Chapter 24
Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks.
Time was passing without anyone noticing.
Piper concentrated on her school work, something she didn't have time for before Grams died.
Now it was one of the only things that kept her mind off of depressing thoughts.
On a Saturday morning about two weeks after what happened, Piper woke up from screaming.
Nowadays, Prue and Phoebe were fighting none stop.
Piper decided that it must be just another one of their little 'cat fights', but then after a few minutes that the screaming and shouting didn't stop, she got out of bed, and with only one eye open, and drugged herself to where the screaming came from, - Phoebes room.
"I don't care!" Phoebe exclaimed.
It was then that Piper noticed that Phoebe was packing a bag with her cloths.
"Of course you don't! Why would YOU ever care!?" Prue snapped back.
"Look, I'm not having this conversation anymore, I've made my decision." Phoebe said as she zipped her bag, and started walking out of the room.
Neither of the sisters seemed to notice Piper.
"Come back here!" Prue exclaimed, as she followed Phoebe downstairs.
"No!" Phoebe said, as she through her bag on the couch, and went to the kitchen to get something.
"What's going on?" Piper asked Prue.
Prue didn't hear her.
"Don't you dare set a foot out of this house! You hear me?!" Prue shouted.
Phoebe came out f the kitchen with a sandwich and stuffed it in her bag.
"Shut up Prue, You don't have a right to tell me what to do."
"What is going on?!!" Piper asked again, and the tone of her voice finally got her sisters' attention.
"She wants to leave the house!!" Prue said, pointing at Phoebe.
"And there is nothing you can do about it Prue!" Phoebe added.
"Phoebe, what the hell got into you?" Piper asked.
"I'm sorry Piper, but I am not staying in this place." She said more calmly.
"Oh, that is what you think! You are not going anywhere!!" Prue said, as she grabbed Phoebe's arm, and tried to yank her bag from her.
"Let go of me bitch!" Phoebe screamed, as she pushed Prue off of her.
"Stop this, Damn it!" Piper said, pulling the two sisters apart.
Both Phoebe and Prue were breathing fast with fury at each other.
Piper herself settled her breath down, then turned to Phoebe.
"Phoebe, this is none sense... where will you stay?" Piper asked more calmly.
"I'll stay with Jason." Phoebe snapped.
"Oh no you won't!! You are not staying with that scum!" Prue screamed.
"He is not a scum! He is ten times better then you!"
Piper was still holding one hand of each of her sisters, keeping a distance between them, but she couldn't hold anymore and at some point they both pushed her away, and Prue slapped Phoebe.
Phoebe held the hurting side of her face, and whispered; "Bitch".
Then, she turned to Piper.
"I'm sorry. I'll call you." Phoebe said, and after sending a hateful look at Prue, she left the manor.
About a minute later, they heard a car pull away- probably Jason's.
After a few minutes of science, Piper said;
"Very smart, Prue."
"Excuse me?" Prue asked angrily.
"You just had to make a big mess of all of this?! If you would have just let her go she would have come back after a few days, now she never would." Piper said.
"She will come back on her knees." Prue said quietly.
"She will not! She has too much pride! Just like you! You are so full of it!"
"Shut up Piper." Prue said, and went out of the room.
"Prue..." Piper tried, but Prue was already gone.
Piper covered her face with her hands, feeling that everything is falling apart, and instantly grabbed the phone and dialed Leo's number.
"Hello?" Said Leo's tired voice on the other side of the line; she must have woken him up.
"It's me, did I wake you up?"
"Don't worry about it. What's going on?" He asked.
"Um... Leo, could I come over?"
"Why? Something happened?"
"I just need to get out of here for a little while." Piper mumbled.
"Ok sure, I'll be waiting." He said.
"Thanks." She said, and hung up.
After she changed, and was about to walk out, Prue stopped her.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"What do you care?" Piper said, as she grabbed her jacket.
"Look, I'm sorry about earlier..."
Piper shrugged, then turned to her sister.
"I'll be back before lunch." And with that, she left.
The drive to Leo's house seemed to take for ever.
When she finally got there, she parked her car in his parking lot, and before she got the chance to get out, Leo appeared and opened her door for her.
"Have you had breakfast yet?" He asked.
"No." Piper admitted, a smile forming at the edge of her mouth.
Leo returned a full smile.
"Great. Scoot over." He said.
Piper obeyed, and moved from the driver's seat.
Leo got in, and took her to a nice place where they had their breakfast.
He didn't ask her what happened, until after they were finished eating.
"So, are you gonna tell me what's wrong?" he asked carefully.
Piper sighed, and looked down.
"Phoebe took off."
"Took off... as in..."
"As in she took off. She went to live with her boyfriend." Piper said.
"But she is only sixteen," Leo pointed out.
"I know. But you know my sisters, if they set their minds on something..."
"Prue and Phoebe fought again?" Leo asked, obviously knowing the answer.
"And Prue had to make a big mess out of it. So now the chances of Phoebe ever coming back are smaller then they might have been." Piper said desperately.
"She will come around." Leo encouraged.
"I hope." Piper said, and after a few minutes continued;
"Hey, would you mind if we go to the cemetery? Not for long, I just want to..."
"Of course. Come on." Leo said without hesitating, and they headed back to the car.
About 20 minutes later, Piper was standing in front of Grams's Grave. One hand was holding Leo's, and the other a rose they picked up on their way there.
She laid it down, and after about 5 minutes of silence, she turned around and with her head leaning on Leo's shoulder, they walked back to the car.
The last thing Piper wanted now is for her sisters to start hating each other, and who knows what Phoebe might do?
This was all very disturbing, and Leo sure knew how to calm her down.
It's was like magic.
AN: someone from previous chapters will be back next few chapter.... Someone who caused a lot of trouble, to Piper especially. I'm sure you are guessing who it is.... If not, then you'll see.
Don't forget to review.
Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks.
Time was passing without anyone noticing.
Piper concentrated on her school work, something she didn't have time for before Grams died.
Now it was one of the only things that kept her mind off of depressing thoughts.
On a Saturday morning about two weeks after what happened, Piper woke up from screaming.
Nowadays, Prue and Phoebe were fighting none stop.
Piper decided that it must be just another one of their little 'cat fights', but then after a few minutes that the screaming and shouting didn't stop, she got out of bed, and with only one eye open, and drugged herself to where the screaming came from, - Phoebes room.
"I don't care!" Phoebe exclaimed.
It was then that Piper noticed that Phoebe was packing a bag with her cloths.
"Of course you don't! Why would YOU ever care!?" Prue snapped back.
"Look, I'm not having this conversation anymore, I've made my decision." Phoebe said as she zipped her bag, and started walking out of the room.
Neither of the sisters seemed to notice Piper.
"Come back here!" Prue exclaimed, as she followed Phoebe downstairs.
"No!" Phoebe said, as she through her bag on the couch, and went to the kitchen to get something.
"What's going on?" Piper asked Prue.
Prue didn't hear her.
"Don't you dare set a foot out of this house! You hear me?!" Prue shouted.
Phoebe came out f the kitchen with a sandwich and stuffed it in her bag.
"Shut up Prue, You don't have a right to tell me what to do."
"What is going on?!!" Piper asked again, and the tone of her voice finally got her sisters' attention.
"She wants to leave the house!!" Prue said, pointing at Phoebe.
"And there is nothing you can do about it Prue!" Phoebe added.
"Phoebe, what the hell got into you?" Piper asked.
"I'm sorry Piper, but I am not staying in this place." She said more calmly.
"Oh, that is what you think! You are not going anywhere!!" Prue said, as she grabbed Phoebe's arm, and tried to yank her bag from her.
"Let go of me bitch!" Phoebe screamed, as she pushed Prue off of her.
"Stop this, Damn it!" Piper said, pulling the two sisters apart.
Both Phoebe and Prue were breathing fast with fury at each other.
Piper herself settled her breath down, then turned to Phoebe.
"Phoebe, this is none sense... where will you stay?" Piper asked more calmly.
"I'll stay with Jason." Phoebe snapped.
"Oh no you won't!! You are not staying with that scum!" Prue screamed.
"He is not a scum! He is ten times better then you!"
Piper was still holding one hand of each of her sisters, keeping a distance between them, but she couldn't hold anymore and at some point they both pushed her away, and Prue slapped Phoebe.
Phoebe held the hurting side of her face, and whispered; "Bitch".
Then, she turned to Piper.
"I'm sorry. I'll call you." Phoebe said, and after sending a hateful look at Prue, she left the manor.
About a minute later, they heard a car pull away- probably Jason's.
After a few minutes of science, Piper said;
"Very smart, Prue."
"Excuse me?" Prue asked angrily.
"You just had to make a big mess of all of this?! If you would have just let her go she would have come back after a few days, now she never would." Piper said.
"She will come back on her knees." Prue said quietly.
"She will not! She has too much pride! Just like you! You are so full of it!"
"Shut up Piper." Prue said, and went out of the room.
"Prue..." Piper tried, but Prue was already gone.
Piper covered her face with her hands, feeling that everything is falling apart, and instantly grabbed the phone and dialed Leo's number.
"Hello?" Said Leo's tired voice on the other side of the line; she must have woken him up.
"It's me, did I wake you up?"
"Don't worry about it. What's going on?" He asked.
"Um... Leo, could I come over?"
"Why? Something happened?"
"I just need to get out of here for a little while." Piper mumbled.
"Ok sure, I'll be waiting." He said.
"Thanks." She said, and hung up.
After she changed, and was about to walk out, Prue stopped her.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"What do you care?" Piper said, as she grabbed her jacket.
"Look, I'm sorry about earlier..."
Piper shrugged, then turned to her sister.
"I'll be back before lunch." And with that, she left.
The drive to Leo's house seemed to take for ever.
When she finally got there, she parked her car in his parking lot, and before she got the chance to get out, Leo appeared and opened her door for her.
"Have you had breakfast yet?" He asked.
"No." Piper admitted, a smile forming at the edge of her mouth.
Leo returned a full smile.
"Great. Scoot over." He said.
Piper obeyed, and moved from the driver's seat.
Leo got in, and took her to a nice place where they had their breakfast.
He didn't ask her what happened, until after they were finished eating.
"So, are you gonna tell me what's wrong?" he asked carefully.
Piper sighed, and looked down.
"Phoebe took off."
"Took off... as in..."
"As in she took off. She went to live with her boyfriend." Piper said.
"But she is only sixteen," Leo pointed out.
"I know. But you know my sisters, if they set their minds on something..."
"Prue and Phoebe fought again?" Leo asked, obviously knowing the answer.
"And Prue had to make a big mess out of it. So now the chances of Phoebe ever coming back are smaller then they might have been." Piper said desperately.
"She will come around." Leo encouraged.
"I hope." Piper said, and after a few minutes continued;
"Hey, would you mind if we go to the cemetery? Not for long, I just want to..."
"Of course. Come on." Leo said without hesitating, and they headed back to the car.
About 20 minutes later, Piper was standing in front of Grams's Grave. One hand was holding Leo's, and the other a rose they picked up on their way there.
She laid it down, and after about 5 minutes of silence, she turned around and with her head leaning on Leo's shoulder, they walked back to the car.
The last thing Piper wanted now is for her sisters to start hating each other, and who knows what Phoebe might do?
This was all very disturbing, and Leo sure knew how to calm her down.
It's was like magic.
AN: someone from previous chapters will be back next few chapter.... Someone who caused a lot of trouble, to Piper especially. I'm sure you are guessing who it is.... If not, then you'll see.
Don't forget to review.
