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Chapter 21

Explosion

It was night again and Prue was just coming in as she was gone most of the day. This normally would have been done in the morning but everything has been reversed because of Piper's sleeping habits. She tried to sneak past Piper's room but Phoebe came out of the bathroom and got a good look at her older sister as Paige came out of the attic. Prue pressed her lips together and then tried to avoid eye contact as Phoebe gave her a small smile.

"Walk of shame?" Paige asks and Phoebe joined in the laughing as Prue rolled her eyes. Her hair was a mess and she was carrying her high heel shoes in her hand. Her mascara was slightly smudged and her long black dress has seen better days. "Well technically it's not because it's evening," Prue said and tried to find a way out of her predicament.

Paige and Phoebe looked at each other and then looked at Prue," Still counts Prue," Phoebe said.

"What still counts?" Piper asks as she emerged from her bedroom because of all the ruckus.

"Man you do have bat hearing," Paige said with a snort.

"Cute," Piper said and then stepped in front of Prue whose face was getting redder by the minute. "I take it went well with Brutus today, oh by the way the back of your dress is stuck in your underwear," Piper said and smiled wide. Prue reached behind her and pulled out the back part as she was slightly horrified at the thought she left like that.

"Looks like you're hitting it off with him," Paige said and raised her eyebrows a few times.

Prue bit her lower lip slightly before speaking," It wasn't him," she said and now the smiles were gone and replaced with wonderment.

"Come again?" Phoebe asks and Paige giggled a bit at the reference.

"I hope many times," Paige said and Phoebe slapped her on the arm playfully.

"It was Aidan," Prue replied and immediately looked at Piper who was not pleased.

"The werewolf are you kidding me, well you know what they say Prue, if you lay down with dogs," Piper said and walked past her to go downstairs.

"Jesus Piper," Phoebe said as she followed her with the others in tow. They all made it to the living room where Cole and Leo was drinking coffee.

"I can't believe you slept with him and you haven't even gone on a date yet, I mean that is something you just don't do, Phoebe on the other hand," Piper said and the tension in the room got very thick very quickly. Prue's eyes widened at the comment and couldn't believe it came out of her mouth and neither could Leo.

"What the hell are you saying Piper?" Phoebe asks angrily.

"I think I know what she is saying," Cole chimed in and stood next to Phoebe who was also getting angry while Leo was still a little dumbfounded.

"Oh for god's sake and Cole stay out of this," Piper said as she eyed him down.

"The hell I will, you just called my girlfriend a," Cole stopped as he did not want to say the word.

"Slut," Phoebe finished for him while Prue was not sure what to say as Piper was completely off base.

"Piper I know your upset about me sleeping with Aidan but don't take it out on her," Prue finally spoke and stepped between her and a very irate younger sister.

"Hay I didn't come up with her nickname in high school," Piper said and started heading for the kitchen but Phoebe grabbed her arm hard after getting around Prue, and made her face her. "I know things have been difficult for you and I have been understanding of your behavior, but if you think for one minute that you can talk to me like that you are mistaken," Phoebe said as she eyed her down and her body shook slightly trying to contain her rage.

"Sorry I have made things inconvenient for you, because if you haven't noticed my life has been turned upside down," Piper said as she too hardened her expression and pulled her arm away.

Leo was next to Paige and looked concerned at her behavior while Paige was still getting to know them.

"Something is wrong," Leo whispered as his wife as gotten angry before but never her people this badly with her words.

"So this is all about you because it's not like we have gone through anything. You almost killed Prue and I was almost drunk dry by Astra and not to mention, max who also try to kill me. Prue has been busting her ass trying to find a way out of this and all you do is come on to my boyfriend and seduce strangers. Paige is our sister and you even haven't given her the time of day, so excuse me if we upset you in any way!" Phoebe yelled the last part as Piper was not backing down but she gave Cole a hard look. "Don't look at him like it is his fault Piper you know how your 'hunting thing works' and you didn't exactly try to stop it," she finished and had to release her arm in order to make the quotation sign about the hunting.

"What?" Leo asks as he looked a little hart broken at her.

"Nothing happened Phoebe," Piper said through her teeth.

"At least Cole was honest with me and apparently you did not tell your own husband what happened in the bathroom this afternoon," Phoebe added as Prue just shook her head trying to exorbitant it all while Paige just stood back and listened to her new family.

"Because nothing happened Phoebe!" Piper yelled as her hands tighten into fist.

"Stop it both of you!" Prue cried out as she could not stand to see them fight like this.

"Stay out of this Prue," Phoebe stepped back but did not take her eye off of Piper's." How dare you call me a slut, you know Piper your new personality sucks now you're just a bitch!"

Piper shook her head slightly side to side as she looked away and curled her lips while folding her arms. Leo was eyeing Cole down and was not sure what happened in the bathroom as this jealousy was rising.

"Um guys maybe we should just take a chill pill for a minute," Paige finally spoke and wish she did not.

"Shut up Paige you're not even a full sister so stay out of it," Piper said and Phoebe could not contain her rage any longer and slapped her hard across the face. Everyone in the room went silent not sure what was going to happen next as Piper's fangs extended and Phoebe felt something from the pit of her stomach that grew and grew, until everything went black. Piper looked into Phoebe's eyes and could see a change in them and the next thing she knew she was being tossed by a unseen force that made her go through the window in the kitchen. Piper landed hard on the grass and rolled a few feet before finally coming to a stop in the back yard. She stood up slowly as the impact days to her for a moment and she could feel her vampire power of wanting to fight back build inside her, but then the realization of what just transpired hit her like a brick in the temple and she blurred away. Leo ran to the window and looked out into the night to see if Piper was hurt but she was gone," Dammit!" he said as he walked back into the living room where Phoebe had her hands outstretched and the voodoo doll was in one of them. She began to blink rapidly and looked very confused," What she just ran away didn't she?" she asks as her sister was no longer in her face. Everyone else was just as lost while Prue walked over to Phoebe and Cole could see Paige's eyes watering from what Piper said. "Hay she didn't mean it," he said and put his hand on her shoulder.

"Right," Paige said sarcastically as she wiped her eyes with her pajama sleeves.

"Phoebe you tossed her out the window," Prue replied.

Phoebe gave a look of disbelief," What?" she asks and then looked at the doll in her hands, "Oh no do you think the voodoo goddess took over?"

"I don't know but apparently you don't remember doing it so I'm guessing so," Prue replied and then looked at Leo who was clearly nervous about the whereabouts of his wife. "Leo why don't you go check with the elders about this voodoo thing," Prue suggested as he needed a distraction.

"Prue in case you haven't noticed Piper could be hurt and we need to find her," Leo said.

"Leo she is self-healing remember and she just needs to blow off steam, so could you go check please," Prue said and he orbed away frustrated.

"Prue I didn't mean to," Phoebe said as her big sister helped her to the couch as her body was still shaken from the experience and the argument.

"I know honey it probably was because of Piper extending her fangs and maybe it was a defense mechanism," Prue said and sat next to her as Paige was still in the same spot and felt more like an outcast then family. This did not go unnoticed by Prue and she got up to talk to her," Paige I know you don't know Piper that well but she is not like this, she is the most loving and generous person I know," she said as she put her hands on her baby sister shoulders.

"Are there two of them?" Paige asks with a snort.

"No thank god there is just one Piper but she is acting completely not herself lately and we need to be patient," Prue replied.

"I will call Drake maybe a vampire should talk to a vampire," Paige suggested.

"You have his phone number?" Prue asks and tilted her head slightly.

"You never asked," Paige replied and tilted her head as well.

They both hugged and Phoebe could not help but join them," Paige you know you're a part of this family right?" Phoebe asks as she coupled her face with her hands.

"Yeah but I don't know if I want to be," she replied and gave a warm smile.

Piper sat on the dirt pile at the cemetery that came from the hole she crawled out of not too long ago. She no longer cared about the blood tears and just let them run down her face as she played with the dirt.

"I knew you be here," a man's voice said as he came out of the darkness and into the little light the full moon offered with his hands in his pocket.

"Oh its you," Piper said as she looked up and could now see Drake standing across from her. She picked up a handful of dirt and just let it slide out of her hand back to the ground, "You should have just killed me."

"Well technically," he said and sat down on the other side of the hole.

Piper just gave a snort as she continued to play with the earth. "Piper I am not a good mentor," he said and once she raised her eyes at him, he continued," Ok I suck," he added and Piper looked back down with a slight nod to agree with him.

"There is a lot I did not go over with you and now it bit you in the ass," he said and Piper finally looked up and met his eyes with hers.

"You have no idea," she said and stopped playing with the dirt and wiped her hands on her jeans.

"Usually within the first six months vampires will push everyone away from then, even the people they love. It's a way of protection we are not meant to be in packs but to be alone, we hunt alone, we live alone and the only way we can avoid detection is for people not to know we exist. That is why the first rule is to sever all ties with family and because you did not do that willingly, it is doing it for you," he said and Piper just continued to cry but now much harder.

"Why – why did you do this?" she asks through sobs.

Drake hesitated for a moment as he could not reveal the secret and tried to find an answer that she would accept. "I have been going to your club for a while before this happened. I would watch you and your sister's talk and laugh; I could tell you were related and very connected to each other. I also saw how much they loved you and how much you loved them. Piper I could tell you were not just good a person but something special and I could not let that die. I'm sorry that this has been so difficult and I hope you can forgive me and find the cure," he replied as he too was now leaking blood from his eyes.

"They don't love me anymore, not after what I did and said."

"Paige called me and told me what happened, I didn't have time to explain to her what was going on with you but I will," he said and got up so he could sit next to her." Give them some space and let things cool down before you go back ok," he said and put his arm around her. Piper could not help but feel connected to him as he was her maker, a weird sense of loyalty existed in her and she leaned into his shoulder for comfort. They both sat there as the night moved on and Drake was remembering his own family he left hundreds of years ago. He knew that one day if Piper could not reverse this, that she too would have to leave them as well no matter how much she wanted to stay, the vampire in her would not allow it.

Leo returned from the elders as the three sisters sat on the couch holding each other," They don't know anything about it," he said and waited for the snide remarks but they just nodded their heads. "Can I go get my wife now?" Leo asks irritated at their lack of urgency.

"No Leo Drake is talking to her so just be patient, she will come home," Prue replied.

"I am her husband dammit she shouldn't be talking to him," he said while he paced the room.

"Right now she is a new vampire that needs her maker Leo," Paige chimed in.

Leo stopped his pacing and sat down on the couch across from them as Cole was clearly uncomfortable," Leo nothing happened in the bathroom," he said but Leo just smirked.

"Cole's right I mean it almost did but nothing happened, I just said that to be mean," Phoebe said.

They all sat in silence until finally their stomachs made it very clear they have not ate in hours and made their way to the kitchen. Prue explained her date with Aidan and how it went from one thing to another and before she knew it; she was in bed with him. She really liked Brutus and now was caught in a conundrum as she liked Aidan as well and they both seemed to like her. The sisters ate their dinner and giggled like schoolgirls when talking about what happened in the sack and of course made Leo uncomfortable. But something was missing from this picture and all of them felt the hole that was created by Piper not being there, laughing with them and making them a great meal. For over a month now they have been trying to live normal lives even with chaos going on around them. Prue's guilt was something she suffered in silence for the most part she knew there was going to be a day that she was going to have to tell the truth. "Ok guys no more messing around we start the plan of getting in to the counsel as soon as possible," Prue said and everyone's faces went serious as Cole walked in with Jezebel next to him.

"We have a problem," Jezebel said.

To be continued…