Title: Paige's Sister - Part 4 - High School 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, DJ, Caitie and David all entering their senior year of High School. How does it affect everyone knowing that after the next ten months fly by they'll probably never see each other again?

A/N: Due to popular demand I'm bringing Sam's father into the story and possibly her foster parents. First her father though. **************************************************************************** ***************

A week and couple of days later -

Sam was finally back in school but was still trying to catch on her work that she missed. Caitie approached her at her locker.

"Hey, you hear? New kid in school. Our year. I heard she's a real badass."

"Worse then me?" Sam teased but Caitie's face went stony.

"You mean that you USED to be. Right?" She asked cautiously

"What's with you girl? Of course that's what I meant."

Suddenly it was almost like watching a TV show when the hot guy walks down the hallway and everybody cleared the hallway path for him except now it was the new girl and everyone looked terrified.

The new girl wore a leather jacket almost identical to Sam's, her strawberry blond hair had streaks of orange, green, blue, purple and red going everywhere through it. Her nose, ears, lip and bellybutton were all pierced and her sun tattoo right above her navel was the same as Sam's only the girls was visible since she was wearing a black midriff top with a skull on it. The skull had a tongue and a pierced nose as well.

(A/N: That's a shirt I saw at the mall the other day and looked really kickass!)

Sam smiled as the girl walked through the hall she stopped and faced Sam.

"Sam! Chicka! Where have you been hiding?!"

"Alex girl! How the hell have you been?!"

The girls hit each other's hands and did their own little handshake.

Caitie cleared her throat. People in the hallway crowded the path again but most of them were giving the girl and Sam side looks of confusion.

"Oh sorry, my bad. Caitie this is a friend from Turner Junior High. She was my best friend before I fell in with Brian and Joey."

Caitie looked at Sam quickly but strangely. It was the first time Sam had ever spoke about Turner Junior High or Brian and Joey without a monotone or depressed tone even but now she had a huge smile on her face.

"I haven't seen her since then. She moved right before I became friends with them. We got the tattoos together. She gave me my jacket and she bought the one she's wearing together. Kind of like friendship jackets. We never kept in touch either. Stupidity on our parts."

"Does your still fit?" Alex asked

"Yea, totally. Hey, listen, you wanna come over after school or tonight?"

"Are you still living with the Chances?" Alex asked extremely quietly

Sam shook her head. "No. No I found my real parents and family. LONG story!" "Good. I was so scared leaving you with them."

"No, everything worked out. Especially now that we're together again."

The two smiled and hugged. "What do you have first class?" Sam asked as they separated.

"I gotta go to the office and check, come with me?"

"Ooh" Sam cringed a bit. "Probably not a smart move on my part. I got suspended last Monday for a week for telling Mr. Barstow off, but I'll show you where it is IF you come over tonight?"

"Uh Sam?" Caitie spoke up again

"Yea?" Sam asked, turning her attention back to Caitie for the moment

"Me, you, David and DJ all have plans for tonight. Remember? We've planned this since the middle of last week because you're not grounded anymore!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name" Alex said looking cockily at Caitie and batting her eyelashes.

Caitie looked at her with pure hatred for a quick moment before plastering an obvious fake smile and holding out her hand.

"Caitie. Taylor."

Alex took her hand and it seemed like both of them were squeezing as hard as they could. "Alex. Johnson."

"Alex. come on, the bell is going to go soon. I'll show you to the office." Caitie let go of Alex's hand and Sam led her away, only turning around for a second to give Caitie a hard glare.

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Sam and Alex burst through the Manor door, laughing their butts off after school that same day.

"Sam? Is that Caitie with you?" Piper called as she walked from the kitchen, drying her hands. Sam figured that she had just finished the dishes. "Oh. Hello" Piper greeted upon seeing Alex.

"Hey-" Sam got caught off because she was still laughing and short of breath. "Hey mom." She attempted to speak again.

Alex burst out laughing from Sam's attempts of speaking. "I'm- I'm sorry" She told Piper.

"It's okay" Piper told her even though she was still confused. She looked at Sam, waiting for an explanation.

Alex was the first one to catch her breath though. "Whoa, wait, wait, wait. Mom? Girl! You found your actual birth mother!?"

Sam nodded through her laughter and shortness of air.

"I'm sorry. It seems I wore Sam out a little bit." Alex spoke to Piper. She held out her hand. "My name is Alex Johnson. I used to go to Turner Junior High with Sam. we've actually known each other since before she got placed into Foster Care. I can assure you though that I never hung around with Brian O'Neil or Joseph Harris. I moved to New York with my family to before Sam began hanging around with them, but since your Sam's mother I feel obliged to tell you straight out that I have experienced with drugs and alcohol before with Sam in our seventh grade but never again."

Piper was shocked at how polite but honest this girl she had just met was being with her. She held out her hand. "Piper Halliwell, it's nice to meet you."

Alex smiled and took her hand. "Alexandra Johnson but people usually call me Alex and likewise." She repeated her name.

"So you guys were good friends?" Piper asked

"Inseparable" Sam told her finally catching her breath and standing out straight. She took her place standing beside Alex.

"What brings you back to san Francisco, Alex?" Piper asked. she had to admit that even though the girl was extremely nice she was thrown off a bit by the girl's appearance.

"My parents hated New York but they always loved San Francisco so my Dad requested another transfer order back to the city." Piper nodded. "Oh okay. are you attending Baker or Turner High now?"

"Baker High. That's where I ran into Sam this morning."

"Are you guys in any of the same classes?"

"All except two." Sam answered.

"OH!" Alex exclaimed, remembering something. "My mom said that if i ran into you because you had either changed Foster homes or had got kicked out of Turner High - she was joking about that one - or for some other reason you were at Baker High and I saw you, I'm supposed to tell you that you're to immediately stop by and have some of her cookies!"

Sam's face lit up. "Alex's mom makes awesome cookies!" She explained to Piper. She then realized what she had said and tried to cover it up. "I don't whose are better yours or hers. They're that good!"

"Cook?" Alex whispered through the side of her mouth, still facing Piper.

"One of the best" Sam whispered back

"It's okay Sam" Piper said smiling. "Alex are you staying for dinner?"

"We're actually going to hit the city later" Sam told her. "I was going to show Alex what's changed and stuff, could I borrow the jeep?" Sam put on her best puppy dog face.

Piper laughed. "Homework?"

"Finished during lunch."

She sighed. "Fine." Piper agreed. "Don't forget to be-"

"Home at 12. Got it" Sam finished, giving her a thumbs up and taking the keys from the coffee table. "Bye mom!"

As they were close enough to the door. Alex whispered to Sam, thinking she was out of Piper's hearing range. "You actually use keys now?"

Sam looked through the corner of her eye at Piper and almost pushed Alex out of the open Manor door. She waved nervously at Piper and this time grabbed her leather jacket before shutting the door behind her.

Piper could still hear them outside. "You idiot!" Sam called to Alex but she didn't sound mad.

Piper decided to leave Alex's comment sit... for now.