Chapter 5
...through every step her sisters were by her side, sure maybe the oldest wasn't what she used to be but, Phoebe had seen and been through so much I mean what do you expect, Prue couldn't treat her how she used to, but she was the oldest again. Piper was in her rightful place as middle sister, mediator and friend.
Phoebe got over the drugs it took a long time but Jason and Mark were there as always, sure there were times when Phoebe could have given in but now she had the strength of not only really great friends but also her sisters, she was in collage now, and her sisters, although living their own lives, Prue living in her apartment and Piper living on campus of UCLA they were around a whole lot more and rang a lot. Grams, was away again at another friends it didn't bother Phoebe that much she had got used to it now.
Phoebe ran down the stairs of the manor and over to the door, she pulled it open, "Hay you!" Jason said as he saw Phoebe, "Mark's in the car, are you ready to go?" she smiled, "What no hello?" she asked as she pulled him into a lingering kiss. He pulled back, "Hello..." he said with a smile; Phoebe took her jacket from the hanger, and picked her keys up from the side, "let's go then." With that they both walked to the red mustang parked at the bottom of the drive.
"Hay Mark" Phoebe greeted as she got into the back of the car, Jason got in next to her, "Hay Phoebe, so we got to go straight to the Robs house or do you want to make any detours?" He asked, "Straight there's fine by me" she said, and with this Mark started the engine and started to drive.
They were only seconds driving when Mark looked into the mirror, he sighed, "Oh...guys come on its too early for that level of affection to be show. Guy's I just had my breakfast...come on." Phoebe pulled back from the kiss, "Oh I'm sorry Mark, I just missed him" Mark smiled and looked back into the mirror, so he could see Phoebe, "Are you kidding me, you guys have only been apart for about ten hours?" he asked, Happy to see Phoebe so happy again, this was his Phoebe, fun loving, witty and so Phoebe.
"You just drive" Jason ordered with a smile, then he turned back to Phoebe and put his arms around her waist, she rested her head on his chest, Jason noticed Phoebe close her eyes and fall into his protective hold, he knew exactly what had happened, "...Bad night?" he asked quietly although Mark was a good friend there were times when Jason knew Phoebe needed his support, Not that Mark was a bad friend he was the best, Phoebe just didn't want him worrying about her, been too overprotective...Jason was her boyfriend, she could deal with him and often needed his overprotective-ness but it wasn't something she needed from her friends, she had gone through so much that night at the manor with her sisters to get everything back to normal, to get it back to the life that she used to have. Not that mark could have heard over the rock CD that he was currently playing.
Phoebe opened her eyes and looked forward, she lifted one of her hands and took hold of Jason's, "Just the usual...after you guys left and I spoke on the phone to Piper for a while. When I tried to get to sleep I ... had the nightmare. Didn't sleep a great deal." She explained, "You should have called" Jason said, wrapping his arm around her a little tighter, "Jas, I can't keep calling you every time I have nightmare of think there's something under my bed..." "Phoebe, I didn't mean it like that." He explained, "I know I'm sorry. I just don't want to burden everything on you..." "Phoebe, I don't mind...really..." Phoebe looked up at him she looked into his eyes, "DO you...ever wish that you had a normal girlfriend...I mean not someone who is emotionally messed up?" Phoebe asked, Jason was more than a little taken aback by Phoebe's question, "Is that what you think?" Phoebe just looked down at where their hands met, "Phoebe, I love you, don't ever think any different and you are normal, don't be so hard on your self" Phoebe looked back up at him, "I wish I was different..." she admitted, "I just wish that we could be like a normal couple, but we can't because I have all this emotional shit that messes with my head. I wish I could get normal nights sleep, I wish I didn't have craving for drugs and I wish I never got in that car." "Phoebe I'm here no matter what, you know that. And I don't ever wish you were any different..."
He hesitated, "Actually...Phoebe...I do" Phoebe shot her eyes up to meet his, "I wish that you...could make some descent pancakes." Phoebe smiled in relief and hit Jason on the arm playfully. "I told you Piper's the naturally talented one in that area." Then she returned her head to rest on his chest, "so how are your sisters?" He asked, Phoebe answered with her eyes closed, "Piper's great. She's coming over later tonight and I think that she's bringing her boyfriend with her...you're still coming for dinner right?" she asked now opening her eyes, "Yeah, I'm coming...as long as it's piper cooking!" he said with a smile, Phoebe also smiled, "God I hope so." She said, "And the oldest?" he asked, "She'll be there to. I mean Piper's boyfriend hasn't got the Prue's seal of approval." Jason laughed because he knew Phoebe was been entirely serious, "Have I?" he asked, Phoebe sat up and looked at him in shock, "Are you kidding me. You stopped me from killing them...literally...she loves you."
About fifteen minuets later they pulled into the driveway of the house, Phoebe looked at the house that stood a good bit away from where the mustang was parked on the long drive way, she was broken from her thoughts by two loud honks of the horn, Mark pushed his hand and a lengthy screech could be heard from the car. It didn't take long for the door to open and a guy that was the same age as them in the car emerged, he was wearing a grey shirt open over a whit t-shirt with a pair of worn jeans which looked by no means knew.
The door opened and the guy got into the car, "Hay guys" he greeted, "Hay Rob" Phoebe said, and then the other two also greeted him in the same manor, With this the car was filled with the rambling of the four friends as it made it's way down the street towards there next destination, towards the beech.
A further hour in the car and they eventually pulled up at the beech, the sun was scorching and the tide was in splashing against the cliff sides and rocks, "So...where first?" Rob asked, Mark looked around as he stepped out the car, "Well, I see a nice empty spot over there" he said pointing towards the sand, Phoebe stood out and turned to him with a quizzical look on her face, "Mark the place is practically deserted, every where's empty!" Jason laughed and opened the boot of the car taking out the blankets they had brought along with them, "how about we set up camp then?" he through a blanket at Rob, and then walked over wrapping his arm around Phoebe all four headed in the direction of the sand.
Phoebe sat on the blanket watching as Jason, Rob and Mark threw the football to each other, all three guys were topless and wearing shorts, running through the silk like sand, tackling each other to the floor. Phoebe laughed at her friends but for some reason her thoughts trailed of to the memories of her fallen friends, they spent a lot of time together at the beech. Phoebe couldn't help but smile remembering the times that she had skipped school and they had all come to the beech, they got busted of course by, who else but her oldest sister.
Jason came running over to her, his muscular toned chest glistened in the sunlight; he sat down next to her, "You going to have a game?" Jason asked, breathless and smiling, "Maybe I could be persuaded" she offered, "You okay?" he asked noticing how distant she was, Phoebe shook herself back together, "Yeah I'm fine" she reassured him with a smile, Jason accepted her answer and then smiled, "So why should I play football with you guys?" she asked, Jason brought his hand to her waist where she was wearing an open shirt over a bikini top, "...because you'd be one the team of your gorgeous, loving boy friend" "Well do I get a kiss off him first?" she asked with a grin on her face. He lent forward and kissed her passionately on the lips, pushing her back down onto the blanket his hands took hold of her waist as she closed her eyes relishing his sweet tasting lips. He pulled back, and looked into her eyes, "Convinced yet?" he asked, "Not fully" Phoebe answered pulling him closer wrapping her arms around his neck.
They continued this for another minuet, Jason's hands roaming around under Phoebe's shirt around her waist and Phoebe pulling him closer. As this continued, Rob decided he had waited long enough for them to stop and threw the football in their direction, with such accuracy that it hit Jason of the back of the head. As the ball hit Jason pulled back from the kiss and fell onto the ground next to where Phoebe was lay, "Damn! You guys" he screamed, then he quickly stood to his feet and picked up the ball, throwing it full force at Rob and Mark, who were now in an hysterical fit of laughter. With this he took charge towards them and tackled Rob to the ground, as the two of them wrestled Mark looked over to Phoebe who was laughing and walked over towards her.
"Twenty dollars on Jason" He said, Phoebe looked up, "You want me to bet against my boyfriend?" she asked, then looked as Rob threw Jason to the ground pinning him to the floor Phoebe pulled a face and looked back at Mark, "You're on!"
Phoebe, Jason and Mark were now driving back from just dropping Rob back at his house, "I still can't believe that you bet against me!" Jason said, faking a hurt voice, Phoebe turned to him and shimmied closer, "I'm sorry it's just, you know me, can't turn my back when it's a cert." Jason looked at her his eyes wide in shock, "What are you on about he was just lucky" Phoebe rolled her eyes, "Okay, it's been over four hours since and Rob fort, and you are still moaning..." "Well I wouldn't be moaning if my girlfriend never bet against me." Phoebe moved back, "If you go on and on about this then I want to break up!" Jason looked at her, "Well maybe we should!" they joked, Phoebe nodded "Fine."
She looked out the window turning her back no matter how much she wanted to keep a straight face she was finding it increasingly hard, Jason moved over to her, and wrapped his arm around her, "...honey don't take it personally but...I'd be able to take you!" she told him. Jason shrugged, "And I don't doubt it..." Phoebe turned back to him with a smile, "now are you going to drop it?" she asked, Jason nodded, "Fine..." "Good because, I don't want to be with my sister and all I'm getting from you is moaning." Jason put up his hands defensively "I won't moan, promise." Phoebe smiled and lent forward kissing him on the lips before hugging him, "So how long is dinner going to be?" he asked, "Not to long, Piper's been home for a while so hopefully she'll have been busy" Phoebe then looked over towards mark, "Hay Mark, you want to come over for dinner and watch as my oldest sister rips Piper's boyfriend apart?" she asked, Mark looked in the mirror, "Phoebe as much fun as it's been today watching you and Jas all over each other, I think that maybe you two could do with some you time." He said with a smile, "Plus I have to go home and cook for my sister." Phoebe looked at him as his smile faded, "Your dad still AWL?" Mark nodded, "Yeah!" "I'm sorry man" Jason offered, Phoebe lent forward and place her hand on his shoulder, "Well you know your welcome at mine after what you did for me, it's the least that I can do." Jason pulled the car up in front of the manor and turned to them, "Thanks, but I'm fine really. Now..." he said with another of his trade mark smiles, "...get out of here, you two lovesick guys are going to put me of my dinner." Phoebe lent forward and gave him a hug, "see you tomorrow?" "Count on it" Mark answered; Phoebe stepped out of the car, "See ya man." Jason said, "See ya Jas" Mark answered before Jason got out and closed the door.
Phoebe and Jason watched as the car drove off down the street, she turned to him, "do you think that everything will be okay?" Phoebe asked looking at Jason, "Mark will be fine." Phoebe looked at him, "I don't mean Mark I mean his sister, have you ever eaten his food?" she asked. Jason smiled. "Mark will be okay" he reassured Phoebe.
Phoebe looked up to the manor, "well Piper's cars here but no Prue. So we haven't missed the fun." She reassured Jason, Jason nodded "Well thank god for that, I don't want to miss the famous Prue Halliwell in action." With that he took Phoebe's hand in his and started up the steps. Un-aware that the moment the door to the manor was opened, along with it, it would open a whole new can of worms and may very well be the demise of a sisterly bond, a love, a friendship, the end of Phoebe Halliwell, the youngest sister loved by all.
...through every step her sisters were by her side, sure maybe the oldest wasn't what she used to be but, Phoebe had seen and been through so much I mean what do you expect, Prue couldn't treat her how she used to, but she was the oldest again. Piper was in her rightful place as middle sister, mediator and friend.
Phoebe got over the drugs it took a long time but Jason and Mark were there as always, sure there were times when Phoebe could have given in but now she had the strength of not only really great friends but also her sisters, she was in collage now, and her sisters, although living their own lives, Prue living in her apartment and Piper living on campus of UCLA they were around a whole lot more and rang a lot. Grams, was away again at another friends it didn't bother Phoebe that much she had got used to it now.
Phoebe ran down the stairs of the manor and over to the door, she pulled it open, "Hay you!" Jason said as he saw Phoebe, "Mark's in the car, are you ready to go?" she smiled, "What no hello?" she asked as she pulled him into a lingering kiss. He pulled back, "Hello..." he said with a smile; Phoebe took her jacket from the hanger, and picked her keys up from the side, "let's go then." With that they both walked to the red mustang parked at the bottom of the drive.
"Hay Mark" Phoebe greeted as she got into the back of the car, Jason got in next to her, "Hay Phoebe, so we got to go straight to the Robs house or do you want to make any detours?" He asked, "Straight there's fine by me" she said, and with this Mark started the engine and started to drive.
They were only seconds driving when Mark looked into the mirror, he sighed, "Oh...guys come on its too early for that level of affection to be show. Guy's I just had my breakfast...come on." Phoebe pulled back from the kiss, "Oh I'm sorry Mark, I just missed him" Mark smiled and looked back into the mirror, so he could see Phoebe, "Are you kidding me, you guys have only been apart for about ten hours?" he asked, Happy to see Phoebe so happy again, this was his Phoebe, fun loving, witty and so Phoebe.
"You just drive" Jason ordered with a smile, then he turned back to Phoebe and put his arms around her waist, she rested her head on his chest, Jason noticed Phoebe close her eyes and fall into his protective hold, he knew exactly what had happened, "...Bad night?" he asked quietly although Mark was a good friend there were times when Jason knew Phoebe needed his support, Not that Mark was a bad friend he was the best, Phoebe just didn't want him worrying about her, been too overprotective...Jason was her boyfriend, she could deal with him and often needed his overprotective-ness but it wasn't something she needed from her friends, she had gone through so much that night at the manor with her sisters to get everything back to normal, to get it back to the life that she used to have. Not that mark could have heard over the rock CD that he was currently playing.
Phoebe opened her eyes and looked forward, she lifted one of her hands and took hold of Jason's, "Just the usual...after you guys left and I spoke on the phone to Piper for a while. When I tried to get to sleep I ... had the nightmare. Didn't sleep a great deal." She explained, "You should have called" Jason said, wrapping his arm around her a little tighter, "Jas, I can't keep calling you every time I have nightmare of think there's something under my bed..." "Phoebe, I didn't mean it like that." He explained, "I know I'm sorry. I just don't want to burden everything on you..." "Phoebe, I don't mind...really..." Phoebe looked up at him she looked into his eyes, "DO you...ever wish that you had a normal girlfriend...I mean not someone who is emotionally messed up?" Phoebe asked, Jason was more than a little taken aback by Phoebe's question, "Is that what you think?" Phoebe just looked down at where their hands met, "Phoebe, I love you, don't ever think any different and you are normal, don't be so hard on your self" Phoebe looked back up at him, "I wish I was different..." she admitted, "I just wish that we could be like a normal couple, but we can't because I have all this emotional shit that messes with my head. I wish I could get normal nights sleep, I wish I didn't have craving for drugs and I wish I never got in that car." "Phoebe I'm here no matter what, you know that. And I don't ever wish you were any different..."
He hesitated, "Actually...Phoebe...I do" Phoebe shot her eyes up to meet his, "I wish that you...could make some descent pancakes." Phoebe smiled in relief and hit Jason on the arm playfully. "I told you Piper's the naturally talented one in that area." Then she returned her head to rest on his chest, "so how are your sisters?" He asked, Phoebe answered with her eyes closed, "Piper's great. She's coming over later tonight and I think that she's bringing her boyfriend with her...you're still coming for dinner right?" she asked now opening her eyes, "Yeah, I'm coming...as long as it's piper cooking!" he said with a smile, Phoebe also smiled, "God I hope so." She said, "And the oldest?" he asked, "She'll be there to. I mean Piper's boyfriend hasn't got the Prue's seal of approval." Jason laughed because he knew Phoebe was been entirely serious, "Have I?" he asked, Phoebe sat up and looked at him in shock, "Are you kidding me. You stopped me from killing them...literally...she loves you."
About fifteen minuets later they pulled into the driveway of the house, Phoebe looked at the house that stood a good bit away from where the mustang was parked on the long drive way, she was broken from her thoughts by two loud honks of the horn, Mark pushed his hand and a lengthy screech could be heard from the car. It didn't take long for the door to open and a guy that was the same age as them in the car emerged, he was wearing a grey shirt open over a whit t-shirt with a pair of worn jeans which looked by no means knew.
The door opened and the guy got into the car, "Hay guys" he greeted, "Hay Rob" Phoebe said, and then the other two also greeted him in the same manor, With this the car was filled with the rambling of the four friends as it made it's way down the street towards there next destination, towards the beech.
A further hour in the car and they eventually pulled up at the beech, the sun was scorching and the tide was in splashing against the cliff sides and rocks, "So...where first?" Rob asked, Mark looked around as he stepped out the car, "Well, I see a nice empty spot over there" he said pointing towards the sand, Phoebe stood out and turned to him with a quizzical look on her face, "Mark the place is practically deserted, every where's empty!" Jason laughed and opened the boot of the car taking out the blankets they had brought along with them, "how about we set up camp then?" he through a blanket at Rob, and then walked over wrapping his arm around Phoebe all four headed in the direction of the sand.
Phoebe sat on the blanket watching as Jason, Rob and Mark threw the football to each other, all three guys were topless and wearing shorts, running through the silk like sand, tackling each other to the floor. Phoebe laughed at her friends but for some reason her thoughts trailed of to the memories of her fallen friends, they spent a lot of time together at the beech. Phoebe couldn't help but smile remembering the times that she had skipped school and they had all come to the beech, they got busted of course by, who else but her oldest sister.
Jason came running over to her, his muscular toned chest glistened in the sunlight; he sat down next to her, "You going to have a game?" Jason asked, breathless and smiling, "Maybe I could be persuaded" she offered, "You okay?" he asked noticing how distant she was, Phoebe shook herself back together, "Yeah I'm fine" she reassured him with a smile, Jason accepted her answer and then smiled, "So why should I play football with you guys?" she asked, Jason brought his hand to her waist where she was wearing an open shirt over a bikini top, "...because you'd be one the team of your gorgeous, loving boy friend" "Well do I get a kiss off him first?" she asked with a grin on her face. He lent forward and kissed her passionately on the lips, pushing her back down onto the blanket his hands took hold of her waist as she closed her eyes relishing his sweet tasting lips. He pulled back, and looked into her eyes, "Convinced yet?" he asked, "Not fully" Phoebe answered pulling him closer wrapping her arms around his neck.
They continued this for another minuet, Jason's hands roaming around under Phoebe's shirt around her waist and Phoebe pulling him closer. As this continued, Rob decided he had waited long enough for them to stop and threw the football in their direction, with such accuracy that it hit Jason of the back of the head. As the ball hit Jason pulled back from the kiss and fell onto the ground next to where Phoebe was lay, "Damn! You guys" he screamed, then he quickly stood to his feet and picked up the ball, throwing it full force at Rob and Mark, who were now in an hysterical fit of laughter. With this he took charge towards them and tackled Rob to the ground, as the two of them wrestled Mark looked over to Phoebe who was laughing and walked over towards her.
"Twenty dollars on Jason" He said, Phoebe looked up, "You want me to bet against my boyfriend?" she asked, then looked as Rob threw Jason to the ground pinning him to the floor Phoebe pulled a face and looked back at Mark, "You're on!"
Phoebe, Jason and Mark were now driving back from just dropping Rob back at his house, "I still can't believe that you bet against me!" Jason said, faking a hurt voice, Phoebe turned to him and shimmied closer, "I'm sorry it's just, you know me, can't turn my back when it's a cert." Jason looked at her his eyes wide in shock, "What are you on about he was just lucky" Phoebe rolled her eyes, "Okay, it's been over four hours since and Rob fort, and you are still moaning..." "Well I wouldn't be moaning if my girlfriend never bet against me." Phoebe moved back, "If you go on and on about this then I want to break up!" Jason looked at her, "Well maybe we should!" they joked, Phoebe nodded "Fine."
She looked out the window turning her back no matter how much she wanted to keep a straight face she was finding it increasingly hard, Jason moved over to her, and wrapped his arm around her, "...honey don't take it personally but...I'd be able to take you!" she told him. Jason shrugged, "And I don't doubt it..." Phoebe turned back to him with a smile, "now are you going to drop it?" she asked, Jason nodded, "Fine..." "Good because, I don't want to be with my sister and all I'm getting from you is moaning." Jason put up his hands defensively "I won't moan, promise." Phoebe smiled and lent forward kissing him on the lips before hugging him, "So how long is dinner going to be?" he asked, "Not to long, Piper's been home for a while so hopefully she'll have been busy" Phoebe then looked over towards mark, "Hay Mark, you want to come over for dinner and watch as my oldest sister rips Piper's boyfriend apart?" she asked, Mark looked in the mirror, "Phoebe as much fun as it's been today watching you and Jas all over each other, I think that maybe you two could do with some you time." He said with a smile, "Plus I have to go home and cook for my sister." Phoebe looked at him as his smile faded, "Your dad still AWL?" Mark nodded, "Yeah!" "I'm sorry man" Jason offered, Phoebe lent forward and place her hand on his shoulder, "Well you know your welcome at mine after what you did for me, it's the least that I can do." Jason pulled the car up in front of the manor and turned to them, "Thanks, but I'm fine really. Now..." he said with another of his trade mark smiles, "...get out of here, you two lovesick guys are going to put me of my dinner." Phoebe lent forward and gave him a hug, "see you tomorrow?" "Count on it" Mark answered; Phoebe stepped out of the car, "See ya man." Jason said, "See ya Jas" Mark answered before Jason got out and closed the door.
Phoebe and Jason watched as the car drove off down the street, she turned to him, "do you think that everything will be okay?" Phoebe asked looking at Jason, "Mark will be fine." Phoebe looked at him, "I don't mean Mark I mean his sister, have you ever eaten his food?" she asked. Jason smiled. "Mark will be okay" he reassured Phoebe.
Phoebe looked up to the manor, "well Piper's cars here but no Prue. So we haven't missed the fun." She reassured Jason, Jason nodded "Well thank god for that, I don't want to miss the famous Prue Halliwell in action." With that he took Phoebe's hand in his and started up the steps. Un-aware that the moment the door to the manor was opened, along with it, it would open a whole new can of worms and may very well be the demise of a sisterly bond, a love, a friendship, the end of Phoebe Halliwell, the youngest sister loved by all.