Part 3
Phoebe awoke the next morning, Paige was lay on her chest and she had her arm wrapped around her, she was still asleep, she looked across at the clock, 6:15, Phoebe sighed, her head hurt and her face ached, 'damn Prue, I'll kill' her she thought, 'if that was anyone else, they wouldn't be able to stand after I'd finished with them, but I just couldn't hit Prue' She thought.
She watched Paige sleep for a further fifteen minuets before the eye's of the youngest fluttered open. "Hay sweetie" Phoebe whispered, "Phoebe, you're still here." "Of course, you really did think that I was going to leave you, didn't you?" Paige nodded her head, "I really wanted you last night I was scared" "Why?" Phoebe asked, "I...I had I nightmare about...dad!" Phoebe sat up and Pulled Paige close, "I'm sorry honey, you woke up and I want here you must have been scared" Paige nodded, "I made Prue Mad and then she shouted at you." "No baby, I made Prue mad...not you..." "Did she hurt you?" Paige asked, lifting her hand to Phoebe's slightly bruised face, "Prue hurt me...no! I'm too strong." Phoebe joked wanting to lighten the mood for Paige, not wanting her to know that Prue had really hurt her not only physically but also emotionally, "Come one, let's get dressed and we'll have a sisters day, be quite and don't wake them though!" Paige4 nodded and got up from the bed leaving the room to get ready.
As asked, she did so very quietly, creeping around, because over the last three years Paige had realized that Phoebe only ever asked her to do something if it was necessary and today for some reason it was necessary not to wake Piper or Prue. 'Probably because they are still fighting' Paige thought as she crept down the stairs.
Phoebe was stood at the bottom when Paige crept down, "Hay honey, we are going to grab some breakfast out okay?" Paige smiled, "Okay Phoebe" With this Phoebe took the keys to Piper's jeep and both sisters left the house. ............................................................................................................
About half an hour later Phoebe and Paige were sat in a small café in the center of San Francisco, "So Paige, lets get some breakfast and then what do you want to do?" Phoebe asked, Paige shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know." "You don't know? Well how about we head off to the park, I think we have the football in the back of the car?" "Yeah" Paige squealed with delight. Phoebe smiled, but when Paige looked at her and the little face turned serious so did Phoebe's, "Phoebe, we haven't done this in ages?" "What?" Phoebe asked, "Snuck out the house, last time was the night before dad...nearly..." She stopped and looked into the eyes of her older sister, "...You did this to cheer me up after last night?" Phoebe looked away, "You always did this if dad went psycho on you...it's not going to start again is it?" Phoebe looked into the pleading eyes of the youngest, "I promise, I'll sort this out as soon as we go back home, but for now, we have a good time." Paige smiled, and relaxed a little, she trusted that Phoebe would sort it out.
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Prue woke up and the days events came flooding back, she sighed, and pushed the covers back from her, getting out of her bed she took her cloths and towel and headed for her bathroom.
About half an hour latter she walked back into her room, looking as beautiful as possible at seven thirty in the morning, she had been thinking about the previous night and decided she and Phoebe needed to talk, she needed to keep her anger in check and talk to her.
When she walked out of the bed room she noticed Phoebe's door was open, she decided to go and check on her, walking up the landing she peered around the door to be confronted by the sight of a perfectly made bed and a spotless room. A look of confusion crossed her face, 'it's only seven thirty since when is Phoebe up at seven thirty?' she though, then she turned and decided to check on Paige...
Piper was stood downstairs, with a cup of coffee in her hand as she flipped through the mail; the silence was broken by the voice of her oldest sister, "Piper, where the hell, are Phoebe and Paige?" She asked angrily, "I hared them leave early this morning..." "And you didn't stop them?" Prue asked, Piper looked up at the oldest sister, "No Prue I never, Phoebe is not a child, she doesn't need to be monitored, and she doesn't need our permission to take her sister out." "Oh, trust me Piper; I wouldn't be surprised if Paige came back drunk with a black eye that one of Phoebe's boyfriends had given her!" "DO you know what I have had enough of this, Prue, what exactly is your problem? I think that you should lay off Phoebe! And I think when she gets back you need to leave her be, don't start having a go and don't even think about raising your fist to her again, because, if I see you hit any one of them again, you'll have me to deal with and trust me it won't be pretty." "You know that I would never hit Paige!" Prue defended, "Up until last night I thought you would never hit Phoebe, how can I trust anything that you say after what I saw?" "She asked for it!" Prue shot back, "What she didn't agree with you came home late so you resorted to violence. Prue everything that Phoebe said about us abandoning her and Paige is right, we did, we left her, Phoebe has been through so much and so has Paige, neither of them, need you bulling them, just lay off!" With this Piper looked at the oldest sister who walked slowly over to the table and took a seat.
"I have never hit her before" She spoke softly, "before last night I have never hit one of my sisters. I just, when she came in, I knew she had had a drink and I knew that Dan had hit her; I just wanted to protect her. When I started to talk it ended up an argument, like always, it was just this time you weren't there to control it and it got out of hand, The things that we were saying were so horrible and I couldn't stop her, I just wanted her to shut up and she wouldn't, I pushed her, she never reacted, then I pushed her again, she pushed me back so I lost it and hit her..." Prue looked at her hand, "I wanted to hit her again, and again, I hated her...I have never felt like that Piper and it scares the hell out of me..."
Piper hared it all, and in that she hared desperation although Prue would never directly come out for help, in what she was saying, she was screaming for help and Piper hared it loud and clear. She walked over and sat at the table, Prue looked at her, "I just want to look out for her, and some how I end up hurting her more...when I see her, what she is letting happen I get angry and I take it out on her..."
"You don't hate her Prue, I see the way you look at her, when she sleeps I see the way you look at her...I only see love...last night you lost it and you went way too far. You and Phoebe need to talk, I know that you are angry but so is she...Prue, Phoebe still hasn't gotten over the fact the she had to stab or dad, in this kitchen, before he killed her and Paige... she's angry to, she's hurting but she is hiding it, been strong for Paige, we have to be there for her. You need to get rid of what ever anger you have in you, get past the fact you don't like what time she comes home and talk to her, be her sister, not her mom, she doesn't need a mom!" "I understand that Piper, really I do, but when I speak to her I just lose it, I can't help it, now when I think about her, walking out of here not telling us where she is going I get angry, because it irresponsible, it's..." "A nineteen year old taking her sister out, if I was the one who had taken Paige out would you be this angry?" Piper questioned. "No because I know that you would protect her, you wouldn't do anything stupid" "And what makes you think that Phoebe would?" "Oh come on, she can't even look after herself, she comes home beaten up...if she can't look after herself what makes you think she can look after Paige?" Prue asked, "Because I know Phoebe, and so should you...I don't know exactly what's going on with her life, why she lets them hurt her, but I sure as hell know that she would never let Paige get into any kind of trouble, she is safe with Phoebe. And deep down you know that to" "Well it doesn't stop me worrying, and I swear to go if anything happens to Paige..."
Phoebe awoke the next morning, Paige was lay on her chest and she had her arm wrapped around her, she was still asleep, she looked across at the clock, 6:15, Phoebe sighed, her head hurt and her face ached, 'damn Prue, I'll kill' her she thought, 'if that was anyone else, they wouldn't be able to stand after I'd finished with them, but I just couldn't hit Prue' She thought.
She watched Paige sleep for a further fifteen minuets before the eye's of the youngest fluttered open. "Hay sweetie" Phoebe whispered, "Phoebe, you're still here." "Of course, you really did think that I was going to leave you, didn't you?" Paige nodded her head, "I really wanted you last night I was scared" "Why?" Phoebe asked, "I...I had I nightmare about...dad!" Phoebe sat up and Pulled Paige close, "I'm sorry honey, you woke up and I want here you must have been scared" Paige nodded, "I made Prue Mad and then she shouted at you." "No baby, I made Prue mad...not you..." "Did she hurt you?" Paige asked, lifting her hand to Phoebe's slightly bruised face, "Prue hurt me...no! I'm too strong." Phoebe joked wanting to lighten the mood for Paige, not wanting her to know that Prue had really hurt her not only physically but also emotionally, "Come one, let's get dressed and we'll have a sisters day, be quite and don't wake them though!" Paige4 nodded and got up from the bed leaving the room to get ready.
As asked, she did so very quietly, creeping around, because over the last three years Paige had realized that Phoebe only ever asked her to do something if it was necessary and today for some reason it was necessary not to wake Piper or Prue. 'Probably because they are still fighting' Paige thought as she crept down the stairs.
Phoebe was stood at the bottom when Paige crept down, "Hay honey, we are going to grab some breakfast out okay?" Paige smiled, "Okay Phoebe" With this Phoebe took the keys to Piper's jeep and both sisters left the house. ............................................................................................................
About half an hour later Phoebe and Paige were sat in a small café in the center of San Francisco, "So Paige, lets get some breakfast and then what do you want to do?" Phoebe asked, Paige shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know." "You don't know? Well how about we head off to the park, I think we have the football in the back of the car?" "Yeah" Paige squealed with delight. Phoebe smiled, but when Paige looked at her and the little face turned serious so did Phoebe's, "Phoebe, we haven't done this in ages?" "What?" Phoebe asked, "Snuck out the house, last time was the night before dad...nearly..." She stopped and looked into the eyes of her older sister, "...You did this to cheer me up after last night?" Phoebe looked away, "You always did this if dad went psycho on you...it's not going to start again is it?" Phoebe looked into the pleading eyes of the youngest, "I promise, I'll sort this out as soon as we go back home, but for now, we have a good time." Paige smiled, and relaxed a little, she trusted that Phoebe would sort it out.
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Prue woke up and the days events came flooding back, she sighed, and pushed the covers back from her, getting out of her bed she took her cloths and towel and headed for her bathroom.
About half an hour latter she walked back into her room, looking as beautiful as possible at seven thirty in the morning, she had been thinking about the previous night and decided she and Phoebe needed to talk, she needed to keep her anger in check and talk to her.
When she walked out of the bed room she noticed Phoebe's door was open, she decided to go and check on her, walking up the landing she peered around the door to be confronted by the sight of a perfectly made bed and a spotless room. A look of confusion crossed her face, 'it's only seven thirty since when is Phoebe up at seven thirty?' she though, then she turned and decided to check on Paige...
Piper was stood downstairs, with a cup of coffee in her hand as she flipped through the mail; the silence was broken by the voice of her oldest sister, "Piper, where the hell, are Phoebe and Paige?" She asked angrily, "I hared them leave early this morning..." "And you didn't stop them?" Prue asked, Piper looked up at the oldest sister, "No Prue I never, Phoebe is not a child, she doesn't need to be monitored, and she doesn't need our permission to take her sister out." "Oh, trust me Piper; I wouldn't be surprised if Paige came back drunk with a black eye that one of Phoebe's boyfriends had given her!" "DO you know what I have had enough of this, Prue, what exactly is your problem? I think that you should lay off Phoebe! And I think when she gets back you need to leave her be, don't start having a go and don't even think about raising your fist to her again, because, if I see you hit any one of them again, you'll have me to deal with and trust me it won't be pretty." "You know that I would never hit Paige!" Prue defended, "Up until last night I thought you would never hit Phoebe, how can I trust anything that you say after what I saw?" "She asked for it!" Prue shot back, "What she didn't agree with you came home late so you resorted to violence. Prue everything that Phoebe said about us abandoning her and Paige is right, we did, we left her, Phoebe has been through so much and so has Paige, neither of them, need you bulling them, just lay off!" With this Piper looked at the oldest sister who walked slowly over to the table and took a seat.
"I have never hit her before" She spoke softly, "before last night I have never hit one of my sisters. I just, when she came in, I knew she had had a drink and I knew that Dan had hit her; I just wanted to protect her. When I started to talk it ended up an argument, like always, it was just this time you weren't there to control it and it got out of hand, The things that we were saying were so horrible and I couldn't stop her, I just wanted her to shut up and she wouldn't, I pushed her, she never reacted, then I pushed her again, she pushed me back so I lost it and hit her..." Prue looked at her hand, "I wanted to hit her again, and again, I hated her...I have never felt like that Piper and it scares the hell out of me..."
Piper hared it all, and in that she hared desperation although Prue would never directly come out for help, in what she was saying, she was screaming for help and Piper hared it loud and clear. She walked over and sat at the table, Prue looked at her, "I just want to look out for her, and some how I end up hurting her more...when I see her, what she is letting happen I get angry and I take it out on her..."
"You don't hate her Prue, I see the way you look at her, when she sleeps I see the way you look at her...I only see love...last night you lost it and you went way too far. You and Phoebe need to talk, I know that you are angry but so is she...Prue, Phoebe still hasn't gotten over the fact the she had to stab or dad, in this kitchen, before he killed her and Paige... she's angry to, she's hurting but she is hiding it, been strong for Paige, we have to be there for her. You need to get rid of what ever anger you have in you, get past the fact you don't like what time she comes home and talk to her, be her sister, not her mom, she doesn't need a mom!" "I understand that Piper, really I do, but when I speak to her I just lose it, I can't help it, now when I think about her, walking out of here not telling us where she is going I get angry, because it irresponsible, it's..." "A nineteen year old taking her sister out, if I was the one who had taken Paige out would you be this angry?" Piper questioned. "No because I know that you would protect her, you wouldn't do anything stupid" "And what makes you think that Phoebe would?" "Oh come on, she can't even look after herself, she comes home beaten up...if she can't look after herself what makes you think she can look after Paige?" Prue asked, "Because I know Phoebe, and so should you...I don't know exactly what's going on with her life, why she lets them hurt her, but I sure as hell know that she would never let Paige get into any kind of trouble, she is safe with Phoebe. And deep down you know that to" "Well it doesn't stop me worrying, and I swear to go if anything happens to Paige..."