Chapter Two
After Prue stormed out of the house, she walked around the city for almost an hour, then she decided that she had missed enough of school and decided to go to her last couple of classes. When she got there she found her friend Rylie (who happened to be a daughter of the new source of all evil) standing and leaning up against a huge sign that read "Welcome To Baker High School Founded in 1965". She walked up to her and they started talking.
Rylie: Hey Prue what's wrong with you?
Prue: I got in a huge fight with Coop this morning.
Rylie: What about?
Prue: My potions teacher summoned him and told him about me ditching class.
Rylie: Oh, ok. what did Phoebe say.
Prue: She was clueless as always i have no idea how she became an advice columnist. I mean if she doesn't know whats up with me how does she help and know whats up with complete strangers.
Rylie looks over and sees their friend Brittany walking over: Hey Brit, why are you so late?
Brittany: I didnt do my homework for my first class so i ditched.
Prue: So did I.
Prue, Brittany, and Rylie stand talking for a while and then decide to go to their last class which they have together and then they all decide to ditch magic school lessons and hang around the pool hall downtown.
Phoebe had just arrived at her office at the newspaper where she worked. She said hello to her assistant and walked in and sat down at her desk. She pulled out the first letter of the day and started reading it. It read:
Dear Ask Phoebe,
My parents have become to busy and to preoccupied to listen or care about me. How do I show them that I need then to be there for me?
Sincerely,
Purely Forgotten
Phoebe sat for a few minutes thinking about how to react to the situation she had just read. Then, her thoughts drifted to her own daughter and her comment to Coop this morning.
You never wanted to talk about anything before why start now?
What had she meant by that? Then she looked clearly at the letter before her. The stationary had looked familiar. It was the same she had at home for shopping lists and other things she had needed to jot down.
She thought about Prue, her skipping classes, and she could have swore she had smelled smoke coming from her room in the condo but she had passed it off as a demon vanquish.
She quickly gathered her purse and keys and ran out to her car, got in and drove to her daughters school and found her standing outside with Rylie and Brittnay talking and all three holding ciggarettes.
She got out of the car and started walking over to the three girls.
Brittany trying to hide her ciggarette: Look Prue, there's your mom.
Prue looking at her mom horrified: Oh Shit! What the hell is she doing here? She's always at work at this time of day.
Phoebe looking at her daughter angrily: Prudence Penelope Halliwell! What the hell are you doing?
Prue: Well, its called hanging out with my friends. You should remember it your not that old.
Phoebe: Get in the car now we will talk when we get home.
Prue and Phoebe faught for a while and Prue finally gave in and said bye to her friends.
Later they were at home sitting in the living room in silence, Phoebe starring at Prue and Prue avoiding even looking at Phoebe. Finally, the silence was broken by Phoebe.
Phoebe looking at Prue: Are we really gone that much, I mean do you really think we don't care about you anymore?
Prue finally looks at Phoebe and smirks kind of evily: I see you got my letter.
Phoebe looking at her daughter sadly: Yeah, but I didn't know it was yours. It just got me thinking about you and what you said to your father this morning about us never wanting to talk to you. You could have just came to me and talked to me if you needed me. You didn't have to rebel or write me a letter. You could have just took me asside some day and told me you needed to talk.
Prue looks away with tears in her eyes: No i couldn't. You were always busy with the paper and with The Charmed Ones and helping Aunt Paige and Aunt Piper with their kids. It doesn't matter anymore the only reason I wrote that letter was because I wanted to know if you'd figure it out.
Prue stands up and trys to walk to her room but Phoebe grabs her arm and stops her.
Phoebe: you can't just leave you need to talk about this.
Prue jerking away from her mothers grasp: There's nothing to talk about why don't you just go back to work.
Prue storms out and walks to the school where she finds Rylie and Brittany sitting in the same spot.
Phoebe holds back tears and decides to go to the manor and see if for once instead of helping her sisters with their kids if they would help her with hers.