We are back at the moment where Melinda just have told her family that she want to go home again.

Chapter 26, do you love me?

"You want to go home?" Chris asked.

"This is your home. We are the power of three we need to be together."

If only Chris hadn't said that last sentence, he probably would have gotten her to stay with them. But she already had the feeling that the power of 3 was more important then the fact that she was their long lost sister.

"Yes Chris it is my home, but it doesn't feel that way any more. I need to go back to Holland. To my own place, my friends, family and parents."

"But what about us?" Wyatt asked. "We just found you back, we need you here. We love you."

"No Wyatt, you don't need me, you need the power of 3. And that is something you can get. Like Chris said, we are an orb away. If you need me, then orb and get me. And you don't love me, you love the four year old Lin, you don't know anything about me."

"You don't mean this. I don't need he power of three, I need my sister and I do love you". Wyatt's eyes started to tear.

"Wyatt, if you need me, you can e-mail, phone, or orb. I don't get why you are angry with me."

"I'm not angry, I'm just sad because, I thought that you would love to stay here. Like you just said when we arrived in the kitchen, you remember what you missed."

"Yes Wyatt, that is true. But now I remember and I can come in whenever I want. I just call you and you can orb me. But I need to go back to where I belong."

"To where you belong?" Piper looked shocked.

"I have lived there for over 16 years, that's something you can't take away. It's my life now."

Then Paige said:" Piper, do you remember when I first learned that I was your sister? I need it time to. Give her time."

"But that is different, you didn't lived her, you didn't grow up here. You didn't knew you had powers." Piper looked at her youngest sister.

"I don't need time, I just need to go HOME." Melinda was starting to get angry.

"Chris please orb me there."

Chris knew that he couldn't change her mind, so he nodded.

Then Melinda said to her brothers:" If you need me, come and get me. I promise you, I'll come."

She waved and then she orbed out with the help of Chris.

Chris orbed his sister back to her room.

"I'm sorry that I couldn't stay with you, but I belong here."

Chris didn't say anything, he just nodded.

"Chris, I'm going to talk to my parents, my adoptive parents, they deserve to know that I found my family back."

Chris nodded again.

"Are you going to say anything, instead of nodding?"

"Lin, I'm tired and I have to get used to the fact that I have found my sister back, but that she isn't going to life with us."

This time Melinda nodded. "I'm sorry I can't help it."

"Lin, you made it very clear, that you don't need us, that you don't love us like when you where four. And that the only time we can see you is when we need the power of three."

Melinda looked at her brother:" I didn't mean it that way. It's ...".

Then Chris raised his head,"Wyatt is calling, I need to go."

She couldn't explain her feelings because Chris orbed out and then she was alone. She sat at the table where she found out about her brothers and family, just a few hours ago. The cups on the table where the only thing that showed her that it hadn't been a dream.

She was wondering if she had done it all wrong. But this was the way she felt. She was happy to finally remember her family. She was happy about seeing her brothers. She knew that she loved them. But was it still love. She didn't see them for 16 years. How could she say that she loved them. She didn't really know who they where. And the fact that the boys where so happy when they received the power of three, made her think that that was the most important part of it all. She wondered if they really cared about her that much. It sure looked like it when she first met them, but now, she just couldn't decide what to think.

After a while she decided to get away. She need it to get out. She went outside and got on her bike. Without planning it, she suddenly stood in front of her adoptive parents house. She rang the doorbell. Her mother opened the door. And then there was only one thing she could do. She started crying. Her mother was shocked and took her inside.

When she had calmed down a bit, she told her parents everything. It took her a long time to explain everything, Yes everything, even the part about being a witch. Like Melinda already thought, they accepted it and dealt with it.

It wasn't easy for them. But Melinda knew, her parents always had a feeling that there was more between life and dead.

After the long talk with her parents she went back to her room and lay on the bed. She fell asleep.

A week later Melinda was in the kitchen. She was just thinking about her brothers. She hadn't seen or heard anything from them all week. OK, she wanted some time alone. But they could have called to ask her how she was doing.

Then blue orbs appeared behind here. "Lin the boys are in trouble they really need your help" Brian told her. Before she could say anything he grabbed her hand and orbed her to the manor.

The boys where in a fight with two demons. Chris was already on the ground, wounded. And Wyatt was trying to protect him with his shield. When Melinda orbed in with Brian, the demons immediately started to attack here. She could get down just in time. Then she ran toward Chris and Wyatt. Wyatt lowered his shield for a second, so she could get in. Brian had orbed out already.

"Where did Brian go?" Wyatt said.

"I told him to go to the book to look for a spell." Melinda answered.

"We have the spell, but we need the three of us," Chris said. He had gotten up, on his arm was a big wound.

"Let me heal that."

"Not now, first the demons". Chris looked at his brother.

Wyatt turned down the shield and they began reading the spell that was in Chris's hand. Within 2 seconds the demons started to scream and then their where gone.

"Brian you can come down, they are vanquished already." Melinda yelled.

Wyatt started healing his brother and Brian orbed into the living room.

"Are we all OK?" Chris asked looking at his brother and sister.

They nodded.

"Good," Melinda said." Then can somebody orb me back home again?"

The boys looked at here. "You really want to go away this fast?" Wyatt asked.

"What do you want from me Wyatt, do you want to talk about something, play a game of monopoly. What do you want?"

Wyatt only shook his head. "I don't know Lin, but it's strange to have you back and never see you again."

"You know what is strange: to be called only to get a demon vanquished."

She looked at her brothers with anger in her eyes.

"I don't understand," Chris said," you wanted some time alone. We gave you that and now you are mad. I taught you made it very clear when you could be called."

"You don't know anything about me Chris. I have never said that. Never." She looked at Brian and said: "please orb me home now."

Brian looked at the siblings, then he orbed away with Melinda.

"I really don't understand. She looked so happy when she found out about us." Wyatt looked at his brother.

"I think we have made a mistake Wyatt. She didn't want to be left alone. She just need it to feel like our sister again and not like a part of the Charmed ones. If I understand correctly, she feels like we only want her for the power of three."

"But that's not true."

"WE know that Wyatt, but I think Melinda doesn't. I think there is only one thing we can do."

"And that is?" Wyatt looked at his youngest brother.

"We have to orb there. And talk to her. NOW!".

" You are sure that is what we need to do? I don't want to have another argument with our lovely sister." Wyatt rolled his eyes.

Chris looked at his brother," don't do that Wyatt."

"Do what?"

"Talk about her like that."

Wyatt knew his brother was right." OK, let's orb then." He sighed.