Yes this is an actual update.
ENJOY…hopefully
"So what's the plan?" Billie asked eagerly while looking between Piper and Paige. She knew that she was the one that had to go up to the attic to face Phoebe but with what spell she wasn't sure. Billie took in the glances and nervous looks shared between the sisters. "There is a plan right?"
"Well actually," Paige started hesitantly but was quickly cut off by the blonde.
"You don't have a plan!" Billie fumed not caring that her outburst had startled the sisters, good, they deserve to be scared I shouldn't be the only one.
"Look Billie, it's not like," Piper started but yet again Billie stopped any form of explanation.
"No! There is no way in hell that you get to guilt me into this by using my love for Phoebe to go heads first unprepared without having thought of something yourselves. What did you expect me to do? Just go storming up to the attic and wing it?" Billie practically screamed. "Yes I love Phoebe and will do anything to get her back but that doesn't mean that I'm willing to just throw caution to the wind and risk both our lives. If we don't do this correctly then Phoebe may end up being Medusa for the rest of her life and I'll just be a nice statue for all eternity."
Piper and Paige were speechless. Not only was this the first time that Billie had reprimanded them for unpreparedness but she had just admitted her love for Phoebe. The latter surprising them more.
"You love Phoebe," Paige stated. Deep down she knew that Billie would never just throw the "L" word around but she just needed confirmation.
"Yes," Billie answered with a small smile. "But we can deal with your disapproval after we save Phoebe." Billie could only imagine what hell she was going to face once they had saved Phoebe. She knew that Piper and Paige weren't anywhere close to her biggest fans at the moment but she would go through hell and high water to have Phoebe, even if that meant taking on the Halliwell sisters.
Piper looked skeptically over the young blonde. Despite her knowledge that she needed Billie to save Phoebe she was still hesitant if her trust in the blonde would ever be saved. Trust is something that instinctively never came easily to anyone in the Halliwell line, Grams was the number one enforcer for that throughout their childhood. Billie had earned the trust of all three Halliwells over the past year of living, learning, and fighting together but all that trust was shattered the moment Wyatt was used to access the Hollow. Phoebe was able to trust Billie again. Piper's inner musings pointed out.
"Have you gone to the Elders yet?" Billie asked, breaking Piper from her thoughts.
"Yea and just like usual they were no help," Paige sighed while plopping herself on the couch. Her mind was racing with different ways to save Phoebe but all of them came to a dead end. "It was the same old cryptic nonsense that barely gave us an inkling of a hint as to what went wrong."
"And what went wrong?" Billie probed needing all the information she could if she wanted to help.
"The spell we cast wasn't the problem," Piper started after coming to the conclusion that she could question Billie's trustworthiness later. "It was Phoebe's constant babbling about being the most beautiful thing to grace the heavens and the earth."
"So naturally Athena got pissed and cursed Phoebe just like Medusa," Billie filled in. She let out a chuckle at Piper and Paige's mouth agape faces. "What? When I'm not off fighting demons I do attend classes."
Shacking off the shock Paige finally spoke up. "Exactly, so now all we have to do is figure out how to reverse the curse."
"Have you looked in the book yet?" Billie asked. She knew that the book would've been the first place that they went but seeing that Phoebe, Medusa? Whatever, this is hurting my head, was occupying the attic it didn't seem likely that they would've had the chance.
"Yea that would be a no," Piper sighed. "Medusa reincarnate is kinda preventing that." She didn't mean to sound snippy but this entire situation was getting on her last nerve.
Billie gave a quick eye roll before closing them and extending her arms. She could picture the giant warn book sitting on its stand, just waiting to be opened. Two gasps could be heard as Billie felt the weight of the Book of Shadows as is came to rest in her arms.
"What?" The young witch asked as she saw the awestruck expressions directed towards her, did they not expect the book to come to me? That I was evil? "Did you honestly think that I was evil?"
"No," Paige answered slowly.
"I just can't believe that we didn't think of that," Piper said while slapping Paige on the arm. "Why didn't you do that?"
"Ow! What the hell! It's not my fault that…"
Billie just shook her head while Piper and Paige's bickering became background noise as she started flipping pages of the book hoping to find something anything that could help them.
"When you two are done squabbling feel free to join me, I may have found something," Billie spoke mater-of-factly. She was more than willing to try out the two spells she had found but she wanted Piper and Paige's opinions first, the last thing I need is to cast a spell and have it backfire.
"The Evil Spirit Vanquishing Spell?" Piper asked skeptically as she looked over Billie's shoulder.
"Why not? For all intents and purposes Medusa was/is an evil spirit," Billie shrugged. The skepticism radiating from the eldest charmed one bothered Billie. I don't see you coming up with anything better besides arguing with Paige. "It's better than nothing."
"Do you have anything else?" Piper asked. With an eye roll Billie flipped to the second spell. "Get Rid of Powers? Do you really think that'll solve our problem?"
"I know it won't change her back to regular Phoebe but it could at least take away the whole turning to stone deal that she has going on. At least we'd be able to talk to her without fearing for our lives," Billie replied with defeated sigh. The negative attitude emitting from Piper was not helping her mood in the slightest.
"I don't know," Piper's tone was nothing but disappointed as she shook her head.
"I'm tired of your fucking negativity!" Billie screamed in frustration taking a stand from the couch. The coffee table nearly splintered as she slammed the book against the old wood. Her emotions had finally caught up to her; tears pricked her eyes as she desperately tried to contain her last shred of control. "All I'm doing is trying to find a solution to the mess that you made! But no, nothing's good enough for the mighty Piper's approval. Well why don't you just get off you lazy ass and try and find a solution and get the hell off my back!"
The tears were all but flooding down Billie's cheeks as she looked from and stunned Piper to an amused Paige. "I just want her back," Billie sighed with defeat. "I just want her back so I can tell her that I love her, that I'm in love with her. And if she still doesn't want me around then I'll leave but I need to tell her more than anything."
"Well then we better get a move on," Paige said with the hopes of breaking Piper out of her stunned stupor. She couldn't help but smile at the look that still graced Piper's features. I never knew Billie had it in her. "I think the Evil Spirit Vanquishing spell is our best bet. We don't want to risk taking away Phoebe's powers. I think as long as you don't look at her while you're saying it then you should be in the clear."
"But you have to make eye contact during an incantation," Billie sighed with a bowed head. This was by far the most draining situation she'd found herself in, the Christy fiasco wasn't even this tiring.
"And that's why we need you to be the one to break the spell," Piper said in a lighter tone than she had all night. Placing a hand on Billie's knee, she waited for the blonde to make eye contact. "It's not because we want you to be a guinea pig to see if women can be turned to stone. We believe that the connection that you share with Phoebe will save you from turning to stone."
"Really?" Billie asked shyly.
"Really," Piper said with a reassuring smile and gentle squeeze to the knee.
Billie looked to Paige for confirmation and smiled when her whitelighter gave her thumbs up and a quirky smile to lighten the mood.
"Then I guess it's time to face the music," Billie rose from the couch after jotting the spell down.
The journey to the attic was excruciatingly slow, at least in Billie's opinion. With deep breathes and a couple inner pep talks along the way she finally reached the door separating her from Phoebe. You can do this Jenkins! You have to do this, Phoebe is counting on you.
With her gaze to the floor, not entirely ready to risk turning to stone, Billie entered the attic. Hissing came from the couch to the right signaling Phoebe's whereabouts.
"What're you doing up here?" Phoebe asked in shock. There was no way that she expected Piper or Paige let alone Billie to risk their lives by coming up here. If she was being honest with herself she had expected to hear a spell from beyond the attic door.
"You don't sound like a snake," Billie said with a chuckled. She could instantly feel Phoebe's gaze on her. "Sorry, I guess I just figured that there was going to be some hiss to your voice. But I'm assuming that the snakes on your head are taking care of that."
"Enough with the jokes Billie, you shouldn't be up here. Please just go behind the door," Phoebe begged. "Just say whatever spell you have from behind the door."
"You and I both know that eye contact needs to be made."
"No," Phoebe gasped. "There is no way in hell that I'm allowing you to risk that."
"Tough luck," Billie said defiantly while raising her gaze to meet Phoebe's. She looked past the scales and the snakes. She looked past the thin lines that replaced Phoebe's kissable lips. She looked past the yellow slits that were once brown pools that Billie had gotten lost in on so many occasions. She looked past every transformation and focused on Phoebe, mind, body and spirit. She focused on everything that had drawn Billie to the brunette like a moth to a flame. She focused on the woman she loved as she spoke
"Ashes to ashes,
Spirit to spirit.
Take her soul,
Banish this evil."
Phoebe let out another blood churning scream as the searing pain once again invaded. Doubled over in pain, she could feel her body returning. Everything felt better; her head felt lighter as the brown locks returned, her skin felt airy once again, she could actually move her lips but most importantly her vision wasn't blurred. Standing upright Phoebe let her first sight lay upon the woman who saved her, the woman of her dreams.
She took in all of Billie from her head to her toes and back. She focused on the love that was shining in her teary eyes.
"I know that we have a lot to talk about and you probably," but for once that day Billie's ramblings were cut off as Phoebe engulfed her in a hug. After the initial shock wore off Billie quickly recovered and returned the hug with the same vigor that she was receiving it.
Phoebe couldn't help but nuzzle into Billie's neck. I missed this so much!
"What's going on?" Piper and Paige came barging through the attic door, eyes closed and stumbling over one another. "We heard screaming. Is everything alright?"
"Everything's fine," Phoebe said with a slight chuckle as she watched Paige almost topple over Piper.
"How do we know you're telling the truth Medusa," Paige accused while pointing her finger about twenty feet in the wrong direction with every intention of threatening Phoebe.
"Yea!" Piper chipped in. "For all we know you're still Medusa and Billie is stone…Oh my gosh! Billie! Billie, talk to me!"
Billie let out a silent chuckle while looking to Phoebe silently asking if she should speak of let this circus act continue. With a slight nod Phoebe told Billie that enough was enough.
"Don't worry you won't have to figure out how to explain a Billie-esque statue in the garden," she said with a cheeky smile.
Piper and Paige slowly opened their eyes to find the couple with tears in their eyes as they continued to laugh.
"Thank whoever that you're all right!" Paige screeched before lunging herself at the couple and embracing them in a vice grip hug.
"Can't breathe…Paige…need air," Billie gasped until her whitelighter begrudgingly released her hold.
"I'm just so happy that you two are all right," Paige beamed.
"We are both happy that you two are all right," Paige corrected as she stepped up and hug the couple.
"What changed between you two?" Phoebe asked with a puzzled glance between her sister and girlfriend, hopefully she's still my girlfriend.
"It's a long story that we can explain over a cup of tea," Piper said with a kind smile while leading the way towards the stairs.
"Maybe I should be transformed more often if stuff like this happens," Phoebe mused.
"NO!" Billie, Paige and Piper yelled in unison.
"Kidding, totally kidding."
And that's it for chapter 4.
Sorry for the lack of Phillie in this chapter but there will be plenty in the next one.
I know that Vanquishing an Evil Spirit, according to the show, can only be said by a spirit but I'm just going with the spiritual connection between Billie and Phoebe was strong enough for it to work. Plus this is my fic so =P jk but yea that's my explanation for that.
Once again I am so beyond sorry for the really really long overdue update.
=D
