Chapter 9 Sneezing and fires

After dinner the girls was just sitting in the living room, watching TV and resting when Patricia started to cough. Phoebe who was sitting next to her was first startled and then she looked worried for a few second before she gave Patricia her tea. When Patricia finished the tea Piper asked Patricia how she was feeling, Patricia was still feeling really achy so she said "I don't know, I still feel kind of crabby and my throat hurts still, think the cough is getting worse" she coughed again and Phoebe caressed her sister's hair and said "you're gonna be fine".

Piper nodded in agreement and gave Patricia a hug. "Oh honey" she exclaimed and put her hand on Patricia's forehead "I think you have a fever again" she claimed. "But I don't feel cold, like feverish cold, so that's odd" Patricia responded as Phoebe put the back of her hand to her sister's forehead. "No, Piper's right, you do feel warm" Patricia sighed in disappointment and at that point Paige came into the room with a bowl of popcorn.

Paige saw the disappointed look on her younger sister's face and sat down in the armchair next to the sofa. "Honey what's wrong?" she asked in concern. "Piper and Phoebe think my fever's coming back, but I don't feel feverish at all" she claimed. Paige stood up letting her hand touch the back of her sister's neck. "I have to agree with them Patricia, you feel kind of warm". Patricia's head sank as she once again sighed in disappointment.

"Damn it!" Patricia cursed, Piper opened her arms and said "Come here honey!" Patricia jumped closer to her big sister and leaned to her chest, Piper gently stroked her little sister's hair as Patricia started to drift off to sleep "Oh, I guess she was more tired than she realized" Piper stated.

Phoebe nodded and Paige stood up saying "Yep! So guys, do you need me to go to the store?" Phoebe looked at her sister, a confused look on her face "Paige, it's late, why do you want to go to the store at 10 pm?"
"I…realized that we don't have any… honey!" Paige stated, clearly she lied just to get away with it. "Yeah, that's right Paige we don't, and I don't think we have any milk" Piper said as she was stroking Patricia's hair.

"Okay, I'm gonna go before the store closes, is there anything else that you guys need?" Paige asked as she was walking towards the hallway. Piper and Phoebe looked at each other and shook their head right before Patricia sneezed on Piper's hand "Well… maybe some tissues too" Piper said as she wiped of the snot on her hand, making a disgusting face.

"Okay, I'll be right back!" Paige said before disappearing in the hall. Phoebe looked to Piper who seemed to have frozen in time. "Piper, which channel-?" Phoebe waved her hands in front of her big sister, no respond. "ookaay? I'll change channel myself then" Phoebe pressed the buttons and 'Buffy the vampire slayer' came on. "Yeah!" Phoebe said as Piper blinked and looked around her "What happened?" she says, looking at Phoebe, frowning.

"What do you mean what happened?" Phoebe asks in confusion, creasing an eyebrow at Piper. "I don't remember what I was doing a minute ago" she tells her sister who looks back at her in concern. "Piper, are you okay?" she ask, worry in her voice. "I don't know, is it hot in here?" Piper starts to look really flushed and sweaty "no…" Phoebe claims, Piper looks like she has ran a marathon "Weird, cause I feel like I'm on fire" Piper complains, suddenly taking off her shirt. Phoebe leans over and presses the back of her hand to Piper's forehead.

"Ow!" Phoebe winces and looks at her hand, there's now a red burn mark on it "Piper, you are on fire! Look" Phoebe shows Piper the red burn mark and Piper eyes widens "You burned yourself on me?! No this is crazy!" Piper yells, waking Patricia up; all attention goes to her when they realize that her face is really flushed too. "Guys, what's wrong, why are you screaming, I really feel awful, and I feel like I'm burning up!" she exclaim, Phoebe reaches out her hand to Patricia's forehead, before even touching her, she can feel the heat radiating from her sister.

"Shit, you're boiling up!" Phoebe says worriedly and all of a sudden Patricia coughs into a pillow, and it goes into flames. "Oh dear god!" Phoebe screams and throws water on it, stopping the fire. "What the hell; is going on?!" Piper yells.