Hello...This is my second story, and I hope it goes over as well as the first one did. Hope to here your thoughts on it, and until then...Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed or any of the characters...sadly...:( They belong to Aaron Spelling and Brad Kern.

Summary: The girls had the chance to become mortal again, and in my story they grabbed at the chance. Only this time the Angel of Destiny didn't say that they couldn't revert back (hint, hint), but majority had to rule. Prue came back as a last wish, and they were living normal lives. The catch is that they haven't seen Paige in over five years, because she was angry about the decision. Paige suddenly reappears in her sister's lives, and she needs mending, both physically and emotionally. What happened to Paige? Will the sister's be able to help her?

It had been five years since any of the four sisters had seen each other, but it was about time that that changed. Paige Halliwell-Matthews left the Halliwell Manor first, followed by Phoebe, and lastly, the newly alive Prue. The Angel of Destiny gave the girls a chance to leave their magic and magic duties behind, and they grabbed at that chance right away. Piper and Phoebe had out-voted Paige on the matter, and that was the reason she had left home so readily. They had asked The Angel of Destiny to give them one last gift, to bring Prue back to life. He agreed after some much needed persuasion.

PAIGE

Upon seeing Prue alive, and seeing that she was no longer needed, Paige packed her things and headed east. For the last five years she had been living in a very nice apartment in Chicago, Illinois, with her two year old daughter (another one on the way), and her husband.

She met Alex looking for a job, and it was love at first sight. He was always so gentle and caring towards her, and Paige didn't have any doubts or regrets about leaving home. They got married in the City Hall a year later, and she was on cloud nine. It wasn't until a few months later that Alex started getting distant, and verbally abusive towards Paige. She didn't seem to care though, because as far as she was concerned it was perfectly normal in the first years of marriage. Paige didn't keep in touch with her sister's at all; she didn't feel the need to. She had received letters in her first year away from home, trying to convince her to come back; she threw those away. Alex had stopped being abusive when Paige became pregnant two years into her marriage. She gave birth to a baby girl named Isabella Katherine Matthews-Young, whom everybody called Ella. Ella was a very cute baby, and easy to please.

Paige became pregnant again when Ella was just turning two. It was a wonderful night that the new baby was conceived. Alex had taken her out to a romantic restaurant, the one he had proposed to her in. He bought them the most expensive things on the menu, and ordered a fancy bottle of wine. He gave her a pair of 14-carat diamond earrings, and to top off the evening, he carried her through the door of their bedroom, and gently placed her on the rose petal-covered bed. There they made love, and the new baby was nine months from coming into the world. Five months into her pregnancy, Alex's attitude took another turn for the worse.

On a Tuesday night, Paige had just finished singing Ella to sleep, when Alex came home from a night of drinking. Paige wandered into the living room to see how his day was, unknown to her that Alex and alcohol didn't mix well.

"Hey honey, how was your day?" Paige asked.

"You stupid bitch, where's my dinner?" Alex screamed.

Paige backed away, realizing that he was drunk, and there was no reasoning with him. Alex moved forward as she moved back. He caught her just as she was about to round the corner, and hit her square in the jaw and then again right in the eye. Tears streamed down Paige's face as she fell to the floor.

"Next time, have my dinner ready! I'm going out, I'll go find myself a women who appreciates me more," Alex told her.

As he was about to open the door, her turned around a stared her in the eyes, "Don't wait up" he winked at her, and then he was gone.

Paige broke down into sobs, everything that she had worked so hard for in her marriage was gone. Paige picked herself up off the floor, and wandered into Ella's room. She looked at her beautiful daughter, and came to realize something. She needed to leave tonight; she'd pack her things, get Ella up, and leave the house forever. She needed to be strong for her daughter and unborn child, and this was her chance to give them the life they deserved. She looked in a pile of papers for something that she hoped would help her in the long run.

"Come on, Come on, where are you?" Paige mumbled to herself. She finally found it and held it up in victory.

"Ah Ha!" she gave a slight smile.

Paige picked up the phone and called the number that was on the first page of the one letter she'd kept- a page with the phone numbers of her sister's home numbers and cell phones. A simple piece of paper might actually save her life.

"Hello Piper?" Paige sniffled, "I need your help."

That was when Paige broke down into another fit of sobs. Her whole body shook, and tears were flowing down her face. She told Piper the whole story, when she finally stopped crying. They made a plan, and tonight all she had to do was pack everything in her car, and start driving in the direction of San Francisco, where Piper still resided with her family in the manor. Paige hadn't had the courage to tell her about Ella or the new baby that would be appearing in her life in a matter of months. She decided that it would be best to get to safety before she brought that into the equation.

It took Paige only an hour to get everything ready, she was surprised at how quickly she had done it, but that's what you do in a crises. Ella was still fast asleep when she put her in the car seat, Paige figured that was for the best, she didn't want to have to deal with Ella screaming and crying when she had her own problems. Paige took a last glimpse at the apartment that had caused her so much pain, and happiness at the same time before rounding the corner. She turned on the radio quietly as to not wake Ella. The song that came on the radio sent Paige into another fit of quiet sobs, but she was doing the right thing for once in her life.

Black eyes, I don't need 'em
Blue tears, gimme freedom

Positively never goin' back I won't live where things are so out of whack
No more rollin' with the punches
No more usin' or abusin'

Bridge:
I'd rather die standing
Than live on my knees
Begging please -- no more

Chorus:
Black eyes -- I don't need 'em
Blue tears -- gimme freedom
Black eyes -- all behind me
Blue tears'll never find me now

Definitely found my self-esteem
Finally -- I'm forever free to dream
No more cryin' in the corner
No excuses -- no more bruises

(Bridge)
(Chorus)

I'd rather die standing
Than live on my knees, begging please...

(Chorus)

It's all behind me, they'll never find me now

Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream

PHOEBE

Phoebe had left the manor about a year after Paige left. With Prue coming back, she realized that it was her turn to make a life of her own, and not rely on her older sisters so much. She went back to New York where she had first turned to when she was in a similar situation. This time she wasn't going to get into trouble; she was going to get the job that Elise had referred her to, find an apartment and hopefully fall in love.

It was about six months into her new job that she fell in love with a man named Harrison, and that was when it all went wrong. They got married right away, it was a beautiful ceremony, her sisters were her bridesmaids (excluding Paige), Leo was Harrison's best man, and everything went wonderfully. She kept in close touch with her remaining sisters; she didn't want to lose them like she did Paige.

Phoebe gave birth to twin boys two years into her marriage. They were identical, and very beautiful. She named them Noah Dominique, and Julian Caleb Halliwell-Allen. It was a couple months after the boys were born when she started to notice that Harrison was spending a lot of time at the office, and not a lot of time with his wife and newborn children. It was hard enough for Phoebe to deal with two crying infants, but to have to deal with the suspicion of a non-caring husband, or even worse a cheating husband. When she confronted him on it he just brushed her off saying it was just the stress of the boys that were causing her negative thoughts. Phoebe let it go for a while, and Harrison actually started to get better, and he made time for her and the twins when he got home from work.

It was on the twins second birthday that Phoebe's suspicions about Harrison came to a head. She had taken the boys to the park, and when she got home a couple hours later the door was unlocked. This was weird because she was sure she had locked it because Harrison was supposedly at work. She put the boys down and let them play with their new toys. She went into the bedroom where she thought she heard a noise; there was her husband on top of another women. She shook her head, and let the tears flow freely.

"Get out of my house now!" Phoebe screamed.

"Phoebe..." Harrison tried, but Phoebe just pointed to the door.

"Hi, I'm Becky," the other women held out her hand. Phoebe slapped her hand away, and then slapped her across the face.

"Both of you get out! And Harrison, don't bother saying goodbye to the twins, they don't really know who you are anyways," Phoebe ordered them. They both left without protest, and Phoebe sank down in her chair and started crying. She knew that it was over a long time ago, but it still hurt.

Phoebe started a new routine with the boys, they would go to daycare, when she went to work, and then she would spend as much time as she could with them. A few weeks later, Phoebe got a phone call from her older sister, Piper.

"Piper calm down, what's wrong with Paige?" Phoebe tried to get out of a hysterical Piper.

Phoebe hung up the phone a few minutes later, and started packing hers and the boys stuff. She was going to get the soonest flight out to San Francisco to be there for her littlest sister, whom she hadn't talked to in over five years. It took her less than two hours to get everything straightened out at her job and at home. They were going to be on the first flight out in the morning, and they should arrive in San Francisco around dinner. She was nervous, but also ready to start over, especially after what had happened. The boys would adjust, and so would she. They were going to finally be okay.

PRUE

Prue decided that she didn't want to move very far away from home, she had just gotten her life back, literally. She moved into a rather large house a couple houses down from the Manor, and got her job back as a photographer at 415. Prue was the creation of a wish, and she was so happy to be home, but she lacked the feeling of being loved by someone other than her sisters. A couple weeks after the big move, she looked up towards the sky and begged them to send Andy home with her. Surprisingly a swirls of orbs appeared in front of her and there was Andy.

Prue's life was pretty normal after that, except for the occasional bad day at work. Prue and Andy wedded right away, and it was a very traditional wedding. Phoebe flew in with her new boyfriend, and Piper and Leo were of course a big help with the wedding plans. Prue became pregnant a few weeks after her and Andy married. It was all very quick for her, but she wasn't complaining. She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl nine months later, and everything in her life fell into place.

She named her daughter Emma Paige Halliwell-Trudeau, the middle name for her baby sister, whom she only met for a few minutes. Emma had dark brown hair, bright blue eyes, and always wore a warm smile. Prue kept in touch with Phoebe, and she was always over at the manor to visit Piper. The only thing Prue was missing was her littlest sister. She had wished that she had gotten to know her, and that they could all be a family again.

It was about five years later that Prue got a panicked call from Piper saying that Paige was coming home, and that she was in some sort of trouble.

"Piper, what's wrong with Paige?" Prue automatically went into big sister mode.

"Okay, phone Phoebe, and try to relax, is Leo home?" Prue asked her.

"No, well he'll be back around the same time Andy will then, okay Piper I'll be there in a couple minutes, breath," Prue ordered.

Andy was away on a police business trip, and wouldn't be back for another week, so she had to take a three-year-old Emma with her. Prue was so excited to get to see Paige, but she was also extremely worried about her. She took a deep breath and locked the door behind her. Everything would work out eventually, even if it took a lot of work and support.

PIPER

Piper was the only one who stayed in the manor. She was married to the wonderful Leo Wyatt, and she had two beautiful boys, Wyatt Matthew Halliwell, and Christopher Perry Halliwell, and another baby on the way. She was nine months pregnant with her third child, and although she was worried about how she would cope with three kids, she was also extremely excited to be having a baby girl. Wyatt was six, and Chris was four and a half, both weren't very pleased about having to share their mom.

When Paige moved out of the manor, a little piece of Piper moved out with her. She was extremely upset about losing her baby sister, but at the same time she had her big sister back. Phoebe was the next to leave Piper, and this time it was even harder. Piper sank down into a terrible depression stage, half of her family was gone, and it was just too much to handle. When Prue expressed interest in moving down the street, Piper realized that it was time she got her life back on track. Her sister's would be okay without her, and it was time that she focused on her children and husband. Wyatt was just starting kindergarten, and Chris would be starting pre-school in the fall, so Piper thought it was time to bring another person into her family.

The elders had given Leo a job, and even though Piper was ready to give birth any day, he accepted. Leo would be gone for two weeks, so he would most likely miss the birth of his baby girl, but fortunately he had a cell phone so he could be informed.

Piper went into labor four days after Leo left, and although she had Prue at her side, it just wasn't the same. Sixteen hours later, Madison Abigail Halliwell came into the world. Prue had called Leo a few hours after Maddie was born, and he was thrilled, but really upset that he missed it. When Piper was finally allowed home from the hospital, she started to get back into the swing of things. It took a few days for Piper to get into the routine of being a single mom with three kids, but she was learning quite fast. Wyatt and Chris did everything in their power to get attention. This included temper tantrums, pretend injuries, and they even threatened to run away. Piper was starting to stress out, but Prue was always their when she was needed.

Piper had been thinking about Paige less and less, until the one day where her stress had almost disappeared she got the phone call. Wyatt and Chris were both at a friends house for the day and night, and Maddie was sleeping like an angel. Paige had at first seemed relieved to hear Piper's voice, but then she started to sound panicked. She broke down in tears after a couple of sentences, and Piper started to really get worried. The cry's subsided long enough for her to find out what the problem was, and it wasn't good. Piper was extremely scared for her baby sister, and she couldn't find the words to say anything. She figured that it wasn't helping Paige, so she directed her to pack everything that she could, and head towards the manor.

"Paige, you have to be strong, you're doing the right thing," Piper soothed.

"No buts Paige, you just get in the car and start driving," Piper directed.

"Don't worry about what he'll do to you, you'll have your sisters right beside you the whole way. Just hurry, and we'll see you around what? Friday night?" Piper asked her.

"I love you, drive safe." And that was the end of the conversation.

Piper hung up the phone and immediately called Prue for advice. Prue told her to relax, and phone Phoebe, because they all needed to be there to support Paige. Piper was shaking by the time she called Phoebe, she was totally not used to having to be strong. Phoebe was a lot harder to talk to; everything had come at Piper in a matter of days. She had a newborn baby, two sons who hated their sister, and now she had to deal with an abused sister, and the abuser. Piper cried into the phone, until Phoebe told her to calm down and tell her the situation.

Phoebe would be at the manor by Wednesday night, Prue would be there in a matter of minutes, and Paige would be there around Friday. They knew nothing about what Paige had been up to in the past five years, and it was very unsettling to know that she could have been in pain that long. Paige hadn't really gone into much detail about her husband, other than the incident that night. Piper headed into the living room and curled up on the couch. She let the tears fall.

Prue arrived in a matter of moments, and she didn't even bother knocking. She made a beeline towards the living room, where she saw Piper curled up on the couch sobbing. She put Emma down and told her to go up into Chris and Wyatt's room and to play with their toys quietly. Prue sat down next to Piper and gave her a big hug. Only time would tell what was going to happen to their family.

Wow! That was long...lol...I hope you all enjoyed it, and I can't wait to her your opinions. That song was 'Black Eyes, Blue Tears' by Shania Twain.