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The Dream… The darkness
Paige lay asleep in her ward, for the first time in a week she was having a peaceful dream… it was waking up that would disappoint her.
Dressing a long flowing white dressed Paige lay in a bed of water, it was crystal clear and had thousands of waterfalls yet remained calmed except from when she moved… that was all she could see, everything else was darkness. She seemed to be moving though she could tell where she was going. She tried to sit up but was restrained to the lake; she looked ahead of her and saw her parents.
"Mom… Dad," she said as tears began to drip down her face, she looked up at her parents; a familiar orange glow surrounded them. They were waving to her and smiling, suddenly she felt the feeling come back to her limbs. She forced herself to stand up; she was literally walking on water. She ran over to them, feeling the drops of water splashing up her legs as she went. When she reached them she threw her arms around them, she had forgotten what it felt like to hug them… what they smelled like… her father of a pub lunch and her mother of a cheap supermarket perfume. She pulled out of the hg and stared at them, her mother's blue eye's shone down on Paige her lips curved upwards.
'Paige, we've missed you so much," said her mother kissing Paige's forehead and hugging her again.
"I couldn't find you," Paige started but as started so did tears, 'I got so lost and I didn't know where you went" she sniffed and pulled her parents close to her.
"Paige, you know where we are, you know we will always be with you in spirit, we will always find you," said her father smiling. Paige looked down at the water, what was once crystal clear had turned blood red,
"I know, but I don't want to be with you spiritually, I want to be you all the time. And I know what I have to do to make it happen," Paige said sighing, "I'm not strong enough to survive another attempt, I have to be with you," Paige replied as she pushed her parents back, "I have to…" she replied as she ran across the water.
"Paige no!" yelled her mother… but it was too late…
Paige woke up in her hospital bed, the dream still firmly implanted in her mind, she blinked a couple of times as her eyes got used to her surroundings. She climbed out of bed after unhooking her drip and various other lines. She stumbled over to the ward door, her legs were shaky and she was very weak. Her body still recovering from the events from the night before. She walked along the hospital corridor, she was greeted by many nurses who stopped and asked her where she was going, she simply replied she was going for a walk and that she wouldn't leave the ward. She continued to wander about the hospital corridor, but she couldn't actually go anywhere… she had a bracelet round her arm that would set off an alarm if she left. She wandered about for around half an hour then went back to her bed. She was in a hospital; there was nothing she could do in there except get better. She lay awake in her bed and watched the sun rise... she sighed to herself as the big glowing orange ball rose into the blue cloudless skies.
"It's a new day,"
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Paige awoke the next morning to find her ward full of visitors, she was still very tired from her injuries and because she hadn't gotten much sleep the night before. Well not exactly full but less empty than it had been beforehand. She looked around; the ward also had other patients now, a teenage girl, about sixteen and a young boy two at the most. A lot of the visitors were there to see those two, Paige looked around disappointed, and she couldn't see anyone visiting her. She turned onto her side looking blankly out the door; she closed her eyes and started to drift off to sleep.
"Hey sleepy head, don't go to sleep now… you'll miss all your presents," said a familiar voice, Paige opened her eyes and looked up at a smiling Phoebe. She was holding a large gift basket with lots of things brimming out over the sides.
"Hey Phoebe," she said forcing a smile, she sat up in her bed and allowed Phoebe to fluff her pillows for her before sitting down on her bed.
"Well someone certainly seems more chipper than they did yesterday," said Phoebe, "It's because of the presents isn't it?" she said putting on a sly smile.
"Well they certainly help," Paige replied, she lifted her head trying to see what was in the basket, "Can I have?" she asked reaching her arms out, the long sleeves on her nightgown slid up to reveal the blood stained bandages. Seeing the look on Phoebe's face Paige quickly pulled her sleeves down and sat staring at Phoebe. Phoebe coughed lightly and then handed the basket over,
'There's some Tarot cards, a photo of us, some worry beads, umm… a get well card, a photo of baby Wyatt so you won't forget him," Phoebe paused when she saw Paige smiling,
"How could I forget someone so cute!" she exclaimed, as she dug her way through the basket.
Phoebe and Paige sat talking and occasionally cracking jokes with each other, it was the happiest Paige had been since this whole thing started… it felt good to get her mind off of her parents. But eventually she knew Phoebe would have to go and her mind would wander back to her parents. Phoebe did leave, but not for another hour or so, Paige's doctors visited her not long after that. Her wounds had healed and now after a couple of sessions with the hospital therapist she would be ready to go home. At first Paige wasn't sure if this was a good thing or a bad thing; she wandered back to her bed and looked around her basket arranging everything neatly. Then she came to the photo's one of baby Wyatt, he must have been a couple of days old at most, and the other of her family. Piper and Leo standing to the right of the photograph, Leo had his arm around Piper who was heavily pregnant at the time and Phoebe stood next to Paige, her arm around her waist hugging her with sisterly love. Paige studied the photos and felt a tear come to her eyes.
"I have to get better," she said aloud… "For them,"
A/N Hey sorry its been so long for me to write this chapter guys I've had serious writer's block. Hope you like it plz r&r
