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Memories
The sun shone outside, the birds singing in the trees as Phoebe and Piper ran about on the lawn. Piper's long brunette hair flew lightly in the soft breeze as Phoebe let out a shriek of amusement. The sister's were five and seven; Phoebe had not long since turned five. It was a summer's day the air was hot on the girl's skin. Prue had decided to stay indoors out of the sunshine and read a J K Rowling book, one of the Harry Potter series. She sat in the solarium sipping lemonade that Grams had made fresh that morning. Suddenly Piper and Phoebe stopped running, and collapsed on the soft green lawn, giggling and screaming with enjoyment.
"Piper, Phoebe… come and get some sunscreen on!" called Grams from the front porch, Phoebe automatically climbed to her feet and walked over to Grams, Piper rolled onto her stomach as she watched Phoebe getting covered in the white cream.
"Its cold, Grams," she squealed, then smiled down at Piper. Once Gram's had finished rubbing in Phoebe's sunscreen Piper stood up and ran over to Grams,
"Piper walk," said Grams in a stern voice but Piper ignored the command, she continued running towards the steps. Suddenly out ran Grams' cat, he ran under Piper's legs causing her to trip. She fell head first into the stone steps… screaming as she fell. She hit the stone steps head on and was knocked out, small droplets of blood began to run from Piper's head as Gram's ran towards her…
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"Miss Halliwell," said the doctor placing his hand on Phoebe's shoulder. Phoebe shook her head and snapped out of her memory, "Miss Halliwell, do you understand what I'm saying to you? Do you understand what's wrong with Piper?" he asked looking into Phoebe's eyes. Then glancing towards Paige who had sat down on one of the couches.
"Thank you doctor… can we see her now?" asked Paige walking over to join Phoebe.
"Certainly… come this way," he said and led them into Piper's room.
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Phoebe pushed open the door and went into the room, there was Piper sitting on her bed. A cup of steaming cocoa sitting beside her on the bedside table, a book in her hand and her round glasses perched on her nose. Phoebe must have been fourteen at the eldest, making Piper sixteen. Phoebe had her duvet cover huddled round her shoulders, she was carrying a flash light that shone up to her face and illuminated her features. Piper let her head fall to the side and beckoned Phoebe in, almost instantly Phoebe ran over to her and jumped on the bed. Piper placed her book down and looked up at Phoebe, her face was red and blotchy she had obviously been crying… about what Piper didn't know.
"Hey Peebs, what's the matter?" she asked, suddenly Phoebe burst into a fresh set off tears. Piper cuddled Phoebe's head in close to her body and rocked her back and forwards,
"He dumped me… Billy Desocon dumped me Piper!" she began, Billy was the guy that Phoebe had been going out with for a week or two, it wasn't that serious but Phoebe always made it out to be more serious than it actually was. 'We were in love and he just broke things off!"
"What? Why did he break up with you?" Piper asked, pushed a stray strand of Phoebe's hair back from her face,
"He said that, I wasn't the right girl for him. Then two seconds later he wanders over to Melissa Dryfuss and is all over her," Phoebe sobbed and continued, "He had his arm around her shoulders, and he was whispering things in her ears. They walked past me and burst out laughing as they went past. I was just left there standing all by my self… it was so mortifying…" she stopped and cried for a good hour. After the tears had stopped she looked up at Piper for a comforting solution,
"Well, Phoebe… if Billy is going to treat you like this you're much better off without him. The guys a jerk…" she stopped hoping she had cheered Phoebe up,
"Yeah…" Phoebe sighed, she looked up at Piper and smiled, "But he's a really cute jerk!" she hugged Piper and wiped away her tears. Piper and Phoebe sat up talking for a couple of more hours about nothing in particular really… just stupid sister stuff before the both drifted to sleep on Piper's bed.
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Paige pushed open the door to Piper's hospital room; she walked in and saw Piper lying in her bed. She was so pale and was hooked up to loads of different drips. But she wasn't dead… they knew this already though, the doctor had told them. Phoebe walked over to Piper and took her hand, she was cold as ice. She looked at her sister, she was frail and cold and there was nothing the Paige or Phoebe could do to help her. They sat with Piper was a few seconds before anyone said anything,
"How is she?" asked Patty, their mother.