Part 6

I'm sick of smiling
And so is my jaw
Can't you see my front is crumbling down
I'm sick of being someone I'm not
Please get me out of this slump
I'm sick of clapping
When I know I can do it better for myself
I'm sick of waiting
Sick of all these words that will never matter



Piper was safely snuggled into Prue. She'd been in the same position hundreds of times in her
life but it felt the first time in an era she felt so safe.

Prue was tracing little patterns on her back as they sat in comfort.

"You done so well." Prue said quietly.

Piper swallowed hard, she knew this conversation would come up eventually.

"I didn't. You saw how I was."

"I watched it all and you did do well. You kept this family together like you always do and
you kept them all safe."

"But I didn't. It took practically losing Paige for me to realise what she really meant, and how
much she had done for us in so little time. I kept everyone at a distance. And let them both be
hurt by Cole." She said ashamed.

Prue tilted Piper's head so she could look her in the eyes, "you done the best you could, and
you managed to keep them all here. You moulded yourself into the oldest sister and you done
damn well. If that'd been me, I couldn't have done it. I would have hid in a dark corner and
never have come out."

Piper struggled to keep control of her emotions, "I wanted to, I wanted it all to go away. They
took you away and expected me to deal with so much. I just wanted you to take charge again
and tell me everything would be ok." Here voice wavered towards the end as she broke down
in her protectors arms.

"It will be ok, I swear you don't have to worry about anything. I love you so much and I'm
proud of you." She said holding Piper tight as she gently rocked her in another calming
motion.

She felt it, complete disorientation and dizziness as her body turned into blue orbs she let out a
surprised yelp.

Piper looked up to see a shocked Prue disappear. She was given a flashback of Leo being torn
away from their wedding. She started to panic as she looked around the room for Prue.
Nothing. She ran as fast as she could upstairs and barged into Paige's room.

She grabbed Paige by the shoulders and shook her violently.

"Piper! What the hell!" She said as she moved away from Piper. Glenn had woken up too and
stared at Piper like she'd grown horn's.

Paige let her mind wake up and then took in Piper's tear stained face. "Honey, what's wrong?
Is everyone ok?" She asked calmly.

"You have to orb me to the elders. NOW!"

"Piper, calm down and tell me what happened. I don't even know if i can orb 'up there'" Paige
said trying to stay calm.

"There isn't time. I know you can orb up there. Please just do it. I can't go through it again."
Piper begged as tears ran down her cheeks again.

Paige looked at Glenn, "Don't leave this room." She said seriously, then she took Piper's hand
and concentrated on the elders.