Closer to thee Part 37:
A tearful morning

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The next morning:
Prue woke up in her bed and in Rodger's arms. She smiled as she felt his arms around her. It wasn't very common this happened. Then her smile cracked, as she remembered the reason he was there. Tears build up in her eyes again. Wettening her cheeks again with fresh tears, when the old ones only just dried. She had been crying pretty much all night and only fell asleep a few hours ago. Rodger woke with Prue sobbing. He looked nerved down at her and then pulled her closer
"Shshshs"
He tried to calm her, but all Prue did, was turn in his arms to cry into his chest. Half an hour later Prue's tears were gone. She didn't have tears anymore. She didn't have the power to cry anymore
"There's... so... so much to do.. We... we need to... to cancel the wedding as well..."
She stumbled over her own words
"Don't worry about that. I'm gonna take care of everything."
Rodger told her
"How about we go downstairs?"
Prue just nodded and dried her still wet cheeks with the back of her hand. She got up and walked with Rodger downstairs. Finding Piper huddled into the sofa. Starring into nothing, as tears flew down her face as well. Prue looked at Rodger heart broken. Rodger just kissed her forehead before mumbling
"I make coffee"
Then let go of Prue and went for the kitchen. Prue entered meanwhile the living and pulled Piper into a hug
"She... she was there... every... every second of.... Of my life... and... and. Now she's gone....."
Piper babbled
Prue bit her lip
"I know"
She said and stroke her sister's hair gently
"I miss her already"
"Me too"
Prue said short before tears again as well. Piper just sobbed into Prue's pyjama top, continuing to babble about how their grandmother was, what she used to do, what she still wanted to do, what she loved about her. Prue just stayed silent. She couldn't speak. If she spoke, she'd cry as well. And she couldn't cry in front of Piper
"There's so much to do"
Piper said finally
"Don't worry.... Rodger handles the wedding stuff.... And I will care about the funeral"
Prue told her. The sisters held each other for some more, before Prue noticed, Phoebe was nowhere to be found
"Where's Phoebe?"
"She's at Gillian's. She mumbled something like, we wouldn't understand her anyway..."
Piper said
"Grams would have wanted us to be there for her"
She continued, as fresh tears fell again from piper's cheeks and she again clung more onto Prue. Again Piper started to sob into Prue's shoulder