Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed or any of the characters :( ... just my fanfiction ;)

AN: Anyhow, this is my first fanfiction…I know it doesn't really sound like the summary just yet, but it will in later chapters. Enjoy D and happy reading. Please R&R :)

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Piper's alarm clock blasted its threatening clanging sound throughout the silent room. She groaned still half asleep, turned over and tried desperately to silent the stubborn noise.

'Damn it…why won't you shutup,' she thought 'where is that stupid little switch?' Piper fumbled around clumsily searching for that tiny switch that would shut off the deafening sound.

"Ahhh!" she was suddenly aware that her struggle with her alarm clock had caused her to become tangled within her bed sheets, before she knew it, Piper fell out of bed and landed on the hardwood floor.

"Oww" she yelped in pain as her elbow struck the floor and sent a shock tingling throughout her entire body. "Oh screw you!" she lost her patience and decided to pull the cord.

Silence

'Finally," she thought. Piper made a mental note to herself to reset her clock before bed that night. She walked out barefoot down the hallway and stopped at the bathroom. Piper twisted the knob, but it was locked. "Damnit Phoebe hurry up!" she banged on the door.

"Yeah yeah yeah I'm coming." Her yells were muffled by the thick oak door.

Piper sighed and dragged herself back into her room and slowly slipped under the warm comforters as she waited for the bathroom to vacant. She had almost fallen asleep again before Phoebe's voice woke her.

"Bathroom's free" she yelled.

Piper suddenly jerked awake, and slowly re-dragged her self out from underneath the warm covers.

"Piper you're gonna be late! Hurry your butt up!" Prue yelled from downstairs

'Shit, what time is it?' Piper thought.

She quickly ran to her closet and threw together an outfit and then quickly ran into the bathroom, Piper quickly brushed her teeth and ran a comb through her long brown hair. She descended the stairs two steps at a time, ran into the kitchen where she yelled a quick goodbye to Prue, grabbed an apple as a make-shift breakfast and ran out the door.

'Oh my gosh, I made it' thought Piper as she walked through the gigantic doors of San Francisco High. The colossal front doors of her highschool had always frightened her, and made her feel even more insignificant than she already felt. From her first day walking through the door as a freshmen till her last day walking out as graduate, they would continue to belittle and serve as a painful reminder at the back of her head of the barriers that suppressed her. Not that she didn't enjoy being at school, in fact it was far from it, but she was a teenaged girl and she had dreams of the future. Every minute wasted inside was a minute lost outside, where anticipated living her dreams. Dreams of making it BIG in Hollywood. But that was her little dirty secret, something she had never told anyone. …Except once in the 7th grade…

It was career and personal planning week in class and Piper's teacher had asked everyone to go home and think over their career choices. Piper didn't need to think, she knew from the moment her teacher had assigned the assignment, that she was going to become a famous actress. She had promptly gone home that night and announced to her sisters plans for her future as a glamorous celebrity in Hollywood.

"Ooooooooo, can I be your manager?" Phoebe asked interested.

"Of course yo----"

"-- No." Prue interrupted without taking her eyes of her book.

She remembered almost bursting into tears right on the spot, instead she swallowed the pain in her throat and croaked, "what? Why not?"

"Because," her older sister answered, her eyes still on the page of her book, "it's a dangerous and unethical job, you're always being stalked and chased by paparazzi and crazy people, plus it takes away any chance of you leading a decent normal life, AND on top of that, it's an unstable job, you never know when you're gonna "fade" out and if you're even gonna make it big to begin with."

"But---" Piper began to protest

"No if's, and's or but's your not going to act and that's final, end of discussion, period. I'd prefer it if you went into law or medicine, or a respectable field." She said with a tone of finality.

Piper had just stood there, for a full 2 minutes just gaping at her older sister with eyes and mouth wide open. She knew it was useless to go up against Prue's decision, but this was her life and her dreams, this was her decision and her decision alone, no one, not even Prue could make if for her. Instead of arguing, she fled and ran upstairs to her room. As far as Piper could remember she had cried herself to sleep that night and woke up the next morning deciding…Prue doesn't need to know…she could study medicine or whatever profession Prue thought was excceptable, and once she was one her own, she could begin to truly live her dreams. It was a flawless plan. The hard part was all the sneaking and lying she would have to do behind her older sister's back…

She quickly made a right turn at the end of the hallway and started her flight up the stairs to reach her locker. Just thinking of what happened nearly 4 years ago with Prue brought tears and a stab of pain to Piper's heart. Ever since Grams died, Prue had become their legal guardian and acted more like a mother than a sister, she began restricting and nagging Piper in more ways than one. She constantly asked Piper about school and made sure her grades were always nothing but A's. Although her older sister was always kept a close eye over Piper, she had realized over the years that Prue wasn't so strict with Phoebe. Their older sister was never really concerned with Phoebe's grades, or her attitude towards school. Hell, Piper wasn't even sure Prue knew that their youngest sister always cut classes to make out with her boyfriend Cole and smoke a cigarette or two with her "senior friends."

Nevertheless, the way Prue treated her sisters never really made a difference to Piper. She didn't mind the over-protectiveness and she definitely didn't mind working hard to maintain her A average. She knew Prue had a lot of responsibilities ever since dropping out of highschool to care for her and Phoebe. With responsibilities came major stress. Not only did Prue have to give up her education, but she had to find a job that would help support her sisters financially. Piper decided it was best to help reduce her stress level by keeping her happy with good grades and visions of her bright future in a "respectable field."

Suddenly Piper was interrupted out of her deep thought by the feeling of someone bumping into her. A tall figure had walked right into her and brushed aside without apologizing. He seemed to be in a hurry, but Piper didn't care, she felt a sudden rush of anger.

"Hey watch it!" she yelled after him.

He turned around and issued a quick but sincere sorry and continued in haste.

Piper froze, she suddenly realized who she had snapped at.

AN: ok so that was the end of the first chapter I hope you liked it… lemme know what you think…I'll update chapter 2 soon. Please R&R :) Thanks :)