Disclaimer: The Charmed Characters are the property of Aaron Spelling and Constance Burge. I just borrow them for your enjoyment and my writing addiction.
Stranger in a Strange World"Piper hurry up." Phoebe hollered up the stairs to her sister.
Piper and Phoebe had made lunch plans with their oldest sister Prue. For the last two years almost, they had been saving the world from the influence of evil. The youngest, Phoebe, had read an incantation when she returned from New York City. An incantation that released the powers of the witches they were destined to be. Three sisters destined to be the most powerful witches ever. To complete the circle of generations of good witches and to fight evil in the world of innocents, a prophecy fulfilled. But today was their time to just be sisters and do what sisters do best, talk about nothing yet everything.
Piper pulled her sweater over her head as she straightened her hair and headed towards her bedroom door.
She heard Phoebes cry down stairs and went as fast as she could. It had amazed her how close Prue and Phoebe had become over the past year and a half almost two. When Phoebe came home, Prue was anything but pleased. But inside Piper knew that her oldest sister was just as happy to see Phoebe back from NYC as she was. She knew Prue had worried about Phoebe being in the Big Apple alone, without her to protect her as she had all her life.
There was five years between Prue and Phoebe, and most times that was the biggest problem they had. Phoebe was free spirited and Prue was strict and by the rules. Piper almost always found herself caught in the middle of one of their fights. She often wondered what would happen to them if she wasn't around. But over the last few years they had all come to rely on the other to save themselves, as well as an innocent.
"Hold your horses, I'm coming." Piper shouted back as she started down the steps.
Phoebe looked up at her sister as she hurried down the stairs. "I thought you forgot."
"I didn't forget. I was just busy."
Phoebe looked at Piper almost knowing what she was busy at. "Oh. Did Leo visit and not tell the rest of us?" Phoebe kidded her sister with a huge smirk on her face.
Leo was their whitelighter and now boyfriend to Piper, after falling in love with her. Now according to 'Them' that was against the rules. But Piper and Leo couldn't help it, they just followed thier hearts.
Piper was confused or torn for some time when the Halliwells got a new neighbour, Dan Gordon. Now Dan was a great guy, and a hottie as Phoebe had put it, but Piper was meant to be with Leo. And it took her almost dying for them to really see what their own destiny held.
"Would you stop telling the whole neighbourhood that we are going out." Piper mentioned to her sister as she passed her on the stairs
"Well I wouldn't have to if you had come the first time." Phoebe shot back
"You know Phoebs, not everything is a matter of life and death and certainly not lunch with our big sister." Piper laughed, as she made her way to the Manors front door.
"Ok you know, I knew that, "Phoebe answered as she followed Piper. "It's just that we've never really had 'lunch' ever since." Phoebe paused, "Well you know. She keeps, shutting us out."
Piper stopped at the door and slowly turned back to Phoebe. She knew what her sister was referring to: Andy. Andy was a long time friend of the Halliwells ever since they were kids. Prue and Andy had dated on and off through out high school, but since Andy came back from Portland, they found thier way back in each others lives. It was soon after that Andy found out the family secret and was killed by a warlock. Prue never forgave herself for bringing him into their world of magic. It was something that the younger two had come to accept as destiny. Andy was destined to help them in the way that he did. The unfortunate circumstances was, it cost him his life.
"Phoebe it's been almost a year."
"And that is why she is reaching out to us." Phoebe countered seemingly knowing what her big sister was going through.
"Ok fine, but just don't bring it up, deal?" Piper replied hoping that Phoebe would see that she didn't want to upset Prue in anyway. The anniversary of the death of a dear friend was a hard thing to go through, especially one that you had one day hope to spend your life with.
"Deal" Phoebe agreed as she closed the door behind them. "Hey can I borrow the Jeep later?"
"Yeah, I can always walk to P3 or catch a ride with you or Prue. Or you can catch a ride with either Prue or me when the times comes."
"Ok. As long as I get where I'm needing to go." Phoebe answered as they made their way out of the Manor.
Prue stepped out of Bucklands Auction house into the warm fall sun. She had made lunch plans with her younger sisters Piper and Phoebe, but she also had something else on her mind as she made her way to her car: Andy. It was coming up a year since his death and she still wasn't 100percent sure of how to deal with it. Earlier in the year had been a complete disaster with Abraxus coming after them. Would she ever really have time to grieve and reach out for comfort?
Prue pulled out of the parking lot thinking of only her sisters and what the past had brought them.
Phoebe ran back and forth in the surf as she and Piper waited for Prue to arrive. The beach wasn't the most favorite place in the world for Prue, but Phoebe loved it and they were trying to come up with a compromise between the two. Last time they had a picnic lunch, it was in the park, this time it was at the beach.
"Piper. Come on."
"No Phoebs, I already told you, I don't wanna get wet. I have to go to the club after this."
"Fine." Phoebe seemed to sulk away from her sister as she waded further into the waters surf.
Piper watched as Phoebe walked along the edge of the water. She knew that her younger sister was trying to be mad at her, but she also knew in her heart the Phoebe couldn't stay mad at anyone, except maybe Prue on occasion, for more then five minutes.
She spread out the blanket and then some of the food as Piper prepared the picnic that they had all looked forward to all week.
Prue pulled her car into the parking lot behind the row of buildings at the beach. Knowing she was running late, she grabbed her purse and made her way towards the beach. "Hey you."
Piper looked up and saw her big sister making her way down the beach. "I was wondering when you would get here." Piper laughed as Prue sat on the blanket next to her.
"Busy at the office?" Prue tried to hide the fact that she was at the beach.
"Yeah nice try." Piper answered seeing through her sister façade.
Prue looked down the breach and saw Phoebe playing carefree in the waves. "Does she ever get tired of playing in the ocean?" Prue asked not taking her eyes off her sister
Piper looked down at what Prue was seeing, "You know she doesn't." was all she said back as she pulled the salad from the cooler.
Prue continued to watch her baby sister play in the waves as she and Piper prepared the lunch they were about to have.
Phoebe saw Prue settling down on the blanket that Piper and her had laid out earlier. She wasn't sure how to talk to her big sister at times. But now wasn't one of those times. They had come here to spend some time as sisters and that was what she intended on doing. Rushing over to the blanket Phoebe nearly tackled her sister as she leaped on to the blanket.
"Phoebe."
"I missed you Prue."
"Ok big Sis has only being gone a few hours. What is your problem?' Prue insisted, as she had to laugh at Phoebes actions.
Phoebe looked up with her big brown eyes and that was all Prue needed to understand. Wrapping her arms around her baby sister. "I missed you too honey." Was all she said.
They spent the time catching up ands talking about sister stuff. Phoebe was the first to mention Leo and Piper, but her middle sister had some how managed to shrug it off once again.
"OK I have to go. I'll see you two tonight." She made her way to the car but something just didn't seem right. As she looked around she saw what her senses had alerted her to.
"No one crosses me!" the anger in his voice having a harsh tone.
She had no choice, "What are you doing?" she cried out as she stepped forward hoping to help the man that was down.
He was acutely aware of his surrounding and in that, aware that the person that had seen him could not live to tell about it. He quickly jumped in his car and slammed into reverse. Aiming at the one person that could ID him in his crime.
She watched as the car came speeding towards her. But at that time there was nothing that she could do as she felt the car slam into her body.