Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Charmed
A/N: Ok, so this fic is winding down. I think its becoming slightly too long so I have devised an ending for it. However the following chapters and the past few have not been based on personal experience. This is just the way that I wish things would work out for me. Also, I think that I have concentrated enough on this fic for the time being so for the moment there will be no sequel to this fic. There will be no follow up story. This fic maybe has four chapters left and I'd appreciate any comments on the single chapters or the fic as a whole.
To Look Again: With Her Help
Prue awoke with a start; she swung her legs round of her bed. Slowly she got out of bed and walked towards the door, she pulled it open and stepped out into the dark hospital corridors. There was a chill in the air that caused her to pull her housecoat round her slender frame; she walked slowly down the empty corridors. Expecting to run into someone but no one came, it was just her. She began knocking on the doors that she passed but when no answer came she continued plodding along. Then suddenly the lights dimmed further, and she saw something dart across the corridor in front of her. She stopped dead in her tracks and her vision shot quickly from left to right as she tried to identify what she had just seen. The lights came back on within an instant, Prue looked around frantically. She heard a small sobbing in the corner, her eyes instantly moved to where the sound was coming from. There was a small girl sitting in the corner, covering her face, burying it deep in her knees and chest. Prue edged closer towards the young girl,
"Hello?" she called out cautiously, "Can you hear me?"
"I can hear you," replied the young girl, she lifted her head up and wiped away the tears that were dripping slowly from her eyes. She got up off the ground and began walking towards Prue. Prue recognised her instantly, it was Piper. Not again, I can't be having another one of these stupid dreams again… I can't deal with anymore of them. Within a few moments Piper was standing before Prue, she took her hand and placed it on her heart.
"Can you feel it beating? I never can… I think it stopped a long time ago and no matter how much I try to change this I can't re-start it, why can't I restart it?" she asked, Prue pulled her hand away.
"What… Piper what's going on?" asked Prue,
"No too sure really… I think we're in some sort of mind scary weird thing," replied Piper,
"That's the most mixed up sentence you've ever uttered," replied Prue, smiling,
"I know… my mind is a little all over the place, I'm sorta mixed up about some things," sighed Piper,
"I know… and I haven't really been much help. With everything that I've put you guys through, I just don't know how to stop all this," said Prue looking sheepishly towards the ground,
"I don't need you to stop Prue. Well, that it I want you to stop but I need to understand more than anything," replied Piper, she slowly began walking away from Prue. Prue followed her, like a lost lamb she followed at her sister's side.
"I know that you need to feel like you understand what's going on… I just don't know how to explain it to you so that you will,"
"But you don't know Prue, you don't know what's been going on with our family. You just don't know right now, and I don't expect you too… ok so that's kind of a lie. Because I do want you to know what's going on around you, I want you to see what all this has done to others. I want you to realise that its not just you that all this is hurting. But I don't think your ready to understand all that just yet,"
"I want to understand Piper, I want to know what I've done to you but I don't want to admit to myself what I've been doing," said Prue,
"Then we'll be going round in circles until you can admit to yourself what's been going on," said Piper, as she stopped walking, "I know you want everything to be alright. I'm just not sure if it can, I know you need help, but I just don't know how to help you. I don't know what kind of help you need and I don't know how to get it for you. I'm only sixteen Prue, I know that all of this has made me grow up fast but I can't grow up anymore. I need to be the younger sister again. I can't be the eldest anymore, I don't know how."
"You shouldn't have to be the eldest, but I just don't think that I'm ready to be the eldest either," replied Prue,
"The thing is that I don't think either of us is ready to be the eldest, and I know that we keep saying that we know how each other feels but in the long run I just don't think that we do. I don't honestly know how you feel, and I don't think you know how I feel. Not because we don't want to but because we can't. We each have different situations and we can't know what its like to be in these situations if we aren't living them," replied Piper,
"When did you get so wise?" asked Prue, as she playfully shoved Piper,
"About the same time you got so stupid," replied Piper, "Sorry, that wasn't necessary," she instantly said, although Prue sensed that she had meant it, she just didn't want Prue to know this,
"I know I've been stupid but I can't stop Piper, I just can't its too hard," sighed Prue,
"Then there is nothing here for us. If we can't find a way to deal with this that isn't going to send us both crazy I think its better than we just don't talk about it," replied Piper,
"That won't help anything, you know it won't help,"
"It's the only way, Prue, it's the only way for us to stay sane,"
"But it won't help us stay sane… it will make things worse. You know it will,"
"God! Even when I try to help you two you can't sort things out… I'm running out of idea's here guys!" said a small voice from behind them, both sisters spun round and were equally shocked when they saw Phoebe standing in the dark hospital.
"Phoebe?" they questioned in unison,
"Now would you two just sit down and stop all this stupid philosophical crap and just talk to each other like normal human beings. Just tell your side of the story one at a time… otherwise things are never going to improve!"
A/N: Ok, you must be getting really fed up with all these a/n's but hey. Hope your still liking it.