Disclaimer: The Charmed Characters are the property of Aaron Spelling and Constance Burge. I just borrow them for your enjoyment and my writing addiction./font

This was a challenge put out to me by YH.. so if it sucks it's her idea. If it's great and you like it …..Well it's still her idea hehe


Prue 20

Piper 18

Phoebe 15

Paige 14


Prue leaned back against the couch resting her head on the back. "Do you ever wish Pipe that we were the youngest. That it was them that helped us with homework, drove us places and gave us advice about boys."

Piper looked up from her book, "Who you giving advice about boys too?"

"Who do you think?" Prue said not moving

"Phoebe." Piper laughed

"Paige." Prue smiled knowing that was who Piper would guess.

"PAIGE!" Piper looked at Prue shocked.

"Paige. Phoebe says she already knows everything." Prue replied again not moving fro her place on the couch.

Piper had to laugh. Her little sister was at the age she thought she knew everything about everything. "Well yeah, at 15 didn't we know everything about boys?"

"No, I just knew everything about Andy." Prue smiled as she got off the couch. "I am off to bed. I am wiped out."

"Night Prue. Oh hey, did you hear from Grams today?"

"No. Maybe Aunt Gail is sicker then she let us know about. I just wish she would get back here. Sure Aunt Gail is her best friend but we're her family. I spend more time raising my sisters then she does." Prue saw a flash of regret in Pipers eyes. "Not you sweetie." She leaned down and gave Piper a kiss, "Night."

"Night Prue, and don't forget Phoebe has a soccer game tomorrow she's going to need a ride."

Prue closed her eyes, "Thanx. Night."

She lay in bed looking up at her ceiling. She could hear the muffled voices coming from across the hall and knew who it was. Pushing back the covers she quietly made her way across the wooden floors. "You two have about two seconds to get back in your own beds and to sleep."

Prue opened the door just in time to hear the thud and to see Phoebe lying on the floor with one foot on the windowsill.

"Have a nice night girls?"

Phoebe looked up at her oldest sister. They were so dead. She had snuck out earlier that night, and convinced Paige to with her and was in the process of coming back when Prue came to their room.

Paige had jumped into her bed but Prue had seen the sneaker just under the cover that Paige hadn't manage to cover up.

"Get in here, close the window, and you both have about three seconds to get in your pajamas and into bed. We will discuss this in the morning." There was a tone in Prue's voice that they both knew was never good. The oldest sister was WAY to calm.

Phoebe scrambled off the ground and grabbed her pajamas off the back of her chair. Quickly running to the bathroom she changed brushed her teeth and almost jumped into bed.

Prue glared at her, "You are grounded till the end of the month." before she closed the door.

"WHAT? You have no right!" Phoebe sat up in her bed protesting

"Phoebe I have every right, Grams is not here and she left me in charge. Keep going and see what else I can give you. Because this is FAR from over."

"You can ground me all you like but I am NOT staying here. You can't force me."

"Oh, we gonna run away again? Lot a good that did you before. Now get to sleep. Well talk about this tomorrow."

Prue had had enough. Everything with Phoebe was like a game. She pushed her boundaries. And Paige, her youngest sister, was becoming a little too much like the other one.


Piper moved around the kitchen with ease as she prepared hers and her sisters' lunches for school. "I heard you and Phoebe last night."

"I'm lucky the whole neighbourhood didn't." Prue grabbed her cup of coffee and sat at the kitchen table. "Why does she do it? I don't get it. Everything I do for her and this is the thanx I get in return. And now she is dragging Paige with her."

"Sometimes she just wants to talk to you Prue. I don't think she does it to piss you off, more to get you to see her for her."

"I do Piper. And now she is dragging Paige into everything. You know I found cigarettes under Paige's mattress the other day?"

"What? I'll kill her. You can have what's left."

Prue had to laugh. Neither sister wanted to play favourites with the younger two. But it always seemed that Piper had Paige and she had Phoebe. Started out when they were babies.

"Well then you can have what's left of Phoebe when I kill her after last night. And you know, somehow I knew she was out. Partying with her friends."

"Who are in my class I might add in."

Prue closed her eyes. She was giving up her life to raise her sisters. Things she wanted to do, like go to NY to take photography. Grams said no, she was needed there in San Francisco to help with Piper, Phoebe and Paige. When did she get her own life? "Well I did promise Mum I'd look out for you three. Guess this is my payback. A wonderfully brilliant little sister, and two incorrigible brats who push me to the limit."


Seven Yrs Later….

"PIPER!"

"Kitchen Prue." Piper turned and looked at Prue something had happened. "What?"

"Nothing. It just seems that since Phoebe got back from her jaunt in NYC, I have gone back to saving her sorry ass."

"What happened?"

"Demon happened. Seems she had a premonition and she thought that Paige and her could deal with it. They couldn't and they called me to help them out."

"Prue she's trying. Give her a break."

"A break! She is the one that got us into this mess."

"And that is why she feels guilty about not having an active power like the rest of us. She wants to help more and she can't."

Prue sat down in the kitchen chair. "It's just like when we were growing up. I spend all my time watching out for you guys and protecting you. And when things are going GREAT for me. I have to leave and go bail a sister out of trouble. Just ONCE I wish she knew what it was like for me having to give up everything for her, for all of you."

"Date with Andy?"

"Broken. Again. One day he is gonna figure everything out."

"And we will all help you explain it to him.' Piper leaned down and gave Prue a kiss on the cheek. "I have to work early. I'll see you tomorrow. Night."

Prue gave Piper a weak smile as she watched her sister leave the kitchen. "Night sweetie."

Phoebe walked into the kitchen and took one look at Prue and instantly felt guilty. "Prue…"

Prue looked up and saw her baby sister looking back at her.

"I'm sorry. I should have told you sooner. It just seemed that we didn't have the time. And…"

"And Paige got hurt and so did you." Prue reached up and took Phoebes hand. "Its ok."

"No it's not." Phoebe pulled away from her sister. "All my life I have never thought of anyone but me. And once again here we are. You are holding in the words of anger. I know you want to yell at me for being irresponsible and selfish, but you don't. You keep it inside and let it fester."

"Fester?"

"YES. Fester, damn it! God Prue for once can't you let it out and just yell at me. Stop playing the protector for one damn minute."

"I can't Phoebe because the minute I do you will mess something up and I'll have to come and save your ass like I always have!"

Phoebe just smiled at Prue as she stood there no say anything at first. "You just did. And I don't mean saving my ass."

"Phoebe don't joke. This isn't a joke. I have done everything for all three of you and you have just thrown it in my face. You always have."

"Well excuse me for living my life Prue. I NEVER asked you to watch out of me. And neither did Paige, or Piper."

"Don't you dare. You were the one that dragged Paige into everything she got into. And Piper never did ANYTHING to warrant that."

"Oh so its MY fault Paige became an alcoholic?" Phoebe challenged.

Prue glared at her little sister. She had blamed herself for so many years about what had happened to Paige as a teenager and now Phoebe was taking that from her. But in some ways Prue was glad. "Yes."

Piper had made her way to the kitchen seconds before and heard the words spoken in the heat of the moment. But as she entered the kitchen was when Prue blamed Phoebe for Paige's situation when she was a teen.

"PRUE!"

Prue turned and saw Piper glaring at her, "I am not making any more excuses Piper. And I am sick and tired of bailing any of you out of trouble. I am done. I just wish that for once you," she galred at her sister, "could see it from my point of view" She stormed out of the kitchen and towards the stairs.

Her words stung both sisters, but they both knew what she meant. She had given up so much for all of them. And they all, all three, took it for granted that no matter what: Prue would be there to help them out.

Piper looked at Phoebe and saw the complete defeat in her face, "Phoebe she is just mad right now. You know how she gets?"

"Yeah, she gets mad and says what's on her mind."

"Phoebe…" Piper started to offer her sister some comfort

Phoebe brushed back Pipers hand. "I'm going to bed. Night Piper."

Piper watched as Phoebe left the kitchen lost. "Night Phoebe." She had no idea how to even begin to fix this. And no idea on how to deal with the magic that was about to be set upon them all….