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 month later -
Sam's two other powers hadn't come out yet but Sam had pretty much forgotten all about them. Until the second was released she could still orb, she usually only used it in emergencies now though because it made her dizzy.
Everybody was friends, (Alex, Caitie, David and DJ had all accepted each other) DJ and Sam were still engaged and going strong and Sam had taken up a small waitress job to get some pocket change and build up a small account for University. Her family had already told her that they had all actually started one up for Wyatt when he was born and then when she came they had starting splitting what was originally only going into his and into one for her too so she didn't have to worry about it.
Sam never thought life could get any better but they got worse when she got home from school that afternoon and Paige was fighting with both Phoebe and Piper. ****************************************************************************
"Paige, we're still waiting for Leo to come back from the Elders. They can make-sure what you're saying is right!" Sam heard Phoebe's voice raise as she entered the house.
"Oh yea because you can't trust anything I say right?" Paige retorted angrily.
"Paige, you know that's not true." Piper's calm voice tried to settle everybody down.
"Oh whatever Piper! What about Cole huh? Did either of you listen to me then?"
There was no reply.
"No. I didn't think so because I was just the new sister that nobody trusted or listened to. Well I'm sorry!" Paige walked out the kitchen, grabbed her jacket and keys and out the front door. ****************************************************************************
A few minutes later, Sam heard Phoebe start to talk to Piper. "She had no right to bring that up." Her voice was calmer and quieter but still full on anger but also some hurt.
"She's right though Phoebe. We didn't trust her back then."
"We didn't want too. Cole was part of the family and we trusted him. We figured Paige didn't because she was the newest addition."
Sam barely hesitated after hearing this and followed Paige out the door. She had just closed her driver door and put on her seat belt when Sam closed the Manor door. She looked around and orbed down to Paige's bug.
"What are you doing!?" Paige demanded
Sam held up one finger to signify for Paige to wait a second. After her thoughts cleared and Sam could think straight she turned to face Paige as she put on her seatbelt.
"What are you doing orbing?" Paige asked.
"Needed to keep up with you." Sam said casually as her belt clicked. Paige started the bug. "I heard you fighting with mom and Aunt Phoebe."
"It wasn't about you, you know" Paige told her
"I know, it was about them not trusting you but after you left phoebe said something about them thinking you didn't trust Cole because you were the newest addition to the family at that point. It had me thinking for a second about what they thought of me when I first came so I followed you."
Paige was already pulling out of where she was parked by now, she was nodding.
"So where you going?" Sam asked
"I don't know. Where's some place we haven't been in awhile?" Paige asked.
"Lots of places." Sam told her, squinting her eyes as the sun shone into them.
"It's really bright today." Paige commented putting the bug's driver visor down.
"Yea" Sam agreed. "THE LAKE!" She exclaimed
"What?" Paige asked confused.
"We haven't been to Lake Skylark is soo long. Don't you remember? It was named after the camp that shut down or something but it wasn't actually anywhere near the lake there or the camp!"
"Yea! You're right!" Paige agreed smiling. "And they had that pool that dropped off into the lake and the rope you could swing like Tarzan and let go into the lake! It was so amazing!"
"Yea it was! The last time we went was..." Sam stopped to think. She and Paige both seemed to remember at the same time.
"Exactly one month before they died." Paige whispered. "I kept complaining about how lame it was. Mom and Dad kept saying how I could at least pretend to be having fun for your sake."
"Yea." Sam remembered **Flashback**
Young Sam is running around in shorts, and a t-shirt laughing and running as Mr. Matthews tries to catch up with her. A teenage Paige is sitting at a picnic table trying to get a signal on her cell phone when Mrs. Matthews comes over, sits down and takes it from her. Paige groans and rolls her eyes. Her mother throws in it into her purse, away from Paige.
"Mom!" Paige yelled.
"Paige, can you at least pretend to want to be here? For your little sisters sake?!" Julie pleaded
"Whatever" Paige told her, getting up and stalking away. Her father stopped her before getting much further.
"Paige, would you watch Sam please? She's by the slide."
Again Paige rolled her eyes and replied with 'whatever'.
"Thank-you" Daniel replied.
Paige looked over to the slide and didn't see Sam. She did a 360 from where she was standing looking for her.
"Sam?" She called out. Her parents were far enough away that they didn't see/hear her. "SAM?" She called a little louder.
Paige looked near the slide again and saw bubbles at the surface. "Shit!" She swore. Paige ran over to what she called the Tarzan rope, pulled back a little and swung herself into the lake; fully dressed.
Paige quickly swam over to where (if getting full speed from the slide) you would land. It was also where the bubbles were forming. she held her breath and opened her eyes. She was always good at seeing underwater. She saw Sam struggling to hold her breath and get to the surface of the water. Paige looked down and saw that Sam's foot was caught on a plant.
Her chest was starting to hurt and Paige felt like she was about to pass out but she pushed herself further down and fumbled to untangle Sam's foot. Once she had, she let herself float back up to the surface. She gasped for breath and looked for Sam again.
Paige found her coughing and gasping for air She swam over to her little sister and embraced her tightly.
"My god Sam! Are you okay?"
Sam nodded as she continued to cough. "Come on." Paige held up her hand and she took them back to shore. "Don't ever do that to me again!" She couched out as her and Sam collapsed onto the sand.
**End Flashback**
"Good times." Sam mumbled sarcastically. "We don't have any swimming clothes or anything" She then added.
Keeping on hand on the wheel, Paige reached for her jacket. She pulled out a small wallet from her jacket pocket and handed it to Sam.
"The joys of having a job!" She joked. "Let's go shopping!"
"Very nice!" Sam told her. ****************************************************************************
Soon after the girls had stopped into a surf shop, they raced back to the bug and drove to the lake. It was about thirty minutes outside the city and just as they were about to get out, Sam's cell rang. she looked at Paige.
"You go and find us a spot and I'll be right there. The lake was deserted as it was going on five o'clock but Sam knew it would be Piper.
Sam - Hello
Piper - Please for the love of god, tell me that you're with Paige or DJ or somebody!
Sam - I'm with Paige. Sorry mom.
Piper - *exhale of relief* That's fine. When will you guys be home?
Sam - I'm not sure, I'll call before we leave
Piper - Leave? Leave where?
Sam saw Paige start setting up a blanket on the ground to sit on. - I'll call, bye mom!
With that Sam hung up and got out of the bug.
She grabbed a hoodie that Paige own out of the backseat. "What was the point of buying suits and stuff? It's fricking freezing!"
Paige shrugged. "Extras?" She joked
Sam nodded and slipped on the sweater.
"It's not that cold!" Paige told her smiling.
"Sue me." Sam told her as she flopped herself down onto the blanket beside Paige. "So what's up Paige?"
"Not a lot. What's up with you?"
"I'm engaged!" Sam taunted, holding up her left hand.
"Shut-up!" Paige joked, playfully batting her hand away.
"Well Kyle - DJ's brother - and Alex have been going out a lot. They seem to really like each other."
"That's nice."
"Yea and DJ signed for the Northwestern Basketball Scholarship, Caitie and David are seriously stepping up their relationship."
"Are they.. you know..?"
Sam shook her head. "Caitie's afraid the same thing happening to her, that did to Missy."
Paige nodded. "You weren't?"
Sam snorted a little. "I was angry. Me and angry don't mix well together, I've had a whole lifetime of dealing with anger the wrong way."
Paige nodded. "I know what you mean." **************************************************************************** ***************
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 month later -
Sam's two other powers hadn't come out yet but Sam had pretty much forgotten all about them. Until the second was released she could still orb, she usually only used it in emergencies now though because it made her dizzy.
Everybody was friends, (Alex, Caitie, David and DJ had all accepted each other) DJ and Sam were still engaged and going strong and Sam had taken up a small waitress job to get some pocket change and build up a small account for University. Her family had already told her that they had all actually started one up for Wyatt when he was born and then when she came they had starting splitting what was originally only going into his and into one for her too so she didn't have to worry about it.
Sam never thought life could get any better but they got worse when she got home from school that afternoon and Paige was fighting with both Phoebe and Piper. ****************************************************************************
"Paige, we're still waiting for Leo to come back from the Elders. They can make-sure what you're saying is right!" Sam heard Phoebe's voice raise as she entered the house.
"Oh yea because you can't trust anything I say right?" Paige retorted angrily.
"Paige, you know that's not true." Piper's calm voice tried to settle everybody down.
"Oh whatever Piper! What about Cole huh? Did either of you listen to me then?"
There was no reply.
"No. I didn't think so because I was just the new sister that nobody trusted or listened to. Well I'm sorry!" Paige walked out the kitchen, grabbed her jacket and keys and out the front door. ****************************************************************************
A few minutes later, Sam heard Phoebe start to talk to Piper. "She had no right to bring that up." Her voice was calmer and quieter but still full on anger but also some hurt.
"She's right though Phoebe. We didn't trust her back then."
"We didn't want too. Cole was part of the family and we trusted him. We figured Paige didn't because she was the newest addition."
Sam barely hesitated after hearing this and followed Paige out the door. She had just closed her driver door and put on her seat belt when Sam closed the Manor door. She looked around and orbed down to Paige's bug.
"What are you doing!?" Paige demanded
Sam held up one finger to signify for Paige to wait a second. After her thoughts cleared and Sam could think straight she turned to face Paige as she put on her seatbelt.
"What are you doing orbing?" Paige asked.
"Needed to keep up with you." Sam said casually as her belt clicked. Paige started the bug. "I heard you fighting with mom and Aunt Phoebe."
"It wasn't about you, you know" Paige told her
"I know, it was about them not trusting you but after you left phoebe said something about them thinking you didn't trust Cole because you were the newest addition to the family at that point. It had me thinking for a second about what they thought of me when I first came so I followed you."
Paige was already pulling out of where she was parked by now, she was nodding.
"So where you going?" Sam asked
"I don't know. Where's some place we haven't been in awhile?" Paige asked.
"Lots of places." Sam told her, squinting her eyes as the sun shone into them.
"It's really bright today." Paige commented putting the bug's driver visor down.
"Yea" Sam agreed. "THE LAKE!" She exclaimed
"What?" Paige asked confused.
"We haven't been to Lake Skylark is soo long. Don't you remember? It was named after the camp that shut down or something but it wasn't actually anywhere near the lake there or the camp!"
"Yea! You're right!" Paige agreed smiling. "And they had that pool that dropped off into the lake and the rope you could swing like Tarzan and let go into the lake! It was so amazing!"
"Yea it was! The last time we went was..." Sam stopped to think. She and Paige both seemed to remember at the same time.
"Exactly one month before they died." Paige whispered. "I kept complaining about how lame it was. Mom and Dad kept saying how I could at least pretend to be having fun for your sake."
"Yea." Sam remembered **Flashback**
Young Sam is running around in shorts, and a t-shirt laughing and running as Mr. Matthews tries to catch up with her. A teenage Paige is sitting at a picnic table trying to get a signal on her cell phone when Mrs. Matthews comes over, sits down and takes it from her. Paige groans and rolls her eyes. Her mother throws in it into her purse, away from Paige.
"Mom!" Paige yelled.
"Paige, can you at least pretend to want to be here? For your little sisters sake?!" Julie pleaded
"Whatever" Paige told her, getting up and stalking away. Her father stopped her before getting much further.
"Paige, would you watch Sam please? She's by the slide."
Again Paige rolled her eyes and replied with 'whatever'.
"Thank-you" Daniel replied.
Paige looked over to the slide and didn't see Sam. She did a 360 from where she was standing looking for her.
"Sam?" She called out. Her parents were far enough away that they didn't see/hear her. "SAM?" She called a little louder.
Paige looked near the slide again and saw bubbles at the surface. "Shit!" She swore. Paige ran over to what she called the Tarzan rope, pulled back a little and swung herself into the lake; fully dressed.
Paige quickly swam over to where (if getting full speed from the slide) you would land. It was also where the bubbles were forming. she held her breath and opened her eyes. She was always good at seeing underwater. She saw Sam struggling to hold her breath and get to the surface of the water. Paige looked down and saw that Sam's foot was caught on a plant.
Her chest was starting to hurt and Paige felt like she was about to pass out but she pushed herself further down and fumbled to untangle Sam's foot. Once she had, she let herself float back up to the surface. She gasped for breath and looked for Sam again.
Paige found her coughing and gasping for air She swam over to her little sister and embraced her tightly.
"My god Sam! Are you okay?"
Sam nodded as she continued to cough. "Come on." Paige held up her hand and she took them back to shore. "Don't ever do that to me again!" She couched out as her and Sam collapsed onto the sand.
**End Flashback**
"Good times." Sam mumbled sarcastically. "We don't have any swimming clothes or anything" She then added.
Keeping on hand on the wheel, Paige reached for her jacket. She pulled out a small wallet from her jacket pocket and handed it to Sam.
"The joys of having a job!" She joked. "Let's go shopping!"
"Very nice!" Sam told her. ****************************************************************************
Soon after the girls had stopped into a surf shop, they raced back to the bug and drove to the lake. It was about thirty minutes outside the city and just as they were about to get out, Sam's cell rang. she looked at Paige.
"You go and find us a spot and I'll be right there. The lake was deserted as it was going on five o'clock but Sam knew it would be Piper.
Sam - Hello
Piper - Please for the love of god, tell me that you're with Paige or DJ or somebody!
Sam - I'm with Paige. Sorry mom.
Piper - *exhale of relief* That's fine. When will you guys be home?
Sam - I'm not sure, I'll call before we leave
Piper - Leave? Leave where?
Sam saw Paige start setting up a blanket on the ground to sit on. - I'll call, bye mom!
With that Sam hung up and got out of the bug.
She grabbed a hoodie that Paige own out of the backseat. "What was the point of buying suits and stuff? It's fricking freezing!"
Paige shrugged. "Extras?" She joked
Sam nodded and slipped on the sweater.
"It's not that cold!" Paige told her smiling.
"Sue me." Sam told her as she flopped herself down onto the blanket beside Paige. "So what's up Paige?"
"Not a lot. What's up with you?"
"I'm engaged!" Sam taunted, holding up her left hand.
"Shut-up!" Paige joked, playfully batting her hand away.
"Well Kyle - DJ's brother - and Alex have been going out a lot. They seem to really like each other."
"That's nice."
"Yea and DJ signed for the Northwestern Basketball Scholarship, Caitie and David are seriously stepping up their relationship."
"Are they.. you know..?"
Sam shook her head. "Caitie's afraid the same thing happening to her, that did to Missy."
Paige nodded. "You weren't?"
Sam snorted a little. "I was angry. Me and angry don't mix well together, I've had a whole lifetime of dealing with anger the wrong way."
Paige nodded. "I know what you mean." **************************************************************************** ***************
