After a few minutes the girls headed back downstairs. They had decided to enjoy a movie with the three other P's. Although Prue had insisted that Phoebe would be fast asleep before the movie was over and had Phoebe insisted on staying up. However all the excitement of the day and having a practice that afternoon had soon caught up with her and she was fast asleep with her head on Shannen's lap. Shannen just let her sleep there as she gently rubbed her back or unconsciously stroked her hair.
Holly noticed the odd look that Shannen would give the youngest Halliwell, nothing but love in her face. Shannen was just relishing spending this time with her baby sister, as when she was at the age that Prue is now all she did was push Phoebe away.
Prue stood up and went to pick up Phoebe. "Her, let me get her off you."
"No it's ok really. I missed this." As she looked over at Alyssa the meaning behind the words not getting past her baby sister.
"Ok if you're sure." As she sat back down.
As the movie ended Shannen sat up, careful not to wake the sleeping Phoebe. She lifted her up and started for the stairs.
"Shannen I can put her bed." Prue insisted
"It's ok Prue, I want to."
But Prue was very protective of her both her sisters and followed them up to her room. Pulling back the covers so Shannen could place her in the bed, she then pulled the covers over her baby sister.
"Shannen can I ask you something?" as she starred down on her sleeping sister.
"Sure shoot."
"You and Alyssa remind me a lot of Pheobs and I."
"Yeah well, it must be a big sister thing. That's why I wanted to do this. Alyssa and I didn't exactly get along when we were your age. Having Phoebe fall asleep on me tonight made me realize what I'd missed out on."
"I just worry about her you know."
"Yeah I do." More then you know she thought to herself. "Come on lets let her sleep."
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"Hey Piper is it just me or our sisters acting very weird lately."
"No it's not just you, they are." Holly said as she cast her eyes towards her own baby sister.
"I heard that Holly." Shannen said as she came down the last steps.
"Yeah whatever. Where's Prue?"
"Tucking her little sister in."
Holly raised and eyebrow and Alyssa looked up to her big sister like she had just grown a third head. The both knew that that was one thing that Prue wouldn't do at that point in time. She was just about to say something when Grams walked in the room.
"Ok girls you have school tomorrow. Off to bed." The older P's looked at Grams like she was crazy until they realized that she was talking about the younger thems.
"Where's Prue and Phoebe?"
"Phoebe fell asleep during the movie and Shannen and Prue put her to bed." Piper told her.
"Well that's one less grandchild to worry about. Piper, come on get. Just because you're a senior doesn't mean that you get to stay up all night."
"Yes Grams." She stood up and hugged her cousins good night.
"Piper why don't you sleep with Prue tonight and let the girls have your bed. I was going to have Phoebe sleep on the couch but it looks like she beat me to that."
"It's ok Penny I can share with Phoebe." Alyssa volunteered
"I don't think you wanna do that Alyssa." Prue said from the top of the landing. "She kicks."
Laughing slightly, Shannen commented "That's ok Prue so does she."
"Hey I don't." Alyssa said defensively
"Do to Lys." Piper added.
Alyssa looked at her sister strangle as much to say where did that come from? "Whatever. Look I'm going to bed myself. Been a long day. Good night Penny." She went over and hugged her grandmother.
"Good night my dear." Kissing her on the cheek
"Good night sisters" giving each sister a hug and a kiss
"Good night baby girl." Shannen told her. "Sleep well."
Alyssa headed up the stairs knowing that tomorrow would be a harder day for her and her sisters then today was.
"You know she's still mad at you?" Holly told her older sister
"Yeah I know but we can figured that out once we get home. Right now we have demon to vanquish." Shannen replied as they followed after thier sister.
Whenthey got to Phoebes and Pipers room they both just watched as their own sister was curled up in behind herself. Almost holding her, protecting her from what was to come.
"It's gonna be a rough day tomorrow isn't?" Holly asked her sister quietly
"Yep. I don't know if I can watch her go through that again,let alone watch myself. How are you doing?"
"I'll be ok I think. I'll just help Piper through it if she need me."
"She'll be fine. At least I seem to remember she was the first time. Or you were."
"You never saw what I was going through inside did you? That's why he picked now. We were all very vulnerable in our own way."
"True, but we survived it then we will now. And maybe with a bit more understanding."
"Maybe." Holly answered her as she crawled under the covers bracing herself for the impact of emotions that would hit them all tomorrow afternoon. "Night Prue."
"Hey, it's Shannen." But she noticed that her sister was already sleeping. She spent the next couple of hours watching both her sisters sleeping, realizing what she missed out on when they were younger.
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Morning came as any other and as usual Shannen was the first one up followed by Prue, then Holly. Piper wasn't that far behind Holly. They were all having breakfast when a very sleepy Phoebe came around the corner into the kitchen.
"Morning Phoebs." Piper called to her from the table.
"Yep it is Piper. Morning. Augh."
"So you ready for the big game kiddo?" Shannen asked her
"Yep. And it'll be better with the three of you there." she said without lifting her head from her arms on teh kitchen table
"Yeah well we wouldn't miss it. We just have to get our baby sister out of bed." Holly remarked
"Yeah where is our baby sister anyway?" Shannen asked
"She was still sleeping when I got up. She kicks by the way."
"Yeah well so do you Phoebe." Prue said
Phoebe just looked at her oldest sister, "Yeah whatever."
Not up for another round of arguing in front of guests Prue changes the subject. "Ok so I'm leaving, anyone that wants a ride to school better get there butts in the car now." As she stood up and headed towards the front door.
Shannen and Holly braced themselves, for they knew what was soon to come.
Phoebe ran upstairs and grabbed her book bag quietly so as not to wake Alyssa. As she was leaving her room she noticed Alyssa awake. "You still coming to me game?"
"Hey, I said we'd be there right?"
"Yeah. I was just checking."
"Phoebe."
"Yeah."
Alyssa so wanted to tell her to walk or take the bus to school but she knew that she couldn't. "Remember what I told you last night."
Phoebe looked at her with some understanding, "I will. See you this afternoon." As she ran out of the room to her big sisters car.
"Yeah. This afternoon." Alyssa said to nobody, for she knew that she would see Phoebe that afternoon, but Phoebe would not see her.
Alyssa just lay in bed afraid to get out. She knew that soon after Phoebe left the room the phone would be ringing telling Grams about what happened. There were parts of the accident that she still to this day, or her day, that she could not remember. They say that happens sometimes with trauma victims. That some detail will always be missing. And yet another person will remember all of it, as she knew was the case with her sister. Her oldest sister kept that guilt inside of her for so long. As she lay there her sisters walked in the room. Neither sister said anything. They just wanted to be there for each other.
About 20minutes after the girls left for school they heard the phone ring. They braced themselves for what they knew would come.
"We have to be there for Grams guys. Come on." Shannen suggested. She got of the bed and started for the door.
Alyssa got out of bed and followed her sisters downstairs. As they reached the bottom she felt Prues arm snake around her waist
As soon as Grams saw them she was both upset and angry. "This is that moment isn't it?" she asked with a bit of anger in her voice.
All the girls could do was nod.
"Well the fact that you are all here now means that you all survived. They said that Phoebe is the worst. She took the full impact of the other car. I need to get to the hospital to sign papers for her surgery."
"Come on Grams I'll drive." Holly told her as she had turned to her sisters. She noticed that Shannen had her arms wrapped around Alyssa protectively as she cried in her arms.
They all ran out of the Manor and headed towards SFMH. Nothing was said the whole way there. When they arrived Grams jumped from the car and ran into the hospital. Leaving her three grown granddaughters to fend for themselves.
As they also entered the hospital they first spotted Piper sitting on a lounge chair. Her arms wrapped around herself, yet still she seemed a bit shaky.
"Piper honey are you ok?" Holly asked her as they all watched Penny go to the nurses staiont to find out about Prue and Phoebe
At first she didn't respond to Holly's question. But then she realized who was beside her and she threw herself into Holly's arms. "Oh god Holly it was terrible. All I could hear was Prue screaming Phoebe's name. Then I saw all the blood. I don't like blood Holly."
"I know sweetie, it's ok I got you. Just let it out I'm not going anywhere." She had her arms wrapped around her younger version just giving her comfort the best that she could.
Shannen and Alyssa just stood there. They knew that what their sister was doing was the best thing for the middle sister. They would just have to wait to hear from Grams about the other two. Shannen knew what she herself had gone through that day, but for Alyssa it was a long wait. She hadn't known what had happened right after the accident; She had been in a coma for three days.
Grams finally came over to them to explain what happened.
"As you know the girls were in a car accident." She stated this more to the older P's then anyone. "Phoebe has some internal injuries and are taking her into surgery. Right now it does not look good." She sat down and took Piper in her arms, as she started to cry for her baby sister. "She'll be ok Piper." She then looked up at the older girls. "Prue has a mild concussion and a dislocated shoulder but she should be ok over all." She was telling them the thing s that they already knew. Both Shannen and Holly knew what had happened to them during the accident. Holly getting away with the least amount of injuries, followed by Shannen. Though she had spent one night in the hospital for observation.
Shannen recalled that night. She had wanted to go to her baby sister but for some reason she didn't. She was tired herself from the medication but the words that flew in the car that morning she herself was ashamed of. She pulled Alyssa into a deep hug not wanting to let her go. They had all made there way through the hospital to Prues room. She was lying in bed with her back to the door. Piper ran up to her big sisters bed and pulled her into a hug.
"Oh god Prue I was so scared."
"I'm ok Piper, just a major headache. How's Phoebe?"
"She's in surgery Prue." Piper said as she looked to Grams. As Grams gave her a slight nod. Letting her know that she could continue. Grams knew that despite Prue and Phoebes fights and indifferences that the news would be best if it came from Piper. "It doesn't look good right now. She has internal injuries and some broken bones."
As Piper explained to Prue what Phoebe was going through, Alyssa couldn't take anymore as she turned and ran from the room.
Shannen was about to go after her when Holly stopped her
"Let her go Shannen, she needs some time right now."
They sat in the chair in Prues room just comforting each other as Piper sat beside her sleeping sister.
"So you think we should go look for our sister?" Shannen asked after about an hour. She was worried about her baby sister not to mention that they needed to be together to vanquish this demon.
"She'll come around. This is all new to her remember. She was sleeping when we were going through this. One disadvantage of time travel I guess."
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Hey I'm going to get a coffee you want anything?" Holly asked her sister
"No I'll be ok. Thanx."
Alyssa had left the hospital and was walking around the park that surrounded it. There were so many emotions going through her she didn't know what way to turn. After about a little over an hour she decided to head back in to see how her younger self was doing. She knew from what she was told that she had been in surgery for just overr an hour. So she should be going into her own room now. It had started to rain heavy as well but she didn't care. Even though she had no jacket she stayed out in the rain thinking about all that her younger self was feeling and going through. She remembered everything from before. The pain when she first woke up. But there was something else that she couldn't place. It was more like a dream then reality. Shaking the thought from her head she headed into the hospital. She found her sisters in Prues room with Piper sitting on the chair beside her big sister.
Holly spotted her sister first and got off of Shannen's lap to go to her baby sister. "You ok?"
"No, but I will be." She said as the tears came once again to her eyes. "Hold me?"
Holly wrapped her arms around her little sister, "I know this is tough for you and new in some ways, but you know that we are here for you now right?"
All she got for a reply was the nod of her sisters head.
The nurse came in and told them that they had just moved Phoebe into ICU. They had thanked her and then decided who was going to go to her. It was decided that Grams and Piper would go and the other three would stay with Prue. Alyssa wanted to go, but she was unsure of how she would handle seeing her younger self connected to all those tubs.
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The night was filled with tension and worry for all involved. The older P's knew that everything regarding the accident would turn out ok but they were worried about the demon. Now that the accident had occurred they knew he would strike soon. Grams, Prue and Piper were worried about Phoebe. Although Grams knew that the outcome must be ok to have the future girls here now, she couldn't help but worry as she did not know how long it would take for Phoebe to recover, or Prue for that matter. She seemed to have withdrawn into herself. Guilt was overtaking her. A guilt that if she didn't talk about it would consume her.
The next few days were pretty much the same. Somebody always kept a vigil beside Phoebe. It was now three days after the accident and still no signs of improvement. Prue moped around the Manor not talking to anyone, even Piper, and Grams pretty much stayed at the hospital.