Part One
Paige's body shook as she made her way out of the building as she quicken her pace in walking to her car. She hated the meetings. Six dreadful weeks had sent her back seven years, to a period of her life that she had never wanted to relive.
Seven years ago her life had been a real mess. She got up in the morning and bought some form of alcohol and then continued to drink all day before she went to a club in the evening. It had taken her months to accept that she was an alcoholic and then over a year to sort her life out.
Now she was back in that position she had been back then. She felt like such a failure, like nothing had changed and that she was always going to retreat to the same mess and never conquer it.
Her whole body felt like it was dying for an alcohol fix and her mind wanted an escape from everything that was exploding in her mind. She licked her lips slightly as she thought how easy it would be to cure herself by disappearing into the nearest bar and giving her body that needed quick fix.
'Mind over matter' Paige whispered to herself as she got in the car. 'You don't need it so don't reduce yourself back to that level.'
She locked all the car doors before fastening her seatbelt. She just had to keep going through those key phrases in her head she told herself as she placed her hand on her stomach.
Thing had changed and she was just going to have to deal with it and get her life back without reaching for the vodka bottle.
Paige sighed slightly and her body trembled at the thought of what had happened, both a couple of weeks ago and back seven years. She would just have to fight this without turning her life upside down again. She just had to listen to her brain and keep her emotions in check.
* * *
Phoebe ran down the stairs of the manor and headed for the front door and waved her hand at Piper and Leo as she passed the living room. She smiled as she opened the door and flung her arms around one of her oldest friends before ushering him into the house.
Darryl smiled as he wrapped his arm around the middle Charmed one. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm okay," Phoebe shrugged as she gestured Darryl into the living room. "How's everything going at court?"
"There ready for you two tomorrow." Darryl explained. "Where's Paige?"
"At her meeting," Piper replied as she bounced a giggling Wyatt on her knee and glanced over at the clock. "We're expecting her back any minute."
"Can I get you a drink?" Leo offered.
"A coffee would be great." He replied as Leo disappeared into the kitchen. "How are they going?"
"Okay," Phoebe said as she looked over at her older sister who nodded. "As far as we know and can tell she's still dry."
"And we trust her when she says she hasn't touched a drop." Piper added. "I just hope she lets that defensive shield that she seems to have copied from her older sister."
"What do you mean?" Darryl asked as he watched Phoebe stick her tongue out towards Piper.
"She just wants to feel protected and isn't willing to let herself get hurt again." Phoebe explained as she glanced downwards and shrugged her shoulder slightly. "She lifting up her shield so that doesn't happen. I guess we all are."
"So are you sure you'll be okay tomorrow then, truthfully?" Darryl asked as he took the coffee that Leo offered him. "Thanks Leo."
Phoebe felt three sets of eyes look at her spoke. "We want to nail them all."
* * *
Paige checked down the street before unlocking the car doors. She felt a shiver run down her back she got out of the car and looked over her shoulder. Her heart quicken slightly even though she could not see anyone nearby.
She quicken her pace as she almost sprinted up the stairs to Eva apartment. She took a couple of deep breaths as she knocked on the white door of apartment 1C.
Her friends heart shaped face appeared at the door as she walked into the hallway looking over her shoulder.
Eva face wrinkled as she watched Paige look over her shoulder. It was so strange to see one of her friends acting this way, so scared and nervous let forcibly trying to hide it. And it was such a contrast for Paige.
Eva allowed herself a small smile as she thought of the first time that they had met only a couple of months back. It was a forceful, determined Paige who wouldn't let anyone stand in her way that had helped her remember her gypsy roots and overcome the death of her aunt. And then she come to find out what a great friend she was as they had spent hours together helping other gypsy and preparing for Wyatt's birth.
"How are you?"
"Desperate to know those test results." Page replied firmly ignoring the question she had been asked.
"Come into the lounge." Eva offered.
Paige as followed her friend into lounge she couldn't help but think about the last time that she had been her. She had sat on the sat red sofa as she put her nail vanish on and talked about the vast fortune they had just spent in the shops.
She positioned herself in that same street as she looked up at Eva, "Is it positive?"
"Paige there's still really…"
"Look just give it me straight." Paige told her. "I just need my fears confirmed and then I can do something about it."
"You are."
Paige's body shook as she made her way out of the building as she quicken her pace in walking to her car. She hated the meetings. Six dreadful weeks had sent her back seven years, to a period of her life that she had never wanted to relive.
Seven years ago her life had been a real mess. She got up in the morning and bought some form of alcohol and then continued to drink all day before she went to a club in the evening. It had taken her months to accept that she was an alcoholic and then over a year to sort her life out.
Now she was back in that position she had been back then. She felt like such a failure, like nothing had changed and that she was always going to retreat to the same mess and never conquer it.
Her whole body felt like it was dying for an alcohol fix and her mind wanted an escape from everything that was exploding in her mind. She licked her lips slightly as she thought how easy it would be to cure herself by disappearing into the nearest bar and giving her body that needed quick fix.
'Mind over matter' Paige whispered to herself as she got in the car. 'You don't need it so don't reduce yourself back to that level.'
She locked all the car doors before fastening her seatbelt. She just had to keep going through those key phrases in her head she told herself as she placed her hand on her stomach.
Thing had changed and she was just going to have to deal with it and get her life back without reaching for the vodka bottle.
Paige sighed slightly and her body trembled at the thought of what had happened, both a couple of weeks ago and back seven years. She would just have to fight this without turning her life upside down again. She just had to listen to her brain and keep her emotions in check.
* * *
Phoebe ran down the stairs of the manor and headed for the front door and waved her hand at Piper and Leo as she passed the living room. She smiled as she opened the door and flung her arms around one of her oldest friends before ushering him into the house.
Darryl smiled as he wrapped his arm around the middle Charmed one. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm okay," Phoebe shrugged as she gestured Darryl into the living room. "How's everything going at court?"
"There ready for you two tomorrow." Darryl explained. "Where's Paige?"
"At her meeting," Piper replied as she bounced a giggling Wyatt on her knee and glanced over at the clock. "We're expecting her back any minute."
"Can I get you a drink?" Leo offered.
"A coffee would be great." He replied as Leo disappeared into the kitchen. "How are they going?"
"Okay," Phoebe said as she looked over at her older sister who nodded. "As far as we know and can tell she's still dry."
"And we trust her when she says she hasn't touched a drop." Piper added. "I just hope she lets that defensive shield that she seems to have copied from her older sister."
"What do you mean?" Darryl asked as he watched Phoebe stick her tongue out towards Piper.
"She just wants to feel protected and isn't willing to let herself get hurt again." Phoebe explained as she glanced downwards and shrugged her shoulder slightly. "She lifting up her shield so that doesn't happen. I guess we all are."
"So are you sure you'll be okay tomorrow then, truthfully?" Darryl asked as he took the coffee that Leo offered him. "Thanks Leo."
Phoebe felt three sets of eyes look at her spoke. "We want to nail them all."
* * *
Paige checked down the street before unlocking the car doors. She felt a shiver run down her back she got out of the car and looked over her shoulder. Her heart quicken slightly even though she could not see anyone nearby.
She quicken her pace as she almost sprinted up the stairs to Eva apartment. She took a couple of deep breaths as she knocked on the white door of apartment 1C.
Her friends heart shaped face appeared at the door as she walked into the hallway looking over her shoulder.
Eva face wrinkled as she watched Paige look over her shoulder. It was so strange to see one of her friends acting this way, so scared and nervous let forcibly trying to hide it. And it was such a contrast for Paige.
Eva allowed herself a small smile as she thought of the first time that they had met only a couple of months back. It was a forceful, determined Paige who wouldn't let anyone stand in her way that had helped her remember her gypsy roots and overcome the death of her aunt. And then she come to find out what a great friend she was as they had spent hours together helping other gypsy and preparing for Wyatt's birth.
"How are you?"
"Desperate to know those test results." Page replied firmly ignoring the question she had been asked.
"Come into the lounge." Eva offered.
Paige as followed her friend into lounge she couldn't help but think about the last time that she had been her. She had sat on the sat red sofa as she put her nail vanish on and talked about the vast fortune they had just spent in the shops.
She positioned herself in that same street as she looked up at Eva, "Is it positive?"
"Paige there's still really…"
"Look just give it me straight." Paige told her. "I just need my fears confirmed and then I can do something about it."
"You are."