Part 18
Piper noticed that Dean had fallen asleep, and he didn't seem to be sleeping peacefully at all; he had his head rested against the wall and a hand in Phoebe's, who was still unconscious, Piper decided that Dean really needed to be woken up, she stood up and made her way over, as she got closer she noticed just how distressed he was, his face moist with sweat and his hands clammy, she reached over and shook him a little, "Dean, wake up..." After a few seconds his eyes flew open as he gasped, "It's okay" Piper tried to calm him down but he instantly flew to his feet, he started to pat his chest and was relived to find it had no holes, nothing just a blood stained t-shirt, he closed his eyes as if in silent prayer, Piper put her hand on his shoulder, "Bad dream?" She asked, he opened his eyes and nodded his head and exhaled in the process, "Damn it felt so real..."
"Dean you're alright, calm down..." Dean sat back on his chair and pushed his hand through his hair, "I thought, we were all, I was, Dead"
"You're not dead, no one is...it was a dream" Dean nodded, still taking in short breaths, "Look, I'm going to get you Coffee...black coffee okay?" Dean nodded as his eyes had become once again fixed onto the youngest, his girlfriend, Piper felt how much love that he had for her and sighed, "Look after my sister Dean, okay"
He nodded; "Always" was his reply before Piper left him in the room alone with Phoebe.
He looked over; he then pulled his chair closer to the bed and took her hand, which had an IV line attached to it "Hay baby..." he stopped and swallowed a sob, "This is all...messing with my head, I have fallen asleep three times now...each time I get this messed up nightmare all that I want is to see your eyes Phoebe..." He stopped and looked at her battered face, "Everything will be okay, I'm going to find who did this to you and he is going to pay..." He stopped again momentarily lowering his head and this time a tear did escape, it fell onto his hand, with a splash, then he managed to control them once again and look up, "I'm scared Phoebe, so scared ... I shouldn't have let you go out today, you wouldn't be here and you wouldn't be fighting for your life..." It was then that Dean felt her hand tighten around his, he looked over to her, her eyes fluttered a little and they soon opened, Dean shot up from where he was sat... and looked at he, momentarily stunned...
Piper had mad her way to the coffee machine, she had gotten four black coffees and started back towards the room where her baby sister was, she saw Prue sitting with Andy, she walked over to them and handed them the cups of coffee, Prue looked up, "How is she?" Piper looked into the eyes of her oldest sister, "Same" he words so cold hit Prue hard, Prue stood to her feet, "Look she is my sister too" Her voice slightly angered sounded, Piper edged forward, "Prue, she die, and the last thing that she remembers is you beating the crap out of her, when she wakes up...you better fix this...and if not, if you don't fix it, I will never talk to you again, and you can get the hell out of the manor" Before Prue could respond the voice of Dean echoed through out the practically deserted corridor of the hospital, he was screaming for a doctor, instantly Piper thought the worse she dropped the cups of coffee and ran towards the door of the hospital room, followed by Prue and Andy.
As she turned into the room she saw Phoebes bed surrounded by Dr Finn, Dean and another nurse, "What happened?" Piper shouted and she ran over, she then stopped momentarily, her mouth hung open, "P...Phoebe?" She sighed in relief and then made her way to her sisters bed, she kissed Phoebe's cheek and hugged her, "P...PIPER" Phoebe's voice but a wisped, "Oh honey I love you" Phoebe turned her head to look into the eyes of her oldest sister, she lifted her hand steadily and took Piper's, The doctor looked down to his chart, "Well, Miss Halliwell you gave us all a scare" He looked from his chart to the beeping machine and smiled, "Well it looks like you are stable, and getting better...I leave you for a few minuets but I'm afraid Phoebe needs to rest" Piper nodded, "Thank you doctor"
"No problem, now Phoebe, don't give anymore scars okay" Phoebe smiled and nodded tiredly, then the doctor turned and left.
Tears of joy escaped from Piper's cheeks and Dean was just as happy, Piper bent down again and hugged her little sis, "Phoebe you scared me so much" she spoke, Phoebe smiled, "I'm sorry, but Pipe if you don't stop squeezing me I'm going to die" Piper let her sister go, "Sorry I'm just so..." Before Piper could finish she was stopped by Phoebe's voice, "Get out" Piper looked at the youngest and saw that she was looking at the oldest, Prue didn't speak she just looked into Phoebe's eyes and then at the floor, "I said...get out" Phoebe's voice was still a horsy whisper but the aggression evident, Prue just nodded and turned to the door, leaving Andy followed, Leaving a barely awake Phoebe, Dean and Piper.
Phoebe turned to piper, "Where's Paige?"
Piper to Phoebe's hand, "She is fine, she's at home with the neighbor..."
"Did...Did she see?" phoebe asked between a yawn,
"No" Piper replied, Phoebe nodded,
"What happened to you?" Dean's question was to the point; he needed to know Phoebe turned to him, "Not tonight..." She squeezed his hand a little tighter, "Has Prue spoken to Roger?" Piper shrugged, Phoebe nodded, and closed her eyes as she began to drift of to sleep, before she did she spoke again, "Piper, go look after Paige" Piper looked at Dean who was mesmerized by the sight of the younger sister. Then he looked up at the older Piper, He smiled as did she, Phoebe was going to be okay.
Dean motioned for Piper to move away from the bed and he and Piper walked over to the door, "Piper, you stay with Phoebe...I'll go and pick Paige up and, I'll go back to the manor, I don't think Prue will head back there so..." Piper nodded, "Okay, are you sure?"
"Positive" He answered, "Just look after Phoebe" Piper nodded, "Thanks dean" Dean smiled and hugged Piper, "She's okay now" He reassured not only Piper but himself, Piper nodded, "She's a fighter" She spoke quietly,
"That's Phoebe" He smiled, "I'll be back tomorrow morning" Piper nodded, "Okay" With this he left Piper and Phoebe in the hospital room.
Dean arrived back at the manor about a half an hour later, he hesitated in the car as the last tears of joy, sadness and anger fell, he decided that from now on he had to be strong, for Phoebe and her family. He stood from the car and looked up at the manor, he started to walk to the manor, but cut across to the neighbors house, he knocked the door, waited for a few moments before it was opened, an old lady stood there, "Hello Dear" She answered, "Hi, I'm Dean, A friend of the Halliwell family...they asked me to come and Pick Paige up" The old woman smiled sympathetically, "Come in dear" Dean walked into the house, "Through there" the lady directed, Dean Pushed open the door to find Paige lying on the sofa asleep and tear tracks running down her face, "She's had a rough time" The lady spoke, "She confused"
"I bet she is...Thanks for taking her..."
"No problem...is everything okay?"
"Phoebe's awake now and of the critical list so...it should be" Dean answered,
"Glad to hear it...I'm very fond of the Halliwell girls...tell them my prayers are with them" Dean smiled, "Thank you, it'll mean a lot to them" Dean walked over and picked a sleeping Paige into his arms, "and thanks for looking after Paige"
"No trouble, any time" Dean smiled and nodded, "I'll keep you informed with any news from the hospital."
"Thank you...and you look after those girls" Dean smiled sadly, "I'll do my best" With this he headed towards the front door the lady let them out "Take care" She spoke,
"You too" He answered and started to walk around to the Manor.
Prue sat in Andy's car and cried, about everything, he was there to comfort her, and she was great full of this, everything had become such a mess it had become to much.
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Piper was sat on the chair next to Phoebe's bed, her head fester on the bed side each of the Halliwell sisters lay hand in hand, asleep.
Dean walked through the front door avoiding the blood on the floor he walked through the dimly lit manor and placed Paige on the sofa in the parlor, covering her carefully with the blanket so not to wake her, Dean looked at her sleeping form and his heart broke, he felt so much sadness. Turning around his saw all the blood in the foyer, the nights events replayed as he walked into the kitchen to get a bucket of water. He came out and began to clean the blood stained floor, it took a while but once finished he picked up the blood stained cloths of Phoebe's that were left on the floor and brought them through to the laundry room, he put them into the washing machine and took his own shirt of to placing that in. He found another shirt laying across the dryer, on he had previously left there it was a white button up, walked from the room, his jeans still blood stained along with his arms and chest and neck he made his way towards the bathroom.
When he got out of the shower and was dressed her went into Phoebe's room as he did her saw a white envelope on the floor, he bent down and picked it up, his name srawled neatly in Phoebe's handwriting, he remembered what this was, sitting on the bed he opened it and pulled a letter from it, he begun to read the letter Phoebe had given him earlier that day.
Dear Dean,
You have given me so much in so little time, I have known you only a few months and in that time you changed everything, you fixed my broken life and for that I truly think you, I love you more than it is possible to express, your jokes, your smile, your eyes, your heart, you...I love you. Before now it has been hard to express my love to anyone...mostly because I am afraid of losing. I'll never lose you, no matter how far apart we are, you will always be in my heart and I hope me in yours.
I can not stay anymore, Prue has hurt me in more ways than I though possible, I don't want to hurt you Dean, but I can not stay around her any more, I ask one thing of you, to never forget what we had, months of a friend ship and, although only weeks of love, it seemed much longer, I will remember what we had, and dream about what I could have had, but sadly it's not possible, I have to get away from San Francisco, far away. I need to get away from this life...but I need you, I want to spend all my time with you. Life is so unfair, but sadly I have to chose between you and a new life, after what Prue did, sadly the new life has tipped the scales, I'll love you, remember you and dream of you always...all my love Phoebe XX
Dean read the letter over and over, he couldn't believe it Phoebe was really going to leave him, but something stopped her, the love of Piper, Paige and him self had stopped her.
Piper noticed that Dean had fallen asleep, and he didn't seem to be sleeping peacefully at all; he had his head rested against the wall and a hand in Phoebe's, who was still unconscious, Piper decided that Dean really needed to be woken up, she stood up and made her way over, as she got closer she noticed just how distressed he was, his face moist with sweat and his hands clammy, she reached over and shook him a little, "Dean, wake up..." After a few seconds his eyes flew open as he gasped, "It's okay" Piper tried to calm him down but he instantly flew to his feet, he started to pat his chest and was relived to find it had no holes, nothing just a blood stained t-shirt, he closed his eyes as if in silent prayer, Piper put her hand on his shoulder, "Bad dream?" She asked, he opened his eyes and nodded his head and exhaled in the process, "Damn it felt so real..."
"Dean you're alright, calm down..." Dean sat back on his chair and pushed his hand through his hair, "I thought, we were all, I was, Dead"
"You're not dead, no one is...it was a dream" Dean nodded, still taking in short breaths, "Look, I'm going to get you Coffee...black coffee okay?" Dean nodded as his eyes had become once again fixed onto the youngest, his girlfriend, Piper felt how much love that he had for her and sighed, "Look after my sister Dean, okay"
He nodded; "Always" was his reply before Piper left him in the room alone with Phoebe.
He looked over; he then pulled his chair closer to the bed and took her hand, which had an IV line attached to it "Hay baby..." he stopped and swallowed a sob, "This is all...messing with my head, I have fallen asleep three times now...each time I get this messed up nightmare all that I want is to see your eyes Phoebe..." He stopped and looked at her battered face, "Everything will be okay, I'm going to find who did this to you and he is going to pay..." He stopped again momentarily lowering his head and this time a tear did escape, it fell onto his hand, with a splash, then he managed to control them once again and look up, "I'm scared Phoebe, so scared ... I shouldn't have let you go out today, you wouldn't be here and you wouldn't be fighting for your life..." It was then that Dean felt her hand tighten around his, he looked over to her, her eyes fluttered a little and they soon opened, Dean shot up from where he was sat... and looked at he, momentarily stunned...
Piper had mad her way to the coffee machine, she had gotten four black coffees and started back towards the room where her baby sister was, she saw Prue sitting with Andy, she walked over to them and handed them the cups of coffee, Prue looked up, "How is she?" Piper looked into the eyes of her oldest sister, "Same" he words so cold hit Prue hard, Prue stood to her feet, "Look she is my sister too" Her voice slightly angered sounded, Piper edged forward, "Prue, she die, and the last thing that she remembers is you beating the crap out of her, when she wakes up...you better fix this...and if not, if you don't fix it, I will never talk to you again, and you can get the hell out of the manor" Before Prue could respond the voice of Dean echoed through out the practically deserted corridor of the hospital, he was screaming for a doctor, instantly Piper thought the worse she dropped the cups of coffee and ran towards the door of the hospital room, followed by Prue and Andy.
As she turned into the room she saw Phoebes bed surrounded by Dr Finn, Dean and another nurse, "What happened?" Piper shouted and she ran over, she then stopped momentarily, her mouth hung open, "P...Phoebe?" She sighed in relief and then made her way to her sisters bed, she kissed Phoebe's cheek and hugged her, "P...PIPER" Phoebe's voice but a wisped, "Oh honey I love you" Phoebe turned her head to look into the eyes of her oldest sister, she lifted her hand steadily and took Piper's, The doctor looked down to his chart, "Well, Miss Halliwell you gave us all a scare" He looked from his chart to the beeping machine and smiled, "Well it looks like you are stable, and getting better...I leave you for a few minuets but I'm afraid Phoebe needs to rest" Piper nodded, "Thank you doctor"
"No problem, now Phoebe, don't give anymore scars okay" Phoebe smiled and nodded tiredly, then the doctor turned and left.
Tears of joy escaped from Piper's cheeks and Dean was just as happy, Piper bent down again and hugged her little sis, "Phoebe you scared me so much" she spoke, Phoebe smiled, "I'm sorry, but Pipe if you don't stop squeezing me I'm going to die" Piper let her sister go, "Sorry I'm just so..." Before Piper could finish she was stopped by Phoebe's voice, "Get out" Piper looked at the youngest and saw that she was looking at the oldest, Prue didn't speak she just looked into Phoebe's eyes and then at the floor, "I said...get out" Phoebe's voice was still a horsy whisper but the aggression evident, Prue just nodded and turned to the door, leaving Andy followed, Leaving a barely awake Phoebe, Dean and Piper.
Phoebe turned to piper, "Where's Paige?"
Piper to Phoebe's hand, "She is fine, she's at home with the neighbor..."
"Did...Did she see?" phoebe asked between a yawn,
"No" Piper replied, Phoebe nodded,
"What happened to you?" Dean's question was to the point; he needed to know Phoebe turned to him, "Not tonight..." She squeezed his hand a little tighter, "Has Prue spoken to Roger?" Piper shrugged, Phoebe nodded, and closed her eyes as she began to drift of to sleep, before she did she spoke again, "Piper, go look after Paige" Piper looked at Dean who was mesmerized by the sight of the younger sister. Then he looked up at the older Piper, He smiled as did she, Phoebe was going to be okay.
Dean motioned for Piper to move away from the bed and he and Piper walked over to the door, "Piper, you stay with Phoebe...I'll go and pick Paige up and, I'll go back to the manor, I don't think Prue will head back there so..." Piper nodded, "Okay, are you sure?"
"Positive" He answered, "Just look after Phoebe" Piper nodded, "Thanks dean" Dean smiled and hugged Piper, "She's okay now" He reassured not only Piper but himself, Piper nodded, "She's a fighter" She spoke quietly,
"That's Phoebe" He smiled, "I'll be back tomorrow morning" Piper nodded, "Okay" With this he left Piper and Phoebe in the hospital room.
Dean arrived back at the manor about a half an hour later, he hesitated in the car as the last tears of joy, sadness and anger fell, he decided that from now on he had to be strong, for Phoebe and her family. He stood from the car and looked up at the manor, he started to walk to the manor, but cut across to the neighbors house, he knocked the door, waited for a few moments before it was opened, an old lady stood there, "Hello Dear" She answered, "Hi, I'm Dean, A friend of the Halliwell family...they asked me to come and Pick Paige up" The old woman smiled sympathetically, "Come in dear" Dean walked into the house, "Through there" the lady directed, Dean Pushed open the door to find Paige lying on the sofa asleep and tear tracks running down her face, "She's had a rough time" The lady spoke, "She confused"
"I bet she is...Thanks for taking her..."
"No problem...is everything okay?"
"Phoebe's awake now and of the critical list so...it should be" Dean answered,
"Glad to hear it...I'm very fond of the Halliwell girls...tell them my prayers are with them" Dean smiled, "Thank you, it'll mean a lot to them" Dean walked over and picked a sleeping Paige into his arms, "and thanks for looking after Paige"
"No trouble, any time" Dean smiled and nodded, "I'll keep you informed with any news from the hospital."
"Thank you...and you look after those girls" Dean smiled sadly, "I'll do my best" With this he headed towards the front door the lady let them out "Take care" She spoke,
"You too" He answered and started to walk around to the Manor.
Prue sat in Andy's car and cried, about everything, he was there to comfort her, and she was great full of this, everything had become such a mess it had become to much.
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Piper was sat on the chair next to Phoebe's bed, her head fester on the bed side each of the Halliwell sisters lay hand in hand, asleep.
Dean walked through the front door avoiding the blood on the floor he walked through the dimly lit manor and placed Paige on the sofa in the parlor, covering her carefully with the blanket so not to wake her, Dean looked at her sleeping form and his heart broke, he felt so much sadness. Turning around his saw all the blood in the foyer, the nights events replayed as he walked into the kitchen to get a bucket of water. He came out and began to clean the blood stained floor, it took a while but once finished he picked up the blood stained cloths of Phoebe's that were left on the floor and brought them through to the laundry room, he put them into the washing machine and took his own shirt of to placing that in. He found another shirt laying across the dryer, on he had previously left there it was a white button up, walked from the room, his jeans still blood stained along with his arms and chest and neck he made his way towards the bathroom.
When he got out of the shower and was dressed her went into Phoebe's room as he did her saw a white envelope on the floor, he bent down and picked it up, his name srawled neatly in Phoebe's handwriting, he remembered what this was, sitting on the bed he opened it and pulled a letter from it, he begun to read the letter Phoebe had given him earlier that day.
Dear Dean,
You have given me so much in so little time, I have known you only a few months and in that time you changed everything, you fixed my broken life and for that I truly think you, I love you more than it is possible to express, your jokes, your smile, your eyes, your heart, you...I love you. Before now it has been hard to express my love to anyone...mostly because I am afraid of losing. I'll never lose you, no matter how far apart we are, you will always be in my heart and I hope me in yours.
I can not stay anymore, Prue has hurt me in more ways than I though possible, I don't want to hurt you Dean, but I can not stay around her any more, I ask one thing of you, to never forget what we had, months of a friend ship and, although only weeks of love, it seemed much longer, I will remember what we had, and dream about what I could have had, but sadly it's not possible, I have to get away from San Francisco, far away. I need to get away from this life...but I need you, I want to spend all my time with you. Life is so unfair, but sadly I have to chose between you and a new life, after what Prue did, sadly the new life has tipped the scales, I'll love you, remember you and dream of you always...all my love Phoebe XX
Dean read the letter over and over, he couldn't believe it Phoebe was really going to leave him, but something stopped her, the love of Piper, Paige and him self had stopped her.