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LAST CHANCE - part 1

Phoebe walked into the living room and took a seat. The others were sat there in the room already. Prue at the head of the table – she been the one to have called this family meeting. Piper leant against the door frame and Paige sat up on the top of the draws that were on the side of the dinning room, her back leant against the wall.
"What's this about?" Phoebe asked, having already been fired from her job tonight and having an argument with her boyfriend, her patients was not at its best. Prue looked at her sister, and then from her jean pocket she pulled out a crumpled piece of Paper.
"This came in the post a few weeks ago, I was going to burn it but…I think this should be your decision as well as mine. Your old enough to…well you'll see" With that Piper sensed this was important so she walked forward and took a seat across from Phoebe.
Piper looked at Prue, who was now a little reluctant to hand the letter over, she reached over and took the letter from Prue's hand, and opened it up. She looked to all of her sisters before commencing reading. When she got to the end she couldn't believe it she just passed the letter over to Phoebe who Paige was now sat next to and both of them read it threw. Once at the end Phoebe let out a laugh breaking the silence, it was a laugh that was formed from disbelief. She stood from the table and went to walk away but was stopped.
"Phoebe?" Prue asked, not knowing what he sister was about to do
"Look, I don't know how you expect me to react but…" Phoebe shouted back
"Phoebe he's dieing" Piper said standing up, and looking at her sister
"Yeah says a letter…Look – I couldn't care any less. I have more feelings for my ex boyfriend who hit me today than a father I haven't seen since I was all of three"
"Phoebe…just think, this could be the last chance" Piper explained
"No Piper, there is nothing I have to say to him, I want to say"

Prue pushed her hand threw her hair, and stood up to part Phoebe and Piper from the argument, "guys Look, would you just calm down"
"You should have just burned it Prue"
"Yeah but then I got thinking … and It's up to you guys. Not me…Piper your 23, Phoebe your 21 it's up to you guys if you want to see him. I can't control you. And if you want to see him, before he dies, I can't take that away from you. And I'm not going to hold it against you"
"Well to me he's already dead. I've got to go and get my stuff back off Ryan so don't wait up"

Paige stood up, "Phoebe he's your Dad, I mean if I had a chance … to see my dad"
"Paige you don't understand, he's not your dad…and he was never my dad. You have no idea what it's like to be just forgotten about…"
"PHOEBE…I was adopted by my Mother and father both forgot about me, both abandoned me. Look, just stop for one minuet and think!" Paige screamed as if Phoebe was stupid.
"Paige right now this…it has nothing to do with you"
"He's not MY dad Phoebe, but I tell this if he were I'd put all the shit in your head behind me and go see him! YOU'RE not getting another shot after this"
"What the hell makes you think you know what I'm feeling"
"Phoebe, watch your mouth" Prue growled knowing that this was an argument that could affect the relationship of the two youngest sisters.
"Watch my mouth…You know what I'm out of here" She swung around and headed off towards the door way.
"I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FEELING!" Paige shouted,

Phoebe swung around an looked at Paige with fire eyes filled with rage, "Enlighten me" She shot. Paige looked towards all three sisters. "Your sitting here…all of you, this is the last opportunity you'll ever get. Don't be stupid take it!"
"Paige it's not simple" Prue said softly
"Isn't it? GUYS, I know he isn't me dad and I know this is your decision…"
"So let us make it" Phoebe growled
"PHOEBE I was abandoned as well, at least your dad sent a letter I never got any of that off any of them. I hated them for so long…I was blinded be anger. And now the only thing I can think about was how if maybe I came looking for them sooner I could have met them, looked into the eyes of people who just gave me up and get an answer, to all the questions in my head. No one can answer them now. And I regret that. I regret letting anger rule me!" Paige walked over to the table and put the paper down. "I know that you all have questions that you all want answers to. You're only kidding yourselves if you deny that…so go; to the only man who can answer them otherwise…you'll just end up living a life like I am right now. Questions that can't be answered, Fears…PAIN that you'll never fully understand! Just go and see him, don't let your only chance of an answer DIE! Because, you'll regret it - I know I do"

"No Paige, your wrong" Phoebe shot,
Paige looked over at Phoebe, the sister who had been more like a friend to her, "Am I…are you telling me you don't want to know why he left, you've never thought about what you'd say to him do…if you saw him again?"
"Oh I've thought about what I'd do and it never involved talking – I grew up without a father. He's going to die with out a daughter – without this one anyway"
"You're getting a chance here Phoebe, one that I never got" Paige shouted,
"Well you go then, if your so god damn bothered YOU go! He won't know the difference because he hasn't seen me my whole life. I can't even picture the guy Paige."
"Fine, its your choice" Paige spat, "Like you said he's not my dad"
"Yeah it is" Phoebe shouted, "It's my choice and don't forget it!" Phoebe shot at Paige's back as she left the room, Paige stopped in the doorway weighing her options, weather to walk away and leave all this to them or turn around and have this argument out with her. It was Phoebe's next statement that pushed Paige over the edge, the four words were too much. "You have no idea"

"Alright Phoebe" Piper shouted it wasn't often that Piper rose her voice but now she did. "We are getting how you feel about this" Piper as they all did knew that this was getting to personal, and Phoebe and Paige were getting ready for a full on world war.
"Are you really…well thank god someone dose because I don't! I have no idea"
"Well stop taking it out on Paige!" Piper was beyond angry and when Piper got this angry that's when you knew things were really bad.

"Everyone bring this down – lets sit and talk this threw" Prue was now the one to shout. She looked towards Phoebe
"NO, You know what…here's what is happening…you lot do what the hell you like but I refuse to give a dieing stranger his last wish when I wished for fifteen years to have dad! You got it…he's not winning!"
"This isn't a game Phoebe, no one wins in this"
"Don't they? Well I sure as hell never won did I" Phoebe screamed, that was it Paige was beyond angry.

"You have no idea…Phoebe I hear you, telling me how bad you have had it. You don't know what bad is…you have no idea what people go threw outside there in the real world. Your dad left, happens to most People at least he's thinking about you enough to send a letter"
"You have no idea Paige…you have come into my life in the last few years you don't know what I've been through"
"Yeah well same here Halliwell…" Paige spat, "You think life was great for me, you think I just went into this great family…"
"What do you want me to feel sorry for you?" Phoebe asked
"NO! No I want you to stop feeling sorry for yourself. Look at you…you have no idea what a tough life is"
"And you do, what the Matthews have to many rules"
"Your hurt I get that but why are you taking it out on me? What's so bad about what you have Phoebe? You have a family, a family who loves you. Growing up with sister who cared, having someone around who gave a damn if you came home at night, who cared weather you did dugs? Someone to protect you, you have no idea what having no one is like so stop acting like you had it so bad."
"You had people who cared" Phoebe shot,
"No Phoebe I never, not like you…not like this. The most caring person in my life was a boyfriend who I slept with to feel close to someone. I slept with this guy so I could have any form of comfort, any kind of love! I was seventeen and all I had was a guy in a shit one roomed apartment and you know what - I hated my real mom and dad for that. I hated your mom but if I had been given this chance to meet people who I blamed for me losing everything, blamed for my drug addiction who I blamed for been raped the you sure as hell can at least be a little grateful for the opportunity to go see a father who what…left you in a great family with great sisters? Sounds like a guy I wish I had in my god damn life"

"Rapped?" Piper stood up, shocked, "You never told us you were…"
"What? Rapped, well yeah I were…but hey it's what you get with a whore like me. I was a drugged up, no god piece of shit and I've spent a long time changing my life. Let him change his life around before he dies. All of you…Give him that chance… stop telling yourself how much you hate him and let yourself feel for one moment. He may not have been the best father…he may not have been much of a father but…hell, he's dieing. With in a few months it'll be over… Just go and let him know what his daughters have become. If not for him to see…then for you to show him. Show him the women you've become. Show him that you didn't need him. Just show him something"

TBC...