Ok..ok Peanut2lbs, sorry for the slacking off issue here..I promise to update sooner next time. Hey, did I tell you I'm crazy for that story of yours..."Eternally Charmed" You're my hero!
AlyssaAs: Yeah, thanks dude. I'll try to keep this story going.
Princess Pinky: Dude, hang in there, I'll try and do my best to keep you happy, ok?
Faith Kingsley: Ooh, I'd love to see that happy dance of yours. Thanks for sticking with me.
C.C. McKenna
Earthquake
Chapter Two
Tuesday 12:26 AM
Prue and Andy were at the door, getting ready to leave. Prue was determined to find that little sister of hers and bring her back, even if she had to drag her home, when suddenly Lexie's motorcycle showed up in the driveway. Lexie saw her sister's face and she immediately knew she was in big trouble, but she didn't care, in fact, that's exactly what she was looking for, so she smiled with content. Lexie pulled the motorcycle towards the back yard, totally ignoring her big sister and her boyfriend, and entered the house through the kitchen's back door.
Prue closed her hands in a tight fist and immediately went back inside the house; she was fuming. Andy remained quiet and just followed her, trying to keep her calmed, and before she went inside, he stood in front of her. "Prue, listen to me, take a deep breath and count to ten… then you can go and question Lexie about her whereabouts" Andy held her by the shoulders, trying to knock some reason into her.
"Thank you Andy, but I think I know how to take care of my own sister, I'll take it from here, please leave me alone with that brat and I'll call you tomorrow morning, well, today…later…oh, you know what I mean!"
"Ok Prue, but promise me you'll keep yourself together" He kissed her lips. "And call me if there's anything, and I mean anything, I can do for you"
Lexie came out of the kitchen with a glass of milk in her hand and walked towards her sister. Prue glared at her sister and tightened her teeth.
"All right Andy" Prue kissed him back. "I'll try to stay calm… thanks"
"Bye Andy" Lexie playfully waved her fingers. Andy barely smiled at his girlfriend's little sister, he wanted to straighten a few things or two before leaving but he decided that keeping his mouth shut would be wiser.
"Are you crazy or just playing stupid?!" Prue seized her sister's shoulders and shook her with violence, splattering the milk all over Lexie's clothes.
"Neither" Lexie swapped her sister's arms and placed the nearly emptied glass on the foyer's table. "Jesus, you've ruined my shirt!" She shouted, carefully wiping her clothes. "This was a $50.00 dollar top, you know?" She shook her head and headed towards the stairs, feeling her sister's glare on her back..
"Where do you think you're going?" Prue quickened her pace and stood in front of her sister: her eyes almost ready to pop out.
"Prue, get out of my way, I'm not in the mood for one of your stupid lectures right now"
"I'm sorry missy, but you're going to listen to me whether you like it or not"
"No, I've heard enough, besides, I'm tired" Lexie went around her sister and ran up the stairs. "I need to sleep"
"Alexia Bennett, you better get your butt down here or I'll go and get you myself, and believe me, it won't be pretty" Prue shouted but Lexie defiantly covered her ears and kept walking until she reached her room and quickly shut the door from the inside. She hated what she was doing, but she had no choice.
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Tuesday 12:26 AM
"Phoebe, this is the longest meal I've had ever!" Piper smiled as she slowly sipped the glass of red wine. "And the nicest one", she raised her glass and turned to Brad, the handsomest of the three guys sitting with them, "And I mean, literally nice", she smiled again. Phoebe giggled trying to divert everybody's attention off her slightly drunk sister.
"Uhm, Piper, I think we better go back to the hotel now, you look a little bit tired" Phoebe turned to her friends and smiled widely at them, nervously scratching her head. "She really is tired" She smiled again.
"Are you kidding?! This is just getting better" Piper chugged down the remaining half of her wine glass and slumped it on the table. "Let's h-have anotherr round, shall we?"
"Piper no" Phoebe hastily got up and pulled her sister off the chair. "Sorry guys, but she's not a very good drinker, as you can see" She smiled. "In fact, she seldom drinks, so if you excuse us…"
"Oh come on Phoebe, it's ok, I personally think she's delightfully funny" Brad spoke, holding Piper's hand. "And beautiful, I might add"
"Yeah, I know you do" Phoebe slapped Brad's hand and pulled Piper away from the table. "But right now it wouldn't be such a great idea to hit on my sister" Phoebe snatched a glass of wine Piper had grabbed from Brad's hand and placed it back on the table. "Tell you what…give us a call tomorrow and we'll arrange something".
"Perfect" David politely stood up and kissed Phoebe's cheek. "We'll give you a call tomorrow" He smiled. "Do you need a hand with your sister?"
"No, no, no; thank you, I've got her" She wrapped her arm around Piper's waist and walked with her towards the door. The Valet quickly called a cab and soon they were on their way back to the hotel.
"Phoebe, you're s-such a party s-spoiler" Piper crossed her arms in front of her and frowned as she looked outside from the cab's window. Phoebe smiled and looked at her puckered up sister; enjoying that new spontaneous, carefree and relaxed behavior of hers.
Thinking that it was about time her older sister took a moment for herself, and put aside all her worries, and duties, and boring responsibilities for a change.
"Yeah, probably I am, but you'll thank me in the morning"
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Phoebe locked the door, feeling a lot better now that they were back in their hotel room. She sighed looking at Piper. "Honey, we need to rest, I promise we'll have an even greater time tomorrow" She said softly, trying to squeeze Piper's hand.
Piper swiftly pulled her hand free. "Promis-se me we'll see Brad again" She asked as she tried to keep her balance.
Phoebe let out a small laugh, grabbed her sister's hand again, and squeezed it tighter. "I see you liked him, huh?"
"Welll, who wouldn't, I mean, he's a 'hottie', as my older sister would say" Piper chuckled. "And guess what?," she added, "she's not here, so I g-get to have him… aaaall by m-self!" She slightly stumbled back.
Phoebe's smile quickly disappeared from her face; finally realizing her sister's real feelings about Prue's constant shadow. "Yes honey, he's all yours" Phoebe added sweetly and quickly steadied her wobbly sister.
Piper slumped on the bed and closed her eyes; her arms widely spread on her sides. "Whoa, the ceiling is spinning; why is the ceiling spinning?" She abruptly sat up and gazed at Phoebe.
"It's ok Pipe, you're a little bit dizzy, that's all… do you want me to get you some coffee?"
Piper rolled her eyes. "Oh, now you sound like Prue… speaking of which… we must call home to see how are they doing" She tried to get up but she felt the room spinning faster.
Phoebe caught her sister's arm and took her back to bed. "No, it's late, we'll call tomorrow; right now you need a cold shower"
"No, no, no, no" Piper got up and headed towards the phone. "I need to know how's Lexie doing… Prue must be all over her by now… nagging, and nagging, and nagging…and"
Phoebe smiled and shook her head with amusement. "Ok, all right… I'll make the call," She offered just to end her sister's rambling.
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Prue climbed up the stairs. She was very upset and determined to burst into Lexie's room; She knew Lexie had been a little disrespectful and insolent lately, but this… this was just the drop that spilled the glass of water. Prue was about to flick her hands and shove the door open, when the ringing of the phone opportunely interrupted her rage. She stopped on her tracks, took a deep breath, and reluctantly grabbed the hall's phone.
"Hello!" She pulled her hair back, not hiding her anger.
Before Prue answered the call, Phoebe had placed the phone between her ear and shoulder and went to help Piper, who had been struggling to get her shirt off after being awkwardly stuck on her head for a couple of minutes.
"HELLO!" Prue shouted even louder.
"Oh, hi Prue, I didn't know you'd already answered; I was with Piper" Phoebe laughed looking at her sister's ruffled hair. "But hey, are you ok? You don't sound too good"
"No kidding!" Prue rolled her eyes.
"What?" Phoebe asked surprised. "Having problems?"
"I'm not ok Phoebe… in fact, I'm pissed off! But forget about me, how are you guys doing?" She quickly changed the subject, trying not to worry her sisters.
"We're doing just great…I wish you could see Piper right now though" Phoebe laughed again when she saw Piper hopping on one foot, and clumsily falling on the floor desperately trying to take her jeans off"
Prue finally released her hair and released some air. "Yeah? What's she doing?" Her voice sounding a lot calmer now.
"She's drunk Prue! Can you believe it? Our sweet sister, our voice of reason, is drunk!" Phoebe laughed again. "And she looks so lovable and …so cute".
"Really? I wish I could see her like that…take a picture Phoebe" Prue smiled on the phone, still keeping her eyes on Lexie's door.
"No, I'm doing a lot better than that…I'm video recording her"
"Oh, watch out Phoebs," Prue smiled again, "she's gonna kill you when she finds out"
"I know," Phoebe smiled wider, "that's the fun part of all these; but tell me" She shifted the phone from one ear to the other."How is Lexie doing? Is she giving you any trouble?"
"Uhu" Prue nodded."But nothing I can't handle, don't worry"
"Prue, Honey, I don't know what's going on over there, but I think you should take it easy, I know you sis, and I know you'll be feeling guilty after… after those angry outbursts of yours" Phoebe breathed deeply. "Ok? … Prue? … Honey?"She waited for an answer.
"Am I supposed to answer yes?"
"Well... yeah" Phoebe said weakly.
"Well NO, forget it Phoebe! There's nothing you can say or, or… listen, my mind is already made up," Prue hissed. "Let me work this out"
"But Prue…"
"No buts Phoebe… I've gotta go, take care of Piper and be careful…see you guys soon, I love you"
"Me too" Phoebe answered before the beeping sound was heard. She shook her head and smiled widely as she walked towards Piper, who was strained on the floor, sweating, and still having that never-ending battle with her jeans.
Piper blew some stranded loose hair from her face and looked up, fixing her eyes on Phoebe. "Are you going to m-make that call orrr not?"
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Alexia closed her eyes tightly when she heard her door slamming against the wall. She knew too well how much upset her big sister was, so she breathed in and waited, burying her head on the bed.
"What is the matter with you?" Prue stood defiantly in front of her sister's bed. Lexie remained silent. "I'm talking to you Alexia, the least you could do is look at me" Alexia closed her eyes tighter and buried her face deeper through the sheets.
"Back off Prue, I don't feel like talking right now"
"You did it on purpose, didn't you? You came home deliberately late!" Prue shouted making Lexie slightly flinch. "Alexia!" She shouted harder, pulling the sheets away.
"Oh, ok, all right, I admit it, you're bloody right, I did that consciously and intentionally! Now what?" Lexie got up and turned to see her sister's bulging eyes. "What are you going to do about it?"
Prue clenched her teeth and closed her hands in a tight fist. "I don't understand you Alexia, why are you doing this? Why you want to upset me so bad?"
"I said back off" Lexie shouted, deliberately ignoring Prue's question.
"I'm so disappointed at you" Prue added softly.
"Oh yeah?… well, let me tell you something, Prue, I don't care what you think and frankly, I don't give a bloody damn if…"
Prue slapped her sister and pushed her against the bed before she finished her statement. "I've had it with you" Prue hissed. "You're grounded; you will go to classes and you are going to get your butt right here immediately after they are over, and you better do as I say or I swear to God I'll go and bring you stubborn ass back here myself"
Lexie stared at her sister, biting her lips to hold back her tears, and softly nodded.
"Good!" Prue added sternly and left the room. Lexie rubbed her cheek and smiled, feeling satisfied with her own performance.
"Sorry Prue" Lexie whispered to herself.
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