Title: Paige's Sister - Part 3
Author: X5-343
Rating: PG-13
Category: Drama
Timeline: Season 5 Spoilers: Season 5 Season: 5
Content Warnings: Language Warning
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Charmed Ones or any character from the show Charmed. Any characters you don't recognize belong to the author.
Summary: Sam goes through the trial and tribulations of High School meanwhile trying to manage a social life, magical powers and demons and trying to help out with things around the Manor.
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"See something you like?" Piper's almost cold tone echoed in Sam's ears.
Sam dropped the diary on accident as she quickly stood up. "Mom" She spoke aloud in a desolated tone of voice.
"Sam. Give me the diary." Piper spoke, sounding near tears.
Sam bent down and picked up the diary. She handed it to Piper.
"When did you get home?" Sam asked, her voice was croaky.
"A couple minutes ago. I forgot the keys to my office for the club." She explained. "What parts did you read?" Piper asked in expressionlessly
"I just picked it up and opened it when you came in." Sam lied
"Contrary to what I'm sure is popular belief Sam, I'm not stupid. Somebody doesn't cry as much as you obviously have been by just opening a diary and not reading anything."
"You remember." Sam spoke softly "What?" Piper asked her surprised.
"You remember" Sam said louder but not quite at normal voice level
"A tough lesson for you to learn Sam is that magic can't fix, heal or erase a lot of things in life. What happened to me, being one of them."
Piper walked over to Sam and bent down, putting the diary back in the floor. She stood back up and looked at Sam. "Lesson finished."
Sam nodded and walked around Piper, leaving the room. Sam quickly ran down the stairs and into the living room. "When did you go upstairs?" Paige asked confused
"Uh." Sam stuttered. "I-uh I don't know"
"What's wrong? Phoebe asked, putting her book down.
"Uh. Nothing" Sam said still having trouble sorting her thoughts. "I think I just need some air. Can I go to DJ's?"
"Yea. Sure sweetie." Phoebe told her, still confused.
"Thanks" Sam spoke, grabbing her jacket and leaving.
About a minute later, Piper came down the stairs too. "Got my keys" She said holding them up as she walked out the door.]
Phoebe, Paige and Leo all shared a concerned look.
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Sam quickly orbed to DJ's house and rang the doorbell. His mom answered.
"Hello Mrs. Collins, Is DJ here?"
(A/N: I can so not remember his last name! If anybody else can, can you please remind me? Thanks!)
"Uh. No. No, Sam, I'm sorry but he's not. He went to the store for me to pick up some stuff and then he was going to stop at the music store to get some replacement strings for his guitar." Sam put her head down and put her hand to her forehead. "Uh, okay. Thanks."
"Is everything okay?" His mom nicely but worriedly asked
Sam picked her head up. "Uh, yea. Thanks. I just had kind of a fight thing with my mom."
"Do you want to come in?" His mom - Nancy offered
Sam smiled smally. "Thanks but I should probably get going."
"Okay. Be careful Sam"
"Thanks" Sam replied again before turning around and heading to Caitie's house.
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Once she arrived at Caitie's house, she was again she was greeted by her friends mother.
"Hey, Mrs. Taylor. Is Caitie home?" Sam asked nicely
Missy opened the screen door between them. "Yea, come on in Sam."
Sam continued to plaster her smiled upon her face but she didn't really mean it when it came to Missy Taylor.
Missy disappeared into the house for a moment and soon came back to the living room. "She'll be right down."
Sam nodded and nervously looked around the house. Missy attempted to make small talk. Even though Caitie and Sam had been friends for almost a year now Missy and Sam had hardly ever talked due to Sam and their group usually just picking Caitie up or they would all meet somewhere or they would go someplace after school.
"How's Piper and Phoebe?" She asked nervously. She knew that probably wasn't a good subject for HER to touch on but she didn't know what else to say.
"They're fine." Sam stated flatly.
She was still upset from what had just happened at home but she was also beginning to react to Missy asking about Piper.
"Look, Sam, about what happened between your mother and me back -"
"16 years ago?" Sam told her
"Yea, then. What happened back then -"
Caitie then entered the living room, stopping Missy.
"Hey, Sam. What's up?" She asked not realizing the conversation between the two.
Missy then excused herself, leaving the two alone.
"Something wrong?" Caitie asked.
"Want to go to the park or something?" She asked hopefully.
Caitie looked at her with an mixed expression of confusion and worry. "Yea, sure. Let me go grab my coat and tell my mom."
Sam nodded and Caitie left, coming back a few minutes later.
"Ready." She told Sam.
Sam nodded and the two walked outside the front door.
"Did you drive?" Caitie asked, not seeing the jeep anywhere's.
Sam simply grabbed Caitie's hand and orbed out.
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Once they orbed into a deserted part at the back of the park, Caitie spoke. "I'll take that as a no. What's up?" She asked
Sam sighed.
Minutes later - Caitie was swinging, while Sam leaned against a pole of the swing-set, with her arms crossed.
"She remembers Caitie" Sam finally called out.
Due to a weather warning of a storm hitting that night and the gray clouds, the park was pretty much deserted and the people who were there, weren't in any kind of hearing distance to the two girls. They can talk freely without hesitation.
"Who remembers what?" Caitie called back.
"Piper. My mom." Sam said, looking up - back and forth with Caitie's swing. "She remembers the rape. She always has."
Caitie brought the swing to an abrupt stop. "What? Are you sure? How do you know?"
"Today's her birthday and she seemed kind of... I don't know.. off, distant. Anyway she left for the club and I went upstairs, I was watching Wyatt and I stepped on a loose floor board and her diary from when SHE was sixteen was there."
"Oh God." Caitie spoke
"She found me reading it after I read her entry on the day where she got her memory back."
"Are you okay? Is she okay?"
"She's mad. Really mad. You know somebody is truly mad at you when they still talk to you but their voice doesn't hold any emotion."
"I read David's journal once." Caitie admitted. "That's when I found out about his powers. Like you said you know somebody is truly mad when they-"
"Still talk but their voice doesn't hold any emotion" The girls both finished in unison.
"Yea, but you guys seem okay now"
"Yea, it all worked out. David and I were friends at the time. You and Piper are mother and daughter. You guys will work it out, you have to!"
"You know, my whole life up until these last 8 months or so, I was always able to move on with the Matthews' deaths. I was eight at the time. I still can't remember a lot of that life. Then I got into the foster care program and I found out I was adopted the whole time. Up until the day I found out about the Matthews not being my real parents, I can't remember a lot but I can remember almost every single thing that I ever did or said or experienced after that moment. I spent the last eight years trying to figure out if my real parents hated me so much that they had to give me up, but then I found out Piper was my mother after about four months of knowing her and I could deal with that because she didn't know about me. She had that part of her life erased for her own good, so I could live with that but then today. Today I found out that the whole time knowing her and living with her and just the last eight years in general that she knew I existed and even after she got married and had another kid she still didn't want to know me!"
"Sam." Caitie began "She probably though you were living the picture perfect life that she wanted you to have. She didn't know what was happening with you or your life and that coming into your life if you were happy and telling you she was your mother would just mess things up for you!"
"Or she just didn't want to know!"
Category: Drama
Timeline: Season 5 Spoilers: Season 5 Season: 5
Content Warnings: Language Warning
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Charmed Ones or any character from the show Charmed. Any characters you don't recognize belong to the author.
Summary: Sam goes through the trial and tribulations of High School meanwhile trying to manage a social life, magical powers and demons and trying to help out with things around the Manor.
**************************************************************************** ***************
"See something you like?" Piper's almost cold tone echoed in Sam's ears.
Sam dropped the diary on accident as she quickly stood up. "Mom" She spoke aloud in a desolated tone of voice.
"Sam. Give me the diary." Piper spoke, sounding near tears.
Sam bent down and picked up the diary. She handed it to Piper.
"When did you get home?" Sam asked, her voice was croaky.
"A couple minutes ago. I forgot the keys to my office for the club." She explained. "What parts did you read?" Piper asked in expressionlessly
"I just picked it up and opened it when you came in." Sam lied
"Contrary to what I'm sure is popular belief Sam, I'm not stupid. Somebody doesn't cry as much as you obviously have been by just opening a diary and not reading anything."
"You remember." Sam spoke softly "What?" Piper asked her surprised.
"You remember" Sam said louder but not quite at normal voice level
"A tough lesson for you to learn Sam is that magic can't fix, heal or erase a lot of things in life. What happened to me, being one of them."
Piper walked over to Sam and bent down, putting the diary back in the floor. She stood back up and looked at Sam. "Lesson finished."
Sam nodded and walked around Piper, leaving the room. Sam quickly ran down the stairs and into the living room. "When did you go upstairs?" Paige asked confused
"Uh." Sam stuttered. "I-uh I don't know"
"What's wrong? Phoebe asked, putting her book down.
"Uh. Nothing" Sam said still having trouble sorting her thoughts. "I think I just need some air. Can I go to DJ's?"
"Yea. Sure sweetie." Phoebe told her, still confused.
"Thanks" Sam spoke, grabbing her jacket and leaving.
About a minute later, Piper came down the stairs too. "Got my keys" She said holding them up as she walked out the door.]
Phoebe, Paige and Leo all shared a concerned look.
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Sam quickly orbed to DJ's house and rang the doorbell. His mom answered.
"Hello Mrs. Collins, Is DJ here?"
(A/N: I can so not remember his last name! If anybody else can, can you please remind me? Thanks!)
"Uh. No. No, Sam, I'm sorry but he's not. He went to the store for me to pick up some stuff and then he was going to stop at the music store to get some replacement strings for his guitar." Sam put her head down and put her hand to her forehead. "Uh, okay. Thanks."
"Is everything okay?" His mom nicely but worriedly asked
Sam picked her head up. "Uh, yea. Thanks. I just had kind of a fight thing with my mom."
"Do you want to come in?" His mom - Nancy offered
Sam smiled smally. "Thanks but I should probably get going."
"Okay. Be careful Sam"
"Thanks" Sam replied again before turning around and heading to Caitie's house.
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Once she arrived at Caitie's house, she was again she was greeted by her friends mother.
"Hey, Mrs. Taylor. Is Caitie home?" Sam asked nicely
Missy opened the screen door between them. "Yea, come on in Sam."
Sam continued to plaster her smiled upon her face but she didn't really mean it when it came to Missy Taylor.
Missy disappeared into the house for a moment and soon came back to the living room. "She'll be right down."
Sam nodded and nervously looked around the house. Missy attempted to make small talk. Even though Caitie and Sam had been friends for almost a year now Missy and Sam had hardly ever talked due to Sam and their group usually just picking Caitie up or they would all meet somewhere or they would go someplace after school.
"How's Piper and Phoebe?" She asked nervously. She knew that probably wasn't a good subject for HER to touch on but she didn't know what else to say.
"They're fine." Sam stated flatly.
She was still upset from what had just happened at home but she was also beginning to react to Missy asking about Piper.
"Look, Sam, about what happened between your mother and me back -"
"16 years ago?" Sam told her
"Yea, then. What happened back then -"
Caitie then entered the living room, stopping Missy.
"Hey, Sam. What's up?" She asked not realizing the conversation between the two.
Missy then excused herself, leaving the two alone.
"Something wrong?" Caitie asked.
"Want to go to the park or something?" She asked hopefully.
Caitie looked at her with an mixed expression of confusion and worry. "Yea, sure. Let me go grab my coat and tell my mom."
Sam nodded and Caitie left, coming back a few minutes later.
"Ready." She told Sam.
Sam nodded and the two walked outside the front door.
"Did you drive?" Caitie asked, not seeing the jeep anywhere's.
Sam simply grabbed Caitie's hand and orbed out.
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Once they orbed into a deserted part at the back of the park, Caitie spoke. "I'll take that as a no. What's up?" She asked
Sam sighed.
Minutes later - Caitie was swinging, while Sam leaned against a pole of the swing-set, with her arms crossed.
"She remembers Caitie" Sam finally called out.
Due to a weather warning of a storm hitting that night and the gray clouds, the park was pretty much deserted and the people who were there, weren't in any kind of hearing distance to the two girls. They can talk freely without hesitation.
"Who remembers what?" Caitie called back.
"Piper. My mom." Sam said, looking up - back and forth with Caitie's swing. "She remembers the rape. She always has."
Caitie brought the swing to an abrupt stop. "What? Are you sure? How do you know?"
"Today's her birthday and she seemed kind of... I don't know.. off, distant. Anyway she left for the club and I went upstairs, I was watching Wyatt and I stepped on a loose floor board and her diary from when SHE was sixteen was there."
"Oh God." Caitie spoke
"She found me reading it after I read her entry on the day where she got her memory back."
"Are you okay? Is she okay?"
"She's mad. Really mad. You know somebody is truly mad at you when they still talk to you but their voice doesn't hold any emotion."
"I read David's journal once." Caitie admitted. "That's when I found out about his powers. Like you said you know somebody is truly mad when they-"
"Still talk but their voice doesn't hold any emotion" The girls both finished in unison.
"Yea, but you guys seem okay now"
"Yea, it all worked out. David and I were friends at the time. You and Piper are mother and daughter. You guys will work it out, you have to!"
"You know, my whole life up until these last 8 months or so, I was always able to move on with the Matthews' deaths. I was eight at the time. I still can't remember a lot of that life. Then I got into the foster care program and I found out I was adopted the whole time. Up until the day I found out about the Matthews not being my real parents, I can't remember a lot but I can remember almost every single thing that I ever did or said or experienced after that moment. I spent the last eight years trying to figure out if my real parents hated me so much that they had to give me up, but then I found out Piper was my mother after about four months of knowing her and I could deal with that because she didn't know about me. She had that part of her life erased for her own good, so I could live with that but then today. Today I found out that the whole time knowing her and living with her and just the last eight years in general that she knew I existed and even after she got married and had another kid she still didn't want to know me!"
"Sam." Caitie began "She probably though you were living the picture perfect life that she wanted you to have. She didn't know what was happening with you or your life and that coming into your life if you were happy and telling you she was your mother would just mess things up for you!"
"Or she just didn't want to know!"