Chapter 2

The next day Phoebe comes in crying.

"What's the matter Pheebs?" Piper asked.

"Nothing, I don't want to talk about it." She replied.

"Your principal just called Phoebe," Prue said " He said you had a major meltdown in fifth period. I'm so sorry to hear about her."

"You know she was only my best friend then something like this, I couldn't believe she would do such a thing to herself."

"Who?" Piper interrupted, "Oh. How could she do such a stupid thing? Sorry, stupid question."

"Amanda," Phoebe answered " her parents found her dead on her bed she had hung herself."

"Except, I don't think she did that to herself. I think that something probably, its too horrible to say..."

"Go, ahead, I'll be fine." Said Phoebe.

"Well, she got strangled by her boyfriend." Prue finished.

"Boyfriend?," screeched Phoebe shocked " I don't remember any boyfriend." Then she wiped some tears away from her face. " She had an ex, but he was long over her."

"But the paper mentioned that--"

"But? But nothing the paper lied. It may have been ruled as a homicide but she killed herself. I had talked to her last night she sounded upset and I tried to stop her but she hung up and I tried to call her back but nobody answered. I broke into tears in fifth because I had remembered having my English class with her and I knew how much she loved to read stories like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Antigone she just loved to read so many stories including Shakespeare. But anyway a part of her will always remain inside of me. At least, that's what her sister said she did hang herself."

"Are you sure that was her sister?" asked Piper

"Because there has been a some bizarre things like this occurring at school," continued Prue.

"I'm positive," said Phoebe " because when I looked into her eyes I could just tell."

"Okay, all I know is that I've been seeing ghosts of people too, I never got to know them because they died. Phoebe, -but- I have to break the news to you about a year or two ago her sister died from the flu in the hospital." Prue explained.

"Wait a minute, we haven't seen these people transparently before I know I didn't see any ghosts not, even after school started." Piper informed.

"You may think you can't, because you still think that they're real," said Prue.

"So, you're saying that what I saw was actually a ghost! You've got to be kidding me right?" Shrilled Phoebe.

"As much as I hate to say it, yeah."

"But it couldn't be," said Piper with an extremely lost look on her face "ghosts aren't real."

"Piper, Phoebe, Prue!" Yelled Grams from upstairs.

"What is it, Grams?" They called back.

"Can you get me my medicine and some water would be great, too!"

"You take her medicine to her since you know how much to give her, Prue, and Phoebe, take her this glass of water." Piper ordered.

"How come you're giving orders? You're not the oldest Prue is?"

"Prue gave me the orders, now just take this up to Grams, I'm going to fix her some tea!"

"Whatever," sighed Phoebe.

"Oh thank you so much Prue and Phoebe," Grams thanked them " You are the loveliest granddaughters I've ever had and will ever have. You're going to be three beautiful young ladies from what I can see Prue and Piper but Phoebe, you still have a lot of maturing up to do before I see you can be responsible enough before I think of you becoming an adult it'll happen I'm sure."

The next day, all three of them attend Amanda's funeral, it was so tragic, everybody bursted into tears, but Phoebe's face told a different story. She was beyond upset, she couldn't believe that her ex- boyfriend Jake had strangled her to death, Phoebe remembered having a vision (before their grandmother bound their powers) about that, which made her want to have complete vengeance on him.

"Phoebe? Phoebe? Are you alright?" Prue asked.

"Um...no." she said "I just lost my best friend, how can I be alright?"

"I'm sorry. It's just that I know what it's like to loose a best friend. Literally. Because my best friend Jenny lost her life when she was 10 I was about to turn 10, she had leukemia." Prue explained "It had happened about 2 or 3 days before my birthday, I thought she could live for 1 more sleepover at least. She died a couple of months after her 10th birthday."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know." Phoebe sighed.

"We can go now,"said Piper "Unless you want to go to the reception at her grandparent's house near Golden Gate Park."

"Yeah" she said "I'm going."

"I'll drive you, let me drop Piper off at home first, and I'll take you." Said Prue.

"Okay." she said.