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Real Things
Summary – Sequel to Inner Demons, Phoebe is living in the manor. She is still working at the newspaper and her relationship with Jason has just finished. Based three years after Inner Demons, but how will her life is affected by the return of her estranged sister Piper? And what news does Piper have that will change Phoebe's world forever.
Real Things – Three Years Later
Phoebe Halliwell, now 31 years old and still working at the newspaper and currently dating her boss Jason Dean. The relationship had been on and off for the past three years or so, he had been a great support to her when her sister Paige had died and when Piper left. But finally after a lot of therapy and counselling Phoebe was ready to begin and move on with her life.
She awoke that morning getting a phone call from Jason, he was inviting her out to dinner that evening, Phoebe reluctantly agreed though she wasn't too sure why she was so hesitant. She loved Jason more than she had ever loved anyone, even Cole so why was she always unsure of his intentions. She was feeling especially bad recently, she wasn't sure why. Her powers were all over the place as well, she hardly ever got premonitions and when she did she had to ignore them because she couldn't stop the face of evil all by herself. She had also lost the ability to levitate, it seemed that the sister's powers really did come from their relationship as sisters and they certainly didn't have a relationship at all anymore. Paige was dead and Piper, well she didn't have a clue where Piper was, she felt so lost without her sisters. Which was the reason that she and Jason had had an on and off relationship because Phoebe was scared of committing to a full relationship without her sister's there for guidance. Jason obviously loved her though or else he wouldn't put up with her breaking up with him and then calling him a few days later every six months or so.
After hanging up with Jason, Phoebe went for her morning shower. She let the warm water surround her and wash over her slightly tanned skinned. She lathered up her hair and then washed it clean. She reached out of the shower and reached for her house coat.
"Here you are," said a familiar voice, Phoebe grabbed the dressing gown and stepped out of the shower, she saw her sister Piper standing front of her,
"Piper… what are you doing her?" she asked, she blinked her eyes closed then when she opened Piper was gone,
"I'm not," replied the voice, like a whistle on the wind. Phoebe looked around the bathroom, but thought nothing of it. This wasn't the first time when she had imagined her sister coming home. Phoebe shook the feeling that her sister would soon be returning to the manor from her memory a long time ago, in some ways Phoebe knew that as soon as Piper left she would never be returning to the manor and her sister. Phoebe had grown used to the fact of it; she knew that it was highly unlikely that she would ever see her sister again. She got dressed and wandered down into the manor's kitchen, it was the one place in the manor that she still sensed didn't belong to her, and the kitchen had always been Piper's place from the moment she had learnt how to cook right up until she had left. The kitchen had always been Piper's domain. She made herself a small bowl of cereal and sat down at the kitchen table, she lifted the paper which she had collected earlier and began to read. She turned onto the front page and was suddenly pulled into a premonition, everything was dark, she could hear someone yelling her name in the distance but she couldn't make out who was calling her… but the voice was very familiar, but at the same time completely unrecognisable. "Phoebe!" it yelled, she could hear the terror in the voice and felt herself looking around. She turned and saw a dark haired girl sitting in the corner, her hair hanging limply by her face. Phoebe could hear foot steps running over to the person and assumed that it was her own, when she reached the girl she placed her hand on her shoulder, "Are you ok?" she heard herself asking. The face darted up right, it was Piper, but she wasn't herself her face was snow white and her eyes had not pupils or iris' they to were white. "Soon you will know," she said…
Phoebe shook her head and let the paper fall back onto the table, Piper? She thought she sat at the table for a few seconds and remained completely silent. Then she was shocked to hear the telephone ringing, she jumped slightly and then walked over to answer the call.
"Hey Phoebe, its Jason… listen I'm really sorry but I'm going to have to cancel our date for tonight. We just got some huge news story, I'm not all that sure what to make of it really but I know that I should take point on it. Is that ok?" said the voice on the other end of the story,
"Yeah, sure that's fine." She said, the spoke for a brief moment then the hung up. Phoebe sat back down at the table her premonition still stuck in her, her premonitions had been pretty much subdued since Piper left, and they had not been as detailed as this last one. Also, they hadn't scared her…