Hey here's a new chapter from the sisterhood and it's phoebe's POV. By the way I'd just like to remind our readers that emelie and I have another story under the profile name 2sisters and you guys would really love it so check it out.

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Chapter 10- Ready as I'll ever be

I wake up, only to hear machines all around me although only one was in use, probably connected to my heart. I figure I am in the hospital and for a split second I wonder why I was in the hospital and what had happened to me. Then all at once it came rushing back to me. Going to see Paige, finding she had run off, stealing a car….crashing it….Oh god what had I done?

I realised that I needed to go to the toilet and I sat up. But I quickly lay back down again as a wave of pain shot down my back. Once again, a little slower, I sat up. There was still pain but defiantly not as much as before. I pulled the bed covers from on top of me, stood up and walked towards a small room, still inside the hospital room I was staying in, hoping it was a bathroom. Lucky for me it was because I hadn't realised before how much I really needed to go.

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"Phoebe! Thank god you're OK," I heard coming from the doorway. I looked over to see Piper running over towards my bed. She put her arms around me and I moved over so she could sit down. I smiled and hugged her tight I was glad to have my big sister back in my life. But my smile quickly faded, as I realised I need to tell Piper about Paige.

"She's missing Piper, she's ran away." I sobbed unclearly, I was surprised she could understand me at all.

"I know. The police came to tell me. But she's a tough kid, she'll manage... she always has." She said. But the look on her face said something different.

"I know..." I mumbled not knowing what else to say. Piper's facial expression then went right from being worried about Paige to being concerned and angry with me.

"What were you thinking?" She said, slightly yelling. "Stealing a car Phoebe?!"

"Uh... I know, I can't believe I was so stupid." I sighed feeling guilty, "I just wanted to get out of there, wanted to get home."

"Home?" She repeated. "You thought she'd be at the manor?"

"What? Oh... no... I meant - you know - my foster home..." I said in realisation of the fact that for the moment and maybe forever, the Mannor wasn't home anymore. I knew when I said that she was crushed, almost as if she had just had the same realisation also. I knew she missed how things used to be at the Mannor, I did too but the fact is we couldn't do it without Prue, and it didn't look like we'd be seeing her. All I got was a mumble from Piper and I, for some reason, felt obligated to apologise to her. I did, but she pretended to not know what I was apologising for and just nodded.

"Is Prue here?" I asked. I had the feeling she wasn't, but I still had hope. I don't know why but I guess at my age you have to have hope for something right?

"Ah, no. No, she's not. I don't know if she knows..." Piper murmured, and I glanced at the door, almost expecting Prue to walk through it, or Paige for that matter. But neither of them did, the doorway remained empty.

"You should get some sleep," Piper said pulling some hair from out of my face, "Rest."

"Not tired." I replied. I knew she knew I was lying, I couldn't keep my eyes open, but she didn't mention it, although I could tell in her eyes she was thinking it.

"Maybe I should leave." She said quietly, my eyes starting to close, but I didn't want her to leave, I loved having her there.

"No, don't leave me." I said trying hard to stay awake "Please..."

"OK, OK, sure, I'll stay." She said quickly, not wanting to upset me. I closed my eyes but I knew she was still there because she held my hand tight. I had almost fallen asleep when I thought of somewhere Prue might be.

"Maybe she's with Andy." I murmured. Then I really did fall asleep knowing there was hope.

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A few hours later, after Piper had gone, I was laying in bed flicking channels with the remote from a small TV that was hanging from the roof above my bed. Once again the doorway was filled with people, this time it was Bob and Stacy followed by Melinda. They walked over and one by one pulled me into a loving embrace, although none of them hit home like when I had hugged Piper. When I had hugged my sister, I had felt at home, but with these embraces all I felt was people. Yes I loved them and yes all three of them had been nothing but nice to me since the day I walked through their front door but the fact s they just aren't family and no matter how close I get to them, they never will be family.

I let go of their embrace and watching Bob grab two chairs from the other side of the room, whilst Melinda sat down on the bed next to me.

"Phoebe, why? Why would you steal a car, why would you do that?"

"I don't know all I know is I remember thinking….how could they have let my baby sister run away and then I was filled with determination to find her."

"There is no need for this conversation now, we can discuss this later. All that matters is that Phoebe is ok," Said Bob who was sitting with his wife beside Phoebe's bed. The others agreed one more reluctant than the other and began to discuss ither parts of their lives.

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A few hours later we were all talked out and my visitors decided that they were going to head off soon.

"Phoebe, have they told you when you are allowed to go home?" said Bob standing up.

"They said I can go home tomorrow afternoon, about three o'clock but guys, as much as I want to come home tomorrow, would it be ok if Piper comes to get me," they all looked at me expecting me to continue, "I haven't organised it with her but if it's ok with you guys I think there is something we need to do, somewhere we need to go."

I watched their faces trying to read what they were thinking.

"Sure Phoebe, we know how hard it all is for you, as long as you organise it with Piper then you can come home tomorrow evening. Or even maybe you might want to stay with Piper for the night and we could come and pick you up the next morning?" Bob finally said, surprising me. It's not that I didn't think they would let me go, I was pretty sure they understood that, I was just surprised they offered to let me stay with Piper for the night.

"Thanks, I'll call Piper in about half an hour and talk to her about it and then I'll ring you guys later on and let you know."

"Ok well we should go, we will talk to you later this evening," said Bob walking over hugging me. He didn't let go for a little while, I could tell he cared. He was followed by his wife and then finally Mel came and hugged me, she hugged me the longest. When she finally did let go she stayed down at the bed level, smiling at me with a reassuring face, a face that told me everything was going to be ok, even though in my heart I didn't think it would be.

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"Piper, hey it's Phoebe."

"Hey sis', have they told you when you can come out of hospital?"

"Yeah, actually I can come out tomorrow."

"Oh that's great, do you think your foster parents would mind if I came over for a visit then, tomorrow afternoon?"

"That's actually what I rang for; to see if you wanted to come and get me from the hospital, maybe Carisa can bring you?"

"Um…sure, she was going to take me driving tomorrow anyway."

"Great, we have somewhere we need to go, ok I need to go, but I think you should too. My foster parents also suggested that maybe I should spend the night at yours, you know, sister bonding time?"

"That sounds great, but could we maybe do the sister bonding at yours, maybe I could stay there."

I wasn't really sure why she wanted it that way but I decided not to press the matter, I knew it would be ok with my foster parents and we would still get sister bonding time so I just took what I could get.

"Sure, I'll see you tomorrow then Piper, love you."

"You too"

And I clicked off the phone.

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I waited outside the hospital and I saw Piper driving up so I walked towards the curb. I stuck my bag in the boot of the car and hopped into the backseat and sat next to Piper.

"Hey sis'," I said giving her a massive hug which surprised her.

"Hey, so where are we going?" she said curiously

"To the Mannor."

"Wait a moment Phoebe, the Mannor, you asked me to come out here to go to the Mannor, the place that this whole mess started?" she said a little shocked, I wasn't sure, beneath the shock, how Piper felt, she was covering it well..

"Come on Piper, it will be good for me, for you, for us."

"Ok," she said reluctantly. We sat in silence for the rest of the trip. I wasn't sure wether it was because we didn't know what to say or because we couldn't say anything because we both felt the anxiety of going back to the Mannor. We finally pulled up outside the Mannor and I got out. Piper followed but Carisa remained in the car, she seemed pretty cool, she seemed to know we need space.

I kept walking till I reached the front door. Piper pulled out a key for the house, Prue had given her the spare one, I wasn't sure why.

"Are you ready?" she asked, not sure wether she was asking me or herself.

"Ready as I'll ever be," I replied, I knew it was now or never. Piper gave me a small nod and unlocked the door. I turned the handle of the door…..little did I know that my baby sister was just upstairs.

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