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There's a deep girl
In the corner shop
Selling sugar for money
In the dead of the night
And her soul's in the sugar
And her heart's in the mud
And she's crying with a stranger,
For someone to love.
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Paige ran out of the manor, not even aware where one flood of tears ended and the next started. She was crying for all of the good times she had with the Halliwells, as well as the bad times. She was crying for all of the times that she didn't cry before.
She jumped into her lime green Volkswagen, and drove away, as fast as she could. She knew that someone was going to come out and try to stop her from leaving, Piper most likely, if she didn't drive away now.
Paige was secretly hoping inside that someone would have come after her, it wouldn't have made her go back into the manor, but it would have made her feel better. Even if someone did walk out of the manor, Paige probably wouldn't have noticed, because all of her tears were blurring her vision.
Paige had been driving straight, in the same direction, on the same road, for two hours before she completely calmed down. At that time, she finally noticed that she had no clue where she was, and no clue where she was going. She figured that she was still in California, considering that she hadn't seen any State signs, and she wasn't in the ocean.
Paige kept driving for about twenty minutes looking for a place to stay for the night, but surprisingly, there were no hotels nearby. She saw a sign for a coffee shop and decided that she could stand for some caffeine in her body before going farther. She pulled into the parking lot of the corner coffee shop and slowly got out of her car. She looked at her face in her rearview mirror, but realized that she looked so bad that she wouldn't be able to fix it anyway, so she just walked in through the door. She ordered a black coffee with nothing else, because that's what she had gotten used to living with the Halliwell family. They never had time to go anywhere to get coffee, so they always relied on Piper's coffee maker in the kitchen.
She walked over to a table near the window, overlooking the intersection. She was thinking about all of the times that she should have left before. Paige was completely lost in her thoughts when someone tapped her on the shoulder. Snapping out of her dream-state, Paige turned around looking into the face of a man that she had never seen before in her life.
"I noticed you sitting here all alone and I was wondering if you could use some company." The man stated. He was there alone too and he wanted to make this girl happy. Paige didn't have the strength to protest, so she just nodded her head. The man pulled out the chair next to her and sat down.
He looked right into her face and asked, "Why so blue?"
Paige tried to smile, but it came out more like a frown and because she tried and failed, she started to cry again.
"Oh, come on, don't cry," he said, putting his hand over hers. "Just tell me what's wrong."
Paige finally got herself to calm down after a minute and she looked up to face him. She couldn't tell him about why she left. Oh yeah, I figured out a couple years ago that I was a witch and so I went to live with my two half sisters because they were witches too. The only think is that I always felt like I was replacing their older sister Prue, who was a super witch, but died, and so I finally had enough of it . . . Sure . . . that would work. Paige decided that she wasn't going to tell him that because it would make matters worse.
"It's nothing . . . " Paige started, but she was cut off before she could explain.
"If it's nothing than why do you look like you killed your best friend?"
"How do you know I didn't?" Paige said, joking, but she was still upset so it didn't show in her face.
"Uh oh, did you?"
"No."
"Then what's wrong . . . uhh . . . I don't know your name."
"Paige. What's yours?"
"Alexander, but people usually call me Xander."
"Xander." Paige said, trying out his name, "I like it."
"Thanks, but now you have to tell me what's wrong." Xander said, after making her partially feel better.
"I don't have to tell you anything." Paige stated and looked up at him with a straight face, but after looking at this guy, she realized that she did need someone to talk to. "Okay fine."
Xander smiled and urged her to talk.
"It's just that I was living with my sisters for 4 years and that whole time it seemed like I never fit in and then stuff happened and I left." Paige said, just now realizing that it was a really boring story if there was no magic involved. "Okay, now it just seems stupid," Paige said, looking out the window and taking another sip of her coffee.
"No it doesn't, but if you don't mind me asking, why have you lived with them for 4 years if the whole time you didn't feel like you fit in?"
"Well, it's complicated." Paige replied. "I felt obligated to stay after they invited me to."
"Oh . . . " Xander said, "Is there anything I can do to help? Do you want to go back?"
"No . . . They probably wont care that I'm gone anyway."
"I don't believe that. They'd have to be crazy not to want to be with you."
"Only in my dreams," Paige sighed. Xander was like an angel. She wondered what would happen if he knew that she was a witch. He seemed like he could handle it, but she didn't want to risk it, and she definitely wasn't going to cast a truth spell again.
"Back to what you said before," Xander said, "What stuff happened?"
"Um," Paige said, she didn't think he would as her what 'stuff' happened. "Well, let's just say that outside forces got involved."
"What kind of outside forces?" Xander asked, not knowing what he was getting himself into.
"No one important." Paige said, emphasizing the word important and looking up as she said it.
"What?" Xander was clearly confused. "If they aren't important then how'd they get you to leave?"
"They just made me realize that I don't belong there." Paige was trying to explain as much as she could without giving anything away. "But the only thing is now, that I don't belong anywhere. I don't live anywhere anymore."
"Live with me." Xander suggested.
"I don't even know you, Xander." Paige realized that she really didn't, she knew his name, and that's just about it. "All I know is you're name and that you are a really nice person."
"So stay with me. You'll leave when the deal with your sisters gets better."
"I like how you said 'when' and not 'if'." Paige smiled for the first time in what seemed like forever.
"It will work out, Paige. I promise you that much." Xander said. "Let's go. I only live about a mile away from here."
"By the way, where is 'here'?" Paige asked. "I just kind-of drove. For hours."
"We're in Littleton, California." Xander said. "Where do you live?"
"San Francisco." Paige said.
"Wow. How long did you drive!?"
"I'm not sure. Why?"
"That's about 200 miles away from here!"
"Okay, well let's go." Paige said, "You drive there and I'll follow behind."
"Yeah, okay." Xander reached into his pocket and pulled his keys out. He led Paige outside and he got into his car. He drove a black Jeep.
Paige followed Xander to his house, which was only a 2-minute drive. He pulled into his driveway and turned off the engine. He walked up to Paige's car and opened the door for her. He led her to the doorway and opened the door and led her inside.
"Xander, where am I going to sleep?" Paige asked suddenly realizing how tired she was. It was late too.
"You can sleep in my sister's room." Xander said, "Her name's Amanda. She's about your size, so you can borrow some pajamas too."
"Alright, but is she home?" Paige asked.
"Not yet, she'll be home soon." The minute Xander said that, the garage door opened and a girl with long blonde hair walked in. She looked a lot like Xander, just smaller and female. They both had light blonde hair and gray eyes.
"Mandy, this is Paige, she is going to stay with us tonight." Xander said to his sister.
"Alright, follow me, Paige." Amanda said, "You can sleep in my room and borrow some pajamas too, if you want." Paige thought it was really weird how Amanda and Xander thought so much alike. They must be close. Paige followed Amanda into her bedroom, and blacked out.
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A/N: Ooooh . . . Cliffhanger! What happened to Paige? Hmm . . . I wonder. There is only going to be a couple chapters where the sisters are separated, like probably 2 and a half counting this one, so bare with me! I will be posting the next chapter soon, I already started it and I know what's going to happen. Please Review!
Somebody for Someone by: The Corrs
There's a deep girl
In the corner shop
Selling sugar for money
In the dead of the night
And her soul's in the sugar
And her heart's in the mud
And she's crying with a stranger,
For someone to love.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paige ran out of the manor, not even aware where one flood of tears ended and the next started. She was crying for all of the good times she had with the Halliwells, as well as the bad times. She was crying for all of the times that she didn't cry before.
She jumped into her lime green Volkswagen, and drove away, as fast as she could. She knew that someone was going to come out and try to stop her from leaving, Piper most likely, if she didn't drive away now.
Paige was secretly hoping inside that someone would have come after her, it wouldn't have made her go back into the manor, but it would have made her feel better. Even if someone did walk out of the manor, Paige probably wouldn't have noticed, because all of her tears were blurring her vision.
Paige had been driving straight, in the same direction, on the same road, for two hours before she completely calmed down. At that time, she finally noticed that she had no clue where she was, and no clue where she was going. She figured that she was still in California, considering that she hadn't seen any State signs, and she wasn't in the ocean.
Paige kept driving for about twenty minutes looking for a place to stay for the night, but surprisingly, there were no hotels nearby. She saw a sign for a coffee shop and decided that she could stand for some caffeine in her body before going farther. She pulled into the parking lot of the corner coffee shop and slowly got out of her car. She looked at her face in her rearview mirror, but realized that she looked so bad that she wouldn't be able to fix it anyway, so she just walked in through the door. She ordered a black coffee with nothing else, because that's what she had gotten used to living with the Halliwell family. They never had time to go anywhere to get coffee, so they always relied on Piper's coffee maker in the kitchen.
She walked over to a table near the window, overlooking the intersection. She was thinking about all of the times that she should have left before. Paige was completely lost in her thoughts when someone tapped her on the shoulder. Snapping out of her dream-state, Paige turned around looking into the face of a man that she had never seen before in her life.
"I noticed you sitting here all alone and I was wondering if you could use some company." The man stated. He was there alone too and he wanted to make this girl happy. Paige didn't have the strength to protest, so she just nodded her head. The man pulled out the chair next to her and sat down.
He looked right into her face and asked, "Why so blue?"
Paige tried to smile, but it came out more like a frown and because she tried and failed, she started to cry again.
"Oh, come on, don't cry," he said, putting his hand over hers. "Just tell me what's wrong."
Paige finally got herself to calm down after a minute and she looked up to face him. She couldn't tell him about why she left. Oh yeah, I figured out a couple years ago that I was a witch and so I went to live with my two half sisters because they were witches too. The only think is that I always felt like I was replacing their older sister Prue, who was a super witch, but died, and so I finally had enough of it . . . Sure . . . that would work. Paige decided that she wasn't going to tell him that because it would make matters worse.
"It's nothing . . . " Paige started, but she was cut off before she could explain.
"If it's nothing than why do you look like you killed your best friend?"
"How do you know I didn't?" Paige said, joking, but she was still upset so it didn't show in her face.
"Uh oh, did you?"
"No."
"Then what's wrong . . . uhh . . . I don't know your name."
"Paige. What's yours?"
"Alexander, but people usually call me Xander."
"Xander." Paige said, trying out his name, "I like it."
"Thanks, but now you have to tell me what's wrong." Xander said, after making her partially feel better.
"I don't have to tell you anything." Paige stated and looked up at him with a straight face, but after looking at this guy, she realized that she did need someone to talk to. "Okay fine."
Xander smiled and urged her to talk.
"It's just that I was living with my sisters for 4 years and that whole time it seemed like I never fit in and then stuff happened and I left." Paige said, just now realizing that it was a really boring story if there was no magic involved. "Okay, now it just seems stupid," Paige said, looking out the window and taking another sip of her coffee.
"No it doesn't, but if you don't mind me asking, why have you lived with them for 4 years if the whole time you didn't feel like you fit in?"
"Well, it's complicated." Paige replied. "I felt obligated to stay after they invited me to."
"Oh . . . " Xander said, "Is there anything I can do to help? Do you want to go back?"
"No . . . They probably wont care that I'm gone anyway."
"I don't believe that. They'd have to be crazy not to want to be with you."
"Only in my dreams," Paige sighed. Xander was like an angel. She wondered what would happen if he knew that she was a witch. He seemed like he could handle it, but she didn't want to risk it, and she definitely wasn't going to cast a truth spell again.
"Back to what you said before," Xander said, "What stuff happened?"
"Um," Paige said, she didn't think he would as her what 'stuff' happened. "Well, let's just say that outside forces got involved."
"What kind of outside forces?" Xander asked, not knowing what he was getting himself into.
"No one important." Paige said, emphasizing the word important and looking up as she said it.
"What?" Xander was clearly confused. "If they aren't important then how'd they get you to leave?"
"They just made me realize that I don't belong there." Paige was trying to explain as much as she could without giving anything away. "But the only thing is now, that I don't belong anywhere. I don't live anywhere anymore."
"Live with me." Xander suggested.
"I don't even know you, Xander." Paige realized that she really didn't, she knew his name, and that's just about it. "All I know is you're name and that you are a really nice person."
"So stay with me. You'll leave when the deal with your sisters gets better."
"I like how you said 'when' and not 'if'." Paige smiled for the first time in what seemed like forever.
"It will work out, Paige. I promise you that much." Xander said. "Let's go. I only live about a mile away from here."
"By the way, where is 'here'?" Paige asked. "I just kind-of drove. For hours."
"We're in Littleton, California." Xander said. "Where do you live?"
"San Francisco." Paige said.
"Wow. How long did you drive!?"
"I'm not sure. Why?"
"That's about 200 miles away from here!"
"Okay, well let's go." Paige said, "You drive there and I'll follow behind."
"Yeah, okay." Xander reached into his pocket and pulled his keys out. He led Paige outside and he got into his car. He drove a black Jeep.
Paige followed Xander to his house, which was only a 2-minute drive. He pulled into his driveway and turned off the engine. He walked up to Paige's car and opened the door for her. He led her to the doorway and opened the door and led her inside.
"Xander, where am I going to sleep?" Paige asked suddenly realizing how tired she was. It was late too.
"You can sleep in my sister's room." Xander said, "Her name's Amanda. She's about your size, so you can borrow some pajamas too."
"Alright, but is she home?" Paige asked.
"Not yet, she'll be home soon." The minute Xander said that, the garage door opened and a girl with long blonde hair walked in. She looked a lot like Xander, just smaller and female. They both had light blonde hair and gray eyes.
"Mandy, this is Paige, she is going to stay with us tonight." Xander said to his sister.
"Alright, follow me, Paige." Amanda said, "You can sleep in my room and borrow some pajamas too, if you want." Paige thought it was really weird how Amanda and Xander thought so much alike. They must be close. Paige followed Amanda into her bedroom, and blacked out.
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A/N: Ooooh . . . Cliffhanger! What happened to Paige? Hmm . . . I wonder. There is only going to be a couple chapters where the sisters are separated, like probably 2 and a half counting this one, so bare with me! I will be posting the next chapter soon, I already started it and I know what's going to happen. Please Review!
Somebody for Someone by: The Corrs