper out of her chair. "Let's go see what's going on."
"Um, okay." Piper said, following Phoebe down the hallway to Prue's room.
"PRUE!" Phoebe yelled as soon as she saw her sister alive and well in the bed. "You're okay!"
"Yeah, I am . . . I think . . . " Prue said, hugging her sisters and looking back to the nurse. "Am I?" She asked.
"Surprisingly okay, actually." The nurse said. "All of your internal bleeding has stopped, clotted, and cleaned itself up, the only thing wrong with you now is the minor scratches on your face and arms that wont even leave scars."
"It's a miracle!" Phoebe screamed. Her eyes were huge and watery. Piper grinned; remembering how Leo said that Phoebe would think it was a miracle. He sure knew them well. As for Piper, she was just happy that her older sister was back and healthy. She didn't have to worry about being the oldest, at least not yet.
"So, Prudence," The nurse said, after looking over the sheets of tests and whatnot that they had collected over the past few hours. "I suppose after you fill out some paperwork, you are free to go home."
"Sounds great." Prue said, smiling.
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Right when the sisters got home, the phone started ringing. It was morning, but still pretty early. Too early for anyone to be calling.
"Hello?" Phoebe asked after she picked up the phone. It was an agency calling to ask Phoebe if she was interested in a career of acting. Phoebe said that she wasn't sure and that she would call back within the next week or so.
"Who was it, Phoebe?" Piper asked.
"An acting agency." Phoebe said, thinking through the possibilities.
"What?" Prue gasped.
"Yeah. They want me to become an actress." Phoebe explained shortly what the man said on the phone.
"Well, are you going to?" Piper asked.
"I'm not sure yet." Phoebe said, but she was sure. Phoebe was at least going to the audition for one set and if they liked her, then she would become an actress, and if they weren't sure or if they didn't like her, then she wouldn't. The only thing she was wondering was why they called her. No one had seen Phoebe act since her eighth grade play. She was the co- star along with Stacey Wilson.
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"Do you have everything, Phoebs?" Prue asked. Phoebe was ready to leave for her first acting audition. They still had no clue why the agency picked her, but who honestly cared? Piper and Prue just hoped that Phoebe got what she deserved. Whatever that may be.
"I think so." Phoebe said, walking towards the door.
"Break a leg!" Piper yelled, closing the door behind Phoebe.
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A/N: Please review! If you think you know what's going to happen please let me know. I'd like to hear what everyone thinks!
Disclaimer: . . . Beth . . . Does . . . Not . . . Own . . . Charmed . . .
A/N: Sorry I haven't written in so long. please review!
Chapter four:
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Piper and Phoebe stared into the distance, wondering if they should listen to Leo. What he has to say might be that Prue has woken up and that she's going to be just fine, but maybe not. Maybe Prue died.
"Girls?" Leo asked, his tone calm, but it wasn't helping them guess at what he had to say.
"Is it good, Leo, or bad?" Piper asked, turning to face her husband. If he said that it was bad, she'd probably melt down.
"She's not dead," Leo stated. "If that's what you're asking."
"What is it, Leo?" Phoebe said after staring blankly at the two of them for a minute.
"She's in a coma." Leo glanced at both sisters before continuing. "She's probably not going to die, but they aren't sure. She's as stable as she could be right now though. You're allowed to see her."
Piper and Phoebe nodded, but didn't say anything. They climbed into Phoebe's car and drove to the hospital silently. When they got there, they stood at the receptionist's counter and asked where Prue Halliwell was.
"Are you family?" The lady at the counter asked.
"Yes. We are her sisters." Piper said. The lady looked over at Leo.
"I'm her brother in law." Leo explained, walking over and putting his arm around Piper.
"Can I see some ID?" She obviously didn't believe them, but the question was, why.
"Why?" Piper asked, digging through her purse to get her drivers' license.
"Because it's hospital policy to only let family visit her at this stage." The lady replied, grabbing the picture ID's. She nodded and handed them back. "You may see her now." She said and told them where she was.
The three of them walked down the halls straight towards Prue's room. The nurses said they could only go in one at a time, and Piper was going to go in first. She walked in the door, bracing herself for what she might see. Prue was lying in the bed; she didn't look like she was in critical condition. It looked like she was sleeping, but Piper knew not to let that fool her. She walked over to her sister's bed and sat down in the chair. Piper began to cry.
"Prue, I need you! You can't die on us, please hold on. I know you can hear me, Prue and you listen! I'm not ready to be the oldest! I can't do it, and you need to come back for us! Leo's here. He orbed in after he heard about you. We all love you, Prue. Please hold on!"
A few of Piper's tears landed on Prue's hospital sheets, and Piper figured it was time to let Phoebe come in. She stood up, squeezing Prue's hand, and walked out of the room. She found where Phoebe and Leo were sitting in the waiting room and nodded at Phoebe, letting her know that she could go in. After Phoebe walked away, Piper sat down next to Leo and leaned into him.
"How is she?" He asked, wrapping an arm around Piper.
"She doesn't look sick." Piper said.
"She's not. She's hurt." Leo said, wiping the tears away from Piper's face.
"But it doesn't look like it. She has a few scratches and she is really pale, but she looks like she's sleeping. I don't know what I'd do if she dies . . . "
"She won't die, Piper." Leo said.
"You don't know that!" Piper screamed.
"Yes I do," Leo said.
"Why? Can you heal her?" Piper asked hopefully.
"I cant heal her all the way, the doctors will know that something's up, but I can heal her to the point where she can come back home and there I can heal her all the way." Leo said, thankful that she wasn't already dead, because if she were, he wouldn't be able to heal her.
"When?"
"As soon as Phoebe comes back out. Don't tell her. Let's just let her think it was a miracle." Leo suggested, combing through Piper's long brown hair with his fingers.
"She'll know." Piper said.
"Maybe, but just don't tell her. For me, okay?" Leo asked. "Don't tell Prue either."
"Sure Leo." Piper said. "But what should I tell them?"
"Nothing. I'll just say that Prue woke up when I was in there. It will be easier to tell the doctors that too, if that's what Phoebe and Prue believe."
"Right." Piper said, anxious for her husband to get in there and save her older sister.
Phoebe walked out into the room about ten minutes later, looking distressed.
"Your turn, Leo." She said as she sat down. Leo got up and walked down the hall into Prue's room.
"How are you, Phoebe?" Piper asked, noticing how her sister looked sick.
"She doesn't look like she's dying. She looks like she's just sleeping."
"I know, Phoebe, but she'll be okay. I promise." Piper said, hugging her sister.
"How can you promise that? How do you know?" Phoebe asked, doubting Piper.
"Have faith, Phoebe."
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Leo walked into the room and sat down in the chair that both Piper and Phoebe had been in just moments before. He held his arms over Prue's heart and waited for his magic to start doing it's work. He pulled his arms away before he could heal the cuts and bruises, in order to make it look more normal, but he pulled her out of the coma.
"Prue? Are you okay, Prue?" Leo asked as soon as Prue's eyes began to flutter open.
"Wha - Leo?" Prue asked. Leo paged a nurse and told Prue that she just woke up out of her coma. The nurse walked in.
"Wow. You are lucky. In your condition we figured you'd be in a coma for about a week. This is certainly a great surprise." The nurse said, not suspicious of Leo and Prue at all.
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"Do you hear that, Piper?" Phoebe asked, jumping out of her seat.
"Hear what?"
"Voices . . . "
"No, Phoebe. I do not hear voices. Do you?"
"Not that kind of voices! I hear voices coming from Prue's room."
"Yeah. Leo."
"No! I hear a woman's voice too."
"Nurses, Phoebe!" Piper said, completely forgetting about the conversation she had with Leo about healing Prue.
"I don't think so . . . " Phoebe said, pulling Piper out of her chair. "Let's go see what's going on."
"Um, okay." Piper said, following Phoebe down the hallway to Prue's room.
"PRUE!" Phoebe yelled as soon as she saw her sister alive and well in the bed. "You're okay!"
"Yeah, I am . . . I think . . . " Prue said, hugging her sisters and looking back to the nurse. "Am I?" She asked.
"Surprisingly okay, actually." The nurse said. "All of your internal bleeding has stopped, clotted, and cleaned itself up, the only thing wrong with you now is the minor scratches on your face and arms that wont even leave scars."
"It's a miracle!" Phoebe screamed. Her eyes were huge and watery. Piper grinned; remembering how Leo said that Phoebe would think it was a miracle. He sure knew them well. As for Piper, she was just happy that her older sister was back and healthy. She didn't have to worry about being the oldest, at least not yet.
"So, Prudence," The nurse said, after looking over the sheets of tests and whatnot that they had collected over the past few hours. "I suppose after you fill out some paperwork, you are free to go home."
"Sounds great." Prue said, smiling.
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Right when the sisters got home, the phone started ringing. It was morning, but still pretty early. Too early for anyone to be calling.
"Hello?" Phoebe asked after she picked up the phone. It was an agency calling to ask Phoebe if she was interested in a career of acting. Phoebe said that she wasn't sure and that she would call back within the next week or so.
"Who was it, Phoebe?" Piper asked.
"An acting agency." Phoebe said, thinking through the possibilities.
"What?" Prue gasped.
"Yeah. They want me to become an actress." Phoebe explained shortly what the man said on the phone.
"Well, are you going to?" Piper asked.
"I'm not sure yet." Phoebe said, but she was sure. Phoebe was at least going to the audition for one set and if they liked her, then she would become an actress, and if they weren't sure or if they didn't like her, then she wouldn't. The only thing she was wondering was why they called her. No one had seen Phoebe act since her eighth grade play. She was the co- star along with Stacey Wilson.
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"Do you have everything, Phoebs?" Prue asked. Phoebe was ready to leave for her first acting audition. They still had no clue why the agency picked her, but who honestly cared? Piper and Prue just hoped that Phoebe got what she deserved. Whatever that may be.
"I think so." Phoebe said, walking towards the door.
"Break a leg!" Piper yelled, closing the door behind Phoebe.
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A/N: Please review! If you think you know what's going to happen please let me know. I'd like to hear what everyone thinks!