Timeframe A/N: This takes place one month after chapter four. Which means
that Phoebe has been in the "hospital" for a month now.
A/N: This chapter was not spellchecked. Oh, and the next chapter should be out later today. *ponders why chapter four got no reviews* Oh well. *shrug* The next chapter should be out later today.
Phoebe looked around the doctor's office and wondered why she had been left alone. After all, there were so many sharp things.
When the door opened, Phoebe turned to make a snarky comment about the sharp things to the doctor, but the comment disappeared from her mind when she saw who was with the doctor.
"Prue? Piper?" Phoebe exclaimed and jumped out of her seat. She ran over to them and pulled them into a big hug. "I missed you guys."
"We were here just last week." Prue said with a weak smile. Despite the attempts at hiding it, Phoebe could tell she had been crying.
Phoebe looked toward Piper and saw the same with her.
"What's wrong?" Phoebe asked. Then she turned to the doctor. "I've been good! Everyone told me I could leave soon!"
"I know." The doctor said and motioned to the chairs. After the sisters were seated, he sat behind his desk. "I made the recommendation for you to be released, but they got far too many negative reports about you."
"Negative?" Phoebe said. "I've been better than perfect."
"Some of the nurses -"
"You should have done more!" Phoebe snapped. She then sighed and rubbed her forehead. "I'm sorry, Dr. Parker. I know you're only trying to help; you're the only good one here. I just... everything was going so well I thought."
"I know." Dr. Parker said and stood up. "I'll let you three visit. It's... It's going to be the last one for a while."
After he left, Phoebe turned to her sisters.
"Why is this happening to me?" Phoebe asked.
"We don't know." Prue said. "None of it makes sense."
"I bet one of them is a demon." Piper said.
"Piper -"
"No, I'm serious." Piper said. "We've seen demons in business suits, why can't they wear nurses uniforms?"
"That's just... silly." Prue said, but it was quite obvious by her tone that she wasn't totally dismissing the idea.
"I want to show you something." Phoebe said. She turned around and lifted her hair, revealing the back of her neck.
"That's the -"
"I know." Phoebe interrupted. "It showed up a week after I was here."
"Why would that happen now?" Prue asked and reached out and touched the mark. She pulled her fingers back instantly. "Ow!"
"What's wrong?" Piper asked.
"It feels like -"
"A hundred tiny needles poking into your skin." Phoebe said and turned back around.
"What has everyone said?" Piper asked.
"I've convinced them that it's a tattoo." Phoebe said. "It only seems to affect witches when they touch it, 'cause a few nurses and even some patients have touched it and they felt nothing."
"Do you feel it?" Prue asked. "I mean, without even touching it?"
Phoebe nodded. "Every minute of every day I feel the needles."
"This makes no sense." Piper said.
"I know." Phoebe said. "I wish I could remember more about what happened, but all I remember is all that stuff that isn't even real."
"Do you think that that Paige woman could be real?" Prue asked. "Even just a sliver of hope?"
Phoebe lowered her eyes.
"No." She said quietly. "There's no way she exists."
There was a knock on the door and Dr. Parker poked his head inside.
"It's, uh, time for you two to go."
A/N: This chapter was not spellchecked. Oh, and the next chapter should be out later today. *ponders why chapter four got no reviews* Oh well. *shrug* The next chapter should be out later today.
Phoebe looked around the doctor's office and wondered why she had been left alone. After all, there were so many sharp things.
When the door opened, Phoebe turned to make a snarky comment about the sharp things to the doctor, but the comment disappeared from her mind when she saw who was with the doctor.
"Prue? Piper?" Phoebe exclaimed and jumped out of her seat. She ran over to them and pulled them into a big hug. "I missed you guys."
"We were here just last week." Prue said with a weak smile. Despite the attempts at hiding it, Phoebe could tell she had been crying.
Phoebe looked toward Piper and saw the same with her.
"What's wrong?" Phoebe asked. Then she turned to the doctor. "I've been good! Everyone told me I could leave soon!"
"I know." The doctor said and motioned to the chairs. After the sisters were seated, he sat behind his desk. "I made the recommendation for you to be released, but they got far too many negative reports about you."
"Negative?" Phoebe said. "I've been better than perfect."
"Some of the nurses -"
"You should have done more!" Phoebe snapped. She then sighed and rubbed her forehead. "I'm sorry, Dr. Parker. I know you're only trying to help; you're the only good one here. I just... everything was going so well I thought."
"I know." Dr. Parker said and stood up. "I'll let you three visit. It's... It's going to be the last one for a while."
After he left, Phoebe turned to her sisters.
"Why is this happening to me?" Phoebe asked.
"We don't know." Prue said. "None of it makes sense."
"I bet one of them is a demon." Piper said.
"Piper -"
"No, I'm serious." Piper said. "We've seen demons in business suits, why can't they wear nurses uniforms?"
"That's just... silly." Prue said, but it was quite obvious by her tone that she wasn't totally dismissing the idea.
"I want to show you something." Phoebe said. She turned around and lifted her hair, revealing the back of her neck.
"That's the -"
"I know." Phoebe interrupted. "It showed up a week after I was here."
"Why would that happen now?" Prue asked and reached out and touched the mark. She pulled her fingers back instantly. "Ow!"
"What's wrong?" Piper asked.
"It feels like -"
"A hundred tiny needles poking into your skin." Phoebe said and turned back around.
"What has everyone said?" Piper asked.
"I've convinced them that it's a tattoo." Phoebe said. "It only seems to affect witches when they touch it, 'cause a few nurses and even some patients have touched it and they felt nothing."
"Do you feel it?" Prue asked. "I mean, without even touching it?"
Phoebe nodded. "Every minute of every day I feel the needles."
"This makes no sense." Piper said.
"I know." Phoebe said. "I wish I could remember more about what happened, but all I remember is all that stuff that isn't even real."
"Do you think that that Paige woman could be real?" Prue asked. "Even just a sliver of hope?"
Phoebe lowered her eyes.
"No." She said quietly. "There's no way she exists."
There was a knock on the door and Dr. Parker poked his head inside.
"It's, uh, time for you two to go."