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"Paige, you should still be able to use your whitelighter powers even if Prue is here..." Piper looked at Paige intensely as the youngest Charmed One dusted herself off a little more.
"Yeah, well, I can't!" Paige spat this bitterly, as if it were a vile poison and she were expectorating it. With this she turned a sharp eye to Prue, who was over by the Book of Shadows reading through it with a look of awe on her face.
"You guys have done so much..." She whispered with amazement. "Really, how did you guys do it?"
"We worked hard and nearly died." Paige snapped, making the situation tense.
"Well, I can tell that somebody doesn't want me here!" Prue exclaimed in mock frustration.
"Because you are here, I can't use my powers! I'm practically a sitting duck! Do you expect me to be happy?"
"I guess not, but you could at least pretend for goodness sakes." Prue turned away from Paige and looked out the window. She grinned from ear to ear when she saw Leo playing with a little boy in the front yard. "Who's the kid Leo is playing with? Is he a neighbor?"
"Ahem, should you tell her?" Phoebe glanced awkwardly around the room until her eyes locked with Piper's own.
"What?" Prue turned away from the window, her smile fading as she realized again that she had no idea what was going on. She had a lot to figure out and she'd better learn quickly.
"Well Prue, you know how Leo and I... well, that little boy is Wyatt. My son." Piper cringed a little as if in apology that Prue didn't know anything and walked over to her big sister. "I've missed you," she said wrapping her arms around the closest thing she had to a mother for most of her life. Yes, she loved Gram and the woman did a lot to raise them in her own right, but it was always Prue she could really count on for help. Especially after Gram died.
"Hello!? I'm still here!" Paige waved her hands in the air dramatically.
"I've missed you too," Phoebe whispered putting one arm on Piper's shoulder and the other arm on Prue's shoulder.
"I cannot believe this! What about me?" Paige walked briskly in the direction of her sisters. She stopped in her tracks when she saw Prue's eyes watering. 'She's going to cry...' Paige thought as the memory of her parents, well actually they were her adoptive parents, flashed into her mind.
Paige was shocked when Prue blinked her eyes, sniffled once, and looked on at her sisters. "What are we waiting for? I have a lot to learn." Prue gathered her composition right in front of Paige's eyes and walked over to the Book of Shadows, flipping through the pages. Right then Paige knew that she had a lot to learn from the strong woman standing in the room with her. Her oldest sister; the one she never got the chance to meet.
"Here, let me tell you about the shocker demon..." Paige offered, walking over to Prue's side and flipping a few pages in the book. She smiled at Prue, happy to see the gesture returned.
"Thanks," Prue spoke softly as if just the very word would shatter the earth beneath her feet. "I appreciate it more than you know." And the other sisters gathered near the book to help as well, completely unaware of the trouble that lay ahead. Laughter erupted from the Halliwell Manor's attic as the sister's recalled memories together. But the oldest and youngest siblings still had a long way to go.
A/N: Yes, I know that expectorating is a big and funny word, but I love it. Expectorate basically means to spit. xD I'd also like to thank MidnightLightning36 because her comment ending up being very helpful in the beginning of the second bit. It's more of a filler than a chapter really because I'm taking so dang long to update.
Also, all of the others who commented. I really really appreciate it. Sorry I couldn't get this up sooner, but I have been killer busy lately. Once more, so sorry!
As far as timeline goes, it's a little AU due to bits and pieces from different points in the show (I can't tell you all of the reasons why yet) but I will still try to keep it as close to the regular story/plotline as possible within my own sanity and knowledge of the show.