A/N: I know I said the previous chapter was the last of the Wedding From Hell, and it was. This just had to have the title of that episode because this occurs before The Fourth Sister stuff starts. To look forward to in this chapter: Prue and Paige's conversation concerning what Prue has found out about Paige. And a heart-to-heart between father and daughter, Leo and Paige.

Chapter Six: Wedding From Hell (And Unexpected Requests)

Paige could feel Prue's gaze upon her. Paige tried to ignore it by keeping her eyes on the road.

'You were there last night, Paige,' said Prue. 'You were the witch that saved the stripper, weren't you?'

'I don't know what you are talking about,' said Paige. She continued staring at the road ahead. Paige's grip tightened around the steering wheel. She winced; her wounded left hand was still tender to the touch.

Prue had noticed Paige wince. 'There is no point hiding the truth,' Prue said. 'I know that you hurt your hand because you smashed the sky light open last night.'

'Skylight? What are you on about?' Paige continued with denial, even though she knew it would not work. 'I cut my hand open while I was cooking with Isobel yesterday.'

'Nice try,' said Prue laughing. 'I came to see you after you had been cooking with Isobel yesterday, remember? Your hand was fine when I saw you.'

Prue was seeing right through any lie that Paige tried to build up in order to protect her identity. Leo had prepared her for how to react if the sisters revealed their secret to her, but not how to react if a Halliwell was interrogating Paige about her own secrets.

Paige's grip on the steering wheel tightened even more. Paige winced again.

'Urgh, Paige,' groaned Prue. 'Let me take control.'

Paige suddenly could not control the steering wheel. It was like someone else had taken hold of it. She let go, and it was steering by itself. Paige looked round to see Prue squinting at the steering wheel.

'Prue! You cannot drive the car using your telekinesis! Are you crazy? You cannot look at the road at the same time as moving the steering wheel with your mind! Your powers are not advanced enough!' shouted Paige in shock.

Prue looked up at Paige. She was smiling. Paige took back control of the steering wheel and pulled the car over so as they could talk.

'So you know that I have telekinesis,' said Prue. 'I assume you also know about Piper and Phoebe?'

Paige nodded slowly.

'Are you a witch too?' asked Prue.

Not giving a clear yes or no, Paige replied, 'I don't have any powers.'

'So you are not a witch… You know about magic though,' Prue assumed. Paige thought it was best if Prue did not find out the whole truth, so let her make that assumption.

Paige sighed. 'I was asked to come and guide you three because you are new to the craft. I promise you that although I was asked to become part of your lives, the friendship which I have formed with you, Piper, and Phoebe is real. I have to make sure you know that I do enjoy spending time with you and your sisters. Our friendship is real.'

'I believe you,' said Prue. Then she added, 'Who sent you?'

'I cannot tell you,' said Paige. 'I can guarantee that it is all in good cause. I am just here to keep watch over the three of you, make sure that you don't come to harm.'

'If you are here for us,' said Prue. 'Why did you try to face Jade on your own?'

Paige looked down. 'Earlier that day, I saw that other man die. I was not prepared to see more people die. So I was keeping watch over Jade that evening when you three showed up to snoop as well. When I saw them attack the stripper, I thought you three would leap at the chance to save him, but you had already gone…'

'Paige…' said Prue. 'I… we didn't. We did not leave him for dead however it may have looked. I made Piper and Phoebe leave at that point because I did not want them to come to any harm. When their car drove away, I came back, determined to save the stripper and vanquish Jade there and then. I did not want my sisters to have to face her. Unfortunately my plan did not work… Have I thanked you for saving me last night?'

Paige looked at Prue. 'You did, when I handed you the poingnard.'

'That does not count,' said Prue. 'I did not know who it was that I was thanking last night. Thank you Paige.'

'Prue, whether I had been asked to keep you three safe or not, I would not have left you to face Jade alone,' said Paige.

'Whether you were asked to keep us safe or not, I still have to thank you, Paige,' Prue laughed. 'You did save my life after all. Piper and Phoebe do not know that I went back there last night, so if you could avoid repeating it to them then that would be great.'

'I can, if you can promise me that you won't tell Piper and Phoebe about my secret,' said Paige. 'You are not supposed to know about this.'

Prue nodded. 'I understand. My lips are sealed, Paige.'

Paige smiled.

'You know, when we first met you, Paige – When Piper pointed you out in Quake – the three of us thought there was something familiar about you,' began Prue. 'We could not understand what it was. And we still can't to this day. Is it anything to do with your secret?'

Paige shook her head. 'I wish I knew. That is another reason why I am sticking close to you three. I want to know the answer as much as you do.'

'Phoebe wanted to try and get a premonition off of you. She hoped that she would get an answer that way,' Prue laughed.

'I realised,' said Paige. 'Unfortunately for her, the person that sent me had warned me about her power of premonition, so told me not to allow any physical contact in case she guessed my secret.'

Prue laughed. 'Piper and I did tell her not to attempt it but she is so reckless and we knew she would do it even after our opposition. As we knew she would have gone against our wishes, we asked her that evening whether she had been successful.'

'What did she say?' said Paige, remembering the sight of Phoebe picking up Paige's glass after she had left the restaurant.

'She said you had some personal space issues,' said Prue, laughing. 'Apparently you would not shake hands and sat as far back from Phoebe as possible throughout the conversation. Phoebe even asked us if she smelled or had bad breath.'

Paige relaxed knowing that Phoebe definitely had not seen her secret in a vision.

'It's late,' said Paige. 'I'll drive you to the manor and then go off to my home.'

Prue looked at Paige. 'You are supposed to keep watch over us, right?' Prue asked.

Paige nodded. 'That's why I am glad you guys invite me around so often.'

'Well, how would you feel about moving in with us?' asked Prue.

'What?' said Paige, shocked at the unexpected offer. 'Surely you have to speak to your sisters about this first.'

'I know that they will be happy to hear you are moving in,' said Prue. 'Besides it will make it easier for you not having to drive to ours everyday, and it means that you can give up your flat, and spend your money on things other than bills.'

'I would have to pay you rent money,' said Paige.

'No, you wouldn't,' said Prue.

'It will make it harder on Piper and Phoebe though,' said Paige. 'Don't think I haven't noticed that you three switch to talking in code whenever I walk in on one of your magic involved conversations. If I live there, that will make it harder on them too, as they think I know nothing about the existence of magic.'

'We'll cope,' said Prue. 'Can I take your continuous concerns and excuses as a yes?'

'Not yet,' Paige said. 'I have a few more excuses to try first.'

Prue laughed. 'Try me.'

'Well, you already moan about the shower rota and hot water,' said Paige. 'And I am pretty sure you do not have a spare bedroom.'

When Paige had first set foot in the manor, Piper had jumped at the chance to give Paige a guided tour of every room except for the attic. Therefore, Paige knew that there were only three bedrooms in the manor. Each was occupied by one of the sisters.

'We do not have a spare bedroom, but we do have the attic,' Prue said. 'The attic is furnished quite nicely.'

'The attic? You keep the Book of Shadows there!' Paige said. 'What will happen when Piper and Phoebe need to go there to read the Book? I will only be getting in the way as they will have to make excuses as to why they are there…'

Prue shook her head. 'We will have a cabinet that we can hide the Book in within the attic, and I will tell you where it is, just in case you ever want to read through it,' began Prue. 'Or the only other option will be for me to keep the Book in my room. Piper and Phoebe will not be able to argue with me taking possession of the Book of Shadows, and I will feel more in charge. So either way, it is a win-win situation for me.'

Paige smiled. 'Miss Prue Halliwell, I would like to accept your offer.'

The two women shook hands.

Paige started the car up and began to drive again.

'Your friend, Isobel,' began Prue after a pause. 'Is she a witch?'

Paige nodded. 'We were making potions all afternoon together. Hence the funny smell in my flat. Her whole family is magical. Like yours, their magic goes back many generations.'

'So if Isobel is a witch, then her twin, Wilson…' Prue started.

'Yes, Wilson is a witch,' said Paige. 'And the fieldwork he is undertaking is in the under world.' Paige began to well up as she remembered how much danger he could be in.

'You mean he is researching demons? He is spending a year in the underworld? Is he mad?' said Prue.

'I… He…' Paige did not know what to say.

Prue patted Paige on the shoulder. She would have hugged Paige, if Paige had not been driving.

Paige pulled onto the kerb outside Halliwell manor and Prue jumped out of the car.

'Bye Paige, and thank you for sharing,' said Prue.

'Thank you for keeping my secret,' said Paige.

'Moving in day tomorrow Paige.'

Paige nodded and drove off.

Paige unlocked her front door to find Leo sitting on the armchair. He looked concerned. At first she thought he knew that Paige had blown part of her cover to one of the Halliwell sisters.

'Paige. You have avoided me since our little chat yesterday,' said Leo.

'Phew,' Paige thought. 'That's what he is angry about. He doesn't know about Prue. Good.'

'Don't worry, Dad,' Paige said. 'Everything is fine now. Isobel calmed me down after you left and then I kept my eye on the Halliwells at the wedding today to make sure their plan to vanquish the demon went without a hitch.'

Leo nodded. He looked a little less concerned now, but still serious.

'I have to tell you something,' said Paige.

Leo sat up and waited for Paige to continue.

'This flat was only bought for the purpose of me, right?' said Paige. 'You do not require it for yourself, do you?'

'Although white lighters sleep we do not require home comforts.'

'Exactly,' said Paige. 'So you would not mind if I did not renew my lease on the flat?'

'Where are you going to live?' said Leo.

'Prue invited me to live with them,' she said. 'Apparently I hang out with them so often that I might as well live there.'

'She just invited you out of the blue? That is out of character for Prue, either that or she really trusts you…' said Leo. 'Just yesterday morning, before you left to pick up Phoebe for work you were saying how Prue had hardly spoken to you.'

'Well, a lot happened in two days, Dad,' said Paige. 'After Isobel left, Prue came to have a talk with me. And then, I guess I can say, Prue and I bonded last night. It was like she knew I would look out for her, as much as she will for me. And then this evening, we had another get together.'

Paige was not going to tell Leo that Prue knew part of Paige's secret. Paige hoped Leo would not find out.

'Whatever makes you happy, Paige,' said Leo. 'This sudden change in Prue's opinion of you needs to be checked though. I want to double check with the Elders that she has not been possessed by evil.'

'Is it that unlikely that Prue would like me then?' asked Paige, a little hurt.

'It's not that, Paige,' said Leo. 'Her change in opinion over you occurred so fast that I have to double check this sort of thing. I want you to be safe, okay? Don't move in until I say you can.'

'I can move in when I want, Dad!' Paige raised her voice. 'In fact, I am moving in tomorrow!'

Paige stormed into her room and started throwing her stuff into a suitcase noisily.

Paige was moving between the rooms of the flat, as she moved her possessions into her suitcases. It had been an hour since she had started this task. Leo orbed in front of her.

'I just spoke to the Elders,' said Leo. 'Prue is fine.'

'Like I said,' said Paige, still a little irritated at Leo.

'Paige, this is big,' said Leo. 'I know I never technically lived here, but this is the flat that I raised you in. And to me, you are still that little baby wrapped in sheets. And now you are moving out.'

Paige dropped a pile of blankets she had just picked up and hugged Leo.

'I am going to miss you too, Dad,' she said. 'We will still be working undercover at Halliwell manor together. So as long as you come to the manor often, you will still see me.'

'I know, Paige,' Leo said. 'It will be different though.'

Paige and Leo let go of one another, ending their hug.

'Tonight is your last night living at this flat?' he asked.

Paige nodded.

'Want to stay up for the rest of the night watching films?' he asked. 'Like we used to do on the weekends when you were little?'

Paige smiled. 'Sure, Dad.'

Father and daughter, Leo and Paige, sat down on the floor in front of their television watching movies all night long.

Leo started to snore during their fourth successive film. Paige could not relax though, thinking about the knot of lies which she had tied herself up in.

Isobel knew everything that Paige knew. Leo knew everything except that Paige was a witch and that Prue knew part of her secret. Prue knew that Paige knew the Halliwell's secret, but did not know that Paige was a witch, nor did she have any idea that there was a connection between Leo Wyatt and Paige Matthews. Piper and Phoebe just thought that they were the ones keeping a secret from Paige.

Paige wondered whether she would end up being trapped by the web of lies she had woven, considering that at the end of every web, there is a spider…

A/N: This chapter lacked action but it was just tying up loose ends from everything that happened over the last few chapters. I tried some word play in that final sentence of this chapter, but it was probably really cheesy, so ignore it if you want. The next chapter should start off alongside The Fourth Sister plot. Please review!