Piper stood in front of the crowd, slowly collecting her thoughts. She had no idea what to say. There was still so much racing through her head, but she knew this was the right thing to do. She looked over and saw Paige and Phoebe staring back at her, encouraging her to proceed. Cautiously she cleared her throat and began.

"I remember when my sister Prue died, Melinda was only about two and she was devastated. She couldn't understand why her aunt couldn't be with her. And I remember one night as I was tucking her into bed she said, 'Mommy, what's heaven like.' Leo nor I knew how to explain it so we said 'it's whatever you want it to be, it's your wildest dreams, your utopia.' Of course she was still too small to grasp what we were getting at, but she understood. And the next morning she excitedly woke us up to tell us she saw heaven. She said it was a park with lots of toys and a big playground. She said that Spot, her deceased dog was there and so was her Aunt Prue. Now as I look back on that day I know that Melinda has finally reached her little park up in heaven and she's made sure her sister and father are right behind her."

Then next thing Piper knew tears were rolling down her cheeks and she couldn't stop them from coming. She waited a moment as the tears slowly stopped and she continued.

"Our lives al changed on that dreadful day. I know mine sure did, but as much as I wish I could go back and change the course of that day it just won't happened. What's done is done, we must morn the loss and then live our lives remembering the wonderful times we spent with those people....."

Piper laughed inside herself at her lack of truth. She couldn't believe she was advising these people to move on when she herself was having such a hard time doing so. She felt the tears surfacing, but quickly pushed them away. There was no way she was going to break down in front of these people as she had done before. And although Piper wished she could stay up here, holding on to the last hope that her family wouldn't be buried she knew she couldn't. So she took a deep breath and finished.

"To end I want to leave you all with a poem by an unknown author

Johnny brought a gun to school,

He told his friends that it was cool,

And when he pulled the trigger back,

It shot with a great crack.

Mommy, I was a good girl, I did

What I was told,

I went to school, I got straight A's,

I even got the gold!

But Mommy, when I went school that day,

I never said good-bye,

I'm sorry Mommy, I had to go,

But Mommy, please don't cry.

When Johnny shot the gun,

He hit me and another,

And all because of Jonny,

Got the gun from his older brother.

Mommy, please tell Daddy;

That I love him very much,

And please tell my boyfriend;

That it wasn't just a crush.

And tell my little sister;

That she is the only one now,

And tell my dear sweet grandmother;

I'll by waiting for her now,

And tell my wonderful friends;

That they always were the best;

Mommy, I'm not the first,

I'm no better than the rest.

Mommy, tell my teachers;

I won't show up for class,

And never to forget this,

And please don't let this pass.

Mommy, why'd it have to be me?

No one deserves this,

Mommy, warn the others,

Mommy I left without a kiss.

And Mommy tell the doctors;

I know they really did try,

I think I even saw a doctor,

Trying not to cry.

Mommy, I'm slowly dying,

With a bullet in my chest,

But Mommy please remember,

I'm in heaven with the rest.

Mommy I ran as fast as I could,

When I heard that crack,

Mommy, listen to me if you would,

I'm not coming back.

I wanted to go to college,

I wanted to try things that were new,

I guess I'm not going with Daddy, On that trip to the new zoo.

I wanted to get married,

I wanted to have a kid,

I wanted to be an actress,

Mommy, I wanted to live.

But Mommy I must go now,

The time is getting late,

Mommy, tell my boyfriend,

I'm sorry but I had to cancel the date.

I love you Mommy, I always have,

I know; you know it's true, And Mommy all I wanted to say is, "Mommy, I love you."



As Piper looked around she noticed not one single eye as dry. Among the rows of students, teachers and well known loved ones, not one was not feeling the immense pain. And with that Piper began to cry and this time she did not stop them from falling, for she knew that everyone understood and were there to help.

* * *

Piper walked back to her car after the service and the burial, admiring the tranquility of the moment when she suddenly felt a hand fall onto her shoulder. Piper turned around and met a young man. It was Rob, Fae's boyfriend.

"Hey Rob."

"Hey Piper."

For a moment an awkward silence fell between them, but then Rob spoke up.

"It was really nice what you said at the service."

"Thank you. I don't even know how I did it, I was struggling so hard not to break down."

"Well don't worry you did a great job. I know Fae, Melinda and Mr. Wyatt would be proud."

"Rob as much as I know you meant what you said about the service I know that's not why you came to talk to me. So honestly, what's up? If anyone can understand I'm sure I can."

"I don't really think so Piper."

"Why not?"

"Well you see.....ugh..... I don't even know how to go about telling you this....."

"Rob, just tell me. You'll feel better after you have."

Rob hesitated, then began walking back towards the graves.

"I miss her so much. Fae was my world. I don't know if I'll ever love someone as much as I loved her."

"Rob, don't say that. You're a great guy and any girl would be lucky to have you. You deserve to be happy. Fae would have wanted it that way."

"I know and I will, but there's more."

"More?" piper asked confused

"Yeah, the memories. Sure, most were good, but that day, I'll forever live with the pain....."

Suddenly Rob began to cry and he fell to the ground. Although still fresh the dirt that lay on top of Fae's coffin sunk when Rob's knees lay on it. Piper slowly approached and lifted him back to his feet and then proceeded to embrace him in a hug.

"I'll never forget her body slowly falling to the ground.....her..... her golden hair falling into her face....." Rob began to sob again, "Mel.....Mel ran to her..... and then..... then....."

It only took a moment for Piper to understand. Rob had been there, he'd seen the whole thing. Although she felt horrible for doing so Piper had to find out what he knew.

"Rob, how about you go back to my place. I'll make us some tea and we'll talk. It'll help us both, you'll release some of that stress and I will know what happened to my family in their last waking moments."

Rob hesitated and pulled away from Piper's embrace. He knew she wanted to now and he was willing to tell her, but what would it do to her? The scene played in Rob's head over and over; it haunted him in his dreams. And he knew once he told piper she too would replay the moment in her head. Was he really ready to share what he knew? Or more importantly was Piper ready to receive it?

A/N: Sorry it took so long. Hoped ya liked this chapter. I hope to get the next one done in the next week or so. A lot of you have been telling me you want me to continue with Rebels and that you want a sequel to Lost Dreams. I promise I will get on it once this story's done, that is unless I get another story idea. (LOL) Oh and please keep reviewing, I really love to hear what you guys think!!! :)