Different
Paths Part 44:
1995
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Prue
still sobbed as she heard the next scene to start. She didn't want
to see it. She had gotten it. She was cursed. Something would happen
to her or one of her beloved ones today. She had gotten it. She
really had.
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"Prue,
honey, I don't have the time for this, we don't! What about the
Beal's artefacts?"
"Rodger, our wedding is in two weeks and
we still didn't pick a menu. It's about time! Now c'mon"
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Prue
heard Rodger's voice and took in a calming breath, trying to make
it, to force herself to watch this scene as well.
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Prue
and Rodger were walking past Andy and Morris' table and even
stopped just behind Andy's back to continue their argument.
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Prue
saw how Andy shrugged together. She smiled slightly
"it was
really you"
she breathed as fresh tears sprang to her eyes.
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"Why
don't you pick that alone?"
"Because I picked like everything
alone, sweetie... the flowers, the church, the restaurant! I even
picked your tux!"
She heard a loud crash.
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Prue's
attention moved to the table right in front of them. Andy. He had
dropped his cup. She smiled a bit.
"Why didn't you say
something, if you recognized me, you idiot
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"...
didn't... say something... recognize me... idiot..."
Prue
mumbled
"who? What? What is she talking about?"
"Hmm...
let's say... the bridge thing is over... then Prue's 24
now..."
"knew it was you"
Prue mumbled again
"who
was what?"
"I... I think I know what she's talking
about..."
"what? You were here? When Prue was 24 you were
here? In San Francisco?"
"I was back already..."
"didn't
you say on Grams funeral..."
Phoebe started again
"you were
at Grams' funeral?"
Piper asked surprised. Andy first glanced
at Piper and then looked back at Phoebe
"I couldn't tell you
the truth, Pheebs"
Andy told her and looked back down at Prue.
His thoughts wandering back to the actual topic.
"We somehow met
once..."
he finally commented. It started to work inside Piper's
head. This seemed familiar
"it was you? Seriously? Why didn't
you say something? Prue had thought she had gone crazy! Do you even
know how much pain you could have spared her, if you just turned
around and said hi or something?"
"That's probably why Prue
'dreams' about it... another bad day in her life... another
day... everything went wrong... another important part of her
destiny, which didn't work out the good way..."
Cole
commented, revealing once and for all, that he knew more than the
others
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Prue
watched herself hesitate and then the hand. Andy's hand looked
worst since all the hot brew flew over his other hand. She then
watched her younger self lean down to talk to Andy. Prue bit her lip
tightly.
"Why didn't I go after him?"
she asked herself
"I knew it was you..."
she smiled in a small whisper.
Though she didn't know why she smiled. How much pain she had
spared, if she had recognized him now. But it somehow calmed her to
see her Andy there. His presence had been there. His face. She then
saw how her younger self cuddled into Rodger and her expression
changed. She looked disgusted.
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"Prue?
Are you okay?"
Rodger asked her as he wrapped his arms
protectively around her
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"Yeah,
if I had recognized Andy, I would have been okay... asswhole!"
Prue
was more angry than sad by now
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"Yeah...
I... I just... thought for a second, that... that I knew the man. But
that's impossible... The man I mean... lives in... in Portland...
they... prob... probably just look familiar..."
"Excuse my
partner. His girlfriend just broke up with him. They wanted to marry
soon. He's just sensible about the wedding topic"
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"Darryl..."
Prue smiled
"you could have told me too!"
she
complained
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"It's
alright"
"Well, I better go after him, see if he's
alright"
Rodger pulled Prue out of her thoughts
"Prue... I
really don't have time for the hugging part, here... in fact I don't
have time for anything anymore. I'm sorry"
"It's
okay..."
"Can you give me a ride to the manor before you head
back to the museum?"
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"If
I wouldn't have been so upset, is wear I would have poured the other
cup of coffee over your head, Rodger!"
Prue watched the scene
to continue. She was in her room now. She watched her younger self
laying on her bed. She shook her head and got up. Then went to the
closet and searched something
"right... the dress for the
registry office."
Then heard a knock. Her younger self didn't
hear it and then Piper just entered
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"Prue?
Prue, are you okay?"
"Umm... what?"
"You alright?
Prue?"
Piper moved closer to Prue and put an arm around
her
"um... yeah... I'm... I'm okay"
"Well you don't
seem so"
Piper lead Prue towards the bed. she just let herself
be lead.
"I... just... can't believe my nerves are playing
such tricks on me..."
"What are you talking about?"
"I...
I um... think I saw Andy today."
"Excuse me?"
"Yeah...
Rodger and I wanted to try stuff for the menu... and suddenly there
this guy was. He looked so much familiar. And he dropped his mug
and... then abruptly left the restaurant. I saw his face just a sec.
but I could have sworn, it was Andy."
"And now you doubt
Rodger?"
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"No,
Piper... I would have wanted to break up with him... if I for sure
knew, this was Andy... and especially, if I knew, he was divorced..."
Prue said, as if she could influence the scene
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"Yeah..."
"Well,
Prue, that's ridiculous. You love Rodger. Andy is married. You are
soon married."
"I know..."
"Hey, um... I still need to
pick a dress for the official part of the wedding, want to help me
search one?"
"You kidding?"
Both of them got up and went
back to Prue's closet. Both started to joke around with the old
clothes inside the closet. They were playing around, as Piper
accidentally touched some box, which gild just then down to the
floor, revealing everything inside to the floor of the closet. It was
the box full with Prue's memories on Meghan and Andy. All the
pictures and letters fell to the bare floor and Prue immediately
stopped giggling, as she starred down on the mess on the floor. At
all the memories, suddenly floating to her mind
"Oh my gosh, I'm
so sorry, Prue!"
Piper told her. She hurriedly leaned down and
started to pick everything up again
"No... No it's
okay..."
Prue said, as she finally knelt down as well and
started to pick stuff as well
"I really do have a bad
timing"
"It's not your fault, Piper, really. It was
placed..."
Prue stopped in mid-sentence as she saw it. She saw
the ring, Andy gave her, laying on the floor and simply starred at
it. She swallowed hard and bit her lip.
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Prue
smiled a little
"yes... the beginning of the end… and a great
beginning for Andy and me..."
she said smiling...
"So...
this day had goods as well?"
she asked herself as she continued
to watch and then saw how her younger self started to sob
uncontrollably on the bed. She sighted. She knew how she had felt.
Torn between two men. Torn between her real love and... well, Rodger.
She remembered how hurt she was about Rodger caring about nothing and
Andy being married. She only agreed on the engagement thing with
Rodger, cause Andy had been married already. He was off the market.
Out of her reach. But back then he ahd seemed so close again. Prue
shook her head to her question
"no... Nothing good..."
she
said sighting... as clouds again blocked her view.