Disclaimer: I still don't own Charmed.

A/n: I probably should have mentioned in the first chapter that these letters are from Phoebe's daughter Lena to her older sister. Hopefully most of you familiar with the series picked up on that, but if it was confusing I apologize. Thanks for the reviews!

The Unsent Letters

a story by Ryeloza

August 1, 2025

Dear sister of mine,

Your scummy boyfriend showed up today. I slammed the door in his face.

It felt really good.

Much love,

Lena

August 2, 2025

Nora,

Well the feud ended today. Kind of. At least they're talking again. Uncle Leo and Uncle Henry joined forces or something and somehow convinced them to at least talk. And then Mom, Aunt Piper and Aunt Paige turned that around and decided to just call a truce until Aunt Paige's birthday was over. So they're talking, but not about anything they need to be talking about.

Or so Annelise would say.

In other news, Wil, Eliana and Uncle Henry got Aunt Paige a puppy for her birthday. It's some little mixed breed that they found at a shelter. Aunt Paige named him Gonzo, like after the Muppet, because she said you couldn't tell what he was. Then Mom and Aunt Piper told some pretty funny stories about this dog Great-Grams had named Rasputin. There was this one hilarious one about how he ate some ring Aunt Prue got from her high school boyfriend. Apparently she was really pissed off, but Great-Grams said Rasputin was trained to be a man-eater and must have gotten this guy's scent off of the ring.

Anyway, after the party Eliana and I went out and met up with Steve and Ryan and Amber. We went mini golfing and Ryan accidentally whacked one of the balls into the street and hit a parked car. He had to write his number on the back of the score card and leave it on the windshield so Steve and Amber spent the rest of the game keeping mental score and they got in a big fight at the end about who won. Nothing new there, right?

It was the first time things have felt normal since you left.

August 6, 2025

Aunt Piper came over today and apologized for not telling Mom about Cole. She said that at the time she didn't think that there was any point because Cole was stuck there and that she thought Mom had wanted Cole out of her life. She said she didn't want Mom to freak out when she didn't think there was any need to be concerned that Cole would come back.

Then Mom said that she guessed she could understand, all things considered. I'm not exactly sure what she meant by that. And that maybe it was all for the best because she might not have you or me if she had known. So there you go, proof that Mom would choose us. I know you never came out and said that, but you must have been kind of scared that she would rather have Cole than us.

Maybe now she'll have both.

I don't know how I feel about that. Mom said that she and Cole both made some really bad decisions, but she also said that a lot of what happened was because of The Source. She told me that she gave up on Cole because she was really scared of herself and what she could become. Now she seems to think that that was all a mistake.

But what if it wasn't? What if Cole was a bad influence on her? What if all of that happens again?

I guess I feel extra nervous because I went over to Aunt Paige's after that and I was talking to her about everything. She really doesn't like Cole very much. She kept saying that Mom was much better off without him and that even with his best intentions he always made things worse. She said that before he died he was really crazy and that he even changed their whole history by trying to go back in time and kill her and the Power of Three.

I asked her what she would do if Mom decided to go find Cole and she just said that if Mom went to find Cole then she was absolutely crazy. She said that maybe Mom should try to remember the last four months Cole was alive and that maybe she'd change her mind. But she wouldn't really go into much more detail than that.

I was talking to Eliana after and she said that she thinks none of them are really remembering right. She said that everything happened over twenty years ago so they're probably all exaggerating how things were.

The probably are, right?

Maybe I should talk to Aunt Piper.

August 9, 2025

Mom asked me if I wanted to spend a week at the beach school starts. She said her old boss—remember Elise? She sent us the same generic birthday card each year like she bought a lifetime supply—bought a house down by the ocean and offered to let us stay with her sometime if we wanted.

Remember how we'd get rent a room in a hotel there every summer and spend a week going to the beach and doing all that touristy stuff? And all the cousins would come down for a day and hang out with us but it was mostly just me, you, Mom and Dad? I tried to think about what it would be like just me and Mom (oh, and I guess Elise since she lives there) and it sounded really bizarre in my head.

But then I thought, Nora is the one who left. Nora is the one who decided to cut us out of the picture. And I realized that just because you're gone shouldn't mean that I still can't have fun. That I still can't do normal things.

And I like the beach.

Annelise said she thought it was a good decision.

So bite me, Nora. I'm going to have fun without you.

August 11, 2025

Nora,

I decided to talk to Aunt Piper about Mom and Cole today. You know, so it's out of the way before we go to the beach. She told me not to worry about Mom trying to find Cole. She said that even though Aunt Paige was right and Cole was kind of nuts before he died that when she saw him again that he seemed to be saner and that he still cared a lot about Mom. She also said that Mom isn't in her twenties anymore and that she makes good decisions and to trust her.

Except she did that thing where she looks like she's trying to talk herself into something, so I don't know.

Uncle Leo walked in halfway through and he said that no matter what else anyone said about Cole the one thing that was really true was that he was completely in love with Mom.

Both of them looked a little bit worried.

But I've decided I'm not going to think any more about it. We're leaving for the beach in four days and I am going to spend the entire trip relaxing.

No thinking about Cole.

No thinking about you.

In fact, I'm going to leave this notebook at home.

Ha!

August 23, 2025

Dear Nora,

Are you reading these letters psychically? Did you somehow develop telepathic powers and figure out that Mom and I were going to get away from it all for a week? And then did you think, How dare they move on without me? How can I get them back?

Because part of me really feels like you did it on purpose.

You've been gone for more than two months and you wait until our trip to the beach to call Mom and tell her you're not dead? I know you'd say that you didn't know that we were on a vacation, but you have to admit your timing is really shitty. Mom spent the rest of the trip all weepy and upset.

And you didn't even talk to me.

I really hate you sometimes.

August 29, 2025

Nora,

I got your post card today. I'm glad to hear that you miss me and that you're sorry you left the way you did and that you hope I understand why you had to leave.

But I can't write you back and say:

The way you left was cowardly and mean and I'm still mad at you for it.

But I kind of understand why you wanted to leave because sometimes I want to get away from everything too.

And that I really miss you too.

I love you too, by the way.

Lena