Title: Paige's Sister - Part 5
Author: X5-343
Rating: PG-13
Category: Drama
Timeline: 17 years after Part 4 Spoilers: N/A Season: N/A
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: 17 years later after the gang's High School graduation. Someone has isolated himself or herself from everyone else and dropped all contact to there past life. They've created a new identity and a new life. **************************************************************************** ***************
Sam and David cautiously walked back into the kitchen where Phoebe and Leo were helping Piper with the dishes. Pam and Tim were also showing off their powers when Sam came in.
"WHAT DID I TELL YOU TWO YESTERDAY ABOUT USING YOUR POWERS?!" Sam yelled as she caught them.
"Sam. I'm sorry they told me that you didn't want them using their powers but I told them it was okay." Phoebe spoke up.
"Pam, Tim, why don't you go find Aunt Paige and ask her to find you guys a place to sleep tonight okay?"
They both nodded and left the kitchen.
"Don't EVER do that again, Phoebe!" Sam started, turning towards her Aunt.
"What's the big deal about them using their powers?" Phoebe asked
"It's- I- Nothing! Damn it! You don't understand, alright! You can't. But what your should be able to understand is that if they use their powers or I use certain ones of mine then people are going to die. As you all know I already thought DJ did." Sam walked out of the kitchen but David stayed behind for a few minutes.
"I don't know the whole story but Sam was the talk of the Underworld the year before and the year that everything happened. Apparently she made a few deals to protect Pam and Tim, they did something to Sam too. If Pam and Tim use their powers then a type of... signal I guess goes off in the Underworld. If the powers are being used long enough it's kind of like the police tracing a call if the person is on the line long enough then they got the location. If Pam or Tim use their powers long enough.. the whole Underworld knows their location."
"What did Sam mean that if she uses certain ones of hers?"
David shook his head. "I think you should hear the one from Sam, but I have to tell you. She's losing it being here, I don't know how much longer she can keep everything under control."
"What do you mean?" Piper asked
David shook his head again. "I'm sorry. You should really hear everything from Sam."
"If she did something like that, that affected her, then why wouldn't I sense it?" Leo asked
"She didn't want you too. She knew it was a horrible thing to do and that she shouldn't have done it but she was scared and desperate."
"Scared of what? Why couldn't she come to us?" Phoebe wondered
Sam walked back into the kitchen then. All of the conversation stopped.
"David. Can I talk to you?" She asked. Her arms were crossed but her face showed that she wasn't angry; just tired and in need of an old friend such as David.
"Yea, sure." With that David walked with Sam out of the kitchen and into her old room. David sat on the bed while Sam sat at the desk. He noticed her songs.
"Hey, you still sing?"
Sam shook her head. "My voice is probably dead by now. Haven't sang in so long and I'm smoking again."
"Your voice is still better then anyone's I've had the pleasure of meeting. Always remember that."
"What about Caitie's?"
David shrugged. "Caitie never got the chance at a record deal."
"Caitie didn't sing enough to get the offer." Sam replied, smiling. She moved onto the bed next to him.
"That's a good point but hey... whatever. I'd pick yours any day and I was married to her."
"When did you guys get married?" Sam asked
"The summer after University graduation."
"Any kids?" Sam asked
David shook his head. "Like I said earlier, Caitie started drinking the second year of University, her roommate and I tried to take care of her but I couldn't be there as much since I wasn't going there, but it just got worse. We got married and so I thought it would settle down but it didn't and when she was drunk one time she said she didn't want to have kids with me because they'd end up having freak warlock powers like I do."
"My God." Sam swore. "Does she know she said that?"
David shrugged. "I don't know. I filed for divorce shortly after that and it was finalized shortly after." He stood up and walked across the room to the window like Sam had done earlier with Piper.
Sam stood up and followed him. "Caitie's an idiot. You shouldn't listen to her. When you guys would baby-sit Wyatt, you were awesome with him and Wyatt has a lot of magic in him. If Caitie didn't remember that then she's not worth it!" Sam's sharp voice tensed the words so that they would get through to David. When he looked at her, Sam could tell that they did.
"Thanks Sam."
"It's my job as the friend to tell the truth." Sam told him.
"You do an awesome job at it." The two embraced each other tightly. Right now, they're all each other had.
Once they broke apart, Sam spoke again. "David, if you had ever come looking for me then you're probably the only person I wouldn't shut the door on. I shut the door on Phoebe, Caitie, Alex and Wyatt. I couldn't do that to you."
Sam and David were friends in High School, there was no denying that but she was DJ's girlfriend and Caitie's best girlfriend. She had also known Alex since she was six. If the five were ever to stand in a circle, David and Sam would probably be across from each other because they weren't like best, best friends. Sam always considered him a friend and vice-versa but in a way they connected in a way that nobody else could understand or put into words. They weren't even sure they could put it into words. It's wasn't attraction, it wasn't a shared interest it was just... pure.
"What is it that makes us feel that way?" David asked, he had obviously made that observation too.
"I don't know." Sam admitted. "Maybe it's magick?" She joked. Nobody else could understand the joke because they weren't as magically messed up as both of them were. They both laughed.
"See?" Sam continued. "We can both understand that, see it to Caitie or something she'd roll her eyes and say that, that was a cliché."
"Yea" David agreed softly.
"DJ 'died' and I was hurt, mad, sad but I still don't think I missed anybody as much as you."
"I know." David agreed again. "I need you in my life."
"And I need you in mine." They took each other's hands.
"You know if this was TV show, this would be where we would lean in against our own will and kiss each other." Sam told him smiling.
David grinned. "I love the fact that we love each other too much to do that."
"Me too." Sam agreed. David was definitely the definition of a true, pure and real friend. They hugged each other again.
"I'll be back tomorrow." David told her as they separated.
"Night." Sam told him.
"Goodbye."
David was about to blink out but Sam stopped him, repeating something that he had told her and DJ before they left for University. "You said goodbye. You say goodbye when you don't plan on seeing them again. You say bye when you plan on seeing them again. Goodbye is final."
When they were leaving to the gate to board the plane, Sam ran back and hugged David. She had whispered into his ear 'Peace David.'
Now David opened his eyes. "Peace Sam."
"That's better" Sam told him, which is what David said after she hugged him.
With that David blinked out. **************************************************************************** ***************
A few minutes later Sam walked out of her room. She found Paige in the TV room. "Where are Pam and Tim?"
"Uh, Pam is staying with me and Tim is staying with Wyatt. They both like baseball and sport things and Tim has taken a liking to his Uncle Wyatt."
"So inside this magic school..." Sam started not sure of how to word her question.
"It's the safest magical place ever. Nothing to be detected inside there."
"Well do they just learn magic or to they actually learn stuff that will be helpful in the really world like Math and Science?!"
"It's their choice to take complete magic courses or they can choose the regular classes or half-and-half but magic is placed into the lesson plans, they're allowed to use it. In Chemistry, they'll make certain potions and stuff while learning about real chemicals. It's kind of complicated."
"So how does Wyatt like sports? Do they have sports teams or something?"
"Wyatt takes the half-and-half courses, there's a gym class taught."
"Well Tim will like that. Okay, so when can I sign them up?"
"Well, right now if you want? I have the papers you'll just have to fill them out and when we get there on Monday then they'll get their schedule and a magic map thing to show them where to go. It's all perfectly safe though."
"I hope so."
Paige orbed the papers to herself and told Sam they should go to the table. Once they sat down Paige started to explain the papers to Sam.
"Okay well these are just simple registration forms. Name, age, and gender yada, yada, and yada." Paige handed them to Sam and she looked over them.
Within a couple seconds, she merely just waved her hands over the papers and two were filled in. One with Pam's information and one with Tim's. Paige stared at her.
"How did you do that?"
"I've been able to do it since I was sixteen." Sam shrugged.
"How do you know?" Paige asked
"Because the night Alyssa and Luke died. I got taken to the hospital and instead of getting mom, Leo, you or Phoebe to pick me up I did this for the release forms!"
"What?!" Paige exclaimed.
"Forget it." Sam told her, rolling her eyes. "I don't know how I can do it."
Paige took a moment to snap out of her trance but she quickly moved on afterwards. "This is a list of the courses that are available in mystical and regular. The teachers who teaches it is listed beside it."
Sam held out her hand to look at it but Paige hesitated. "What?" Sam asked
"Why don't I just read them aloud and you can say if you want me to put it down?"
"Paige, give me the list!" Sam demanded.
Paige sighed and handed that paper over. "There's just enough classes from both sorts to fill a schedule."
"They'll be taking all the regular classes. Now that's settled."
"Pam likes gym?" Paige asked.
"She likes basketball." Sam softly told Paige.
Paige held out her hand for the course list but Sam told her to wait a second. "I want to see what you teach!" She grinned.
She looked down the list and saw Paige's name by advanced magic 11."
"Advanced 11! Nice!" Sam's eyes continued down the list. They stopped by another class. Paige didn't teach it though.
Sam looked up at Paige who knew what Sam had saw. "Am I seeing things?" she asked. Her voice ranged with lots of different emotions.
"No." Paige told her softly.
"The hell with it. They're enrolling in Baker! I'd rather have them taught gym by my father then go to some frigged up version of Hogwarts!"
Sam stood up and walked out of the dining room. "Sam." Paige pleaded as she walked afterwards.
"I would think, you would see this as a good thing!"
"Well you think wrong!"
"SAM, HE'S THEIR FATHER!" **************************************************************************** ***************
Category: Drama
Timeline: 17 years after Part 4 Spoilers: N/A Season: N/A
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: 17 years later after the gang's High School graduation. Someone has isolated himself or herself from everyone else and dropped all contact to there past life. They've created a new identity and a new life. **************************************************************************** ***************
Sam and David cautiously walked back into the kitchen where Phoebe and Leo were helping Piper with the dishes. Pam and Tim were also showing off their powers when Sam came in.
"WHAT DID I TELL YOU TWO YESTERDAY ABOUT USING YOUR POWERS?!" Sam yelled as she caught them.
"Sam. I'm sorry they told me that you didn't want them using their powers but I told them it was okay." Phoebe spoke up.
"Pam, Tim, why don't you go find Aunt Paige and ask her to find you guys a place to sleep tonight okay?"
They both nodded and left the kitchen.
"Don't EVER do that again, Phoebe!" Sam started, turning towards her Aunt.
"What's the big deal about them using their powers?" Phoebe asked
"It's- I- Nothing! Damn it! You don't understand, alright! You can't. But what your should be able to understand is that if they use their powers or I use certain ones of mine then people are going to die. As you all know I already thought DJ did." Sam walked out of the kitchen but David stayed behind for a few minutes.
"I don't know the whole story but Sam was the talk of the Underworld the year before and the year that everything happened. Apparently she made a few deals to protect Pam and Tim, they did something to Sam too. If Pam and Tim use their powers then a type of... signal I guess goes off in the Underworld. If the powers are being used long enough it's kind of like the police tracing a call if the person is on the line long enough then they got the location. If Pam or Tim use their powers long enough.. the whole Underworld knows their location."
"What did Sam mean that if she uses certain ones of hers?"
David shook his head. "I think you should hear the one from Sam, but I have to tell you. She's losing it being here, I don't know how much longer she can keep everything under control."
"What do you mean?" Piper asked
David shook his head again. "I'm sorry. You should really hear everything from Sam."
"If she did something like that, that affected her, then why wouldn't I sense it?" Leo asked
"She didn't want you too. She knew it was a horrible thing to do and that she shouldn't have done it but she was scared and desperate."
"Scared of what? Why couldn't she come to us?" Phoebe wondered
Sam walked back into the kitchen then. All of the conversation stopped.
"David. Can I talk to you?" She asked. Her arms were crossed but her face showed that she wasn't angry; just tired and in need of an old friend such as David.
"Yea, sure." With that David walked with Sam out of the kitchen and into her old room. David sat on the bed while Sam sat at the desk. He noticed her songs.
"Hey, you still sing?"
Sam shook her head. "My voice is probably dead by now. Haven't sang in so long and I'm smoking again."
"Your voice is still better then anyone's I've had the pleasure of meeting. Always remember that."
"What about Caitie's?"
David shrugged. "Caitie never got the chance at a record deal."
"Caitie didn't sing enough to get the offer." Sam replied, smiling. She moved onto the bed next to him.
"That's a good point but hey... whatever. I'd pick yours any day and I was married to her."
"When did you guys get married?" Sam asked
"The summer after University graduation."
"Any kids?" Sam asked
David shook his head. "Like I said earlier, Caitie started drinking the second year of University, her roommate and I tried to take care of her but I couldn't be there as much since I wasn't going there, but it just got worse. We got married and so I thought it would settle down but it didn't and when she was drunk one time she said she didn't want to have kids with me because they'd end up having freak warlock powers like I do."
"My God." Sam swore. "Does she know she said that?"
David shrugged. "I don't know. I filed for divorce shortly after that and it was finalized shortly after." He stood up and walked across the room to the window like Sam had done earlier with Piper.
Sam stood up and followed him. "Caitie's an idiot. You shouldn't listen to her. When you guys would baby-sit Wyatt, you were awesome with him and Wyatt has a lot of magic in him. If Caitie didn't remember that then she's not worth it!" Sam's sharp voice tensed the words so that they would get through to David. When he looked at her, Sam could tell that they did.
"Thanks Sam."
"It's my job as the friend to tell the truth." Sam told him.
"You do an awesome job at it." The two embraced each other tightly. Right now, they're all each other had.
Once they broke apart, Sam spoke again. "David, if you had ever come looking for me then you're probably the only person I wouldn't shut the door on. I shut the door on Phoebe, Caitie, Alex and Wyatt. I couldn't do that to you."
Sam and David were friends in High School, there was no denying that but she was DJ's girlfriend and Caitie's best girlfriend. She had also known Alex since she was six. If the five were ever to stand in a circle, David and Sam would probably be across from each other because they weren't like best, best friends. Sam always considered him a friend and vice-versa but in a way they connected in a way that nobody else could understand or put into words. They weren't even sure they could put it into words. It's wasn't attraction, it wasn't a shared interest it was just... pure.
"What is it that makes us feel that way?" David asked, he had obviously made that observation too.
"I don't know." Sam admitted. "Maybe it's magick?" She joked. Nobody else could understand the joke because they weren't as magically messed up as both of them were. They both laughed.
"See?" Sam continued. "We can both understand that, see it to Caitie or something she'd roll her eyes and say that, that was a cliché."
"Yea" David agreed softly.
"DJ 'died' and I was hurt, mad, sad but I still don't think I missed anybody as much as you."
"I know." David agreed again. "I need you in my life."
"And I need you in mine." They took each other's hands.
"You know if this was TV show, this would be where we would lean in against our own will and kiss each other." Sam told him smiling.
David grinned. "I love the fact that we love each other too much to do that."
"Me too." Sam agreed. David was definitely the definition of a true, pure and real friend. They hugged each other again.
"I'll be back tomorrow." David told her as they separated.
"Night." Sam told him.
"Goodbye."
David was about to blink out but Sam stopped him, repeating something that he had told her and DJ before they left for University. "You said goodbye. You say goodbye when you don't plan on seeing them again. You say bye when you plan on seeing them again. Goodbye is final."
When they were leaving to the gate to board the plane, Sam ran back and hugged David. She had whispered into his ear 'Peace David.'
Now David opened his eyes. "Peace Sam."
"That's better" Sam told him, which is what David said after she hugged him.
With that David blinked out. **************************************************************************** ***************
A few minutes later Sam walked out of her room. She found Paige in the TV room. "Where are Pam and Tim?"
"Uh, Pam is staying with me and Tim is staying with Wyatt. They both like baseball and sport things and Tim has taken a liking to his Uncle Wyatt."
"So inside this magic school..." Sam started not sure of how to word her question.
"It's the safest magical place ever. Nothing to be detected inside there."
"Well do they just learn magic or to they actually learn stuff that will be helpful in the really world like Math and Science?!"
"It's their choice to take complete magic courses or they can choose the regular classes or half-and-half but magic is placed into the lesson plans, they're allowed to use it. In Chemistry, they'll make certain potions and stuff while learning about real chemicals. It's kind of complicated."
"So how does Wyatt like sports? Do they have sports teams or something?"
"Wyatt takes the half-and-half courses, there's a gym class taught."
"Well Tim will like that. Okay, so when can I sign them up?"
"Well, right now if you want? I have the papers you'll just have to fill them out and when we get there on Monday then they'll get their schedule and a magic map thing to show them where to go. It's all perfectly safe though."
"I hope so."
Paige orbed the papers to herself and told Sam they should go to the table. Once they sat down Paige started to explain the papers to Sam.
"Okay well these are just simple registration forms. Name, age, and gender yada, yada, and yada." Paige handed them to Sam and she looked over them.
Within a couple seconds, she merely just waved her hands over the papers and two were filled in. One with Pam's information and one with Tim's. Paige stared at her.
"How did you do that?"
"I've been able to do it since I was sixteen." Sam shrugged.
"How do you know?" Paige asked
"Because the night Alyssa and Luke died. I got taken to the hospital and instead of getting mom, Leo, you or Phoebe to pick me up I did this for the release forms!"
"What?!" Paige exclaimed.
"Forget it." Sam told her, rolling her eyes. "I don't know how I can do it."
Paige took a moment to snap out of her trance but she quickly moved on afterwards. "This is a list of the courses that are available in mystical and regular. The teachers who teaches it is listed beside it."
Sam held out her hand to look at it but Paige hesitated. "What?" Sam asked
"Why don't I just read them aloud and you can say if you want me to put it down?"
"Paige, give me the list!" Sam demanded.
Paige sighed and handed that paper over. "There's just enough classes from both sorts to fill a schedule."
"They'll be taking all the regular classes. Now that's settled."
"Pam likes gym?" Paige asked.
"She likes basketball." Sam softly told Paige.
Paige held out her hand for the course list but Sam told her to wait a second. "I want to see what you teach!" She grinned.
She looked down the list and saw Paige's name by advanced magic 11."
"Advanced 11! Nice!" Sam's eyes continued down the list. They stopped by another class. Paige didn't teach it though.
Sam looked up at Paige who knew what Sam had saw. "Am I seeing things?" she asked. Her voice ranged with lots of different emotions.
"No." Paige told her softly.
"The hell with it. They're enrolling in Baker! I'd rather have them taught gym by my father then go to some frigged up version of Hogwarts!"
Sam stood up and walked out of the dining room. "Sam." Paige pleaded as she walked afterwards.
"I would think, you would see this as a good thing!"
"Well you think wrong!"
"SAM, HE'S THEIR FATHER!" **************************************************************************** ***************