A/N: thanks to muse-of-the-fairies, Charmed Leo, Chantelle, TKPiper,
line100, CharmingChix, Cocoamo1223, svata2004, hazza123, and MerikGroupie
for reviewing the last chapter. Sorry this one took so so so long in
coming but I had minor writers block and a huge bunch of other stuff to do.
Sorry!!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything!
~*~Chapter 3~*~
The group orbed into the living room of the manor. Immediately two young children -a girl and an older boy- came running/ toddling out of the kitchen and flung themselves at Leo. The girl had dark brown hair that was short as she was still young, and she had brown eyes. Her older brother had blonde hair that was getting darker everyday so soon it'd be brown. He had light blue/green eyes.
Leo bent down and picked up Wyatt just as Phoebe picked up Melinda.
"Daddy!" Wyatt yelled excitedly. He then looked around expectantly at the group. "Where's mommy?"
"Mommy!" Melinda repeated the last word to show that she wanted to be a part of the conversation, and she turned herself in her Auntie's arms to face her Dad and brother.
Leo and Phoebe exchanged glances, the same thought passing through their heads. 'how do you explain this to a child?'
It seemed an impossible task, yet it was one that had to be done. Leo moved over to the settee and sat down, placing Wyatt on his lap so the boy was facing his Dad. Phoebe sat down next to Leo and placed Melinda sideways on her knee so the girl could see her Daddy and brother.
Leo took a breath and looked at both of his children.
"Wyatt , Melinda, Mommy has been hurt and she has to go into a hospital for a little while so that she can get better again, okay?"
"Okay" Wyatt replied. He looked thoughtful though and Leo knew a question was soon to follow.
"Otay!" Melinda was satisfied much easier than her older brother. Her young brain more accepting.
"But Daddy, if Mommy's hurt you can heal her." Wyatt's 'question' was more of a statement.
"Sweetie, I don't think I can. I don't think the Elders will let me. Also I haven't seen mommy yet."
"Okay"
Wyatt yawned and Melinda was almost asleep in Phoebe's arms. Leo looked shattered himself so Phoebe offered to put the kids to bed for him.
"Thanks Phoebe."
"S'ok." She gave her brother-in-law a hug (trying not to squash Melinda) "you did well Leo, that wasn't easy." She then carried a sleeping Melinda up the stairs, holding a tired Wyatt's hand as he followed.
While all this had been going on, Darryl had been filling Alex in on the day's events in the Kitchen. As Phoebe left, the two men came into the sitting room and Alex sat next to Paige as Darryl hovered nervously around the large window at the front of the house.-he knew it was only a matter of time before crowds would form around the manor, sprawling onto the road.
The room was in silence as everyone contemplated different things and relived the experience in their own ways. Phoebe then came back down the stairs and sat next to Leo. She had the Book of Shadows in her arms and she put it on the coffee table in the centre of the room and started to look through it.
"Phoebe, what are you doing?" Alex asked.
"I am finding a way to fix this because I am not going to lose another sister, or let her lie in hospital with tubes sticking out of her for that matter." Phoebe replied as she continued to flip through the pages of the book. Each flip harsher than the last as her search became more desperate.
"Heal her. Heal her." Paige muttered under her breath then got progressively louder. "Heal Her!" she was sitting on the settee, knees clutched to her chest and she was rocking back and forth. She lifted her head and stared at Leo, defiant but pleading. Sorrow haunted her pale features. "Heal Her" her voice however was emotionless- a million miles from the Paige they all knew.
"I.I can't" Leo was taken aback by this sudden confrontation.
"Why not?" Paige's voice was even but stronger than the last time she spoke.
"Don't you think I want to! She's my wife! But I don't think that They will let me."
"Why?"
"Magic has been exposed. A sudden recovery would be too suspicious."
"Check" Paige's voice was back to being low. So low that Leo had barely heard her.
"What"
"Orb. Go. Check with Them. Argue. GO!" The last word was shouted and filled with so much emotion that Leo orbed straight away. He was tired, confused and, most importantly of all, consumed with a fear so great it was all he could do not to be overpowered by it. He was terrified of losing Piper, terrified of being alone, terrified of having to live without her. He didn't want to see the Elders. He wanted to see his wife, to see his children. He wanted to believe that everything would be okay. But he couldn't, because he was finding it really hard to think that anything might be even nearly Okay ever again.
Paige had collapsed into tears so great that her whole body shook. Shouting had seemed to release all her emotion, all that had silenced her since the attack. Tears ran down her face and she clutched at Phoebe desperately as her big sister moved to sit next to her and held her as she cried. She was crying out of worry for Piper. Out of fear of not knowing what would happen now. She was crying because she didn't understand what had happened in the shop and she was crying out of guilt. As she thought that she should've been able to help when the demon had attacked.
Paige's sobs died down slowly and sleep washed over her exhausted body. Leo orbed in then and sat down dejectedly.
"What did They say?"
"They said no. That I shouldn't even bother to try and heal her because it won't work. They can't risk magic being exposed even more."
"Well we have to do something!"
"I know, but what?"
The question hung in the air as no one had an answer just yet.
"You two look exhausted, maybe we should sleep and wait until the hospital phones." Alex suggested.
"Erm, guys" Darryl spoke from the window. "There are a lot of people pulling up outside now."
"Oh great" Phoebe groaned and leaned back in her chair, "It's late, why are they here so late?"
"To get a good story?" Darryl suggested.
"Marvelous." the sarcasm was rich in her voice and she leant her head against the back of the settee, closing her eyes to gather her thoughts "So, what now? Do we just sit around or.what? She continued after a moment.
"Well, we don't let them see you or talk to you." Darryl said firmly as he yanked the curtains shut. "And we get some rest."
About an hour later Paige was still sleeping downstairs and Alex was on the other settee, sleeping also. They hadn't wanted to move Paige to her own room next door incase she woke up. Darryl sat on the chair looking out of the window through a gap in the curtains at the people outside of the manor.
Upstairs Phoebe slept in the spare bed in Melinda's room (her old bedroom) as she had wanted to stay with her family tonight. Her sleep was restless and filled with images of Piper.and Prue. Phoebe dreaded the thought that what happened to Prue might also happen to Piper.
In his and Piper's bedroom, Leo lay awake. He couldn't sleep. The bed was cold without Piper there; her empty side seemed expansive and was a constant reminder to him that she wasn't there. That she lay in another bed, in hospital. That she was injured and for once he couldn't heal her. To him, he was living a nightmare and he wished he could wake up, but how can you wake up when you aren't even asleep? He laid silently thinking and contemplating for about 2 hours when the phone on his bed side table started to ring. Each ring rang harshly into the quiet of the night and Leo scrambled to a sitting position, leaned over and grabbed the phone out of the cradle.
"Hello!"
*~*~*
A/N: once again, sorry for taking so long to update but now the holidays are over I should get back on track with updates. Please Review!!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything!
~*~Chapter 3~*~
The group orbed into the living room of the manor. Immediately two young children -a girl and an older boy- came running/ toddling out of the kitchen and flung themselves at Leo. The girl had dark brown hair that was short as she was still young, and she had brown eyes. Her older brother had blonde hair that was getting darker everyday so soon it'd be brown. He had light blue/green eyes.
Leo bent down and picked up Wyatt just as Phoebe picked up Melinda.
"Daddy!" Wyatt yelled excitedly. He then looked around expectantly at the group. "Where's mommy?"
"Mommy!" Melinda repeated the last word to show that she wanted to be a part of the conversation, and she turned herself in her Auntie's arms to face her Dad and brother.
Leo and Phoebe exchanged glances, the same thought passing through their heads. 'how do you explain this to a child?'
It seemed an impossible task, yet it was one that had to be done. Leo moved over to the settee and sat down, placing Wyatt on his lap so the boy was facing his Dad. Phoebe sat down next to Leo and placed Melinda sideways on her knee so the girl could see her Daddy and brother.
Leo took a breath and looked at both of his children.
"Wyatt , Melinda, Mommy has been hurt and she has to go into a hospital for a little while so that she can get better again, okay?"
"Okay" Wyatt replied. He looked thoughtful though and Leo knew a question was soon to follow.
"Otay!" Melinda was satisfied much easier than her older brother. Her young brain more accepting.
"But Daddy, if Mommy's hurt you can heal her." Wyatt's 'question' was more of a statement.
"Sweetie, I don't think I can. I don't think the Elders will let me. Also I haven't seen mommy yet."
"Okay"
Wyatt yawned and Melinda was almost asleep in Phoebe's arms. Leo looked shattered himself so Phoebe offered to put the kids to bed for him.
"Thanks Phoebe."
"S'ok." She gave her brother-in-law a hug (trying not to squash Melinda) "you did well Leo, that wasn't easy." She then carried a sleeping Melinda up the stairs, holding a tired Wyatt's hand as he followed.
While all this had been going on, Darryl had been filling Alex in on the day's events in the Kitchen. As Phoebe left, the two men came into the sitting room and Alex sat next to Paige as Darryl hovered nervously around the large window at the front of the house.-he knew it was only a matter of time before crowds would form around the manor, sprawling onto the road.
The room was in silence as everyone contemplated different things and relived the experience in their own ways. Phoebe then came back down the stairs and sat next to Leo. She had the Book of Shadows in her arms and she put it on the coffee table in the centre of the room and started to look through it.
"Phoebe, what are you doing?" Alex asked.
"I am finding a way to fix this because I am not going to lose another sister, or let her lie in hospital with tubes sticking out of her for that matter." Phoebe replied as she continued to flip through the pages of the book. Each flip harsher than the last as her search became more desperate.
"Heal her. Heal her." Paige muttered under her breath then got progressively louder. "Heal Her!" she was sitting on the settee, knees clutched to her chest and she was rocking back and forth. She lifted her head and stared at Leo, defiant but pleading. Sorrow haunted her pale features. "Heal Her" her voice however was emotionless- a million miles from the Paige they all knew.
"I.I can't" Leo was taken aback by this sudden confrontation.
"Why not?" Paige's voice was even but stronger than the last time she spoke.
"Don't you think I want to! She's my wife! But I don't think that They will let me."
"Why?"
"Magic has been exposed. A sudden recovery would be too suspicious."
"Check" Paige's voice was back to being low. So low that Leo had barely heard her.
"What"
"Orb. Go. Check with Them. Argue. GO!" The last word was shouted and filled with so much emotion that Leo orbed straight away. He was tired, confused and, most importantly of all, consumed with a fear so great it was all he could do not to be overpowered by it. He was terrified of losing Piper, terrified of being alone, terrified of having to live without her. He didn't want to see the Elders. He wanted to see his wife, to see his children. He wanted to believe that everything would be okay. But he couldn't, because he was finding it really hard to think that anything might be even nearly Okay ever again.
Paige had collapsed into tears so great that her whole body shook. Shouting had seemed to release all her emotion, all that had silenced her since the attack. Tears ran down her face and she clutched at Phoebe desperately as her big sister moved to sit next to her and held her as she cried. She was crying out of worry for Piper. Out of fear of not knowing what would happen now. She was crying because she didn't understand what had happened in the shop and she was crying out of guilt. As she thought that she should've been able to help when the demon had attacked.
Paige's sobs died down slowly and sleep washed over her exhausted body. Leo orbed in then and sat down dejectedly.
"What did They say?"
"They said no. That I shouldn't even bother to try and heal her because it won't work. They can't risk magic being exposed even more."
"Well we have to do something!"
"I know, but what?"
The question hung in the air as no one had an answer just yet.
"You two look exhausted, maybe we should sleep and wait until the hospital phones." Alex suggested.
"Erm, guys" Darryl spoke from the window. "There are a lot of people pulling up outside now."
"Oh great" Phoebe groaned and leaned back in her chair, "It's late, why are they here so late?"
"To get a good story?" Darryl suggested.
"Marvelous." the sarcasm was rich in her voice and she leant her head against the back of the settee, closing her eyes to gather her thoughts "So, what now? Do we just sit around or.what? She continued after a moment.
"Well, we don't let them see you or talk to you." Darryl said firmly as he yanked the curtains shut. "And we get some rest."
About an hour later Paige was still sleeping downstairs and Alex was on the other settee, sleeping also. They hadn't wanted to move Paige to her own room next door incase she woke up. Darryl sat on the chair looking out of the window through a gap in the curtains at the people outside of the manor.
Upstairs Phoebe slept in the spare bed in Melinda's room (her old bedroom) as she had wanted to stay with her family tonight. Her sleep was restless and filled with images of Piper.and Prue. Phoebe dreaded the thought that what happened to Prue might also happen to Piper.
In his and Piper's bedroom, Leo lay awake. He couldn't sleep. The bed was cold without Piper there; her empty side seemed expansive and was a constant reminder to him that she wasn't there. That she lay in another bed, in hospital. That she was injured and for once he couldn't heal her. To him, he was living a nightmare and he wished he could wake up, but how can you wake up when you aren't even asleep? He laid silently thinking and contemplating for about 2 hours when the phone on his bed side table started to ring. Each ring rang harshly into the quiet of the night and Leo scrambled to a sitting position, leaned over and grabbed the phone out of the cradle.
"Hello!"
*~*~*
A/N: once again, sorry for taking so long to update but now the holidays are over I should get back on track with updates. Please Review!!