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: Bringing in the Foster parents! **************************************************************************** ***************

Sam got back home, an hour after she was supposed to and orbed to her room after she parked the jeep.

"Hi" Piper greeted her as Sam turned her light on. Both her and Leo were waiting for Sam on her bed.

"Geez guys!" Sam exclaimed grabbing her chest.

"Scare you?" Piper asked. She seemed too happy, which meant she was really upset/mad.

"I'm sorry, I was late." Sam told them in monotone, rolling her eyes as she tossed Piper the jeep keys.

"You could've called" Leo told her.

"Could've, should've, would've but didn't. The world didn't end!" Sam snorted.

"What's with you tonight?" Piper asked. "You've been acting different ever since you came home this afternoon. Is it that Alex girl?" Sam suddenly became extremely angry and whipped around to face her mom and dad.

"Leave Alex, the hell out of this! She's done nothing my entire life but be there for me!"

Sam started hitting her fingers, counting off all the times Alex has been there for her. "When the Matthew's died, when I didn't think I was ever going to see Paige again, when I got put into Foster care, every time she had to sneak me through her bed room window almost every night after my foster parents would-" Sam trailed off. She knew she had said too much and she tightened her lips.

"Every time your Foster parents would what?" Leo asked

"Just do me a favor and drop it. And while you're doing that drop whatever prejudices you have against Alex because of the way she looked this afternoon. You don't know anything about her."

Piper and Leo stood up.

"I have to get ready for bed." Sam told them, still glaring.

The two adults left the room without another word.

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Next morning at school -

Sam left the house quietly that morning. Alex approached her locker. "Hey, what's wrong?" Alex could always tell if something was wrong with Sam even with her best fake attitude and smile and vice-versa.

"I got in a fight with Piper and my dad Leo, last night for coming home late."

"Bummer." Alex told her sympathetically

"Meh." Sam shrugged the situation off.

"Would Samantha Halliwell please report to the front office please?" The speakers above their heads blared

"Whoa. Deja vu" Sam quipped pretending to look dizzy. "Walk with me?"

"You have to ask?" Alex retorted jokingly as they walked off.

Caitie, David and DJ were behind them but stayed where thy were.

"God, I hate her." Caitie mumbled.

David and DJ shrugged.

"As long as I get to see my girlfriend sometime this week, I'm happy" DJ told her. "So Sam has a new friend she wants to spend time with. No biggie, don't be so jealous Caitie." **************************************************************************** ***************

Sam and Alex walked to the front office and Sam pushed the waiting room door open, she was looking over her shoulder talking to Alex but stopped when she saw why she was called to the office. Alex stopped as well.

The Chance's were waiting for Sam there. Sam and Alex quickly backed out of the office and ran down the hallway. Adam Chance and his son Jared Chance ran out of the door watching the two friends run away. Adam swore under his breath.

"She got away" He told his wife Susan who was carrying their 14month year old daughter Erica.

"She has to come back to school sometime. Was that Alexandra with her?" Susan replied

Jared nodded. "What's she doing back from New York?"

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Sam and Alex pushed their ways through the crowded corridors until they got all the way down the stony steps outside.

"I can't stay here!" Sam exclaimed, trying to catch her breath.

"I'm calling my mom. She'll pick us up. Come on, If they drove here they'll be coming this way to get to the parking lot."

Alex whipped out her cell phone and hit speed dial one on her phone as they continued to run.

"Hey mom." She greeted innocently

Sam led them to the school side fence, which was locked by this time. since both girls knew sigh language Sam indicated to her that they'd have to climb it and Alex agreed.

As she held the phone between her ear and shoulder Alex was grunting while trying to sound innocent to her mother.

"No mom. Everything's fine. Sam and I just need a pick up. Why?"

Alex and Sam stopped after they jumped off the fence and looked at each other. Alex's mom Stacy already knew everything Sam had gone through but at the time there was no proof which meant she couldn't have done anything about it.

"The Chance's are looking for Sam." Alex explained, sighing. "yea we'll meet you there in ten. Thanks." Alex put her phone back away inside her jacket and hit Sam's arm as she started to run off again. "Come on."