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The daylight's fading slowly
The time with you is standing still
I'm waiting for you only
The slightest touch and I feel weak
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"He told me he loves me!"
Piper was sitting cross-legged on Prue's hospital bed. Phoebe was in the chair next to her, and Prue, eager to spend as much time out of bed as possible after being confined to it for so long, was next to Phoebe in a wheelchair. Both of Piper's sisters leaned forward eagerly.
"He what?!" Phoebe asked.
"Mmm-hmm." Piper confirmed.
Prue and Phoebe squealed excitedly.
"Oh, honey, that's amazing! I'm so happy for you!" Prue exclaimed.
Phoebe started humming Here Comes the Bride. Piper hit her with a pillow.
"What?" Phoebe asked innocently. "Oh, come on. He told you he loves you. He took you to meet his grandmother, for chrissakes! Are you telling me you haven't even thought about it?"
"Phoebe, I've only known the guy a month and a half." Piper protested.
"Pheebs has a point," Prue said. "Not about the marraige thing, but still. He brought you home to his grandmother. That's pretty serious, not to mention incredibly sweet."
"Oh, I know." Piper squealed, flopping down on the bed happily. All three girls started giggling.
"So what was she like?" Phoebe wanted to know. "More importantly, did she like you?"
"Of course she liked our Piper." Prue said protectively. "Doesn't everybody?"
"Thank you, Prue." Piper said. "I think she liked me. I really liked her. She reminds me of Grams." She went on to describe the dinner, specifically the first few minutes when she met Lily.
"She does sound like Grams." Prue said wistfully.
Piper nodded. "And you should have seen how close she and Leo are. It makes me love him even more."
"So you do love him?" Phoebe asked.
"Yes." Piper said gleefully. "A lot."
"I've never seen you this happy." Prue commented, smiling.
"I've never felt this happy." Piper replied. "It's just... unimaginable. I can't explain it."
"That's love." Prue said simply.
Piper and Phoebe both nodded in agreement. Just then, Leo himself walked in.
"Did I come at a bad time?" he asked, seeing the way the girls were chattering happily, though he didn't hear about what.
"Not at all." Phoebe assured him.
"Hi." Piper said shyly.
"Hey," Leo replied, grinning.
Prue and Phoebe exchanged glances. "Come on, Pheebs, maybe we should leave these two alone."
She started to leave, smiling mischeviously, when Leo put his foot out to stop her chair from moving. "Not so fast," he said. "I came here to talk to you."
Prue made a face. "You're not increasing my therapy sessions again, are you?" In the past few weeks, her meetings with Natalie had started getting closer and closer together. As it was, she was coming in twice a day.
"Actually, quite the opposite." Leo said. "I'm releasing you."
Prue pushed herself backward, looking up at him. "Releasing me?"
Leo nodded. "You'll still have to come as an outpatient for sessions with Natalie, but I think you're ready to go home. Yes, I'm sure," he added at Prue's anxious expression. "You can walk short distances on your own, and longer with a walker. I'll get a wheelchair, just in case, but I really don't think you'll need it much."
Piper and Phoebe crushed their sister in a hug. Leo smiled. "I'll go fill out the paperwork," he said as he left.
Prue didn't hear him. She hardly noticed her sisters jumping up and down, or heard their ecstatic squeals. Just then, there was only one thing on her mind.
She was finally going home.
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~from the song "Breathless" by The Corrs~
The daylight's fading slowly
The time with you is standing still
I'm waiting for you only
The slightest touch and I feel weak
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"He told me he loves me!"
Piper was sitting cross-legged on Prue's hospital bed. Phoebe was in the chair next to her, and Prue, eager to spend as much time out of bed as possible after being confined to it for so long, was next to Phoebe in a wheelchair. Both of Piper's sisters leaned forward eagerly.
"He what?!" Phoebe asked.
"Mmm-hmm." Piper confirmed.
Prue and Phoebe squealed excitedly.
"Oh, honey, that's amazing! I'm so happy for you!" Prue exclaimed.
Phoebe started humming Here Comes the Bride. Piper hit her with a pillow.
"What?" Phoebe asked innocently. "Oh, come on. He told you he loves you. He took you to meet his grandmother, for chrissakes! Are you telling me you haven't even thought about it?"
"Phoebe, I've only known the guy a month and a half." Piper protested.
"Pheebs has a point," Prue said. "Not about the marraige thing, but still. He brought you home to his grandmother. That's pretty serious, not to mention incredibly sweet."
"Oh, I know." Piper squealed, flopping down on the bed happily. All three girls started giggling.
"So what was she like?" Phoebe wanted to know. "More importantly, did she like you?"
"Of course she liked our Piper." Prue said protectively. "Doesn't everybody?"
"Thank you, Prue." Piper said. "I think she liked me. I really liked her. She reminds me of Grams." She went on to describe the dinner, specifically the first few minutes when she met Lily.
"She does sound like Grams." Prue said wistfully.
Piper nodded. "And you should have seen how close she and Leo are. It makes me love him even more."
"So you do love him?" Phoebe asked.
"Yes." Piper said gleefully. "A lot."
"I've never seen you this happy." Prue commented, smiling.
"I've never felt this happy." Piper replied. "It's just... unimaginable. I can't explain it."
"That's love." Prue said simply.
Piper and Phoebe both nodded in agreement. Just then, Leo himself walked in.
"Did I come at a bad time?" he asked, seeing the way the girls were chattering happily, though he didn't hear about what.
"Not at all." Phoebe assured him.
"Hi." Piper said shyly.
"Hey," Leo replied, grinning.
Prue and Phoebe exchanged glances. "Come on, Pheebs, maybe we should leave these two alone."
She started to leave, smiling mischeviously, when Leo put his foot out to stop her chair from moving. "Not so fast," he said. "I came here to talk to you."
Prue made a face. "You're not increasing my therapy sessions again, are you?" In the past few weeks, her meetings with Natalie had started getting closer and closer together. As it was, she was coming in twice a day.
"Actually, quite the opposite." Leo said. "I'm releasing you."
Prue pushed herself backward, looking up at him. "Releasing me?"
Leo nodded. "You'll still have to come as an outpatient for sessions with Natalie, but I think you're ready to go home. Yes, I'm sure," he added at Prue's anxious expression. "You can walk short distances on your own, and longer with a walker. I'll get a wheelchair, just in case, but I really don't think you'll need it much."
Piper and Phoebe crushed their sister in a hug. Leo smiled. "I'll go fill out the paperwork," he said as he left.
Prue didn't hear him. She hardly noticed her sisters jumping up and down, or heard their ecstatic squeals. Just then, there was only one thing on her mind.
She was finally going home.
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~from the song "Breathless" by The Corrs~