A/N: You guys rock, I have never had such great reviews for a chapter as for the last one. I have been so busy lately but it just hit me now that I need to write this (ever just have inspiration hit you at the most bizarre moment?) so here you go and I hope you enjoy :)

A/N Two: Ok guys I am so, so sorry. Inspiration hit like 2 months ago but unfortunately so did college assignments, a new job and a million other things. Now looking forward to getting back to writing though.

Chapter Eleven

An hour had passed since Paige had collapsed. Piper and Phoebe waited anxiously in the hospital waiting room as the doctors tended to Paige. Piper was relieved to see that they didn't seem too concerned but was frustrated at having to wait to find out how Paige was. It was bizarre to think that the day had started out as a sister bonding day, they had fun watching DVDs and some of the tension between them seemed to have eased. In the blink of an eyelid the whole day had gone wrong and for not the first time in their lives the sisters found themselves in the hospital waiting room yet again.

"What have we done to her?" Phoebe whispered with tears in her eyes. She leaned against Cole's strong chest and he ran his hand soothingly up and down her arm.

"Sweetheart, you did what you thought was right. You weren't to know that this would happen and I'm sure Paige will be ok"

"I don't know what she means by "we" cos I'm not the one who locked us all in the house", Piper grumbled to Leo who was also holding her in his arms.

"Piper that isn't helping anyone right now", Leo calmly reminded her. "I think emotions are high enough as it is without creating more arguments".

"You're right as always", Piper sniffed wiping her eyes. "I need to be strong for Paige".

"That's the spirit. She'll be out of here before you know it and then you guys can work on strengthening the power of three", Leo smiled encouragingly as he hugged his wife. Both he and his wife looked up as a doctor approached them.

"Are you the people who came in with Ms. Matthews?" he asked.

"Yeah that's right. She's our sister" Piper explained indicating herself and Phoebe who was also making her way over, holding Cole's hand.

"Hi, I'm Phoebe. How is Paige?" Phoebe shook the doctor's hand and felt Cole put his hand on the small of her back in a supporting way.

"Ms. Matthews is resting right now and we have her on oxygen for a little while. She should be off that soon. Your sister appears to have had a panic attack. I must ask if you know of anything that may have triggered this?" the doctor informed the sisters and their other halves.

An uncomfortable silence followed for a few seconds where each person avoided the eyes of the others.

"I can't stress enough how important it is to tell me. Ms. Matthews may need counselling or some other form of help. It is important that Ms. Matthews doesn't have any more panic attacks as in severe cases she could go into a coma or even risk having a heart attack"

"Paige has been a little bit stressed out recently doctor. We only recently found out that she was a part of our family but we'll help to make sure that this doesn't happen again" Piper answered calmly at last and Phoebe nodded in agreement.

"Very well, I would like Paige to stay overnight to monitor her breathing and to give her time to rest. It's best she stays calm right now", the doctor seemed to accept their answer.

"Of course, can we see her now?"Phoebe asked, relieved that Paige's condition as it stood wasn't too serious.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Matthews has asked to be left alone for now", the doctor smiled sympathetically but his answer was firm.

"I'm sorry, she what?" Piper asked trying to keep the anger out of her voice.

"Please, Mrs" the doctor paused realising he didn't have her name.

"Halliwell Wyatt", Piper snapped.

"Well, I appreciate that you are concerned about your sister and wish to see her Mrs. Halliwell Wyatt but at the moment it is against her wishes and as she needs to stay calm right now I cannot allow you in to see her" he remained calm as he explained all this patiently.

"Yeah, see you know what?" Piper began out loud as she waved her hands freezing the room except for Leo, "that doesn't work for me" and with that she began to walk in the direction from which the doctor had come. "Are you guys coming or not?" she snapped at Phoebe, Cole and Leo who were still standing beside the doctor.

"Piper, now you know how much I want to see Paige but you can't freeze an entire hospital room", Phoebe began.

"Phoebe, if you are going to come then please do so now before the freeze wears off"

"Piper, honestly maybe she'll let Leo or Cole go in or something and they can talk her around. If we go parading in there now she'll panic, we both know she will and she'll do herself more harm" Phoebe tried again.

"Piper, listen to her please. This isn't a matter of taking sides. You don't want to risk exposure and Paige will seriously panic", Cole encouraged.

"They're right, honey, unfreeze the scene in a minute and we can ask if I can go in. I'll talk her around", Leo added as he led his wife back over to the doctor. Piper waved her hands and the scene unfroze.

"Um, sorry where was I?" he asked slightly confused.

"We were just wondering if you could ask Paige if Leo is allowed in to see her?" Phoebe lied.

"Oh, that's right. I'll have the nurses ask her and someone will be with you shortly". Shaking their hands he walked off and they could see him talking to a nurse.

Paige sat up in bed half an hour later. She had given permission for Leo to see her. She was so mad at them but she knew they would be worried and so allowed Leo in. Besides, she told herself, it hadn't been Leo who locked her up, he knew she was uncomfortable, and she had seen the concern in his eyes when she asked him to orb her out.

"Paige, how are you feeling?" he asked as he strolled in the door. "Your sisters are beside themselves with worry"

"I'm ok Leo really, I just don't deal well with being trapped in places", she explained as he pulled up a chair beside her bed.

"Ok, Paige we really are sorry and I promise it won't happen again" Leo looked her in the eye as he silently made up his mind to make sure this never happened again.

"I know it won't", she replied softly.

"Good Paige, I'm glad to see you forgive your sisters. I know things are very tense between you three at the minute but tomorrow when you get home we'll put" he never got to finish.

"Wait", Paige interrupted "Leo – first of all, what? I'm fine I don't need to stay overnight I was just being silly", Paige jumped up out of bed and started looking around frantically for her clothes. She couldn't very well leave in her hospital gown.

"Paige, you need to slow down and relax", he firmly reminded her, putting his hand out to prevent her from getting too far from the bed.

"No, Leo you don't understand I hate these places, I don't ever want to be in one myself, even visiting people is really hard for me ever since……" she trailed off and Leo used this opportunity to push her back onto the bed.

"Ever since what?" he almost whispered not wanting to upset the fragile girl in front of him any more than she already was, he touched her arm gently showing her she could trust him.

"Nothing, I need to go home but you didn't understand me Leo. When I said I knew it wasn't going to happen again I meant that I wouldn't let it happen again. I'm not going back to the manor and you guys can't make me" she snapped as she broke out of the thought that had crept into her mind, the thoughts she usually blocked out.

"Paige, please, I swear to you that nothing like this will happen again. I will make sure of it", Leo anxiously began. The situation was disastrous enough without the charmed ones being separated. "Look, you just moved in and it takes time to get used to living with others"

"Leo, save it. I'm done with it, done with magic though orbing is pretty cool if I ever get the hang of it, done with being forced to have sister moments and done with being protected as if I'm two years old, I'm a big girl now. I can live with who I want, I can do what I want and what I want now is for you to call Glenn" she stopped for breath.

"Paige, you can't do this. First of all it's too late to call Glenn and you have to stay here for the night. You are still new to magic, Paige, you need to be with your sisters so they can teach you to protect yourself. To do this you need to come home and we will work on the issues you and your sisters are having" he logically explained.

"It's too late for that Leo and I'm not spending another minute in this place", she growled just as a doctor came in the door. She stopped the conversation as he made his way over to her bed and Leo moved back to give them space.

"How are you now, Ms. Matthews? Any dizziness or nausea?" he asked looking at his clip chart.

"No, I'm ready to go now", she firmly nodded and made to stand up.

"Ms. Matthews I would like to monitor your progress overnight, it was a pretty severe panic attack you had as it caused you to black out", he replied gravely. "Please, stay in the bed and a nurse will be in shortly to take some blood" (A/N shudder at the thoughts of that)

"Look. I don't need a blood test or to be monitored over night. I am perfectly fine and really all I want is for somebody to call my friend so he can come and pick me up", Paige stopped the doctor from leaving and avoiding her requests.

"Ms. Matthews, I appreciate that you are upset and have been through a lot tonight but you really need to stay in bed and" the doctor never got to finish.

"I know what I need it's not a bed. Now if you won't call my friend I will do it myself", she walked over and removed the tube connected to her elbow. Her elbow began to bleed slightly but she ignored this as she walked purposefully towards the door.

"Paige, stop fighting the people who are trying to help you. Listen to us please, we have your best interests at heart", Leo pleaded stalling Paige as the doctor chased after her.

"Ms. Matthews if you don't return to bed immediately I will be forced to give you an injection to calm you down" the doctor cautioned and Paige glared at him. A minute later both the doctor and Leo were taken aback however when Paige suddenly burst into tears. She didn't know what she was doing, where she could go. She just didn't want to be there and had never felt so confused in her life.

The doctor smiled kindly at her and taking her arm escorted Paige back to bed. He silently signalled to a nurse outside the door and after Paige had been hooked back up to the IV drip the nurse gave her an injection causing her to drift peacefully off to sleep.

It was in the small hours of the morning when Paige groggily woke up. She could just make out the outline of her sisters and brother in law. She struggled to sit up before realising she had an oxygen mask over her mouth.

"Paige, sweetie, it's alright. Don't panic – the doctor just thought your breathing was a bit strained", Piper softly told her as she stroked her hair in a soothing manner.

"Now, don't be angry Paige. We know you wanted to be left alone for a while but we asked if we could just be here for when you woke up because we know how much you hate hospitals. We're not going to argue or stress you out, ok?" Phoebe added as she took her younger sister's hand.

Paige tried to answer but her mouth was dry. She struggled to remove the oxygen mask and Piper gently pulled her hand away.

"Easy Paige, you should leave it on for a while", Piper suggested but Paige frantically shook her head and Piper sighed as she took it off for a little while. Phoebe helped Paige sit up just enough to have a sip of water before making her lie down again.

"Glenn?" Paige asked in a croaky voice?

"We called him, sweetheart. He promised he'd come first thing in the morning", Phoebe replied and Paige nodded her approval.

"You should sleep now though and when you wake up we'll make arrangements for getting you out of here" Piper promised as she kissed her little sister on the head and lay beside her on the bed.

Glenn Belland yawned as he locked his car and walked in to San Fransisco General Hospital at ten a.m. the next morning. He hadn't slept well especially after receiving the phone call from Phoebe informing him that his best friend was in hospital.

Phoebe had reassured him that Paige was fine and that he should wait til the morning to visit her but all the same he had the spent a sleepless night worrying about his best friend. He knew that everything wasn't right in her life. He knew there was something big she wasn't telling him and he made up his mind that he would be there for her and would stand by her no matter what.

He took a deep breath and walked into the hospital. He was approaching the front desk, about to ask for details about where Paige was when he heard his name being called.

He turned around to be greeted by Phoebe.

"Glenn... thanks for coming", she cried giving him a hug.

"Phoebe, there's no need to thank me. I feel bad that I wasn't here sooner", he told her honestly as he sat down beside her in the waiting room. He then noticed Piper for the first time and turned to shake her hand.

"Paige is ok Glenn. She just had a panic attack", Piper calmly informed him.

Glenn nodded, taking this in and noted how tired each of the sisters looked. They must have been up all night and it showed.

"What caused her to panic?" he asked looking each sister in the eye.

"We were fighting. We didn't want her to leave the house and to go and see Adam or to go to work. She's out baby sister, Glenn, and we were worried about her. We never meant for this to happen we only wanted to look after her but Paige panicked and felt trapped", Phoebe told him a slightly altered version of the story.

"It's ok Phoebe. I know that Paige has the tendency to panic easily, always has since she was a kid but it happens a lot more now since... well in recent years..." he trailed off.

"Glenn Paige doesn't want to come home with us. She wants to stay with you", Piper looked as though it pained her to reveal this.

"Well, I always have room for Paige in my life, no matter what but I thought you guys needed time to bond", Glenn questioned concerned.

"We do Glenn, and it's even more important for Paige to stay with us", Phoebe added.

"Ok... how can I help with this?" Glenn asked, not quite catching on.

"Glenn, we need to know we can trust you", Piper looked him straight in the eye and Phoebe nodded her approval as Glenn swore he could be trusted.

"Ok, what we are about to reveal will be a shock to you and not many people know this about us. It is vital that it stays that way but we feel Paige needs someone she can confide in and we really need someone who Paige will listen to in order to get our point of view across. Right now Paige doesn't listen to us and that's causing problems." Piper continued.

"Are you ready for this Glenn?" Phoebe asked him, not breaking eye contact.

Glenn gulped and keeping eye contact he made up his mind. He would be there for Paige and if that meant having to be the middle link between she and her sisters then he was prepared to do so.

He nodded.

A/N: Ta – dah.

Gonna update this right this minute and then in like an hour start the next chapter so it shouldn't be too long a wait. Please, please review, let me know if I still have readers after this long wait. If I get hmmm... 6 reveiws I'll update a.s.a.p. missypaige06