A/N: So in this chapter Prue meets with Paige's aunt and uncle and we find more about Paige being sick. Please review at the end of the chapter! I won't be updating till after Saturday 'cause of Prom, but I'll try to update Sunday or Monday! The more reviews the quicker I write :D
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Nan7: Well in this chapter there is the conversation! I hope it's up to your expectations!
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Chapter 25
Prue walked into Quake and saw Paige's aunt and uncle. She went to joined them.
"Hi," Prue said shaking their hands.
"How's Paige?" Julie asked almost immediately.
"She's sick in bed," Prue said depressingly, "If you don't mind could you please explain about Paige's medical history? I want to know if I should keep an eye out for anything."
"When Paige was young she was in the hospital for a couple of weeks with pneumonia. The doctor, when she visited, would check her lungs and blood for it or any other disease. If she just has the flu, her fever will get lower but otherwise I'd take her to a doctor," David said.
"Thank you. I'll keep that all in mind when I get back home," Prue said, she ordered her food as did Paige's aunt and uncle.
"We think that it'd be best if Paige were to stay with you," Julie said, "David and I, though we lived around here for many years now live out east in Illinois."
"Sometimes it's best for a scenery change but sometimes it isn't," David said, "Paige seems comfortable with you. You are her family, it's not difficult to see the resemblance."
"Well, Paige isn't exactly thrilled with the idea of a new family," Prue said.
"She'll get used to it, eventually but until then she should stay with you," Julie said, "We love Paige very much and we want what is best for her. Right now it's to be with you. If she's switched to live with us, well all these changes are going to make it worse. Is she going to be returning to school? I mean the school she went to? Or will she be going to the one you went to?"
"Actually the school she most likely will be going to will help her, she'll be surrounded by students who are in her situation," Prue said. They assumed that she meant other grieving students not ones with powers.
"We still want to see her of course," David said.
"Yes of course, you are her family and she needs you now. When she is a bit more settled?" Prue asked.
"Yes, well," David said clearing his throat, "We must be going our flight leaves early tomorrow. We'll stop by the courthouse to sign any necessary papers." The bill was paid and that was it. Prue knew that their relationship would be mutual, only wanting what was best for Paige. She wished that it was more but she accepted it. When she arrived home she asked Piper how Paige was doing.
"I think that she may just have the flu," Piper said after she and Prue discussed about Paige having pneumonia, "I'll look up the other symptoms now, would you try to get Paige to drink this potion? Its Grams' old recipe, I thought it might help," Prue entered Paige's room and Paige normally pale, was paler than usual. Prue set the glass of medicine down and kneeled next to her on the bed.
She lightly shook Paige's shoulder, Paige gave a soft groan and her eyes opened.
"Hey Paige, I know your stomach isn't doing so well but I have something that'll help you, okay?" she asked. She held the straw up to Paige's lips. She drank some of the medicine and she started coughing.
"Ugh! That tastes horrible," she said her voice hoarse but returning to normal. Prue felt her forehead, she was cooling down maybe it was just the flu. Prue smiled inside and held the glass up to Paige.
"I'm not drinking that," she said disgusted. Prue frowned.
"It'll make you feel better Paige, drink," she said.
"No," Paige said then she burst into a fit of coughing. She lied back down on her bed her back facing Prue.
"Paige, you want to get better don't you?" Prue asked. Paige didn't answer. Prue gently turned her over. She grabbed the thermometer and stuck in Paige's mouth and waited. Paige didn't argue or retaliate. Her fever was going down a little maybe because of the medicine. She put the potion back on the dresser and returned to Paige, whom had fallen back asleep. Prue pulled the cover back over Paige and went downstairs.
"Piper can I see the description of the potion?" Prue asked. Piper nodded handing her book of Grams' personal spells and potions.
"Well, no wonder Paige doesn't want to drink it," Prue said, "I remember taking this when I was much younger than Paige and Grams' practically had to force feed me it."
"So Paige wouldn't drink it?" Phoebe asked from the kitchen table.
"She had a sip. She sounded healthier and she cooled down a bit, just like the potion says but if she doesn't drink all of it," Prue said, "she won't get better."
"Then she is in for some sisterly care then," Phoebe said, "It's most likely she'll be in bed for a week. If she took the potion she'd be better in a couple of days."
"If it is the flu that she has of course," Piper said. If it wasn't the flu she'd most likely be back at the hospital.
"How did lunch go?" Phoebe asked.
"She had pneumonia," Prue said.
"But she said she was in the hospital for months," Piper said.
"Think about it though, she was young and she was running a really high fever and hour being awake probably just seemed like eternity. Its how she probably remembers it still," Phoebe said.
"Do you think it's likely she'll get it again?" Piper asked stirring the soup.
"Maybe, but sometimes the body can fight a disease back," Prue said.
"Prue her body isn't normal though, she's going through all these changes and stress. You add getting sick on top," Phoebe said her voice getting quieter.
"And Leo can't heal her unless there's no hope," Piper said.
"We'll just have to help her get better than," Prue said, " We'll check on her every couple of hours if in a couple of days there is no change we'll get her some other help."
"Agreed; so is she staying with us then?" Phoebe asked.
"Yeah but once she's settled she'll visit them. They live in the mid-west," Prue said. Piper sat a bowl of soup down for Phoebe and for the rest of the night each sister took turns checking on Paige. Piper was the only one at least bit successful getting some more medicine into Paige.