Chapter 14: Make a Decision

Disclaimer: The headline for the 7.21 is "I Slept Wit a Zombie." Yeah, sure, I own that.

A/N: Aww Andy's so cute. I love him so much! Don't worry folks, Prue does too.

Prue walked with Andy to the sunroom with a million thoughts racing through her mind. She thought maybe Andy knew what had happened, and that's what he wanted to talk to her about. But how could that be? How could he know? Prue followed Andy into the room, not daring to say anything.

"Prue," Andy said sternly, "I need to know how you feel about me."

Prue looked at him confused, though she had an idea where this was leading.

"I love you Andy," Prue said in a manner to suggest Andy should've already known that.

"Prue, I need to know the truth," Andy spoke boldly, "Now I'm going to ask you one more time. How do you feel about me?"

"Andy," Prue spoke, agitated, but caught herself when she remembered Andy had every right to be asking the questions he was, "You know I love you. I love you so much I can hardly breathe without you. I can't imagine a life with you not with me in some way. The only time I'm whole is when I'm touching you, Andy," Prue spoke, almost pleading, but trying not to give herself away if Andy wasn't asking these questions because of what she had done.

"Really," Andy said sarcastically, "and how do you feel when you're touching Bane?"

Prue looked a little taken aback by Andy's words. She winced slightly, blinking unsteadily in the process.

"Tell me Prue," Andy said, his voice rising, "I wanna know. How was he?"

Prue gave no answer.

"Was he better than me? Maybe you'd like to go try again, just so you can be sure," Andy said, raging.

Prue said nothing again, knowing she deserved what was being said to her.

"You love me, huh?" Andy yelled, "What about him? How does he fit into this? Maybe you should jump into bed with him again Prue. THEN you could make a decision between the two of us!" Andy sounded much unlike himself. But what was happening had him so angered he didn't care how he sounded. He didn't even know himself anymore. If he didn't have Prue, he wasn't half that man he thought he was.

"Andy we didn't…." Prue started, "I wouldn't…" She tried again, "All we did was kiss. Andy, I just kissed him because he…he reminded me of you," Prue stated, knowing that her words sounded ludicrous.

"What?" Andy said, his anger calming down as he showed that he was clearly confused.

"We were just talking and things about him made me think of you," Prue continued.

"Don't try to turn this around Prue. Don't try to get out of this with some half-baked claim that you cheated because he reminded you of me!" Andy said, angry once more.

"I'm not trying to get out of it," Prue said, starting to get angry herself, "I'm trying to apologize. I know it sounds ridiculous, but it was his eyes, his smile, the way he was putting himself on the line to help us. It all made me think of you. If that sounds half-baked to you, I'm sorry. But it's the truth."

Andy thought for an instant before speaking again.

"Prue, you have me. I don't understand how you kissed someone who reminded you of me when you have me. I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere. I thought you knew that. Why did you need him when I'm right here?" Andy said, genuinely wanting an answer.

"Honestly, Andy," Prue started, "I don't know. What I do know is that I love you. I've never loved anyone else the way I love you Andy. Nothing's every going to change that."

Andy stared at Prue for a while before kissing her swiftly. Prue, not expecting this, was tense for a second but loosened up quickly.

In the attic, Piper, Leo, Cole, Phoebe, and Bane were theorizing ways to defeat Barbas.

"Cole hurt him pretty badly," Phoebe observed.

"The Power of Four should be more than enough to vanquish him," she continued, "I mean, we killed the Source. Barbas is just a demon."

"Not necessarily Phoebe," Leo spoke knowingly, "Barbas knows you all too well. He's come up against you so many times. That knowledge makes him more of a danger to you than just about any other demon you've ever faced," he continued, speaking to Pam, Piper and Phoebe.

Pam stayed quite, still shaken from the fears that Barbas had used against her. She stared at the open air, hardly listening to what anyone was saying.

"Whatever we do we have to make a decision now," Cole declared.

"We should summon him," Piper noted, "he'll definitely be caught off guard."

Leo nodded, but he still looked worried.

"We have to act quickly," he said, "it won't take him long to regroup."

Piper went to go get crystals for a cage to contain Barbas and Phoebe got a pen and paper to begin writing a vanquishing spell.

Leo and Cole went to their respective women to try and help any way they could.

Pam snapped back to reality when she realized just about everyone had left from around her. She looked up and saw Bane staring at her.

"What was it?" He asked simply.

"What?" Pam asked abruptly and bit defensively.

"What fear did he bring out?" Bane elaborated. "I worked with the guy for a while Pam. I recognize the shell shock of his victims. What was it?" he asked again.

Pam just looked at him vacantly for a second before answering. She knew she didn't have to answer, but decided to anyway.

"It was that I would kill all my sisters out of vengeance," Pam said shakily. She saw Bane's confused face and tried to explain. "They're my half sisters. We had the same father but different mothers. Barbas made their mom kill mine years ago."

Bane nodded, and then indicated for Pam to continue.

"I always thought my greatest fear would be to loose them, but obviously I was wrong," Pam continued, eyes reddening.

"It just made me wonder if I...I could really do something like that. Growing up I was always jealous that they got to live without the pain I did. Maybe that jealousy could turn into something more. He made me think that maybe I'm evil or maybe…" she stopped, remembering who she was talking to.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get like this. This isn't your problem." Pam caught herself.

"No, it's okay," Bane said quickly, "I don't mind."

Pam smiled at Bane's kindness before speaking again.

"Could you do me a favor?" She asked Bane. After he nodded, she continued. "Could you not tell my sisters?"

"No problem," Bane said simply.

At that moment Prue and Andy came up the stairs, both silent but obviously not upset.

Everyone turned their heads to see the couple walk through the door. As soon as Bane saw them he pretended to be terribly interested in the pages of the Book.

Piper looked surprised at the fact that neither of the two looked upset, as she had guessed that Andy had heard them talking earlier.

"What's the situation?" Prue asked, wanting to vanquish Barbas for once and for all.

"Cole hurt him bad enough that he retreated," Leo answered.

"So we think if we summon him now and vanquish him with a power of four spell we can get rid of him for good," Piper continued.

"Do we have a spell?" Prue asked.

"Right here," Phoebe answered, holding up two pieces of paper. One was a summoning spell, the other a vanquishing spell.

"Well you should do it now. I'm sure he knows what you're doing," Andy spoke.

Bane looked up and at Andy, not thinking he was going to speak.

The girls looked over the spells, memorizing them quickly.

Piper placed the crystals in a square on the attic floor and then formed a circle with her sisters.

From fear to eternity

Through death and strife

This demon's cold steps

Will cut you like a knife

The fear you will bring

Causes death and suffering

We bring you here

Us sisters four

You will not haunt us

Anymore

A/N: Little bit of a cliffie, I know. There's been a lot of that lately. Don't worry; I'll add more Piper/Leo-ness. Question: We're getting close to 20 chapters, do you want me to end it there like Her Destiny, or keep it going? Let me know in an e-mail or review, I would really appreciate it.