A/N: Hey everyone! Thank you for waiting so patiently for me to upload. I would have had this chapter up two days ago, but I came down with a mysterious illness that led to me being confined to my bed for the past few days. Thanks to all my reviewers, your praise is greatly appreciated. Thanks especially to Kraft for pointing out the "cuteness" of the last two chapters and to EverTheDreamer for beta-reading this story, you're very helpful. Now onto the good stuff!
Paige looked up from where she sat in the conservatory at the sound of voices from the hall. She set her book down and stood up to go see what all the noise was about. As she entered the room, she saw Phoebe and Billie just coming through the door, hands obviously interlaced. Just then, Billie looked up to see her standing there, and when she saw that Paige had noticed there hands, she smiled, a bright blush forming on her cheeks.
"Oh, so what do we have here?" said Paige, smiling brightly.
"You know very well what this is," Phoebe said, letting go of Billie's hand to walk over to Paige. When she reached her, she immediately slapped her on the arm. "Why didn't you tell me about this?" said Phoebe, voice slightly raised, but still friendly. She glanced over to Billie to see her standing there giggling at the sight in front of her.
"I...Well, I didn't think I sho…"stammered Paige, but she was cut off as Phoebe took her into a powerful hug.
"Thank you for helping her," Phoebe whispered in Paige's ear, too quiet for Billie to hear.
Paige quickly recovered from her shock and returned Phoebe's hug. "It was nothing, sweetie," she told Phoebe, then looked over to Billie who was still standing by the door. "Hey there, stranger, why don't you get over here and tell me about your day?" she said, giving the blonde a bright smile.
Billie walked over to Paige and gave her a quick hug. "Thank you, Paige, I couldn't have done it without you," she said. Then she took both Phoebe's and Paige's hands and practically dragged them to the couch. Right before they sat down, Billie tripped and all three of them landed on the floor in a heap of laughter.
Drawn by the noise, Piper walked in just then to find Phoebe laying on the floor with Billie half on top of her and Paige right next to them. All three were laughing hysterically. As Piper looked on, she watched while Billie and Phoebe suddenly became aware of the way they had landed, with Billie laying almost directly on top of Phoebe. They stared at each other for a few seconds, then looked away, a bright red blush rising quickly to both their faces.
"Ahem," Piper coughed, getting everyone's attention. She smiled when she saw Billie practically jump off Phoebe and help her up. "So, what's going on in here?" she asked.
"Oh, well, we were going to sit down and…umm then Billie tripped and we…We," stammered Phoebe.
"Yeah, yeah. You all fell on the floor like a clumsy bunch of fools, I know," said Piper, walking in and sitting on the couch. "What I want to know about is why you two look like a pair of tomatoes," she said, looking at Phoebe and Billie.
"Ummmmm… Well, it's interesting you ask, see….Well, Phoebe and I…" started Billie, blushing even deeper as she tried to find the words.
"Billie finally worked up the courage to tell Phoebe she loves her," said Paige, walking forward to stand next to her charge. "And Pheebs here realized she's been ignoring her feelings for blondie over there for too long," she said, pointing to Billie.
"Paige!" yelled both Phoebe and Billie at the same time. Startled, they quickly looked at each other and smiled, amused at their own reactions.
"What?! It's not like either of you two were gonna come out with it anytime soon," said Paige, laughing.
"Oh, I see," said Piper thoughtfully, looking from Phoebe to Billie. She didn't miss how they had reacted to Paige's comments. "Well it's about time!" she stated in a tone that said she'd been expecting it all along.
"Wait, you knew the whole time too!?!?" said Billie, shocked again.
"Well, yeah. I'm not blind, you know. I saw the way you two act around each other. It wasn't hard to figure out that you had feelings for each other," said Piper.
"What? But I didn't even figure my feelings out till today!" said Phoebe, confused.
"You might not have realized your feelings, but that doesn't mean they weren't there. And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to pick up on them," laughed Piper.
Phoebe started to say something, but then stopped, knowing Piper was probably right. She walked over to Billie and took her hand. "Well, now I feel silly," she said. "It looks like we're the only ones that didn't know we loved each other," she said giggling.
Billie hugged her tightly for a few seconds. "Actually," she began, "you're the only one. I knew I loved you, remember?" She burst out laughing at the look on Phoebe's face.
Phoebe took a quick step forward and lightly shoved Billie. "That does it," she said jokingly. "You better run, because if I get my hands on you, you're done for!"
Billie took off up the stairs, laughing hysterically as she pretended to scream. "Oh, I'm so scared! Big, bad Phoebe's gonna get me!" she cried, barely making it up the stairs because she was laughing so hard.
"You just don't know when to quit!" yelled Phoebe, starting after her laughing girlfriend. "I swear, if I catch you, you're in for it!" she yelled again, climbing up the stairs and laughing even harder.
"If you can catch me!" shouted Billie from upstairs.
Paige and Piper exchanged amused looks as they stood at the bottom of the stairs. Paige turned to look at her older sister and stood with her hands on her hips and giggled, "What are we going to do with those two!?"
A/N: Okay everyone, now it's your turn! I'm expecting lots of reviews people! In fact I'll make you a deal. You give me five well thought out reviews, and I'll give you an extra long chapter five. And I'm not talking about the old two-sentence, "Great chapter, can't wait for an update" kind of review either!