A/N: Here we are with chapter 4 :) Sorry it's shorter too, I think it's better if I make shorter, quicker updates than try to make longer chapters and have to wait however long to post. Hope you guys like it at least.

azrael8919~ Thank you for the review :) I know what you mean by it being hard to find decent Phillie fics, there are a couple out there but not nearly enough. I figured I would try my hand at it. I'm glad you like it, thanks for the story alert as well.

And to the other 2 people for the story alerts, thank you! I'll try to have more up soon. :)


Paige huffs angrily beside me, but I can tell she is tense just as much as I am, "Great, look what you got us into now! If this bitch doesn't kill you Phoebe will, you know that right?"

"I am aware that she won't be happy, yes." I mumble quietly as I keep my eyes on the demon, she is watching us with what looks like amusement. It's a weird expression on a demon.

"You and your family are quite amusing little witch." The female demon speaks up again, making me wonder if they read minds. "But why are you here? Do you have a death wish?"

"After what I experienced, no I don't. I'm here for Phoebe, I want that demon mark gone, you don't own her." The demon smiles as I talk, she lets out a light airy laugh, pissing me off, "Oh you cute little thing, it is so touching how you two lovers are so protective over each other. Willing to do anything to keep the other alive and out of harms way, while putting yourselves at risk in the process. And you are in danger here, with Carrow just feet away in our cozy nest, waiting for the chance to come out here and finish you off. You are in luck that I am queen of our pack and have rule over him, but what shall you have me do about your girl?"

Damn, she's being pretty calm about this so far, what am I supposed to say? I don't want to piss her off and make this situation worse. I blink in thought, not sure how to handle this now that I'm facing one of them, but take a breath and try, "Take the mark off, that's what you can do." Shit that came out more bitchy than I intended, I'm supposed to not be pissing her off.

"I cannot, she made a trade with your life and took our mark willingly. Once it is on one's flesh, it cannot be removed until the favor is done, And as long as she wear's it, we can call on her at anytime. This cannot be reversed, your visit here was pointless and-"

"She never listens. do you Billie? You just had to come here and risk your life for something we weren't sure could be changed. One cut from them and Phoebe would be alone, do you want that? She would disown me if I ever let something happen to you. We need to leave, right now, do you understand me?" Paige cuts the demon off as she turns to me in fury and disappointment, her words make me flinch from the truth in them, the truth I already knew coming in to this, that I ignored.

"No, I'm not leaving until this is righted, I'm already here. Listen bitch, you had better do something about this before I seriously start getting angry. And trust me, you don't want to see me when I'm enraged, I'm not just some little witch who is defenseless, I've got powers you couldn't even dream of." I stand up to the demon with confidence that I'm not sure I even have. I am fighting through this for Phoebe's sake and I'm terrified. But I'm angry enough to where it's making me feel brave enough to take this demon on if I have to.

"I did not say that you didn't have power, I feel it and believe that you could do major damage here. I'm sincere when I say that I am truly sorry that it had to come to this, but we follow a law that has been around since we were created, a law of revenge against those that do us harm. We are not normally violent against humans, we have lived among you for centuries and find your kind entertaining. Some of us have even found solace and companionship in your race. But we do what needs to be done to right the wrongs, and Phoebe and yourself got off lucky. There is nothing I can do about the demon mark, when the time comes, we will call on her for her services and as soon as it is done, the mark will disappear and she will be free of us. It is time you went home now, go back to your girlfriend before she finds out that you came here tonight." I don't how to feel after her long speech, I'm angry, yet relieved and for some reason reassured of Phoebe's well being, at least for now. But I don't trust this woman or her kind completely, even though she said they don't normally harm humans, they have before, so I'm wary of how this is going to play out.

I'm still not totally satisfied though, Phoebe shouldn't have to go through this alone when it is my fault all of this is taking place. I'm going to correct it somehow, if it's the last thing I do. "Mark me." The two words slip out of my mouth before I can stop them, And I watch as the demon looks at me in surprise.

Paige grabs ahold of my arms and squeezes tight, looking me dead in the eye with pure shock and anger, "No way in hell am I am letting that happen, I'm taking us home and you are going to never speak of this to anyone, ever."

I growl and push her off me, she can't stop me from doing this unless she physically orbs me out, and I'm not letting that happen. She isn't touching me again either, I know that if she does, she would orb me home in a heart beat. "Mark me damn it! I am not letting her go through this alone. If she gets called, I do. I won't have Phoebe go by herself to only God knows where, while you use her for your sick pleasure. So, mark. me. Please. And don't even think about touching me Paige, even if you do happen to orb me away, I will just come back, alone."

"You are so stupid, I can't believe what I'm hearing right now, Billie this isn't right, this isn't the way to handle the situation, Phoebe-"

"Phoebe will get over it, she will have to because I am doing this." I interrupt Paige and step up bravely in front of the female demon, giving them both a cold glare, daring them to even think about protesting.

"Very well, I will give you this to appease your worries. And I give you my word that you will be called at the same time as your lover, and that neither one of you will be harmed by our pack. I like you Billie, you are a brave, caring and loyal human being." She replies to my demand, complying with it, and laying a demon hand on my shoulder. I tense under her touch as she drags the hand down to my wrist, she then grabs it and lays her palm against my smooth skin. I gasp as pain shoots up through my wrist, burning the area she's against, but it's over in seconds and the pain disappears as if it wasn't ever there.

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( 9:32pm, Phoebe's POV)

I jump, startled from my spot in the living room, when the front door slams shut. "Paige don't!" Billie's loud voice hollers out, she sounds panicked, which makes me frown in worry.

"If you don't tell her, I will. You can't keep this from here even if you tried, I mean look at it!" I share a confused look with Piper and Leo, then quickly stand as both Paige and Billie storm in here. What the hell is going on?

"Billie, What's wrong?" Piper stands up and questions her before I even get the chance to, but I get to her first, worried and looking at her with furrowed brows, "What do you have to tell me?" My voice is, but a whisper, she gives me this pained look then casts her eyes away. I frown harder and grab for her hand, but she jerks it out of my reach and takes a step back. Hurt by her behavior, I take my own step back, confused as to why she is acting like this.

I look to Paige for answers, but she shakes her head at me and hardens her face before speaking, "Show her"

"Show me what? Did you get hurt?" I ask with growing frustration and take the step I had taken back, forward, And when Billie looks up at me, meeting my eyes, my heart breaks at the raw pain in them and from the tears now running down her cheeks. "Baby what's wrong? Please, your scaring me."

She shakes her head and let's out a sob, "Don't talk to me like that, I don't deserve it, I screwed up. I just care about you so much and had to do something, I couldn't let you suffer alone Phoebe, but now you're going to hate me for what I've done."

"I could never hate you, w-what did you do?" Tears start to spill over on my own cheeks, but for what, I don't know yet. I know it's something bad and whatever it is, it's scaring me. She looks away again, but holds out her hand, the one I had grabbed for earlier. I look down at it and my eyes fall on a familiar mark, "No, O God, please tell me I'm seeing things"

"You aren't, she took us to the nest and demanded that bitch to mark-"

"How could you do this? And Paige how could you let her do this? I don't, I don't understand.." I cut Paige off, nausea washes over me instantly at what has taken place. Seeing that, that mark on my girl, who I saved by getting the same mark, makes me sick.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry but I had to! I'm not letting some demon control you while I sit by and wait for you to be used as a disposable human!"

"I sacrificed myself for you to live Billie, Not so you could go back to those things and risk you life, again! I cannot believe you did that, those things tried to kill you damn it! And now they have both of us in their hold, what good did you do? What the hell did you accomplish by getting that mark, huh? Tell me what the point of saving your life was, if you were just going to go back to them and do something stupid like this! Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Billie's face crumples and she stumbles backward, my eyes widen and I gasp as my mind registers the last sentence I yelled out.

"Billie no, that's not what I meant. There was a point in saving your life or I wouldn't have even attempted it. You know how I feel, I'm just so pissed at you, and confused and tired, I am so tired of this. I want it to be over, I don't want this messing up our new relationship, it's already causing problems and I hate it." I deflate and lose what ire I had, instead, I just feel hurt and sad and I don't even know right now. Billie's jaw clenches and un clenches as I watch her try to rein in on her anger, but she can't even look at me and that makes my heart drop to my feet, that simple ability to look at me is taken away by my own fault.

"Excuse me for interrupting, but I think what you both need is some space from each other so you can process what's going on. This is stressful and space will hopefully smooth things over between you." Piper's voice comes from behind us, she appears at my side and rubs comforting circles on my back.

"I agree. We have been through a lot and I don't want to say something out of turn. I'll stay here for the night." I want to cry more as Billie gives in first. Not wanting to be away from her, but knowing its the right thing to do, I nod ok. I stay silent though, I'm afraid if I open my mouth, I'll be begging for Billie to come home with me.

Piper walks me to the door after that, I have to get out of here. "Call me if you need anything ok? I'll make sure Billie is taken care of, I can see that it's killing you to leave her."

"Yeah. Thanks Piper. Love you" I agree softly as she pulls me in for a hug, "I love you too"

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It's going on 10:30 when I finally make it back home, without Billie. I grabbed food on the way and now I'm sitting at the bar, eating, alone. This isn't right, Billie is supposed to be here with me, we just started dating and we're already going down hill. We aren't supposed to need space this early in our relationship. I finish eating my fattening cheeseburger and fries, throw the trash away, then head for my shower. I turn the water on as hot as I can stand it, strip, and climb in. As soon as the hot spray hits my tired body, I let out a groan of approval.

A hour later, I'm in bed with my other fattening friends ben and Jerry's, double chocolate chunk. While watching, P.S. I love you, with frustrated tears running down my face. They just won't stop, I've tried to calm down more than once, but the damn tears keep coming back, and now I'm crying not just out of sadness and lingering anger, but also in frustration from the constant tear fest. Another hour passes by and the movie is rolling the end credits. I look down as my spoon scrapes against the bottom of the ice cream container, I have eaten what was left, which was just less than half. My stomach screams in protest at just the thought of all the food I've managed to eat in two hours. I groan out and set the now empty container on the night stand, then turn the TV off and curl under my covers for some much needed sleep. My eyes close as I inhale Billie's sent on my pillow, fresh tears spring to my eyes at the thought of her. Damn it! when did I become such a cry baby? When Billie came into my life, that is when, Phoebe. Damn her. Maybe I'll dream of her at least, I can only hope.