You're eyes aren't deceiving you THIS IS AN UPDATE! I'm so proud of myself for finally getting this chapter written and posted. I am so sorry for the extremely long wait between updates but I hope that this won't disappoint.

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One week. Seven days. One hundred and sixty-eight hours. Ten thousand and eighty minutes. You get the point. It had been one week since she hadn't seen her beautiful face. One week since she'd last heard her beautiful voice or that infectious laugh that was all Phoebe Halliwell. One week since she last held the older woman. One week since she kissed those luscious lips. One week since she last felt whole, dramatic…yes…the truth, hell yes. The pain and ache that filled her heart wasn't like any other pain she had felt before, she didn't even feel this much heart ache when she vanquished Christy. That either makes me a horrible person or Phoebe's managed to break through the walls around my heart.

Billie sighed as she lay in her dorm. It felt weird being in the room; she had become so accustomed to staying at Phoebe's or in the manor that she almost forgot the code to get into her dorm room. She'd been lying on her bed staring at the ceiling for what seemed like an eternity but in all reality was just probably ten minutes. The feelings of loneliness overwhelmed her as the presence of the dorms seemed to be settling in. The feeling of being in a prison cell found its way back to the forefront of Billie's mind, I forgot how much I hated this place, forgot how much it doesn't feel like home…home, Phoebe felt like home.

This whole week seemed to be moving in slow motion, everything from her daily routines to the nights, especially the nights. She spent every night this week thinking about Phoebe until she wore her mind out and she would drift off to dreamland where once again Phoebe was all that her subconscious could think about. Her dreams were filled with all the different 'what ifs' and 'should've beens' that could have happened when Piper and Paige almost caught them. Billie constantly berated herself for letting Phoebe's insecurities get in the way of telling her sisters, they're her sisters for crying out loud! I know that family is the toughest to come out to be they're her sisters! They're the fucking charmed ones. If they didn't accept us then fuck them.

"Why must she have this affect on me?" Billie sighed to the empty room. She knew that this was her fault, she dug her own grave and now she had to live with it but this just wasn't fare. She wasn't supposed to be mopping around like she had just been dumped. The plan was to leave Phoebe and live your life knowing that she was the one missing out, so why do I feel like I'm the one that's missing out? "That's because you're a dumbass."

"Talking to yourself?" Zoe asked with a laugh while throwing her books down on her desk. "You know that can be a sign of insanity?" She asked as she flopped onto her bed face first.

"With the way I'm feeling it wouldn't surprise me," Billie sighed, she couldn't help how she felt. She had let the love of her life slip through her fingers, of course she was gonna act insane, who wouldn't?

"Billie, you've been mopping around this campus like someone just stole your puppy," Zoe pointed out as she straightened up and looked at her roommate with concern. Never once had she seen the bubbly blonde so down on herself, not even after she got an F on one of her assignments. "What got you blue beau?" Billie chuckled at Zoe's attempt at cheering her up. "Do my ears deceive me or is that a laugh Billie Jenkins?"

"Funny," Billie deadpanned. "But seriously, soooooo not the time for jokes."

"Now I know that something is seriously wrong. You never pass up on a good joke so spill. What's going on in that head of yours?"

Billie let out a deep sigh, one that seemed like it had been held in for an eternity. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"Try me," Zoe asked eagerly. This was the first time since Billie had been back to the dorm that she was actually willing to talk and there was no chance in hell she was gonna pass up on the opportunity to finally find out what's been bothering the blonde.

How the hell am I supposed to tell her that I'm in love with Phoebe? She chanced a glance at her roommate only to be met with eager eyes. Forcing herself into a sitting position Billie hugged her knees to her chest and clung to them like her life depended upon it. "I'm in love with someone," she whispered hoping that Zoe hadn't heard her.

"In love? Billie that's great, wait if you're in love then why are you so depressed?"

"See that's the thing…she doesn't know," Billie said whispering the last part knowing that it'd be the biggest shocker.

"Well if she doesn't…SHE!" Zoe practically screamed when she realized what Billie had just confessed to her. Zoe looked at Billie and could see the hesitance and worry in her eyes and knew that there was more to the story. Lifting herself from her bed she crossed the small room and gathered Billie in her arms. The moment Billie's head landed upon Zoe's shoulder she let the tears that had been held in free.

"I-I just love her so so m-much and I-I didn't get th-the chance to tell her," Billie sobbed as she replayed the look on Phoebe's face, the look that had been haunting her for the past week. "You-you should've see-seen her face." Billie continued to sob into Zoe's shoulder finally letting her emotions get the better of her. Zoe just let Billie cry knowing all too well once all the tears were shed Billie would be able to tell her the whole story.

"What're we gonna do?" Paige yelled as she frantically paced the length of the entrance hallway to the manor.

"Just calm down and we'll figure something out," Piper tried to sound calm but knew that she was falling short of anything calm.

"Calm down! Calm down! How the hell do you expect me to calm down when Phoebe is up there looking like she does?" Paige screeched back flailing her arms in all directions possible. Sure she was a witch and saw the strangest of things but witnessing your own sister transform into Medusa was something that could even push Paige over the edge. She knew the legend. Everyone that Medusa made eye contact with was cast in stone. There was no way around it and there certainly wasn't anything like this that they'd dealt with before. Sure they'd been turned into goddesses but that was different, Medusa was different.

"We just need to keep our cool and try to figure out how to fix this," Piper said trying to keep calm herself but with every passing minute her calm was dissolving and turning into fear. How the hell did all of this happen? One minute Phoebe was back to her regular self and then BAM Medusa…it just doesn't make sense.

"The last time we tried to fix something concerning Phoebe she was turned into Medusa within minutes," Paige screeched.

"PAIGE!" Piper screamed not being able to take her sisters behavior. When Paige halted her pacing Piper continued. "I know what happened but I also know that we need to fix this, whatever this is, and save Phoebe."

"But how?" Paige sighed finally letting the defeat she'd been feeling get to her.

"First we need to see if we can get anything from the Elders," Piper said relieved to see that her sister was finally calm enough to help her deal with this situation. "Then we go from there."

"You just left?" Zoe asked trying to get her head wrapped around Billie's situation.

"Not after telling her I had a date…GAH I am such an idiot! Why the hell did I say that?" Billie sighed once again beating herself up for how she treated Phoebe. Sure she hadn't told her sisters and at the time it didn't look like things between them was going to move on with their relationship but at least she still had the brunette in her life. Now look at me, hauled up in my dorm room miserable as ever.

"You wanna know what I think?" Zoe asked knowing that whatever Billie's response was she would let her know anyways.

"Sure," Billie shrugged not seeing what harm could come from hearing an outside opinion.

"I think that Phoebe loves you but she's just afraid that you don't love her back."

"Why would she think that? Of course I love her back!" Billie screamed not knowing what would give Zoe that impression.

"You know that and I know that but does Phoebe know that?" Zoe questioned with a smug look on her face knowing that Billie couldn't talk her way outta this one. She watched as Billie gapped for air trying to find words that could explain her reasoning. "Until you tell her how you feel she'll continue to doubt you're relationship, or whatever you call the thing that you're doing."

Billie playfully glared at her friend's honesty. She's right, until I tell Phoebe how I feel I'll never have her. "Thanks Zoe, you're the best."

"I try," Zoe smugly replied while ducking her head to avoid Billie's oncoming slap. "Is that any way to treat 'the best'?"

"Yeah when she's being a smartass," Billie snorted while crossing her arms.

"Good for nothing Elders," Piper mumbled furiously to herself after Paige returned with the bad news. The Elders knew of the situation that the sisters found themselves in but they weren't able to help because of the personal gain that had been briefly achieved because of Piper and Paige's confidence spell. However, the Elders did manage to mention that they should venture towards researching the ancient Grecian gods and goddesses. "Why do we even bother?" Piper continued to mumble furiously to herself as she scanned every book that they had been able to find on the gods.

"Well we know that Phoebe was cursed because we gave her confidence but why is that so bad?" Paige asked hoping that by voicing her question the answer would magically appear.

"I don't think it was the confidence that caused the curse because she didn't change immediately after we cast the spell…"

"What're you getting at?" Paige could see the wheels turning in Piper's mind and couldn't help the hope that was building within her.

"I think it's what she was saying that caused all this," Paige said flicking back to a previous page.

"That she was the most beautiful being to grace the earth?" Paige asked not knowing where Piper had pulled this from.

"No that she was the most beautiful being to grace the heavens and the earth," Piper said with a triumphant smile as it seemed that she had cracked their dilemma. "This isn't the first time that this has happened. The same thing happened to the original Medusa in ancient times, all she did was talk about her beauty until one day she took it too far and Athena cursed her…'Your face is now so terrible to behold that the mere sight of it will turn a man to stone'…"

"So…how does that help us with Phoebe?" Paige asked thoroughly lost. It seemed that her sister's train of thought had left the station without all passengers aboard, Paige in particular.

"She is cursed so that no man can look at her," Piper cried. Her sister's freedom was at her fingertips and all she could do was let the joy float through her body.

"So?" Paige asked still not catching on.

"No man Paige, it never specifies a woman," Piper smiled. She watched as the light bulb practically turned on above Paige's head. "But it can't just be any woman it has to be the…" she trailed off when she heard a slight knock at the door. "Who in the hell could that be?"

The sisters walked over to the door cautiously. It wasn't everyday that someone actually knocked on the manor door, usually those important enough just walked in and the rumors about the manor being haunted had scared the rest off. Piper opened the door to find just the person they were looking for.

"Billie?"

"Hi," Billie replied shyly with a small wave. "I went to Phoebe's condo to talk to her but she wasn't there and I was hoping that you could tell me where she was so that I could…"

"Billie, sweetie, breathe," Paige chuckled as she watched the blonde calm down enough to take a breath.

"Sorry I just really wanna make things right with Phoebe," Billie smiled shyly knowing that the Halliwell sisters were one tough act to win over. With her past record it didn't seem that she was gonna make it past the sisters but she had to try. This is Phoebe I'm talking about; I'll try until my last breath to win her back.

"And you can do that once you help us with a little problem," Paige said while ushering her charge through the front door.

"And what would that be?" Billie asked skeptically sensing the urgency in her whitelighter's movements.

"Help us save Phoebe."

"What'd you mean save Phoebe? What happened to her? Is she alright? Where is..."

"Billie!" Piper barked not feeling like wasting any more time with the blonde's babbling. Sure it was sweet that Billie was so concerned about Phoebe but that could wait until after Phoebe was changed back. "Cliff notes version, Phoebe was so depressed after you left that she lost confidence in herself so in order to help her out we cast a little spell. Well needless to say the spell went fine but the personal gain caused some problems."

"Like what type of problems?" Billie asked urgently needing to know what happened to Phoebe.

"Well…she was kinda turned into Medusa," Paige intervened.

"WHAT?"

"Billie please just…"

"What? Calm down? How the hell am I supposed to calm down when you tell me that Phoebe's been turned into Medusa?" Billie hollered at the sisters. Her anger towards the brunettes standing before her was growing with every minute. They know better than to use magic for personal gain. They know better than to use it on Phoebe. "And how the hell am I supposed to help? It's Medusa for crying out loud. Every person who makes eye contact with her turns to stone!"

"Not exactly," Piper said with a smirk. "Every man that lays eyes on her is cast in stone, not every woman."

"And you want me to be that woman?" Billie asked despite already knowing the answer based on the smiles that graced the sisters' faces. "How do you know this is even gonna work? What if I try and I'm just turned to stone?"

"Are you willing to let that small setback prevent you from helping Phoebe?" Piper asked. She knew she was being selfish by using Billie's affection for Phoebe as a persuasion technique but desperate times call for desperate measures.

Of course I'm not gonna let that stop me, this is Phoebe we're talking about. "Where is she?" Billie asked suddenly realizing that Phoebe was nowhere in sight.

"The attic," Piper answered with a knowing smile.

Here goes nothing.

That's the end for this chapter.

I just want to again apologize for the extremely long wait between updates. But I am on winter break right now so there should be more updates with less space between them.

I know this chapter is short but I just wanted to get something out there so that everyone who is still reading can get a feel for the story again. I'm sorry for the cliffhanger-ish ending but it had to be done. I wanted this chapter to be more focused on Billie's side of the story. So naturally the next chapter will be entirely focused on changing Phoebe back and mending the Phillie relationship.

Please review, it'll let me know that people are still out there and still interested in this story.

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