C.C. McKenna

Chapter Fifteen

The truth is out there.

"Phoebe... you ok? Where's Prue?...Where's Alexia?" Damn!, who the hell was that?!" Piper gently hugged Phoebe while she shook her dizziness away.

"Prue's ok; she went to find Lexie" Phoebe whispered. "And you?...are you hurt?"

"Just a little bit shaken up" Piper hissed. "He couldn't wait...no, he had to come and ruin everything with Alexia" Piper whined. "I wanted to be the one to tell her about all this; I wanted it to be different, I wanted..."

"Piper; give me a hand over here!" Prue tried to lift Lexie by herself but her knees slightly buckled up.

"I can get up by myself; just, just let me try" Lexie whispered while she waggled her arms free from Prue's grip. As soon as she stood up, she leaned forward and rested on one of the sofas; she breathed deeply several times until she slowly regained her strength back. "I've got to get away from this place" Her slow movements kept Prue's gaze fixed upon her.

"You shouldn't go anywhere; I think you.."

"I don't really give a damn about what you think" Alexia quickly snapped back. "I don't know who you are or what you are, but what I do know is that I am not staying here for another minute!"

"Ok...All right...first you have to calm down" Prue walked slowly towards Lexie and tried to get a hold of her.

"Get away from me! Don't you dare touch me!" Alexia jumped back nervously; her eyes filled with fear, an unknown kind of horror.

"What's going on here?" Piper walked into the conservatory and shrugged slightly as she watched her sister's odd behavior. "Alexia...are you hurt... Did he harm you in anyway?"

"Lexie...let Prue or Piper help you" Phoebe's gentle words made her baby sister calm down a bit. Phoebe stretched out her hand and Lexie quickly seized it. Phoebe pulled her close and wrapped her arms tightly around her. "It's ok sweetie; you're safe now" She whispered in her ear.

"I want to leave; please Phoebe, don't try to stop me; I'm scared; I'm really terrified" She cried; her body involuntarily trembling out of control. "Who... or what was that thing?"

"No; that's absolutely out of the question" Prue retorted. "You are not going anywhere!"

"Prue Please" Phoebe raised her hand, urging her to stop.

"What?!" Prue raised an eyebrow. "She can't leave just like that; she must know that..."

"Prue... let me talk to her; I think I know how" Phoebe spoke softly.

"All right then" Prue waved her hand. "Be my guest" She shook her head with annoyance and connected her blue eyes with Piper's. The latter nodded and gently bit her lower lip; hoping that her sister could knock some sense into the frightened girl's mulish head.

"Come on Lexi, take me to our room" Phoebe pretended to need help and she allowed her baby sister to slowly guide her upstairs.

Prue and Piper silently watched them leave.

"Do you think Phoebe can get through her?" Prue sat down and rubbed her head; she was tired and nervous; that's why she decided to let Phoebe deal with the stubborn youngster.

"I hope so" Piper sat beside Prue, grabbed her sister's head and gently pulled it down to check it.

"Hey!...careful; it hurts!" Prue whined.

"Well it should, you know!" Piper spoke loudly. "You have a very nasty bump on the back of your head"

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"Why don't you sit down and relax?; what I have to tell you might take a little while longer than you expect" Phoebe took off her shoes and jumped on the bed.

"Ok" Alexia stood still for a moment and closed her eyes trying to get rid of her nervousness. She slid her hand in her jeans' pocket and silently took out a small bottle; she opened it slowly, being very cautious of not making any kind of sound that might alert Phoebe about what she was doing. She grabbed one pill and carefully placed it in her mouth. She closed her eyes tightly for a little while longer before she joined her sister. "I'm listening" She whispered.

Phoebe sighed deeply and clasped her baby sister's hand between her own. "First of all, thank you for helping me get to my room; I really appreciate it" Phoebe smiled.

"You are welcome; I'm glad I could help" Lexie spoke with nervousness.

"Listen sweetie... we... I mean Piper, Prue and I, are... uhm... I don't know how to put it, but, we ... we are witches!" Phoebe smiled nervously.

"You what?!" Alexia quickly pulled out her hand from Phoebe's grasp and clumsily drew back, falling awkwardly out of bed.

"Lexie!" Phoebe tried to hold on to her sister without luck; Alexia quickly reached the floor, staring fearfully at her sister. The frightened girl placed one hand on her chest and lowered her head to regain composure, while her heart danced around like crazy inside of her.

The room's door slowly opened and Prue and Piper quietly sneaked a quick look inside.

"How's everything going in here?" Piper looked down and saw her sister on the floor. "Lexie...are you ok?" She quickly walked to her and knelt next to the bed. Prue followed close behind. "What's going on sweetie" Both sisters helped her get up and placed her on the bed.

"I'm ok" Lexie swallowed hard and rested quietly on bed. She closed her eyes and remained still for a little while longer. Phoebe slid her hand on the bed to find her sister's and when she found it, she was able to feel her frightened grip.

Alexia took a deep breath and slowly opened her eyes. "Ok... I want to know everything...and I mean everything" She finally spoke. Prue nodded and sat on the bed, beside her. Phoebe grabbed Prue's hand and squeezed it gently.

"It's ok Phoebes; She will understand... I hope"

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After listening to everything Prue had to say, Alexia asked them to leave the room, she wanted to be alone; she wanted to think about what she had lived that morning; about Prue's words... but most of all, about her special gifted sisters.

Prue, Piper, and Phoebe left the room and went to the conservatory to clean it up. Prue and Piper worked silently, glancing at each other's eyes from time to time; but neither of them daring to say a word. Phoebe just sat there, mentally keeping track of each passing second; waiting for her sister's final decision.

Tbc

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