Back together, or not? Part 16:
Remembering the past
Andy and his partner Morris entered Buddy's. Andy wanted to go there as he wanted to be somewhere familiar as he explained his past to some man he only knew for half a year. He loved being in buddy's. Prue's mom had worked there and after school they mostly walked there and drank a milkshake till Patty's shift ended and she drove them home.
"Why did you want to come here that unconditionally?"
"I was often here, when I was little."
"You grew up in San Francisco?"
Andy smiled a little. He suddenly remembered the prom. Prue's and his only dance. He remembered the song, which played just when they danced
"I had the time of my life here"
He answered his partner, as he quoted the song. Both men sat down on a table and ordered a hamburger and a coke each.
"If you had the time of your life here, then why did you leave San Francisco?"
"It's complicated..."
Andy told him, his expressions changing and the smile disappearing form his face
"We have all night"
Morris grinned, and Andy repeated it.
"I better start at the very beginning then"
"No problem"
The hamburgers arrived and Andy paused till the waitress was gone again
"It actually all started even before my birth. My mom had a friend. Patty. They were best friends, like sisters, like twins. They went together to school, finished it together, went to college together and as weird as it sounds, also found the men of their lives at pretty much the same time. Last but not least, they were also pregnant at pretty much the same time."
Andy told him and took a bite of his hamburger. He was smiling slightly at the memory of Patty. She had been like his aunt. A very close aunt and she was his god mother, just like Julia was the girls' godmother.
"Well, even thought it all was at pretty much the same time, I was born before Prue. I was a premature birth and my mom was also a bit more far than Patty."
"Aaah, there the girl goes"
Morris commented. As he remembered the information Andy wanted, were about a Pruedence Halliwell.
"Yeah, there she goes"
Andy said letting out a laugh
"Prue and me kinda were destined to become best friends and we were. I don't remember one day, we weren't together. We stayed best friends through the years. We stayed at each other's side, as Prue's mom died, as her dad left Prue and her younger sisters without a parent with their grandmother, as my dad was wounded bad in a shooting, as Prue more or less started to play the mom for her sisters and, and, and..."
Andy said taking another bite and chewing
"When we were 16, we slowly started to develop feelings for each other. Her grandmother was at first against it, as she wanted Prue to concentrate on her mother role for piper and Phoebe"
"P seems a very common start in that family"
Morris commented grinning
"Yeah, it's kind of a tradition. Oh well... when we were a bit over 18... I had the house free and Prue and me shared our first time... well you know. It turned out, that one shot was enough, and I got Prue pregnant exactly that night"
"You animal"
Morris said, as he tried to cheer Andy up a bit, as he seemed to become sad and strange. He never saw his partner this way before. Andy couldn't smile at that. He just could take a big breath, before he could go on
"As we told Prue's grandmother, she was completely against it, wanted her to abort it, but that Prue and I didn't want. For weeks we had to fight against her. For weeks they didn't talk a word. Prue was completely burned out. I tried so much to get her to eat and rest, but Prue had too much to do in the household to worry about herself and the baby. We had our prom night and all worries were onto Prue, and how we could hide her growing belly. Everyone who knew, Prue was pregnant saw it, but only Prue's sisters and grandmother knew so far. She had a few dizzy spells that night, but she still refused to leave. She didn't want to ruin our prom. I brought her to a hotel room and we spend a wonderful night. Followed by more stress. One day I came over and I saw already in her face, she wasn't good at all. I wanted to take everything over, so she could rest, but she fainted, before I got her into bed. She fell onto an old trunk. Prue lost our baby that night and it changed us very much. Prue and me had already started loving the baby and to loose somebody was just so hard for teenagers, we were young and just couldn't handle it back then."
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I would love to stay with Sheila permanently. I'm so scared something happens to her or the baby."
Morris told Andy in an understanding way. Andy smiled a little
"Well. Prue was worst. She, went to school, like a zombie, came home, and went straight to bed. She starred crying at the ultra sound picture for hours, till she fell asleep. I tried to go on. She tried to stop the world from turning. I tried to pull her along, but after a major fight, I realized, she needed to go through this without me. I left for college to Portland. My parents followed."
Andy said, making the painful part really fast.
"There's no day ever since, I don't think of Prue... and our baby. We didn't know if it would be a girl or not, but we always believed it would be a girl. Our little Meghan. Prue loved that name. It was all so fast. As soon as we finally had realized we were going to be parents, as soon as we finally loved the baby and were happy about having a baby, Prue lost the baby. It was the bets for both of us, to start a new chapter in our lives."
Morris stayed silent. He didn't know what to do. His partner seemed to be though so much and he simply didn't know what to answer. He felt worst for pushing him into telling him this story
"If I had known... I'd never..."
"It's okay. I learned to talk about this. And now, you for sure want to know, what made me come back here, right? Around a year ago, my partner in Portland died. That ruined my marriage. And I once again, tried to run away from my problems. But destiny or whatever, playd a game on me and my boss got me moved here, to San Francisco. I failed running away this time, as I was sent back to where I started my run."
Andy told him and then finally looked up at Morris.
"But, enough of sadness now. How long are you and... Sheila, right?"
Morris nodded
"how long are you married? How far along is she? Boy or girl?"
"We're married for 3 years. She's in 4th month and we don't know yet, but we wait for the next ultra sound to come and to get to know, what we'll have."
Morris told him. Andy smiled
"You're one lucky man"
"Yeah, I probably am."
Morris again turned silent. One thing still bugged him. One question was burning on his tongue. Andy had noticed Morris' behaviour. He had seen that often, as he had a class of psychology, well, he had to have it.
"Ask finally"
Andy told Morris
"Where did you know?"
"I'm good in my job"
Andy said grinning
"Why did you want background information on Prue after all those years?"
Morris asked.
"I wanted to know a little more about her, again. My mom put a picture of the prom night into my bag. I thought it probably was a... kind of sign... maybe destiny that I was moved back here again. I wanted to know if she was happily married or something, before I even try anything."
"You want to ask her out?"
"Well... maybe after some warming up the old friendship..."
A smile played on Andy's lips as Morris just laughed and shook his head