By: Emelie172 - Prue's POV

9. Please come back

I was tired, but couldn't sleep. I sat in the window in my bedroom and looked out over the neighbor's yard. In my hand was a big cup filled with steaming hot coffee and outside the window the moonlight shone in my face. Outside everything seemed to asleep, it was as if the whole world was shutting down in front of my eyes. Everyone except for me that is.

How could I sleep when that creep was in grams old room, and that's another thing that bugged me. How come he had the right to stay in her room. It felt as if he was trying his hardest to get to us.

Suddenly I look up at the sealing; I could swear I heard someone sneeze. But when I listened again it was gone, maybe I was going insane? Wouldn't surprise me if I were. I mean how can they put all this responsibility on me, a seventeen year old girl? I was supposed to hang out with friends, say that life sucks and fall in love. Not have to raise three sisters and take care of a creepy grandfather.

Fall in love, yeah as if that would ever happen…my only chance for a date this millennium is if I take up on Jack's offer and if that is my only choice I'd rather become a nun.

Suddenly I heard the floor boards squeak outside of my room and I jumped. I hurried over to my door and peeked out carefully. I saw Phoebe running into her room with a big book in her arms. What's that all about? Phoebe doesn't read books, she reads magazines or have other people read her books.

I got back to my window and leaned my head against the cold glass. I was suddenly filled with an old memory…a memory that found its way out from the deeps depth of my heart.

"Look there Prudence" grams pointed out the open window. We were in her room and I was about eight years old. I followed her finger and saw what she had spotted. A falling star. "Make a wish darling."

I closed my eyes as hard as I could with only one wish on my mind…please mum come back, please mum come back…I need you.

Just as the memory died away from my eyes I saw up at the sky. A falling start shot across the sky almost as if someone had created it just for me. I closed my eyes and made a wish not too different from when I was eight….please grams come back, please grams come back…we need you, now more then ever.

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The next morning I was the first one up, no surprise there. What surprised me more though was that Piper seemed in a much better mood that morning, she even seemed to smile.

"Is that a smile I see?" I teased her as she came into the kitchen.

"Maybe" she smiled even wider.

I guess that Leo guy really was something special. Anyone that makes my sister smile is special to me though.

"So…" I tried to pump out some information out of her. I was good at that, getting information out of people that is. Grams always used to say it was gift I used terribly wrong since I used it to get out of trouble.

"Nothing special" Piper replied and went over to the fridge to get a water bottle. "He just asked me out."

"I know but what else" I said eagerly. I was desperate for something that made our life more bearable.

Piper however just smiled at me and walked out of the room. I heard the front door close behind her.

I guess I had to take care of the time I had without her though I thought and smiled.

"Phoebe, Paige" I called but nothing happened. God I missed the time when they were younger and came running like little puppies as soon as I called. I guess that time is forever gone now.

"PHOEBE; PAIGE" I yelled at the top of my lungs. Soon my two younger sisters walked into the room.

"You don't have to yell so the whole house shakes" Phoebe said sarcastically and sunk down at one of the chairs by the table.

"Hey where is breakfast?" Paige asked and looked around. "IS Piper sick or something?"

"No she left early" I answered. "There are cereals in the cabinet."

"Get me some too will you?" Phoebe asked as Paige went to get the food.

"So have you done your homework?" I asked and placed bowls and spoons at the table.

"Sure" Phoebe said.

"Right" Paige said and kicked her sister's leg under the table. Something that soon turned into a foot war.

"Hey cut it out before Sevron gets here" I said. "You could get in trouble."

"Don't bet on it" Phoebe said and spun a small silver key in her hand. What was she up to now? I was too tired to even care; I mean how bad could it really be?

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School went by like always until lunch when I sat down with Nat and Sarah. They were both shattering along when I sat down but stopped when they saw me.

"What's wrong?" I asked and looked at them.

"Nothing we were just talking about your sister" Sarah answered.

"What did Phoebe do now?" I sighed and placed my head in my hands. I was not up for this, not now.

"She punched that Paula girl" Nat replied and smiled. "Pretty good too according to Ashley."

"That makes it so much better doesn't it?" I asked and got up from the table. I left my food untouched and left the cafeteria. Suddenly I had lost my appetite.

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I was so angry I was about to burst as I slammed the front door closed that afternoon.

"Phoebe Halliwell, get out of your room now" I yelled up the stairs and paced into the living room.

"Is something wrong?" I looked around and saw that Sevron was standing in the doorway.

"Nothing for you to care of, why don't you just go and take a bath…God knows you need it" I snapped and surprisingly he left me alone. Wow was that all it took to get rid of him?

"Look Prue I can explain" Phoebe said and I spun around to look at her.

"You better have good one" I said and placed my hands on my hips and starred at her.

"You don't know how it was" Phoebe replied.

"Oh no" I cried. "So I don't know how it's like?" I was getting so worked up now and suddenly Paige gasped and pointed behind me. I spun around just in time to see all the books fly out of the bookcase and slam into the floor.

How did that happen?

Suddenly the sound from Phoebe made me turn back to her. Her eyes were no longer angry or defensive, just filled with tears.

"You don't know what she said" my younger sister sink down to her knees and I hurried to her side. All the rage was gone as I wrapped my arms around her.

"She said so evil things about grams and mum …and dad" I could hear the pain in her words.

"Shhh" I let my fingers slide though her hair as I tried to sooth her.

I looked up and saw how uncomfortable Paige looked and waved for her to come too. I put my other arm around her and we just sat there. Three sisters together, I guess I had been pretty blind as to how much they were hurting.

I closed my eyes and let my head fall back against the wall behind me.

Please come back grams…don't you see that we're falling apart here?