Here it is; the long awaited sequel to "Home Away from Home." This takes
place as if the end of season five didn't happen. Duh, since Leo's in it
and Wyatt is older. But I wanted Wyatt to be able to talk……….so there. And
since this is my fanfic I can do that!!! Anyway, I no own Charmed. But I do
own Lisa. Oh, a big hug to whoever guesses who "the woman" is. I mean, it
is kinda obvious but oh well. I'd hug you all if I could! ^_~
By the way, from looking at the preview of this and everything…… the punctuation may be a little messed up. I tried to fix it but I didn't know how. So, please just bear with it. I tried, I really did but *sigh* I don't know what happened. That stuff just appeared when I downloaded it on the site!!!!!
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It was like any other day at the Halliwell Manor. Well, like any other morning when none of us had to be anywhere. Paige was sitting at the table, eating a bagel and drinking her coffee, Phoebe had just gotten up and was coming down the stairs and I was about to sit down at the table with my first cup of coffee.
"It is way too early."
"And good morning to you too, Ms. Sunshine!" Paige said to Phoebe who was shuffling over to the coffee pot.
Phoebe just grunted in response as she poured herself some coffee and sat down at the table with us.
I grinned. "If you're so tired, honey, go back to bed. We all have today off."
Phoebe sighed dramatically and shook her head. "I don't want to waste my day away in bed."
"Do you have plans today?" I asked looking back at the paper.
"No," was the answer.
Paige giggled and I just smiled into my coffee not too surprised about that. Phoebe hadn't said anything about plans so I kind of figured there weren't any.
We all sat in silence for a while, just enjoying each other's company. It was very rare for the three of us to have the house to ourselves. Leo was at the park with Wyatt, just giving us some girl time and we didn't really expect them home until dinner. My plans for the day were to just do nothing. I loved those plans. And after talking to Paige the night before, she had the same plans. It was going to be a "sister goof-off day."
"This is really good coffee," Phoebe stated, waking up a little.
Paige stood up and bowed. "Thank you! Thank you so much!" She clasped her hands over her heart and acted like she was holding back tears. "I just want to thank the Academy and all of my fans. You like me! You really like me!!" Then she sat back down.
Phoebe and I laughed and clapped for her loudly. "We do love you!!" I said. "You deserve this!"
Paige wiped away an imaginary tear and smiled. "It will be even better next time."
Phoebe shook her head. "Not possible."
We all burst out laughing at our own silliness, something not very unusual in the manor. I loved days like this. We were all so carefree and no demons were bothering us.
We sat in silence for a few minutes until the doorbell interrupted our moment of peace. Phoebe bounced up, fully awake, and grinned. "I'll get it!"
I laughed and nodded. Paige looked over at me. "Piper, are you happy?"
I raised an eyebrow and studied her face. She actually looked worried about something. "I'm very happy, honey. Why? What's wrong?"
She shrugged and looked at the tabletop. "I don't know. It's just, well, I was watching you the other day,"
I smirked. "Spying on me, Missy Paige?"
She chuckled and shook her head. "No, you were sitting in the sunroom just looking out the window. I walked in and saw your face."
My smile vanished as I remembered that day. I was feeling really depressed. Leo was gone helping out a charge, Phoebe was at work, Wyatt was napping, and there were no demons around. It gave me time to think and think I did. I started thinking about all I could do to make my sisters' lives better and easier for them. And that brought Prue to mind and got me even more depressed. So, I just went to the sunroom and stared out the window for hours, thinking of everything and nothing all at once.
"Piper?"
I blinked and gave a small smile. "I'm sorry."
Paige nodded and took my hand. "You looked really upset that day, sweetie. I was worried but you looked like you just wanted to be alone."
I gave her hand a reassuring squeeze and winked. "I was just thinking." I laughed and picked up my coffee mug. "Remind me not to do that too often. I might hurt myself."
She smiled and opened her mouth to say something else but Phoebe entering the kitchen stopped her.
"Piper, there's someone here to see you."
I blinked in surprise. Who could it possibly be? I got up and started to walk to the door but Phoebe shook her head. "She's in the den."
That got me even more confused. Who was it?
I felt Phoebe and Paige follow me as I made my way to the den. As I entered the room, I saw the top of someone's head… someone with blonde hair.
"Yes?" I asked still uncertain as to who it was.
The person stood up and turned around. I felt my heart give a leap and it was suddenly in my throat. I opened my mouth, trying to say something but nothing came out.
"Piper," the woman said, smiling. "My, how you've grown."
"Lisa," I finally managed to whisper. "What, how." I just stopped and continued staring. I hadn't seen this woman in over ten years and suddenly here she was. The woman that would listen to all my problems and wouldn't laugh or ridicule me was standing in front of me after so many years.
Now, if I had been thinking clearly and had really and truly been very happy and not concerned about anything I would have smiled, invited her into the kitchen, gotten her some coffee and so on and so on. But deep down I was depressed and in a terrible need to talk to someone about everything that was happening in my life. I needed to express my worries about my sisters to someone other than my sisters.
So, instead of being a wonderful hostess I just let a strangled sob escape my throat and I ran into her arms. I think she was expecting that because I was met with open arms. She led me to the sofa and we sat down, me hugging her tightly, sobbing quietly and her just rubbing my back, whispering soothing words.
Finally, I sniffed and sat up. "Well, I guess some things never change."
She smiled and took my hand. "I was in town and I felt like I should stop by. I was hoping you still lived here."
I gave a small snort. "I don't think I'll ever leave."
She laughed and we sat in silence for a while just enjoying each other's company. But that silence was broken by a timid voice from behind us.
"Piper?"
I looked over my shoulder, noticing Lisa do the same, and saw Paige and Phoebe standing there, looking very worried.
I raised an eyebrow. "Have you two been standing there the whole time?"
Paige looked over at Phoebe and Phoebe shook her head. "We went to the kitchen and listened for you to stop." They both walked over to me. "Are you okay?"
I sighed and shrugged. "I don't know yet. I'll keep you updated."
Lisa spoke up. "Now, Phoebe I know. You still have that look in your eyes from when you were young. But you," she pointed at Paige.
"This is Paige. She's our long lost sister," I stated proudly, getting up and pushing Paige toward Lisa. "Paige, this is Lisa Goodrow, the aunt I never had."
Paige grinned and the two shook hands.
"Long lost sister, huh?" Lisa looked back at me. "How does Prue like this?"
I felt my throat tighten at her words. Even after so long I still miss Prue so much. I swallowed the lump in my throat and looked at the floor. "She died a few years ago."
I heard Lisa gasp and felt her arms around me once more. "Oh my God, Piper! I am so sorry." I saw Paige and Phoebe leave the room out of the corner of my eye and I let myself cry again. And I stated rambling.
"I miss her so much. She's gone and has been gone for so long. I mean, I should be a little over it by now, right? I shouldn't cry every time her name comes up. But I do. I still blame myself just a little and somehow think that if I had been able to stop it and done something she would still be alive. And I was thrown into the older sister position. I am the responsible one now. I am the dull, boring sister that worries all the time about my little sisters. I became the oldest in a matter of hours. One minute I'm at my older sister's funeral and the next I find out I have another younger sister.
"What if I mess up and get one of them killed. I wouldn't be able to live with that. I worry about them night and day. I don't want to lose another sister. There are so many times that I just don't know what to do. I just feel lost and I keep thinking, 'This is not my territory. Prue always knew what to do. She always knew what was best. I was always the mediator, not the planner.' And then I realize that I have to figure out what to do or else one of my sisters could get hurt. And then where would I be? Right back at the damn beginning. I just wish-"
I didn't get to finish because suddenly Phoebe came flying out of the kitchen with Paige right behind her, both of them screaming. And right behind them was a demon, hurling fireballs. And Lisa saw them as soon as I did.
"Piper!" Paige ducked a fireball and then turned around and kicked the demon in the stomach. It just grunted and continued its loud growling. "Help!"
I didn't think about freezing the whole room and making Lisa think she was just seeing things (like that would work anyway). I just stood up and flicked my hands at the thing attacking my youngest sister, blowing it up.
Paige and Phoebe just stood there, breathless, Phoebe rubbing her butt and Paige getting her hair out of her eyes. "Mmm, must have been just a lower demon," Phoebe muttered. Paige agreed and gave a sigh of relief and put her hands on her hips.
"Another day, another demon vanquished." She turned to look at me then she stopped; mouth open, eyes wide.
I then remembered our guest, the woman standing next to me. I slowly turned to look at her. She stood there, looking pretty much like Paige, only more shocked.
"What the-?" She started.
All three of us started talking at once, trying to explain. What we were saying, I'm still not sure but she finally composed herself to make us calm down.
"Girls, listen to me." We all stopped and eyed her, wondering what she was going to do or say. She sat back down and we followed her example, me sitting next to her and Paige and Phoebe sharing a chair.
Lisa looked at each of us, studying us up and down. "You each have powers?"
That question was so unexpected that we all just stared at her in shock.
"Um, yes," I answered finally. "We got them a few years before Prue died."
She nodded then gave a small, sad smile. "I kind of expected this."
Once again, shock filled our faces.
"You expected this?" Phoebe asked.
Lisa sighed and nodded. "When I first moved here I met a very interesting person. She just showed up at my house the day before you showed up in my lawn, Piper."
I looked down in my lap.
She continued. "She told me that I would be the supporter of a very nice and talented girl that needed a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on and that would one day get wonderful and life changing powers. I didn't know what to expect, I mean some woman just appeared in my kitchen in a swirl of white and blue lights and told me that some girl was going to need my help. What would you think? But the next morning, I saw you," she looked at me. "Sitting on my front lawn crying and I knew you were the one I was to help."
"But-," I stuttered. "Why did you move?"
"The women came back four years later and told me my job was done. I didn't understand at first but I saw you later that day with Phoebe and Prue and you looked really happy. Then, Ben came home that night and told me that we were moving to Colorado. He got transferred. I was upset; I didn't really want to leave you, Piper. But I knew I had to." She put an arm around me. "But just a few days ago, I felt your sadness. Apparently we have a strong bond that let's me feel your sadness. I felt it a few years ago, I guess when Prue died, and right as I was about to leave to come here that woman appeared again and told me that it wasn't time. But I knew that this time it was. I felt your sadness in Colorado, Piper. And when I got on the plane to fly here, I looked beside me and there was that woman, smiling at me and nodding her head. That's when I was positive that you really did need me."
The room was silent. I didn't know what to say and I guess neither did Phoebe or Paige.
"So, are you some sort of whitelighter or something?" Paige finally asked.
"Oh, heavens no! I have no powers whatsoever. I was just chosen by someone that loves you very much to keep an eye out for your sister." She winked at me. "You may have seemed the weakest, Piper but you have always been the strongest."
I blushed then looked at my hands. "Thank you, Lisa. For everything."
She took my hand and gently squeezed it. "You are so welcome, my dear."
At that moment, the front door opened and Wyatt ran in with Leo right behind him.
"Mommy, Mommy!!! I fed the duckies!!! They ate the bread!!!!" He ran up to me and climb in my lap, still talking rapidly about the ducks.
"Did you have fun?" I asked, kissing his forehead.
He nodded and looked over his shoulder at Lisa. "Hi." He said, smiling. "Who are you?"
She laughed and winked at him. "I'm a friend of your mommy's."
I looked over Wyatt's head and smiled at Leo. "Leo, Wyatt, this is Lisa Goodrow, she used to live right down the street when I was a teenager."
"It's nice to meet you, Lisa," Leo said, coming fully in the room and shaking her hand. "I've heard a lot about you from Piper."
Wyatt started squirming in my arms so I put him down and he ran over to Phoebe and Paige.
"Auntie Paige! Auntie Phoebe! Guess what I did!!!" He exclaimed.
While he told my sisters about his adventures in the park, Lisa leaned over and asked me how old he was.
"Just turned three."
She smiled and winked. "Any amazing abilities?"
I laughed. "Like you wouldn't believe."
Lisa left two days later to go back to Colorado. I didn't want her to go but I knew she had to. She told me that Ben and her son, John, would need her to cook dinner. "They probably haven't had a decent meal since I left," she said, smiling.
Before she left, I hugged her and thanked her again. She just winked and said, "Don't forget, Piper. I will always be with you. And if you need me, I can feel your despair a million miles away. Don't hesitate to call." She slipped her number in my hand and she was gone for the second time in my life. But this time, I knew I would see her again.
The End!!!
There it is! And please review!! Love y'all!!!
By the way, from looking at the preview of this and everything…… the punctuation may be a little messed up. I tried to fix it but I didn't know how. So, please just bear with it. I tried, I really did but *sigh* I don't know what happened. That stuff just appeared when I downloaded it on the site!!!!!
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It was like any other day at the Halliwell Manor. Well, like any other morning when none of us had to be anywhere. Paige was sitting at the table, eating a bagel and drinking her coffee, Phoebe had just gotten up and was coming down the stairs and I was about to sit down at the table with my first cup of coffee.
"It is way too early."
"And good morning to you too, Ms. Sunshine!" Paige said to Phoebe who was shuffling over to the coffee pot.
Phoebe just grunted in response as she poured herself some coffee and sat down at the table with us.
I grinned. "If you're so tired, honey, go back to bed. We all have today off."
Phoebe sighed dramatically and shook her head. "I don't want to waste my day away in bed."
"Do you have plans today?" I asked looking back at the paper.
"No," was the answer.
Paige giggled and I just smiled into my coffee not too surprised about that. Phoebe hadn't said anything about plans so I kind of figured there weren't any.
We all sat in silence for a while, just enjoying each other's company. It was very rare for the three of us to have the house to ourselves. Leo was at the park with Wyatt, just giving us some girl time and we didn't really expect them home until dinner. My plans for the day were to just do nothing. I loved those plans. And after talking to Paige the night before, she had the same plans. It was going to be a "sister goof-off day."
"This is really good coffee," Phoebe stated, waking up a little.
Paige stood up and bowed. "Thank you! Thank you so much!" She clasped her hands over her heart and acted like she was holding back tears. "I just want to thank the Academy and all of my fans. You like me! You really like me!!" Then she sat back down.
Phoebe and I laughed and clapped for her loudly. "We do love you!!" I said. "You deserve this!"
Paige wiped away an imaginary tear and smiled. "It will be even better next time."
Phoebe shook her head. "Not possible."
We all burst out laughing at our own silliness, something not very unusual in the manor. I loved days like this. We were all so carefree and no demons were bothering us.
We sat in silence for a few minutes until the doorbell interrupted our moment of peace. Phoebe bounced up, fully awake, and grinned. "I'll get it!"
I laughed and nodded. Paige looked over at me. "Piper, are you happy?"
I raised an eyebrow and studied her face. She actually looked worried about something. "I'm very happy, honey. Why? What's wrong?"
She shrugged and looked at the tabletop. "I don't know. It's just, well, I was watching you the other day,"
I smirked. "Spying on me, Missy Paige?"
She chuckled and shook her head. "No, you were sitting in the sunroom just looking out the window. I walked in and saw your face."
My smile vanished as I remembered that day. I was feeling really depressed. Leo was gone helping out a charge, Phoebe was at work, Wyatt was napping, and there were no demons around. It gave me time to think and think I did. I started thinking about all I could do to make my sisters' lives better and easier for them. And that brought Prue to mind and got me even more depressed. So, I just went to the sunroom and stared out the window for hours, thinking of everything and nothing all at once.
"Piper?"
I blinked and gave a small smile. "I'm sorry."
Paige nodded and took my hand. "You looked really upset that day, sweetie. I was worried but you looked like you just wanted to be alone."
I gave her hand a reassuring squeeze and winked. "I was just thinking." I laughed and picked up my coffee mug. "Remind me not to do that too often. I might hurt myself."
She smiled and opened her mouth to say something else but Phoebe entering the kitchen stopped her.
"Piper, there's someone here to see you."
I blinked in surprise. Who could it possibly be? I got up and started to walk to the door but Phoebe shook her head. "She's in the den."
That got me even more confused. Who was it?
I felt Phoebe and Paige follow me as I made my way to the den. As I entered the room, I saw the top of someone's head… someone with blonde hair.
"Yes?" I asked still uncertain as to who it was.
The person stood up and turned around. I felt my heart give a leap and it was suddenly in my throat. I opened my mouth, trying to say something but nothing came out.
"Piper," the woman said, smiling. "My, how you've grown."
"Lisa," I finally managed to whisper. "What, how." I just stopped and continued staring. I hadn't seen this woman in over ten years and suddenly here she was. The woman that would listen to all my problems and wouldn't laugh or ridicule me was standing in front of me after so many years.
Now, if I had been thinking clearly and had really and truly been very happy and not concerned about anything I would have smiled, invited her into the kitchen, gotten her some coffee and so on and so on. But deep down I was depressed and in a terrible need to talk to someone about everything that was happening in my life. I needed to express my worries about my sisters to someone other than my sisters.
So, instead of being a wonderful hostess I just let a strangled sob escape my throat and I ran into her arms. I think she was expecting that because I was met with open arms. She led me to the sofa and we sat down, me hugging her tightly, sobbing quietly and her just rubbing my back, whispering soothing words.
Finally, I sniffed and sat up. "Well, I guess some things never change."
She smiled and took my hand. "I was in town and I felt like I should stop by. I was hoping you still lived here."
I gave a small snort. "I don't think I'll ever leave."
She laughed and we sat in silence for a while just enjoying each other's company. But that silence was broken by a timid voice from behind us.
"Piper?"
I looked over my shoulder, noticing Lisa do the same, and saw Paige and Phoebe standing there, looking very worried.
I raised an eyebrow. "Have you two been standing there the whole time?"
Paige looked over at Phoebe and Phoebe shook her head. "We went to the kitchen and listened for you to stop." They both walked over to me. "Are you okay?"
I sighed and shrugged. "I don't know yet. I'll keep you updated."
Lisa spoke up. "Now, Phoebe I know. You still have that look in your eyes from when you were young. But you," she pointed at Paige.
"This is Paige. She's our long lost sister," I stated proudly, getting up and pushing Paige toward Lisa. "Paige, this is Lisa Goodrow, the aunt I never had."
Paige grinned and the two shook hands.
"Long lost sister, huh?" Lisa looked back at me. "How does Prue like this?"
I felt my throat tighten at her words. Even after so long I still miss Prue so much. I swallowed the lump in my throat and looked at the floor. "She died a few years ago."
I heard Lisa gasp and felt her arms around me once more. "Oh my God, Piper! I am so sorry." I saw Paige and Phoebe leave the room out of the corner of my eye and I let myself cry again. And I stated rambling.
"I miss her so much. She's gone and has been gone for so long. I mean, I should be a little over it by now, right? I shouldn't cry every time her name comes up. But I do. I still blame myself just a little and somehow think that if I had been able to stop it and done something she would still be alive. And I was thrown into the older sister position. I am the responsible one now. I am the dull, boring sister that worries all the time about my little sisters. I became the oldest in a matter of hours. One minute I'm at my older sister's funeral and the next I find out I have another younger sister.
"What if I mess up and get one of them killed. I wouldn't be able to live with that. I worry about them night and day. I don't want to lose another sister. There are so many times that I just don't know what to do. I just feel lost and I keep thinking, 'This is not my territory. Prue always knew what to do. She always knew what was best. I was always the mediator, not the planner.' And then I realize that I have to figure out what to do or else one of my sisters could get hurt. And then where would I be? Right back at the damn beginning. I just wish-"
I didn't get to finish because suddenly Phoebe came flying out of the kitchen with Paige right behind her, both of them screaming. And right behind them was a demon, hurling fireballs. And Lisa saw them as soon as I did.
"Piper!" Paige ducked a fireball and then turned around and kicked the demon in the stomach. It just grunted and continued its loud growling. "Help!"
I didn't think about freezing the whole room and making Lisa think she was just seeing things (like that would work anyway). I just stood up and flicked my hands at the thing attacking my youngest sister, blowing it up.
Paige and Phoebe just stood there, breathless, Phoebe rubbing her butt and Paige getting her hair out of her eyes. "Mmm, must have been just a lower demon," Phoebe muttered. Paige agreed and gave a sigh of relief and put her hands on her hips.
"Another day, another demon vanquished." She turned to look at me then she stopped; mouth open, eyes wide.
I then remembered our guest, the woman standing next to me. I slowly turned to look at her. She stood there, looking pretty much like Paige, only more shocked.
"What the-?" She started.
All three of us started talking at once, trying to explain. What we were saying, I'm still not sure but she finally composed herself to make us calm down.
"Girls, listen to me." We all stopped and eyed her, wondering what she was going to do or say. She sat back down and we followed her example, me sitting next to her and Paige and Phoebe sharing a chair.
Lisa looked at each of us, studying us up and down. "You each have powers?"
That question was so unexpected that we all just stared at her in shock.
"Um, yes," I answered finally. "We got them a few years before Prue died."
She nodded then gave a small, sad smile. "I kind of expected this."
Once again, shock filled our faces.
"You expected this?" Phoebe asked.
Lisa sighed and nodded. "When I first moved here I met a very interesting person. She just showed up at my house the day before you showed up in my lawn, Piper."
I looked down in my lap.
She continued. "She told me that I would be the supporter of a very nice and talented girl that needed a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on and that would one day get wonderful and life changing powers. I didn't know what to expect, I mean some woman just appeared in my kitchen in a swirl of white and blue lights and told me that some girl was going to need my help. What would you think? But the next morning, I saw you," she looked at me. "Sitting on my front lawn crying and I knew you were the one I was to help."
"But-," I stuttered. "Why did you move?"
"The women came back four years later and told me my job was done. I didn't understand at first but I saw you later that day with Phoebe and Prue and you looked really happy. Then, Ben came home that night and told me that we were moving to Colorado. He got transferred. I was upset; I didn't really want to leave you, Piper. But I knew I had to." She put an arm around me. "But just a few days ago, I felt your sadness. Apparently we have a strong bond that let's me feel your sadness. I felt it a few years ago, I guess when Prue died, and right as I was about to leave to come here that woman appeared again and told me that it wasn't time. But I knew that this time it was. I felt your sadness in Colorado, Piper. And when I got on the plane to fly here, I looked beside me and there was that woman, smiling at me and nodding her head. That's when I was positive that you really did need me."
The room was silent. I didn't know what to say and I guess neither did Phoebe or Paige.
"So, are you some sort of whitelighter or something?" Paige finally asked.
"Oh, heavens no! I have no powers whatsoever. I was just chosen by someone that loves you very much to keep an eye out for your sister." She winked at me. "You may have seemed the weakest, Piper but you have always been the strongest."
I blushed then looked at my hands. "Thank you, Lisa. For everything."
She took my hand and gently squeezed it. "You are so welcome, my dear."
At that moment, the front door opened and Wyatt ran in with Leo right behind him.
"Mommy, Mommy!!! I fed the duckies!!! They ate the bread!!!!" He ran up to me and climb in my lap, still talking rapidly about the ducks.
"Did you have fun?" I asked, kissing his forehead.
He nodded and looked over his shoulder at Lisa. "Hi." He said, smiling. "Who are you?"
She laughed and winked at him. "I'm a friend of your mommy's."
I looked over Wyatt's head and smiled at Leo. "Leo, Wyatt, this is Lisa Goodrow, she used to live right down the street when I was a teenager."
"It's nice to meet you, Lisa," Leo said, coming fully in the room and shaking her hand. "I've heard a lot about you from Piper."
Wyatt started squirming in my arms so I put him down and he ran over to Phoebe and Paige.
"Auntie Paige! Auntie Phoebe! Guess what I did!!!" He exclaimed.
While he told my sisters about his adventures in the park, Lisa leaned over and asked me how old he was.
"Just turned three."
She smiled and winked. "Any amazing abilities?"
I laughed. "Like you wouldn't believe."
Lisa left two days later to go back to Colorado. I didn't want her to go but I knew she had to. She told me that Ben and her son, John, would need her to cook dinner. "They probably haven't had a decent meal since I left," she said, smiling.
Before she left, I hugged her and thanked her again. She just winked and said, "Don't forget, Piper. I will always be with you. And if you need me, I can feel your despair a million miles away. Don't hesitate to call." She slipped her number in my hand and she was gone for the second time in my life. But this time, I knew I would see her again.
The End!!!
There it is! And please review!! Love y'all!!!
