Chapter 3
Chapter 3
"Prue, Phoebe breakfast" Piper yelled out to her sisters, who came running down the stairs. Immediately they grabbed for their favorite foods and began loading up their plates. Prue, eggs and toast. Phoebe, strawberries and a banana. "You're welcome" Piper hissed at her two ungrateful sisters. "Sorry honey, thank you and good morning" Phoebe said with a smile while taking a seat at the kitchen table. Prue was a different story. Piper looked on as she watched her sister sitting at the table taking baby bites of her food. She couldn't understand what was going through her head lately. All she could do was hope that she would confide in her soon, before she made herself sick.
Feeling Piper's eyes on her Prue knew the girl felt that something was wrong with her, as bad as she felt about making her sister worry, she knew that keeping the secret was the right thing to do for now. In an attempt to take all of the attention off of herself. She shifted the focus to Phoebe "So Phoebe, how many phone numbers did you get last night?" she asked with a half smile. Piper could tell what her older sister was up to but again she would let it slide. "I won't tell you because you'll just get jealous" she replied with a smirk. "Hey I have plenty of men at my beck and call" Prue shot back. "Yeah right" Phoebe began. "I haven't seen you go out on a date in months" she laughed. "Ok I'm ignoring you now" Prue said finally surrendering. "Hey how about you Piper, how did things go last night?" "Well I didn't have a whole lot of time to socialize last night. Lucas called out and I had a lot of bookkeeping to do so I spent most of my time in the office" Piper finished. You really need to stop burring yourself in your work like that sweetie, it's not healthy" Phoebe responded. "Well I knew starting my own business was going to take a lot of hard work so I don't mind doing it. Which reminds me, I have to get going, there's a shipment coming in today and I have to make sure they can get in." she said as she went to put her coffee mug in the sink. "See this is exactly what I was just talking about. There is no way you should be working on a Saturday Piper. Why don't you just get Lucas to fill in for you?" Phoebe questioned. "Because he's sick, remember? Listen I would love to stay and chat but I've got to go before I miss them. I'll see you guys at 6:30 for dinner OK?" "Alright" was the reply she received from Prue and Phoebe before she headed off the club for the day.
It wasn't until after Piper left that Phoebe could tell that something was wrong with Prue. "Hey you seem awfully quite with morning. Are you feeling alright?" the younger sibling asked. "Yeah I'm fine" was all Prue could come up with. "Well if you need to talk you know that I'm here for you right?" she spoke as she stood up giving her sister a kiss on the head. "Of course I know that honey" she smiled as Phoebe left the room. She wished with all her heart that she could tell them the truth. How much she ached for the sister that was taken away from her. Then she thought to herself, I wonder what she's doing right now. An idea popped it's way into her head. No harm can come from me going to check up on her she thought. With that she grabbed her car keys and headed for the door.
Saturday mornings was always Paige's favorite time of day. No work, no responsibilities, and yes this was a wonderful time indeed. She began to think about the events of the night before, she had the best friends a girl could ever ask for. They had thrown her a spectacular birthday party, like they seem to do every year. Nancy and Mike had made sure that everything Paige loved was there. They had Indian food, which was her favorite, a make your own Sundae bar, the works. She hadn't felt this way since before the accident. When she was in high school she had lost her parents in a tragic fire, she blamed herself for the longest time for not being there and choosing to be out with her friends on that night. But after counseling and comfort from some good friends, she realized that there was nothing she could have done to prevent the tragedy. The ringing of her cell phone interrupted her thoughts. "Hello" she said in a groggy voice. "Hey there sleepy head" instantly Paige recognized the voice, it was Mike. He was a tall sexy little something with green eyes, dark hair and a muscular physique worthy of the cover of GQ. "Good morning to you too handsome, how are you this morning?" she said sounding a little more awake. "Oh no Paige, you can't be in bed still, Tracy's baby shower is in 2 hours!" Damn it, she thought to herself she had forgotten all about the shower. "Please tell me you did not forget" the voice continued. "I know, I know, I'm so lame." Listen I'm going to get dressed, hit the mall for a present and then I'll be right over, OK?" she said, as she headed into the bathroom to take a shower. "Ok, I'll see you soon bye" with that the two hung up and Paige started to get ready.
Stay calm you can do this the woman said to herself as she approached the door. As she got closer to her destination her steps became slower and smaller. All kinds of ideas started to race through her head. What will I say to her if she sees me? She asked herself. No, that can't happen. I just have to be very careful. Suddenly the door to Paige's apartment flew open, she seemed to be too busy talking on her cell phone and putting her jacket on to notice Prue so she had just enough time to duck behind the corner. "Ok, Ok. I'm just going to head to the mall and I'll be there in about an hour. No I won't forget ok, bye" she said before heading down the hall. Prue knew she would have enough time to get to the elevator and get to her car before Paige got to hers, since her sister is afraid of elevators a little bit of information she picked up while checking on her at her job one day. This is perfect she thought as the doors to the elevator slammed shut. Now she can spend more "time" with her sister without the fear of being caught. Maybe today won't be such a bad day after all.
There's that feeling again she spoke out to no one in particular. From the time she left her house this morning Paige felt as if she was being watched. She had been in the mall for 30 min, with gift in hand and heading towards the door when she stopped short and turned around, confirming what she knew all along. That woman she has seen so many times before was following her. This time she was going to get to the bottom of it and put a stop to this once and for all. She continued out the door and waited for the woman to catch up.
Prue could feel it. She knew Paige had seen her. Maybe she won't say anything, more than likely the girl would just think she was crazy. Oh yeah that's just so much better, she said to herself. Her thoughts were disrupted once she got outside and was confronted by a very pissed off sister. "Ok lady, she began. I don't know who you think you are or what the hell you think you're doing, but this ends now!" At that point she had the attention of everyone standing outside the mall. For the first time in her life Prue Halliwell was speechless, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. All she wanted to do was get close to her sister but now that dream was becoming more and more unattainable. "Look I know this seems strange, but I swear that I don't want to hurt you. If we can go somewhere private, I can answer all of your questions" she said with pleading eyes hoping that the girl would trust her. "Are you kidding me" the younger sister replied. Listen lady there is no way in hell I'm going anywhere with you. The only thing I want you to do is to stay far away from me. "But please, Prue began on the verge of tears, I promise there's a good explanation for this" she said. "I SAID NO!" Prue literally felt her heart break in two. After she screamed at the woman Paige saw something in her eyes that made her feel a little guilty. Almost as if someone she loved had crushed her, but that's not possible, the woman didn't even know Paige. "Look, she said in a calmer voice. "I just want you to leave me alone. Looking down at her watch. "I have to go" as she turned to walk away Prue grabbed her arm, taking her by surprise. She didn't know that her older sister was trying to protect her. Because this move had shocked her Paige violently pulled away, it happened so fast that she didn't see the car coming. Prue screamed in horror as she watched her sister's body fly several feet before hitting the pavement with a sickening thud.
That's the end of chapter 3. So how was it? Please review.
NEXT: Prue panics as she waits for the news on Paige.