A/N: Thanks for all the reviews!
CharmedxHarryPotter: Thank you! There is some Paige x Piper bonding and Paige x Phoebe bonding!
MissyCole23: Fighting demons is gonna be awhile, at least till she has some more practice with her powers. Paige won't be meeting Grams soon. She still needs to get over her parents' death, so maybe not till she has full control over her powers and doesn't feel guilty about their death.
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Chapter 26
"Paige?" Piper questioned going into her little sister's room. She was lying on her side; turned away from Piper. She gently shook her awake.
"What's going on?" she mumbled. Piper sat her up and put the thermometer in her mouth. She grabbed the potion and took the thermometer out of her mouth. Still 101.
"Open," she told her. Paige's eyes were clouded with fever and she didn't understand.
"Mhh?" she said. Piper held a spoon of potion in front of Paige and nudged it to her lips. Paige seemed to understand what she was doing and she opened and swallowed the potion. She swallowed several spoonfuls and her fever started to go down. She realized that the potion tasted awful and refused to take anymore.
"Paige, aren't you starting to feel better?" Piper asked.
"It tastes awful, no," Paige said.
"Fine," Piper sighed but she stuck a thermometer in her mouth.
"Your fever is going down," she said, "It's just less than 101 degrees. It's ten am, let's get you in a bath and clean pajamas. It took over an hour for Paige to bathe. She wasn't exactly willing to do what Piper asked. She changed into clean pj's and climbed back into bed. Piper busied herself with chores for the next hour. She went upstairs and woke Paige.
"Who's there?" she mumbled.
"It's me, Piper," she said. She put the thermometer in her mouth and waited.
"Your fever isn't going down. That potion should have worked," she said.
"Potion?" she asked.
"Medicine, I meant medicine," she said.
"You gave me a potion?" Paige asked her face flushing pink.
"Shh, Paige it's okay," Piper said trying to calm her down.
"No, no it's not! I can't believe you used a potion on me! What happened to not using magic on family?"
"Paige the potion was a type of medicine to help lower fever. It wasn't going to bind your powers or hurt you in any way," Piper said.
"You should have told me!" she said.
"You hardly took the medicine as it was," she said. Paige turned away from her and stood up. She stumbled and fell. Piper helped her up.
"Let's get you back to bed," Piper said.
"I'm not tired," Paige said.
"All right, you don't have to go back to sleep if you finish the medicine," Piper said holding half a cup of the potion.
"Fine," Paige said scrunching her nose up. Piper handed her the cup.
"Don't down it all at once," Piper warned. Paige took some sips and gagged. She kept doing this for some time but she finished the potion. Piper waited fifteen minutes and retook Paige's temperature. She was pleased that it had almost gone back to normal.
"So?" Paige asked.
"You can go downstairs into the living room," Piper said, "Stay on the couch."
"Whatever," Paige said going downstairs.
"Paige, you're up," Phoebe said when she saw her enter the living room.
"Yup," she said.
"You seem happier, healthier," she said.
"I feel better, it's not as blurry anymore," Paige said. Phoebe didn't ask about her parents.
"That's good. So um have you thought about school yet? About where you want to go?" Phoebe asked. Paige froze when asked.
Paige's POV
No I hadn't thought of it. I know that I was going to get my grades up. How long had it been now? Was it a week? Going back to school, this Monday? Not happening, maybe another week. I still hadn't decided if I wanted to go to Magic School though. It'd certainly be better if I was with students my age that could practice magic.
"I don't know yet," I said wrapping the blanket that was on the couch tighter around me.
"Well that's okay, you have time," Phoebe said, "So do you want to watch a movie?"
"No," I said leaning against Phoebe.
"You just want to hang here then?" she asked.
"Sure," I said, "Whatever."
"Do you wanna do nails?" Phoebe asked me. I hadn't done my nails in a while. The last time I'd done them was a few months back. It was with one of my friends, this was before the parties, alcohol, and smoking of course. This was before I became a disappointment to my parents. Maybe the fumes of the polish would clear my fever away. It wasn't that high anymore. As nasty as the potion, I mean medicine, tasted it worked or I think it did.
"Okay," I said. Phoebe got up and got some nail polish. Before she came back Piper came in and handed me an empty bowl.
"Just in case," she said leaving the room. I wouldn't need it.
"All right, what color?" she asked. I pointed to an olive green. She shook it and undid the lid.
"How long has it been since you did your nails?" she asked. I became quiet.
"You don't have to talk if you don't want to," Phoebe said.
"It's stupid," I said wiping away some tears with my free hand, "Do you know where any tissues are?" A few tissues appeared in my hands and I wiped all of the tears away.
"You're getting control of your powers," Phoebe said.
"But I didn't mean to call them," I said.
"Well our powers are connected to our emotions," Phoebe said.
"What?" I asked.
"Uh, maybe we should have this talk later after you're fully healthy," Phoebe said finishing my right hand. I gave her my left hand.
"No, I'm perfectly healthy now," I said then Phoebe became a bit blurry. She said something but I came out slurred.
"What?" I asked. She wasn't touching my hands anymore she was touching my forehead. She sat me on something, was it the couch? She called someone's name and I heard them come running. Someone different was in front of me now. I felt something cold in my mouth and I heard a beeping sound.
I was being lied down on the couch and covered with a blanket. Where was I again? I closed my eyes and when I opened them again I wasn't in the Manor.
Po3 POV
"Paige are you okay?" Phoebe asked her.
"What?" she asked. Phoebe let go of her hands and touched her forehead. She was burning up. Phoebe sat her on the couch.
"Piper! Come quick!" she called. Piper came in thermometer in hand. She, like Phoebe, felt her forehead. She put the thermometer in her mouth and waited for the beep.
"Help me lie her down," she said to Phoebe. Paige soon fell asleep.
"So what do we do know? Grams potion didn't work," Phoebe asked.
"We'll talk with Prue when she gets home," Piper said.
"I hope she gets home quick, a 102 degree fever doesn't drop quickly," Phoebe said.
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