Chapter 1

No Charmed One's in this story guys, just Phoebe and Piper without magical powers. Phoebe is a nurse and Cole and other random charectors such as Tim and Ralph are doctors. Oh and Kara is the receptonist.

A call woke up Phoebe in the early hours of the morning. With a groan, she rolled over and answered it. She was not surprised to hear Kara's voice. She felt selfish for wishing that the matter was impersonal, job related. She wished with every fibre in her body that the patient, needing her attention in the middle of the night, was some stranger. But she knew better. "

Who is it Kara?" she said immediately.

"Piper and the kids."

Oh my god... Her uniform was already on; she was already out of the door and driving into the hospital entrance without even one single thought. She felt numb as she made the routine walk to the emergency room. Ralph caught her eyes immediately.

"Is she...?"

"She's alive." He said. "But it's too early to tell, Pheebes."

She nodded.

"Chris, Wy?"

Her voice came out much more emotional then she intended.

"Chris's in burns unit, third degree burns I believe."

"Oh my God." She put a hand to her face. "And Wyatt?"

She was afraid of the answer.

"He's fine, just minor injures."

She sighed in relief.

"Excuse me..." She pushed past him.

She looked like half a person. That was how much her body was smashed and bleeding. Terri saw patients like this almost everyday but not like this. Not her sister. She fought the tears and gazed into her blank face.

"It's me, Phoebe."

She never thought she would ever talk to someone who was unconscious. But now she knew how it felt like, and the hopelessness led her to desperation.

"You are going to hang on, Piper. Don't you dare die on me."

She clutched her cold hand and suddenly it all felt too real to her. She had to get out of the room.

The feeling was so weird. She was by herself in her office and the uncertainty was killing her. She tried pacing, cleaning the place up, eating, but nothing seemed to make time go any quicker. Where was Cole? He would take her away from all of this. She mustered the courage to go see Chris. It was horrible, seeing the flesh missing from his face. But it was better than seeing a conscious Wyatt, and not being able to tell him that his Mum was going to be OK.

When Cole entered the ward he knew something had changed. For one, everyone was looking down. And Phoebe was nowhere to be seen.

"I'm sorry I'm late guys, what happened?" H

is question was ignored for a couple of seconds before Kara spoke up.

"It's Piper. She was in a car accident. The boys were in the car."

"Oh..."

"That's not all. Tim just told me she had alcohol in her system."

Cole felt like he had been crushed.

"Piper wouldn't..."

"Tests don't lie, Cole." He wrung his hands like he always did when he was worried.

"Where's Phoebe?" He demanded.

She never looked so alone, standing in her office, her head out the window, body trembling. Cole couldn't believe no one was there with her, that she was all alone here to go through this agony. The opening of the door made her turn around and see her. Her brown eyes were full with pain. She didn't say anything. She didn't have to. He pulled her small frame close to him and hugged her tighter than he had ever hugged anyone. She sobbed quietly on his chest, just enough for him to notice. His pocket began buzzing and he cursed the bad timing. But working at a hospital always produced bad timing.

"I can get Ralph to cover. I can stay here with you." He offered.

"No I'm fine because Piper's going to be fine."

Her icy eyes stared at him threateningly, expecting him to challenge her statement. If it were anyone else, he would have.

A knock at the door startled her from her thoughts. She hoped it would be Cole again, but she knew he never knocked. Doctor Martin gave her a brief smile and sat down in the chair in front of her.

"Phoebe, this isn't going to be easy..."

"Just tell me, Tim."

"We did a blood test and we found your sister had a BAC of .12"

Phoebe screamed inside.

"She wouldn't... the kids..."

I've known Piper my whole life and she's never had more than a sip of wine on New Year. Does Tim expect me to believe him? That she would risk her kids? But deep down, she was letting the wrapping of her heart unravel and letting something sinister take its place.

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