A.N. Thanks for all the reviews, FFN was was having problems and I wasn't able to download this chapter as soon I had wanted to.

Summary: Piper and Phoebe do some catching up and they let some of the secrets that were buried deep inside go with surprising results.

"Phoebe, what are doing here...in broad daylight...around people?"

Phoebe was shocked. What was Piper doing here?

"I was on some business and thought I would get some...coffee. I didn't expect to run into you."

"Well...umm. Wow this is awkward." Piper let out a nervous laugh. She didn't think the day she saw her sister again she would be walking down the street. "Do you still want to get a cup of coffee? I guess we can catch up. I mean if you want to, we don't have to."

Phoebe smiled. She didn't expect Piper to be so...what's the word? Nice.

"Sure. That would be great I guess." They walked into the coffee shop unaware of the eyes watching them from alley. They disappeared as Phoebe and Piper walked into the coffee shop.

Back in a dark and nearly deserted cave the blond witch stood there. She didn't expect to run into the Source's mother. She didn't even think the Source would have a mother. But he is still young and he defiantly wasn't fit to rule all that was evil. She should along side her lover Andrew. They would be the rulers of the Underworld soon enough. She would be sure of that.

As she stood throwing things into her cauldron a warlock blinked in. She didn't bother to look up.

"What did you see?"

He bowed down to the woman. "I saw the Source's mother with...a Charmed One your majesticy. They were going to have...coffee."

Prucilla looked up. "Coffee? With a Charmed One?" She knew that it was against rules made by the Source himself that no one is to touch or interact with any of the Charmed Ones or their family. The penalty was death or severe torture."What would the leaders think about this?" She smiled evilly and splashed out.

Piper and Phoebe were seated at a table in the back corner by the window so they could talk openly without getting weird looks.

"So Pheebs. How's it been?"

Phoebe looked up. She felt a little uncomfortable being on the surface she usually stayed below and did everything from there. Also she still remembered the overwhelming feeling of the hate that was generated towards her before she cast the spell. She was just staring at the table until Piper started talking.

"It's okay. Nothing big. How's life been for you?"

"Nothing much. Melinda's good. She's making A's in school."

Hate stirred in Phoebe but she pushed it down. Everything that happened today she had learned in push her anger down. She didn't want to explode in a public place.

"Oh I guess she takes after you huh?"

"By that you mean?"

"I don't know. You and Prue were the only ones to make good grades in school. I feel sorry for her social life if she takes after you."

Piper had been a total geek in high school. School was pretty much hell for her.

"Actually she's a lot like you." Piper couldn't believe she just said that. She had been trying to deny it this whole time and she runs into Phoebe and just blurts it out. "You know. Getting into trouble, flirting with the boys, the only then she takes after me with the good grades. Well except math. She's not very good with numbers."

"Yeah numbers. There evil, huh" Phoebe laughed nervously.

"Phoebe can I ask you a question?"

"Sure I guess."

Piper looked down at the foam of her undrank coffee. "Why did you leave?"

Phoebe looked at Piper. "What?"

Piper looked up with tears in her eyes. "Why did you leave all those years ago? Why did you abandon your family? Your sisters? Your niece? Why?"

Phoebe looked at the tear rolling down Piper's cheek. How could she tell her because she loved her son more than she did anything else. She didn't want to hurt her sister anymore than she had already done.

"I had to. I had no choice."

"Yes you did have a choice. You could have stayed. We would have figured out a way. We always find a way through everything."

Phoebe felt like crying but everything had been done. There was no going back. Not that she told anyone but she had already tried and failed. All of the spells and potions, there was no magical way to do it.

"Don't you think I've tried. I tried every freaking magical way to try to fix the hole in our family but nothing worked. There was no going back."

Phoebe was screaming now. Piper looked around and saw that everyone was staring. She stood up and froze the coffee shop.

"Of course there isn't. This isn't something you fix magically. You fix it by talking and by having your family around you. You can't fix everything with magic. Haven't you got that by now. If we could I know we wouldn't be this close yet so far apart."

Phoebe was crying now. "Well I'm sorry I'm such a screw up okay. But think about it. Good always triumphs over evil. Who do you think would have been dead?" Piper was taken aback by Phoebe's words. She didn't think they would actually do that. "I didn't want to watch my son die. To see someone else that I loved with everything in me to die and knowing that I could have changed that."

"Is that what you think? That we would kill your son? Why would you think such a thing?" Piper was crying so hard now that she had to sit down so her legs wouldn't give way.

"Well he's evil. No one can deny that. He's the freakin spawn of the Source but he's my son none the less. I couldn't let him die. The first time I held him I felt love. If it was you back then wouldn't you do whatever you thought was best and leaving was the only thing that made sense back then."

"We could have found a way. We can still do that. Please just think about it. If you come back maybe we can rebuild our family again. Maybe we can finally find some peace." Piper's voice was as quiet as a whisper now.

Phoebe sighed. A tear rolled down her cheek. "Piper I love you. You are my sister always and forever but I don't think I can do that. I love you but I'm sorry." Phoebe lowered her head as tears streamed down her face and she flamed out.

Piper's voice whispering and quivery she still managed to get the words out. "I love you too."

Phoebe flamed into the cave and for the first time since she had left she cried. She cried until no more tears could be produced.

Two of the leaders were watching in the dark. The first one whispered to the second.

"The good inside of her is beginning to show and if that happens it will affect her son too. We can't let that happen."

"You're right. She is starting to think she made a mistake. I can feel it. She wants to be close with her sisters again. She's regretting her choice to become evil."

The first one nodded. "And with the blood moon coming we can't have her or the Source weakened by good. The ceremony is the only way to ensure that when the War of the Realms begins."

"Yes the power will tip in our favor and we will finally have everything we need."

They shimmered out. Little did they know that Phoebe had been listening this whole time.

TBC...What is the Blood Moon? What do the leaders have planned? Please hit the little button and review please.