A/N: Thanks for the reviews, I was kinda surprised they're aren't more Charmed slash fics too. Oh, well, at least this is one. I'm babbling. Read.

They what?! Paige could hardly believe her ears.

'You what?!' Piper and Phoebe said simultaneously.

Poor Madeline looked extremely uncomfortable and Paige suddenly felt very sorry for her, not least because it looked like Prue had messed her about by leaving her to explain their relationship to Piper and Phoebe. 'I... I thought you knew.'

Phoebe laughed. 'We can't be talking about the same person.'

'Prue Halliwell?' Maddy said.

'Yeah but...' Phoebe spluttered.

'It's Phoebe, right?'

'Guys?' Paige put in hesitantly. 'Can we bring this off the doorstep?'

'Fine,' Piper said shortly. 'Take her into the living room, Phoebe, come with me.'

Piper headed purposefully up the stairs with Wyatt, Phoebe hesitated then followed her sister.

'Erm... come on in.' Paige moved to let Maddy enter and led her into the living room. 'Sit down.'

'Thanks.' Maddy perched on the edge of the sofa. 'I didn't mean to cause any trouble.'

'I'm guessing Prue didn't tell them.' Paige said with a small smile.

'If that was Phoebe and Piper,' Maddy said slowly. 'Who are you?'

'We'll ask the questions,' Piper said as she and Phoebe reappeared minus Wyatt. 'How did you really know Prue?'

'I told you.' she replied, obviously a bit intimidated.

'Tell me about her.' Piper said clenching her fist, an action which usually signified she was going to blow something- or someone- up.

'Er... she worked at Bucklands Auction House, her mom died when she was a kid. She was a witch.'

'Hey, Pheebs,' Piper turned to her sister. 'What were you saying before, about demons not using doors?'

'Hang on!' Maddy jumped up. 'I'm not a demon.'

'What else could you be?' Piper said forcefully. 'My sister's girlfriend?'

Paige really didn't like the look in Piper's eyes, it was too much like she'd looked when Leo had been shot by a Darklighter, she looked ready to kill.

'I didn't mean to cause any trouble, I thought if I told you I knew you were witches you'd believe me.'

'We don't.' Piper said grimly and lifted her hands.

'Piper!' Paige said. 'You can't blow her up.'

'I'm not gonna blow her up. I'm gonna freeze her and trap her in a crystal circle till I can do some research.'

'Why don't you believe her?'

'Oh, come on, Paige!' Phoebe snorted. 'Prue wasn't gay.'

'And how would I know?' Paige muttered.

'We haven't got time for this, Paige.' Piper said firmly.

What choice did she have? She leaped over and grabbed Maddy in a flying orb.

Maddy collapsed in a heap on the pavement when they materialised outside the club. 'You're a Whitelighter?' she asked breathlessly.

'Half-witch,' Paige said dismissively. 'I better go.'

'Why did you get me out of there?'

'You sound like you got screwed Prue, I've never met her and she makes me feel worthless.' Paige answered bitterly.

'How do you know the family?' Maddy asked shakily standing up.

'I have to go, before Piper tries to hunt you down.' Paige replied. 'If I were you, I'd lay low for a while.'

Without another word Paige orbed back to the manor.

'What the hell was that?' Phoebe demanded when she appeared in the manor.

'You were about to hurt an innocent!'

'An innocent?!' Piper repeated. 'She was a liar.'

'Even if she was,' Paige said. 'That doesn't make her a demon.'

'The two are pretty well linked, Paige.' Phoebe countered, 'Right, Piper?'

But Piper wasn't listening. 'What do you mean, 'even if she was'?'

Hmm, she'd put her foot in it again. 'I...'

'Prue wasn't gay, Paige!' Piper said, managing to keep her voice below shouting level. 'We knew her, you didn't.'

'And you never stop reminding me.' Paige muttered to herself. To her sisters she said; 'Maybe she just didn't tell you.'

Phoebe shook her head. 'We told each other everything.'

Ha! That was exactly true was it? Pheebs had told her how she'd kept the fact that Cole was alive to herself. 'What about when you said you vanquished Cole?'

'That was different.' Piper argued.

'I'll tell you why it was different,' Paige said hotly, all restraint gone. 'You had to believe Cole was alive because he came back, maybe it soiled your perfect view of Phoebe but the truth was out, you could get over it. But you'd rather kill an innocent than believe for one moment that there was something she didn't tell you. The sun has to shine out of her astral backside no matter what the cost, right?'

Piper's anger hit her in full force in the shape of her hand. 'You take that back.'

Paige was suitably shocked by her sister hitting her so didn't have the strength or will to argue; 'Okay, I'm sorry.'

'Right,' Piper said shakily. 'If Madeline appears again, we'll kill her, alright?'

'Alright.'

'Good.' Piper said. 'That's settled.'