Chapter 8:
Author's Note: So, this chapter will be leading up to another major secret about Prue. I've given a good hint in the chapter (at least, I think it's good.) So maybe, you'll be able to guess it. But I really don't think it's that obvious. Course, maybe it is and I don't realize it. Either way, something exciting will happen in the next few chapters, so keep on reading. Also, and for now, when Prue/Bianca speaks, I'm going to use Prue's name, but Melinda and Julie will call her Bianca, as they don't know about Prue yet. Well they do. They just don't know who she really is. They only know her as Bianca. So yeah. Hope that cleared things up some in case there was any confusion. If you have any questions, either PM me or send it in a review. I'd be glad to answer any questions, and I also accept suggestions or ideas to the story. It makes things more fun sometimes. Anyway, I'll shut up now so you can read the story. So without further ado, I'd like to present Chapter 8. Read and enjoy. Also, as always, please REVIEW!!!
Prue looked at Wyatt and sighed. "Wyatt, I should probably get going. Melinda and Julie will be suspicious if I'm in the bathroom for too long. Call me if you need anything. But not too often, kay?"
"Alright. You can go. Just try to check in, especially if you get any information." He replied
"Will do. See you later." Prue said, shimmering out and into the bathroom.
Prue flushed the toilet to make it seem like she had actually gone and washed her hands. She also glimmered into Bianca again, because down in the chamber she had become Prue. She gave a sigh, opened the door, and walked back to the kitchen.
"Hey Bianca, we were just starting to get worried there." Julie said as Prue walked back into the room.
"Yeah, we almost thought you fell in the toilet or got lost or something." Melinda joked
Prue thought that it was nice to her Melinda joking with her. She saw it as a sign that Melinda was beginning to trust her. She knew that, like Piper, Melinda was very resistant to trusting people. As an aunt, Prue saw this as a good thing. She thought it was wise of her niece not to trust her. As a Phoenix and one of Wyatt's minions, well, she knew her job would be difficult if she didn't gain Melinda's trust soon.
"Bianca" joked back "Naw, no need to worry. I just seem to take a little longer than most people.
Prue suddenly looked at Julie, and felt something that she hadn't felt in a long, long time. She knew in the past that she had never made the best decisions, but then felt that this one was probably the worst, and the one with the longest-lasting consequences.
"Bianca? Are you okay?" Julie asked, snapping her out of her thought
"What? Oh, yeah, just remembering something…" Prue said, her voice trailing off and she shook her head, as if trying to shake out some memories.
Melinda looked at her watch. "Jules, we should probably start getting dinner ready." She said
"Yeah, it's getting to be that time again, isn't it?" Melinda replied in a state of wonder "Time certainly does seem to fly."
"That's the understatement of the year." Bianca added. "Can I do anything to help? I'm not a great chef, though. The most I can do is toast. And even then, I still burn it. So yeah, I'm not that great. But I can set the table and stuff. I'm pretty good at that."
"Sure, no problem. Melinda's the chef between the two of us. I'm not that great a chef either. I even burned the salad one time, because I forgot it was on the stove top and yeah, bad stuff happened." Julie admitted
"Ha! Are you serious? That's really funny." Prue exclaimed
"Yeah…Melinda wasn't home, but when she did come home, she found me holding a completely melted plastic bowl looking horrified, and smelled the lettuce. She took one look at me and said, "You burnt the salad, didn't you?" Julie said, laughing
"Wow. That definitely is impressive." Prue commented
"Yeah…I told her not to cook alone again. Actually, I told her just to let me do the cooking from then on. Usually if I'm not here, she makes a sandwich or something easy." Melinda said from the stove
"You can trust her with a sandwich?" Prue teased
"Yeah! I actually make pretty good sandwiches!" Julie said, defending herself.
"Huh. Well, at lest you can make something. I really don't trust myself in the kitchen." Prue said
"Well, I guess it's good that you know that about yourself." Melinda commented
"Yup. Though it does get difficult by myself sometimes." Prue sighed
"So you live by yourself?" Julie asked
"Yeah…my family was all killed by Wyatt." Prue said sadly
"I'm sorry. So was our family." Julie replied
"I guess we're all in this together then, huh?" Prue said
"Yeah. It's amazing how bad things have become, though. It's really hard sometimes to believe that things will change." Julie commented
"I guess we just have to believe things will change and keep on pushing for a better future. I know that, at least for me, I want a better future for my children. If I had children it is. That's the thing, though, I feel that I don't want to bring another life into this world right know, just because it's hard enough for me to take care of myself." Prue said
"I could agree with that one. I mean, with me, I never got to know my parents. So I don't know what they would have thought about that. I think that maybe they did know the risks, but they didn't know how bad the future would become. I mean, how could they? They were very young when they had me and my brother, they were only teenagers themselves. All the things that they sacrificed to have us, at least in my opinion, seem a waste, because they never got to know us. I don't know why they wanted us, I don't even know if they wanted us. However, my twin brother was even killed by Wyatt a few years ago. It's been hard for me to form my own opinions about what you said, because of all the sacrifices and lack of parentage that I had in my life." Julie replied
"Wow. I'm really sorry about your brother. And your parents. It's always tough to loose your loved ones. I definitely can vouch for that one." Prue said