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Thank you everyone for your kind reviews. Glad to see there are other Paige / Kyle fans and without further ado here is chapter two.
Chapter Two
They waited in silence for a while, Paige just sobbing her heart out, but eventually the silence was broken.
"He's alive, he came back", was all she could say before she collapsed into her sister's arms crying.
"Paige, sweetie, try to calm down a bit. I'm not quite sure what you're talking about", Piper gently ran her hands over Paige's back trying to soothe her. Paige nodded as Phoebe looked on in concern.
The sisters waited in silence as Paige took deep calming breaths and gradually her tears slowed. "Ok, good sweetie, now try to tell us what's happening but take your time", Phoebe took Paige's hand.
"He's back. He didn't die", Paige looked at Piper who had her arms wrapped round her waist and was supporting her back. "Who Paige? Who didn't die?" she questioned carefully.
"K – Ky – Ky", Paige's voice broke before she could even say his name and she buried her head in Piper's shoulder.
Piper glanced at Phoebe as she continued to hold Paige. She didn't know what to think. Paige hadn't told her much but it sounded like she was trying to tell her that Kyle was alive. Piper and Phoebe both knew that couldn't be true. Kyle had died almost a year ago because of the avatars. She shrugged as best she could with Paige's head on her shoulder.
"Paige, what were you going to say? You have to tell us", Phoebe moved so she could see Paige's face. Paige looked at Phoebe but didn't make any attempt to speak.
"Kyle, is that who you were talking about Paige? Is that what's been bothering you for the last few weeks?" Phoebe spoke firmly now, making eye contact with Paige who nodded her head.
"But Paige, Kyle is, Kyle is well, sweetie, the avatars they…… you were there and you saw it happen", Piper tried to remind Paige that Kyle was killed but no matter how she tried she couldn't make it sound as less upsetting and her baby sister was clearly upset enough already.
"No. He is not dead. He is alive, I'm telling you", Paige managed to say with determination in her voice.
"Sweetie, you must be confused, maybe you were dreaming about him", Piper suggested tentatively but Phoebe shook her head.
"No, Piper, maybe she's right. I mean, how many things that we always thought were impossible have happened over the last seven years?" Phoebe found it hard to comprehend that Kyle could still be alive but something about her sister's determination suggested that she knew otherwise. If Paige was in denial then this was the worst case of denial Phoebe had ever heard of. Paige was convinced Kyle was still alive.
"I don't know Phoebe, I mean, how could he still be alive. Wouldn't he be with Paige if he was still alive?" Piper seemed dubious but didn't want to add to Paige's pain.
"Whitelighter", Paige whispered between sobs, making both sisters look at her. She hadn't spoken for so long the older charmed ones had almost forgotten that she was in the room.
"Paige, what was that?" Phoebe asked making sure she heard properly.
"Whitelighter" Paige repeated slightly louder. It was taking a lot of energy to tell her sisters and all she wanted was to go to sleep and make the pain stop but she knew as well as her sisters did that in order to help her she had to tell them what was going on.
"Oh my God, Kyle's a whitelighter?" Piper cried beginning to realize just some of what was upsetting her youngest sister. Paige nodded her head and both sisters knew immediately that Paige must be heartbroken. She didn't have long with Kyle but everyone could see that what Paige and Kyle had was real.
Piper particularly sympathised. She remembered how it was when she found out she couldn't be with Leo. She could remember how her heart ached and how determined she was to stand up to the Elders. She remembered how tough the battle against Them was and Piper didn't know if the Elders would allow their rules to be broken again. She was damn well going to help her baby sister though. In the end she had won and now was happily married with her soul mate and had two children with him. She wanted both her sisters to find the same happiness she had and would do everything in her power to help them.
"Leo, come here when you have a second", Piper called, hoping her husband could shed some more light on the situation since she doubted Paige would be in the mood to talk for a while. Not long after Leo appeared at the door to the room.
"Everything ok?" he asked looking at the sisters with concern.
"Leo, we think um…… we think that Kyle might be an, um, a ….. whitelighter", Phoebe began trying to get her head around the idea. "Can you check this for us?"
"Sure, I'll be right back", he kissed the top of Pipers head and orbed off.
"Ok, in the meantime we need to get ourselves together. Phoebs, would you mind getting some water and tablets for Paige's headache?" Piper asked taking charge of the situation. Phoebe nodded and after gently touching Paige's arm left the room.
"Missy Paige, you should change your clothes. They're wet cos you've been sweating and I don't want you to catch an even worse cold", Piper gently pulled Paige away from her and went to find some fresh pyjamas. Once she had them she helped Paige to change and pulled back the covers and fixed the pillows so Paige could sit up in bed.
"Thanks Piper and don't worry I can look after myself. I'll be fine again tomorrow and will get on with my life", Paige smiled bravely but Piper knew better. Not wanting to push the matter though she just nodded.
"Hey Aunt Paige. Look who I found downstairs and he is just dying to see how you are", Phoebe called cheerfully as she walked into the room with Wyatt by her side.
"Aunt Paige", Wyatt smiled brightly as he joined his mother and aunt on the bed. "Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah Wy, don't worry I'm fine I'm just a little bit sick but I'm getting better", Paige reassured her oldest nephew as he gave her a hug. He looked up just as Leo orbed back in.
"Hey Wy – are you not in bed yet?" Leo teased picking him up and turning him upside down making him squeal.
"Leo, don't, he's not long after eating. You'll make him sick", Piper stood up but couldn't hide her smile. She loved to see her family all getting along.
"Hey, is that why Auntie Paige e was sick?" Wyatt looked at his father as Leo set him back down on the bed.
"No Wy, I think Auntie Paige is just a bit too big for Daddy to turn upside down", Leo smiled looking at Piper.
"Ok Wyatt, sweetie, why don't you go and get ready for bath time and then I'll put you to bed. You have to help daddy in magic school again tomorrow", Piper reminded him and at the same time took his mind of Paige.
"Ok mommy", he called as he bounced out of the room and went to get ready. Leo rolled his eyes – his son was always so energetic and followed to help him.
"Paige, you should rest for a while sweetie, and as soon as Wyatt's in bed and Chris is settled I'll get Leo to come back and tell us what They said", Piper promised as she squeezed her sisters hand which caused her eyes to flood with tears again. "No sweetie, don't cry", she begged. She hated seeing her sisters upset.
"It's ok, I'm not going to cry, I've cried enough", Paige said firmly sounding as if she was trying to convince herself as well as her sisters. "Thanks Piper and you to Phoebs. I don't deserve this much attention – I'm just being silly." Paige smiled and let go of Piper's hand.
"Mommy – I'm ready", Wyatt called from the bathroom and when Piper looked over she could see his head peeping out from around the doorframe.
"Coming sweetie", Piper called back but then turned to Paige "I won't be long so you just try and relax", Paige nodded "oh and Paige, you help keep this family together so of course you deserve all the love and attention we have to offer and don't ever think otherwise", Piper smiled and walked off to join Leo and Wyatt leaving Phoebe with Paige.
Phoebe lowered Paige's pillows so she could lie down in the bed but Paige still seemed restless. This time Phoebe didn't need to ask what the matter was. That much was clear. Phoebe lay beside her baby sister and wrapped a protective arm around her hoping to reassure her that everything would be ok. Paige had her back to Phoebe so Phoebe didn't see the tears running down her cheeks before she finally drifted off.
An hour later Leo had just finished reading a bed time story to Wyatt and Piper was kissing him goodnight. She switched off his light and closed it over leaving it open just a crack so she would still be able to hear him if he needed her.
"How is Paige?" Leo asked as Piper followed him into her bedroom.
"Very upset but I think she's feeling a bit better", Piper sat down on the bed beside her husband. "Did you find anything out?"
"Well, Paige is right. Kyle is back as a whitelighter but this isn't new. Paige has known for almost a year – are you sure she never mentioned it to you?" Leo looked at his wife confused. It wasn't like the now oldest charmed one to forget something but on the other hand he didn't see how Paige could keep something this big from her sisters for so long.
"Leo I would have remembered if she had. I waited and waited for Paige to breakdown after he died but she never did" Piper told him.
"Maybe she told Phoebe?" Leo suggested sounding doubtful.
"You and I both know that Phoebe can't keep a simple secret for five minutes. If she had been keeping this to herself I think she'd have exploded" Piper laughed and found herself looking into her husband gorgeous eyes.
"Right, poor Paige – she should have told you and Phoebe or even me as her whitelighter like I know I wasn't around much and you and I have had our fair share of trouble but ……. we'll be there in future", Leo smiled distracted by Piper looking at him. He took her hand and sat her closer to him so he could wrap his arms round her as they conversed.
"Yeah, from now on we stick together and look out for one another", Piper agreed leaning back into Leo's embrace.
"Piper, there's more to it than that though", Leo tried to keep Piper focused "Kyle was here. He came back last week to say goodbye to Paige. That must be what triggered it. A week ago Kyle was given 24 hours to spend with Paige to do as they liked but after that he had to leave. It was a final goodbye", Leo sighed as he thought of how his bosses had messed up the life of one of his family again.
Not knowing what to say Piper turned to face him and planted a kiss on his lips. Taken aback Leo fell back on the bed pulling Piper with him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and felt her lips part as his tongue met hers. Basking in their love for each other their kiss lasted quite a while before they pulled away from each other.
"As much as I love you, I think we have something else to deal with right now", Piper sighed taking Leo's hand and pulling him up.
"I agree", Leo smiled and wrapped his arm round Piper's waist as he kissed her neck.
"Leo, did you even hear a word I said?" Piper asked firmly but not pulling away.
"Yes dear", Leo replied automatically between kisses.
"Good, well come on then. You have a sister in law who really wants to hear what you have to say", Piper finally found the motivation to pull away and led her husband down to the youngest charmed ones room. Inside they found Phoebe and Paige lying together, the older looking out for the younger whose face was flushed and who was sleeping restlessly.
"Ok, how do we do this?" Piper asked as Paige began to wake up and Phoebe helped her sit up.
"Leo, what did you find out?" Phoebe questioned immediately solving that problem. Piper sat next to Paige holding one hand while Phoebe held the other. Leo moved closer and stood where each charmed one could see him.
"I found out that this didn't happen all of a sudden, am I right Paige?" Leo looked in concern at the youngest sister who merely nodded her head, while Phoebe looked shocked.
"What? Paige when did it happen?" she asked trying to get her head around it. Paige shook her head and once more her sisters saw that she was crying but Phoebe didn't want to let it go this time. A part of her felt hurt, maybe even betrayed that Paige hadn't confided in her. Phoebe considered them to have a very strong bond and thought Paige knew that she would always receive support from her sisters. "You need to speak Paige. I understand you don't feel well but we want to help. We are all here for you", she pleaded.
"A year ago", Paige moved so she was closer to Piper. When nobody said anything she took a deep breath and continued to speak trying hard not to cry. "Kyle came back a year ago to tell me he was a whitelighter. He then left and I didn't see him again" Paige planned to finish the story at this point but Leo once more let her know that he knew the full story.
"You have seen him since then though Paige, haven't you?" he raised his eyebrows and Paige shot him a glare.
"Ooh the Halliwell glare", Phoebe teased Leo until Piper nudged her telling her to keep quiet.
"He came back once. That was it. We spent a whole day together and then we had to say good – good, we, he had to g –", Paige couldn't finish the sentence she was shaking so much and sobbing as Piper held her. Before she could help Paige back into bed Paige bolted from the room to the bathroom and threw up again. Her sisters followed and seeing how unsteady she was Leo volunteered to orb her back to bed. Phoebe had the covers pulled back and as soon as Paige was in bed Piper laid beside her, calming her as Leo and Phoebe exited quietly.
"What do we do Leo? How can we help her, she's heart broken" Phoebe looked at her brother in law and whitelighter who she trusted as much as she trusted her sisters. Phoebe had revealed big secrets to Leo over the years and just knowing that he was there made her calmer.
"I'm not sure yet Phoebe but I swear to you, together we will find a way to help Paige", he was interrupted however by another voice.
"Perhaps I can be of assistance there", the voice said.
Well that's chapter two guys. Sorry for the long wait. Please, please review. Who do you think the voice belonged to? What do you think is happening to Paige? Please also leave suggestions cos I'm just going along with the story as I write and am afraid I'll get stuck. Don't forget if you want more – have to review :) until then – missyPaige06