Okay, so you all you authors out there know how it is. You say you're going to update and then you get distracted, and then something else happens, and then something else, and before you know it, it's been over a month since you updated. So all I have to say to everyone is, sorry for the long wait.

THE NEXT MORNING

Prue sat at the table staring out the window. A cold mug of coffee and an unread newspaper sat in front of her. Anna was contently sleeping in a rocker by the table.

"Morning" Phoebe said, softly, walking into the kitchen.

"Morning" Prue replied back.

It was quiet as Phoebe went the refrigerator to pour herself orange juice.

"Piper's still asleep?" Prue asked, noticing her sister hadn't made an appearance this morning.

"I guess" Phoebe said. "I think she had a rough night"

Prue felt Phoebe's gaze on her but refused to meet it.

"You really want to do this?" Phoebe said. "Just shut us out, pretend we don't exist"

"I'm not shutting you out" Prue said. "I'm just trying to start my life again"

"And you couldn't start it here?" Phoebe asked. "What did we do to make you hate us, Prue?"

"I don't hate you" Prue said.

"Really, because you won't talk to us, you avoid us whenever possible, and now you're moving out of the house"

"I'm not moving out because of you, I'm moving out because of her" Prue said, looking at Anna. "She needs a real life, which means I need to stop dwelling on what I could have had…and I can't do that here"

"So you're running" Phoebe said.

Prue looked up at her sister. She was met with an expression of half anger and half sadness.

"I'm not running….I'm…" Prue trailed off. "I have to go…"

Prue grabbed Anna out of the rocker and headed out of the kitchen.

Phoebe followed after her.

"Why is it, you just run and hide whenever things get tough" Phoebe said. "I thought you were strong, but all you do is run, instead of facing whatever bugs you. But where are you going to run when things get tough next time?"

Prue turned sharply towards her sister.

"Shut up, Phoebe" Prue said.

"No, I'm not going to" Phoebe said. "You know I'm right…"

"What do you want from me?!?" Prue asked, angry.

"I want you to deal with your problems" Phoebe said. "I want you to keep searching for Caleb until you can't search anymore, I want my sister back!"

"She's right here" Prue said.

"No she's not" Phoebe said, upset.

It was a quiet a second before Phoebe turned and headed back to the kitchen. Prue headed up the stairs. She was heading down the hallway when she almost ran into Piper.

"What's going on?" Piper asked.

Prue walked past her sister without saying anything. Piper watched as her sister walked into her room and shut her door. Piper headed downstairs looking for Phoebe. She walked into the kitchen and saw Phoebe with her head lying on the table.

"Phoebe" Piper said, softly.

"She's not the same" Phoebe said.

"Pheebs, she just needs time" Piper said.

"No, she needs more than time" Phoebe said. "She needs to face everything that's happened and start dealing with it"

"That's easier said than done" Piper said.

"You think I don't know that?" Phoebe asked. "I wish so much she didn't have to hurt but I've realized I can't get rid of her pain…but I do know I can help her face it"

"Phoebe…I think…maybe…we should let her move out" Piper said.

"What?" Phoebe asked, surprised.

"Maybe, she just needs some time" Piper said. "Time to sort things out and figure out how she's going to deal with everything that's happened"

"That's the problem" Phoebe said. "She's not doing this to deal; she's doing this to run"

"I don't think she's running" Piper said.

Phoebe shook her head.

"Why can't she just let it all out?" Phoebe asked. "Why does she have to move instead?"

"Why did you move to New York?" Piper asked.

Phoebe paused and looked at the floor.

"And just like you came home when you were ready, she will too" Piper said.

It was quiet for a minute.

"But what if she never comes back?" Phoebe asked, softly.

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Prue looked at the closet full of stuff in front of her. Years of life were piled in front of her in this closet. Everything in it had a memory attached to it and Prue knew some of those things were memories she didn't want to remember.

Prue sighed and started pulling things out. She stopped when a small stuffed animal fell onto the floor.

"I remember you" Prue said. "Piper and I used to fight over you all the time"

Prue picked up the small stuffed bear.

"Mommy, Piper won't give me back my bear" five year old Prue complained.

"Prue, I've told you before, she thinks it's her bear, she's only two she doesn't know any better" Patty said.

"But it's not fair, just because she littler she gets to keep my stuff!" Prue exclaimed.

"She's not going to keep it, but can't you let her play with it a little?" Patty asked.

Prue crossed her arms over her chest and looked at her mom annoyed.

"Just a little? You know she only wants to play with it because she wants to be just like her older sister" Patty said.

Prue thought it over a second.

"I guess she can play with it" Prue said.

Patty smiled and pulled Prue up to sit in her lap.

"Piper's lucky to have a big sister like you" Patty said, kissing the top of her daughter's head. "And Phoebe will be too"
Prue looked at Patty's stomach which had recently started to grow.

"Mommy" Prue said.

"What?" Patty asked.

"I love you" Prue said.

"I love you too, honey" Patty said.

Prue leaned over and kissed her mom's stomach.

"I love you too Phoebe" Prue said.

Prue looked at the bear in front of her, a tear rolled down her cheek.

"They weren't lucky, mom" Prue said, softly. "I was"

Prue tossed the bear on her bed, making a mental note to leave it for Piper. Before finishing cleaning out her closet, she was interrupted by Anna starting to cry. Prue picked up her daughter and started to rock her.

"What's wrong sweetie?" Prue asked softly. "I already fed you and changed you…what's wrong?"

Tears rolled down Anna's cheeks but she looked straight into Prue's eyes. Prue ears started to ring and it felt like someone was pulling on her mind.

Piper and Phoebe were standing in the kitchen. They were talking and Phoebe's expression was sad. A demon shimmered into the kitchen, out of their sight. He threw n energy ball straight at Piper, sending her flying. Phoebe watched in horror before turning to the demon. Before Phoebe could fend him off, he sent another energy ball at Phoebe.

Prue felt herself being pulled back into reality. She looked around confused. Did she just have a premonition? Prue looked down at Anna who had stopped crying.

"You sent me that premonition, didn't you?" Prue asked.

It hit Prue quickly. Piper and Phoebe…their outfits…they were the ones they were wearing today.

Prue set Anna in her bassinet quickly. She was hesitant to leave her, but she couldn't bring her with her. Prue started running downstairs and into the kitchen. She reached their right as the demon shimmered in. Prue ran and shoved Piper to the ground right as the demon threw the energy ball. Prue saw the energy ball fly above their heads and crash into the wall behind them.

"What the hell?" Piper asked.

Piper stood up quickly and blew the demon up.

"I didn't even see him there" Piper said.

"Neither did I" Phoebe said. "How'd you know he was there?"

"Anna…." Prue said. "Anna!"

Prue started running, her sisters following after her. Prue ran into her room and saw a demon standing over her daughter's bassinet. Anna was screaming.

"Get away from my daughter!" Prue yelled.

Piper froze the demon before he could go any farther towards Anna. Prue raced to the bassinet and picked up Anna. Prue held her close and backed away towards her sisters.

Piper unfroze the head of the demon.

"Who are you? Who sent you?" Phoebe asked.

The demon didn't say anything, he just smiled.

"Are you really stupid or do you just not understand what's going to happen if you don't answer us?" Piper asked.

"Go ahead" the demon said. "Vanquish me"

Prue looked up to see the demon staring straight at her.

"Maybe we will" Prue said.

Prue looked at Piper and she blew up the demon.

"Did you know him?" Phoebe asked.

"Why would you think that?" Prue asked.

"He was staring right at you" Phoebe said.

"Well I didn't know him…at least I don't remember him" Prue said.

Prue sighed and held Anna close to her chest.

"To the book" Piper said, sounding tired.

She headed to the door and Phoebe followed.

"You guys start looking, I'll be right there" Prue said.

They stopped for a second.

"Okay" Piper said.

They left the room and Prue let out a huge breath.

"I shouldn't have left you" Prue said. "I'm so sorry. I'm so stupid"

Prue headed over to Anna's bassinet to grab a blanket. She reached in but quickly stopped. In Anna's bassinet laid another blanket also. It was the blanket Prue had given Caleb. Prue grabbed the blanket and looked at it. There were blood stains all over it.

"Caleb" Prue said, tears forming in her eyes.

Prue hurried up to the attic.

"Phoebe" Prue said, entering the attic. "Phoebe, see if you can get a premonition from this"

Prue shoved the blanket towards Phoebe.

"Where did you get this?" Phoebe asked.

"It was in Anna's bassinet" Prue said.

Phoebe took the blanket and concentrated. Piper and Prue waited, praying Phoebe would get something…anything.

They saw Phoebe flinch and knew she was getting a premonition. They watched for any expression to show what Phoebe was seeing. Finally Phoebe opened her eyes.

"What'd you see?" Prue asked, trying to hide her worry.

"Prue" Phoebe said softly.

"No" Prue said. "No, no, no, he's not…he's not"

Prue slowly lowered herself to the ground and started to sob. She started to rock back and forth and Piper and Phoebe quickly fell to her side. Piper wrapped her arms around Prue while Prue sobbed. Phoebe gently took Anna out of Prue's arms for safety. Prue then fell farther into Piper's arms and sobbed harder than she had ever sobbed.

Phoebe and Piper were also had tears streaming down their cheeks as they tried to comfort their sister in any way possible. Phoebe was the first to see the blue orbs as they appeared. She watched Leo appeared and stood up. Prue's cries quieted and she and Piper joined Phoebe standing.

Leo looked at his sister in law's worn appearance. She hadn't looked the same ever since she came back from the underworld. Her eyes were so empty now.

"It wasn't real" Leo said. "The premonition…it was staged"

"How do you know?" Prue asked, still not quite believing Leo, as much as she wanted to.

"The Elders would've sensed a shift of powers…they didn't" Leo said. "They're sure he's alive"

Prue stood up and headed to the book.

"What are you doing?" Phoebe asked.

"I'm ending this, I'm sick of them toying with me" Prue said.

Prue's sisters watched as Prue flipped through the book. When she found the page she was looking for she started looking for ingredients. Phoebe took that time to look at the page Prue had stopped on.

"Wait, Prue, you can't do this" Phoebe said.

"I don't think that's your decision" Prue said.

Phoebe turned the book so Piper and Leo could see the page.

"A power stripping potion"

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REPLIES: Ever tried typing replies with a cat alternating between rubbing against your face and trying to rub against your hand as you type? I would push him away if he wasn't so darn cute.

Kristy: Hi.

Lizardmomma: You're probably right about the moving out issue but I get the feeling Prue's going to have to figure it out herself. Thanks for reviewing!

Charmedchick34: Sorry about the delayed update! I just got busy with other things and completely forgot. Well hopefully this chapter was somewhat worth the wait. Thanks for reviewing!

Jorden's Prayla: As you could see, this chapter was also an emotional chapter, lol. And needless to say there's going to be a lot more of them until someone can find something to help Prue out. Whether it be getting Caleb back, or helping her accept that he's gone. Thanks for reviewing!

Mony19: Unfortunately, Prue can't see how much she needs her sisters now. In her eyes she's doing what's best for everyone except herself, just like she always does. Well, thanks for reviewing.

Charmed4eva1990: Glad you liked the chapter. Sorry about the delayed update. Thanks for reviewing!

MileyCyrus1015: I'm glad you like the story. It's always fun to get a new reader. Well, I would bring the future Caleb and Anna back but I already did it earlier on in the story. And I usually try avoiding plots I've already used, darn. Well thanks for reviewing and I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

MJLS: Well, saying you're going to move out and live your life is much different then actually doing it. And we'll see if you're right about your thoughts. Thanks for reviewing and I hope you liked the chapter!

Lucrecia Almasy: Glad you liked the chapter. Well just because some people stop looking for Caleb doesn't mean others will. Thanks for reviewing!

Mctittles: I'm glad you like the story. And thanks so much for the compliment. I hope you liked this chapter and thanks for reviewing!