Disclaimer- I don't own Charmed. I do own the story and Joey, Jake and all the other character not from the show.

Okay, this is an AU. The only thing different is Grams died before Prue could become a legal guardian. So... they couldn't stay with her. Prue and Phoebe stay together and Piper lives with her father and stepsister, Joey. This is when they are in high school.

Piper- a freshman at a private high school. She just turned 15 and has two best friends, Jessie and Sarah. She lives in New York with her father and Joey. She keeps in contact with Prue and Phoebe, but hasn't seen them in 2 years.

Joey- in 10th grade. She is pretty popular and is pretty close to Piper. She never knew her father and her mother died a last year. Since Victor adopted her, she decided to stay with them and not look for her real father.

Jake- A Jr. that moved to New York from Daytona. His father works for Piper's father. He quickly starts dating Piper.

Prue and Phoebe- A Jr. and a 7th grader. They live with Aunt Gail in a small town outside of San Francisco. They are not a big part in the story.

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Piper slowly walks up to her house. She heavily breathes in, and out. Why couldn't she stay at Sarah's place for the afternoon? As she quietly walked in the door, she looked both ways and mad a mad rush to her room. As she was running down the hall she ran into her Joey, her older stepsister.

"What's the rush?"

"Um... nothing. Joey, did Aaron call or tell you to tell me anything?" Piper asked stepping back. Joey thought for a second. "I haven't talked to him in a while. Are you two still going out?" Piper hesitated. "Um... I am not sure. He is pretty mad because Jake keeps following me around everywhere."

"What do you mean," Joey asked.

"You remember how Jake was?" Piper continued to tell Joey Jake's story.

"Piper, you really need to get away from him," Joey said, looking down at her little sis.

"I know. I have been trying to. Tomorrow I am going to press charges against him for everything. I think I really can now," Piper said, finally calmed down.

"Piper, that's great!" Joey said. "Want me to come with?"

"Will you?"

"Anything you want," Joey said.

"Thank you."

*Okay, let me stop there. You might be confused, right? I don't know how to explain it completely. See, first, my name is Piper Halliwell Bennet. I am 16 now. See, I live with my father and stepsister. When I was 5 my mother died. So I lived with my Grams and two sisters, Prue and Phoebe. But soon, about 8 years later, my Grandma died too. Since Prue wasn't old enough she couldn't be our legal guardian. My father, who was again married with one child, could only take in one of us. I lived with him because of a school I was accepted in was near by. It was a private high-class school, which Joey and I go to. After about a year after I got here, Joey's mom died. Before that, Joey and I rarely had a conversation without fighting, but then we became very close. Close enough we would risk our lives for each other, which we did.

Now that you know my family life story, I will get on to the whole Jake thing that I bet you are wondering about. I really don't know where to start, so I guess to the day I met him. About a year ago, when I was 15*

Piper was late, again. Joey forgot to wake up, and since Joey is her ride, she would also be late. Luckily, she had Mr. Kirk as her homeroom teacher. One thing, he was ALWAYS late, and another, you could come in a minute before class was let out and he wouldn't care. As Piper ran down the hall to her locker she ran smack into the Dean.

"Mrs. Bennet?"

"Sorry sir," Piper said, picking up her books she dropped.

"You are late, again?"

"Yeah... I was..." Piper then noticed a boy, about 6 feet tall with the Dean.

"Hurry up and get to class."

"Yes sir," Piper said, leaving to her locker.

"And Mrs. Bennet."

"Yes?"

"Next time, no running."

"Okay... Piper said, going to her locker. As she put her stuff in and grabbed the stuff she needed, she headed down the hall to room 189.

Piper walked into class seeing Mr. Kirk working at his desk. Everyone else was chatting or doing last minute homework. Piper took a seat in the back near Jessie.

"What a surprise, you are late," Jessie said, looking up from her book.

"Bite me. Where is Sarah?"

"Sick," Jessie said.

"Oh..." The rest of the time Jessie read and Piper studied for the test in Chem. next hour.

At lunch, the boy Piper saw in the hall came up and sat down by Piper and the rest of her friends.

"Hey, you are the girl... um the one who was late today," the guy said.

"Yeah. So I take it you are new?"

"Yeah. We just moved from Daytona. I'm Jack."

"Piper, and that's Jessie." Jessie took a quick look up from the book to wave and then went on reading. Since Piper moved to this school, she was not as shy. Most of the kids where like her, smart and loners compare to most people.

"Pretty name."

"Thanks," Piper said.

"No, I mean Jessie." Piper looked saddens then noticed Jack was laughing. "I am just playing with you."

"Funny," Piper said, sneering.

"What grade are you in?"

"I am a freshmen. You?"

"Junior. So, what classes you have?"

"Um... Advance Chem. next, then I have Trig. After lunch I have Theater Arts and then Latin III."

"Oh... I have Trig. With you but I am only in Latin II," Jack said. Jack and Piper talked the rest of the five minutes in homeroom and then went to their next class. They met up at lunch and he ate with her and Jessie. At the end of lunch, he asked her out to a movie that night, seeing how it was Friday. She agreed, but saying only if it okay with her father.

"Call me when you get home," he said, handing her a paper.

*If only I rejected him, or got to school sooner. This is where it all started, where it all went wrong*

"Daddy, can I go out tonight?"

"You and Sarah going somewhere?" Victor asked.

"No, a guy from school asked me out," Piper said, putting her snack mess away.

"Do I know this guy?"

"I doubt it. His family just moved here from Daytona."

"What is his name," Victor pressed.

"Jack. Jack Orr."

"Thought so. I just hired his father as our lawyer. Nice man."

"So is that a..."

"Yes dear. Back by 11."

"Okay," Piper said.

"Victor I am going to the mall with some friends later. I'll drop you off," Joey offered.

"Thank you!" I said. Even though Joey was only a year older in school, she was about two in calendar wise.

Piper headed upstairs and after 10 outfits, 20 hairstyles, and 8 different pairs of shoes, she was ready. She had her hair pulled in 2 messy braids and a light blue top on with tight dark blue jeans. Piper walked down the stair to find Joey on the phone in the living room.

"Joe, come one, I need to meet him in 10 minutes, it is 15 minutes away."

"Hold on. Tyler, I will meet you in a half hour," Joey said, hanging up the phone. "Did you tell your father?"

"I heard," Victor said from the other room.

"Okay lets go."

*That was the first date. 1 large soda, 2 bags of M'n'Ms, and one long good night kiss. A perfect high school date, right? We spent the last three Fridays of the school year like that. Then when summer came, when we weren't on the phone, we were together or sleeping. Since his parents ALWAYS worked, and I wasn't allowed in a boy's house w/o an adult, then we spent most time at my place. I hadn't seen or heard from Jessie or Sarah, not to mention my other friends since Jake pushed I spent every waking hour with him, not that I minded though. I mean it was perfect, well perfect until...

"Piper, it is Jake," Joey said, rolling her eyes as she handed Piper the phone.

"Hey."

"Hey Piper. I want to see you. Can I come over?"

"Yeah," I said.

"I'll be there in five."

"Joey, Jake is coming over," Piper said hanging up the phone.

"You know, you really need to... dare I say it... spent time apart," Joey said, taking the phone to call Michelle. Piper rolled her eyes and gave her an evil glare. She then ran upstairs to clean up. She washed her face, added some blush and a little eye shadow. She brushed out her hair and then went back to the living room, grabbing a book to 'read.'

When the doorbell rang, Piper jumped up and walked to the door.

"Hey beautiful," he said as Piper open the door.

"Wanna go to my room?" I said, looking at Joey who was on the phone. They walked back to her room and Piper sat down on the bed. Jake came in and turned on the radio. As a new song started, one Piper hated, she got up and turned it off.

"What did you do that for?" he asked.

"I don't really like that song," Piper said simply.

"Well turn it back, I do," by that time, Jake was standing near Piper, but was closest to the radio.

"If you want it so bad, you can," Piper said. All of a sudden, Jake smacked Piper across the cheek.

"Oh my gosh... Piper I am so sorry," Jake said, helping Piper to the bed.

"Get away from me!" Piper said, holding her cheek as tear streamed down.

"I'll call you later, we will work this out," Jake said, going to the door.

As Jake left, he noticed Joey on the deck, talking on the phone. She apparently didn't hear a thing.

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