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Phoebe arrived at the manor around 8 o'clock like she had said. The twins were very fussy seeing as they were on a plane most of the day, so she put them in the guest bedroom 'aka Paige's old room' with the rest of their stuff. Piper and Prue were waiting for her on the couch when she came back down the stairs.
"So, how exactly are we supposed to handle this?" asked Phoebe as she sat down.
"Well, she's our baby sister, so we obviously have to give her our love and support for whatever she's going through," Prue responded.
"Yes, and we will, but we don't know what has been happening for the past five years with her. We've all kept in touch, we know about each other's kids, spouses, everything. With Paige, all we know is that her husband hit her a couple nights ago, and now she's coming here," Piper told them.
"Speaking of spouses, I think I should tell you something about mine," Phoebe started.
"What happened to Alex?" Prue questioned.
"Well nothing happened to him per say, but he's been...um...cheating on me with a women named Becky, and I...found them together in our bed a couple weeks ago. I told him to get out, and to not bother saying goodbye to his sons, and I haven't heard from him since," Phoebe choked back her tears.
"Oh Phoebes, I'm so sorry. Do you know how long it's been going on?" Piper asked softly.
"He was getting distant ever since the boys were born, and I confronted him on it, but he brushed it off. I thought he had gotten better, but then I found him and Becky, so I'm obviously more naïve than I thought," Phoebe shrugged.
"Oh Phoebes, don't put yourself down, none of this is your fault," Prue soothed.
"I really don't want to talk about it anymore, let's just focus on Paige," Phoebe told them quickly.
Prue and Piper gave each other worried glances, but nodded their heads just the same. It was getting really late by the time they were finished talking, so they all headed up to bed. Phoebe slept with the twins in the guest bedroom, Prue slept in her old room with Emma, and Piper slept in her own bed, while her kids were in their rooms.
The last light to go out was Phoebe's, and as she reached over to turn the lamp off, the soft light accented her face so you could see the tears streaming down her face. She hoped that her little boys would get a positive role model in their lives again, but right now she had to focus on keeping them safe and happy by herself. She took a last look at her little angels, and clicked the light off. Phoebe laid in the darkness desperately trying to think of happier times in her life, but the tears continued to stream down her face quietly until she finally drifted off into an unhappy dream world.
Piper was the first one up in the morning as usual, but this time it was to the cries of her baby daughter Madison. Piper prayed that her sister's and the rest of the kids didn't wake up; they needed their sleep. She quietly entered the nursery, and lifted her baby girl into her arms.
"Shhhh...Mommy's here, let's get you dressed and fed, and then you can help mommy make a big breakfast," Piper soothed.
She dressed Maddie in a pink ruffled shirt and put on a pair of blue jean overalls with a pink butterfly, over top. She heated the milk, and tested it on her forearm. Maddie drank the bottle within a few minutes, showing Piper that she really must hurry up with the feedings. Piper laid Maddie in her cradle while she started the breakfast of pancakes, sausages, eggs, and coffee.
"Mmm...what smells so good?" Yawned a sleepy Prue.
"Breakfast. Where's Emma?" Piper asked.
"She'll be down in a minute, she wanted to wake your boys up," Laughed Prue
Piper laughed too, boy would her kids be surprised. Every time Emma slept over she was always up within minutes of Piper, and she always insisted on waking the boys up. The first time she did it they didn't know what hit them. Piper even got a picture of Wyatt and Chris' shocked face with Emma smiling in the middle.
"I wonder when Phoebe will get up," Prue said to know one in particular.
"I don't know, she had a long and stressful day, on top of having to tell us about her failed marriage," Piper said.
"Talking about me?" Phoebe asked as she stood in the doorway.
"No, honey, we were just saying that....it must have been hard dealing with two, two year olds on a plane," Prue stumbled out.
Phoebe just looked at them and smiled, "Guys, you don't have to tip-toe around me. So I had a failed marriage, it was crap from the beginning. Sure there were some good times, but now I get to experience that first date feeling of pure hormonal rage. Although, I'm sure it might be different doing it as a single mother, but look on the bright side, once Paige gets though this, we can go guy hunting together." Phoebe rambled.
"Now that's our Phoebe, doesn't let anything get her down," Piper smiled as she reached in for a hug.
Phoebe had done some thinking in the morning, and she knew that falling apart just wasn't an option. She had two beautiful boys, two sisters who loved her to pieces, and another sister who was in need of some love and support. Sure, it sucked that her husband had cheated on her, and yes her boys wouldn't have their biological father in their life, but she would get through it, she always did. Two little boys in footy pajamas, toddling towards her with big grins on their faces, shattered Phoebe's thoughts.
"And how did Mr. Julian and Mr. Noah sleep?" Phoebe questioned while showering them in hugs and kisses.
"Good," they answered in unison.
"I think Auntie Piper made your favorite, pancakes!" Phoebe said in mock excitement.
Julian and Noah ran (as fast as two year olds can) toward Piper and gave her a big hug.
"What was that for?" Piper smiled.
The boys grinned sheepishly, but didn't answer. They then ran towards the table where Prue was seated, and gave her a big hug. Prue smiled and planted a big kiss on each of their cheeks. Wyatt and Chris got out of bed a few minutes later, and they were both fully dressed much to Piper's surprise. The boys usually made Piper pick out their clothing, but they were probably trying to act grown up in front of their small cousins.
"Well don't you boys look handsome," Piper complimented.
"I helped Chris pick out his clothes, and then I got myself some," Wyatt said happily.
"Ya, but I picked out my socks mommy," Chris added.
"Well you both look fabulous," Phoebe, praised.
"And I love the red socks Chris," Prue told them.
They all ate Piper's wonderful meal, and then Prue and Phoebe cleaned up, while Piper bravely went to get the twins dressed. The rest of the day passed quickly, even though much of it was spent chasing kids around the house. They only had to deal with one fight between the twins, and one mess from Emma and Chris. Wyatt helped Piper out with Maddie, much to his displeasure, but Piper told him that if he watched her for five minutes she would give him a bowl of ice cream. Piper knew that all the kids would be having some after dinner, but she needed to check on the other kids while her sister's were out picking up dinner.
Dinner consisted of McDonalds; it was the easiest thing to get with lots of little kids running around-no clean up. Phoebe and Prue had also rented a couple movies for them all to watch before bed. They got 'The Lion King' for the kids, and then 'Saving Grace', for after the kids were asleep. Emma was slowly nodding off around 8:30 pm, so Prue picked her up and took her to bed. Phoebe and Piper did the same with their boys, and around 9:00 pm the sisters slumped on to the couch exhausted from reading endless amounts of stories. Piper slowly got up and put on the video, while Prue went to make some popcorn. The movie started off really slow, but it was much funnier than any of them had expected.
It was around 9:30 pm when Phoebe heard a car door slam shut, and a few mumbled words. It sounded like the person was struggling up their driveway. Piper, Prue and Phoebe all looked at each other, worried, and made their way towards the front door. They waited there for 5 minutes before Prue opened up the door slightly. Standing there, facing the road was a woman carrying a small sleeping child, with luggage around her. Piper looked shocked as the women slowly turned around.
"Paige?" Piper asked cautiously.
Paige was barely recognizable, her left eye was swollen shut and black and blue, her lip was split, and around the mouth was all swollen also. The little girl that was placed on her hip was starting to wake up. Her hair was in messy pigtails, and she wore a pink sweater with blue jeans.
"Hi," Paige said barely audible.
"Oh my god! Paige, sweetie come inside," Phoebe ushered her in.
Ella started to cry loudly, while Paige tried to calm her.
"Shhh...Mommy's here, go back to sleep sweetie," Paige soothed.
"Paige who's the little girl?" Phoebe asked stupidly.
"Um, this is Isabella Katherine, but everybody calls her Ella. She's two, and she's my oldest daughter," Paige told them.
They all let out a small gasp. "Does this mean you have another one?" Prue asked cautiously.
"Um, well I'm five months pregnant with another baby girl," Paige said slowly.
Paige started to tear up, so her sisters quickly surrounded her in hugs.
"Why don't you go put Ella up in your old room, Prue's daughter Emma is sleeping up there, but I'm sure it will be fine," Piper told her.
"I'll go make you some tea, and then we can talk," Prue added.
So, Paige took her little girl upstairs and carefully laid her down on the bed. There was another little girl that looked around three lying on the opposite side. Paige kissed her daughter's forehead, and brushed the hair out of her face.
"Everything is going to be okay now, my princess," Paige told her softly.
As Paige made her way down the stairs, she started to think about how she was going to tell them the whole story. She worried about how they were going to react, she knew they would over-react, and that was something she didn't want them to do. They would make Darryl hunt him down, and then they would get him arrested. She still loved him despite what he did; Alex was the father of her two kids. She reached the bottom of the stairs and looked into the living room, her sisters were sitting on the couch talking, until Piper spotted her. They patted a spot for her to sit in the middle, so she bit her lip, and made her way over.
"Are you ready for this?" Phoebe asked.
"I'll never be ready, but you need to know," Paige replied. She took a deep breath and started from the beginning.
Okay, well that's chapter number two. I hope you all liked it! This was more of a filler chapter, just to get to the place where chapter three will be. Next chapter will be focused on Paige, and go into detail about what's been happening for the past five years. Also Paige gets a call from a very unhappy person.