Part Seven
Paige grabbed the leaflets off her oldest sister. As she snatched them she saw Piper's eye's meet hers as her older sister's mouth opened slightly in disbelief at her actions. After meeting her sister's eyes for a second she looked back down at the leaflets.
"Thank you for these." She said bluntly as she turned to leave.
"Paige!" Piper called back at her in shock. "We need to talk about this."
"No, no we don't." Paige told her older sister's firmly as she turned around. "There is really nothing to talk about."
Phoebe eyes switched between her older and younger sister like a game of pong as her brain went into overdrive trying to think of a solution. She knew Piper would try and push and push until she would push Paige right out the door like Prue had done with her. And that Paige would not say anything if she didn't want to, which looked a strong possibility and that she build up her defensive shield again that had taken so long to start to crumble before.
"What I think Piper is trying to say honey is why didn't you tell us? We're you're sisters and want to help you."
Paige looked from Piper to Phoebe. She appreciated Phoebe attempt to calm things down, but she really wasn't interested in talking about this. It had been hard to accept her decision but now her mind was made up she wasn't going to change it, there was no way in the world that she was having this baby.
"I didn't tell you because there's no baby, I'm not having it." Paige replied, "And if you don't mind I've got to go I'm on a tight time frame."
"You can spare five minutes." Piper told her standing her ground.
"Okay, okay, I can spare five minutes." Paige said with a small shrug as she crossed her arms. "But you tell me one good reason why I should have a permanent reminder of that night and him."
"Because it's a little baby, Paige, an innocent, what has it done wrong." Piper told her.
"It's not a baby, it's a fetus, but when it becomes a baby it will be half him. Providing a constant memory of being raped. And I don't see how I can love a child, when its rips me apart every time I think about how it was conceived and every time I'd look at that child that's all I'd see. It's not like Wyatt, he was born out and in love, this child would be born out of, well as black and white as it is to say it hate." Paige explained as she looked directly into her older sister's eyes while slightly waving her arms in the air. "So it's not a case of me not being ready for a mom like other abortions are but it's a case of me not being able to have a child that is born out of rape. So you either have to support me or leave me alone to do this."
"We'll always support you." Phoebe told her as she extended her hand out to her. "And we don't want you to hurt in any way, so we are behind you one hundred percent. Right Piper."
"Yeah," Piper mumbled while Phoebe flashed her eyes at her.
Paige took Phoebe hand and she pulled her older sister into a hug. "Thank you." She whispered.
* * *
Leo was sat next to Darryl as he watched Mike in the witness stand. He had a small grin on his face as he saw Mike struggle with the questions and the prosecution lawyer twist and play with his word the same way that defense lawyer had done with Phoebe. He his mild opinion it looked like things were starting to go their way.
Leo glanced at his friend, who's eyes were glued on the scene in the court room. He studied Darryl face for any type of emotion, which might incite which way the trial, was going. As a police Lieutenant, Darryl would have seen thousands of trial and would know the more discreet signs.
The whitelighter's grin grew slightly as he saw the smile on Darryl start to emerge.
"We're doing okay then." Leo whispered.
Darryl looked at his friend and then to Mike and then back to Leo. He nodded his head softly as he tried to read the emotions in his eyes. He knew how much the raid at P3 had torn their lives apart and how hard the trial was for them.
"Yeah we're doing okay." Darryl told him. "Paige's performance has really swung it for us. She's quite a woman."
"Yes she is."
* * *
Paige kept her arms around her sister in the hug. It felt such a relief to be in Phoebe arms again and to have her support. As quickly as the relief had flowed through her body it tensed again as she saw Mike's mother. Almost instantly she broke the hug as she saw the old woman walking over towards her.
"What's wrong?" Piper asked as she watched Paige face drop as broke away from the hug.
"It's his mom." Paige spluttered.
Phoebe turned her head as she looked at Mrs. Parlour who seemed to be quickening her pace toward Paige. A hatred for someone that she had never met started to spring from inside her as she felt a sudden need to protect her little sister in whichever way that she could. "I'll head her off."
Paige eyes followed Phoebe back and then turned back to the oldest Halliwell. "I've got to get out of here. You understand don't you?"
"Of course I do." Piper answered in a split second.
"Thanks."
Paige headed out of the courtroom and towards the door at almost a run with her head looking down at the floor. She just couldn't talk to Mike's mother again; she couldn't afford to have any doubt in her mind at the moment. She just needed to keep her head clear.
Bam.
She felt her body fly into someone as she slipped on the damp courtroom step. Her felt as if she was flying in slow motion as her body flung through the air and crashed onto the floor. Paige looked up the two flight of the stairs as she doubled-over in pain and felt throbbing sensation in her right knee and left wrist. This was nothing compared to the intense pain in her stomach.
Tears started to flow out of the youngest Charmed One's eyes as she gripped onto her stomach and bit her lip in a feeble attempt to try and distract the pain she had suffered from slamming against the hard wet concrete.
"Paige!!!!!" She heard Piper's worried voice call through the crowd that was being to surround her.
Paige grabbed the leaflets off her oldest sister. As she snatched them she saw Piper's eye's meet hers as her older sister's mouth opened slightly in disbelief at her actions. After meeting her sister's eyes for a second she looked back down at the leaflets.
"Thank you for these." She said bluntly as she turned to leave.
"Paige!" Piper called back at her in shock. "We need to talk about this."
"No, no we don't." Paige told her older sister's firmly as she turned around. "There is really nothing to talk about."
Phoebe eyes switched between her older and younger sister like a game of pong as her brain went into overdrive trying to think of a solution. She knew Piper would try and push and push until she would push Paige right out the door like Prue had done with her. And that Paige would not say anything if she didn't want to, which looked a strong possibility and that she build up her defensive shield again that had taken so long to start to crumble before.
"What I think Piper is trying to say honey is why didn't you tell us? We're you're sisters and want to help you."
Paige looked from Piper to Phoebe. She appreciated Phoebe attempt to calm things down, but she really wasn't interested in talking about this. It had been hard to accept her decision but now her mind was made up she wasn't going to change it, there was no way in the world that she was having this baby.
"I didn't tell you because there's no baby, I'm not having it." Paige replied, "And if you don't mind I've got to go I'm on a tight time frame."
"You can spare five minutes." Piper told her standing her ground.
"Okay, okay, I can spare five minutes." Paige said with a small shrug as she crossed her arms. "But you tell me one good reason why I should have a permanent reminder of that night and him."
"Because it's a little baby, Paige, an innocent, what has it done wrong." Piper told her.
"It's not a baby, it's a fetus, but when it becomes a baby it will be half him. Providing a constant memory of being raped. And I don't see how I can love a child, when its rips me apart every time I think about how it was conceived and every time I'd look at that child that's all I'd see. It's not like Wyatt, he was born out and in love, this child would be born out of, well as black and white as it is to say it hate." Paige explained as she looked directly into her older sister's eyes while slightly waving her arms in the air. "So it's not a case of me not being ready for a mom like other abortions are but it's a case of me not being able to have a child that is born out of rape. So you either have to support me or leave me alone to do this."
"We'll always support you." Phoebe told her as she extended her hand out to her. "And we don't want you to hurt in any way, so we are behind you one hundred percent. Right Piper."
"Yeah," Piper mumbled while Phoebe flashed her eyes at her.
Paige took Phoebe hand and she pulled her older sister into a hug. "Thank you." She whispered.
* * *
Leo was sat next to Darryl as he watched Mike in the witness stand. He had a small grin on his face as he saw Mike struggle with the questions and the prosecution lawyer twist and play with his word the same way that defense lawyer had done with Phoebe. He his mild opinion it looked like things were starting to go their way.
Leo glanced at his friend, who's eyes were glued on the scene in the court room. He studied Darryl face for any type of emotion, which might incite which way the trial, was going. As a police Lieutenant, Darryl would have seen thousands of trial and would know the more discreet signs.
The whitelighter's grin grew slightly as he saw the smile on Darryl start to emerge.
"We're doing okay then." Leo whispered.
Darryl looked at his friend and then to Mike and then back to Leo. He nodded his head softly as he tried to read the emotions in his eyes. He knew how much the raid at P3 had torn their lives apart and how hard the trial was for them.
"Yeah we're doing okay." Darryl told him. "Paige's performance has really swung it for us. She's quite a woman."
"Yes she is."
* * *
Paige kept her arms around her sister in the hug. It felt such a relief to be in Phoebe arms again and to have her support. As quickly as the relief had flowed through her body it tensed again as she saw Mike's mother. Almost instantly she broke the hug as she saw the old woman walking over towards her.
"What's wrong?" Piper asked as she watched Paige face drop as broke away from the hug.
"It's his mom." Paige spluttered.
Phoebe turned her head as she looked at Mrs. Parlour who seemed to be quickening her pace toward Paige. A hatred for someone that she had never met started to spring from inside her as she felt a sudden need to protect her little sister in whichever way that she could. "I'll head her off."
Paige eyes followed Phoebe back and then turned back to the oldest Halliwell. "I've got to get out of here. You understand don't you?"
"Of course I do." Piper answered in a split second.
"Thanks."
Paige headed out of the courtroom and towards the door at almost a run with her head looking down at the floor. She just couldn't talk to Mike's mother again; she couldn't afford to have any doubt in her mind at the moment. She just needed to keep her head clear.
Bam.
She felt her body fly into someone as she slipped on the damp courtroom step. Her felt as if she was flying in slow motion as her body flung through the air and crashed onto the floor. Paige looked up the two flight of the stairs as she doubled-over in pain and felt throbbing sensation in her right knee and left wrist. This was nothing compared to the intense pain in her stomach.
Tears started to flow out of the youngest Charmed One's eyes as she gripped onto her stomach and bit her lip in a feeble attempt to try and distract the pain she had suffered from slamming against the hard wet concrete.
"Paige!!!!!" She heard Piper's worried voice call through the crowd that was being to surround her.