Closer to thee Part 32:
Something between sisters

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After Rodger had dropped her off. Prue hurried to her bedroom. She lay down on her bed as she starred into nothing
'I don't get myself. Andy is the past. Rodger is my now and future. Why am I seeing him just now? Well... why am I thinking I see him?'
Prue shook her head heavily. Then got up again. She had to get rid of those thoughts about Andy and her. Andy and her was over. It would never be again. He was married. And soon she would be as well.

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Phoebe and Piper are sitting on the couch of Piper and Prue's apartment. Discussing some document lying on the table heatedly.
Prue entered the apartment, as she just returned from work. She heard babbling in the living room and sighted as she noticed Phoebe's voice
"We can't show her that, Phoebe..."
"Show what, who?"
Prue asked entering their living as well. Piper hurriedly grabbed for the document and hided it behind her back
"Nothing"
"Right, then what's behind your back?"
"Look Prue, leave it, we just don't want to hurt ya, okay?"
Phoebe asked
"Oh, that coming from the sister who hates me more than anyone else..."
Prue commented
"Fine... then not... just bite me, Prue!"
Phoebe yelled, pecking Piper's cheek and then storming out of the apartment.
"You were so not fair at all to her"
"Was she the last few years to me?"
"That's not the point"
Piper said fast
"What ya hiding?"
"I said it was nothing!"
"Piper... I'm not nuts..."
"Can't you let me protect you for once?"
"Leave the games and hand me whatever"
"Force me to..."
Piper pouted.
"Okay"
Prue said smiling slightly and went closer to Piper, starting to tickle her and pillow fight with her. They acted more like teenagers than over twenty year old women. They both kept having fun for a while. Laughing and giggling, having a great time. Until both were out of breath and Piper let, without wanting to, the document floated to the floor
"Ha! Me win, you loose!"
Prue said grabbing for it
"Prue! No!"
Piper said, trying to snap the paper out of her hands again, but Prue turned around again and opened the document up. It was an invitation.
Andrew Trudeau and Susan Tanner will join their souls before god on the 25th of October.
We would be very lucky to see you support the wedding with your presence.
Prue read lowly to herself. As she froze immediately.
"I'm sorry, Prue"
Piper whispered

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Prue again shook her head as she tried to shake the thoughts off again. She pulled herself up and started to walk towards her closet. She still had to pick a dress for the wedding at the registry office. She opened it up and started to go through it, not hearing the knock on the door nor Piper entering. She was too deep in her thoughts about Andy... what was weird. It felt like she was fresh in love with Andy. But she should be fresh in love with Rodger!
"Prue?"
Piper asked, as she noticed, how Prue seemed not to react at her presence at all, but again she got no answer...
"Prue, are you okay?"
Piper asked again. Finally Prue noticed Piper's voice, filling the room.
"Umm... what?"
"You alright?"
Piper asked once again, which pulled Prue into another memory

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"Prue, you really alright with this?"
"Yes. I'm okay, Piper. You, Phoebe and Grams just go to Andy's wedding. He's like our brother. You really should go."
"But..."
"Piper..."
"No, we all agreed, that we all will go or no one will."
"Now this is not fair!"
"Yes it is, if you are alright with the wedding, then you also can come along."
Prue looked down avoiding Piper's eyes
"I think I'm gonna lay down a bit, I think I'm getting a flue, here"
"If you think we'll go without you to the wedding, if you play ill now, you're very wrong. All or none..."

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"Prue?"
Piper asked more worried, as her sister again didn't reply. She moved closer to Prue and put an arm around her
"um... yeah... I'm... I'm okay"
"Well you don't seem so"
Piper told her, leading her towards the bed
"I... just... can't believe my nerves are playing such tricks on me..."
"What are you talking about?"
"I... I um... think I saw Andy today."
"Excuse me?"
"Yeah... Rodger and I wanted to try stuff for the menu... and suddenly there this guy was. He looked so much familiar. And he dropped his mug and... then abruptly left the restaurant. I saw his face just a sec. but I could have sworn, it was Andy."
"And now you doubt Rodger?"
Prue looked down; she didn't want to admit that
"Yeah..."
She whispered softly
"Well, Prue, that's ridiculous. You love Rodger. Andy is married. You are soon married."
"I know..."
Prue said and thought for a second of Rodger and their first kiss and a small smile appeared on her face
"Hey, um... I still need to pick a dress for the official part of the wedding, want to help me search one?"
"You kidding?"
Piper asked smiling as both of them got up and went back to Prue's closet. Both started to joke around with the old clothes inside the closet. They were playing around, as Piper accidentally touched some box, which gild just then down to the floor, revealing everything inside to the floor of the closet. It was the box full with Prue's memories on Meghan and Andy. All the pictures and letters fell to the bare floor and Prue immediately stopped giggling, as she starred down on the mess on the floor. At all the memories, suddenly floating to her mind
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, Prue!"
Piper told her. She hurriedly leaned down and started to pick everything up again
"No... no it's okay..."
Prue said, as she finally knelt down as well and started picking stuff as well
"I really do have a bad timing"
"It's not your fault, Piper, really. It was placed..."
Prue stopped in mid-sentence as she saw it. She saw the ring, Andy gave her, laying on the floor and simply starred at it... again memories came to Prue's mind. Memories of their prom-night

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"Sooo, what do you say? Does mommy deserve a present?"
"yes daddy... mommy is really brave, always letting auntie Piper and auntie Phoebe babying her... and letting everyone touch her stomach"
Prue said in a baby-voice. Andy simply laughed.
"Hey!!! I asked her, not you"
"She told me I shall tell you that"
"Well if she thinks so, we better do what she wants, huh?"
"I'd say so"
Prue said grinning. Andy reached over for his smoking jacket and grabbed for a little black box and then handed it to her. Prue starred at it speechless
"A... A... Andy..."
"Don't worry... it's not meant as an engagement ring..."
"As what is a ring then meant?"
"It's meant as a ring, which shall always tell you how much I love you, and that I'm always there. At least in thoughts"
Prue's eyes teared up and then Andy helped her opening the box, and she now really started crying.
"Hey, hey, hey... shshshs"
"I... I love you"
Prue said. Andy leaned over and kissed her, then gently pushed her tears away.
"Put it on"
Prue shook her head
"You do"
She told him. Andy smiled, did so and once more kissed her.

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"Prue..."
Piper said gently. She knew what the ring meant. Prue had told her about it often enough
"I... I need to be alone now, Piper..."
Prue said lowly...
"Okay..."
Piper said carefully, as she watched her sister, trying to sense, if she was okay enough to be left alone
"Piper... please..."
"Alright"
Piper answered and kissed her cheek, before getting up and leaving the room