Disclaimer: The only character I own is Pauline.
Chapter 2
Piper's jaw dropped. "Prue had a daughter?!"
Pauline shifted uncomfortably. "Um, yeah. Guess you guys didn't know, huh?" She tugged on the hem of her black button-down top out of habit.
"Well, if you're Prue's daughter, then, uh, come in." Phoebe stepped aside to let her niece pass in. "Oh, and ignore the mess on the floor."
Pauline smiled nervously and walked in.
"How old are you?" Paige asked, still in shock.
"16," she replied. "Um, is that Wyatt?" she asked Piper.
"How'd you know?" Piper stepped aside and narrowed her eyes.
"Leo."
"Leo!" Piper hollered.
A blue light later Leo orbed in. "Hey. What's-?" He trailed off as he saw Pauline. "Oh, hey, honey. Guess you found your way home?"
Pauline nodded. Piper looked from her husband to her niece.
"You knew?"
Leo shrugged slightly. "She.she was a charge of mine. How could I not know?"
"How could you not tell us?" Paige said, shocked.
"The Elders wanted you guys to find out for yourselves!"
"What powers do you have?"
That was Piper again.
"Piper, you could at least leave the questions for later. Like when she's ready," Phoebe said, looking directly at her older sister.
"Sheesh. Sorry."
Piper turned and went into the house, singing a soft lullaby to Wyatt.
"Piper." Leo went after her, leaving Pauline with Phoebe and Paige.
"So. Have a seat," Paige said. But there was a tinge of ice in her voice.
Pauline sat down on the couch and looked at her two aunts. "So. I.I guess I'm not really welcome here?"
"Oh, no. Of course not! Paige is just.a little stressed out. I mean, we just returned from demon-fighting. Right, Paige?" Phoebe looked pointedly at her half-sister.
Paige rolled her eyes. "Yeah, right."
Pauline sighed. "I shouldn't have come here. Leo shouldn't have asked me to," she murmured.
"Leo asked you to?" Paige sat down beside her.
The younger girl nodded.
"How long have you known him?" Phoebe asked, sitting down on her niece's other side.
"A couple of years. He was the one who told me about my powers. And about you guys. And about Mom. The.the truth. Not what Gran and Gramps had told me. Uh, my paternal grandparents," she added, looking at her aunts' confused faces. "So, um, can I call you guys my aunts now?"
Phoebe smiled. "Who says you couldn't?"
Paige sat quiet, lost in thought.
Pauline giggled. "Yeah, you've got a niece and a nephew. Maybe two.or three.."
"Huh? How'd you know I was thinking that?"
"Oh, um," a pink tinge crept up Pauline's face. "Telepathy."
A scream was heard from Piper's room, followed by a loud cry. "You could have at least told us, you know!"
"Piper, please! I can't break the rules, you know!"
"Yeah, well, you did once!"
Phoebe sighed. "Leave them alone. They'll settle things out. Sooner or later."
Chapter 2
Piper's jaw dropped. "Prue had a daughter?!"
Pauline shifted uncomfortably. "Um, yeah. Guess you guys didn't know, huh?" She tugged on the hem of her black button-down top out of habit.
"Well, if you're Prue's daughter, then, uh, come in." Phoebe stepped aside to let her niece pass in. "Oh, and ignore the mess on the floor."
Pauline smiled nervously and walked in.
"How old are you?" Paige asked, still in shock.
"16," she replied. "Um, is that Wyatt?" she asked Piper.
"How'd you know?" Piper stepped aside and narrowed her eyes.
"Leo."
"Leo!" Piper hollered.
A blue light later Leo orbed in. "Hey. What's-?" He trailed off as he saw Pauline. "Oh, hey, honey. Guess you found your way home?"
Pauline nodded. Piper looked from her husband to her niece.
"You knew?"
Leo shrugged slightly. "She.she was a charge of mine. How could I not know?"
"How could you not tell us?" Paige said, shocked.
"The Elders wanted you guys to find out for yourselves!"
"What powers do you have?"
That was Piper again.
"Piper, you could at least leave the questions for later. Like when she's ready," Phoebe said, looking directly at her older sister.
"Sheesh. Sorry."
Piper turned and went into the house, singing a soft lullaby to Wyatt.
"Piper." Leo went after her, leaving Pauline with Phoebe and Paige.
"So. Have a seat," Paige said. But there was a tinge of ice in her voice.
Pauline sat down on the couch and looked at her two aunts. "So. I.I guess I'm not really welcome here?"
"Oh, no. Of course not! Paige is just.a little stressed out. I mean, we just returned from demon-fighting. Right, Paige?" Phoebe looked pointedly at her half-sister.
Paige rolled her eyes. "Yeah, right."
Pauline sighed. "I shouldn't have come here. Leo shouldn't have asked me to," she murmured.
"Leo asked you to?" Paige sat down beside her.
The younger girl nodded.
"How long have you known him?" Phoebe asked, sitting down on her niece's other side.
"A couple of years. He was the one who told me about my powers. And about you guys. And about Mom. The.the truth. Not what Gran and Gramps had told me. Uh, my paternal grandparents," she added, looking at her aunts' confused faces. "So, um, can I call you guys my aunts now?"
Phoebe smiled. "Who says you couldn't?"
Paige sat quiet, lost in thought.
Pauline giggled. "Yeah, you've got a niece and a nephew. Maybe two.or three.."
"Huh? How'd you know I was thinking that?"
"Oh, um," a pink tinge crept up Pauline's face. "Telepathy."
A scream was heard from Piper's room, followed by a loud cry. "You could have at least told us, you know!"
"Piper, please! I can't break the rules, you know!"
"Yeah, well, you did once!"
Phoebe sighed. "Leave them alone. They'll settle things out. Sooner or later."