Post Charmageddon- Paige must deal with the fact that Kyle is a Whitelighter and they may never meet again, Piper and Leo finally admit they still have feelings for each other, Phoebe goes looking for love.

Manor- kitchen-morning

Phoebe stretches as she walks in the kitchen and sees Piper. "Good morning," she says rather cheerfully.

"Well for someone who just helped bring demons back into the world, you seem pretty cheery," Piper joked.

"I would much rather live in a world with demons than the world without emotions that we were a part of before," Phoebe replied.

"Yeah, I hear ya. I don't know what we were thinking."

"We were thinking about happiness and how we could achieve it the quickest way."

Piper glanced at her sister and noticed a sadness about her. "Does that mean that you're not happy with the way things are now?"

"No, I'm happy. I just wanted something more I guess."

"Like that little girl you saw in your premonition?" Piper questioned.

"I guess. Piper I just want to be happy. I mean I'm not getting any younger and I would like to start a family of my own."

"Oh, honey, it will happen. I know it. Look at me, who would have ever thought I would have two children by now? I had such a hard time getting pregnant with Wyatt that I never thought I would have another child, and they before I knew it Chris was here. You just have to believe that everything happens for a reason and you will find that happiness. I promise."

"Thanks sis," Phoebe said and she leaned in to hug Piper. Just then Paige walked in to see them.

"Darn, did I miss out on one of those sisterly moments again?" she asked with a frown.

"How are you doing?" Phoebe asked her. She hadn't seen Paige since last night when they returned the world to normal and learned that Kyle was gone forever.

"I'm good. What's for breakfast? I need something quick because Magic School is calling my name. I haven't been there in so long I bet I have a lot of papers to grade," Paige said trying to change the subject. She didn't really want to talk about Kyle just yet.

"Honey, you're changing the subject," Piper said. "Are you okay since everything that happened last night?"

Paige looke down at the floor. She hadn't told her sisters about Kyle becoming a whitelighter. It didn't matter though. It wasn't like that made it any easier. She still lost him.

"Paige, it's okay to be sad," Phoebe said. "You can talk to us."

"Kyle's a whitelighter," she blurted out. She didn't really mean to say it, but it just came out. Sometimes her thoughts had a habit of escaping her mouth.

"What?" Piper and Phoebe asked in unison. "When did that happen?" Piper asked.

"I don't know. I guess after he died the elders thought he did something to deserve whitelighter duty," Paige said. "So I guess he's not really gone." Paige forced herself to smile a little.

"Paige, you still lost him," Phoebe said. "I know you can't be competely happy about this."

"I never said I was. Of course I'm not happy that my boyfriend died and became a whitelighter. I still don't get to see him, but I guess that was just destiny or fate."

"Something like that," Piper replied sarcastically.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Paige asked.

"It means that the elders are getting their kicks out of this. They not only let Kyle die, but they made sure that Paige could never have him by making him a whitelighter."

"Piper, how can you of all people say that being a whitelighter means Paige will never get Kyle back?" Phoebe asked. "Leo is a whitelighter and the two of you are together."

"That's different. Kyle can't come back because everyone would notice if a guy who was supposed to be dead suddenly reappeared in San Francisco. It's like they're making Paige feel Kyle's death and then rubbing it in her face that she'll never have him back," Piper was begining to get furious now. The elders had wreaked havoc on her life one two many times and now they were going after her sister as well.

"Piper, it's okay, I'm fine," Paige tried to reassure her sister. In actuality she was feeling the same things Piper had just said. But what was worse was that she knew Kyle's death was her fault. If she had only listened to his warnings about the Avatars Kyle wouldn't have died. But she hadn't listened and now she had to pay the price. She felt her lip begin to quiver so she bit it and hurried out. "I have to get to magic school," she said and orbed out leaving Piper and Phoebe in the kitchen.

"Damn. Way to go Piper," Piper said to herself. "I can't believe I just said that. I just made the situation a lot worse for her."

"You didn't mean it. You just said what we are all thinking," Phoebe said. "Well I have to go to work. Now that conflict is back in the world I guess I still have a job. See you tonight, don't beat yourself up over Paige, she'll be okay."

"Yeah, I'll see you later." When Phoebe was gone Piper yelled for Leo. Seconds later he orbed in.

"What's the matter?" he asked.

"I just wanted to see you," Piper said as she moved to hug him. "I don't want to lose you."

Leo returned the hug and reassured Piper he wasn't going anywhere. "I'm not going to leave you or the boys no matter what the elders say."

"The elders? Did they say something about punishing you for your involvement with the Avatars?" Piper asked.

"Not yet, but I can tell it's coming. They won't be happy with me Piper. I tried to change the world."

"Yes but you are also the reason the world is back the way it is supposed to be. The Avatars tricked you, they tricked all of us. The elders will understand."

"I'm not so sure of that," Leo said skeptically.

"Well you know what, screw the elders!" Piper exclaimed.

"Piper..." Leo began.

"No, screw them! They have caused us nothing but problems. They don't get to dictate the way we live our lives just because they are elders. It's not fair. They took Kyle from Paige and they won't take you from me."

"What do you mean they took Kyle from Paige? The Avatars killed Kyle, not the elders," Leo said confused.

"No, you don't understand. They made Kyle and whitelighter and then flaunted it in Paige's face because she can never have him back. It's like they like watching her in pain," Pipe said.

"Wait, so you're saying Kyle is a whitelighter?" Leo asked. Piper nodded and Leo found himself getting upset at this as well. "Paige must be so upset. God, why would they do this to her. It wasn't bad enought that she lost him once, now she's lost him twice. Is she okay?"

"She says she is, but I know she's not. I don't know Leo, she can't take much more loss in her life." Leo saw how this hurt Piper as well and he pulled her into a hug.

"Piper I love you," he said.

She looked up at him, she had longed to hear those words for a long time now. "I love you too," she said and the two of them stood holding one another.

Magic School

Paige sat at her desk and looked at a picture of her and Kyle. She tried to focus on grading the paper in front of her but her eyes kept falling on that picture.

"Oh Kyle, I am so sorry," she whispered. "I never meant for you to die. I should have listened to you."

She shook her head and knew she had to get out of there. She just needed to go for a drive. It helped clear her mind when she just drove and listened to music. So she orbed home and got her car keys and managed to slip out without being noticed.

Paige's Car

She found a good oldies station and began to sing along. Everyone knew oldies and it was fun to sing to, it got her mind off of things. But before she knew it she was in front of Kyle's apartment building. As she looked at his apartment building she saw a family emerge. A man was telling a young boy-probably his son-to get a few boxes from the car.

"Don't forget we're in apartment 206," the man yelled.

That was Kyle's aparment. Paige was furious. He had just died and already his apartment was being rented by another family! She began to cry and sped away. Through her tearstained eyes, her vision blured and before she knew it her car was wrapped around a telephone pole and she was losing consciousness.

Paige's Subconscious

"Paige," she heard a voice call her name and she turned to see who it was but there was no one. "Paige." She heard the voice again.

Paige turned again and this time she couldn't believe who was standing in front of her.