Okay I know no need to say it, I work fast. I was stuck on my other story so I did this instead. Before I start I would like to thank all our loving reviwers...THANK YOU! Okay on to the story.
(By - Emelie172, Prue's POV)
5. Loosing control
"I'm going straight to Andy's, to study" I told Phoebe when I met her later that day. "So can you walk home?"
"Sure" She sighed.
"And can you tell Piper and Paige?" I continued, I couldn't help but feel that she was distancing herself from me, from everyone but she nodded in response.
"Thanks" I looked at her for a little while; there was something in her eyes that I hadn't seen before.
I was very close to hug her, to hold her like I had done when she was younger. But something held me back; maybe it was the fear of her backing away. I couldn't deal with loosing someone else that I loved, not again.
"See you later" I said softly, and walked away. I could swear that I felt her eyes on me as I headed to my cheerleading practice.
I didn't really want to go but it was something to keep my mind from racing away.
Everyone was already out on the field when I got there and to be honest they all looked a bit agitated to have to wait.
"Sorry I'm late but I had to talk to my sister and…" I started but Amanda cut me off.
"Yeah you're busy we get it, now can we start?" she said and the look she sent me was nothing but pure ice.
"Don't mind her, she's just a jerk" Nat said and smiled at me. It made me feel a bit better.
"Okay" I sighed and got my place among the other girls. This was going to be a very long hour.
My body worked as if it had a life on its own. It did every moment it was supposed to do yet my mind was not in it. My eyes kept going over to the other side of the field where Andy and the rest of the football team had their practice.
"Okay that's it for today" Nat's voice slowly emerged into my mind and I snapped out of my thoughts.
"So what are you guys doing after school?" Sarah asked as she, I and Nat walked to the changing rooms to get changed.
"I'm going over to Andy's" I answered and stepped inside of the room and walked over to my bag.
"Really?" Sarah said and made that face. That face she always made when I talked about Andy.
"We're just friends" I sighed and Sarah rolled her eyes at me. "Really" I said and begun to change out of my cheerleading outfit.
Twenty minutes and a shower later I sat on the big stone staircase that led up to our school and waited for Andy. The sun sent its warm beams at me as I had my nose in my English book, trying to get trough this week's chapter so I didn't have to do that when I got home. I just wanted a nice calm evening with a blanket and the TV remote control.
"Hey there" I reluctantly tore my eyes from the book and looked up to see a tall blond boy who I knew was in the same year as I.
"Hi" I replied and went back to my book.
"I'm Jack" he said and sat down on the same step as me but at the other end of the staircase so he like me had his back to the railing on the sides.
"Prue" I answered still with my nose in the book.
"So Prue…" he smiled at me. "Where do you wanna go on our date?"
"Date?" I asked surprised. Wow this guy sure was sure of himself.
"Well the way I see it it's only a matter of time before you'll go out with me so I thought I would save you the misery" he replied just as I spotted Andy walking towards me from the football field.
"Right" I replied and put down my English book in my bag before I got up and threw the bag over my shoulder. "Bye Jack" I said and walked down the stairs.
"Hey" Andy said cheerfully as we begun the walk towards my car.
"Hi" I replied and smiled.
"So how are you holding up?" he sounded just as sincere as he did this morning in math class.
"I don't know" I admitted. "I try not to think about it but it's hard. It's even harder on my sisters though, they're younger."
"You don't always have to be so strong you know" Andy said as we reached my car. He threw down his bag in the backseat and I did the same.
"I'm the oldest, it's what I do" I answered and slid into the driver seat.
"You're only 17" Andy said.
"I promised her I would take care for them and look after them no matter what" I replied and started the car. This was not a conversation I wanted to be part of. I never mentioned her name but we both knew who I meant. I didn't say her name out loud because that hurt too much, but it was true. I had promised mum that a very long time ago and it was a promise I intended to keep.
It only took us a ten minute drive to get to Andy's house which was not too far from the manor. I parked next to his mother's grey Volvo and we got out.
"Just a heads up, she's peeking out the window" Andy said as we walked up to the door. "As I said she is worried about you."
"Great" the last thing I needed was another woman telling me how sorry she was. No bad against Andy's mum she had always been like a mother to me growing up, I was just tired of the whole charade around grams death. Everyone being so sorry, even people who never said a word to her while she was alive.
The moment we walked inside Ellen Trudeau jumped out from the kitchen and almost suffocated me with a hug.
"Prue darling how are you holding up?" she asked when she finally let go and I could breathe again.
"You know its going" I answered and grabbed my bag again that I had dropped as she hugged me.
"We'll be in my room studying" Andy said and pushed me towards the stairs.
"Thanks" I said as we walked into his room and he closed the door behind him.
"No problem, I for one knows how she can get" he smiled and sat down on the bed.
I sat down on next to him with my back against the wall and opened my bag. With a deep sigh I Pulled out my math book and my note book.
"Oh I almost forgot I have something for you" Andy suddenly said and opened the drawer in his nightstand.
"What?" I asked surprised.
"What's studying without…" he pulled out a bag and held it up for me to see. "Twizzers."
It had been a tradition for as many years as I could remember. We always had Twizzers when we studied, it was both of ours favorite candy. Grams had yelled at us so many times not to eat candy before dinner but still we always snuck them when she didn't see.
The thought of grams stung in my heart but I showed it away like I always did.
"So what should we start with?" Andy asked and grabbed his bag. "How about math?" he added since he noticed that I had already taken my math book out.
"Sure" I replied. "But I still don't get why I have to take this stupid class, it's not like I'll ever use it."
"How can you be so sure?" he asked after he had taken his books out as well.
"Since when do photographers use math?" I asked and smiled.
A photographer, yes that's what I will become some day. I have known it as long as Piper knew she wanted to be a chef. Before grams died my dream had been to go to school back east but now that dream seemed even further away.
"Yeah well if I'm gonna be a police I will need my math so humor me, okay" Andy replied. "Besides I love that we have that class together" he added with that smile which always melted my heart.
"Okay" I answered and opened my book.
We sat there for a while, quietly doing our homework when I let out a deep sigh. I took one of the pillows from his bed and threw it across the room in frustration.
"What's wrong?" he looked up from his book.
"Well this book is obviously wrong" I said and showed for the number I was on. "This just doesn't add up."
"Oh" Andy laughed at the expression on my face which made me feel even worse. "Let me help you" he moved closer and leaned in so close I could feel his sent.
Wow he smelled good…okay what was wrong with me? Did I just think what I thought I did.
"That's how you do it" he added and I was brought out of my thoughts. I had no idea what he had said but enable to say anything I just nodded my head.
I took a quick look at the clock and realized it was almost dinner time. Andy seemed to know what I was thinking.
"You're staying for dinner, right?"
"I think so" I picked up my cell phone and realized it was turned off; when I turned it on I saw that I had several missed calls from the manor. They only called if it was important. "You know I think I should go home, you know after all…"
"Sure I understand" Andy said and I got up, packing my things down in my bag.
"I'll see you in school tomorrow" I said before I walked out of his room but he followed me to the front door.
"Yeah take care" Andy suddenly surprised me by wrapping his arms around me in a hug.
His body felt so good against mine that I never wanted the hug to end. As I realized what I was thinking I broke it off, we were best friends…nothing else.
"I should get going" I said and stepped outside his house. With fast steps I walked to my car and soon I drove into the manors driveway.
Just as I stepped out of my car my cell phone went off, one glance at it told me it was the manor and what point in picking it up now?
"Piper, Phoebe, Paige! I'm home!" I called as I closed the door behind me. I threw my bag onto the floor in the hall and continued in to the house.
I didn't see my sisters anywhere but on the couch sat a man who I could only think of describing as a ho-bo, he probably hadn't taken a bath in years and don't even get me started on his clothes.
"Ah Prudence how nice to see you again" he turned his eyes from the TV and grinned at me. The sight of his teeth made me want to throw up. Somewhere deep inside of me I had such a strong Deja-vu feeling. Had I met him before?
"Who are you?" I asked and crossed my arms over my chest as a protective stage took over and told me to be careful with this man.
"You don't remember me?" he actually sounded hurt and I felt a bit guilty.
"Should I?"
"I'm granddad Sevron of course" he smiled brightly.
"What?" I asked shocked.
What was going on here?
"Yeah I was married to Penny when you were what 5 years old" the ugly guy continued and got off the couch. I quietly made a note to myself to have that couch cleaned or better thrown out.
"And you're here because?" I asked trying desperately to think of where my sisters could be.
"She named me your legal guardian in case something happened to her" he said happily and I felt as if someone had pulled the ground underneath my feet. Was this guy for real?
"Right" I nodded and looked at him. "Well the joke is up, now please leave."
"This is not a joke Prudence" Sevron stated seriously.
"Well then you better pack your things and get the hell out of here" I said and starred him down. The anger begun to flow through my blood and he seemed to see it because he did back of a little.
"Calm down Prudence" he said and held up hi hands as to prove he was no harm.
"WILL YOU STOP IT WITH THE PRUDENCE CRAP" I suddenly yelled. I heard clapping of shoes against the hard floor and even though I didn't let Sevron go with my eyes I knew it was my sisters.
"Just calm down" the man said again.
"Why should I" I said coldly. "You are going to get out that door now" I said and pointed at the front door.
"I told you she would fix it" I heard Phoebe whisper behind me.
Yeah that was me always the fixer never the fixed. Maybe for once someone would see that I needed someone to fix things for me.
"I'm not leaving" Sevron said calmly. "I am here to take care for you."
"We are doing very well on our own thank you very much" I replied and placed my hands on my hips just like grams used to do. Hey what do you know; maybe I am like grams after all.
"If I go child care will come and separate you all into different homes" Sevron said.
I knew he was right but I hated to admit it. Maybe this guy was our only way to stay together?
He probably saw that I was crumbling because he sent me one more of those teeth showing smiles that made me sick. Suddenly I remembered something, I remembered him. He had been around a while when I was younger, he gave me a stuffed bear that my mum took and said she had to burn or I would get sick, now I understood why.
"Grams would never have made you our guardian" I said strongly.
"That's right" Piper backed me up, I hadn't noticed her coming up by my side but I really appreciated it.
"Well it's all on here" Sevron held out a paper towards me. I took it between my thumb and index finger as to show how disgusting anything from him was.
I let my eyes wander over the paper, no matter how much I wanted it to be false it wasn't. He really was our guarding.
"So if you ladies will show me to my room now" he said overly friendly.
"I can show you where to sleep" Phoebe muttered and I couldn't help but smile as I knew she didn't mean anything he would like.
When Sevron was in grams room, all gone from my view we all were gathered in my room. Of course as the good guardian he was he thought we were all sleeping like little angels.
"This can't go on" Paige stated.
"Yeah I say lets get rid of him" Phoebe smiled. I'm sure she already had a plan in mind.
"Can't we just get him to say up his rights or something?" Piper asked carefully.
"I know, I'll think of something" I sighed. "Now go to bed and we'll think more tomorrow" I continued and my three sisters walked out of my room.
Who was I kidding; I had no idea how to get rid of him. But it was my job, wasn't it? Somehow I doubted I would get much sleep that night.
Where had things gone so wrong? Where along the way had I lost control?
