Peanut2lbs: Dude, thanks a lot for your review, and here's my update, hope you like it. Story about to end, so stay tuned---You rock! P.S. I bet Sophie and Lexie had nightmares after Kevin's insinuation! LOL
Kinky: Naughty, naughty,---yet temptive---But ---NAW!!!
Faith Kingsley: Dude, what can I say-- Sophie is a little fiesty! ain't she? Thanks for your great review!
C.C. McKenna
Inexperienced Love
Chapter Eighteen
Andy Knocked softly on the door, he didn't wait for a response and slowly showed his head inside. "Can I come in?" He whispered.
"Andy... sure, come on in!" Piper smiled widely. "Prue's been asking for you"
"She has huh?" He quietly stepped inside, trying to be as silent as he could. "How is she?" He leaned over and kissed Piper on the cheek.
"She comes and goes; she's still being heavily sedated, she's in pain, but stable thank God"
Andy smiled and gently ran his fingers through Prue's black hair. "I'm sorry Prue" He lovingly kissed her forehead, her eyes, and finally stopping on her lips; he gave her a soft, warm kiss. "I love you, Prue Halliwell," He whispered.
"I know" Prue groggily replied without opening her eyes. "Where have you been inspector?"
Andy smiled and kissed her soft but dried lips again. "I've been busy; something important" He answered, placing a straw on his girl's lips. "Here, have some juice" He added.
Prue slowly sipped a little liquid and opened her eyes with difficulty. "You mean there's actually something more important than me?" She smiled weakly.
"No, no, you know there's nothing for me in this world more important than you" He kissed her lips again.
"Don't get yourself in trouble because of me Andrew" Prue whispered. "I know what you'll do when you find them" She closed her eyes and bit the inside of her lower lip to suppress the sharp pain in her stomach. "Just forget about them... please" She held her breath. "I'm ok now... I'm alive, and that's what matters".
"No, Prue, I can't forget about what happened, I need to find those bastards"
"Andy...I don't want you to get hurt, please" She took a deeper breath and held the air inside. "Oh God" She sighed and placed her hand on her wound. It was slightly bleeding.
Piper slowly approached her sister's bed and leaned over her. "Do you want me to call the nurse so she can give you something for the pain?" She lifted the sheets to check on her sister's wound. "It doesn't look good"
Prue shook her head. "I need to be awake, I don't want anymore sedatives" She grabbed the covers from her sister's hand and gently covered her body. She was shivering and sweating at the same time. "Excuse me, but I'm cold" she whispered, immediately pulling back her hair, revealing a sweaty forehead.
Andy grabbed his handkerchief and softly wiped Prue's face. "It's a nasty gash you have there, you should allow the nurse to give you a sedative"
"Actually, what's hurting more right now is my hand" She slowly lifted her casted arm. "Purple cast, can you believe this?" Prue rolled her eyes.
"Uhm... you see, that was Phoebe's idea" Piper smiled, holding both index fingers up. "She has a thing for purple color, don't be harsh on her"
Prue softly nodded. "Where is that sister of mine, anyway?" She asked softly, her eyes tightly closed, still trying to rid the pain.
"She's in the cafeteria with Cole... and Karen" Piper rubbed Prue's shoulder, still concerned for the pain her sister was deliberately holding back. "Stop being so stubborn Prue, you need to be checked, your wound is bleeding"
"I'm calling the nurse" Andy urgently pressed the red button on the wall, and gently caressed Prue's cheek. "Sorry Prue, but I am not letting you go through this" He frowned and held her hand; Prue took a deep breath and grasped it tightly.
Nurse Black put away her stethoscope and carefully closed Prue's robe again; her body was slightly shaking, so she hastily wrapped it with an extra blanket. "You'll feel better in a couple of minutes honey; I added the sedative to your I.V. and changed the bandages; but you need to stay calm to avoid any more bleeding" Nurse Black whispered and Prue softly nodded. "I'm going to leave now, call me if you need anything... anything at all sugar" She smiled and walked outside the room to show everybody in.
Andy stood by the doorframe and silently stared at Prue; he gave her a weak smile, and tried to put aside the guilt feeling; the useless, incompetent feeling he'd been experiencing since he saw Prue falling on that dark alley; hating himself for not being man enough to keep her safe.
"What?" Prue asked shyly. "Are you going to just stay there or are you coming right here beside me and kiss the pain away?" She carefully slid her body and patted the bed to show where exactly she wanted him to be.
Andy raised his eyebrow and swiftly walked to the bed. "You'll feel better in no time" He said, softly kissing his girlfriend's lips. Prue clumsily grabbed a hold of his shirt and dragged him closer, prolonging his heavenly kiss and deliberately pulling him into bed.
"I know" Prue cheekily whispered and Piper smiled enjoying her sister's daring side for a change, shyly turning the other way to give them some privacy.
"W-where's L-lexie?" Prue asked after a long kissing session. "Is she s-still m-mad at me"
"No, no, no, s-she's home, she... uh, she had some important essays to turn in tomorrow, but she was here before, she was really worried about you"
"Uhu" Prue mocked. "Just d-do me a f-favor; don't leave her a-alone; she... needs us..." Prue barely finished her sentence before falling into a deep slumber; the sedative had already taken effect.
Andy smiled and kissed the tip of her nose, softly pulling the sheets over to cover her weak body. "Piper, I hope you don't mind me staying for the night" Andy smiled and took the seat beside Prue.
"Of course I don't mind, in fact, I really appreciate it; you're the kind of medicine my sister really needs. She giggled.
"Thanks" Andy gestured and gently held Prue's hand from where he was seated.
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"Honey, Kary is right, Prue is out of danger; so there's no reason for you to still be worried" Cole kissed Phoebe's hand "Come on, give me a big smile before I leave"
"You're leaving?" Phoebe puckered. "I don't want you to go, I don't want to be alone... where are you going now?" She whined while Karen tried to hide a spontaneous laughter.
"Mmmh, too many questions in a single breath, pumpkin" Cole grinned. "I need to go to you know where, and talk to you know who" He whispered through clamped teeth.
Karen slowly put down her cup of coffee on the table, smiling. "Listen, I think I better go and leave you guys to talk freely" She stood up and cracked her fingers.
Cole hastily grabbed Karen's hand and pulled her back to her chair. "Forgive me Karen, I didn't mean to be rude, please stay"
"Yeah sweetie, don't mind him, he just likes to play interesting" Phoebe playfully smacked Cole's shoulder blade. "Stay with me, Kary, please?" Phoebe gave her best 'puppy eyes look' to her friend.
"Ok" Karen shook her head. "You know I could never say 'no' to that sweet look of yours; but just till Brian arrives; he said he'd pick me up in about two more hours" She stated looking at her wristwatch. I still have to go to school tomorrow... or is it today?"
"Thanks sweetie" Phoebe sighed, immediately turning to Cole. "Uhm... baby, can you do me a favor and stop by the manor to check up on Lex? Just to see how she's doing"
"Sure honey" Cole placed down his unfinished lemon pie and wiped his mouth with a perfectly folded napkin. "I'll be glad to" He leaned over and kissed Phoebe good bye.
"Don't shimmer" Phoebe whispered in Cole's ear right after she broke the kiss.
"I know" Cole whispered back. "I'll be back sweetheart" He gave her another kiss no the forehead and left the table.
"He's so cute" Karen gave Phoebe a small playful shove.
"Yeah, and he's all mine" Phoebe beamed.
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Cole shimmered in Alexia's room and slowly approached the bed. "Wake up Alexia you have to go to the hospital" He patted the girl's back and playfully ruffled her hair. "Phoebe is worried about you" He walked to the mirror and bent down his knees a little to straighten his tie.
Sophia was startled by Cole's sudden touch and swiftly sat up, nervously pulling the sheets up her chest. "Who the hell are you?" She shouted. "How did you get in here?"
"Ooops!" Cole turned around and smiled nervously. "Am I in the wrong house or what?"
Humiliated, he scanned the place around.
"I see you've met Sophia" Lexie mocked closing the door behind her. Her hair was dripping wet and her body barely wrapped in a rather small towel. Cole gasped and immediately turned his back on Alexia.
"Yeah, I did... didn't I?" Cole chuckled, his eyes still fixed on the wall. "So? What do I tell your sisters?"
"Tell them I'll stop by later" Lexie grabbed the quilt from the bed and wrapped it around her wet body.
Sophie shook her head, gazing from one side to another, trying to figure out what was going on. Lexie smiled and lifted her hand wide open, letting her friend know that everything was ok.
Cole carefully walked outside the room, smiling; He was a complete gentleman; he never looked back, but he silently thanked God for mirrors.
"Are you coming to soccer training with me?" Lexie dropped the quilt and slid herself inside a sweatshirt.
"Nuh uh" Sophie pulled the sheets aside and grabbed her jeans from the floor. "I need to go to the apartment, I haven't been there for ages"
Lexie raised both eyebrows and incredulously stared at her recently awakened friend. "Aren't you going to take a shower? We still have plenty of time you know" She smirked.
"No" Sophie quickly replied. "What I really want is for you to tell me who that hottie was" She said without noticing her friend's persisting gaze.
"He's just Phoebe's boyfriend, no big deal" Lexie wrinkled her nose. "And he is a de... d-delight" she nervously grinned and continued zipping up her jeans. "He's cute nonetheless" She added and turned to Sophia. "I'll drop you at your apartment... hurry up if you want to eat something before we leave"
"Why the sudden rush?" Sophia asked. "You said we had plenty of time"
"I need to see Kevin and straighten things up" Lexie grabbed her backpack and smiled.
"Alexia Bennett!!" Sophie spat.
Lexie walked out of the room, deliberately ignoring her friend. "I'll wait for you in the kitchen" She shouted from the hall.
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Lexie arrived at campus, parked her motorcycle, and slowly approached Kevin's Porsche. She had intentionally looked for a place to leave her bike near his new toy. Kevin was sitting on the hood of the black car and several friends were hanging out around him.
Lexie cleared her throat as she stood beside Kevin. "Can we talk?" She asked shyly.
"I don't know" Kevin replied without looking at Lexie. "Why don't you talk to your friend Sophie instead?" He mocked.
"Kevin, please... "
"Ok!" He raised his voice. "Go over there and wait for me" He signaled a nearby tree and went back to his conversation. Lexie quietly walked towards the tree and uncomplainingly sat underneath it.
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"I'm telling you she's fine" Cole pinched the bridge of his know and smiled. "Her girl friend, Sophia, was with her; I believe she spent the night at the manor"
"Ok" Phoebe whispered. "Piper is at the house, as soon as she gets here, you and I are leaving" She grinned. "we need a shower"
"That sounds perfect" Cole wrapped his arm around Phoebe's waist and pulled her close to him. "Can't wait to be with you" He kissed her passionately.
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"I'm sorry Kevin" Lexie's voice was barely audible. "I promise never to leave you out of my family matters".
"What about Sophia?"
"I'll talk to her, she'll do whatever I ask her"
"Ok" Kevin grabbed his girlfriend and smiled. "I'll give you one more chance...I want to go to the Hospital and visit Prue"
"What!!"
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