Part 5
Then next morning rolled by, too slowly for Prue who hadn't slept all night due to a mixture of worry for Phoebe, anger and desperation to resolve all this, she didn't know how but she had to resolve it.
She sat sipping her coffee, looking at the clock it read seven thirty, she sighed, still no sign of Phoebe. "What you thinking?" A voice echoed, breaking the silence that had lasted for around three hours, she turned around to see Piper stood there, "I'm wondering how you do it?" "DO what?" Piper waked walking of pouring a mug of coffee and taking a seat at the table next to Prue, "Get her to like you, how do you get her to like you and listen to you and..." "I treat her, how she wants to be treated, she's nineteen, you need to treat her like it...when you were nineteen you sure as hell never came back to this house on time..." There was silence in the room then Prue spoke again, "I blew it again didn't I" "Prue you really have to get a hold of your anger cut her some slack." "I can't Piper, she's my baby, and I just want to protect her..." "Well at this rate you aren't going to protect her, you are going to push her away..." "I think it's too late." "No it's never too late" Piper reassured he oldest, "I tell you what, when she walks through that door, don't talk, even if she comes in with her face kicked in, don't speak. Get up and walk away. I'll talk to her, then, you will calm down and talk, like as sister, a friend not a mom." "You want me to walk away." "Prue if you don't the arguing is just going to continue." "Fine, I'll be in the shower anyway." Piper nodded, "I'll talk to her, find out what's going on." Prue nodded, downed the rest of her coffee and left.
Piper was sat at the table for a further half an hour when the back door opened, Phoebe walked in and some guy, Piper had never seen before followed, "What so you normally let guys hit you?" His deep voice bellowed, Phoebe rolled her eyes and swung around, "Okay listen I have had this for three hours now, it's none of your business." "If I never showed up you'd be dead." "Well if I knew I was going to get this for three hours, I wish that they had killed me." "You know what you need your head checking." "Hay don't come up in here been all high and mighty..."
"You don't see that one night he is going to really lose it and kill you." "Hay...that's my problem..." "Yeah, well how do you think your baby sister will take it? When she has to sit in front of a grave stone and talk to you...come on you know what it's like don't put her through it" The guy stepped forward, "Don't put me through it."
Phoebe looked into his eyes; she took his hand, "Come with me!" She spoke softly, then she realized her sister was stood there; "Sorry Piper, I'll speak to you later." Piper just nodded, this was odd who was he? She thought.
Phoebe walked out of the kitchen this guy following her, as they walked up the stairs he watched Phoebe's every movement, once at the top the were half way towards her room when he stopped, she turned and looked at him "What is it?" she asked, confusion visible, "Are you scared of him?" Wow talk about catching me off gaud, "What are you crazy?" She asked, "Are you scared of him?" He asked again, "I...he...so what if I am, does that make me weak, poor little Phoebe can't look after herself..." Phoebe rambling was finally brought to an end when he took her hand and pulled her towards him, then he slowly moved his lips closer to hers, both looking into each others eyes their lips finally met, Phoebe closed her eyes and brought her free hand placing it on his chest, he pulled back, and Phoebe opened her eyes, mesmerized by his, "I can help you out? Let me help!" Phoebe still fascinated, drawn in by his eyes just nodded, and then kissed him again, slowly and passionately.
Prue added the finishing touches to her make up and looked into the mirror finally happy with the way she looked she walked towards her door, n pulling it open she saw Phoebe making out with yet another random guy, she rolled her eyes, but she didn't say a word. She turned and headed towards the kitchen.
Phoebe pulled back, "I can't..." She spoke breath less, "Why?" He asked, also trying to catch his breath, "If he found out he'd kill me." Phoebe said, looking at the floor, "Phoebe you can't let him control you." "It's hard." She spoke, "How, Phoebe..." He moved his hand to her chin and moved her head so she was looking into his eyes, "you can't keep letting him do this to you!" "I know but...I'm scared" "What if I sort it out...would you let me do that for you?" "No Dean, don't...he'll kill you." She begged, Dean turned around and walked back down the stairs, Phoebe followed, "Don't please."
He walked through the kitchen, where Piper and Prue were sat at the table, Phoebe followed him, when he got to the door Phoebe grabbed his hand "He'll kill you!" She shouted, Dean swung around, "Phoebe' he's killing you not just physically but in here!" He said tapping pointing to her heart, "Just let me sort him out" "Dean, Dan he's not going to be alone, he'll have guys, big guys." "I'm not scared of them Phoebe, he isn't going to keep getting away with this." "Let me sort it out" She begged, "No, you have been through too much all ready, just, look I'll be back." He kissed her, and she him, when he pulled back she spoke in anger, "Damn it I can't let you do this..." "You can Phoebe, just, trust me, you don't have to fight this alone..." "Why?" She asked, "why what?" HE asked, "Why are you doing this?" "Phoebe we have been friends for a while now, and it's gone to far, you can't let him do it anymore. I care about you." "Dean, I..." "Don't have a say in this, I'm going." With this he turned to leave, "Promise me you'll come back." She spoke "I promise" He said, before leaving the kitchen.
Then next morning rolled by, too slowly for Prue who hadn't slept all night due to a mixture of worry for Phoebe, anger and desperation to resolve all this, she didn't know how but she had to resolve it.
She sat sipping her coffee, looking at the clock it read seven thirty, she sighed, still no sign of Phoebe. "What you thinking?" A voice echoed, breaking the silence that had lasted for around three hours, she turned around to see Piper stood there, "I'm wondering how you do it?" "DO what?" Piper waked walking of pouring a mug of coffee and taking a seat at the table next to Prue, "Get her to like you, how do you get her to like you and listen to you and..." "I treat her, how she wants to be treated, she's nineteen, you need to treat her like it...when you were nineteen you sure as hell never came back to this house on time..." There was silence in the room then Prue spoke again, "I blew it again didn't I" "Prue you really have to get a hold of your anger cut her some slack." "I can't Piper, she's my baby, and I just want to protect her..." "Well at this rate you aren't going to protect her, you are going to push her away..." "I think it's too late." "No it's never too late" Piper reassured he oldest, "I tell you what, when she walks through that door, don't talk, even if she comes in with her face kicked in, don't speak. Get up and walk away. I'll talk to her, then, you will calm down and talk, like as sister, a friend not a mom." "You want me to walk away." "Prue if you don't the arguing is just going to continue." "Fine, I'll be in the shower anyway." Piper nodded, "I'll talk to her, find out what's going on." Prue nodded, downed the rest of her coffee and left.
Piper was sat at the table for a further half an hour when the back door opened, Phoebe walked in and some guy, Piper had never seen before followed, "What so you normally let guys hit you?" His deep voice bellowed, Phoebe rolled her eyes and swung around, "Okay listen I have had this for three hours now, it's none of your business." "If I never showed up you'd be dead." "Well if I knew I was going to get this for three hours, I wish that they had killed me." "You know what you need your head checking." "Hay don't come up in here been all high and mighty..."
"You don't see that one night he is going to really lose it and kill you." "Hay...that's my problem..." "Yeah, well how do you think your baby sister will take it? When she has to sit in front of a grave stone and talk to you...come on you know what it's like don't put her through it" The guy stepped forward, "Don't put me through it."
Phoebe looked into his eyes; she took his hand, "Come with me!" She spoke softly, then she realized her sister was stood there; "Sorry Piper, I'll speak to you later." Piper just nodded, this was odd who was he? She thought.
Phoebe walked out of the kitchen this guy following her, as they walked up the stairs he watched Phoebe's every movement, once at the top the were half way towards her room when he stopped, she turned and looked at him "What is it?" she asked, confusion visible, "Are you scared of him?" Wow talk about catching me off gaud, "What are you crazy?" She asked, "Are you scared of him?" He asked again, "I...he...so what if I am, does that make me weak, poor little Phoebe can't look after herself..." Phoebe rambling was finally brought to an end when he took her hand and pulled her towards him, then he slowly moved his lips closer to hers, both looking into each others eyes their lips finally met, Phoebe closed her eyes and brought her free hand placing it on his chest, he pulled back, and Phoebe opened her eyes, mesmerized by his, "I can help you out? Let me help!" Phoebe still fascinated, drawn in by his eyes just nodded, and then kissed him again, slowly and passionately.
Prue added the finishing touches to her make up and looked into the mirror finally happy with the way she looked she walked towards her door, n pulling it open she saw Phoebe making out with yet another random guy, she rolled her eyes, but she didn't say a word. She turned and headed towards the kitchen.
Phoebe pulled back, "I can't..." She spoke breath less, "Why?" He asked, also trying to catch his breath, "If he found out he'd kill me." Phoebe said, looking at the floor, "Phoebe you can't let him control you." "It's hard." She spoke, "How, Phoebe..." He moved his hand to her chin and moved her head so she was looking into his eyes, "you can't keep letting him do this to you!" "I know but...I'm scared" "What if I sort it out...would you let me do that for you?" "No Dean, don't...he'll kill you." She begged, Dean turned around and walked back down the stairs, Phoebe followed, "Don't please."
He walked through the kitchen, where Piper and Prue were sat at the table, Phoebe followed him, when he got to the door Phoebe grabbed his hand "He'll kill you!" She shouted, Dean swung around, "Phoebe' he's killing you not just physically but in here!" He said tapping pointing to her heart, "Just let me sort him out" "Dean, Dan he's not going to be alone, he'll have guys, big guys." "I'm not scared of them Phoebe, he isn't going to keep getting away with this." "Let me sort it out" She begged, "No, you have been through too much all ready, just, look I'll be back." He kissed her, and she him, when he pulled back she spoke in anger, "Damn it I can't let you do this..." "You can Phoebe, just, trust me, you don't have to fight this alone..." "Why?" She asked, "why what?" HE asked, "Why are you doing this?" "Phoebe we have been friends for a while now, and it's gone to far, you can't let him do it anymore. I care about you." "Dean, I..." "Don't have a say in this, I'm going." With this he turned to leave, "Promise me you'll come back." She spoke "I promise" He said, before leaving the kitchen.