Thanks for the reviews on that very very short beginning. This is only
slightly longer as based mainly on Prue and Andy but I hope you like it
anyway...
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"Where are the girls?" Prue asked meaning their two daughters, Rachel, 5 and Sky, who was three years old.
"Their upstairs with Marie." Marie was their housekeeper. As both Prue and Andy worked they wanted someone to always be at the house for the girls for the times that neither of them could be there.
They both ate in silence after that, well the TV was on but they weren't talking. When they both finished at the same time Andy took both plates back into the kitchen.
"Why don't you go get dressed in something else and then I'll take you out," he suggested standing in the doorway.
"Where are we going?" Prue stood up stretching her tired muscles.
"I was thinking P3. We haven't been there for awhile."
They went up the stairs leading to the second floor of their house and could hear Rachel and Sky playing with Marie in their play room.
"What's the deal with you two not coming down to see me when I came home?" Prue enquired looking down at the two girls sitting on the floor.
"Mommy!" Sky shouted jumping into her mother's arms. Rachel hugged Prue tightly as well. They both began jabbering on about something.
"Shh, you don't need to say everything at once. I need to get changed because daddy and I are going out."
"You're going out again?" Rachel whined.
"When was the last time we went out?"
Rachel scowled as she thought about it and stuck out her tongue, her way of saying your right but I don't like it.
"You have to be back before it gets dark or you won't get any ice cream," Sky instructed, making Prue smile.
"But it's already dark."
"I'm sure you'll have a great time, you both need some quality time alone together," Marie said getting up to her feet. She was an elderly woman, the same person that had helped bring Prue up when she was young, and was delighted when Prue asked for her to do the same for her children. "Come on, we need to finish this game."
Reluctantly the girls let go of their mother to get back to what they were doing. Andy and Prue went into their bedroom that was up another set of stairs on the third floor of the house.
"What do you want me to wear?" Prue stood in front of her closet browsing over all her clothes.
"It's up to you," he wrapped his arms around her waist. "I love you Prue."
"That's why you had an affair," she pulled away from him taking out a black dress that he loved seeing her in.
"Don't bring this up now Prue. It's over and done with, can't we just forget about it?"
"I can't forget about it because you still haven't explained to me why you did it, for all those months right under my nose with that sly blonde bitch. How can I ever be sure that you've ended it with her?" Prue stood facing him holding the dress in her arms.
"I wouldn't do that to you."
"Do what? Lie to me? You've already done that. I can't think of anything that you haven't done to me Andy, you've broken my heart. I gave you everything I could, I married you when we were too young, I gave you two beautiful daughters, I've stayed loyal to you and stood by your side through everything and all I get in return is to find that you've been sleeping with someone else behind my back. I don't understand why I'm still married to you," a tear fell down her cheek and she quickly wiped it away. When Andy took a step towards her she walked away into the bathroom to get changed.
He knew that he had hurt her, but the affair had ended a week ago and since then things had been ok but bumpy between him and Prue, but they let their kids know everything was alright. It had been traumatic when he had been at work and Sky and Rachel found Prue crying. That was the first time they had seen their mother that upset. Andy came home to have them run up to him saying that something bad had happened. They dragged him to Prue then left their parents alone but Prue wouldn't talk to him, only saying that she was fine. He could remember it clearly and since then Prue hadn't cried anymore, that he knew of. It was something she rarely did because in her eyes it was a sign of weakness.
He thought that everything was alright between them, but now he knew that it wasn't. After their long talk about it a week ago he had believed everything was sorted out, that that was it. He hadn't told Prue why the affair had happened but she deserved to know.
He sat on the edge of their huge bed and held his head in his hands. Everything before the affair had been fine but as the months dragged on as he was seeing Christine he moved further away from Prue and they had more fights than they had ever had.
Prue emerged from the bathroom wearing the dress. He didn't lift up his head; he didn't feel like they should go out anymore.
"Are we still going out?" Her voice was quiet. She felt guilty for saying those things to him, but she needed to say them. Her heart ached, she wished she could just fall into his arms and have comfort and everything would be better. But she couldn't do that. She felt like at any moment she would burst into tears but fought it back.
"Do you want to?" He felt a headache coming and loud music was not going to help that.
"We've already told the girls that we are going to."
So that was it. She wasted to go so that Rachel and Sky would think that things were normal. And that was the only reason.
"Shouldn't we talk instead?"
"Let's just go, you wanted to take me out."
But when they could enjoy the time. That's what he wanted. They went anyway, after leaving their daughters playing with Marie. They said to not expect them back until late and that the girls should be asleep when they returned.
The drive to the club was silent, neither Prue or Andy wanted to talk. They had things they wanted to talk about but just not at that time. As Andy parked the car they both dreaded it.
"We might as well go in," Andy said. He had turned the engine off but they still both sat in the car.
"Of course."
As they both went into the busy club, they wished they hadn't chosen to go. The loud music was irritating, and the confusion of people dancing was annoying.
"Let's get a drink," Prue followed Andy to the bar.
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"So do you think you'll be alright?" Piper asked. She was behind the bar with Phoebe and had finished showing her the last things she needed to know.
"Can I have another drink?" Paige could have just one more and then she would go home. That was her plan.
Phoebe served Paige again and Piper went over to her husband.
"Do you want me to do anything?"
"No, I think we're fine," Piper looked around the club. "But if you want to be kind you can help me and Phoebe behind the bar, its so busy tonight."
He kissed her and served two men waiting for their drinks.
"Ok, so what do I do?" Piper asked herself and saw Prue and Andy sit at the bar.
"Just two beers please," Andy said. He wanted to put his arm around Prue and have her close to him but he knew that with the complications they had he couldn't.
"Do we have to be here long?"
"No, not at all."
Prue watched Piper get their drinks, she didn't know what else to look at.
"Andy, what a surprise finding you here." An alluring voice said. Prue felt a shiver run up her spine. It was Christine, the blond that Andy had had an affair with.
"It's a club, loads of people are here," he replied not looking at her.
Piper returned with the two bottles of beer, Prue give over the money.
"So you're here with your wife," Christine said with emphasis on the word wife.
Prue paid her no attention, looking at her beer.
"Haven't you got somewhere else to be?" Andy only felt hate towards Christine now, she was attractive, she was tall and slim, with gorgeous green eyes that suited her hair, she was every man's dream, but not his anymore.
"No, I want to be with you," she ran her hand down his chest, pushing her body against his.
Prue stood up. "You know what, you two might as well enjoy your little affair, its not like I'm here is it?" She glared at Andy. "And you said you loved me."
Before Prue could walk away Christine said "oh he only says that so he doesn't lose his kids. He doesn't love you, not one bit, he abhors you but he finished with me because he still wants to have his children. You don't deserve him, you don't deserve anyone, and you're just a slut." She stood in front of Prue, towering over her because she was taller.
Prue slapped her face before she knew she had done it.
Christine was about to get her revenge when Andy stood between them. "You don't need to fight." He stood facing Christine. "I don't love you Christine, I love Prue and always will do, and you can't change that. I love her and I love my daughters. I don't know what I was thinking when I slept with you."
Christine went red in the face. "Why do you love her? What's she ever done for you that I can't do?"
The music had stopped playing and everyone watched the scene in the club. Piper didn't know what to do and stood frozen in spot as everyone else.
"Prue has been with me through everything, she pulls me up when I'm down and together we've made our own family. You can't amount to anything, you simply move from one man to another."
"That's not what you told me when I followed your every command. You told me how much you were tired of your marriage to that whore, how you hated having her sleep at your side in the same bed as you every night, and how ugly she truly is."
Prue felt like she was going to vomit, everything Christine said hurt her like a knife slicing through her heart, tears escaped and she turned away from Andy running out the club.
"Prue!" Andy rushed through the people standing around going after her.
He could see his wife running across the car park towards the main road which was busy at this time of night.
Other people had come out of the club, including Christine wanting to see what happened.
Prue just had to escape and get away from it all, her marriage was over, there was no way it could be restored if Andy felt everything that Christine had said.
Something bright was coming towards her and beeping at her. At the last minute she realised it was a car, it was too late to get out of the way.
Andy watched Prue fall to the floor after the car ran into her. He ran as fast as he could to her.
"Leo, get an ambulance," Piper said from the entrance of P3.
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"Where are the girls?" Prue asked meaning their two daughters, Rachel, 5 and Sky, who was three years old.
"Their upstairs with Marie." Marie was their housekeeper. As both Prue and Andy worked they wanted someone to always be at the house for the girls for the times that neither of them could be there.
They both ate in silence after that, well the TV was on but they weren't talking. When they both finished at the same time Andy took both plates back into the kitchen.
"Why don't you go get dressed in something else and then I'll take you out," he suggested standing in the doorway.
"Where are we going?" Prue stood up stretching her tired muscles.
"I was thinking P3. We haven't been there for awhile."
They went up the stairs leading to the second floor of their house and could hear Rachel and Sky playing with Marie in their play room.
"What's the deal with you two not coming down to see me when I came home?" Prue enquired looking down at the two girls sitting on the floor.
"Mommy!" Sky shouted jumping into her mother's arms. Rachel hugged Prue tightly as well. They both began jabbering on about something.
"Shh, you don't need to say everything at once. I need to get changed because daddy and I are going out."
"You're going out again?" Rachel whined.
"When was the last time we went out?"
Rachel scowled as she thought about it and stuck out her tongue, her way of saying your right but I don't like it.
"You have to be back before it gets dark or you won't get any ice cream," Sky instructed, making Prue smile.
"But it's already dark."
"I'm sure you'll have a great time, you both need some quality time alone together," Marie said getting up to her feet. She was an elderly woman, the same person that had helped bring Prue up when she was young, and was delighted when Prue asked for her to do the same for her children. "Come on, we need to finish this game."
Reluctantly the girls let go of their mother to get back to what they were doing. Andy and Prue went into their bedroom that was up another set of stairs on the third floor of the house.
"What do you want me to wear?" Prue stood in front of her closet browsing over all her clothes.
"It's up to you," he wrapped his arms around her waist. "I love you Prue."
"That's why you had an affair," she pulled away from him taking out a black dress that he loved seeing her in.
"Don't bring this up now Prue. It's over and done with, can't we just forget about it?"
"I can't forget about it because you still haven't explained to me why you did it, for all those months right under my nose with that sly blonde bitch. How can I ever be sure that you've ended it with her?" Prue stood facing him holding the dress in her arms.
"I wouldn't do that to you."
"Do what? Lie to me? You've already done that. I can't think of anything that you haven't done to me Andy, you've broken my heart. I gave you everything I could, I married you when we were too young, I gave you two beautiful daughters, I've stayed loyal to you and stood by your side through everything and all I get in return is to find that you've been sleeping with someone else behind my back. I don't understand why I'm still married to you," a tear fell down her cheek and she quickly wiped it away. When Andy took a step towards her she walked away into the bathroom to get changed.
He knew that he had hurt her, but the affair had ended a week ago and since then things had been ok but bumpy between him and Prue, but they let their kids know everything was alright. It had been traumatic when he had been at work and Sky and Rachel found Prue crying. That was the first time they had seen their mother that upset. Andy came home to have them run up to him saying that something bad had happened. They dragged him to Prue then left their parents alone but Prue wouldn't talk to him, only saying that she was fine. He could remember it clearly and since then Prue hadn't cried anymore, that he knew of. It was something she rarely did because in her eyes it was a sign of weakness.
He thought that everything was alright between them, but now he knew that it wasn't. After their long talk about it a week ago he had believed everything was sorted out, that that was it. He hadn't told Prue why the affair had happened but she deserved to know.
He sat on the edge of their huge bed and held his head in his hands. Everything before the affair had been fine but as the months dragged on as he was seeing Christine he moved further away from Prue and they had more fights than they had ever had.
Prue emerged from the bathroom wearing the dress. He didn't lift up his head; he didn't feel like they should go out anymore.
"Are we still going out?" Her voice was quiet. She felt guilty for saying those things to him, but she needed to say them. Her heart ached, she wished she could just fall into his arms and have comfort and everything would be better. But she couldn't do that. She felt like at any moment she would burst into tears but fought it back.
"Do you want to?" He felt a headache coming and loud music was not going to help that.
"We've already told the girls that we are going to."
So that was it. She wasted to go so that Rachel and Sky would think that things were normal. And that was the only reason.
"Shouldn't we talk instead?"
"Let's just go, you wanted to take me out."
But when they could enjoy the time. That's what he wanted. They went anyway, after leaving their daughters playing with Marie. They said to not expect them back until late and that the girls should be asleep when they returned.
The drive to the club was silent, neither Prue or Andy wanted to talk. They had things they wanted to talk about but just not at that time. As Andy parked the car they both dreaded it.
"We might as well go in," Andy said. He had turned the engine off but they still both sat in the car.
"Of course."
As they both went into the busy club, they wished they hadn't chosen to go. The loud music was irritating, and the confusion of people dancing was annoying.
"Let's get a drink," Prue followed Andy to the bar.
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"So do you think you'll be alright?" Piper asked. She was behind the bar with Phoebe and had finished showing her the last things she needed to know.
"Can I have another drink?" Paige could have just one more and then she would go home. That was her plan.
Phoebe served Paige again and Piper went over to her husband.
"Do you want me to do anything?"
"No, I think we're fine," Piper looked around the club. "But if you want to be kind you can help me and Phoebe behind the bar, its so busy tonight."
He kissed her and served two men waiting for their drinks.
"Ok, so what do I do?" Piper asked herself and saw Prue and Andy sit at the bar.
"Just two beers please," Andy said. He wanted to put his arm around Prue and have her close to him but he knew that with the complications they had he couldn't.
"Do we have to be here long?"
"No, not at all."
Prue watched Piper get their drinks, she didn't know what else to look at.
"Andy, what a surprise finding you here." An alluring voice said. Prue felt a shiver run up her spine. It was Christine, the blond that Andy had had an affair with.
"It's a club, loads of people are here," he replied not looking at her.
Piper returned with the two bottles of beer, Prue give over the money.
"So you're here with your wife," Christine said with emphasis on the word wife.
Prue paid her no attention, looking at her beer.
"Haven't you got somewhere else to be?" Andy only felt hate towards Christine now, she was attractive, she was tall and slim, with gorgeous green eyes that suited her hair, she was every man's dream, but not his anymore.
"No, I want to be with you," she ran her hand down his chest, pushing her body against his.
Prue stood up. "You know what, you two might as well enjoy your little affair, its not like I'm here is it?" She glared at Andy. "And you said you loved me."
Before Prue could walk away Christine said "oh he only says that so he doesn't lose his kids. He doesn't love you, not one bit, he abhors you but he finished with me because he still wants to have his children. You don't deserve him, you don't deserve anyone, and you're just a slut." She stood in front of Prue, towering over her because she was taller.
Prue slapped her face before she knew she had done it.
Christine was about to get her revenge when Andy stood between them. "You don't need to fight." He stood facing Christine. "I don't love you Christine, I love Prue and always will do, and you can't change that. I love her and I love my daughters. I don't know what I was thinking when I slept with you."
Christine went red in the face. "Why do you love her? What's she ever done for you that I can't do?"
The music had stopped playing and everyone watched the scene in the club. Piper didn't know what to do and stood frozen in spot as everyone else.
"Prue has been with me through everything, she pulls me up when I'm down and together we've made our own family. You can't amount to anything, you simply move from one man to another."
"That's not what you told me when I followed your every command. You told me how much you were tired of your marriage to that whore, how you hated having her sleep at your side in the same bed as you every night, and how ugly she truly is."
Prue felt like she was going to vomit, everything Christine said hurt her like a knife slicing through her heart, tears escaped and she turned away from Andy running out the club.
"Prue!" Andy rushed through the people standing around going after her.
He could see his wife running across the car park towards the main road which was busy at this time of night.
Other people had come out of the club, including Christine wanting to see what happened.
Prue just had to escape and get away from it all, her marriage was over, there was no way it could be restored if Andy felt everything that Christine had said.
Something bright was coming towards her and beeping at her. At the last minute she realised it was a car, it was too late to get out of the way.
Andy watched Prue fall to the floor after the car ran into her. He ran as fast as he could to her.
"Leo, get an ambulance," Piper said from the entrance of P3.