Piper woke with a start and turned to the clock. She groaned when she saw that it was three in the morning. "What the heck is going on," she asked herself as she threw her legs off the bed. This was just getting bizarre. Quietly she made her way up to the attic and began reading through the books hoping to find out why this was happening to her.

She skimmed through book after book but couldn't find a single thing. Before she knew it the sun was shining through the attic window. She yawned still feeling tired even after all the sleep she'd gotten. She sighed as she set down the last book she had been reading. She knew she needed to get ready for work and downstairs before her sisters came looking for her. She stood up and made her way to her room. Looking at her clock once more, she realized it was now eight o' clock.

She sighed and began getting ready. It was Friday; at least, she thought it was Friday. She shook her head and finished getting ready. She finished her look by pulling her hair into a ponytail and making her way downstairs where she saw her two sisters waiting at the kitchen table.

"Um, morning," she said apprehensively as she looked at her sisters who were staring at her creepily.

"Morning," they both replied in unison.

Piper glanced at them before turning to pour some coffee. She turned back to the counter before looking up at two pairs of eyes staring at her. "What," she asked agitatedly.

"Nothing," they both replied in unison once more before looking at everything but her.

Piper glared at her as she set her coffee mug down. What were those two up to? She shook her head as she made her way over to the counter. She sat down and began reading a letter that was sitting out on the table. Feeling eyes on her, Piper looked up to see her sisters staring at her again. "Okay, if you two don't start talking I will go crazy. What," she finished very irritated.

Prue shifted forward in her seat opening her mouth before responding, "We're just worried about you that's all, honey." Prue looked at Phoebe and the gaze didn't go unnoticed by Piper. "You just slept all day yesterday, and you still look exhausted."

Piper looked up at them and then back down at her coffee. "I don't see what you're getting at."

Prue looked at Phoebe reaching for some sort of help. "Well…" She glanced at Prue before relaxing her whole body. "I'm just going to cut to the chase. I heard you call out Leo's name in your sleep last night, Piper. I also heard you sneak up to the attic at three this morning."

Prue looked at Phoebe clearly angered. Phoebe shrugged but then looked back at Piper.

Piper was silent for a little while and only stared down at her coffee mug. "I don't want to talk about it," she replied lowly before getting up and dumping the rest of her coffee in the sink.

"Piper," Prue called out before Piper could leave the kitchen. "We're just worried about you." She got up and nodded for Phoebe to do the same. Both quickly got up and made their way to Piper. "We don't want you to overwork yourself, because you're missing Leo."

"Yeah Piper, we care," Phoebe piped in.

Piper kept an upset look of her face clearly agitated. "I don't like when you two gang up on me" She turned back around and exited the kitchen making her way to the door. "As for the Leo thing, I'm fine, really. Leo and I came to an understanding, and we're fine now. Now could you please drop it and get back to your lives." Piper grabbed her keys and began heading out the door. "I have to get to work, so you two better behave while I'm gone." She gave a stern look to the two sisters before exiting the house.

Prue frustratingly sighed and turned to Phoebe. "You just had to bring up the Leo thing, didn't you?" Prue started making her way back towards the kitchen with Phoebe in tow.

Phoebe threw up her hands exasperatedly. "Oh come on! If I hadn't said anything, she would've stormed out of here before we could even get another sentence out."

"I'm just saying, we could've broken it to her a little easier. You know how Piper is when it comes to relationships," Prue said as she turned to Phoebe.

Phoebe stopped walking and looked at Prue before making a face. "I know. This isn't the first boyfriend she's fallen in love with only to find out they were some magical being. I just can't imagine how that must be for her."

Prue nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I mean it's hard trying to tell your boyfriend your wiccan secret, but it must be much harder to find out the one you love is trying to kill you or is magically unavailable," Prue agreed with her hands facing up indicating the heavens.

"Yeah, I just wish there was something we could do for her," Phoebe replied with a shrug. Suddenly a smile sprung on her face.

"Oh no," Prue said shaking her head. "We are not using magic to help Piper, Phoebe."

"Oh come on, Prue," Phoebe whined. "It won't be personal gain, because we'll be helping our sister." Phoebe smiled a little bit hoping it would affect her sister's decision.

"No, Phoebe." Prue crossed her arms firmly. She wasn't budging.

"Fine fine," Phoebe said shooing her sister off. "Don't you have work to go to work or something."

Prue looked down at her wristwatch. "Yeah, and at this rate, I'll be late." She ran and grabbed her jackets and keys. "Just promise me you won't use magic to help Piper."

Phoebe nodded her head keeping silent.

"Phoebe," Prue warned.

"Oh fine, I promise."

"Good, now I'll see you after work." With that Prue left leaving Phoebe to her thoughts.

Phoebe sighed indignantly. Why couldn't have Prue just agreed to the magic thing? It wasn't like they were doing it for themselves. She just wanted to see her sister truly happy again. Suddenly, an idea sparked in her head. She'd only promised Prue that she wouldn't help Piper with magic. Phoebe smiled widely as the idea formed into her head. She ran upstairs to the attic and began writing furiously.

About an hour later, Phoebe already had a spell and a potion ready.

I call upon the ancient power

To help my sister, Piper, in this hour.

Help me see inside her mind,

But don't leave my sister, Prue, behind.

With that Phoebe threw in the herb as the mixture blew up slightly creating smoke. Phoebe looked around expecting a change but sighed realizing that maybe magic wasn't the solution. She began cleaning up her mess and headed downstairs. I guess I'll just have to help Piper the old fashioned way.

TBC

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