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Last time I talked to you
You were lonely and out of place
You were looking down on me
Lost out in space
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Phoebe sat down at the kitchen table, across from her older sisters. Piper smiled and said good morning, but Prue ignored Phoebe completely, keeping her face buried in the newspaper.
"Hey, Prue, can I have the Entertainment section?" Phoebe asked, in attempt to start some form of dialogue. But Prue just pushed the section toward her youngest sister wordlessly, without looking up from the article she was reading. Phoebe took the paper, disappointed, and tried again. "Thanks. Um, can you pass the coffee?" Same reaction from Prue. Phoebe sighed. This thing with Roger was getting ridiculous. "Thanks." Phoebe said cooly. "Now, can you pass whoever you've been seeing lately so I can steal him away, too?"
This got Prue's attention. "Damn it, Phoebe, would you stop bringing him up?"
"No, Prue, not until you realize that it wasn't my fault, that I didn't and never would do anything to hurt you." Phoebe said.
Piper braced herself, knowing that a blowup between her sisters was inevitable, and it would probably be best for it to happen now, before the tension got any worse.
"My God, Phoebe, do you really think that's what this is about?" Prue exclaimed.
"I don't know, Prue." Phoebe shot back. "How could I? You haven't said a word to me since I've been back."
"Right, which is all of two days. You were gone six months. You took off as soon as Grams died, and I haven't heard from you since, and then you just show up here and expect me to just forget everything and welcome you back? Sorry, sweetie, but it doesn't work that way." Prue spat.
"I tried to talk to you." Phoebe yelled back. "I tried before I left, and you were the one who didn't believe me. You'd given up on me a long time before I left San Francisco."
"So everything's all my fault, isn't it?" Prue asked. She was almost crying now; a single tear was making it's way down her cheek, and more were threatening to spill over. "I'm the oldest, the big sister, it's my job to keep you in line. It has been, ever since Mom died. Well I'm sorry if I let you down, and I'm sorry if I screwed up, but I was just a kid, too."
With that, Prue started sobbing. Phoebe broke down at the same time. Piper got up and stood between her sisters, hugging them and kissing them until finally the moment passed.
Prue, as usual, was the first to regain control. "I have to go." she said, still sniffling. "I've got to get to work."
Piper and Phoebe watched her leave. "I'm never going to be close to her, am I?" Phoebe asked when she was gone.
Piper, doing her best to comfort her, reiterated what she'd been saying last night. "Give her time, sweetie."
Phoebe shook her head. "I'm her sister, Piper. She's had twenty-two years." Suddenly, she got up.
"Where are you going?" Piper asked, concerned.
"Just... out. I need to take a walk, clear my mind, you know?" Phoebe grabbed her jacket off the hook, and went out the front door.
Piper stared after her, then sat down in her now-empty chair, wondering what would happen to their little family unit.
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A/N: As usual, the only thing I really have to say is, review. It won't take long, and I'll luff you forever.
~from the song "Somewhere Out There" by Our Lady Peace~
Last time I talked to you
You were lonely and out of place
You were looking down on me
Lost out in space
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Phoebe sat down at the kitchen table, across from her older sisters. Piper smiled and said good morning, but Prue ignored Phoebe completely, keeping her face buried in the newspaper.
"Hey, Prue, can I have the Entertainment section?" Phoebe asked, in attempt to start some form of dialogue. But Prue just pushed the section toward her youngest sister wordlessly, without looking up from the article she was reading. Phoebe took the paper, disappointed, and tried again. "Thanks. Um, can you pass the coffee?" Same reaction from Prue. Phoebe sighed. This thing with Roger was getting ridiculous. "Thanks." Phoebe said cooly. "Now, can you pass whoever you've been seeing lately so I can steal him away, too?"
This got Prue's attention. "Damn it, Phoebe, would you stop bringing him up?"
"No, Prue, not until you realize that it wasn't my fault, that I didn't and never would do anything to hurt you." Phoebe said.
Piper braced herself, knowing that a blowup between her sisters was inevitable, and it would probably be best for it to happen now, before the tension got any worse.
"My God, Phoebe, do you really think that's what this is about?" Prue exclaimed.
"I don't know, Prue." Phoebe shot back. "How could I? You haven't said a word to me since I've been back."
"Right, which is all of two days. You were gone six months. You took off as soon as Grams died, and I haven't heard from you since, and then you just show up here and expect me to just forget everything and welcome you back? Sorry, sweetie, but it doesn't work that way." Prue spat.
"I tried to talk to you." Phoebe yelled back. "I tried before I left, and you were the one who didn't believe me. You'd given up on me a long time before I left San Francisco."
"So everything's all my fault, isn't it?" Prue asked. She was almost crying now; a single tear was making it's way down her cheek, and more were threatening to spill over. "I'm the oldest, the big sister, it's my job to keep you in line. It has been, ever since Mom died. Well I'm sorry if I let you down, and I'm sorry if I screwed up, but I was just a kid, too."
With that, Prue started sobbing. Phoebe broke down at the same time. Piper got up and stood between her sisters, hugging them and kissing them until finally the moment passed.
Prue, as usual, was the first to regain control. "I have to go." she said, still sniffling. "I've got to get to work."
Piper and Phoebe watched her leave. "I'm never going to be close to her, am I?" Phoebe asked when she was gone.
Piper, doing her best to comfort her, reiterated what she'd been saying last night. "Give her time, sweetie."
Phoebe shook her head. "I'm her sister, Piper. She's had twenty-two years." Suddenly, she got up.
"Where are you going?" Piper asked, concerned.
"Just... out. I need to take a walk, clear my mind, you know?" Phoebe grabbed her jacket off the hook, and went out the front door.
Piper stared after her, then sat down in her now-empty chair, wondering what would happen to their little family unit.
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A/N: As usual, the only thing I really have to say is, review. It won't take long, and I'll luff you forever.
~from the song "Somewhere Out There" by Our Lady Peace~