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Well I need you now
Do you think you can cope?
You figured me out
I'm a child and I'm hopeless
I'm beaten and broken
Although I've never spoken
I come undone
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After Piper had left, Prue continued looking the the photos. She put away the most recent ones first, and worked her way backward until she came to the pictures from when she was in high school. Most of them had never been put into albums, so Prue decided to do that now, before she forgot and left them at the back of her closet for another decade.
She picked up one of the envelopes and dumped out it's contents. A pile of pictures landed on her bed. On top of them was a silver ring with the engraving "angels fall without you there," somewhat worn but still remarkably clear after all this time. Tears stung at Prue's eyes as she recalled the day Andy had given this to her.
She slipped the ring onto her finger, and put the pictures back in the envelope. She knew she wouldn't be able to stand looking at them when she got back. That being done, she grabbed her purse and went to see an old friend she'd all but abandoned.
Darryl was surprised, but very happy to see her when she arrived at the police station. He took her hand and led her to a seat in front of his desk. Prue couldn't help glancing at the empty desk behind them.
"Yeah," he said when he saw what she was staring at. "They haven't assigned me a new partner yet."
Prue didn't say anything, but she turned from the deck and back to Darryl.
"I've been hoping you'd come around." he said.
"Sorry it took me so long. It's just been... hard, you know?" she asked.
"I know." he replied. He paused. "It's not that I'm not happy to see you, because believe me, Prue, I'm thrilled, but I've barely talked to you in six months, and..."
"Why now?" Prue guessed. He nodded, and she shrugged. "I don't know. I haven't been doing anything but thinking about him the past half a year, and I guess I just think I should be moving on." She bit her lip, expecting him to think she was somehow betraying Andy. His actual thoughts were far from that.
"I think you're right." he said slowly. "I've been worried about you, Prue. I know Andy wouldn't want you to be alone and depressed without him. I think it would be good for you to start dating again."
Prue sighed with relief. As the only person who knew Andy as well as she did, Darryl had been the one she'd really needed to hear this from. She told him so.
"So does this mean we're friends again?" he asked.
She nodded. "I'd like that."
"Good," he replied. "Then as your friend, I'd like to tell you to get your fine ass out there and start having fun again. You are too young and too gorgeous to spend all your time living in the past with a guy who we both know would kick your ass for not going on."
Prue laughed, blushing slightly at the compliment. "Well, if you insist..."
"I do insist." he said with a smile. "Now promise me you'll go out tonight."
"Tonight?" Prue repeated. She knew she was going to have to re-join the living world sooner or later, but she hadn't been prepared to do so this quickly.
"Tonight." Darryl confirmed. "You're ready, Prue."
Prue nodded slowly. "Okay, then." she said, sighing with resignation. "Tonight."
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A/N: This chapter could've been better. Sorry, I know dialogue isn't my strong suit, but I'll try to work on it. Next chapter we meet Prue's first transition guy.
A/N2: *glomps Katie* You'll just have to wait and see, dahling. *g* *smooch*
~from the song "Mad Season" by Matchbox 20~
Well I need you now
Do you think you can cope?
You figured me out
I'm a child and I'm hopeless
I'm beaten and broken
Although I've never spoken
I come undone
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After Piper had left, Prue continued looking the the photos. She put away the most recent ones first, and worked her way backward until she came to the pictures from when she was in high school. Most of them had never been put into albums, so Prue decided to do that now, before she forgot and left them at the back of her closet for another decade.
She picked up one of the envelopes and dumped out it's contents. A pile of pictures landed on her bed. On top of them was a silver ring with the engraving "angels fall without you there," somewhat worn but still remarkably clear after all this time. Tears stung at Prue's eyes as she recalled the day Andy had given this to her.
She slipped the ring onto her finger, and put the pictures back in the envelope. She knew she wouldn't be able to stand looking at them when she got back. That being done, she grabbed her purse and went to see an old friend she'd all but abandoned.
Darryl was surprised, but very happy to see her when she arrived at the police station. He took her hand and led her to a seat in front of his desk. Prue couldn't help glancing at the empty desk behind them.
"Yeah," he said when he saw what she was staring at. "They haven't assigned me a new partner yet."
Prue didn't say anything, but she turned from the deck and back to Darryl.
"I've been hoping you'd come around." he said.
"Sorry it took me so long. It's just been... hard, you know?" she asked.
"I know." he replied. He paused. "It's not that I'm not happy to see you, because believe me, Prue, I'm thrilled, but I've barely talked to you in six months, and..."
"Why now?" Prue guessed. He nodded, and she shrugged. "I don't know. I haven't been doing anything but thinking about him the past half a year, and I guess I just think I should be moving on." She bit her lip, expecting him to think she was somehow betraying Andy. His actual thoughts were far from that.
"I think you're right." he said slowly. "I've been worried about you, Prue. I know Andy wouldn't want you to be alone and depressed without him. I think it would be good for you to start dating again."
Prue sighed with relief. As the only person who knew Andy as well as she did, Darryl had been the one she'd really needed to hear this from. She told him so.
"So does this mean we're friends again?" he asked.
She nodded. "I'd like that."
"Good," he replied. "Then as your friend, I'd like to tell you to get your fine ass out there and start having fun again. You are too young and too gorgeous to spend all your time living in the past with a guy who we both know would kick your ass for not going on."
Prue laughed, blushing slightly at the compliment. "Well, if you insist..."
"I do insist." he said with a smile. "Now promise me you'll go out tonight."
"Tonight?" Prue repeated. She knew she was going to have to re-join the living world sooner or later, but she hadn't been prepared to do so this quickly.
"Tonight." Darryl confirmed. "You're ready, Prue."
Prue nodded slowly. "Okay, then." she said, sighing with resignation. "Tonight."
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A/N: This chapter could've been better. Sorry, I know dialogue isn't my strong suit, but I'll try to work on it. Next chapter we meet Prue's first transition guy.
A/N2: *glomps Katie* You'll just have to wait and see, dahling. *g* *smooch*
~from the song "Mad Season" by Matchbox 20~