ONE
"Piper," called Prue up the stairs, "you'd better get a move on it. I have to be at work in forty minutes and I have just enough time to drop you off at the club if we leave right now."
"Ready," said Piper, coming down the stairs. "I appreciate the lift. It's a hell of a time for my brakes to suddenly start acting up."
"Well, you should have your car back this afternoon," Prue said. "Sure you can get to the garage okay by yourself?"
"Yeah," Piper said. "It's only a few blocks from the club. I can walk there."
"So, you guys off?" Phoebe asked, coming in from the kitchen.
"Just about," Prue said. "What are you going to do today?"
"Thought I'd just hang out here," Phoebe said. "I have a couple of applications out and they said they'd call. I'm kind of hopeful on these. I wouldn't want to miss a call and loose out on a good job."
"Good luck," Piper said. "I know how hard you've been looking lately. I hope you get something today."
"Me too," Phoebe said. "I hate interviews. Especially now with our secret in addition to everything else. But I'm confident something will turn up soon."
"I should be home early tonight," Prue said. "I'm almost finished with the inventory and it shouldn't take me very long today. And no matter what my new boss says I'm not staying late another night. I need some rest."
"Okay," Phoebe said. "You two have a good day."
"You too, sweetie," Piper said as she and Prue headed out the front door.
"I hope she does get a call today," Piper said as Prue pulled out of the driveway. "She's been looking very hard the past couple of weeks."
"Not at all like the Phoebe we grew up with is she?" Prue asked.
"No, not really," Piper said. "I think she's actually beginning to take some responsibility. I just wish grams could have lived to see this. She'd never have believed it."
"Well, I hate to admit it," Prue said, "but it looks like baby sister is actually starting to grow up."
"You two are getting along better," commented Piper. "Better than you have for a long time."
"I guess so," Prue said. "She still gets on my nerves sometimes. But like you said, she is taking more responsibility. I gotta admit I wasn't happy when I learned she was moving back in. Especially after the way she just took off after grams died. I guess I still held a grudge because she could just pick up and leave like that and I had to stick around and be the responsible one."
"Hey, I stuck around, too," said Piper. "Phoebe always did keep her feelings bottled up inside. She's learning to share them more. I think that's helping her to become more mature."
"That and every demon in creation coming after us every two minutes," Prue said. "That will make you grow up real fast."
"I could do with a little less growing up in that respect," Piper said.
"Amen," said Prue.
As Prue drove down the street, neither took particular notice of the man walking toward the manor. A man who looked as if he had been in a fight. He was still three houses away and neither would see him walk up the steps to the front door.
"Piper," called Prue up the stairs, "you'd better get a move on it. I have to be at work in forty minutes and I have just enough time to drop you off at the club if we leave right now."
"Ready," said Piper, coming down the stairs. "I appreciate the lift. It's a hell of a time for my brakes to suddenly start acting up."
"Well, you should have your car back this afternoon," Prue said. "Sure you can get to the garage okay by yourself?"
"Yeah," Piper said. "It's only a few blocks from the club. I can walk there."
"So, you guys off?" Phoebe asked, coming in from the kitchen.
"Just about," Prue said. "What are you going to do today?"
"Thought I'd just hang out here," Phoebe said. "I have a couple of applications out and they said they'd call. I'm kind of hopeful on these. I wouldn't want to miss a call and loose out on a good job."
"Good luck," Piper said. "I know how hard you've been looking lately. I hope you get something today."
"Me too," Phoebe said. "I hate interviews. Especially now with our secret in addition to everything else. But I'm confident something will turn up soon."
"I should be home early tonight," Prue said. "I'm almost finished with the inventory and it shouldn't take me very long today. And no matter what my new boss says I'm not staying late another night. I need some rest."
"Okay," Phoebe said. "You two have a good day."
"You too, sweetie," Piper said as she and Prue headed out the front door.
"I hope she does get a call today," Piper said as Prue pulled out of the driveway. "She's been looking very hard the past couple of weeks."
"Not at all like the Phoebe we grew up with is she?" Prue asked.
"No, not really," Piper said. "I think she's actually beginning to take some responsibility. I just wish grams could have lived to see this. She'd never have believed it."
"Well, I hate to admit it," Prue said, "but it looks like baby sister is actually starting to grow up."
"You two are getting along better," commented Piper. "Better than you have for a long time."
"I guess so," Prue said. "She still gets on my nerves sometimes. But like you said, she is taking more responsibility. I gotta admit I wasn't happy when I learned she was moving back in. Especially after the way she just took off after grams died. I guess I still held a grudge because she could just pick up and leave like that and I had to stick around and be the responsible one."
"Hey, I stuck around, too," said Piper. "Phoebe always did keep her feelings bottled up inside. She's learning to share them more. I think that's helping her to become more mature."
"That and every demon in creation coming after us every two minutes," Prue said. "That will make you grow up real fast."
"I could do with a little less growing up in that respect," Piper said.
"Amen," said Prue.
As Prue drove down the street, neither took particular notice of the man walking toward the manor. A man who looked as if he had been in a fight. He was still three houses away and neither would see him walk up the steps to the front door.