Faith Kingsley:  Dude, Kevin will get what he deserves, believe me; And you're right, Andy-Prue love is just awesome! (and peanut2lb does a great job writing them, don't she?) No, Andy and Prue are not married, I made a mistake, I uploaded the 'unrevised' chapter 15, but now I've made the right corrections and replaced that chapter with the right one. Thanks for reviewing dude.

Peanut2lbs:  Dude, you can breath now!  Sorry I didn't post yesterday, I had some 'momentarious blockorious syndrome' but I think evereything's back to normal again. This chapter sixteen is specially dedicated to you, peanut, because you gave me the 'ambush' idea.  Enjoy!  Thanks for your cool review.

LeftBehind:  Dude, yes, you're right, Sophie has not been around latetly; II was saving her for the last chapter; but I'm going to find a way to slide her in somehow.  Thanks for reminding me of her and thanks a lot for your review.

Princes Pinky:  Yeah, Andy was good right? You're just like 'yours truly' dude, I always picture the scenes in my head and also have vivid visions of what's going on. I'm sorry, but Kevin is definitely going to get worse! Thanks for your review.

C.C. McKenna

Inexperienced Love

Chapter Sixteen

Piper suddenly turned her gaze to the club's entrance and look at her older sister; Prue was slowly walking down the stairs, frowning, and absentmindedly finding her way through the strident crowd. It only took a glimpse, a fraction of a second, for Piper to find out how disturbed and worried her sister was. She closed the cash register and hastily turned to the bartender "Bobby, cover me, will you?" She asked, carelessly tossing her apron behind the bar. "I'll be right back"

"Sure boss" Bobby nodded. Piper quickly dried her hands and hurried to meet her sister.

"What is it honey? What's going on?" Piper grabbed Prue's hand and guided her to their private table; Phoebe and Cole were already there.

"I tried to talk to her Piper... but she didn't even want to open the door" Prue plunged herself on the sofa and pulled back her hair. "I just don't know what else to try, I waited for maybe half an hour after Phoebe left with Cole, trying to talk to her but she's so stubborn, she never opened the damn door, and I didn't want to force myself into her room"

Piper shook her head and gently squeezed her sister's hand, "You did the right thing, calm down, we'll find a way honey, don't worry"

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Kevin and Lexie were slightly intoxicated when they arrived at the manor. "Aren't you going to let me in?" Kevin kissed Lexie, holding her tight.

"Sorry...I can't" Lexie kissed him back. "My sisters will go crazy, and besides, I'm not ready...yet"

"Aren't you afraid of being alone in this huge house?" He kept kissing her.

"Well...actually I am, but my sisters will be home soon, so I'll go to bed and wait for them" She instinctively grabbed the gold charm her sisters had just given her and rubbed her thumb on the engraved surface.

"What is it?" Kevin fixed his eyes on Lexie's chest. He gently grabbed the triquetra and carefully examined it. "What kind of weird symbol is this, what does it mean?"

"It's a long story" Lexie pulled the charm free from his hand and smiled.

"Well make it short, cause I ain't leaving here without an answer"

Lexie sighed. "Ok, but promise me you won't mock me and you'll keep it a secret"

"I'll try"

"Kevin!"

"Ok, ok, I promise" Kevin smiled.

Lexie took a deep breath and sighed before revealing her sister's most valuable secret. "My sisters are witches...and they have very special cool powers" She wrinkled her nose, waiting for Kevin's reaction and never realizing it was the drugs Kevin gave her, the ones that were making her reveal what she wasn't supposed to.

Kevin remained silent for a moment, staring into Lexie's eyes. "Define powers" He smirked.

After a long explanation, Kevin smiled; he was satisfied with Lexie's lack of discretion, and quickly started planning a way to take advantage of that situation.

"Don't worry baby...your secret is safe with me" He kissed her gently. "I'll see you tomorrow in soccer practice" He leaned over and kissed her passionately.

"Ok" Lexie sighed, enjoying her boyfriend's touch; she smiled and reluctantly went inside the empty house. Kevin chuckled and walked to his motorcycle... his hand closed in a tight fist, and the gold charm carefully wrapped inside it.

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"Come on Prue...say yes" Andy smiled and gently held her hand. "It's a great restaurant, I promise you'll love it" He insisted.

"Go on Prue...you need to take your mind off Lexie for a while" Piper encouraged her.

"Yes Prue, we'll wait for you here...go grab a bite and then get back for a drink and a romantic slow dance...that will help you relax" Phoebe added, kissing Cole's cheek. "Right baby?" She kissed him again, this time she tried a 'French-kiss'.

"Ok, ok" Prue smiled at her sisters. "You might be right; thanks guys, I love you" She whispered.

"We love you too" Both sisters jumped on their feet and kissed her sister's forehead.

"Go on...go on..." Piper gently shoved her away. "We'll be here, take your time"

Andy smiled and wrapped his arm around Prue's shoulders. "Come on...sister's orders"

He smiled and led her up the stairs.

"We can take my car" Prue offered. "It's right here, why walk?" She stood beside her car, keys at hand.

"No, let's take mine come on, it's only a block away, don't be lazy!" Andy replied. "I'm the man here, remember that" He frowned.

"Yeah, right, but behind the alley?" Prue's eyes went wide. "You left the car behind the alley? Now that's really smart; what is it with cops and dark alleys, anyway?" Prue shook her head.

"Come on, it's not that late, I'm sure it's not dangerous...yet" He mocked. "Besides, you're forgetting your boyfriend is a cop and..."

"And what?!" Prue asked anxiously.

"And your car doesn't even have a roof!" Andy laughed and Prue gestured rolling her eyes.

"Ok...Inspector" She gazed down and opened her purse to put her keys back inside. When she lifted her eyes, her heart stopped beating for a second. She instinctively reached out to grab Andy's arm and shielded herself behind his back. She knew Andy was strong enough to fight two, maybe three guys at a time, but five?...five were just too many.

"Andy...please, just give them what they want...don't try to fight them" Prue whispered.

"It's ok Prue, just stay behind me...and please, don't try anything 'funny' yourself" Andy spoke through clenched teeth. "You know what I mean"

"Hey yao man" One of the gang members walked towards the couple. Andy slowly stepped backwards; always protecting Prue. "We need your money, your watch, your phone, your car...and your girl" He chuckled with sarcasm.

"Listen, you can take all you want, but you're not touching the girl, you're going to stay away from her" Andy spoke sternly as he carefully started taking off his watch and bravely locked eyes with their assailant.

"Oooh, you're my hero!" The leader clapped his hands together; then turned around and made a sign to the rest of the gang; in a matter of seconds, all five members, out of nowhere, pulled out bats, chains, knifes and guns. Andy and Prue were quickly shoved in the dark alley.

"Oh my God...Andy" Prue muttered and pulled Andy against her body; while the five punks quickly lunged themselves towards them. Andy was the first one to receive a bat swing on his shoulder. Prue raised her hand to send them flying away, not really caring if she exposed her powers, but she received a bat swing on her stomach right after she tossed one man towards the concrete wall. Nobody seemed to care about the strange incident; they were all too busy trying to get what they wanted.

Prue fell heavy on her knees, out of breath, gasping, trying desperately to get some air into her lungs. Her leather bag fell open on the floor, beside her, and she immediately reached out for her cell. Her sight was blurry, unable to focus to use her powers and defend herself or her boyfriend, but she managed to speed dial Phoebe's cell number. Two men stood quickly beside her and violently pulled her to her feet. She tightened her fingers around her phone, hiding it from her aggressors.

Andy was fiercely fighting the rest of the enraged gang; he picked up a bat and was ready to hit the leader when Prue called out his name.

Phoebe was on the black leather sofa, entangled in Cole's arms, both mouths melted as one.

Her cell was on the table, on vibrating mode, slowly sliding around the cherry oak surface. It was too noisy for her to listen and she was too busy to notice it; but for some strange reason, she broke the kiss and quickly turned around looking for her sister. Piper was at the bar and she suddenly lifted her eyes to meet Phoebe's; they held their gazes for a moment until Phoebe noticed the persisting movement of her cell. She quickly reached out to grab it and hastily flipped it open. Prue's name was on the display.

"Prue?!!" Phoebe shouted, pressing the cell tightly against one ear and covering the other with her hand to muffle the noise. Piper was at Phoebe's side in no time.

"What is it?" Piper asked with nervousness. They both knew something was wrong; they both could feel it. Phoebe raised her hand, and squinted, trying to listen, trying to figure out what was going on at the other end of the line.

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"A-andy..." Prue gasped. "Please" She bit her lower lip to suppress the pain she was feeling. Andy quickly turned around to find Prue seized by two men, her arms tightly gripped on her sides, one pointing a gun to her head, and the other one, a long, edgy knife against her stomach. Her legs were weak, barely supporting her own weight.

"Ok...ok" Andy quickly dropped the bat and raised both hands above his head. "I'm unarmed...see? I won't try anything...let her go...please" He hissed. "Take everything...take it all"

"PRUE!!" Phoebe shouted, suddenly realizing what her sister was going through.

"Too late for that, COP " The leader walked towards Prue, and gently caressed her cheek. "What a waste" He kissed her quivering lips and quietly grabbed the knife from the hand of one of his boys.

Prue's body tensed to his touch, somehow predicting what was about to happen. "No, please...wait" those were Prue's last words before she felt a piercing sharp blade burning inside her stomach. Her attacker viciously twisted the blade and slowly slid it up until it reached the bottom of her ribs. Prue screamed and fell heavily on the concrete floor. The pain she was feeling was too much for her to handle.

"OH MY GOD!!" Phoebe shouted again; she was already on her feet, breathing heavily and petrified looking into Piper's eyes. "What do we do?...what?"

"They just left, so she must be close by" Piper said.

"No!" Andy shouted, his eyes locked with Prue's for a fraction of a second before he fell unconscious on the ground.

"A...ndy" Prue whispered while lying flat on her stomach. Her cell strongly gripped inside her hand, and close to her face. She struggled against the heaviness of her eyelids, and the numbness of her legs; she never liked the sight of blood, much less its peculiar taste, but this time, her mouth wasn't even able to identify the fluid that was slowly trickling down the corner of her mouth. She desperately tried to breath in; her cheek resting flatly on the cold pavement; feeling how her life was slowly slipping away.

Piper snatched the cell phone from Phoebe's hand and dragged her sister up the stairs.  Cole followed them closely, confused, not really sure of what was going on.

"Prue!!?" Piper shouted on the phone once they were outside P3. "Where are you?...what's going on?" She pressed the cell harder against her dry lips. "Answer me!...Prue!" Piper slowly scanned the surrounding area.

Prue opened her eyes and stared at her hand with difficulty, she could still feel her cell loosely gripped inside it. Her vision was distorted, unclear, but Piper's voice kept her alive. She wanted to talk to her sister, she wanted to let her know just how badly she needed her right now; but her voice just wouldn't come out.

"I guess you won't be needing this anymore" The leader walked slowly towards Prue and stood ominous beside her. He smirked and stepped on Prue's hand, crashing her cell, as well as her fingers. Prue released a weak, barely audible cry; she saw the aggressor's foot, but wasn't able to look up and see who he was was; in fact, she was too weak to feel the pain he was inflicting on her. "Compliments of a good old friend" He viciously kicked the side of her stomach.

"Prue!" Piper shouted and covered her mouth with the tip of her fingers. "Phoebe, she's hurt...she's badly hurt!"

Prue coughed some blood out and her body started shaking out of control; she was having convulsions. The man in front of her seemed to be enjoying her condition and laughed when she stopped shaking, finally unconscious. She was never aware of his evil presence, neither of the pistol he was aiming at her. He pulled back the trigger and got ready to fire his gun when suddenly two gunshots were released and he fell heavily on Prue's back. The rest of the gang members turned their backs around and saw Andy holding a smoking gun.

Piper and Phoebe opened her eyes wide in shock when they heard the detonations; they held each other's hands and ran towards the place where the terrifying sounds came from.

"Wait, Phoebe, you don't know what you're up against!" Cole tried to stop her without any luck, but refused to try again when he saw the determination and fear in her eyes, so he ended up following them.

"Prue!" Piper yelled from a distance when she saw her sister lying on the floor. Andy was on her side with both hands pressuring on Prue's wound, to stop the bleeding, but the injury was rather large and seriously deep. "Phoebe...call 911!" Piper ordered quickly kneeling beside her sister. "Oh my God...oh my God!...what happened" She bit her lips to suppress her cry.

"We were mugged" Andy replied, his eyes fixed on Prue's unresponsive body.

"Mugged?" Piper shook her head. "But how? You're a"

"Cop...I know" Andy swallowed hard and turned to face Piper, he was obviously still in shock. "They just took Prue's purse...I don't know...it's kind of strange....the way they..."

"Ambulance is on its way" Phoebe interrupted dropping her knees beside Andy. She bent down to check her wounded sister and her body shuddered when she saw Prue's pale face. "Piper...she's not breathing...Prue's not breathing!"

"What?!" Piper bent down and tried to find her sister's pulse; she placed her index finger on her throat but there weren't any signs of life.

"Andy do something or move aside!" Piper shouted. Andy reacted quickly and started CPR, giving Prue mouth-to-mouth resuscitation; Phoebe helped with the rhythmic compressions on her sister's unmoving chest; but with each thrust Phoebe made, Prue's wound seemed to open wider and bled freely under her hands. They constantly repeated the process for more than fifteen minutes; exactly what it took the ambulance to arrive.

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"What's taking them so long?" Piper stood nervously outside the OR. "They've been in there for more than two freaking hours!"

Phoebe walked slowly towards Piper. "I know honey, but she was badly hurt...and she lost a lot of blood too" Phoebe spoke calmly, gulping down the big knot in her throat and holding her sister tightly in her arms. Piper buried her head in her younger sister's shoulder and closed her eyes; she needed the gentle comfort her older sister had always given her; she needed Prue's arms, and Phoebe knew it.

"Where's Andy?" Piper raised her head and wiped her puffy eyes with her sleeve.

"Him and Cole went to the station house and then they were going to the manor to pick up Lexie" Phoebe gently stroke back her sister's hair.

"Lexie... yeah, I completely forgot about her"

"It's ok...it's understandable" Phoebe whispered pulling Piper closer to her and gently kissing her temple.

Piper released a small, quiet laughter and Phoebe quickly held her at arms length.

"What?" She asked surprised, "what is so funny?"

"Nothing, is just that... I always thought I was stronger than this, I mean, at least strong enough to take care of you, not the other way around"

Phoebe smiled weakly and slowly guided her sister to the waiting area. "I know exactly how you feel sweetie, and believe me, you don't have to feel bad about it...I'm trying hard to be strong for you, for both of us, God knows I really am"

"Piper...Phoebe...how's Prue?" Andy entered the waiting room and quickly knelt beside them. "Has the Doctor said anything yet?"

"Not yet" Piper barely spoke. "We're still waiting...did you bring Lexie?" She softly wiped her eyes again.

"Yes, she's in the hallway, she didn't want to come in here" Cole answered. "But I think she needs you... she is acting a little weird"

"I'll go with her" Phoebe quickly stood up and grabbed Cole's hand. "Come with me baby...take me to her"

Lexie was standing by the window, completely unaware of what was going on around her; her forehead resting on the cold glass, and occasionally wiping some silent tears from her cheek. Andy had told her about what happened outside P3 and she just couldn't get Kevin's words out of her head. Phoebe stood quietly behind her sister and softly wrapped her arms around her. Lexie remained still.

A middle-aged nurse appeared in the waiting room and walked directly to Piper and Andy. "Miss Halliwell is in the recuperating area; as soon as she comes around she will be taken to her room"

"But how is she?" Piper stood nervously in front of the nurse. "How did the surgery go?"

Andy wrapped his arm around Piper's shoulders and pulled her tight.

"She's out of danger" Dr. Stevens suddenly arrived and stood beside the nurse. "She's a very strong young woman; we managed to stop the internal bleeding but she needed a blood transfusion" He stated. "Everything went perfectly well, she didn't need to be taken to ICU, don't worry, she's going to be fine".

Piper slowly released the air she was holding since the doctor started talking and nervously smiled, burying her face on Andy's chest.

"You can wait for your sister in her room; nurse Black will take you there and be sure your sister will get the best care there is"  Dr. Stevens gently patted Piper's shaky shoulder and left the room.

"Thank you Doctor" Andy whispered, still holding a trembling Piper tightly in his arms.

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