Chapter 7
"She's something else." Cole admitted. Phoebe smiled and laughed, snuggling up to Cole in her queen sized bed.
"I can't believe how good you are with her! I mean of course you don't have all the answers sometimes but you weren't that way with mini Phoebe." Phoebe said. Cole shrugged.
"It's easy with Lexi. I mean, I don't know how to explain it. She's just so open." Cole said. Phoebe nodded.
"Do you think she's alright? I mean, it's not easy loosing an aunt, and two brothers in a span of almost three months." Phoebe said. Cole looked around the room.
"I don't know. I mean, I can't think of anyone, anything. That song does sound familiar, though." Cole said. Phoebe looked at Cole from behind her.
"She said she talks to Prue." Phoebe said. Cole looked down at her from his lying down position.
"I'll tell you what. If it will make you feel better, I'll find out what ever I can." Cole said. Phoebe smiled and snuggled closer to him.
"Would you?" Phoebe asked. Cole kissed her cheek and nodded.
"I will." Cole replied.
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"Piper! You have to come quick. You have too!" Lexi practically screamed. Piper nodded, and grabbed Leo's hand on the way out. They ran to the little girl's house, and ran inside. They saw the smaller of the two boys throwing up, never ending. Lexi stepped aside, and Piper ran to him.
"Leo, Leo heal him. This isn't natural; four people don't die in three months! Not from the same family." Piper said. Leo nodded, and bent down to the little boy. He tried to heal him, the blue and white orbs came and went but the little boy didn't stop.
"Where's your Uncle?" Piper asked. Lexi shrugged.
"I don't know. He wasn't here when I woketed up." Lexi said, tears coming down her face. Piper hugged the little girl, and then looked around.
"Wait, where's, Josh?" Piper asked. She had finally learned the boy's names, and Lexi looked to the living room.
"He's calling the cops." Lexi answered. Piper hugged Lexi tighter, and looked up.
"Lexi, did he go to sleep last night?" Piper asked, referring to Dennis. Lexi looked up at her and nodded. The little boy finally stopped throwing up, and looked back at Lexi.
"I bewive you now." The boy said. He slowly passed, out, but Leo caught him. Lexi started crying even harder. Piper covered Lexi's eyes, and Josh entered.
"Matt? Matt!" Josh called. He ran until he was kneeling by Leo, and looked down at his brother. Leo felt it, the little boy had gone.
"Okay, Lexi, Josh come with me we're going to find your Uncle." Piper said, picking up Lexi and grabbing Josh's hand. They went up the stairs and looked through all the bedrooms, until they got to one that was an obvious master bedroom. Piper heard heavy breathing, and knew the sight wouldn't be pretty.
"Lexi, honey, take Josh to my house and tell Phoebe and Cole that you want to uh, watch a movie." Piper said. Lexi looked up at Piper confused.
"Huh? But- okay." Lexi said. Josh let go of Piper's hand and grabbed Lexi's.
Piper watched as the children ran down the stairs, and out the front door. She opened the door, and looked on the bed. She ran to Dennis, who was shaking violently.
"Dennis? Dennis what did you do?" Piper asked. She saw the five empty bottles of prescription pills. He shook again, almost smiling.
"B- Be- Bel- Believe her. She- she's right." Dennis stuttered out in- between jerks. Piper's eyes widened.
"What? Dennis stop. There's an ambulance on the way. Lexi needs you. You can't go, and you have Josh." Piper said, not wanting to say too much. Dennis shook his head, trying to make it go against his body movement.
"Help, help her. S- Song. She knows." Dennis said before closing his eyes. He coughed, and then started jerking even harder. Piper put her hands over her mouth.
"LEO!" Piper called. Leo orbed in, with lifeless Matt in his hands. He laid Matt on the bed, and ran to Dennis who was now barley twitching.
"It's too late. He's not coming back." Leo said, pulling his hands away from the white and blue orbs that surrounded them and the body. They heard sirens, and Piper fell against Leo, who caught her and embraced in a comforting hold.
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"Phoebe, there's really nothing I can do. At least I found a family; I mean at least they're together." Darrel said. Phoebe rolled her glassy eyes, and nodded.
"Yeah, right." Phoebe said. She turned towards Lexi, and bent down.
"Lexi, sweetie?" Phoebe asked. Lexi sat down, right then on the floor, and started to break down.
"He was right. Dey left me dey went to heaven. They're with Prue. And Josh is gonna go too. And so are you. And so is Mr. Leaving. And so is Leo, and so is Piper and so is Paige." Lexi cried. She was being awfully loud, and receiving strange looks from the room. The investigators and child services were all there. Phoebe sat down, and hugged Lexi.
"I'm bad luck. I'm bad. That's why I'm gonna go to hell." Lexi cried out louder. Phoebe felt the eyes of all the people in the room. She couldn't believe she actually heard the word 'hell' come out of the poor girl's mouth. Thankfully, Darrel started moving them out.
"No, sweetheart you are NOT bad. Your not bad luck either. Remember when I went to Coles? You were good luck then. You're not going to go to hell. Prue will help you. She won't let you. Only very evil people go there. I'm never going to leave you. You might not see me for a couple of days but I'll visit. And so will everyone else." Phoebe said. Lexi shook her head and looked down to the side.
"Ring around the rosie." Lexi started singing. Phoebe turned so she was in Lexi's view and shook her head.
"No, Lexi, honey don't sing that. Sweetheart, Lexi?" Phoebe asked, noticing Lexi had gone off in a trance. She started scratching her nail in a certain spot on the carpet, making shapes.
"Pockets full of posies. Ashes, ashes. One by one they'll leave you. Until there's no one home. One by one they'll leave you, until you're all alone. Ring around the Rosie pockets full of posies, ashes, ashes we all fall down." Lexi sang. Phoebe paused; she noticed how Lexi's version fit into the real one. All the people had cleared out, except for Lexi's brother. He went up to Lexi, and looked her in them eyes.
"I won't leave you Lexi. I'm your big brother." Josh said. Lexi looked down and shook her head.
"He said you would he said you would!" Lexi screamed. She turned her body the other way from Phoebe, and looked down again. Phoebe held the little girl, feeling the heat radiate off her body.
"Where am I going?" Lexi asked. Phoebe half smiled, Lexi's spell she felt was over.
"To the Foresters. You're going to live with them for a little while." Phoebe said. Lexi looked up.
"Until they leave me. The Forsters? Sounds like bears." Lexi said, pouting. Phoebe sighed, and turned Lexi towards her.
"Phoebe, I wanna stay here. With you and Cole. And Piper and Leo, and Paige." Lexi begged. Phoebe paused, and stared into Lexi's intense grey eyes. She'd never thought of that.
"Phoebe I luv you." Lexi said. Phoebe smiled, and thought again. She'd never though about that, but if that's what it had to come too..
"Lexi, I'll visit you next weekend. I wont' leave you, I promise." Phoebe said. Lexi looked down and nodded.
"And Lexi?" Phoebe asked. Lexi looked up.
"I love you more." Phoebe said. Lexi smiled and hugged Phoebe, thinking she'd never see her again.
"She's something else." Cole admitted. Phoebe smiled and laughed, snuggling up to Cole in her queen sized bed.
"I can't believe how good you are with her! I mean of course you don't have all the answers sometimes but you weren't that way with mini Phoebe." Phoebe said. Cole shrugged.
"It's easy with Lexi. I mean, I don't know how to explain it. She's just so open." Cole said. Phoebe nodded.
"Do you think she's alright? I mean, it's not easy loosing an aunt, and two brothers in a span of almost three months." Phoebe said. Cole looked around the room.
"I don't know. I mean, I can't think of anyone, anything. That song does sound familiar, though." Cole said. Phoebe looked at Cole from behind her.
"She said she talks to Prue." Phoebe said. Cole looked down at her from his lying down position.
"I'll tell you what. If it will make you feel better, I'll find out what ever I can." Cole said. Phoebe smiled and snuggled closer to him.
"Would you?" Phoebe asked. Cole kissed her cheek and nodded.
"I will." Cole replied.
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"Piper! You have to come quick. You have too!" Lexi practically screamed. Piper nodded, and grabbed Leo's hand on the way out. They ran to the little girl's house, and ran inside. They saw the smaller of the two boys throwing up, never ending. Lexi stepped aside, and Piper ran to him.
"Leo, Leo heal him. This isn't natural; four people don't die in three months! Not from the same family." Piper said. Leo nodded, and bent down to the little boy. He tried to heal him, the blue and white orbs came and went but the little boy didn't stop.
"Where's your Uncle?" Piper asked. Lexi shrugged.
"I don't know. He wasn't here when I woketed up." Lexi said, tears coming down her face. Piper hugged the little girl, and then looked around.
"Wait, where's, Josh?" Piper asked. She had finally learned the boy's names, and Lexi looked to the living room.
"He's calling the cops." Lexi answered. Piper hugged Lexi tighter, and looked up.
"Lexi, did he go to sleep last night?" Piper asked, referring to Dennis. Lexi looked up at her and nodded. The little boy finally stopped throwing up, and looked back at Lexi.
"I bewive you now." The boy said. He slowly passed, out, but Leo caught him. Lexi started crying even harder. Piper covered Lexi's eyes, and Josh entered.
"Matt? Matt!" Josh called. He ran until he was kneeling by Leo, and looked down at his brother. Leo felt it, the little boy had gone.
"Okay, Lexi, Josh come with me we're going to find your Uncle." Piper said, picking up Lexi and grabbing Josh's hand. They went up the stairs and looked through all the bedrooms, until they got to one that was an obvious master bedroom. Piper heard heavy breathing, and knew the sight wouldn't be pretty.
"Lexi, honey, take Josh to my house and tell Phoebe and Cole that you want to uh, watch a movie." Piper said. Lexi looked up at Piper confused.
"Huh? But- okay." Lexi said. Josh let go of Piper's hand and grabbed Lexi's.
Piper watched as the children ran down the stairs, and out the front door. She opened the door, and looked on the bed. She ran to Dennis, who was shaking violently.
"Dennis? Dennis what did you do?" Piper asked. She saw the five empty bottles of prescription pills. He shook again, almost smiling.
"B- Be- Bel- Believe her. She- she's right." Dennis stuttered out in- between jerks. Piper's eyes widened.
"What? Dennis stop. There's an ambulance on the way. Lexi needs you. You can't go, and you have Josh." Piper said, not wanting to say too much. Dennis shook his head, trying to make it go against his body movement.
"Help, help her. S- Song. She knows." Dennis said before closing his eyes. He coughed, and then started jerking even harder. Piper put her hands over her mouth.
"LEO!" Piper called. Leo orbed in, with lifeless Matt in his hands. He laid Matt on the bed, and ran to Dennis who was now barley twitching.
"It's too late. He's not coming back." Leo said, pulling his hands away from the white and blue orbs that surrounded them and the body. They heard sirens, and Piper fell against Leo, who caught her and embraced in a comforting hold.
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"Phoebe, there's really nothing I can do. At least I found a family; I mean at least they're together." Darrel said. Phoebe rolled her glassy eyes, and nodded.
"Yeah, right." Phoebe said. She turned towards Lexi, and bent down.
"Lexi, sweetie?" Phoebe asked. Lexi sat down, right then on the floor, and started to break down.
"He was right. Dey left me dey went to heaven. They're with Prue. And Josh is gonna go too. And so are you. And so is Mr. Leaving. And so is Leo, and so is Piper and so is Paige." Lexi cried. She was being awfully loud, and receiving strange looks from the room. The investigators and child services were all there. Phoebe sat down, and hugged Lexi.
"I'm bad luck. I'm bad. That's why I'm gonna go to hell." Lexi cried out louder. Phoebe felt the eyes of all the people in the room. She couldn't believe she actually heard the word 'hell' come out of the poor girl's mouth. Thankfully, Darrel started moving them out.
"No, sweetheart you are NOT bad. Your not bad luck either. Remember when I went to Coles? You were good luck then. You're not going to go to hell. Prue will help you. She won't let you. Only very evil people go there. I'm never going to leave you. You might not see me for a couple of days but I'll visit. And so will everyone else." Phoebe said. Lexi shook her head and looked down to the side.
"Ring around the rosie." Lexi started singing. Phoebe turned so she was in Lexi's view and shook her head.
"No, Lexi, honey don't sing that. Sweetheart, Lexi?" Phoebe asked, noticing Lexi had gone off in a trance. She started scratching her nail in a certain spot on the carpet, making shapes.
"Pockets full of posies. Ashes, ashes. One by one they'll leave you. Until there's no one home. One by one they'll leave you, until you're all alone. Ring around the Rosie pockets full of posies, ashes, ashes we all fall down." Lexi sang. Phoebe paused; she noticed how Lexi's version fit into the real one. All the people had cleared out, except for Lexi's brother. He went up to Lexi, and looked her in them eyes.
"I won't leave you Lexi. I'm your big brother." Josh said. Lexi looked down and shook her head.
"He said you would he said you would!" Lexi screamed. She turned her body the other way from Phoebe, and looked down again. Phoebe held the little girl, feeling the heat radiate off her body.
"Where am I going?" Lexi asked. Phoebe half smiled, Lexi's spell she felt was over.
"To the Foresters. You're going to live with them for a little while." Phoebe said. Lexi looked up.
"Until they leave me. The Forsters? Sounds like bears." Lexi said, pouting. Phoebe sighed, and turned Lexi towards her.
"Phoebe, I wanna stay here. With you and Cole. And Piper and Leo, and Paige." Lexi begged. Phoebe paused, and stared into Lexi's intense grey eyes. She'd never thought of that.
"Phoebe I luv you." Lexi said. Phoebe smiled, and thought again. She'd never though about that, but if that's what it had to come too..
"Lexi, I'll visit you next weekend. I wont' leave you, I promise." Phoebe said. Lexi looked down and nodded.
"And Lexi?" Phoebe asked. Lexi looked up.
"I love you more." Phoebe said. Lexi smiled and hugged Phoebe, thinking she'd never see her again.
