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Somebody's Dark Angel
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Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Andy T. & Prue H. - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 12-24-03 - Published: 10-28-03 - Complete - id:1577992
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Katie

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~*~Katie~*~ (is this the same person as the other Katie? I dunno)

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Takes place right after the last one.

When the kiss broke, Prue exhaled a shallow breath. She turned her head to the door, trying to clear her mind, trying to free herself from Andy' gaze. What she saw nearly paralysed her: Jack, standing in the doorway, his face contorted in rage. "Oh my God," Prue murmured.
Andy turned and looked. Jack was staring at him with a hatred Andy was becoming accustomed to.

The minute Jack saw both Andy and Prue looking at him, he turned and ran down the steps.

Prue shifted her eyes back to Andy's for a second, and then moved past him to run after Jack. Andy remained in the hall, trying to figure out what had just happened there. Before he could figure it out, the door was pushed open again and Andy turned, hoping to see that Prue had changed her mind about chasing Jack.

"Hi Andy, what brings you here?" Piper asked, juggling Patty, two shopping bags and a baby bag.

Andy quickly took the baby from Piper, then followed her into the kitchen, "I stopped by after work, because I wanted to tell you guys that I got a promotion and…" he trailed off, realising that he should wait to see what came of the 'event' before telling everyone about it.

"You got a promotion? Wow! What rank are you now?" Piper didn't seem to notice that he hadn't finished his sentence; she zoned in on the word 'promotion'.

"I'm now a captain, and I run the San Francisco homicide unit." Andy replied with relief; if Piper hadn't noticed his hesitance that meant that he could probably get away with not telling her what had gone on between himself and Prue.

"Really? That's so great Andy!" Piper hugged him, and then Phoebe entered through the back door, so she had to be told the new too, and Andy received another hug from her. He then found himself invited to dinner, Piper dismissing his feeble excuse that he had something else to do. "No way. You just got promoted and that called for a celebratory dinner."

Meanwhile…

"Jack!" Prue yelled as she ran after her fiancé, "Jack please stop!" No matter how many times she called out, he continued to run, and Prue was now glad that she hadn't work heels to work that day.

Putting on an extra burst of speed, she finally caught him by the arm. He shook her off, but stopped, turning on his heel to face her. Prue had never seen him so angry, and was a little scared at what his reaction would be.

To Prue's surprise, when Jack spoke his voice was calm, but she could still hear the malice in his words, "Just tell me one thing Prue. Why did you accept my proposal?"

Prue was a little taken back by his question. "Why do you think I accepted? Because I love you!"

Jack showed no surprise in her answer, rather he seemed to be expecting it. "Uh huh and so you love me enough to marry me, but not enough to stay faithful to me, is that it?"

"No, I…" Prue searched for the words to convey her feelings. "Jack it was one kiss. It didn't mean anything. Andy is my best friend, and that's all he'll ever be – a friend."

"Prue, he loves you. You heard him say it. He wants to be more than friends with you."

"Yeah, but he also said that he could cope if I didn't love him."

Jack hardly heard what Prue was saying, zeroing in on one word, "If? What do you mean if you don't love him? Do you love him?" He demanded.

Prue was taken aback at the strength of Jack's words. "Jack…I do love Andy, but I love you too. I love you both in different ways. I could never love you the way I love Andy, but I could never love Andy the way I love you. It's like the difference between my love for you and my love for my sisters; it's still love, it's just different kinds of love."

Prue could see Jack visibly calm himself before he spoke, and she cringed, knowing that this would be the final blow.

"OK Prue." Jack's voice was eerily calm, "You say you love both Andy and I. But who do you want to be with? I won't marry you knowing that you might want Andy instead. So here's your chance. If you say you only want Andy as a friend, I'll believe you. But don't think that I'll believe you again if I catch you kissing him again. So choose. Me…or Andy."

There was silence for a full thirty seconds. Then Prue spoke, her voice calm, her anger exhausted "Jack, I do love you but…I've known Andy for so long, and I've got history with him and…I want to find out what we could share, now that we're adults. I guess this means I'm choosing Andy. But I want you to know that I will always love you, in some way or another."

Prue slipped the diamond ring off her finger, then gently took his hand palm up, and placed the ring in it. She closed Jack's fingers around the ring. "Goodbye Jack."

She turned and walked back towards the manor, giving Jack plenty of time to catch up with her if he so chose. But Jack merely looked into his hand, at the ring that he had given her, then sighed and turned the opposite way.

When she reacher the manor, Prue steeled herself before going in the front door, knowing that her sisters would bombard her with questions. But when she walked through the door, the first person she saw was Andy. She was frozen for a moment, before walking to him and taking his hand. "Andy, we need to talk."

He merely nodded, and allowed Prue to lead him into the living room. She sat down on the sofa, and motioned for him to take a seat next to her.

"Prue, I'm sorry." Andy blurted out as soon as he sat down, "I knew you were engaged to Jack, I-"

Prue cut him off with a finger to his lips. "Andy it's OK. I caught up with Jack and we…talked. I told him what I felt, and now I have to tell you the same thing. Andy I love you. I always have loved you and I always will."

Andy's face lit up, and he grabbed her left hand, searching for the ring that had been on it earlier. Not finding it, he looked up into Prue's ice blue eyes, searching for permission. It was there. He took her face in his hands and kissed her, gently, expressing all his love in that one kiss.

When the kiss broke, Prue snuggled into Andy's chest as he put his arm around her. They sat together, talking and stealing kisses, until Piper called them to dinner.

THE END

Finally! This was probably not as good as my first try, but you guys won't see that unless I can find it somewhere, so you'll have to make do with this. I did have a whole future planned out for Prue, Andy, Piper, Leo, Phoebe and Cole, but my interest in Charmed has waned to almost nothing, and I don't want to be writing bad fics just for the sake of getting my ideas out there. I wanted to end on a good note, and hopefully this fits the bill. Thank you to all of the reviewers, you guys rock! And those of you who read it and didn't review…you guys suck! I make sure to review all of the stories I read, whether they are good or bad, and more of you should try it, reviews make the writing process so much more enjoyable, and faster too, coz knowing you've got readers out there waiting for the next instalment really helps get the ideas flowing. So thanks again guys, and any of you who are Dark Angel fans, look for my new story coming soon!

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