"She's somewhere on this beach, I can sense her." Leo said; as he slammed shut the car door.
"OK, We'll just split up and cover more ground. Phoebe you go down there," Piper pointed to the right, "Leo, scale the rocks and such, and I'll go this way. Yell when you find her." The three of them went their separate ways. They spent a third of an hour looking for her, losing hope every minute. Every time they thought they saw her, it turned out to be some object washed up from the sea. Drenched throughout her clothes, Phoebe was ready to turn around and look elsewhere when she thought she saw something, and it was moving. She took off running and going very fast, considering that it was a sand filled beach and it was raining.
"Paige!" She yelled out, and kept running towards the spot. She stopped besides Paige's body on the sand and kneeled down beside her. Her shirt was torn down the middle, and there was somewhat deep cut running across her stomach. She was soaked from the rain. "Paige…" She shook her lightly but got no response. "Piper! Leo! Leo!" Leo orbed in besides Phoebe. He took one look at Paige and immediately started to heal her. The wound disappeared, but it took a little while for Paige to fully open her eyes. Phoebe helped the dazed Paige up to her feet; She began to lean all her weight now onto Leo as he helped.
"I'll orb you two back to the car, and go find Piper." Phoebe grabbed a hold of Leo's arm, and they orbed back. He helped Paige into the back seat and Phoebe waited in the back with her as Leo went to get Piper. Phoebe laid Paige's head in her lap as she covered her with a thick, warm blanket. When Leo returned with Piper, they drove back to manor.
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"You sure you're okay?" Piper asked, setting the umbrella by the door. Paige was still rubbing her head.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm simply tired. I'm just going to go to my room and sleep, and by tomorrow, I'll be myself again."
"Joy." Phoebe smirked, leaning on Piper's shoulder.
"I heard that!" Paige yelled back, walking right past the stairs.
"Paige, I thought you were going to your room to sleep."
"Yeah, I am. Where else would I go?"
"You just past the stairs." Piper pointed out. Paige turned around to see the stairs a good ten feet away from where she was standing.
"Man, I'm tired." Paige said, heading back to the stairs.
"Come on, you're obviously really tired." Piper walked up, took Paige's hand, and led her up stairs to her room, Phoebe following the both of them. "I suggest you change out of your clothes if you don't want to catch a cold."
"Thanks mom." Paige replied sarcastically, weakly smiling at Piper. She walked into her room to change but instead she began to get into her bed. Piper saw her and quickly walked in before she could fully get into bed.
"Oh, no, no, no. You're soaking wet, your hair's going to be a mess, and you need to change your clothes." Piper explained, pulling Paige back up. Phoebe placed a chair in the middle of her room, and Piper sat Paige down in it. "Just hold on, I'm going to get some towels." Piper left the room.
"Arms up." Phoebe commanded. Paige sluggishly complied and Phoebe took off her damp shirt. Piper returned with the towels, and began rubbing Paige's hair dry.
"Ow, you're rubbing a bit hard." Paige complained to Piper.
"It's the way Prue did it for me." Piper replied.
"And Piper did for me." Phoebe chimed in, from inside Paige's closet.
"And the way we'll do it for you." Piper smiled. Phoebe found a pair of cheerleader type shorts and a huge, oversized D.A.R.E. shirt in Paige's closet, and dropped them in Paige's lap. "You know what, I'm just going to use the blow dryer instead." Piper left in search for the dryer. Paige proceeded to put on the shirt Phoebe gave her as Phoebe tugged off her pants.
"Phoebe! Where's the hair dryer?!" Piper yelled from the bathroom.
"On the counter as usual!" Phoebe yelled back.
"No it's not!" Phoebe sighed, and headed to the bathroom to help Piper. Paige saw this as an opportunity and jumped into her bed the moment Phoebe left. She called for wherever the dryer was and hid it under her bed. Phoebe and Piper returned three minutes later, giving up.
"I guess…" Piper stopped, looking at her sleeping baby sister. "She must be really tired."
"At least she's safe and back with us." Phoebe said, leaning her head on Piper's shoulder.
"Yeah, but when her smells like the beach, she'll regret this." Phoebe smiled, as Piper shut the door to Paige's room.
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Phoebe shuffled down the hall to the bathroom. Her hair a mess from sleeping and her eyes were half open. She was going in early to the newspaper in order that she could leave early. Just as she reached for the handle of the door, Paige cut in front of her, and slammed the door shut.
"Paige! I need to get ready! And today is not day for me to have a cold shower!" Phoebe yelled into the bathroom. A retching noise emitted through the door. "Paige, you ok?" Phoebe asked, getting a little concerned. She slowly opened the door to see Paige bent over the toilet, vomiting. Phoebe held back Paige's hair as she averted her eyes from the sight. She rubbed Paige's back with her free hand. After five minutes, Paige had finished, and Phoebe helped her up. Paige rinsed her mouth out of the taste. "You ok now?"
"I think… I was just sitting on my bed when I suddenly had an urge to vomit."
"Uh huh… you might be coming down with something." Phoebe commented, placing her hand on her forehead. "Come on, you can't have medicine on an empty stomach." Phoebe looked at the toilet. "A very empty stomach."
"I'm going to take a shower first. I have sand still in my hair and stuff and I just feel, ew."
"Ok, I'll see you downstairs then." Phoebe said, shutting the bathroom door. Paige took her shower, got dressed, and brushed her teeth before going downstairs. Piper was already done with her breakfast and Phoebe was almost through with her. Paige plopped down in a seat. Piper got up and felt her forehead.
"You don't feel warm."
"That's because I'm ok." Paige said, receiving a skeptic look from Piper. "Well, I don't feel bad. Maybe it was something I ate."
"When's the last time you ate?"
"I don't remember…" Paige shrugged.
"Wait…" Phoebe said, looking at Paige's clothes, "You plan on working today?"
"Umm, yeah. It is Thursday, a day which I tend to work on."
"But you're sick."
"Am not and besides, what would I do around here all day?"
"I have some straws that need to counted for inventory at P3." Piper offered.
"I'm going to work…" Paige said, getting up to leave.
"Not going to eat?"
"I'll pick something up along the way. I'm running late."
"Oh but Paige…" Piper stopped mid sentence at hearing the door slam shut. Her and Phoebe exchanged worried looks.
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"Sire, what do we do now? Shall we go after her?" Doctrine asked.
"No… let her come back to us first." Link replied, starring out his window.
"What if she doesn't? What if she stays with and gives bir--?"
"She won't last that long." Link interrupted, turned around and gave Doctrine a look that told him to leave. Doctrine left the room as Link turned back to the window. "They always come back…"