Peanut2lbs: Hey mate, glad you liked the Lexie's intervention, just hang on, this story is getting a little more angsty,...the CC angsty way... Thanks a lot for reviewing dude.

Princess Pinky: Don't worry dude, Andy is going to be fine. You're right about Kevin, we haven't seen the last of him yet.

PrUe AnD AnDy: Yup dude....Prue will certainly be ok... SHE IS MY FAV!

Faith Kingsley: Sorry Faithy, Kevin will not stay in jail forever, he still has to make the Halliwell's lives a little more miserable, or it wouldn't be fun for me to write! ---Did I just say that?--- God, I'm mean!

C.C. McKenna

Inexperienced Love

Chapter Twenty-One

Andy and Phoebe ran half way to through the E.R. until they reached the elevator. They were both nervous and very anxious to get to Prue.

"You should have told me the minute it happened Andy" Phoebe repeatedly pressed the elevator's button, impatiently waiting for the door to open.

"Sorry Phoebe, it's just that everything happened so fast… and I just wanted to get that scum to the station" Andy checked his wristwatch and shook his head. "Come on, come on" He anxiously hit the red button, "But as I told you, Lexie was with her, so stop worrying"

"Look who's talking!" Phoebe managed to smile weakly, trying to get rid of her nervousness, when suddenly the doors opened.

"Great!" Andy stated. "I was thinking about taking the stairs" He tried to be funny.

"Yeah, well, me too" Phoebe grabbed Andy's hand and dragged him inside. "But this is much better" She smiled as the doors slowly glided back in place.

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Lexie parked her motorcycle on the driveway and carefully got off; she walked inside the house and pulled out the helmet with one hand to avoid any unnecessary pain in her

shoulder. She was tired, maybe weaker than she was supposed to be, so she decided to make a quick stop on the living room's futon to relax a bit and recuperate some strength before climbing up all the stairs. She slowly leaned back, cringing a little when she accidentally touched her wound trying to take her jacket off.

"Damn!" She muttered under her breath and closed her eyes tightly. She grabbed a cushion and slowly embraced it, trying to get some rest. She fell asleep the moment she laid her head on the pillow.

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The elevator's doors finally slid open; Phoebe and Andy quickly found their way out and quickened their paces through the hall; Andy was grasping her future sister-in-law's hand, and Phoebe was lost in her thoughts, allowing Andy to drag her along with him. They both barged into the room, causing Piper and Prue to jump on their places.

"Prue!" Phoebe ran and hugged her sister. "My God… Are you ok? What did he do to you? Oh God… I swear I'm going to kill him!" She kissed Prue's forehead, eyelids, and cheeks repeatedly, abruptly ending her kiss attack with a huge sloppy kiss on the top of her sister's head. Prue smiled and lovingly enveloped her hectic sibling; Phoebe rested her head on her sister's chest, relishing her warm touch.

Prue slowly fixed her dark blue eyes on Andy's concerned ones; She winked and Andy gave her a sweet smile. "I've missed this kissing madness of yours" Prue whispered in her sister's ear without braking eye contact with his boyfriend.

Phoebe closed her eyes and slightly nodded as she tightened her arms around her sister's neck. "I know" She answered softly. "I've missed it too" Her words barely audible.

"Where's Lexie?" Andy carefully scanned the room. "I thought she was going to stay here with you" He walked to Prue's side and kissed her forehead. "At least that's what she told me before I left"

"I asked her to go home" Prue pulled back her hair and grabbed the remote, turning the TV on. Phoebe slowly pulled away and warily stared at Andy.

"Bad idea" Piper added. "You shouldn't have been alone"

Phoebe frowned, still staring at Andy. "B-but I was home just now and she was not there… I've been there all afternoon and…"

"You must have crossed paths" Prue stated, now shifting her eyes on the TV. "She left about an hour ago"

Phoebe was not convinced; deep down inside she sensed danger. "I don't think so Prue… maybe she's in trouble or something" She squinted. "Where do you think she might be?" Phoebe glanced at both sisters.

"Are you serious?" Prue asked with anger. "I told you she's home" She annoyingly stated. "I didn't want her here with me, I'm too pissed off to deal with her right now"

"I don't understand" Phoebe cocked an eyebrow and wiped her face, slowly turning to meet her big sister's eyes. "What could she have possibly done to make you that angry?

Prue released a deep sigh. "I asked her not to leave me alone with Kevin and she did! She chose him over me… over her own sister!" Prue shook her head. "I still can't believe her"

Andy nodded with disagreement. "It's not like that Prue, she didn't chose Kevin over you; she would never do such thing"

Prue glared at her boyfriend. "Andy, I know what I saw, I was here, believe me" she mocked.

"Why do you think I got here on time to stop him?"

Prue rolled her eyes. "You tell me"

"I was here because I received a phone call from Lexie; she called me from Campus and told me that she was coming to see you; and she urged me to be here because Kevin was determined to pay you a visit and she was really worried for you; she was sure Kevin wanted to hurt you…and she was right"

Prue stared at Andy; her eyes ready to burst. "You mean to tell me that she actually helped you" Prue's voice was broken but she quickly cleared her throat.

"Didn't she tell you?" Andy asked.

"How could she?" Prue shook her head. "I never gave her a chance," She whispered to herself.

"So… I gather you don't know what happened to her either" Andy asked with nervousness.

"What?!" Piper walked towards Andy, finally breaking her silence. "What exactly do you mean by that? What happened to her?"

"Andy?" Phoebe stood in front of him. "Answer Piper's question, please"

"Well…" Andy held Prue's arm and gently rubbed his thumb on the back of her hand. "When you passed out…I went to your side and… Kevin…."

"Kevin what?!" Piper shouted.

"Let him finish, please Piper" Prue held out her hand and Piper anxiously grabbed it. She was never going to accept it, but she was afraid of listening to what Andy had to say.

Andy swallowed hard and continued with his narration, "Kevin pulled out a knife and he attacked us, but Lexie got on his way" He walked away from the bed and stared outside the window. "She was injured," He said without facing the sisters.

An icy feeling washed over Prue for a brief second, but it was long enough for the chill to make her shiver involuntarily. There was tension in the air for a moment while Andy's voice echoed through the room, slowly bouncing around the walls. Still unmoving, Prue waited for further words, but silence prevailed.

"I-injured?" Prue cleared her throat again. "How bad?" Her body stiffed a little when she felt her sister's hands on her trembling shoulders.

"It was her shoulder" Andy tried to diminish the incident. "Kevin trusted his knife in her upper body and she got seven stitches; well, at least that's what she told me when I stopped by to see her before I left with Kevin to the station"

"She's hurt and she's alone God knows where…" Phoebe immediately searched for her telephone inside her purse. "I'm dialing her cell" She said, determined, but with a broken voice.

Prue slowly pulled her knees up to her chest, ignoring her own pain for a moment, and covered her mouth when she heard the "I'm breaking the habit" song from Lexie's cell phone coming out from the black leather sofa.

Piper quickly picked it up and turned it off. "She must have dropped it without even noticing" She said and threw the cell back on the couch; Phoebe dialed again; this time to her best friend.

"One thing has to be clear though," Andy slowly approached Prue's bed. "She saved you… us, to be more specific" He smiled sweetly.

Prue nodded softly and broke her silence with a mixture of weariness, bitterness, and remorse in her voice. "Now I know… and that's why nothing I say or do can make up for what I've done"

"Prue, you didn't know"

"It doesn't matter Andy" Came the whispered reply. "You don't understand… I didn't even let her speak; I… I should have stood by her side…no matter what" She unexpectedly threw the remote against the wall, startling everybody in the room.

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"Hey dude!" Karen answered cheerily when she saw Phoebe's name on the caller ID display window. "How's Prue?… I 'm in my car and on my way to the hospital right now"

"Don't" Phoebe shouted.

"Excuse me?" Karen shrugged and immediately turned the CD player off.

"I want you to stop by the manor first and check up on Lexie…can you do that for me?" Phoebe spoke with nervousness, feeling her heart strongly pounding inside her chest.

"Sure sweetie, I'll… I'll call you as soon as I get there, I'm just a few blocks away" Karen replied, no questions asked.

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Lexie stirred slowly and shifted uncomfortably when she heard the persisting annoying sound of the doorbell; she opened her eyes and quickly shut them back. "Who the hell…" She growled and slowly got on her feet, squinting. She fixed her shirt and reluctantly walked to the entrance. "This better be important," She muttered to herself as she carefully opened the door.

As soon as Rachel saw the door slowly opening, she pushed the door and shoved Lexie back, determinedly walking inside. She was furious.

"You can come in if you want to" Lexie mocked, still holding the door open and ignoring the pain in her shoulder. Rachel didn't answer; her respiration was fast and heavy. Lexie rolled her eyes. "Uhm, Rachel, this is not the time" Lexie forced herself to smile. "I'm not feeling well right now"

"You stupid bitch!" Rachel finally broke her silence, and turned around to face Lexie, her eyes about to burst out.

Lexie sighed as she closed the door. "Rachel, you definitely need a hobby" She shook her head and turned her back on Rachel, walking towards the kitchen. "You thirsty? … Can I offer you something to drink?" Lexie was polite, even though she wasn't in any mood for visitors.

Rachel saw the opportunity and took it; she fiercely charged Lexie from behind and both of them rolled on the wooden floor. Lexie hit her face on their way down, just above the eyebrow, with the rim of the foyer's table; she turned around and tried to get up, but Rachel was well planted on top of her stomach and her shoulder wound was aching miserably.

"What's the matter with you?" Lexie asked while she blinked some blood away from her eyes that quickly started dripping from the shallow gash on her forehead.

"Kevin is in jail because of you!" Rachel slapped her, violently whipping Lexie's head.

"H-he tried to kill us!" Lexie shouted. "That bastard tried to kill me and my sister! So now it's only fair if he's locked up in jail"

Rachel's face changed into a mask of evilness; Her next attack was a flood of blows aimed at Lexie's face and shoulder. Rachel stopped to regain her breath and slowly stood up beside her victim.

Lexie was flat on her back, gasping, never expecting another attack, but she was wrong; Rachel brushed the light sweat from her face and smirked before she started kicking Lexie's brutally beaten body.

Lexie was on the verge of collapse but suddenly gripped Rachel's foot tightly, bringing her to the floor. Rachel fell on her back but immediately shifted over, closing her hand in a tight fist and plunging it into Lexie's wound, tearing out her stitches, and shortly blinding her with pain.

"It hurts huh?" Rachel swirled her hand in Lexie's wound, making her scream in pain. "But it's nothing compared to what Kevin's going to do to you when he gets out" Rachel slowly stood on her feet again. "He's going to kill you!" She shouted.

Lexie defiantly knelt on a single knee, panting, and waiting for her strength to return; painfully, she managed to put some pressure on her shoulder, cringing a bit to her own touch. Suddenly a strong fist clenched around her throat, cruelly lifting her to her feet; her breathing was cut off and her eyes snapped open to see Rachel's fiery, mocking eyes. The door's bell was heard just before Rachel hurled Lexie against the wall; screaming in agony as she fell on the table.

"Lexie?!" Karen knocked with both fists on the door, she was desperate; She knew something was not right, so she started kicking the door trying to tear it open, until the multi-colored crystal shattered into a million pieces.

Lexie opened her eyes and hazily saw Rachel standing over her beaten body; the latter smirked sarcastically, "This is not over yet, Alexia", and ran towards the kitchen, leaving through the back door.

"Lex!!" Karen finally burst inside and dropped both knees beside her. "Sweet mother of Jesus, who did this to you?" Karen leaned down and softly embraced her friend's little sister. "Was it Kevin?"

"Karen" Lexie whispered as she struggled to move, sit up, or anything to keep her friend from being more frightened than she already was, but searing pain ran all through her body.

"Take it easy kiddo, please, just take it easy" Karen gently held her friend down, and tried to be strong and calm, but her emotions burst out on the open, and tears swiftly started streaming down her cheeks.

"R-rach… R-rachelll" She managed to garble before oblivion blatantly took control.

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"Why isn't she calling?" Piper asked, nervously pacing around the room and noticeably out of control. "I think I'm going there right now"

"Calm down Piper, I'm sure she's ok; besides, Kevin is in jail right now, so he won't be trying anything, at least not tonight, anyway" Andy gently wrapped his arm around Piper's shoulders and guided her to the sofa.

"I hope you're right" Prue bit her lower lip. "Or I'll never forgive myself"

"Do you want me to go to your house and see what's going on?" Andy smiled, sitting beside her. "Would that make you feel any better?"

"Yes, it definitely would" Prue sighed deeply. "But I'd rather have you here with me" She wrinkled her nose. Andy smiled broadly.

Phoebe went to Piper's side and hugged her. "We'll wait five more minutes, and if she doesn't call, we leave" She pulled her sister closer and kissed her forehead.

"K" Piper sighed.

"There" Karen placed a pillow under Lexie's head and gently ran her fingers on her cheek. "This will help a little, at least until the ambulance arrives"

"I told you I didn't want to go to the hospital, I'm perfectly ok"

"And I told you it was not an option; you need help, I can barely stop the bleeding… your wound is open"

"Damn it Karen!" Lexie hissed, turning her head away from her friend.

"Listen kiddo" Karen gently grabbed Lexie's chin and turned her face to meet hers, "You can scream and kick and holler all you want, but I'm still taking you to the ER; and one more thing," She pulled out the phone from her jacket. "I need to call your sister"

"No, no, no, please don't call her!" Lexie tried to sit up but Karen softly held her back.

"Lexie, I need to call her, they must be worried sick"

"Ok, …ok, call her" She hissed. "But please tell her that everything's fine, that I'm ok"

Karen paused for a moment, staring at the cell phone in her hand. "Sorry kiddo, can't do" She took a quick glance into Lexie's eyes. "Your sister and I don't lie to each other, and I'm not about to start now"

Lexie rolled her eyes. "Fine 'Kary'" Lexie emphasized her friend's name. "Just give me the freaking phone… I'll talk to her myself"

Karen smiled and quick dialed Phoebe's number. "See? That's better…just let me talk to her first" Karen whispered while waiting for Phoebe to answer.

"Karen!!" Phoebe yelled as soon as she flipped her cell open. "What took you so long? How is she? How's Lexie? Is she ok?" Phoebe was frantically shouting.

"Phoebe, calm down, she's … she's… listen, Rachel McPherson was with her when I arrived; well, I didn't actually see her, she left as soon as I entered your house, but Lexie said it was her the…"

Phoebe interrupted. "Rachel?… wh---what what was Rachel McPherson doing there? Did she do something to Lex? Did she hurt my sister?"

"Well, see… actually…yeah, she did, but she's uh, she's ok now…well, not ok… 'OK'…but"

"Karen, you're rambling, please let me talk to her"

"Sure" Karen gave the phone to Lexie. "It's Phoebe… your sister"

"Rrreeally?" Lexie mocked, then cleared her throat. "P-phoebe…I'm fine, really, Karen is just exaggerating things a little, please stay with Prue, she needs you more than I do"

"Listen sweetie, nothing you can say or do will keep me from going there with you, so please, stay calm, I'm on my way right now…I love you"

"I love you too" Lexie smiled, softly closing her eyes, cherishing those words in her heart for ever.

TBC