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Chapter: Running Away

Prue looked at herself in the mirror. Today she was living every mother's worst nightmare, their child's funeral. A tear fell from her face onto her black dress. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around to see Andy. She laid her head on his chest.

"It's time to go" Andy said softly.

He took Prue's hand and they walked downstairs.

"Are you going to be okay?" Piper asked.

Prue nodded and everyone got in the car. Prue and Andy were still holding hands after the funeral had finish and they were in the cemetery. They stood in front of their son's casket staring at it. Prue closed her eyes and remember the last night before they had gone back to San Francisco. How she had danced on the beach with Andy and Andrew. She was snapped out of her memory by the rain drops that had started to fall. Both her and Andy took a rose and together laid it on their little boy's casket.

"Goodbye Andrew" Prue said softly.

She laid her hand on the casket.

"You'll always be my little boy" she said.

In the arms of the angel, fly away from here.

From this dark, cold, hotel room,

And the endlessness that you fear.

You are pulled from the wreckage, of your silent reverie.

You're in the arms of the angel,

May you find…some comfort here.

(This was just the chorus of the song Angel by Sarah McLachlan. No, this isn't a songfic if you couldn't already tell. It's just one little thing from the song that inspired me to do this story.)

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A MONTH LATER

"Get out!" Prue yelled at Andy.

"Is this what you're going to do every time?" Andy asked. "Ever since we lost him all you seem to do is yell at me"

"Don't bring him into this" Prue said angrily. "He has nothing to do with this!"

"I'm not going to lose you Prue" Andy said. "I didn't come back to do that"

Prue walked out of the room and Andy followed.

"Who are you really mad at Prue?" Andy asked.

Prue stopped at the bottom of the stairs.

"Damn it!" Prue exclaimed. "He was only a baby!"

She put her head in her hands.

"He was only a baby" Prue repeated softer.

Andy came down and put his arms around Prue but she pushed him away.

"You have to leave" Prue said not looking him in the eyes.

Andy sighed.

"Why won't you let me help you?" Andy asked hurt.

Prue didn't respond and Andy walked out of the manor. An hour later they were both sitting in their rooms looking at a picture. The picture was taken the day after Prue had come home from the hospital after having Andrew. It was of Andy with his arm around her and she was holding Andrew. Alice had taken it and given them two copies. One for Andrew's album and one for a picture frame. After Andrew died Andy took one of the pictures to his apartment. Now both he and Prue were holding the picture in their hands, thinking of the family they could have had…the family that they used to have.

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THE NEXT MORNING

Prue came downstairs into the kitchen. Piper and Phoebe knew what had happened and had heard her crying in her room. They noticed she had her coat on.

"Where are you going?" Piper asked.

"I'll be back soon" Prue said.

She grabbed her keys and got in her car. She got out and started walking with the picture in her hand. She stopped at where she wanted to be a looked up. Andy was standing there looking at her. In his hand he had the exact same picture. They wanted to fall into each other's arms but one thing stood in between them…their son's grave. They both reached down to place the picture on the grave. Their hands brushed against each other's. A few seconds seemed like eternity when they looked into each other's eyes. Prue broke the gaze first and pulled her hand away. They both shared one last look and then turned their backs and walked away.

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PRUE'S OFFICE

If you had walked into Prue Halliwell's office you would have never known she had had a son or a boyfriend. All that evidence had been removed after the death of Andrew. She had become buried in her work for the last month, ignoring her sisters, ignoring Andy.

"Prue, wake up" Piper said.

Prue lifted up her head and saw Piper and Leo standing in front of her.

"What time is it?" Prue asked.

"Three in the morning" Piper said. "We were getting worried"

"I'm fine" Prue said. "I just had a lot of work"

"Uh huh" Piper said doubtfully. "Let's go home"

"I have work" Prue said.

"It's three in the morning Prue" Piper said. "You need to come home"

"I will when I'm done" Prue said harshly.

"You'd feel a lot better if you'd stop pushing people away" Piper said turning to leave.

Prue pretended to concentrate on her paperwork. Piper sighed and walked out the door. Leo stood there for a couple seconds before following her.

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DINNER

Everyone sat at the table silent. Piper and Prue refused to make eye contact.

"I have an announcement" Prue said finally breaking the silence. "I've been offered a promotion"

"Really? That's great" Phoebe said.

"I accepted it" Prue said. "I'm moving to Paris"

Piper and Phoebe looked up at Prue.

"Excuse me?" Piper asked.

"The job would move me to an auction house in Paris" Prue said. "For a year or two, if I don't like it I can move back after then"

"You can't do this" Piper said. "You've gone too far"

"What are you talking about? I can do whatever I want" Prue said irritated.

"I know you want to run away from everything but going to the other side of the world isn't going to fix anything!" Piper exclaimed.

"I'm not running" Prue said.

"Like hell you aren't!" Piper exclaimed.

"You have no idea what you're talking about" Prue said. "I got offered a better job and I'm taking it, nothing anyone says is changing that"

She started towards the stairs, leaving Piper and Phoebe upset and shocked.

"What do we do?" Phoebe asked.

Piper stood there not responding. She gathered up the dishes and took them into the kitchen.

"Great" Phoebe said. "You know, Piper's always the good one with this, she knows how to make it better, not me"

"Then let's work on Piper first" Leo said.

They both headed into the kitchen where Piper was violently washing the dishes.

"Piper" Phoebe said. "Piper, let's take a time out"

Piper stopped scrubbing the dishes.

"Piper, what's wrong?" Phoebe asked.

"Besides the fact that our sister is leaving us?" Piper asked.

"I know, I'm upset too" Phoebe said.

"I have tried to help her" Piper said. "I've done everything but she won't talk and now she's leaving. We're losing our sister because we're not good enough to help her"

"No, Piper" Phoebe said. "You're wrong. We're not losing Prue. It's going to take time for Prue to be able to talk to us. It's going to take time for her to talk to anyone. None of this is our fault…none of this is your fault"

Phoebe hugged Piper and Piper started to cry.

"Maybe Prue needs this" Phoebe said. "Maybe she needs to get away from this place"

"What about the magic?" Piper asked. "If she doesn't have us she could get hurt"

"She's stopped using her powers and the demons so far have stopped coming" Phoebe said. "Besides, she can always call for Leo…we have to let Prue figure out things before she can talk to us"

"What about Andy?" Piper asked. "Shouldn't Prue give him the chance to say goodbye"

"Prue's too stubborn" Phoebe said. "We'll have to take that into our own hands"