Chapter 33: P4 H20

Prue walks towards a dock. Buffy flames in right in front of her, "Hey finally got it down, only took one try. Why didn't you wait for me?"

Prue looks from Buffy to the edge of the dock, "Buffy you know your not supposed to flame where people could see you."

Buffy shakes her head, "I wouldn't have if you had waited for me like you said you would. Where are we anyways?" She looks around, "A lake? Why are you here?"

Prue doesn't answer as she sees a guy in a canoe and the water starts bubbling next to it. He falls out and Prue runs along the edge of the water, with Buffy trailing behind her. The guy tries to get out of the water but can't. "Flame to him, Buffy."

Another guy runs up to Prue and Buffy before Buffy can flame out. "No, it's too late. It's already taken him."

"Just call 911." Prue says.

At the Manor Piper's on the phone talking to Dan. She runs down the stairs into the kitchen. Phoebe's there reading the paper. Piper sits down at the table and pours cereal into a bowl. "Pouring."

"Uh, chewing." Dan said.

"I can't believe you eat that stuff." Piper says.

Phoebe shakes her head, "You guys are killing me with cuteness over here."

Piper frowns, "Don't you have somewhere to be, somewhere very far away."

Phoebe moves closer.

"What do you say tomorrow, when Jenny and Payson's at school, we have breakfast for real?" Dan says.

Piper nods, "I'll take what I can get."

Phoebe shakes her head, "Nausea." Prue and Buffy walks in. "Prue, what are you doing home? You told Piper that you were heading into the office. How come you didn't drop Buffy off at school?"

"Yeah, things changed." Prue says.

Piper nods, "Uh, Dan, I have to call you back, okay."

"Okay." Dan says.

Piper hangs up.

Prue sighs, "Okay, Buffy and I saw something or someone drown and it was anything but natural."

"On the freeway?" Piper asks.

Buffy shakes her head, "No we were up at some lake."

"Oh, wait a minute. The lake as in the lake, where mom was killed?" Phoebe asks.

"You said you were stuck in traffic." Piper said. "Why did you take Buffy up to the lake?"

"Uh she didn't. I flamed up there looking for her." Buffy said. Piper glares at her. "I was a little ticked she forgot she was taking me to school."

Prue sighs, "Yeah, I was up ar the lake, when Buffy flamed up there to find me. I just go there sometimes to think."

"You never told us that." Phoebe says.

They walk past the dining room and up the stairs.

Prue sighs, "Because I didn't want to make a big deal about it. Anyway, this isn't about mom, alright. We saw someone get pulled under, I told Buffy to flame to him but this man ran up to us before she could and said "Its already taken him.""

"Do you think he knows what happened?" Piper said.

Buffy shrugged, "He could."

They walk in Prue's room.

"Which means I need to get to Bucklands to drop stuff off and get back to that lake." Prue says.

Phoebe shakes her head, "Wait a minute, Prue, aren't you kind of missing the point? How can you think that what ever you saw didn't have something to do with how mom died?"

"Look, we need to stop worrying about the past and start dealing with the present. They're re-opening camp." Prue says.

Phoebe frowns, "I thought they closed it the summer that mom…"

Prue sighs, "Exactly. And no one has been allowed in the lake since and if there's something in it, killing, then the last thing we need is a lake full of kids."

Buffy nods, "Well, how do we find the guy that stopped us?"

Piper nods, "What about the woman who used to run the camp? Mrs. Johnson. If she's still up there, she'll probably know who he is."

"She's still there, same cabin." Prue says.

"I guess you go up there to think a lot." Phoebe says.

Prue nods, "I'll meet you guys up at the lake. I should be there in an hour." She leaves.

Phoebe sighs, "Do you really think the thing that Buffy and she saw has nothing to do with how mom died?"

Piper shakes her head, "Nope. You?"

Phoebe sighs, "Not a chance."

"So how did Aunt Patty, die?" Buffy asks. "I know I'm probably dragging up some bad memories but it's not something you've all never told me."

"We'll tell you on the way up there." Piper says.

45 minutes later in Mrs. Johnson's place at the lake. Phoebe's looking at a photo and Mrs. Johnson brings in some cookies.

"Well, I'm finding it hard to believe enough times gone by for you two to of grown up so much. Here." Mrs. Johnson says as she hands Piper the plate of cookies.

Phoebe smiles, "Aww, look at little Prue. Nice pigtails Piper." She laughs.

Buffy shakes her head, "Yeah Piper you look cute."

"Not fair." Piper says.

Phoebe sighs, "No, what's not fair is that I never got to go to camp with you guys." She grabs the plate off Piper and starts eating a cookie.

Buffy sighs, "Phoebe."

Piper smiles, "Um, we heard you were thinking of opening up the camp again."

Mrs. Johnson nods, "Oh, was. I thought it was over and then today another drowning. I can't ask the campers to go swimming in the lake when…"

Piper nods, "Um, we were wondering if you might help us with something. Prue and Buffy was up here the other day and they mentioned a man, um, older, a bit off."

Phoebe nods, "I think the word that Prue used was crazy."

Piper: We were wondering if you might know who he is.

Mrs. Johnson nods, "Oh, Sam. Only one it could be. The man's not wired together properly. He showed up when the drownings started. He just stayed here, no friends, no life of his own. You know, with someone like that, you have to wonder what he's capable of."

Piper, Buffy and Phoebe look at each other.

Outside a few minutes later Prue pulls up in Piper's car. She gets out and stares out at the lake. Piper, Buffy, Phoebe and Mrs. Johnson walk up to her.

"Mrs. J., you remember my sister, Prue." Piper says.

Mrs. Johnson smiles, "Oh, Prue, of course I do. It's good to see you." She and Prue hug. "Wow! You're looking more and more like your mother everyday."

Prue shakes her head, "Um, actually it's Piper who resembles her the most."

There's an awkward silence.

"People say I look like my mom," Buffy said trying to break the silence.

Mrs. Johnson looked to Buffy and nodded, "I only met Patience once when she and Patty dropped Prue and Piper off for camp. But from what I remember I would say you definitely could be a younger version. Will you all come see me again? The old broad gets lonely up here. I love to see my campers."

Piper smiles, "Sure."

Mrs. Johnson waves, "Bye."

"Bye." Piper says.

"Bye, it was nice to meet you." Buffy says.

Phoebe smiles, "Bye. Thank you."

"Bye." Prue says.

Mrs. Johnson goes back up to her house.

Piper nods, "She's not opening the camp, Prue."

"Really, so that means it's just between us and whatever is hiding in that lake. Any word on that crazy guy?" Prue asked.

Buffy nods, "His name is Sam and he lives right…"

Prue's phone rings. She answers it. "Hello, this is Prue."

"Hey, how's my favorite auctionette?" Jack says.

Prue shakes her head, "Fine, how's my favorite auction-ass?"

"Ooh, nice one. Hey, listen, I just wanted to let you know that since you're not here, I'm gonna take your twelve o'clock lunch with Mr. Fugimotto." Jack says.

Prue frowns, "Ah, no, no, no. Wait, Mr. Fugimotto is very particular."

"Prue, would your relax. I will take great care of your client okay. Later." Jack says as he hangs up.

Prue frowns, "I just can not figure out what this guy's deal is."

"That's funny, we were just gonna ask you the same thing." Piper says.

"Excuse me?" Prue says.

Phoebe sighs, "Every time someone compares you to mom you flinch. It's a compliment, not a curse."

"Is it? Because every single day, I feel like I'm becoming more and more like her and everyday it terrifies me." Prue says.

Buffy shakes her head, "Prue."

"I mean, don't you guys see it?" Prue says, "Look at what happened to her and then look what's happening to me. No successful relationship with guys, being responsible for a family, now because of being this charmed thing, the very real possibility of dying young, it's like history is repeating itself."

"Prue if it anyone's dying young it's me not you." Buffy said. "Or did you forget Slayer's traditionally don't live into their 20's."

Phoebe shakes her head, "Buffy."

"Prue, that's all just..." Piper says.

Prue sighs, "Coincidence? I thought that we had figured out that nothing is a coincidence in our lives. Like Buffy and I being here when that thing attacked, it's like we were meant to be here."

Piper nods, "Well, you're not exactly meant to be here when you're here every week."

"Alright, look, I just wanna find this Sam guy, see what he knows about the demon, vanquish it and get on with our lives." Prue says.

They walk back towards Sam's place and enter.

"Sam? Be vewy, vewy quiet. We're hunting demons." Phoebe says.

Buffy nods, "I guess he's not home."

Prue looks through some sheets of paper and finds a picture of their mother. "Oh my."

"What? What is it?" Piper asks.

Prue frowns, "What is he doing with a picture of her?"

"Who is this guy?" Buffy says.

"Or what?" Phoebe says.

Prue finds some newspapers. "Okay, he has articles on every single drowning at the lake."

Piper finds a certificate. "New York teacher of the year, Sam Wilder. In 1872?"

"Okay, so this guy is either 127 years old or…" Phoebe says.

Buffy sighs, "A demon."

Prue shakes her head, "Named Sam? A demon named Sam? I mean, can't it be his grandfather's certificate? After all, he did save me and Buffy."

Piper opens a drawer and finds some letters. "What are these? I found..." Leo orbs in and scares Piper. "Whoa! Leo, hi, what are you doing here?"

"Come on, we gotta get outta here. Sam could be back at any minute." Leo says.

Prue frowns, "Wait, you know Sam?"

"Come on, we gotta…" Leo says.

"We are not going anywhere until you tell us what you know. Who is Sam?" Prue asks.

Leo sighs, "Sam was your mom's and Patience Whitelighter."

"Sam was mom and Aunt Joyce's Whitelighter?" Piper says.

Leo nods, "Emphasis on was. When your mom died, Sam clipped his wings. He's mortal now, but once, yeah he was a Whitelighter. He looked after your mother, and Patience."

Buffy sighs, "Then he lost Aunt Patty."

Leo nods, "To the same demon you're fighting now."

"And you knew? This whole time he's been living up here while…" Piper says.

Leo shakes his head, "I couldn't tell you. And what would it change? It would only distract you, maybe even gotten you all killed. I mean, you guys were gonna have to face this thing sooner or later. And I'm here to make sure you do it with a clear head. Emotions will get the best of you if you let them."

"Well, can you really blame us?" Piper says.

"Leo, he let our mother, Buffy's aunt, die." Phoebe says.

"Leo's right, this isn't about mom and it's not about Sam for that matter. It's about a demon who's waiting until tomorrow for brunch to be served." Prue says.

Piper nods, "Mrs. J's not opening the camp."

Prue sighs, "That doesn't end it, it just stalls it."

Buffy nods, "Prue's right. How long will it be before Mrs. Johnson thinks the drownings stopped again before she tries to reopen again."

Leo nods, "You guys are behind and need to catch up. Book of Shadows, get a working knowledge of this demon before you face him."

Phoebe nods, "Hmmm, said like an unfeeling professional. This is personal for us, Leo."

"Leo doesn't do personal anymore, he just does his job." Piper says.

Leo sighs, "Now that I've done it, I guess there's no reason for me to hang around." He orbs out.

"Okay, he's gone. Now you can explain." Phoebe says.

Prue shakes her head, "Explain what?"

Phoebe sighs, "Why you're acting like all of this doesn't phase you, Prue. We are talking about how our mother was killed."

Buffy smiles sadly, "Even I never knew Aunt Patty, except for our brief trip back to 1975. This just brings back the fact that I will never get to know either."

They hear Mrs. Johnson screaming for help.

"Is that Mrs. Johnson?" Piper says.

They run outside and towards the dock. Prue stops short at the edge of the dock.

"Your hand, give me your hand! Prue, what are you doing? We need you." Phoebe says.

Prue starts thinking about the day her mother died and when she's in the bodybag.

"Get off the dock! It's her! It's taken her over!" Sam says.

Mrs. Johnson goes under the water.

"Oh my Goddess." Buffy says.

Sam frowns, "Get off the dock now!"

Buffy grabs Piper and Phoebe and flames to the edge of the dock.

"Why didn't you listen to me? I told you to stay away from the lake. It only kills in the water. Why didn't you listen to me? Nobody ever listens." Sam says.

"We know who you are." Prue says.

"You shouldn't listen to people in town, they'll just tell you I'm crazy but I'm not." Sam says.

"We know you worked with my mom and Aunt Patty." Buffy says.

Phoebe nods, "And lost our mother."

Sam sighs, "I knew you'd come. I knew it. And then when I saw you two." He looks at Prue and Buffy, "It's in your eyes, your mother. Both of you have each of your mother's eyes. I knew the moment that you two showed up you were Patty and Patience daughters."

"You have no right talking about her. You lost that right when you lost her. Why are we dealing with him?" Phoebe says.

"Because we need to know what he knows. Sam, you have to tell us about the demon." Piper says.

Sam shakes his head, "No, no, you can't fight this thing. It's under water but it has a … it-it thinks. You never know where it's gonna be, who it's gonna be. Sometimes it takes over its victim's bodies to lure you to the water. Sometimes it doesn't. Leave now, please! Forget you ever came here. Forget you ever knew."

"How can we do that? I mean, it's out there killing. We can't just walk away." Buffy says.

Sam sighs, "You really wanna know what I know? I know you're not strong enough or well versed enough in your powers to take this thing on." He looks to Piper. "I know that you have the same power as your mother. The power to freeze. And you know what happened when she tried to use it." He looks to Prue, "And I know you'll let your emotions get in the way, you'll lose focus and you'll lose your life. That's what I know." He looks to Buffy. "And you in this instance are the weakest against this demon. You have a Fire based power because of the Slayer, you would have no chance. It would just extinguish your power before you could even use it. And the augmentation won't help against it either because there is no way to fight it."

"Well, you obviously don't know us that well because we're not leaving." Prue says.

Sam nods, "Strong, willful, just like Patty."

"I'm nothing like my mother." Prue says.

Sam nods, "But you're here. Just like she was."

"But we'll beat it." Buffy says.

"Now, you have one choice. You can either get on board or get the hell out of the way." Prue says.

Sam sighs, "The power of three augmented. Okay, okay. If you're gonna do this then you're gonna need me to help you."

"Alright, enough of this. How do we kill it?" Phoebe asks.

Sam shakes his head, "You don't." He blows magical dust at them. "Now, you're gonna go home and you're gonna go directly to bed. Then when you wake up tomorrow you will not remember coming to the lake, or discovering the demon, or meeting me. I can't let it happen again."

The next morning Buffy, Prue, Piper and Phoebe walk out of their rooms.

"I fell asleep, woke up, and suddenly it's Thursday." Prue says.

"I don't feel so good." Phoebe says.

Buffy and Piper are scratching their arms.

"Oh! What's that?" Prue says.

Piper shakes her head, "I don't know. I itch everywhere."

"Yeah," Buffy says.

Phoebe frowns, "It looks like the time Prue got poison ivy."

"But Prue got poison ivy at camp and…" Piper says.

The doorbell rings.

Piper come downstairs answers the door.

Dan's standing there holding a tray with bowls of cereal on it. Piper looks confused. "You don't look hungry, you look confused, and you're contagious."

Piper frowns, "Dan, what are you…?"

"Breakfast. Me, you, here, remember?" Dan says.

Piper nods, "Uh, everything's a little hazy this morning."

"Well, is there anything I can do?" Dan asks.

Leo orbs in behind the door.

Piper smiles, "You can hold that thought." She freezes him and closes the door.

Leo frowns, "What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here? I live here. What, are you checking up on me and Dan? I thought we talked about this." Piper says.

Leo frowns, "It has nothing to do with him. Why aren't you up at the lake?"

Prue, Buffy (who's still scratching) and Phoebe walk in the foyer.

"What lake?" Buffy asks.

Leo frowns, "Look, nobody has shut down the camp, so the kids are on their way there now." Prue, Buffy, Piper and Phoebe look confused. "He did it didn't he?"

"Did what?" Piper asks.

"Who did what? Who is he?" Phoebe asks.

Leo frowns, "Sam, used the powder, sort of like a supernatural mickey. He must of gotten it from…"

"Mom." Prue says.

Leo nods, "Good, it's fading. Now, concentrate. It's sort of like remembering a dream. Okay, the lake, the kids, the demon, Sam."

Buffy frowns, "Sam? Why would he do this to us?"

"To keep history from repeating itself." Leo says.

Piper shakes her head, "Oh, just a sec, you guys scoot. Go, go, go." Buffy, Prue and Phoebe walk in the living room. Piper opens the door. Dan unfreezes. "Dan, I know we were supposed to do this this morning, but I'm really not feeling up to it."

"Well, I'll cook while you scratch." Dan says.

Piper shakes her head, "I can't, there's just some stuff, family stuff going on."

Dan nods, "Say no more. I completely understand."

Piper smiles, "I'd kiss you but…"

Dan nods, "But you're contagious. Tomorrow. I'm just glad you can tell me things."

Piper smiles, "Well, I feel like I can tell you anything." Dan leaves. Piper closes the door. "Except that there's a demon."

Leo sighs, "And that you're a witch." Piper looks at him. "Sorry, that was…"

"The truth." Piper says.

Buffy, Prue and Phoebe come back in.

Phoebe nods, "Prue and I should go get dressed."

Prue nods, "The only place you two will be going, contagious girls, is back to bed."

"But…" Buffy and Piper say.

Prue shakes her head, "But nothing. You both just look in the Books for this things Achilles heel."

"But what if there isn't one?" Buffy asks.

"Then we're screwed." Phoebe says.

Later in the kitchen Leo's got his hands above the Charmed Book of Shadows and the pages are flipping by themselves. Buffy is looking through hers.

Leo gives up as Piper enters carrying a washing basket. "I can't find anything."

Buffy closes her book, "Ditto."

Piper nods as she looks at Leo, "Well, then you don't have to stay with us. Looks of sympathy are not part of your job description."

Leo shakes his head, "No."

"Um, why didn't your healing touch work? I mean, what, you can save a life but you can't cure poison ivy?" Buffy asks.

Leo sighs, "It's not really up to me. I can only heal when they allow me to, when I'm meant to."

Piper frowns, "Well, why weren't you meant to help us? Why wouldn't we be meant to help my sisters?"

Leo shrugs, "There's always a reason. Maybe you're both meant to be here."

Piper searches through the washing and finds some letters. "Dear Sam? Leo. Buffy."

"What is it?" Buffy asks.

"Letters that my mom wrote to Sam. I must've forgotten about them because of the powder. "Dear Sam, Where are you? It's been two weeks since you were last here and I wonder are you alright. Do they have you off guiding someone? And I wonder when they will send you back to San Francisco. To me." Piper says.

Leo frowns, "Is this a…"

"A love letter?" Buffy says.

Later Buffy, Piper and Leo are sitting in the cane chairs. They're reading the letters.

"Sam, yes you were clear. My eyes were open to the difficulties, the risks, but my answer is the same as it was when you were still here with me. No one understands me the way you do, no one can." Buffy says.

"What I wouldn't do for what other people consider ordinary. A conversation that gets finished, a night spent uninterrupted. A night with you." Leo says.

Piper nods, "It's like I could've written these."

"I wish you had." Leo says.

Piper shakes her head, "What would it have changed? Looks like this one is about our water demon. "You can't be with me up at the lake. This demon is too strong and I can't risk losing you, not for myself or the others you protect especially Patience. They must as always come first. You know I'd never face this demon if I didn't think I'd be home in time for dinner to see my girls, to see Patience, to see you. She never came home. When did this happen? Where was dad?"

"Your sisters need to know about Sam, your mom, Piper." Leo says.

Buffy nods, "I think Leo is right, Piper."

Piper nods, "And if this demon is as strong as she thought, then they're going to need me and Buffy but how do we get there in time to… Can you? I mean, is that breaking the rules?"

"What rules haven't we already broken?" Leo says.

"I can try Flaming up there." Buffy said. "I did it yesterday morning. But I'm still a little shaky with it when it comes to passengers."

"No Buffy, till you get control it would probably be better to do short hops. I'll take you both. I'll have hold on to the both of you." Leo says.

Leo holds Piper and Buffy and they orb out.

At the lake Prue is talking to Sam.

"It's time Sam. We need to know. How was mom gonna vanquish it?" Prue asks.

"I don't know. I failed, I lost her, isn't that enough?" Sam says.

Leo, Buffy and Piper orb in.

"Whoa, that felt really…alright, oh, laying down now." Piper says as she sits down on a chair.

Buffy looks a little queasy and sits down, "Either it's the poison ivy or that is just not very good to do on a full stomach."

"What are you two doing here?" Prue asks.

"He loved her." Piper says.

"What? Who loved who? What is she talking about?" Prue asks.

"Sam." Buffy said.

"Found the letters, Sam." Leo says.

Sam sighs, "Patty and I…"

"Fell in love." Piper and Buffy say.

Leo nods, "In the letters she told you to stay away. Not to go to the lake."

"But I did. I wouldn't have for anyone else, not even Patience. But I should've followed the rules, not fallen in love. I never would've been there. I never would've distracted her and she never would've died." Sam said.

Phoebe nods, "You loved her and you blame yourself."

"Don't you blame me? Everyday I wake up and for just a second, just a second I think maybe it didn't happen. Yes I blame myself." Sam says.

Prue nods, "We have to see past our emotions to deal with this, Sam. So do you."

"Even so, it doesn't change the fact that I didn't see it happen. I tried to warn her and she froze me." Sam said.

"Why?" Buffy asks.

Piper looks to Leo as she understands, "Because she was trying to protect him."

Sam nods, "Protecting was supposed to be my job. I couldn't help her, I don't know how I can help you, I didn't see what happened."

"I know somebody who can see anything." Prue said. "Well two actually but I don't think Buffy is going to be able to sleep at the moment."

Phoebe shakes her head, "Oh, no. Wait a minute. You tiptoe around the subject of mom, you deny looking like her, you can't even go to the end of that dock because you're afraid to walk in her footsteps and now you want me to relive her last moments? How is that fair?"

"It's not. None of this is. Mom's death, Sam's guilt. But I'm asking you to help me end it." Prue says.

Phoebe walks over and holds Sam's hands. She has a premonition. In the premonition: Patty's on the dock. She grabs a power cable.

Sam comes running towards her. "Patty, look out!"

Patty freezes him. The water demon raises up and a whole heap of water falls on top of her. The premonition ends and Phoebe starts coughing.

"Did you see her?" Piper asks.

Phoebe nods, "It entered her and it drowned her from the inside."

Prue nods, "Phoebe, in your vision, what was mom doing?"

"She was using something on the dock. Some... a wire?" Phoebe says.

Leo nods, "Power cable?"

"Makes sense. Electricity is the only thing that separates water particles." Piper says.

"So, what do we do differently? I know I'm no use against it, Sam was right about that. My augmentation won't be any use and it would just extinguish my fire power." Buffy said.

Prue shakes her head, "Maybe nothing. Sam, would mom's plan have worked if she had finished it?"

"Absolutely." Sam says.

Piper nods, "But you said her power, my power, doesn't work against this demon. And as Buffy pointed out her's won't either."

Phoebe nods, "So that's it. We use mom's plan with one difference. The witch at the end of the dock is not gonna be the one with the power to freeze."

"It's gonna be me." Prue says.

"Are you ready?" Buffy asks.

Prue nods, "Yeah."

"You don't have to do this." Sam says.

"Yes, I do." Prue says.

"Just focus on the demon, not what this is about." Phoebe says.

"Right." Prue says.

"Forgot how good this feels." Sam says.

"Be careful," Buffy says.

Prue nods as she starts walking to the dock.

"Really? How's it feel to be mortal?" Leo asks.

"Why would you want to know?" Sam asks. Prue's standing on the start of the dock. Sam walks up to her. "Let's go face our demons." They walk onto the dock. Prue picks up the power cables.

"I don't envy Prue right now. She's having to face more than one demon at once both internal and external." Buffy said.

"Okay, you in the water. I know that you've been waiting for this. For me. Well, here I am, so come and get me. You took what matters most to me and as long as I live, you will never kill again." Prue says.

The water starts bubbling.

"Prue, behind you!" Piper says as she, Buffy and Phoebe start running towards the dock.

"Piper, wait!" Leo says before Piper freezes him.

The water demon rises out from under the water.

"No! Not her! Take me!" Sam says as it sweeps over him like a wave and enters his body. "Stay back!" He picks up the power cables. "Now!" Prue turns on the power and Sam gets electrocuted. He falls to the ground.

"No, Sam." Prue says as she turns it off.

Buffy, Phoebe and Piper run up to them. Leo unfreezes.

"It's gone, it's gone." Sam says.

Phoebe nods, "Leo, do something."

Leo tries to heal Sam.

"What? Why isn't anything happening?" Prue asks.

"Because it's not meant to." Buffy says looking between Piper and Leo.

"It's okay, it's time to go." Sam says.

Prue shakes her head, "No."

Sam smiles, "I did what I've been waiting to do, I kept it from happening. History won't repeat itself."

"But you're going." Phoebe says.

Sam nods, "I'm gonna see Patty again." He looks to Leo. "Don't lose her." Patty's spirit appears. "Patty? Patty?"

"Say hi for me, for us." Prue says.

Sam's spirit appears next to Patty. They disappear.

The next day in the living room. Phoebe's sticking Patty's letters in a photo album. Buffy and Piper's sitting on the couch putting stuff on their poison ivy.

"At least fighting this demon came with a consolation prize. I mean, it didn't bring mom back but these brought her closer." Phoebe says.

Buffy nods, "It's a good idea, Pheebs. Making a journal out of Aunt Patty's letters."

"Yeah, not as good as the real thing though." Phoebe says.

Piper nods, "Nothing is."

Leo orbs in near the kitchen. Buffy and Piper sees him but Phoebe doesn't. He gestures with his head for Piper to go over there.

Buffy nods and looks Piper as she mouths, 'Go.'

"Um, tea. Either of you want some tea? I'm gonna go get some." Piper says.

Phoebe nods, "Sure."

Buffy nods, "Why not."

Piper goes in the kitchen.

Buffy looks back at Phoebe, "How do you think Prue is holding up?"

Phoebe looks up at Buffy and sighs, "She'll be alright. I think she is finally going to be able to move on. I think we all are."

Buffy nods, "I guess your right. I think I'm going to go take a nap." She stands up and smiles as she flames out.