THanks SHell! Glad you like it! I am going to be reading your story after my next post!
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Prue and Aria were in her room packing their bags. Prue put a slinky nightgown in her suitcase. "Mom...." Aria walked in as she was doing so.
"What?" Prue jumped, slightly.
"I need tampons, do you have any?" ARia asked. Prue nodded and went into her bathroom and gave her daughter some.
"Thanks." Aria said, taking them and laying on Prue's bed, facing the ceiling.
"Mom.... why are you taking a nightgown?" Aria asked.
"I have to sleep in something don't I?" Prue asked, organizing her suitcase.
"I guess so. But, you have other options." Aria said.
"What? I thought you'd be glad I chose that." Prue said.
"I've given up on you and Dad reuniting. I just don't think you'll ever be able to tell each other how you feel. I'm going to be broken forever." Aria said.
Prue grabbed her daughters shoulders and pulled her up from the bed. Aria was sitting up now, looking into her mother's eyes.
"Honey.... your Dad and I Love you more than you will ever know. And we want what is best for you. Its complicated between us, you know that. But, I can promise you that you won't be broken. We've done everything we can to give you the best life possible. You have to understand." Prue said. Tears filled Aria's eyes.
"I do. But, I don't. Look at how happy Aunt Piper and Uncle Leo are. They.... they make it work." Aria said. Prue nodded.
"So, why can't you?" Aria asked. Prue wiped her daughter's eyes.
"Look. ... we can talk about this later. The important thing right now is to get your powers back so we can go back to our normal lives." Prue said.
"Sometimes, I wish we weren't magic. It complicates everything." Aria said.
"I know, baby. But... it gets better, easier to live with. I promise." Prue said. Aria nodded. They hugged.
"I need some ice cream." Aria said. Prue chuckled at this comment. "Well, let's get some on the way to your Dad's. Come on." Prue said. She put the last few things in her suitcase and zipped it up. Aria went to her room to get her suitcase and they met in the hallway, walking downstairs, telling everyone bye and heading to Andy's.
Andy was sitting on the couch, watching football when Prue and Aria walked into the house. "Hey." He said. They handed him a cup. "Vanilla ice cream with oreo cookies and M&M's mixed in." Prue said, smiling at him.
"Oh, my favorite. Thank you." Andy said.
"Mine too." Prue said.
"Wow Dad, your actually relaxing and not working." Aria said, setting her purse down on the table beside the couch. Prue did the same.
'Well, I needed some chill time." Andy said.
"I'm taking my stuff upstairs. Mom, you want to stay in my room or the guest room?" Aria asked.
"I'll just stay with you." Prue said.
Aria took both suitcases upstairs to her room and set them beside her bed. Her phone was getting a text and she ran downstairs to get it.
'Hey Aria, did you find out if you can go to the dance?' Jake asked.
'Hey! I can't go. So sorry. Next time, though. Definitely!
' She texted him back.
"Did you have to break the news?" Prue asked.
"Yes." Aria made pouty lips.
"What?" Andy asked, confused.
"I can't go to the Sadie Hawkins Dance with Jake because of this whole thing with Matthew." Aria explained.
"Oh, sorry sis. But, there'll be more dances." Andy said.
Aria put her phone back in her purse and sat in the chair across from the couch.
They each finished eating their ice cream and then Prue threw away all of their trash.
Aria was looking at pictures on the wall. There were so many of her as a baby, school age pictures, and then some pictures of Prue and Andy from high school. Also, of the three of them when they took a vacation to the beach one summer.
"Wow." Aria said.
Prue and Andy were in the kitchen. "What?" They asked, walking into the living room where Aria was standing.
"I'm just strolling down memory lane, looking at all these pictures." Aria said.
'Aww.... our beach photo. I love that one." Prue said, smiling at it.
"Me too, And, I like this one." Andy said, pointing to a picture of him and Prue in high school.
"Ahh.... Aerosmith days. Road trips." Prue said. Andy smiled at her.
'That was our last road trip before I broke the news to Mom and Grams about being pregnant." Prue said.
"TMI." Aria said, rolling her eyes. Prue and Andy laughed. "Remember, they were screaming at us. 'Its because of all those road trips you went on. You spent too much time together.'" Andy imitated them.
Prue was laughing. "And, you should have been more careful." She imitated them too. Andy chuckled.
"Wow. The wrath of Grandma Patty and Grams, that must have been rough." Aria said. Prue and Andy nodded.
"I thought they were going to kill us." Prue said. She and Andy laughed.
"I like that one.." Aria said, pointing to a picture of herself when she was four years. With a big happy smile on her face, dressed in a frilly pink dress and sitting in a really pretty white swing, surrounded by rose petals on the ground.
"Aww... our baby. I love that one too." Prue said.
"Me too." Andy said.
Aria yawned. "Someone's tired." Prue said. Aria nodded. "Exhausted. I'm going to go brush my teeth and get ready for bed." She said, walking upstairs to her room.
Prue and Andy were still looking at the pictures on the wall. "I can't believe how much time has passed. I mean, I remember when we were in high school and so in Love. And then Aria was born. Now, she's worrying about boys and she's about to turn 14. Its crazy!" Prue said.
"I know. Seems like yesterday we were changing diapers 24/7. And now, she's a teenager. Unbelievable." Andy said. Prue nodded. They were sitting in silence for a minute, when they both started yawning.
'Well... I need to get ready for bed. I'm so tired." Prue said.
"Me too." Andy said. They both got up and started walking upstairs. Andy made sure the front door was locked and then headed upstairs to his room.
Prue went into Aria's room, where Aria was changing into her pajamas. Prue brushed her teeth and then got her nightgown out of her suitcase and slipped it on. Aria was laying in her bed, reading, and Prue sat on the edge of the bed. "Harry Potter. I should have known." Prue said.
"Its sooooo addicting Mom! Really, its so good. I wish we had wands!" Aria said. Prue chuckled. "That would be cool." She said.
Andy knocked on the door. "Come in." Aria said. He took one look at Prue and was weak in the knees when he saw what she was wearing.
"Harry Potter again?" Andy said, teasing his daughter.
"It is so good. I think you should both read the first book. Then, you will be hooked like me. I'm on the seventh and final book right now." Aria said. Her parents smiled at her.
Aria was dozing off after a minute, so she shut her book. "Okay, too tired. Going to bed. Love you, Dad." Aria said, Andy bent down and hugged her and kissed her cheek.
"Love you too." Andy said. He squeezed Prue's hand and they smiled at each other. "Night." They said to each other. Aria smiled to herself when she saw this. Prue crawled up beside her daughter and got under the covers. "I Love you my sweet girl." She said, kissing her daughter's forehead and smiling at her. Then, laying on her pillow. "I Love You too, my beautiful Mama." Aria said. Prue smiled. They both fell asleep in about ten minutes. Andy was watching TV, but kept dozing off so he turned it off. He was saying his prayers and asking God to watch over his two favorite girls, and then he dozed off peacefully.
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Okay I am so tired! LOL! So, I will add more tomorrow! HOpe you like it!