Chapter two

As Paige and Todd pulled up to the restaurant, she couldn't help but think of the first time she had been there. It was with Richard. Of all places, why did Todd have to pick this restaurant? She should have told him she was allergic to Italian food or something. The sound of Todd's voice pulled her out of the deep thought she was in.

"Are you ready?" he asked.

"Yeah, let's go," she replied, trying desperately to sound enthused.

As she stepped out of the car, Paige was suddenly hit with a strange bout of dizziness. She blinked her eyes a few times and then grabbed her head as if to stop the world from spinning around her.

"Are you okay Paige?" Todd asked as he rushed to her side to steady a now swaying Paige.

For a moment she didn't speak and then it stopped and she felt fine again. "Yeah I think so," she replied.

"What happened?"

"Oh I must just be hungry, I get like this when my blood sugar drops," Paige said in a desperate attempt to cover up for what had just happened. It wasn't bad enough that she was at the same restaurant she went to with Richard, now she was having dizzy spells on top of it. This guy was sure to think she was a freak.

"Well lets just get you inside. I made reservations so we shouldn't have to wait for a table," Todd said seemingly concerned. He took her arm and led her inside the restaurant. As they were seated at the table, Paige noticed that the burn on her face was beginning to hurt. She reached up and touched it and realized that she was burning up.

"Paige you don't look so good, are you sure you're okay?" Todd asked, again sounding very concerned. "Because if you're not we can always call it a night and try this again some other time."

"No it's okay, I'll be..........." Paige was getting ready to say fine when she was suddenly hit with another bout of dizziness followed by a horrible pounding in her head causing her to wince with pain. Todd, seeing this, decided it was time to call off the date and get Paige home to bed.

"Paige I am not going to watch you sit here and suffer. You are obviously sick. We need to get you home so you can rest."

Paige nodded in agreement. She didn't know what was happening but she knew she did not feel well enough to sit through an entire dinner. "I'm really sorry," she said to Todd.

"For what?" he said, looking confused.

"For ruining our dinner," Paige said.

"Paige you didn't ruin anything. You were perfect, just a little sick that's all. Believe me, it happens to everyone, don't feel bad. You just make sure to call me when you're feeling more like yourself," Todd said with a smile.

"I will," Paige replied. With that Todd helped her up and walked her out to the car. They headed to the manor with Paige half asleep against the leather seats in his car.

Back at the manor Phoebe and Piper sat and watched Wyatt and Chris play on the floor together.

"I can't believe I have two nephews," Phoebe said. "I always expected you to have girls."

"Didn't we all," Piper agreed. "But I gotta tell you, now that I have two boys, I can't imagine myself with a girl. I think this was how it was meant to be."

"Like it was meant to be with you and Leo?" Phoebe asked. This was the first time since Chris' birth that she had brought Leo up to Piper. Although her older sister did not show it, deep down Phoebe knew she was longing for her relationship with Leo.

"Phoebe, Leo and I are in the past. Right now I have to concentrate on my boys."

"Your boys. Yours and Leo's. Piper how can you say that you and Leo are in the past when you have Wyatt and Chris right here?"

"Leo and I will always be connected because of our boys, but that doesn't mean that our relationship is going to go back to the way it once was. I don't think it ever can," Piper responded.

"But you want it to," Phoebe pressed on. Her sister needed to talk about this.

"Too much has been lost," Piper said looking down. Phoebe could see the hurt in her eyes and the longing she had for Leo. Piper too, knew that she wanted Leo back, but it was almost impossible now that he was an elder.

"Piper, I know you feel like you lost a part of Leo when he became an elder, but look at how much the two of you gained. Chris was conceived while Leo was an elder, so why do you think that should stop you from being together?"

"Phoebe we could never have the kind of relationship we once had. Leo is with the elders all the time, and when he's not, he's getting summoned by them. He hardly ever sees the boys anymore so how can I expect him to make time to see me?" Piper asked.

"Piper, Leo loves you. It's obvious every time he looks at you. Maybe you need to tell him how you feel. You might be surprised at how he reacts."

"What do you think he would do, clip his wings as an elder?" Piper asked.

"All I am saying is, you don't know how a person is going to react until you tell them what you are feeling. That's the problem with this family, no one ever expresses their feelings. Like Paige, she doesn't own her emotions, especially the ones she has over Richard."

"I thought she was over Richard until tonight when she was talking. I feel bad we never took the time to really talk to her," Piper said.

"I know, when Jason and I broke up, I don't know what I would have done if I wouldn't have had the two of you to talk to. The least we could have done was ask her how she was feeling. Instead I went out and got her another date," Phoebe said, beginning to feel guilty that she had set Paige up.

"I think it was time for her to go out though. She needs to know that there are other men out there that will treat her the way she deserves to be treated," Piper said.

As Piper finished her sentence, they heard the front door to the manor close and saw Paige slowly walking to the staircase.

"Paige?" Piper asked as she and Phoebe walked over to where Paige was beginning to climb the stairs.

"Back so soon?" Phoebe asked. "It's only 8:30."

"I take it, it didn't go so well," Piper said. "I'm sorry honey, I'm sure there are other guys out there for you."

"It wasn't Todd," Paige said as she turned to face her sisters. She was very pale, however had a flushed look to her cheeks. "It was me."

"Paige, are you okay?" Phoebe asked.

"You don't look so well," Piper noticed. "Are you sick?"

"I don't know," Paige responded. "I just don't feel good. My head hurts, and I feel nauseated."

"Why don't you come sit down on the couch and I'll go make you some tea," Piper said as she and Phoebe helped to bring Paige to the couch.

"Ahh!" Paige cried out as she was hit with another horrible pain in her head. The room began to spin as she brought her hands up to her head. She felt like she was on fire. It was almost as if she had a bolt of electricity shooting through her body. She felt herself break out into a cold sweat as she desperately tried to regain control of her balance.

"Paige! Paige are you okay?" Phoebe said panicky as she tried to steady her sister along with Piper.

"Paige, honey come on, it's okay," Piper said, trying not to sound too worried. She could see that Paige was in pain and it scared her. With Phoebe's help she laid her sister down on the couch and gently stroked her hair off her face. "Come on Paige, snap out of it."

Paige felt the pain leave her finally and she was able to unclench her hands and open her eyes. She sighed heavily and looked up at her sisters who were by her side.

"What happened?" Phoebe asked, still looking worried.

"I don't know. I just got really dizzy and warm. It happened at the restaurant but not as bad. I felt like I was getting shocked."

"The shocker demon," Piper said, as though she was remembering something. "Paige, let me see your arm." Paige lifted her shirt and the burn on her arm was emitting a small glow. As Piper looked to Paige's face, she saw that the burn below her eye was emitting the same glow.

"What about the shocker demon?" Phoebe asked.

"Paige was burnt by the shocker demon I blew up. I think she was somehow infected with the demon when she was hurt."

"I think you're right," Paige replied, looking at Piper.

"We need to call Leo," Phoebe said.

Piper nodded and then called out his name. "Leo!" The familiar blue orbs appeared and soon Leo was standing in front of the couch.

"What's going on?" he asked. "Is she okay?" he motioned to Paige, wondering if that was the reason he was called here.

"Paige is sick, she needs you to heal her," Piper said.

Leo walked over to Paige and felt her forehead. Normally he didn't heal the girls when they were sick, but Paige was burning up and she needed his healing powers, so he would make an exception. He raised his hands to heal her but nothing happened.

"What is going on?" Piper asked. "Why isn't she healing?"

"I don't know," Leo replied. "What happened to her?"

"There was a shocker demon in the manor today and when Piper blew him up Paige was burnt on her arm and face. We think she was somehow infected with the demon."

Leo tried to heal her again, but failed. "I'm sorry, I can't heal her. Something is blocking my magic."