Part Ten
Piper ran into the doorway on hearing her younger sister scream. She watched her youngest sister stand motionless with her own mouth slight open. Piper threw her hands up in the air before stopping.
She looked between her two sisters and the demon, wondering why she had stopped in the process of attempting to use her powers. Piper felt a wrench in her gut as she lowered her own hands. The eldest Charmed One was still unsure of her own actions and she glanced down to her hands.
Phoebe mouth fell open further as she noticed Piper's hands lower. She mouthed wordlessly at her older sister in disbelief before switching her eyes back at Paige.
Paige watched as if in slow motion the fireball flying towards as instinct took over and she stretched out her hand. She chocked slightly as she started to issue the word, "Fireball."
The youngest Charmed One kept her eyes on the fireball for a couple of seconds before she pulled her hand back and threw it at the demon. A small smile started to expand as she fixed her eyes on the demon that was on fire.
"Yeah it would be easy to die," She said into the thin air as the demon disappeared. "But then I've never taken the easy route in life and I'm not about to start now."
Phoebe shot a grin at Piper before hurrying over to Paige and engulfing her younger sister in a hug. "I knew you could do it."
Piper raised her eyebrows at Phoebe before joining the hug. "Really?"
"Yeah, was never worried. I mean this is the super-witch we're talking about here." Phoebe explained with an uncontrollable grin as she pulled out of the hug. "You need to have a little faith, Pipe."
"I've always had it." Piper replied, "How are you feeling?"
"I'm not sure, it really mixed." Paige explained in a confused tone. "I mean part of me is really starting to feel slightly better about it all, as if there's an end in sight. But the other part of me feels so stupid, so low; I can't believe I drank. And I can't believe I'm craving a drink now."
Piper wrapped her arm around her younger sister's shoulders, "But at least their feelings there and not just a dull nothing."
"It shows you're going to get through this all." Phoebe said with her smile still fixed on her face, "You're a true Halliwell, not willing to give in easily."
"I guess," Paige replied. "But it's going to be hard."
* * *
Phoebe was sitting downstairs at the kitchen table with her laptop on as she started to look through her letters again. It felt strange to feel that she was ready to go back to work and not just leave for her office as a distraction of the fore coming trial. Not that she was too fond of leaving the house anymore if it meant leaving her baby sister in alone. But Paige had gone out and she had work to get on with.
The days had slowly started to blend into each other as life started to resume near normality.
Phoebe sighed to herself, things we're really starting to get back on track. However if you looked underneath the gloss at the everyday life there were still large differences to how life had been before.
Phoebe kept her eyes fixed on the same word in the letter as she wondered to herself whether things would ever be exactly the same again.
Her thoughts were disrupted as she heard Piper's voice. "A penny for them."
"I wouldn't want to rip you off."
"I guess as much," Piper replied as she took a seat opposite her sister. "You've been looking at that same letter for ten minutes."
"I thought you were still at work." Phoebe said as she felt a shiver run through her back.
"I wanted to be back for when Darryl came over to talk through next week with us."
"Ah." Phoebe replied as she glanced down at her watch. "Looks like Paige is running late."
"She'll be okay." Piper said to reassure herself as much as Phoebe. "So what were you thinking about?"
"Normality."
Piper smiled, "Well we've never had that so don't worry yourself there."
* * *
Paige got to her feet and walked down the path between the chairs in the small hall. The walk seemed longer than she had ever remembered as she felt every eye in the room fixed on her.
She got to the small stage and kept her hands clenched by her side while digging her feet into the floor for support. She closed her eyes softly to block out the faces as she took a slight gulp and felt her throat start to dry up.
"My name's Paige Matthews and I'm an alcohol."
She felt a small wave of relief flow through her body as she heard the others people in the room raise their hands and a series of disjointed claps emerged.
"I have been sober now for one month."
Fin
**Things will be wrapped up in the final part of the trilogy, Revenge.**
Piper ran into the doorway on hearing her younger sister scream. She watched her youngest sister stand motionless with her own mouth slight open. Piper threw her hands up in the air before stopping.
She looked between her two sisters and the demon, wondering why she had stopped in the process of attempting to use her powers. Piper felt a wrench in her gut as she lowered her own hands. The eldest Charmed One was still unsure of her own actions and she glanced down to her hands.
Phoebe mouth fell open further as she noticed Piper's hands lower. She mouthed wordlessly at her older sister in disbelief before switching her eyes back at Paige.
Paige watched as if in slow motion the fireball flying towards as instinct took over and she stretched out her hand. She chocked slightly as she started to issue the word, "Fireball."
The youngest Charmed One kept her eyes on the fireball for a couple of seconds before she pulled her hand back and threw it at the demon. A small smile started to expand as she fixed her eyes on the demon that was on fire.
"Yeah it would be easy to die," She said into the thin air as the demon disappeared. "But then I've never taken the easy route in life and I'm not about to start now."
Phoebe shot a grin at Piper before hurrying over to Paige and engulfing her younger sister in a hug. "I knew you could do it."
Piper raised her eyebrows at Phoebe before joining the hug. "Really?"
"Yeah, was never worried. I mean this is the super-witch we're talking about here." Phoebe explained with an uncontrollable grin as she pulled out of the hug. "You need to have a little faith, Pipe."
"I've always had it." Piper replied, "How are you feeling?"
"I'm not sure, it really mixed." Paige explained in a confused tone. "I mean part of me is really starting to feel slightly better about it all, as if there's an end in sight. But the other part of me feels so stupid, so low; I can't believe I drank. And I can't believe I'm craving a drink now."
Piper wrapped her arm around her younger sister's shoulders, "But at least their feelings there and not just a dull nothing."
"It shows you're going to get through this all." Phoebe said with her smile still fixed on her face, "You're a true Halliwell, not willing to give in easily."
"I guess," Paige replied. "But it's going to be hard."
* * *
Phoebe was sitting downstairs at the kitchen table with her laptop on as she started to look through her letters again. It felt strange to feel that she was ready to go back to work and not just leave for her office as a distraction of the fore coming trial. Not that she was too fond of leaving the house anymore if it meant leaving her baby sister in alone. But Paige had gone out and she had work to get on with.
The days had slowly started to blend into each other as life started to resume near normality.
Phoebe sighed to herself, things we're really starting to get back on track. However if you looked underneath the gloss at the everyday life there were still large differences to how life had been before.
Phoebe kept her eyes fixed on the same word in the letter as she wondered to herself whether things would ever be exactly the same again.
Her thoughts were disrupted as she heard Piper's voice. "A penny for them."
"I wouldn't want to rip you off."
"I guess as much," Piper replied as she took a seat opposite her sister. "You've been looking at that same letter for ten minutes."
"I thought you were still at work." Phoebe said as she felt a shiver run through her back.
"I wanted to be back for when Darryl came over to talk through next week with us."
"Ah." Phoebe replied as she glanced down at her watch. "Looks like Paige is running late."
"She'll be okay." Piper said to reassure herself as much as Phoebe. "So what were you thinking about?"
"Normality."
Piper smiled, "Well we've never had that so don't worry yourself there."
* * *
Paige got to her feet and walked down the path between the chairs in the small hall. The walk seemed longer than she had ever remembered as she felt every eye in the room fixed on her.
She got to the small stage and kept her hands clenched by her side while digging her feet into the floor for support. She closed her eyes softly to block out the faces as she took a slight gulp and felt her throat start to dry up.
"My name's Paige Matthews and I'm an alcohol."
She felt a small wave of relief flow through her body as she heard the others people in the room raise their hands and a series of disjointed claps emerged.
"I have been sober now for one month."
Fin
**Things will be wrapped up in the final part of the trilogy, Revenge.**