Hello Fanfic world. Remember me? *waves*
Sorry to those of you reading my other stories. They will be updated; I can't give you an ETA, though. Wish I could, but I don't want to say something then let you down!
Anyway, I've had this story stuck in my head for a while. Please read and review. I can promise this time you'll get a completed story because it's all already written! :)
This story is written after Season 5's episode, The Fifth Halliwheel. It fits in between The Fifth Halliwheel and the season's next episode, Saving Private Leo. I'm writing it because I hate the way they ended The Fifth Halliwheel and I think Paige deserves some more freaking attention on the show. Hopefully you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
PREVIOUSLY ON CHARMED
INT. P3 – NIGHT
PHOEBE
And to Paige…
PAIGE
May I never try to kill you again.
PIPER
You're not really a Halliwell until you've gone demonic on your sisters at least twice.
PHOEBE
Actually, she didn't go demonic on us…she went demonic on Cole.
PIPER
You say tomato, and I say...
PHOEBE
Karen already hated Elise. That's why Elise became the object of Karen's demonic rage. Which also means that you already hated Cole.
PAIGE
No, I don't hate Cole, Phoebe. I just don't trust him. I don't know why I feel that way, I just, I don't. I'm sorry.
PHOEBE
Yeah. So am I.
(Phoebe walks away. Piper gets up and follows her. Paige is left alone at the table.)
FADE TO BLACK
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INT. P3 – NIGHT
(Scene picks up where it left off – PAIGE is sitting alone at the table. Her sisters have just left her. She is sad and looks down at her hands for a moment. A look of pain crosses her face and she suddenly looks up in the direction of the bar. She considers something for a few seconds, then stands up and walks to the bar and sits on a bar stool.)
BARTENDER
Hey Paige! What can I get ya?
PAIGE
[hesitates]
Martini. Dry.
BARTENDER
[looks uneasily at Paige and stops shaking the drink he was in the middle of making]
Wha- Paige I thought you don't-
PAIGE
Just make me the drink, please.
(BARTENDER looks very uncertain but makes the drink, holding it in the air instead of placing it in front of her)
PAIGE
[sticks her hand out]
Come on, give it!
(BARTENDER reluctantly hands her the drink.)
BARTENDER
Are you sure this is a good idea Paige?
PAIGE
[looking down at the drink in her hand]
Nope…but bad ideas seem to be my thing so…
(PAIGE looks up at BARTENDER and raises her glass as if cheersing to him. She brings to drink to her lips, pauses a moment, then throws it back, chugging the contents of the glass. She slams it down on the bar empty.)
PAIGE
[points at empty glass]
Another.
BARTENDER
Paige I really don't think…
PAIGE
Look if you don't give it to me, I'm just going to go somewhere else.
(BARTENDER makes another drink and pours it into a new glass, passing it to her)
BARTENDER
[still looking apprehensive and uncomfortable]
Just take it easy, okay? Bar's not going anywhere.
PAIGE
[smirks and raises an eyebrow]
Fortunately, neither am I.
(PAIGE throws the drink back again.)
END SCENE
