Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed, only Payton Baylee Halliwell in this story.

Author's Note to Readers: I wrote this story a long while ago and posted it on Mibba. I edited it to the 'write' (writer's humor) format.

I was sitting on the bed in mine and Phoebe's room working on my history paper, typing things up on Phoebe's laptop she lent to me, trying to get things organized, and trying to find the files Phoebe had moved around when she got her laptop back last time I borrowed it. I lifted up a few papers and then put them in a folder I had with me and then looked at the rest of the papers. I had about six hundred papers on this bed full of information that I had to type up. Figuratively speaking of course.

I dropped my papers on the bed that I was holding in my hands and stretched.

"I need somethin' to drink." I said as I made my way down the stairs.

I stopped once I got to the bottom step hearing a vaguely familiar voice. It sounded sort of like, Grams? I looked around the corner and sure enough, my sisters were sitting down on the woven couch in the solarium talking to Grams.

"How's that possible?" I asked a little too loud.

Phoebe looked up at me from the couch and said, "Baylee."

I looked at her as every one else looked at me. Prue stood up waving her hand beckoning me over to the four of them. I walked slowly over to them, not really sure if that was Grams or not.

Grams turned to look at me and smiled as she said, "Oh Baylee, you've gotten so big."

I poked her arm to make sure it was really her, and when it was, I asked, "I thought you were dead?"

Grams crossed her arms as she looked at me and said, "I am. But that doesn't mean I don't have a spirit. I can come down and visit you anytime I want."

I hugged her happily then.

When she broke the hug she looked at my older sisters and asked changing her smile to a concerned look, "Does she always need an explanation before she hugs her grandmother?"

"Sorry Grams." I said looking down.

"Oh, its fine. You haven't seen me in a long time, you're new to the craft. I wouldn't blame you for being careful." Grams said smiling again.

Prue stepped up beside me after standing up and said, "I don't mean to cut this short, but Baylee's got a history report to finish."

I sighed and looked at Grams smiling as she said, "Go on then."

I smiled at her and then walked into the kitchen to go get something to drink.

"Well, I should be going now," I heard Grams say, "Blessed be."

Then I saw her orb out like I can do, except she was using glowing yellowish white balls of light instead of bluish white. I sighed as I turned around and walked to the fridge. I grabbed a mountain dew and opened it and took a long sip. Piper came into the kitchen alone so I figured our other sisters were off doing something else by themselves. She smiled at me as she walked passed me and went to the sink to start cleaning off dishes from dinner. I looked at the clock on the microwave and it said, "8:47". I stayed down there to finish my pop which only took a minute.

"Hey Piper?" I said in an almost whisper hoping to still get her attention.

I was going to ask her a question that was dying to get out so I didn't even wait for her to look up and I asked, "If Grams can come back does that mean mom can too?"

Piper stopped what she was doing but didn't turn around. I could tell she didn't feel comfortable answering that question because she had been quiet the whole time Grams was there, but it seemed like she was about too until Phoebe and Prue came in.

Phoebe poked me in the sides and I jumped, turning around to look at her.

"Phoebe!" I said a bit annoyed, but then I poked her and we started to laugh.

Prue walked over to Piper who had continued with the dish washing and they were talking quietly. Phoebe and I looked at them and listened in for a second.

Prue said, "Tomorrow we'll go meet up at Quake and then go somewhere for lunch and we can talk okay?"

Piper didn't say anything, only responded with a nod towards Prue. Prue looked up at me and Phoebe and we turned our attention towards each other pretending to talk about something else like we weren't eavesdropping.

Phoebe then said, "Come on. I'll help you work on history report."

So Phoebe helped me work on my history report until it was time to go to bed and we said goodnight and went to sleep an hour after we were supposed to go to bed, which was like ten o' clock. I woke up an hour later and it must have had something to do with the fact that Phoebe kicks in her sleep because there was a big pain in my ribcage.

Anyway, I got up and walked to the door and peeked out. There weren't any lights on but I orbed down to the sitting room anyway because I sensed some one there. I orbed in back of the couch in the sitting room where there was a fire going in the fire place and I also saw some one on the couch who I immediately recognized who it was. Of course the only one with long black hair in the family of us four, Piper.

I waited a few seconds before saying her name in a whisper, "Piper?"

She jumped turning around to face me as she tensed up. But once she noticed it was me she calmed down.

I looked at her concerned and said, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you jump."

She looked down for a second and then back at me and said, "Its okay. Do you wanna come sit down for a few seconds?"

I nodded and then hurried over to the front side of the couch and sat down beside her. She smiled slightly as I sat down next to her on the couch.

We were silent for a few moments and then I spoke, "I'm sorry about upsetting you earlier."

I looked down.

"Its not your fault, Baylee," She said to me, "I guess It just shocked me seeing Grams. It shocked you a little too, I could tell."

She sounded really tired and I began to wonder if she had tried to get any sleep at all.

"Yeah, but don't you wonder about that now?" I asked referring to Grams and my question to which Piper had trouble processing earlier in the kitchen.

Piper nodded slowly at me, "Yeah. I'm almost tempted to try it."

I looked hopefully at her and asked, "Can we? Like, right now?"

She shook her head, "Prue wouldn't approve of it."

"But I-" I stopped.

There was no use in arguing. If Prue didn't agree with it, or approve of it, we wouldn't do it. Especially if it was for personal gain. Piper just sighed and then looked at me and held out her arms to me. I edged my way over the empty space between us on the couch and into my big sisters arms.

She rested her chin on my head and we didn't say anything for a while until she said, "I know how much you would want to see and get to know mom right now. Maybe one of these times, you and Phoebe might get a chance to know her."

She spoke in a soft gentle voice that made me feel sleepy so I shut my eyes for a while.

Then Piper broke the hug and said, "You should get some sleep. Do you want to sleep in my room tonight?"

I nodded and we got up and walked upstairs to her room, got into bed, and slept.