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**Next day**

With a loud cry Phoebe heard her alarm clock go off and she woke up. Still crying and not fully recovered from her dream she hit the snooze and sighed. Just another day. The only difference is that she would find Cole today no matter what the consequences.

Phoebe stood and quickly undressed, changing into a black sports bra and sweat pants. She tied her hard up and put a sweat band on. 'First...' she thought. 'I need to let off some steam' With that she headed off for the basement just to be intercepted at the bottom of the stairs by Piper who gave her a weird almost evil smile.

"What's wrong Pheebs? Still belly aching over Belthazar?" She laughed. "No point crying over spilt milk. He's gone. That's that. He doesn't love you."

Dumbfounded by what Piper had just told her Phoebe stood at the bottom of the stairs until her sister vanished into the kitchen. How could she? There must be an explanation because Piper wasn't ever so heartless to her. Taking a deep breath to contain herself Phoebe stomped into the kitchen. "Piper." She said in a normal voice like nothing had happened. "What was that about?" The annoyance rose in her tone as she watched her sister smiles at her.

"What was what about Pheebs?" Piper went into the fridge and pulled out some orange juice. "Want some?"

"Piper! You just made me feel like two inches tall!" Phoebe shouted. "How can you act so normal?"

With a puzzled look on her face Piper put the carton down and sighed. "Phoebe, I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. I've barely said a whole sentence to you for the past week let alone belittle you.

Paige walked into the kitchen behind Phoebe with a look of total unhappiness. "Good morning fellow sister room mates." She said smartly.

Everyone glared at Paige as if she had entered some forbidden conversation.

"Another bad time... Is it ever an ok time to talk to you two? Piper you avoid me and Phoebe you stay locked up like an old hag in your room balling your eyes out." Paige stepped between the two. "BOOHOO! Poor me a lousy fool like Belthazar doesn't love me." She paused and looked at Piper. "Just because Phoebe is a mess up and Prue died doesn't mean you have to hate me!"

"Paige... sorry." Piper said. "Don't you think your being-"

Paige just her off with a loud moan. "Just shut up Piper. Never willing to listen to Paige now are we? I'm warning you... You DON'T want to be my enemy Piper! But that can be easily arranged!"

Phoebe didn't understand what was going on. Was she really that stupid for balling over some demon who could never fully be human? 'No' she thought. 'Because I love him. The real human part of him.' But maybe what Paige had said about her was true. Maybe she was ignoring her family. But Piper being that mean? She had just shown it about five minutes ago.

"i'll be in the basement." Phoebe spoke up. Her sisters were still bickering but stop when her voice arose.

"Don't care what I have to say? You know what? I'm moving back out!" Paige shouted.

"Paige! I said I was sorry!" Piper shouted. Now there focus was back at each other.

"Too late Piper!"

Phoebe raced to the basement. It was only normal sister problems she told herself over and over. Or had in some way magic interfered?

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Paige sat in her room eye balling the frames that she had just hung up. She smiled at how straight she had made them and jumped at a knock on her door.

"Come in." Paige said as she sat on the bed.

Piper came in. "Paige! I want you out!" She yelled and threw a bunch of boxes on the floor. "Start packing Hun!"

"But I..." She pointed to the pictures she had just hung.

"Ha... think I care?" Piper asked and with a swipe of her hand she knock all of the photos off the wall causing glass to break as it hit the ground. "Problem solved. Now get out!"

Paige sat on her bed for a second hearing what Piper had to say but not really hearing it fully. "Did I do something?"

"You're just not Prue! And guess what Paige you will never be so stop trying to act it out!" Piper kicked the boxes forward. "You're packing awfully slow considering you only have an hour. Then let over can go to Salvation Army!" Piper turned towards the door and took off down the hall.

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There was a knock at Paige's door. Phoebe came in bringing a weak smile along with her.

"So you're really going through it?" She asked.

Paige looked up. Her blood shot eyes and tear stained face made Phoebe want to cry. "Piper hardly gave me a choice."

"What?" Phoebe asked in confusion. "You decided on this..."

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Tripocie stood outside of the Halliwell residence. He smiled and stood quite satisfied with himself. He had gotten Phoebe mad at Piper and Paige and Piper in a rumble. He loved tapping into their brains and acting out as them making each other utterly miserable. Now that he had gotten Piper and Paige made and convinced each of them that Paige was moving out, Piper thought on free will and Paige thought the real Piper had forced her, the power of three was a little weaker. All along it was him acting out these awful deeds, making the Halliwell's house a living hell. He still needed to watch closely though. Phoebe seemed suspicious. Maybe he needed to do something a little more brutal to her.

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