Innocent Eyes – Conversations With Grams
Leo sat in Pipers room, her hand clasped in his. Behind him the door opened and Paige walked in, he turned round briefly and just glanced at her and then turned back to Piper.
"Any change?" asked Paige, as she walked in and sat down at the opposite side of the bed from Leo,
"Nothing big… her heart is slowly getting stronger but she might still not pull through… you know, I didn't think her wounds were that bad… I thought that most of them were superficial, maybe a little internal bleeding or some broken bones. I didn't realise that this could kill her, I mean people get hit by cars all the time… and they survive," said Leo, his eyes fixed on Piper's face. "I just assumed that Piper would be one of the ones who pulled through, I didn't think that she would be one of the ones who d…" he stopped and wiped the tears that were forming at the corners of his eyes,
"Piper is strong… she's not going to die, she will pull through this. She's pulled through worse things. Like when she had that deadly virus, and when she was a furie and a wendigo and all those other things…" sighed Paige, but from the look on Leo's face she knew that she wasn't helping him at all,
"All those other things had magical intervention… I mean she was turned into a demon and she only survived that virus because I healed her. And that's all that I want to do now but if I do that all sorts of questions will be raised… and I don't think that's what anyone needs right now… but maybe if I could just make her heart a little stronger, or bring her out of the coma or stop the bleeding, anything?" he looked up towards Paige as if she had the answers he needed.
"You know you can't… if only you had gotten there before the ambulances…. Then you could have healed her there and then, and you know as well as I do that if you try and heal her and you even just bring her out of the coma it would raise questions. The doctors, they aren't expecting her out of the coma for at least another couple of days… if she woke up now," said Paige but she was cut off as the door opened,
"If you wake her up now it will raise all sorts of questions, but I don't care…" it was Phoebe, "Right now my sister is dying… Leo she is dying, I have already lost one sister and I do not plan on losing another one. And I certainly don't plan on losing a daughter that I have just found." She paused and looked towards Paige, "I don't give a damn if it raises questions, all I know is my sister is dying… but not only that she is taking my daughter with her, now somehow they are connected and if she dies, Parker dies… so do something," said Phoebe defiantly,
"Phoebe, you know I want to heal Piper more than anything… but healing her could damage her in the long run. It could raise questions about the whole family which could hurt Parker as well," sighed Leo,
"And I told you, I don't care. Now either you heal her or I will find some way to do it myself… so what's it gonna be?" asked Phoebe,
"I can't… I can't risk exposing magic," he sighed,
"I think he's right Phoebe… we can't risk this," said Paige,
"Fine… I'll find away myself…" she said and turned to leave but she stopped just before the door, "And I can't believe that you would let your sister die, just so magic isn't exposed," she said then left.
***
Back at the manor Phoebe headed straight for the attic, she went in and headed for the book of shadows. She opened it and began flicking through the pages,
"I don't know what I'm looking for… I could really use a magical assist," she paused and waited for the books pages to magically turn and for her to be left at the right page but the book did nothing. Puzzled she tried again,
"Grams… Mom… Prue… whoever, I need some help here… like page number, a quick flick of the pages would really help," she sighed, as once again the book did nothing,
"Look! I need help here! I need to find something to help Piper, I can't let her die! Someone help me…" still nothing from the book but from not far behind her she heard something materialising, Phoebe spun round and came face to face with Grams,
"Grams!" she sighed, "For a second there I thought no one was going to help me… but you're here, you need to help. I need a spell,"
"No," sighed Grams,
"No?" questioned Phoebe, "What do you mean no? I need someone to help me here, I don't know what I'm looking for and I'm running out of time I'm going to loose Piper and Parker and I know that you can help me… please" begged Phoebe
"Phoebe, I know you need help but I can't. We're not allowed to tamper with something like this," Phoebe looked at her puzzled,
"What do you mean? Leo heals people all the time we always tamper with these things?" Grams sighed and looked deep into her granddaughters eyes,
"Phoebe… listen to me. This is different, Piper is in hospital. And I know that when she was in there before hand with that virus you and Prue done a spell to help her, and then Leo healed her – which he wasn't meant to – but this time its different,"
"How? How is it different Grams," asked Phoebe,
"The doctors have diagnosed her… they have given her so much time to wake up and because of her condition she is being constantly checked on… if Leo were to heal her it would be medically impossible for her to have healed completely in that short amount of time. The doctors would know that something wasn't right and when they couldn't explain it they would keep on trying until they could, and eventually everything would come out into the open and you saw what happened the last time magic was exposed…"
"But Piper is going to die. Why does no one but me seem to understand this?" demanded Phoebe,
"Phoebe, we all understand that there is a chance that Piper might die, but we all know how strong Piper is and that she will get through this by herself. She will get through this Phoebe, you know she will," sighed Grams
"But I don't… now if you won't help me I will do it myself. I will help Piper, and I will do it with or without your consent,"