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FRIDAY NIGHT
Shawn pulled up in his candy apple red convertible. He got out, and then opened the door for Prue and walked her up to the door.
"Are you sure you can't come in?" Prue asked as she up looked into his glistening blue eyes and ran her fingers through his short black hair.
"Yea, I'm sorry baby, but I have an early meeting." Shawn said. The two kissed goodnight then went their separate ways.
"Oh, oh, I want details!" Phoebe said from the living room as Prue entered and plopped down next to her.
"I am so in love." Prue said with a smile on her face. Before Shawn, Phoebe didn't get to see much of that. She was so happy for her sister. 'She has finally found someone she is serious about and is happy with.' Phoebe thought to herself.
"You really think you're in love?" Phoebe asked as she wrapped her arm around Prue's shoulders.
"Definitely. Every time I see him, I get this.. feeling.... inside me. This, wonderful feeling. I can't explain it." Prue said.
'Well, I am glad you found someone." Phoebe said.
"Me too. Now Piper has one and I have one. All that’s left is gettin you one." Prue said.
"Oh, no. There is no man for me." Phoebe said.
"Sure there is, we just have to find him." Prue said.
"What if the man I am meant to be with is in, like, Asia and he doesn't even speak English?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, we can teach him English." Prue said as she laughed and soon Phoebe was too.
"At dinner tonight, Shawn and I were talking about, living together." Prue said.
"Really?" Phoebe asked.
"Yea, I know we've only been going out for 2 months, but we're in love. I was thinking, maybe he is ready for our secret." Prue said, the last part slower than the first.
"You're THAT serious?" Phoebe asked.
"Yea. If I told him, I would feel so much better and then he could , you know, move into the manor. If its OK, with you and Piper." Prue said. Phoebe didn't say anything right away, but after a few minutes, she did.
"Well, if you trust him enough to tell him and let him live here, than so do I." Phoebe said.
"Thanks, Pheebs." Prue said with a smile as she hugged Phoebe.
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THE NEXT MORNING
Phoebe awoke to the bright sun shining in her face. She looked at her clock, 10:30. She knew both her sisters were up by now. She went down the stairs and as she was about to enter the kitchen, she heard Piper ask, " You're THAT serious?" Piper asked.
"Yea, she is." Phoebe said as she walked into the kitchen, knowing what her 2 sisters were talking about.
"So, I was thinking that..." Prue began.
"She would feel better and he could move into the manor, if its OK with us." Phoebe finished for her as she walked over to the table with her coffee.
"Well, I can see someone already discussed this. What do you think Pheebs?" Piper asked.
"As long as she trusts him, I trust him." Phoebe said.
"Well, Prue, the same thing goes for me." Piper said.
"Really? Wow, I have the greatest sisters in the world." Prue said as she got up and huegged both her sisters.
"Yea, you got lucky." Phoebe said.
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THAT NIGHT
"So, what is this big secret that you can't tell me in public?" Shawn asked Prue as two stood on a cliff overlooking the sea as the sun set.
"OK, this is going to be really hard for you to believe, and I don't want you to freak out about it either. I am really trusting you with this, Shawn." Prue said.
"OK." Shawn said, very curious now.
"OK, Here goes. ( in her mind: You can do this, Prue.) Shawn, my sisters and I, we are..... witches." Prue said finally as a wave of relief as well as a wave of fear washed over her.
"Excuse me?" Shawn asked in disbelief.
"We're witches." Prue said again.
"Define witch. Like, what do you do?" Shawn asked.
"Well, we use our powers to fight demons. We are good witches and we protect innocents as well as the entire world. There is a whole other world of demons, warlocks, and every evil, imaginable and unimaginable, and we face it everyday." Prue explained.
"You have powers?" Shawn asked.
"Yea, my powers are telekinesis and astral projection, Piper can freeze time and blow things up, and Phoebe gets premonitions and levitates." Prue explained more.
"Can you show me your power?" Shawn asked.
"Sure, see that rock over there, I'll move it." Prue said and she did.
"Wow, thats, thats amazing." Shawn said with a smile on his face.
"So your not scared and your not gonna freak out or anything?" Prue asked.
"Scared? No way, this is really cool!" Shawn said as he passionately kissed Prue.
"This shows me how much you trust me, and love me." Shawn said.
"And I do, very, very, very much. Do you still wanna move into the manor?" Prue asked, not sure of the answer.
"Of course, as long as it is OK with you sisters." Shawn replied back.
"They said its OK." Prue said as she kissed him again.
"Well then, I guess its set. I'm movin in." Shawn said as the two stood their a while longer to enjoy the company and the view.
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"OK, we almost have everything in." Shawn said as he sat in the living room with everyone else.
"Yea, you know, you have alot of stuff." Phoebe said.
"Yea, I am going to put some of it in storage, stuff that I don't need." Shawn said back.
"I am going to start dinner." Piper said as she walked towards the kitchen.
"I'll help her." Leo said smiling, following his wife into the kitchen.
"I am going to go take a shower because you and I," Prue said going up to shawn, " have a party tonight for the magazine."
"Oh yea, that is tonight. Well, I 'll just finish getting everything in the house and then I will get ready." Shawn said.
"OK." Prue said as she walked up stairs to the bathroom.
"Well, Phoebe, would you mind helping me move in the rest of my stuff?" Shawn asked.
'No, of course not." Phoebe said as she and Shawn walked out to his car to get the final boxes. She and Shawn both walked over to the the car trunk.
" Be careful with that box, I have valuable in it." Shawn told her.
"Okie Dokie." Phoebe said as she lifted the box out of the trunk. She would've dropped it had it been fully out of the trunk but it wasn't so it only dropped a bit to the edge of the trunk.
"What did I just tell you?" Shawn asked, anger showing in his voice.
"I'm sorry, it just slipped, I 'm sure nothing is broken." Phoebe said.
'Well, nothing better be broken, or you're going to pay for it, you little bitch." Shawn said as he then slapped Phoebe across the face, leaving her stunned. After a few minutes she spoke.
"You....you....you... hit me. You hit me!" Phoebe said nearly yelling.
"Oh, no. I am so sorry Phoebe. I don't know what got into me. It must just be the pressure from work. I swear, I am so sorry. Please just keep this to yourself." Shawn said.
'But, you hit me. How can I be sure you won't do the same to Prue. I have to tell her." Phoebe said.
"Oh, I swear I would never hurt Prue, honest. I haven't hurt her the whole time we've been going out. Please Phoebe, I swear I won't do anything like this again, honest. Please don't hurt Prue like this." Shawn said pleadingly.
"Well, Shawn, I am not going to tell her. But if you lay a finger on me, Prue, or Piper EVER, I swear, you won't know what happened." Phoebe said as she walked off with the box.
'Why did I just agree with him???' Phoebe asked herself as she set the box down then went to the kitchen. About half an hour later, Prue and Shawn came down dressed for the party. Phoebe looked at Prue in her black dress showing all her curves and when she looked her in her eyes she saw it. She didn't see fear or pain, she saw that sparkle of happiness and trust and love that Prue hardly ever had and she knew Shawn gave it to her. She just couldn't tell her, no matter how much she wanted to, it just wouldn't come out, she couldn't crush her sister's happiness.
It was morning in the Haliwell manor and all 3 sister's were awake in the kitchen.
"Who wants pancakes?" Piper asked.
"Me!" Prue and Phoebe said together.
"Good, because I made alot of them." Piper said. Then, they all 3 heard a noise, a loud thud.
"Sounded like it came from the attic." Phoebe said as she stood up and went rushing towards the attic with Prue and Piper right behind her. As soon as they entered the attic, they saw a demon chasing after the book which kept moving away from him because it protects itself from evil. As soon as he saw them, he stopped.
"Ahh, the Charmed Ones." The demon said as he threw a fireball at them suddenly, and they all dove out of the way. Phoebe stood and helped her sisters up, and Piper tried to freeze him.
"Uh-oh." They all said together.
"Your powers have no affect on me, you stupid witches." He said. He then threw a bolt of energy at Phoebe and before she could dive out of the way, it hit her and sent her flying across the attic.
"Phoebe!
Piper and Prue both exclaimed as the ran, as fireballs and energy bolts were sent hurtling towards them, to their sister who landed right next to the Book of Shadows.
"The pages." Piper said as she noticed the book turning pages by it self again. The pages stopped right on the page of the demon they were battling. They all looked at the page and read the spell vanquishing the demon for ever.
"Phoebe, are you OK?" Prue asked as she helped her sister up.
"My shoulder hurts and I am sore, but I am OK." Phoebe said.
"Come on, we'll put some ice on your shoulder." Piper said as she helped her sister stand.
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"You sure you're gonna be OK by youself?" Prue asked.
"Yea, now you two go ahead to work. I'll be fine." Phoebe said
"OK, call if you need anything." Piper said.
"OK, I will." Phoebe said.
"Bye." Prue and Piper said as they hugged Phoebe and left for work.
"Bath, hot bath." Phoebe told her self as she walked up the stairs to the bathroom. She spent an hour in there soaking in the hot water, which turned to cold water. She went to her room and got dressed then went downstairs to watch t.v. for a bit before her afternoon class. No sooner did she down on the couch, did Shawn come in the door. Phoebe was about to say something, but then she saw Shawn as he entered the living room. In his eyes, no, in his entire face, was written the feeling of hate, anger, despise and rage.
"Whats wrong?" Phoebe asked.
"Whats wrong? Whats wrong? I'll tell ya whats wrong. My damn boss took me off the Averisa trial today. I could have gotten that guy free of all charges and he just too me off of it!" Bret said as he sat down on the opposite side of the couch as Phoebe.
"Did he tell you why?" Phoebe inquired.
"Yea. My boss said that I wasn't working hard enough on it and I didn't have enough to get the guy free of the murder charges." Shawn said, getting more and more enraged as he talked about it.
"Murder? Oh, I could never do a job where I set murderers free." Phoebe said.
"Oh yea, well it certainly does bring in the money!" Shawn said.
"True, but I still couldn't sleep at night knowing I helped get a murder back on the streets." Phoeeb said.
"What, my job makes me a bad person now!?" Shawn asked. Phoebe just shook her head knowing that whatever she said would just fuel his anger even more.
"Than what did you mean!?" Shawn asked.
"Nothing, nothing at all." Phoebe said as she stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
"Where do you think you're going? You call me a bad person, the you walk off? I don't think so!" Shawn said as he stood and went after Phoebe . Phoebe heard his feet pounding on the ground behind her and she started to run, she went out the backdoor and into the back yard, but that was as far as she got. The snow was chilling her bare feet slowing her down and Shawn caught up with her in no time. He tackled her to the ground.
"Thought you could run away from me, huh?" Shawn asked as he turned her on her back and sat on her so she couldn't move. She struggled greatly, but Shawn just laughed as he had managed to restrain her legs and arms. "In one swift movement, he lifted his arm and struck Phoebe in the left eye sending pain through her head.
"Take that you little bitch." Shawn said as he got up off the ground and brushed him self off.
"Why are you doing this?" Phoebe asked. Shawn bent down and looked her in the eyes, faces merely inches apart.
"Because I can. And as long as this stays our little secret, it will only be you." Shawn said slowly and in a whispering voice that caused Phoebe to shudder. Then he stood and went into the house to change out of his wet clothes(from the snow). Phoebe stayed laying in the snow for about 15 minutes before she heard his car roar out of the drive way, so she went back in the house.
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"Anybody home?" Prue asked as she entered the manor.
"Guess not." She said as she walked in and took of her coat. She walked into the living room and saw someone laying on the couch. She walked over to the couch and tried to see who was laying there, bu their head was covered by the blanket. Prue pushed the blanket down a little and she saw it was Phoebe. She smiled and wiped a piece of hair from her little sister's hair. She noticed how sweaty she seemed so she put her hand to Phoebe's forhead.
"Oh, Pheebs, you're burning up." Prue said as she felt the heat radiateing off her sister. She decided to wake her to give her some medicine.
"Pheebs, honey, wake up." Prue said gently.
"Huh? Prue?" Phoebe asked, not moving.
"Yea, baby, its me." Prue said to the still form.
"Don't you have work?" Phoebe asked.
"Yea, been there. Its 6:00." Prue said.
"6:00? I had a class at 3! Oh, this is great!" Phoebe said as she sat up.
"Calm down , Pheebs, I'm sure........ What happened to your eye?" Prue asked.
"What do you mean?" Phoebe asked.
"You have a black eye." Prue said. Then Phoebe remembered everything. The yelling, the chasing, the hitting, and the freezing cold snow. 'Come on, Phoebe, now's your chance to tell her.' Phoebe told herself.
"Well?" Prue asked.
Phoebe looked into Prue's eyes. She saw concern and worry. But she also saw that sparkle, that always existing sparkle that Shawn brought to her. She tried to say it 'Shawn did it'. She tried so hard to get it to come out of her mouth, but she couldn't do it.It was just like before. She thought back to all the times Prue sacrificed her time and her social life for Phoebe. How Prue always had to take care of her and Piper, and how she still does. All those times when Phoebe was scared or hurt, Prue was there. She just couldn't rob her sister of that happiness, she couldn't do it, she wouldn't.
"I guess its from this morning when I hit the corner of the table after I got thrown." Phoebe said. 'Damn it! You should've told her! Damn it, Damn it, Damn it! What the hell is your problem?'Phoebe told herself.
"I didn't know you hit the table." Prue said as she inspected her sister's eye.
"Not really hard, but enough to give me a black eye, obviously." Phoebe said.
"Yea, apparently. I'm going to get you some medicine and some ice for your eye." Prue said as she stood and went into the kitchen. Minutes later she was back to her sister's side. Prue gently laid the ice on her eye. Phoebe took it of and shook her head..
"T-too c-co-cold." Phoebe said as she shivered, already having chills because of the flu she had.
"OK honey, at least take some flu medicine." Prue told her. Phoebe complied with what her sister said Then laid back down.
"Now, I want you to rest." Prue told her as she combed her fingers through Phoebe's hair. Phoebe nodded.
"Prue?" Phoebe asked softly.
"Yea?" Prue asked.
"Will you stay with me?" Phoebe stuttered out as he teeth chattered.
"Of course, baby." Prue said as she got up on the couch and pulled Phoebe into her lap, who was soon fast asleep.
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"Hey, I'm home!" Piper said as she came through the door and took off her coat.
"Shhhh!" Prue said as she came down the stairs.
'Why?" Piper asked now in a whisper as Prue pulled her into the kitchen.
"Because, Phoebe's asleep on the couch." Prue said.
"Oh, Is she OK?" Piper asked. Prue shook her head.
"She has the flu, I think. I gave her some flu medicine when I came home from work. She missed her class today, so she must really be out of it." Prue said.
"Poor Pheebs, she's always the one to get sick, and she gets the worst of it, too." Piper said.
"Yea, she has a black eye too." Prue said.
"How'd she get that?" Piper asked in suprise.
"When she hit the table in the attic after that demon sent her flying." Prue said.
"I didn't know she hit the table." Piper said.
"Apparently she did."
"Yea, I guess. Ya know, we should probably move her up to her bed, she'd be more comfortable." Piper said.
"Yea, we should. Its going on 11 o'clock. Wait, why are you here at 11 o'clock, remember P3?" Prue asked.
"Yes, I remember P3. But Leo said he'd cover the bar so I could come home early." Piper said.
"How sweet. Now lets get Pheebs to bed." Prue said as she and Piper walked into the living room. Prue picked her baby sister up and carried her to her room. She put her in bed and wrapped her in the covers.
"Huh? Prue?" Phoebe asked as she stirred from her sleep.
"Yea honey, its me. Piper and I thought you would be more comfortable in bed." Prue said.
"Oh, ok." Phoebe said, then went right back to sleep. Prue and Piper made sure she was settled in, then they left to go to their own rooms for a good night sleep. About 4 hours later, the 2 older sisters were awoken by the screams of the youngest. They both ran straight for her room, Prue getting there first because she is closest.
Phoebe awoke in a cold sweat, gasping for air, her heart pounding at what she saw. Moments later, She felt her sister's arms wrap around her in comfort and she felt her other sister right next to her as well.
"Shh, its OK, Pheebs. Piper and I are here." Prue said as she held Phoebe close. Phoebe relaxed in her sisters' embrace and sobbed.
"Calm down Phoebe, you're gonna make yourself get sick." Piper said as she rubbed her sister's back. Just as she said it, Phoebe bent over the bed and threw up in the bucket that Piper had placed beside her bed earlier, just in case.
"Shh, its OK Pheebs. Clam down baby, calm down." Prue said. After about 10 minutes Phoebe stopped crying. She looked at her sisters and knew what they wanted to know.
"I saw you two, being killed by a demon. But it wasn't like a fireball or anything, he slowly cut you both until you bled to death, I saw it, I saw the whole thing." Phoebe said shakily as he pulled her sisters close to her.
"Oh, Pheebs, don't worry, we won't let that happen." Prue said as she rubbed her sister's back, which always helps calm her down.
"It was so real." Phoebe said.
'But it wasn't, honey, Prue and I are right here, we're fine." Piper said.
"I know, but it was just horrible." Phoebe said. Prue and Piper pulled her close in their embrace giving her the much needed comfort. She finally fell asleep about an hour later.
"I'm gunna stay with her tonight, in case she has another dream." Prue whispered to her sister.
"I'll stay too." Piper said.
"No, go back to bed, you have to get up early to go to the club and set up and do inventory. My photo shoot isn't until 1 tomorrow." Prue said.
"OK, but get me if she has another nightmare, or premonition, whatever it was." Piper said.
"I will. Good night Piper, I love you." Prue said.
"Love you too, Prue." Piper said as she got up off the bed and went back to her room. Prue laid down next to Phoebe and pulled her close to her, and she fell asleep that way.
The next morning, Phoebe awoke with the sun shining brightly on her face. She felt the presence of someone else next to her on the bed. She turned and she was staring into the icy blue eyes of her eldest sister.
"Morning." Prue said with a smile.
"Morning." Phoebe said back. She thought for a minute about why her sister was there, but then everything came back to her. The vision, that seemed so real, of her sisters' death.
"How are you feeling?" Prue asked.
"Like I have the flu." Phoebe said.
"Are you hungry?" Prue asked. Phoebe shook her head
"Honey, you have to eat something. How bout you go get in the bathtub and I'll bring you up some toast when you get out." Prue said as she got out of bed.
"OK, thanks." Phoebe said as she also got out of bed and headed towards the bathroom.
Downstairs:
"Prue, are you here?" Shawn asked as he came through the manor door.
"Yea, in here." Prue said from the kitchen.
"Hi baby." Shawn said as he walked up to Prue and kissed her passionately.
"Hi, I thought you had to work today." Prue said.
"Oh, I did, I only had one case." Shawn said.
'Well, thats good." Prue said.
"Yea, I'm yours for the day." Shawn said with a smile on his face.
"Not the whole day, I have a photo shoot at 1, plus Phoebe is sick." Prue said.
"Hmm, what about later?." Shawn asked.
"I might be able to, it depends on what Piper does. Leo might be able to cover the bar for her so she can come home and look after Phoebe.
"OK, well I'm gonna change into comfortable clothes and I can help you with Phoebe." Shawn said.
You are so sweet." Prue said as she kissed Shawn then he headed up stairs.
'Maybe I'll take a quick shower' Shawn said to himself. So he got a towel and headed for the bathroom.
Phoebe just got out of the bathtub and was wrapping a towel around herself as the door opened. She hugged the towel close to her to shield the view as she saw that Shawn was the one who opened the door.
"Excuse me! Get out!" Phoebe said, almost yelling.
"Oh, um, sorry, didn't know you were in here." Shawn said.
"Yea, well next time knock!" Phoebe said as she slammed the door in his face causing the handle to hit him in a 'sensitive' area. He bent over in pain.
Prue heard her sister yelling and she went to find out what was wrong. She got there in time to see Phoebe slamming to door in Shawn's face and him bending over in pain.
"Shawn! Are you OK?" Prue asked.
'Yea, yea, I'm fine." Shawn said as he stood upright.
"What happened?" Prue asked.
"I accidently walked in on Phoebe, I didn't see anything, mind you, and she slammed the door in my face." Shawn said.
"OK, why didn't you knock?" Prue asked.
"I didn't know anyone was in there." Shawn said.
"Thats why you knock." Prue said.
"I know, I know, I'm sorry, really. ( he went up to the door) Phoebe, I'm really sorry about this, truely." Shawn said.
"It's OK, honest mistake." Phoebe said, only because Prue was there.
"I'm gonna get out of these clothes." Shawn said.
"OK." Prue said as Shawn walked towards their bedroom. Prue walked up to the bathroom door and she could hear her sister coughing.
"You OK, Pheebs?" Prue asked.
"Yea, I'm fine." Phoebe said weakly from inside the bathroom door as she put on her sweat shirt and sweat pants. Then, she felt the bile rising in her throat and she bent over next to the toilet, releasing whatever was in her stomach.
"Phoebe? You OK?" Prue asked as she heard all of this happening. There was no response. She opened the door slowly to let her sister know she was coming in. She saw her sister lying against the tub, pale and breathing heavily. She rushed over to her and knelt next to her. She put her hand to her head and felt that she was burning up, more than before.
"Come on, honey, lets get you back to bed." Prue said as she helped Phoebe off the floor.
"Ughhh." Phoebe said as she leaned heavily on Prue all the way back to her bedroom. Prue settled her into bed.
"Uh, Prue, can you hand me a t-shirt from my drawer, I am sweating in this thing." Phoebe said. Prue knew it was because of the fever, so she handed Phoebe a t-shirt to change into.
'You change, and I'm gonna go get you some more medicine and something to settle your stomach." Prue said. Phoebe just nodded.
Prue went downstairs and Shawn was waiting for her in the kitchen.
"I thought you said you had a shoot at 1." Shawn said.
"I do, its only , oh no! Its 12:30!" Prue said.
"Calm down, honey. Go ahead, I'll take care of Phoebe." Shawn said.
"Ok, thank you so much baby. Make sure to give her the flu medicine and don't give her anything except toast if she says she's hungry because she might get sick. Love you, Bye." Prue said as she grabbed her camera equipment and left. Shawn made sure she was gone before he went up to Phoebe's room.
"Hello, Phoebe." Shawn said. Phoebe just rolled over to face the window.
"Aww, come on, don't be like that." Shawn said as he went over to the bed and laid down next to Phoebe.
"Go away." Phoebe said angrily. Shawn didn't move.
"Prue!" Phoebe yelled.
"It's no use, Prue left for her photo shoot. Ya know, its not very nice to shut the door in someone's face." Shawn said as he grabbed one of Phoebe's left wrist.
"Stop, you're hurting me!" Phoebe said as she tried to free herself from Shawn's graps with no use. She was too weak from her sickness to put up much of a fight. He slapped her across the face.
"Oops." Shawn said as Phoebe reached her free wrist behind her to her night table and grabbed the letter opener that was there. She brought it back and swiped it across Shawn's face.
"Oops." Phoebe said as she got up out of bed and ran from her bedroom. But Shawn was right behind her and caught up with her at the top of the steps as she couldn't run very fast due to her weakness.
"You're gonna be sorry you did that, bitch." Shawn said as he grabbed her by both shoulders and turned her to face him. He slapped her again. Then Phoebe gathered all the energy left in her body, and she gave him a round house kick in the stomach which didn't hardly have any effect on her at all. He walked back up to her and she was about to kick him again when he grabbed her foot and pushed her backwards, sending her falling down the stairs. The last thing she saw of the world was blackness.
Prue and Piper rushed in the hopsital entrance to the main desk. Their hearts were beating fast and all the color was drained from their faces. They had just got a call that Phoebe was at SMFH.
"How may I help you?" The older lady behind the desk asked.
"My sister, Phoebe Haliwell, was brought in a little bit ago." Prue said.
"Oh, yes, she is still in the E.R. right now. You can wait right over there and the doctor will be out to talk to you as soon as he can." The lady said.
"OK, thankyou very much." Prue said as she and Piper walked over to the chairs in the waiting room and sat down. A few minutes later, Shawn walked in with a coffee.
'Shawn." Prue said as she saw him. She stood and they embraced.
'Hi honey." Shawn said.
"What happened to Phoebe?" Piper asked as Shawn and Prue both sat down.
" I was sitting down stairs watching tv, I had just given Phoebe her medicine. I heard a thump fron upstairs, so I went to check it out. I saw Phoebe in her room struggling and trying to fight the best she could against this , this, tall green guy. A demon, as you guys call him. I tried to help her out, but he backhanded me and threw me across the room, thats how I got this(he points to the scratch on his cheek). So Phoebe runs as best as she can from the room, but I guess she was really drained because the demon caught up with her at the top of the steps. I was able to make it to the door at this point. Then, they were fighting physically again, and he pushed her backwards down the stairs. He smiled, then he just like, disappeared. I went to Phoebe, who was at the bottom of the steps, and she was unconscious. I called an ambulance and I didn't move her because I didn't want to hurt her." Shawn said.
"Have you heard anything about her?" Prue asked.
"No, they said the doctor would be out when he was finished." Shawn said just as a tall man in a white jacket came through the emergency room doors.
"Haliwell?" The doctor asked.
"Thats us." Prue said as she and Piper stood up.
"How's my sister? Is she OK?" Piper asked.
"Ok, your sister has a broken ankle, a fractured wrist, and a concussion from a bump on the head, along with a few other bumps and brusies from the fall. She also has double pneumonia and a hint of the flu ." The doctor said.
" Double Pneumonia?" Piper and Prue both asked at the same time.
"Yes, it is when both of the lungs are infected. We gave her some medicine for it, and it should be cleared up in about 2-3 weeks. As for the ankle, I want to give it about 3 months to heal completely because some of the bone is shattered and her wrist should be OK in about 2 weeks." The doctor said.
"Can we see her?" Piper asked.
"Yea, The nurses are getting her settled into a room right now. She hasn't woken up yet though. Hold on, let me check what room she is in." The doctor said as he walked over to the desk to find out.
"Oh, poor Pheebs." Prue said as she wrapped an arm around Piper. Just then Shawn's beeper went off.
"Babe, I have to go. Business calls." Shawn said as he stood up.
"Oh, OK honey. I don't know what time we'll be home tonight, it depends on how Phoebe is doing.." Prue said.
"OK. Bye." Shawn said as he kissed Prue and headed out of the hospital. The doctor walked back over to them.
'She is on room 209. Its down the hall and to the right. You can go ahead and see her. I want you to call me when she wakes up, OK?" The doctor asked.
"We will doctor, and thank you for everything." Prue said. The doctor nodded with a smile and headed off in another direction. Prue and Piper walked down the long white corridor that smelled deeply of disinfectant. They came to room 209 and walked in. There, on the bed was Phoebe with her arm in a brace and her ankle and some of her leg in a cast. There was a white bandage around her head and you could see the brusies on her arms and legs from the fall.
'Oh, my poor baby girl." Prue said as she walked to the side of the bed as Piper walked to the other. They each took a hand, Piper more carefully because that hand was the one with the cast. Prue had a tear lingering in her eye and Piper had tears running down her cheek. They both hated to see their baby sister in such a helpless state.
Phoebe could hear voices in the distance, and she felt herself being pulled closer to them. She opened her eyes slowly to see her sisters standing by her bed side looking down at her.
"Phoebe?" Prue asked. Phoebe opened her eyes all the way when she heard that comforting voice of her eldest sister, her protector.
"Pr-prue?" Phoebe asked weakly.
"Yea honey its me." Prue said as she ran her hand through Phoebe's hair.
"Pi-piper?" Phoebe asked.
"Yea sweetie, I'm right here." Piper said as she caressed Phoebe's cheek with her hand.
" What happened?" Phoebe asked.
'You don't remember?" Prue asked. Phoebe shook her head.
"You were at the house with Shawn and..." Prue started.
"Shawn? Who's Shawn?" Phoebe asked. Piper and Prue looked at each other then Phoebe with concern.
"You don't remember that either?" Piper asked. Phoebe shook her head.
"OK, I'm gonna go get the docotor. I'll be right back." Piper said before she walked out of the room in search of the doctor. Minutes later, she was back dragging him by the sleeve of his white coat.
"Well, she's up." The doctor said smiling.
"How are you feeling?" The doctor asked.
"Sore, very sore." Phoebe said.
"Yea, I bet. You must have taken a nasty fall." The doctor said as he looked over her chart.
"She can't remember what happened." Prue informed him.
"That can happen sometimes. (to Phoebe) What is the last thing you remember?" The doctor asked.
"Umm... my sisters and I rented like 7 movies and we spent all day together watching them." Phoebe said as she smiled at the thought. The doctor turned to Prue and Piper.
"When was this?" The doctor asked.
"About 3 months ago. We haven't had a sister night since then." Prue said, the last part mainly to herself.
"OK, so she has a short term memory loss. She doesn't remember anything that happened in the last 3 months." The docotor said.
"How long will this last?" Prue asked.
"It varies from person to person. Some it only last for days, some for weeks, and some for months." The doctor said.
"What can we do to help her?" Piper asked.
"Well, I am going to release her into your care tomorrow, I want to keep her overnight for observation. Being at home in her usual surroundings should help her. Anything could trigger her memory, big or small." The doctor said.
"OK, thankyou very much doctor." Prue said.
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"You ready to go home, honey?" Piper asked as she and Prue walked into her room.
"Yea." Phoebe said. She never did like hospitals.
"OK, into the chair." Prue said as she wheeled the wheelchair closer to Phoebe. Phoebe slid off the side of the bed and got into the chair, with her sisters' help.
"Lets go." Prue said as she wheeled Phoebe out of the room with Piper walking next to her. They stopped at the main desk to get a pair of crutches for Phoebe as well as some pain medication.
The ride home to the manor was silent. Phoebe sat in the back so she could prop her leg up. When Prue pulled into the driveway, she looed back on her baby sister and saw she was soundly sleeping. She tried to wake her as did Piper, but she wouldn't wake. So Prue carried her inside to the couch and got her settled in with the quilt their Gram's had given them. Prue and Piper walked into the kitchen to put on some tea.
"This is going to be hard on her, hell, it's going to be hard on all of us." Piper said as she sipped her tea.
"Yea, we just have to be there for her. The doctor said anything could trigger her memory." Prue said. Piper nodded at that. Then they heard Phoebe screaming their names. They rushed into the living room to find Phoebe sitting up on the couch very upset over something.
"What? What is it, honey?" Prue asked as she sat next to Phoebe and held her as Piper sat next to her as well.
"There was a man in her. I didn't know if he was a demon or not. He smiled at me then he went upstairs." Phoebe said.
"OK, we'll go check it out." Prue said as she and Piper rised. Phoebe grabbed her arm before she could walk.
"No! Don't leave me alone here." Phoebe said pleadingly.
"OK, Piper, you stay here with Phoebe, I'll go check it out. If there is anyone up there, I can throw him." Prue said. Phoebe nodded as Prue went up the stairs cautiously. When she got to the top, she noticed the attic door ajar. She approached the door with caution and she slowly opened it. There, in the middle of the attic, was the intruder that had scared her sister.
She was about to throw him with her power, but then he turned and saw her.
"Shawn?" Prue asked, suprised.
"Hi honey." Shawn said as he walked over to Prue and kissed her.
" What are you doing up here? Where did you get this?" Prue asked refering to the long black trench coat he was wearing.
" I am up here because I am looking for a business card that might have fallen out of my pocket when I was putting some of my boxes up here.. The coat is from a clearance sale, I couldn't resist. What do you think?" Shawn asked as he spun around.
"I think you scared me and my sisters, especially Phoebe." Prue said.
"How?" Shawn asked.
"Me because I didn't recognize you because of the trench coat, I thought you were a demon. Piper because you scared Phoebe which scared her. And Phoebe because she has no memory of the last 3 months including you." Prue said.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I should go down and clear this up, shouldn't I?" Shawn asked. Prue nodded with a smile and followed behind him.
"Thats him!" Phoebe said as Shawn entered the living room.
"No, honey, he's not a demon." Prue said as she came from behind Shawn. Phoebe gave a confused look.
"He's my boyfriend." Prue said, making Phoebe look even more confused.
"Remember we told you that you lost your memory of the last 3 months. Well, he's included." Prue said.
"Oh, right, OK. So, whats your name?" Phoebe asked.
"Shawn."
"Nice to meet you. ( To Piper) I just want to go up to my room and lay down, can you help me?" Phoebe asked as she knew she wouldn't be able to get up the steps by herself because of her ankle.
"Sure honey, lets go." Piper said as she putting a supporting and comforting arm around Phoebe's waist and led her up stairs.
That night, Phoebe awoke in her bed early in the morning, it was still dark out. The snow was coming down fiercely. She tried to fall asleep, but was unsuccessful. She went to Prue's room. She saw a figure lying in the bed and she she hobbled to the other side of the bed. She got settled in nicely, but no sooner did she do this than the light flicked on.
"What are you doing?" Prue asked in a whisper tone, standing in the doorway. Phoebe was confused. She looked over to her side and was startled to see that the figure next to her was Shawn.
"I couldn't sleep so I came in here to sleep with you. I thought this ( she said pointing to the still sleeping figure next to her) was you. I didn't know he stayed over." Phoebe said whispering back, as not to wake Shawn.
"He didn't stay over, he lives here now. I guess I should've told you that before." Prue said. Phoebe nodded in agreement.
"Here, let me help you back to your room." Prue said as she saw her sister trying to get out of the bed. Prue placed an arm around her waist and led her back to her room, turning out the light before she left. She got Phoebe to her bed and tucked her in.
"You want me to stay here with you?" Prue asked.
"You don't have to, you can go back to your room." Phoebe said but Prue said in her eyes that she wanted her to stay.
"I think I'll stay here." Prue said simply as she got into bed next to Phoebe and pulled her close. Phoebe didn't protest, she did in fact want her sister there.
For the next 2 weeks, Phoebe was either on the couch or in bed. One of her sister's was always there with her to make sure she didn't get up and to get her something if she needed it.
"I wana play in the snow." Phoebe pouted.
"You can't get your cast wet and you can hardly walk on solid ground, let alone snow." Prue said sternly.
"We can put a plastic bag over my cast and I can take one of my crutches for support. Please?" Phoebe asked.
"What about your pneumonia?" Prue asked.
"I am feeling fine. I just took my medicine. I won't stay out long."Phoebe said. She looked at Prue and could see plan a wasn't working, so she moved on the plan b.
"Pwetty Pwease Pwue?" Phoebe asked in her best baby voice with her puppy-dog face on.
"Oh, now how am I suposed to say no to that. OK, you can go out, but only for a little bit." Prue said.
"Ya! I love you." Phoebe said as she kissed Prue on the cheek.
"I love you too. We can't let Piper find out about this." Prue said.
"We won't." Phoebe said.
Once she was covered to Prue's satisfaction, the two made their way outside to the 7 inches of snow. After about 25 minutes, Piper's jeep pulled into the driveway and she saw her sisters in the snow having a snowball fight, one with a plastic bag wrapped around her leg.
"What do you think you're doing?" Piper asked from the drive way with her hands on her hips. Phoebe threw a snowball at her and soon they were all three engaged in a snowball fight.
Later on at about 5, the three sisters were all dry and warm in front of the fire place drinking hot chocolate. As Prue added more wood to the fire, the phone rang. Piper got up to answer it.
"Haliwell residence." Piper said.
"Yea, she's right here, hold on." Piper said. She called Prue over to the phone.
"What?" Prue asked into the phone.
"Yea...OK... OK... yea... OK... bye." Prue said. Piper and Phoebe were wondering what it was about as they only heard on side of the conversation.
"I have to go down to the magazine for a bit. Someone screwed up their layout and I have to fix it. I shouldn't be gone for more than 2 hours, OK?" Prue asked.
"OK." Phoebe said, disappointed that her sister had to go. Prue kissed both her sister's on their heads.
"Love you, I'll be back as soon as I can." Prue said then she left. A few minutes later, Shawn came home. He walked into the living room and saw Phoebe and Piper sitting on the couch talking.
"Hey guys." Shawn said.
"Hey." Piper and Phoebe replied back.
"Where's Prue?" He asked.
"She had to go to work for a bit. She said she'd be back in about 2 hours." Piper informed him.
"Oh, OK." Shawn said as he sat on the chair in the living room and picked up the book on the table that he had started reading the other day. The phone rang and Piper went to answer it.
"Haliwell residence. What?... No, I didn't say that ...He did? ...Uh-oh ...No, no... OK, I'll be right down." Piper said into the phone then she hung up.
"There is an emergency at the club that I have to go straighten out." Piper said as she walked into the living room.
"Shawn, can you make sure she doesn't get up off this couch?" Piper asked.
"Sure." Shawn said. Soon Piper was out the door.
"Well, I guess its just you and me, Phoebe." Shawn said as he smiled.
"Yea, just us." Phoebe said with a fake smile. She had an odd feeling about Shawn ever since she met him, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
An akward silence filled the room.
"I'm gonna go up to my room." Phoebe finally said as she stood up and grabbed her crutches.
"OK." Shawn said. Phoebe made her way slowly up the stairs to her room, and she shut the door. She would've locked it had the lock not been broken for the last month. She grabbed her cd player and head phones and laid on her bed listening to music. Minutes later, she saw her door opening and on the other side of the door was Shawn. Phoebe hit the pause button on her cd player. He just stood there starring at her.
"What?" She asked, very annoyed with him. He still didn't answer.
"What do you want?" Phoebe asked, very irritated by him. Still, no answer. He started to make his way towards the bed. Phoebe sat up as she saw him doing this.
"Don't come any closer." Phoebe said as she started making her way to the edge of the bed on the oppoiste side that he was comig from.
Suddenly, he jumped forward in attempt to land on top of Phoebe, but she moved off the bed before he could. She start walking as fast as she could out the door, oblivious to the pain that was shooting through her ankle. She was making her way towards the stairs, but before she could, he ran past her and stood in her way. She couldn't kick him with her good foot because she couldn't stand on her bad foot alone, so she kicked him with her bad foot. He grabbed it and push it back, making her fall to the ground but she was up again in no time. She turned and made her way to the attic. Shawn followed behind her, but not quickly as he knew she couldn't get out of the house by the attic unless she went out the window which would kill her.
P3:
"OK, OK, where is the inventory list that got screwed up?" Piper asked.
"What are you talking about?" Eddie, the bartender, asked.
"I got a call saying there was an emergecy with the inventory list and that we couldn't open tonight until I fixed it." Piper said.
"No one called you, there is no problem." Eddie said.
'What do you mean?" Piper asked.
"There is no problem with the inventory, just checked it my self. Here take a look." Eddie said as she handed it to her. She skimmed over it briefly as she trusted Eddie.
"This is weird. OK, well thanks Eddie. Don't forget to open that order of new glasses and replace the old ones with them." Piper said.
"Already on it, boss." Eddie said as he walked off and Piper walked back outside perplexed.
"Demon?" Piper asked herself, trying to come up with an explanation with what happened. She tried to start her jeep, but it wouldn't start.
"Well, this is great." Piper said in frusturation.
She dialed Prue's cell phone to to get a ride home and to see if her work emergency was real.
"Prue Haliwell." Prue said as she answered her cell phone.
"Prue? Its Piper." Prue said.
"Hey Pipe, Is everything OK?" Prue asked.
"Yeah, everything is fine, I was just wondering if the call you got about the magazine emergency was real." Piper said.
"Actually, no it wasn't. I got here any they said no one called. How did you know?" Prue asked.
"Because the same thing happened with me." Piper said, now worried.
"So Phoebe and Shawn are at the house?" Prue asked.
"Yea, an innocent and an injured witch." Piper said.
"Uh-oh. We better get home fast." Prue said.
" Yeah, but my jeep isn't working, can you pick me up, its on your way." Piper said.
"Yea, I'll be right there. Bye." Prue said then she hung up her cell phone and ran to her car.
Back at the Manor:
Phoebe went into the attic and closed the door behind her. She hurried over to a table by the window and hid under it right before Shawn came into the attic.
"Come on, Phoebe. What are you doing?" Shawn asked. Phoebe peaked out one side of the table and there was a cardboard box there, it said 'valuables' on the side of it. A flash entered her head.
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Be careful with that box, I have valuables in it." Shawn told her.
"Okie Dokie." Phoebe said as she lifted the box out of the trunk. She would've dropped it had it been fully out of the trunk but it wasn't so it only dropped a bit to the edge of the trunk.
"What did I just tell you?" Shawn asked, anger showing in his voice.
"I'm sorry, it just slipped, I 'm sure nothing is broken." Phoebe said.
'Well, nothing better be broken, or you're going to pay for it, you little bitch." Shawn said as he then slapped Phoebe across the face.
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As soon as that flash was over, another one entered her head.
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Phoebe heard his feet pounding on the ground behind her and she started to run, she went out the backdoor and into the back yard, but that was as far as she got. The snow was chilling her bare feet slowing her down and Shawn caught up with her in no time. He tackled her to the ground.
"Thought you could run away from me, huh?" Shawn asked as he turned her on her back and sat on her so she couldn't move. She struggled greatly, but Shawn just laughed as he had managed to restrain her legs and arms. "In one swift movement, he lifted his arm and struck Phoebe in the left eye sending pain through her head.
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Then another one flashed into her head.
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"Hello, Phoebe." Shawn said. Phoebe just rolled over to face the window.
"Aww, come on, don't be like that." Shawn said as he went over to the bed and laid down next to Phoebe.
"Go away." Phoebe said angrily. Shawn didn't move.
"Prue!" Phoebe yelled.
"It's no use, Prue left for her photo shoot. Ya know, its not very nice to shut the door in someone's face." Shawn said as he grabbed one of Phoebe's left wrist.
"Stop, you're hurting me!" Phoebe said as she tried to free herself from Shawn's grasp with no use. She was too weak from her sickness to put up much of a fight. He slapped her across the face.
"Oops." Shawn said as Phoebe reached her free wrist behind her to her night table and grabbed the letter opener that was there. She brought it back and swiped it across Shawn's face.
"Oops." Phoebe said as she got up out of bed and ran from her bedroom. But Shawn was right behind her and caught up with her at the top of the steps as she couldn't run very fast due to her weakness.
"You're gonna be sorry you did that, bitch." Shawn said as he grabbed her by both shoulders and turned her to face him. He slapped her again. Then Phoebe gathered all the energy left in her body, and she gave him a round house kick in the stomach which hardly had any effect on him at all. He walked back up to her and she was about to kick him again when he grabbed her foot and pushed her backwards, sending her falling down the stairs.
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Her memory was back, all of it. She had a burning rage inside her for all the things Shawn did to her. She watched him through a small hole in the table cloth. When he had his back turned, she got out from under the table quickly and jumped on his back, wrapping her hands arond his neck.
"You did this! You son of a bitch! You did this to me!" Phoebe screamed and she tightened her grip. Shawn backed into a wall hard, making Phoebe loosen her grip on his as it knocked the breath out of her. Her back slid down the wall and she was sitting on the floor breathing almost normally. Shawn was not far away, catching his own breath keeping an eye on her. Phoebe noticed she was right near the window, so she went for it. She opened the window and quickly got out, as she was about to pull her injured foot out, he grabbed it and pulled her whole body back into the house. He pushed her down on the ground and held her so she couldn't get up. He reached his hand to his back pocket and pulled out a knife. He rose it about Phoebe. She could see the shiny metal glistening in the sun light that was pouring through the window. She closed her eyes tight and held her breath as she knew what was coming. "Time to die." Shawn said as he brought the knife down.
She waited for the cold metal to slice through her skin. For the rank smell of blood to enter her nostrils. But it never came. She felt the cold tip of the knife making contact with her skin, but before it could cut into her, it stopped.
"I don't think so." Prue said as she flung him with her power across the attic so he hit the wall with a hard thump. She and Piper ran over to Phoebe, still lying on the floor.
"Phoebe, are you OK?" Prue asked as she knelt next to Phoebe. Phoebe nodded as she sat up slowly and her sisters embraced her. Piper saw Shawn awaking and trying to get out of the attic but she froze him.
"I'm gonna go call the police. I'll be right back." Piper said as she kissed her younger sister on the head and walked out of the room. Prue pulled Phoebe close to her and Phoebe snuggled closer into her older sister's warm and comforting embrace.
"I love you Prue." Phoebe said.
'I love you too." Prue said as she kept her sister close to her. Piper returned to the attic a few mintues later.
"The police are on their way." Piper said as she sat next to her sisters. Phoebe reached out and hugged her.
'I love you Piper." Phoebe said.
"I love you too Pheebs." Piper said.
Within 15 minutes the cops were at the house arresting Shawn. They took all the girl's statements, then left. The sisters retreated to the couch and all settled down with Phoebe in the middle snuggling close to Prue.
"Phoebe, do you want to talk about what happened?" Piper asked. Phoebe just shook her head.
"OK honey, but remember, we are here when you do want to talk. And please don't keep eveything bottled up, it will only hurt you." Prue said as she ran her hand over her sister's head. Phoebe just nodded and closed her eyes as she drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, Piper awoke, checked oh her sister's as she always does, then went down stairs to make breakfast. About 20 minutes later, Prue came down.
"Morning." Prue said as she walked into the kitchen and got coffee.
"Morning." Piper replied from in front of the stove. She looked at her sister now sitting at the table, obviously deep in thought. She went over to her and put her hands on her shoulders causing Prue to jump.
"Sorry." Piper said as she sat down next to her older sister.
"Its OK, I was just thinking." Prue said.
"About Phoebe?" Piper asked.
"Yea." Prue said.
"She'll come to us when she's ready, until then we just have to be there for her." Piper said. She stood and went back to the stove to finish cooking breakfast.
"Breakfast will be ready soon, one of us needs to wake Phoebe." Piper said.
"I'll go." Prue said as she stood up and went upstairs. She walked into her sister's room and saw her sprawled out across the bed, but still managing to keep her foot on the pillow at the end of the bed. She walked over to her quietly and shook her gently as not to startle her.
"Pheebs, honey, time to wake up." Prue said.
"Hmm?" Phoebe asked still half way asleep.
"Breakfast is ready." Prue said. Phoebe opened her eyes and was starring into the blue one's of her eldest sister.
"OK." Phoebe said as she sat up. She got off the bed then Prue put an arm around her waist to support her as she walked. She helped her down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Morning Piper, breakfast smells good." Phoebe said as she entered the kitchen and sat in a chair at the table.
"Morning Pheebs." Piper said as she walked over to the table with 3 plates of food.
"Belgian Waffles and bacon, Phoebe's favorite." Piper said as she sat the plates down.
"Thanks. Mmm, looks good Pipe." Phoebe said as Piper set down the plate of food in front of Phoebe.
"Your welcome sweetie." Piper said as she to sat down. They three ate their breakfast and talked about different things. Once everything was cleaned up, they all went into the living room and sat on the couch.
"I want to tell you what happened." Phoebe said quietly, but loud enough for her sisters to hear.
"Are you sure?" Prue asked. Phoebe nodded. She took and deep breath and told them what happened to her from the day he was moving in up until the day Prue and Piper found him trying to kill her in the attic. By the time she was done all three sisters were crying.
"Honey, why didn't you tell us?" Prue asked.
"He said I would be the only one it happened to if I didn't say anything, and I didn't want anything to happen to you two, so I kept it to myself." Phoebe said. It wasn't a complete lie actually, he did say that, but that wasn't her complete reason. Their conversation was interupted by a phone call. Prue answered it.
"Hey Darryl. Yea, uh-huh, wow, yea, I'll tell them. Thanks Darryl, yea, OK, bye."
"What did he want?" Phoebe asked.
"Shawn has been the suspect in 5 other murders but there was never enough evidence to indict him for the murders, so he was set free. He said all of the girls that were killed looked alot like Phoebe. Apparently as a small child, he saw his parents brutally killed as he hid in a closet. The woman that did it looked just like Phoebe. He's been out to get revenge on her for a while, but he didn't know her name or anything, so he just kills everyone that looks like her." Prue said, saying everything that Darryl had told her.
"Wow, now there's something you don't hear everyday." Piper said.
The three sisters sat there for the rest of the day curled up on the couch watching movies. That night, Prue went into Phoebe's room and found her asleep.
"Oh, Phoebe. I'm so sorry I let this happen. This is all my fault. I should'nt have trusted him and I should've seen it." Prue said to her sister's sleeping form.
"Prue, stop blaming yourself." Phoebe said as she opened her eyes and looked up at her sister.
"I thought you were asleep." Prue said. Phoebe shook her head and sat up.
"Just resting. Prue, don't blame yourself for this. You couldn't have known. Please don't blame yourself Prue, its no one's fault but his." Phoebe said. The two sisters embraced.
"Pheebs, if anything like this happens again, Piper and I want to know about it right away. No matter what he says, we need to know about it so it can stop, OK?" Prue asked.
"Ok." Phoebe said. But she knew that if she had to go back to the when it all began, the day Shawn moved in, she still wouldn't tell her sisters what happened, she couldn't. For all those sacrifices Prue made for both Phoebe and Piper all through their lives, she deserved that happiness, that sparkle in her eye, even if it was for only a short time. Phoebe didn't tell her sisters that day why she kept it from them for so long, and she probably never would. They would never know that she did it for her sister's happiness.