2008.
Morning. Another long cold, cruel morning, Paige thought
as she looked out on the beach. I guess I still deserve
it, even after all these years. I mean, I'm reason this all happened.
She turned and looked on a night stand at a picture of her with Piper, Phoebe
and her nephew. She shook her head and the picture floated with orb-like lights
into the nightstand drawer and
closed.
It wasn't that Paige didn't love her sisters or her nephew. She just considered what happened her fault, even 5 years after the accident.
I should be dead, Paige thought. They should have come for me.
She walked out on the deck and stood against the railing, watching the ocean waves gently flow in, washing up tiny shells on the sand.
There was a knock on the sliding glass doors. Paige turned around and gave a smile. It was Dan. He opened the sliding glass door and walked on the deck. Paige turned back to the ocean as he wrapped his muscular arms around her waist. He sent kisses up her neck and rested his head on her shoulder. His scent entranced Paige, sending her emotions wild on a wild seductive spree.
"Good morning to you too," She said.
"Are we gonna get going now?" Dan asked.
"Yeah I just want to look at the ocean a little longer," Paige said.
He put his finger tip on her left hand and traced it around a diamond ring.
"I'm sure they'll be fine about it," Dan said
"You don't know my sisters. What I did to them..." Paige mumbled.
He picked her up and carried her inside. Then lied her down on the bed. He kissed her stomach and all the way up to her lips.
"We can't..." she whispered.
San
Francisco.
California.
The Halliwell Manor was dark and quiet. Piper was upstairs in the attic
cleaning up. Leo came in.
"Hey," he said
Piper tried to give her husband a kiss, but he turned away. Piper gave him a look and when back to cleaning "I didn't here you orb in," Piper said.
"That's because I didn't orb. I walked," Leo said.
"If you don't start using your powers again you'll get killed by a darklighter or they'll clip your wings," Piper said.
Leo looked at her like he was staring into her soul. "Don't you know what today is?" Leo asked.
"What do you think?" Piper snapped.
"I'm sorry. It's been so long," Leo said
"5 years…" Piper said softly.
"Maybe we should go see Paige," Phoebe suggested walking into the attic. Leo and Piper looked at her like she was insane.
"It's been 5 years since she left! Come on guys! I miss her! I mean, haven't you wondered what's she's been doing all these years? If she's ok? If she's safe?" Phoebe asked them.
The Beach House:
Paige was beneath Dan on the bed. Her breathing was heavy as she moaned when Dan pressed up against her. Paige gripped the side of the bed, biting her tongue, forcing herself not to scream his name. Dan just smiled lovingly. The lovers kissed as she orbed out. Dan rolled on his back just as Paige orbed in on top of him. She was soaking wet with the ocean water. Her pale face was a rosy red. "Decided to go swimming?" Dan asked. Paige laughed and kissed him.
The Manor:
"Who cares!" Piper hissed at Phoebe.
Paige was lying on her bed. Dan was asleep next her, She looked at the clock.i 1am. Piper is probably at the club... if she still owns it,/i Paige thought. She got up and headed into the living room. She sat on the couch.
Dan felt a rush of cold air brush his arms. His eyes open and he sat looking at the empty side of the bed "Paige?" he called.
"I'm in here," she called back.
Dan came in and lied down next her. He kissed her lips and held her close. "Looks like we didn't get to your sister's place," he said.
Paige rested her head against his chest. "Does it matter? They'll probably slam the door in our faces," she said.
"What's so wrong with you and your family? You never tell me!" Dan complained.
"Nothing, it's nothing..." Paige said getting up and walked out to the deck.
Dan came out with a blanket. He stood behind her and wrapped the both of them in it. Paige looked down at her feet. Her face was swelling with tears. Dan was worried. The only time he ever saw Paige cry was during an old Buffy marathon. "Paige..." he said lifting her chin up.
Her tear drops glistened in the moonlight as they rolled down her rosy cheeks. She bit her lip as Dan gently wiped the tears away.
"Don't cry Paige...don't cry... it'll be ok," Dan said trying to sooth her.
It was afternoon at the club. Bane, one of Prue's men of the moment, was busy stocking the bar. Piper walked in. "Sleep in?" Bane asked.
Piper took off her sunglasses and shot him a glare.
"Won't ask... Phoebe called here like 20 minutes ago. Something about a premonition..." Bane said.
"Did she say what she saw?" Piper asked.
"Didn't think to ask, seeing as how last time I got caught up in your demon problems I almost got killed! ...again," Bane said.
"Oh go take a Prozac! I do this every day!" Piper said.
She picked up her phone. "Call Phoebe," she said.
Her phone dialed, rang a couple times and then her sister picked up.
"Halliwell Hotline! Got demons? We vanquish!" Phoebe said.
"PHOEBE!!" Piper barked.
"Relax Piper! I saw it was you on the caller id," Phoebe said.
"You know it's getting close to that year where we saw you killed that guy in the future! I just want you to be careful!" Piper said.
"We also had Prue and you had a baby girl in that future," Phoebe said.
Piper became quiet.
"Look Piper, I gotta vision this morning about a warlock in your club. It was girl with blonde hair with some other guy. He looked really familiar, but I couldn't put a finger on him," Phoebe said.
"So we put up some charms up and as soon as a warlock blinks in, I'll freeze the club and blow him up," Piper said.
"Nice... hey when I called, Bane said you weren't in all morning. You and Leo sleep in...huh?" Phoebe asked.
Piper got silent again and in a low quiet voice so Bane couldn't hear her, "Phoebe you know I can't get pregnant anymore," Piper said.
"You can still try!" Phoebe said.
"I can't! Ok!?! Just stop! "Piper yelled and hung up.
"Bad premonition, I take it?" Bane asked.
Piper rolled her eyes and went in the backroom.
Night at P3
Dan parked his truck outside of the club.
"P3?" Paige asked.
"Yeah... you know this place?" Dan asked.
"No ...never been here," Paige lied.
"Well trust me! You'll love it! I use to go here a lot when I lived in the area. The place is really nice!" Dan said.
Paige bit her lip.
"What?" Dan asked.
"Nothing, let's just go in," she said nervously
The lovers got out of his truck and went in. Inside, Dan took her up to the bar.
"What can I get you two?" Bane asked.
"Water and a beer," Dan said.
Bane got a bottle of water and poured a beer. Dan paid him and took Paige over to a table to sit.
"Hey I'm gonna go request something. Will you be alright by yourself for a sec?" Dan asked. She didn't answer him. Paige was too busy looking around the club for any sign of Piper or Phoebe. "Paige!" Dan yelled trying to get her attention.
"What!? Yeah... I'll be fine..." Paige said. Dan headed off to the dance floor.
Just then, she heard someone coming from behind her.
"It's almost midnight Pheebs and nothing! No warlock, maybe he was just stopping in for a drink!" Piper whined.
"You and I know that's not true," Phoebe said.
It's them Say hi! Come Paige, say hi! Oh god... Dan! Say anything! Oh god. I love you two.
Piper. Phoebe.
Together. All 3 of us.
Whoa! Did Phoebe go blonde again or what?
Glamour. I should glamour.
Does he know this is my sister's club?
Do it before they go!
Please accept me.
"Hey!" Paige called at them.
Phoebe and Piper turned around.
"Freeze!" Phoebe whispered in Piper's ear. Piper flicked her wrist and the music stopped and everyone froze.
Don't move... Don't move... Don't move... Paige thought.
"That's the girl from my premonition!" Phoebe said.
"Are you sure?" Piper asked.
"Blonde hair, pink top, tan skin. I've been doing this for 10 years now. I think I know!" Phoebe said.
"So is she a warlock or innocent?" Piper asked.
"I dunno," Phoebe said.
Piper rolled her eyes. "Back to position!" She snapped and unfroze the room.
Paige put her hand behind her back. A piece of paper from Piper's clipboard orbed into her hand. She held it up.
"... You dropped this..." Paige said sounding defeated.
Piper took the paper." Thanks," she said and the two head to the couch area.
Dan came up to the table.
"Paige?" he asked. She nodded.
"Why'd you glamour?" he asked.
"I guess my powers went crazy for a sec there," Paige said
"Can you change back then? I'd like to see the woman I fell in love with," Dan said.
"In public?" Paige asked.
"Maybe we should go then..?" Dan asked.
Paige nodded and they left.
Phoebe looked out from the curtains in the couch area. "She's gone!" she said.
"And nothing bad happened either!" Piper said.
"Piper!! Innocent lives are at stake here!" Phoebe said.
"So scry for the warlock when we get home!" Piper said not caring.
Phoebe gave a sigh, knowing that her sister didn't care, and looked around the club again.
Morning at the Halliwells.
Piper was up making coffee while Phoebe slept with her head in the Book of Shadows. Outside, Paige stood staring at the house. She orbed out and back into a hotel room. Dan was asleep on the bed. Paige quickly slipped out of her clothes and back into her PJs. She lied down next to him. He put his arms around her. "Decided to go for a walk?" he asked.
"Yeah... I didn't want to wake you," she said. Dan sat up and looked at the clock. "Its 7:30, we should probably get going," Dan said.
The Manor.
8:00 am
"Phoebe!!" Piper called.
Her little sister didn't move.
"Phoebe!!" Piper yelled again.
Pheebes jumped awaked and looked at Piper.
"What?! Where's the warlock?" she shouted.
"No where. Look I've got a doctor's appt. Can you stop by the club and
give these order forms to Bane?" Piper asked.
"Doctor's appt? What's wrong?" Phoebe asked.
"I've been getting sick in the morning lately. Feeling dizzy in the
afternoon," Piper said.
"Honey… that doesn't sound like you're sick. It sounds like your
pregnant," Phoebe said.
Piper threw a folder at her. "How many times do I have to say I can't get
pregnant until you understand it?" Piper yelled and left.
10:30 am
Dan and Paige pulled up in front
of the manor.
"Are you sure that's the place?" Dan asked a little uneasy.
"Sure as anything... come on!!" Paige said.
The two got out of the car and headed up the step.
"You knock," Paige said hiding behind him.
"Honey, they're your sisters," Dan said.
"Please Dan!" Paige said.
"Paige! Just knock! We didn't come all this way for nothing," Dan
said.
"Just knock Dan!!" Paige said.
Suddenly the door opened.
"Dan??" Phoebe said shocked.
Oh Gawd… Phoebe! Wait... how did she know his name? Is this why he was so uneasy? What's going on here?
It's really her...
"Dan… how? What? ...It's great to see you!" Phoebe said.
He gave her a smile. "It's been what close to 7 years right?" Dan
asked.
"Yeah… so what brings you back to our place?" Phoebe asked.
"I'm actually getting married..." Dan said.
"Oh Congrats!" Phoebe said.
"To Paige..."Dan said.
Phoebe froze and almost afraid to talk. "Paige Matthews?" she asked.
Out from behind him peeped her baby sister.
"Paige!!" she gasped and tried to give her a hug, but Paige stepped
back.
October 2003.
Phoebe slapped Paige across the face.
"You bitch!!! How could you!!" she yelled. Paige fell to her knees,
sobbing. Phoebe lifted her fist and punched Paige so hard she fell into the
wall. "Everything!! It's all your fault!!" she screamed. Paige got up
and ran to get away. But Phoebe levitated up and kicked her out into the
hallway. Paige slammed into the wall and slid down.
"It's all your fault!" Phoebe yelled. She turned to take another swing at her. Just then a blue and white shield formed around Paige protecting her. Phoebe hit it a few times and looked up. "You can't protect her forever!" she screamed and stormed up to the attic. The blue shield disappeared. Piper came out into the room. She knelt down next to a whimpering Paige. She tucked Paige's red hair behind her ear and took Paige's arm in both of her hands.
"Do you know what you did was wrong?" Piper asked.
Paige nodded while tears dripped down her face.
"Are you sorry?" Piper asked.
"Ye... yes," Paige whimpered.
CRACK!!
Paige's jaw dropped as she choked back screams. Piper let go of her swelled and disfigured arm then put her hand over Paige's mouth to hush her. "Now get out of my house."
2008
"Come on Paige! It's me," Phoebe said.
Paige took Dan's hands.
"I love you," she whispered.
"Wait… what's going on??" Dan asked confused.
Paige orbed out. "Paige? Paige!!!" Dan yelled.
He looked at Phoebe.
"Bring her back!!! Bring her back!!" he yelled.
December 2003.
It was close to the holidays. Snow was coming down like nothing mattered. Paige was living alone, in a run-down apartment deep in the heart of New York City. Her room was only a bed, small kitchen and an even smaller bathroom. The closet was packed only with a suitcase worth of clothes. On her dresser was some make-up and of course some pink lipstick.
The door opened and Paige came in. Her face was red from the cold. Underneath her jacket she tightly hugged her arm, wrapped in an arm brace.
"You know I could heal that for you..." A voice said.
Paige turned around to see her white lighter father Sam, standing there.
"How'd you find me?" she asked.
"I'm your father. All I gotta do is sense you," Sam said.
"Well disown me or something! I don't want to be helped, found or
bothered!" she snapped.
"Paige, it was an accident! It's been about 3 months. You needed the power
of three. You have no chance," Sam said.
Paige sat on her bed and gave a fake smile to her father she barely knew.
"Funny thing is, I thought the same thing and ended up with an arm broken
in 5 different spots, bruised ribs, and a black eye!" she said.
"You can't break the Charmed Ones up," Sam said.
"What? Do you want me to orb back to the manor and be like, Hey sis! Sorry
I ruined your life! How about a hug? and the arm. Thanks for breaking it!"
Paige said.
"Piper and Phoebe miss you," Sam said.
"And white lighters are suppose to lire," she said coolly.
"Please..." he begged.
She turned to the window.
"Fire that burned when I left!
Hide me from everyone, let me rest," she chanted.
A light encircle around Sam and carried him away.
"Bye Dad..." she whispered
The Manor. 2008.
"How the hell do you know about witchcraft?" Phoebe asked afraid.
"Paige. She told me," Dan said.
"Paige... my baby sister Paige just told you." Phoebe said in
disbelief.
"And how would you know? You haven't seen her in 5 years," Dan said.
Leo orbed in. "Phoebe! Would you knock off the yelling, I can't hear any
of my..." Leo stopped talking.
"Oh God! You're still here?" Dan said disgusted.
"And what the hell are you doing here?" Leo yelled, getting in his
face.
"Trying to get my fiancée back!" Dan yelled.
"You stay away from Piper!!!" Leo yelled.
Phoebe stepped between the two. "Ok! Chill you two! Now's not the
time!" Phoebe said.
Dan backed down. "She's right. We need to find Paige," he said.
"Paige??" Leo asked.
"Yeah, Paige. My future wife!" Dan said.
Leo backed away from Dan feeling extremely stupid. "Look Leo, you and I
will go to the hospital and get Piper. Dan, stay here. Go read the Book of
Shadows, it's in the attic see if you can get a spell to help us find
her," Phoebe said.
"You trust a guy you've just seen for the first time in what 9
years?" Leo asked.
"It's been 7 years and yes! I do," Phoebe said.
She took Leo's hand and the two orbed out.
It wasn't long before Piper came home. She looked tired, but somewhat content
from her doctor's appt. She went upstairs, all the way to the attic.
Mom is just going to die... I think...
over this! She opened the door and.
"Dan?!" she gasped.
"Piper!" he jumped and dropped the Book of Shadows on the floor.
Sunset. The Beach House.
Paige sat out on the deck's railing looking at the beach ahead of her. Dan was next to her.
"So what did Piper say?" she asked.
Images of Piper blasting him down the
stairs and out the door raced in his mind.
"Not much," he lied.
The Manor.
Piper was sitting in bed with Leo, trying to fall asleep.
"FIVE! Five years and she thinks she can waltz back into our lives and act
like nothing happened? And to top it off! She comes back here engaged to Dan?!?
A couple years ago he wanted nothing to do with magick!!" Piper ranted.
"Honey! Slow down! Paige is your sister," Leo said.
"Ex-half sister!" Piper snapped.
"Piper, she did it all to us. Not just you. But you have to get over it!
Paige completes the Charmed Ones. You need her," Leo said.
Piper turned off the light and laid down next her husband.
"I guess I just wasn't expecting this day to ever come," she said.
Leo kissed the top of her head and gently rubbed her back to give her comfort.
"It's the first attempt she's ever made to come back to us," he said.
"But does she have to come back engaged to Dan?" Piper complained.
February 2004.
Paige was walking home late at night. She heard footsteps behind her. Trying to ignore them, but picked up her pace. Suddenly she felt someone hit her, like a linebacker going at full speed. She fell into the nearby alley. Orb out! Orb out! Her mind kept telling her. But she didn't budge.
The attacker slowly walked towards her. He grabbed her legs and threw her into
the brick wall. She hit her head and started to space out. RUN!! Her mind screamed.
But Paige just lied there, too dizzy to even move.
"HEY YOU!" a voice yelled.
Through blurred vision, she watched a dark stranger beat the living shit out of
her attacker. The attacker fled the scene the moment he got away from the
stranger.
Paige blinked a couple times as her savior bent down to check on her.
"Are you ok?" he asked.
Paige fell unconscious before she could answer.
Morning. She woke in a hospital bed. A nurse was in the room opening her window
shades. Paige flinched at the light. "Oh you're awake. I'll go get the
doctor," the nurse said and left. Paige looked around. She saw her chart
on the door.
"Chart," she called and it orbed into her hands.
She thumbs through the papers and stopped on
'Assault. It's in this doctor's opinion that the young lady was luck to even
get way in time.'
Paige looked next to her bed. There was small vase filled with white roses.
"Good morning Miss Matthews... I see you got some roses," the doctor said coming in.
"They're beautiful. Who sent them?" she asked.
"The man who brought you in last night," the doctor said.
"What was his name?" Paige asked.
"Didn't leave one. He just waited 'til we said you were okay then he left," the doctor said.
2008. The Beach House. Morning.
Paige was reading a bridal magazine with her headphones on out on the deck,
while Dan was inside with Phoebe and Leo.
"She's looking at the bride magazine, so wedding must still be on,"
Dan said.
"Did you decide on a chapel yet?" Leo asked.
"The church her mother and father left her at," Dan said.
"Guest list?" Leo asked.
"My sister and her family and you guys, of course," Dan said.
Phoebe didn't care what they were talking about she just wanted to go talk her
baby sister. Fix what was really wrong. She wandered out to the deck.
Paige instantly put everything down and stood up, almost like she was afraid.
Phoebe picked up the bridal magazine and opened to a page that had a post-it on
it. The dress was silk, a dove white color, strapless and it flowed down to the
ground.
"It's beautiful," Phoebe said.
Paige was too shy to say a word to her. So, Phoebe turned to another page with
a Post-it. Bridesmaids dresses. They were silk too, a soft pink. They almost
reminded her of the dresses Prue and she had worn at Piper and Leo's wedding.
Phoebe put the magazine down and looked at Paige. She reached out to touch her,
but Paige backed away.
"Honey, I'm not poison. What's wrong?" she asked.
Paige didn't answer.
I'm sorry I even came here! Just go!
Please!! Her mind screamed.
Piper was in the attic looking at picture of Paige, her, and Phoebe. She gave a sigh knowing that it would never be the same. No matter what. Paige would never trust them again. The Charmed One are finished... she thought.
April 2004. New York City.
Running in central park; Paige did it every weekend to try and stay in shape. She usually ran on a dirt trail that was hidden behind some trees. She could get away from the noise and all her troubles on the trail. But today was different.
She was only a little ways into the trail, but just far enough for no one to hear her. A warlock blinked in front of her.
"Goodbye witch," he said and hurled an energy ball at her.
Just then she was pushed out of the way. She looked up to see a stranger take
the hit. She orbed in front of him.
"A white lighter? No matter..." the warlock took a crossbow off his back.
"You think that'll work on me?" Paige asked him.
He fired a shot, just as a blue and white light shield formed in front of Paige and the unconscious stranger. The arrow burned up the second it hit the shield.
"I'm not going to fight you," she yelled.
"Then you will die!" he yelled and hurled another energy ball at her.
It rebounded off the shield and back at the warlock, vanquishing him to hell.
The shield disappeared as Paige turned to the stranger. Brown highlighted hair, looks strong, nice dresser! She thought looking at him.
She placed her hands over this chest and healed him. The stranger opened his
eyes.
"Are you ok?" he asked.
"Oh yeah... you scared that freak off..." she lied.
"Sorry... I saw him following you and I thought you might need some
help."
"You saved my life." she said
He smiled. "Dan Gordon,"
"Paige Matthews."
2008. P3.
Leo and Piper were setting up for tonight's show. Phoebe, Dan, and Paige came down.
"Hey Piper! Look who I brought!" Phoebe exclaimed.
Piper looked up. Rage started to fill every inch of her body. She didn't want to feel angry at Paige, but she couldn't help it.
"Dan... Paige. Nice to see you," she said giving only Dan a hug.
Leo could sense her tension.
"Hey Pheebs! …Dan. Do you think you could help me with some boxes in the
back?" he asked.
Phoebe grabbed each guy by the arm and quickly went in the back. Piper shot her
crafty husband a glare and turned back to Paige.
"I see you're no longer a red head," she said.
"Yeah..." Paige mumbled.
"So
New York City,"
Piper said trying to talk to her.
"Yeah... Dan and I use to live there," she said.
Piper noticed that Paige hadn't looked up from her feet once, since she came in
the club.
What..? Is she afraid? I'm not gonna hurt
her, she wondered.
"Getting married soon?" she asked.
"In a couple weeks."
"You decide on a chapel yet?"
"The one I was abandoned at." Paige mumbled.
Piper sighed seeing that the ice between the two wasn't going to melt any time
soon.
"You could have it at the manor if you wanted," she suggested.
Paige looked up giving Piper a smile.
"That would be nice," she said
Dan came out of the backroom.
"Paige, it's almost 1! We're gotta go. The realtor said to meet her soon,"
he said.
"You're moving back here?" Piper asked.
"Yeah, Dan's got some house here that he rented out to people. All we
gotta do it sign a couple papers and we're gonna move into it," Paige said
heading out.
Piper looked at Dan.
"Not a word," he said.
1 am that evening at P3.
Phoebe was at the bar with Bane serving drinks. Phoebe pointed Dan and Paige on
the dance floor.
"He was here a couple nights ago with her. What's so special about them?" Bane asked.
"She's my half sister, Paige, and that's her fiancé Dan," Phoebe
said.
"You've got another sister?!?" Bane shouted.
Phoebe gave him a light punch in the chest. "Don't act so surprised!"
At the manor.
Leo and Piper had just gotten home from P3. The two collapsed on the bed,
exhausted.
"Are you going to be ok with this?" he asked.
"Yeah... I think so. I mean I did offer our home for the ceremony,"
Piper said.
"Aww! Honey! You did?"
"Yeah, least I can do, since she is moving next door to us."
Leo gave her a kiss. "I knew you'd warm up to her again." He stroked
his wife's long, raven-brown hair and innocently kissed her body.
"You spoil me," Piper said.
Leo dragged his finger down her lips and then kissed her again, tasting the strawberry lip gloss.
"Let's go away form here," she whispered.
"And what sparked this idea?" he asked.
"I dunno! Just take me away from all this responsibility! Let's go to Aspen or Paris! It doesn't matter. Let's just go," She said.
Leo moved closer to her to whisper sweet thoughts in her ear, but then the door cracked open. In stared a 5 year old boy with dirty blonde hair and chestnut eyes.
"Mommy? Daddy?" he whimpered.
Piper sat up. "Wyatt, what's wrong honey?" she asked.
"The shadow man is outside my window again, but this time he's staring at the neighbor's," Wyatt cried.
Piper quickly got up and headed to Wyatt's room. Leo orbed to his son, grabbed him and orbed out.
Wyatt wasn't lying. There was a man standing there, staring into Dan and Paige's soon-to-be house. Leo orbed in next to her.
"Where is he?" she asked.
"With the elders, safe. Who's that guy?" Leo asked.
"Warlock... demon. Is there any difference?"
"Freeze him,"
"No... Wait and see what he does!"
He shimmered out.
"Demon," Piper said.
"And you let him get away," Leo said.
"He'll be back. They always come back," Piper said.
3 am.
The demon shimmered in at the beach house. He looked inside the bedroom from the deck.
Paige and Dan were busy deeply engaged in each other. She screamed out his name and begged him to continue. Dan slid off his future wife and lied next to her, breathing hard. Paige leaned over and kissed him. "I win," she said as if their sex was a mere game.
The demon cracked a smile.
"My type of girl..." he said and shimmered out.
Morning at the Manor.
Paige and Dan were eating breakfast. Phoebe came downstairs.
"Hey Pheebs," Dan greeted.
"Morning love birds…" Phoebe mumbled, not quite awake.
Piper came in through the back door. "The traffic never ends does it?" she said. Paige scooted her chair away from Piper. Dan noticed it.
"Honey, we should go next door. The realtor is gonna be there soon,"
Dan said.
Paige orbed out, not even waiting for him to finish what he was saying. He
rolled his eyes and left.
"So you gonna tell Paige about the demon?" Phoebe asked.
"No need. She's not a part of this many more," Piper said.
A car parked in front of Dan and Paige's house. A well dressed man got out and headed up to the door. He knocked and Dan answered.
"Mr. Gordon... I'm Caleb Walker," he said.
At the Manor.
Phoebe felt dizzy. Then...
It was the realtor talking to Dan and Paige. Then it went to 1600s, when Prue, Piper and herself were sent back to help deliver Melinda. She saw a man drop an apple peel into a barrel of water and it slowly became a C.
She snapped out of it and looked out the window. "Oh god! What if he's the demon??" she gasped.
"Hmm..? Demon what?" Piper asked, not noticing that Phoebe had just had a premonition.
Phoebe ran towards their house. She opened the front door.
"Paige!? Dan!?" she called.
"In here," Dan yelled
She went into the kitchen.
"Phoebe, this is our realtor, Caleb Walker," Dan said.
She flashed Caleb a quick smile. "Phoebe Halliwell. I live next
door," she said shaking his hand. "Realtor huh?"
"Just my day job," Caleb said. He pulled a couple papers out of his
brief case and gave them to Dan.
"I'll see you tomorrow. Just sign by the tabs," Caleb said,
"Thank you Mr. Walker," Dan said.
"Call me Caleb, "he said heading out.
Paige saw Phoebe's dreamy look as Caleb walked away.
"Don't just stand there! Invite him to P3," Paige said.
Phoebe smiled and went after him. Dan looked at Paige. Her face was happy, full. He hadn't seen her like that since they left New York City.
"Tell me why I never get to see that face?" he asked.
Her smile faded away as she turned to the manor, looking straight at Piper.
Night. P3.
Leo orbed in the backroom, scaring Paige half to death.
"Oh god... Leo it's you," she said.
"Paige... Why are you back here?" he asked.
"Dan's out at some construction site, looking over the plans before we
starts next week. He said he'd meet me here. I'm just waiting," Paige
said.
"So it'll be the perfect chance for you to talk to Phoebe and Piper,"
Leo said.
"And say what?" Paige asked half-heartedly.
"Talk about the wedding maybe?" he suggested.
"Tell Dan I went to the beach house... if he ever comes," Paige said and head out. She bumped into Phoebe and Caleb talking at the bar.
"Hey Paige! Where are you going in sucha hurry?" Phoebe asked.
"Beach House," Paige said.
"It's only 10. Come on! Dan isn't even here yet!" Phoebe said.
Piper came over to the bar.
"Hey you two. What's up?" she asked.
"Paige is leaving early," Phoebe said.
Piper put her hand on Paige's shoulder. Almost instantly, Paige jerked away
from the two of them. Piper froze the room.
"What the hell is your problem?" Piper asked.
"This! I can't handle this!" she cried and orbed out.
"Great..."Phoebe said.
Caleb rolled his eyes, when they were looking. Piper unfroze the room.
"Hey, where'd Paige go?" he asked.
August 2004.
Paige was working at the diner, taking orders. She went behind the bar and up to a man reading the newspaper.
He set it down. "It's you," he said a bit surprised.
"Dan, right?" she asked.
"Yeah, so how you been? Hopefully avoiding all the creeps in this
city...?" Dan asked.
"I've been ok. You?"
"Working a lot. My family and friends all live back on the west coast, so
I don't really know anyone out here,"
"Same here…" She said.
Dan paused for a second.
"Are you seeing anyone?" he asked.
"Excuse me?"
"Sorry, I'm not usually this forward. It's just this is the third time I've seen you, and do you want to go see a movie or dinner sometime? I mean, I'd understand if you were seeing someone. A beautiful girl like you..." he rambled.
Paige put her hand over his mouth, to make him stop.
"I get off at 7," she said.
2008. Midnight. Beach House.
Paige was lying on the couch. Images of Phoebe and Piper from the horrible night long ago raced her mind then she remembered tonight.
The door opened and Dan came in.
"Paige? Paige!!" he called.
She sat up.
"Hey, Piper and Phoebe said you left early," he said sitting down
next to her.
"I couldn't be there with them," she said quietly.
"What the hell is wrong Paige?!" Dan asked
"You're not involved, so you don't need to know!"
"You want to start our marriage out with secrets!? Paige! Just tell
me!"
"No!" She said pushing him aside and going into the bedroom.
"Paige! Stop being a bitch and tell me!" Dan yelled, furiously.
"What did you just call me?!" she asked, coming out of the bedroom.
"A bitch! A four year old whining bitch who's been keeping this damn secret from me since we met!!" Dan yelled.
She ran into the living room and shoved him into the couch. Dan got up and shoved her back into the wall. Pissed off, Paige ran at Dan and took a swing. He dodged it and threw a fist into her face. Paige stumbled back. She was in shock. He hit her. Dan actually hit her.
"Oh god! Honey! I'm so sorry I didn't mean too..." he apologized.
Paige took the ring off and held it in her fist.
"Five years ago, I did something. It was an accident, but no one saw it that way," Paige said, calming down.
"What did you do?" Dan asked.
"I sinned..."
She dropped the ring on the floor and orbed out.
P3.
Paige orbed inside the backroom. She opened the door and headed out towards the bar. Bane looked up at her. "Paige right?" he asked.
"Yeah... I'm looking for Phoebe and Piper. Are they still here?" she asked.
"Parking lot. They just left," Bane said.
Paige rushed outside and looked around the parking lot. Nobody was there. She turned and ran into a guy, knocking the both of them over. She fell right on top of him, their lips touched by accident. The shadows hid his face.
"Paige Matthews!!' Piper shrieked.
She looked up.
"It's not what it looks like!" she said.
"Heard that line before! How could you do this to Dan?" Phoebe yelled.
"You guys! It was an accident! We fell!" Paige said.
"Then why are you still on top of him?" Piper asked
Paige didn't answer. She knew it wasn't worth trying anymore. Her sisters got in Piper's car and took off. Paige looked at the man. "Why didn't you say something?!" she yelled getting up and heading back into the club.
The man gave a laugh and shimmered out.