Disclaimer: I still don't own charmed.

A/N: This is the second to last chapter, better review.

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Chapter 17: Sisterly bonding

Phoebe flew out of Piper's room (not literally) and into the attic. She had the best idea, one, which had better work, considering Piper's condition.

Phoebe opened the book of shadows, to the summoning spell.

"Piper really needs Prue right now. I want to at least give her this one thing. Please let our sister come down and help. In human form please. All we need is 24 hours!" Phoebe screamed up at the elders, and was about to recite the spell when a glittery gold form appeared in front of her.

"What the.PRUE!" Phoebe said, running over to hug her sister.

"Phoebe. Hi. I missed you so much. How's-" Prue started talking, but Phoebe cut her off.

"I missed you too, but we can't talk right now, you need to go talk to Piper." Phoebe said, "she's a mess."

"What? Why?" Prue asked, really surprised and worried, but before Phoebe could answer. Paige walked into the room. She glanced at Phoebe, at Prue, at the picture of Prue on the wall, and back to Prue again.

"Oh my god." Paige said, taking a step closer to Prue.

"Prue, actually." Prue said, smiling.

"Haha. I knew that, but you're-you're-you're here!" Paige finished. "Wow. I've never actually seen you before, but I have seen Grams and Mother. This is weird."

"No it's not." Prue said, she walked up to Paige and gave her a giant hug. Paige pulled away and looked at Phoebe questioningly.

"She's here to help Piper get through." Phoebe explained. "Piper said that she wanted her big sister to help her get through it, so I got it for her."

Paige nodded, and Prue turned her head back to Phoebe. "What exactly does she need my help with?" Prue asked.

"Maybe she should tell you. She will." Paige said. "She's probably still in her room."

"Why would she be in her room? She's never in her room." Prue said, getting more and more confused by the minute.

"Well, you see, Prue, she's crying her eyes out. She has been for quite a while now." Phoebe explained. "She'll be happy to see you. Go talk to her."

Prue nodded and walked out of the room. Paige looked at Phoebe questioningly again.

"What?" Phoebe asked.

"Why would they let her come now and not before?"

"No clue. The thing is, I didn't get the chance to summon her."

"What? Then how did she get here?"

"I don't know. I told the elders that Piper needed her and that she only had to be here in flesh for 24 hours, and I promised."

"But 24 hours? They wouldn't even let her come for 24 minutes before!"

"I know." Phoebe shrugged. "I don't get it, but I don't care. Prue's here for now and that's all that matters."

"I guess." Paige said, "I'm not like the fourth wheel or something now, am I?"

"Of course not. Prue was just as happy to see you as anyone else." Phoebe said.

"Okay, so, would you be mad if I wanted to spy on them?" Paige asked.

"I was just going to ask you that. Let's go!" Phoebe said.

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Piper was just calming down when she saw a familiar face in the doorway.

"Prue?" Piper exclaimed. "Is that really you, or am I already that gone?"

"It's really me, don't you think that, young lady!"

"I'm sorry Prue, but I wished for you and you're here and you've never been here before after you died, and why ARE you here?" Piper said, and started crying again.

"Phoebe somehow managed to get me here, she said that you wanted me, and here I am. What's wrong? What happened?"

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Phoebe and Paige got to the doorway of Piper's bedroom right as Prue had finished talking to Piper.

"Darn, we missed the show." Paige said.

"Oh look, we have visitors." Prue said, looking through the crack between the doorway and the door that wasn't closed all the way. "Come on in, you two. We have a lot of catching up to do." Prue said.

Paige and Phoebe ran into the room and jumped onto the bed where Prue and Piper were sitting.

"So, Prue, what's it like being dead?" Phoebe asked.

"Well, the only thing I can really tell you is that it sucks not being with the three of you, but it is great to see mom and grams again.

"And Andy!" Phoebe said.

"No, I don't see Andy. Humans and Witches go to different places. I'd only see him if he became a whitelighter, and I doubt he would. I do have a guy friend though."

"Oooh." Piper and Phoebe squealed simultaneously. "Tell us about this. guy friend!!" Piper and Phoebe squished up closer to Prue, but Paige leaned away. She got up off of the bed and began to walk away from everyone, but Piper yelled at her to stop.

"Where do you think you're going, Paige!?" Piper yelled, jumping up and grabbing Paige's arm to stop her from leaving.

"I was going to leave. Go curse the world in my room or something." Paige said. "Obviously I'm not included in this conversation. I don't even know Prue." Paige said quietly, so Prue couldn't hear. Piper was still upset about the Leo situation, and although she knew what she was going to do, she hadn't yet, so she was still sensitive to anything.

Tears sprung to her eyes, and as hard as she tried to blink them back, it was no use and they spilled over her lashes.

"Oh, I'm sorry Piper." Paige told her older sister.

"Okay, we need to talk, Paige." Piper said. She turned around to face her other two sisters and said, " Paige and I will be in the hallway talking. We'll be back in a few minutes." Piper finished talking and immediately put her arm around Paige and guided her out of the room, into the hallway, closing the door behind them.

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Phoebe and Prue turned their heads away from the doorway and faced each other.

"Not a good sign." Phoebe said. "Piper was crying."

"Well obviously, Phoebe! I wasn't born yesterday, and yes, I saw her eyes." Prue replied. "I hope nothing's going wrong between them."

Phoebe tried to put an innocent face on, but as everyone knows, Phoebe can't keep a secret (that doesn't have to do with Cole) for beans.

"What do you know, Phoebe, and why cant you tell me?" Prue asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Phoebe said, in a (fake) shocked voice.

"You're such a bad liar!" Prue said.

"Runs in the family!" Phoebe said, smiling to indicate that it was a joke.

"Ha ha." Prue said, not so enthusiastically. "Spill. What's up with the two of them?" Prue asked in her don't-make-me-ask-again tone. Phoebe let out a nervous giggle and then took a deep breath.

"Well, You already know what's wrong with Piper, and along with that, she's been really sensitive lately, and so anything that anyone says could make her cry." Phoebe explained.

"Not like the Piper I knew." Prue said, frowning with the word, "knew".

"And you're not going to like what I say about Paige, although it is understandable." Phoebe warned. Prue nodded, so Phoebe continued.

"She thinks that since you're back, she isn't needed in the family, so she's feeling left out." Phoebe said, with a sympathetic smile on her face. "I'm sure it's not you, but she did always feel like she was replacing you."

"I don't even have any powers now!" Prue said.

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Piper guided Paige into the hallway and sat down against the wall, patting the floor to tell her to sit down too. After Paige sat down next to Piper she apologized.

"Gee, Piper. I'm really sorry if I upset you-" Paige started, but Piper cut her off.

"Paige." Piper said in a stern voice. "You upset me by saying that you don't belong in this family! You do! By blood and by love!" Piper's tone switched from angry to upset. "You know we love you, Paige. You also know that you fit in.

"I'm not trying to be a mean older sister, or to be putting down your thoughts, but it hurts me and everything that is going on right now." Piper stopped talking, and took a deep breath to stop herself from breaking down into uncontrollable sobs.

"I'm sorry Piper. I didn't even think about your feelings. I am sorry. I know you love me, and I love you too, but it's just like sometimes, being the new one and all, I mean, I haven't even been living with you for three years, and you, Phoebe, and Prue lived together for practically your whole lives!" Paige said, now she was crying too. "I know it seems silly, but it's true."

"I know, Paige, but you're just as much of our lives as Prue was, weather it's childhood memories or adult memories. It doesn't matter, but Paige, Prue died three years ago!" She's just guiding me through this."

"Okay, so forgive me?" Paige asked, standing up, She grabbed Piper's hand and helped her up too.

"Yes, and I promise to include you with everything." Piper said, giving Paige a hug.

"Let's go back in there, and find out about Prue's honey." Piper suggested, smiling through her last tears.

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"I know," Phoebe said, "But I don't even know if that's what this is about. Piper's probably just upset about Leo, and Paige thinks that she caused it."

"Well, it doesn't help that she's pregnant either. You know, mood swings." Prue said. Phoebe's eyes went wide with shock. She just stared at her older sister in dismay.

"She's what?" Phoebe asked, barely breathing.

"She didn't tell you?" Prue asked. "Oops."

"She's-she's-she's" Phoebe was still totally and completely shocked. Is that what Piper was telling Paige right now? Did she miss the memo? "Preg-" Phoebe started to say the word, "pregnant", but halfway though the word, Piper and Paige walked through the door.

The word pregnant kept going through Phoebe's head . . . Pregnant. Piper was pregnant . . . Piper was pregnant and didn't tell her . . . Ooh. Piper was going to get it . . .

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A/N: Next chapter is the last chapter, but don't worry, there will be a sequel! I have a few things to say first though. 1.) Isn't it funny how much a story can change from when it starts to when it ends? Take this one for example. If you really want to, reread it. Or, just trust me, It changed a lot. I guess that's what happens when you write each chapter at a time. 2.) If you read Déjà vu, you will see a common theme. The Paige thing. It's weird how some people use the people in their fictional stories to display the author's own feelings. Not even with the same character all of the time. 3.) REVIEW!!! Please??