Part Seven
Phoebe looked back directly into Paige's eyes; she knew her younger sister was right. She would never feel the same way that Paige was, never fully understand what she had been through. But that did not mean that she was going to sit on the sidelines while her baby sister tormented herself.
Phoebe reached her arm back out to touch her younger sister's shoulder and firmly kept her hand there as she felt Paige tried to shake it off.
"I know it's not the same," Phoebe started as she tipped Paige face up. "We can't even begin to dream what you've been through but that doesn't stop us helping you in any way we can. You were there for me after everything that has happened this last year and I couldn't have got through it without you."
Paige looked back at her older sister; she wished Phoebe would stop relating this all back to herself. She was the one that had experienced this and lived through it all, so it was up to her on how she wanted to deal with it.
"That's not the."
"Yes it is." Phoebe interrupted her, "It's just the same. I really low back then, in a real bad place and if it wasn't for you and Piper, I wouldn't have got through it all. You helped me when I thought no one could, you broke through my stubborn defensive wall and got me back to being me."
Paige let out a large sigh, "When are you going to drop all this nonsense and let me deal how I want too?"
"Fine! You deal with it!" Phoebe exclaimed as she handed Paige a ten-dollar bill. "Go out and get drunk so you can forget everything that's happened. Forget how hard it was to get sober the first time and all those AA meetings."
"I don't need a history lesson."
"I think you do."
* * *
Leo smiled at Darryl before looking over at his wife, who was watching her two younger sisters from the doorway. He walked over and tightly wrapped his arms around Piper's waist and pulled her into a hug.
"How's it going?" Leo asked, following the oldest Halliwell's gaze.
Piper placed her hand's over his as she looked up at her husband. "We're on full scale war at the moment but I think they are talking through it."
"Well lets just hope the don't wake Wyatt." Leo replied with a small smile.
Piper span around, taking her eyes off her sisters and softly hit her husband in the chest. "How can you joke at a time like this?"
"Because the two of them are stronger than you think." Leo explained, "They'll get through it all just fine as long as they don't try to deal with it all alone."
"They are both stubborn though." Piper pointed out.
"And we can get through that," Leo explained.
"You sure?"
"Positive." Leo told her firmly, "So how are you?"
"Same me as always, trying to make sure everything works out." Piper replied, "Trying to get everything back to normal as possible. Well as normal as things ever are in this house."
* * *
Phoebe crossed her arms as she looked back at her younger sister. Paige definitely had the Halliwell trait of being stubborn down to perfection.
"I look at it this way." Phoebe explained, "You can't forget this and suppress it all for the rest of your life."
Paige bit her lip as she sent a piercing look back her older sister, "Why the hell not?"
"Because it's not healthy, and even if you manage to do it, it's going to end up destroying you at some point." Phoebe told her, "So you can go out and drink yourself stupid if you want. But then you're only going to regret not doing something down the line when it's too late."
"Would you jump out of the Harry Potter world and stop going like Dumbledore on me!"
"Hey that British woman knows her stuff." Phoebe replied with a small smile. "But seriously he hurt you and deserves to pain for what he's done."
Paige looked at her older sister considering what she was saying. Why should she be the only one that suffered?
"I hate it when you're right."
Phoebe smiled and wrapped her arm around her younger sister. "That's because you only like it when you're right!"
Paige slowly smiled before she put her step forward and looked towards the room. "You won't leave will you? Whatever I say."
"'Cause I won't."
Paige smile grew for the first time in weeks as she dropped her car keys and turned to her sister.
"Okay I'll do it." She said with a slight waver in her voice, "I'll testify, fill in the gabs, do whatever it takes to send that vile bast*rd where he deserves."
"That the Paige I love."
Phoebe looked back directly into Paige's eyes; she knew her younger sister was right. She would never feel the same way that Paige was, never fully understand what she had been through. But that did not mean that she was going to sit on the sidelines while her baby sister tormented herself.
Phoebe reached her arm back out to touch her younger sister's shoulder and firmly kept her hand there as she felt Paige tried to shake it off.
"I know it's not the same," Phoebe started as she tipped Paige face up. "We can't even begin to dream what you've been through but that doesn't stop us helping you in any way we can. You were there for me after everything that has happened this last year and I couldn't have got through it without you."
Paige looked back at her older sister; she wished Phoebe would stop relating this all back to herself. She was the one that had experienced this and lived through it all, so it was up to her on how she wanted to deal with it.
"That's not the."
"Yes it is." Phoebe interrupted her, "It's just the same. I really low back then, in a real bad place and if it wasn't for you and Piper, I wouldn't have got through it all. You helped me when I thought no one could, you broke through my stubborn defensive wall and got me back to being me."
Paige let out a large sigh, "When are you going to drop all this nonsense and let me deal how I want too?"
"Fine! You deal with it!" Phoebe exclaimed as she handed Paige a ten-dollar bill. "Go out and get drunk so you can forget everything that's happened. Forget how hard it was to get sober the first time and all those AA meetings."
"I don't need a history lesson."
"I think you do."
* * *
Leo smiled at Darryl before looking over at his wife, who was watching her two younger sisters from the doorway. He walked over and tightly wrapped his arms around Piper's waist and pulled her into a hug.
"How's it going?" Leo asked, following the oldest Halliwell's gaze.
Piper placed her hand's over his as she looked up at her husband. "We're on full scale war at the moment but I think they are talking through it."
"Well lets just hope the don't wake Wyatt." Leo replied with a small smile.
Piper span around, taking her eyes off her sisters and softly hit her husband in the chest. "How can you joke at a time like this?"
"Because the two of them are stronger than you think." Leo explained, "They'll get through it all just fine as long as they don't try to deal with it all alone."
"They are both stubborn though." Piper pointed out.
"And we can get through that," Leo explained.
"You sure?"
"Positive." Leo told her firmly, "So how are you?"
"Same me as always, trying to make sure everything works out." Piper replied, "Trying to get everything back to normal as possible. Well as normal as things ever are in this house."
* * *
Phoebe crossed her arms as she looked back at her younger sister. Paige definitely had the Halliwell trait of being stubborn down to perfection.
"I look at it this way." Phoebe explained, "You can't forget this and suppress it all for the rest of your life."
Paige bit her lip as she sent a piercing look back her older sister, "Why the hell not?"
"Because it's not healthy, and even if you manage to do it, it's going to end up destroying you at some point." Phoebe told her, "So you can go out and drink yourself stupid if you want. But then you're only going to regret not doing something down the line when it's too late."
"Would you jump out of the Harry Potter world and stop going like Dumbledore on me!"
"Hey that British woman knows her stuff." Phoebe replied with a small smile. "But seriously he hurt you and deserves to pain for what he's done."
Paige looked at her older sister considering what she was saying. Why should she be the only one that suffered?
"I hate it when you're right."
Phoebe smiled and wrapped her arm around her younger sister. "That's because you only like it when you're right!"
Paige slowly smiled before she put her step forward and looked towards the room. "You won't leave will you? Whatever I say."
"'Cause I won't."
Paige smile grew for the first time in weeks as she dropped her car keys and turned to her sister.
"Okay I'll do it." She said with a slight waver in her voice, "I'll testify, fill in the gabs, do whatever it takes to send that vile bast*rd where he deserves."
"That the Paige I love."