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Paige was worried when Piper first grabbed Phoebe as soon as she walked into the room, but the smiles on both of their faces after the little chat they had frightened her. At least now Phoebe was quietly lying next to her. 'If only Piper could leave me alone,' she thought, trying to go to sleep without any luck.

Piper was all over Paige, refusing to let her do a thing by herself. "Here sweetie. Let me plump your pillow so it's nice and soft." Then when Paige went to lie down, Piper was there guiding her to bed and brushing her hair away from her eyes. "Would you like a bedtime story, Paige?" she asked as if she wouldn't take no for an answer. Paige even said no but Piper just chuckled, shook her head like she was amused, and grabbed The Cat In The Hat and Green Eggs and Ham out of the bookcase. She then began reading the children's stories using greatly exaggerated voices while showing Paige all the pictures and explaining a few of them. Paige looked over to see Phoebe looking very amused at Piper's antics, but she wasn't laughing. Paige thought it ridiculous that she was being treated like a kid. She was over twenty for God's sake.

Finally, after Piper had gotten though the books, she looked up to see Paige still awake and starting to look somewhat frustrated. "Oh sweetie," she cooed, happy to see her idea start to work, "c'mon honey you need to sleep. What can I do to help you sleep?"

Paige just gave a look that said 'Piper, you are nuts' before sitting up in bed and reaching for the remote to the TV. Piper saw what Paige was reaching for and got to it first removing it from within Paige's reach. "No, baby girl. It's way past your bedtime and you are very sick. C'mon lie down for me and relax," she said gently pushing Paige back down on the bed, but as soon as Piper removed her hands, Paige tried to sit up again. "No sweetie," Piper gently scolded as she guided Paige back down. "You have to lay down to go to night night." Paige now thought enough was enough so she tried to wiggle free from Piper and get out of bed. "Piper, I don't know what the hell you are doing but let me go. I think I should just go back to my apartment and just hang out there until you chill."

Piper grew stern. "Paige, if you leave this room without one of us, then you are going to be in more trouble than you know what to do with. Now sweetie," she cajoled, back to being overly sweet, "just lie down next to Phoebe for me and close your eyes." Paige was seriously freaked out by Piper's actions when she once again laid her on the bed and then brushed away the hair that had fallen in her face, but Paige behaved. She was too tired not to at this point. Piper was glad to see Paige following her directions. "That's it baby girl. Shhh. Just close your eyes, relax and go to sleep." Piper kissed Paige's forehead a couple of times before leaning back and watching her two younger sisters sleep, seeing as Phoebe had drifted off earlier.

Around four in the morning, Piper couldn't keep her eyes open any longer so she went around to the other side of the bed and gently shook Phoebe awake. "Huh," said Phoebe drowsily when she opened her eyes to find it pitch black outside and Piper standing over her.

"Pheebs, I can't stay awake any longer. Your turn to watch over Paige. Wake us up at about eight for breakfast."

Phoebe just nodded as she climbed out of bed so Piper could climb in next to Paige. She moved to the seat where Piper had been and picked up a book to read while watching Paige. Phoebe was reading the book when Paige started tossing and turning in her sleep and making scared sounds. "Damn it," she muttered to herself not wanting to see her sister in emotional pain again. "Piper, wake up! Paige is having a nightmare again."

Piper bolted upright at those words and looked over at her baby sister to see sweat pouring off her face as she struggled with some invisible demon of her past. Not wanting Paige to hurt herself, she grabbed Paige and pulled her into a tight embrace that Paige struggled against until she finally woke up with a start and realized whose arms she was in. "Wow, honey," whispered Piper as she felt her sister draw in some deep breaths to try and help her ragged breathing.. "That was some dream. Why don't we get you out of these clothes and get you some more medicine to get your fever down?"

Piper didn't want to push Paige yet so she stayed quiet and just rocked and held Paige while Phoebe got a dry nightshirt for Paige along with another dose of medicine. The medicine she put in a sippie cup because Phoebe wasn't sure Paige could handle a normal glass at the moment and didn't want to risk it. When Phoebe got back into the room she saw Paige still in Piper's safe, comforting arms and slowly being rocked.

"Okay Paige," Phoebe said moving slowly into the room, making sure to never leave Paige's line of sight. "Let's get that wet thing off and get you into some dry clothes." Paige let the old nightshirt be taken off of her and the new one put on with no struggle. She felt too worn out to fight a battle she knew she was going to lose. Though when she saw the sippie cub with the medicine in it, she balked even though she was half asleep. "There is no way I'm going to drink out of that. Do I look like a baby to you?"

Piper laughed. "Well you are our baby sister does that count?" She then got more serious as Paige emphatically shook her head no. "Paige, Phoebe decided that you need to take your medicine out of a sippie cup and that is what you are going to do. Don't make me force you to drink it."

"You wouldn't dare," sneered Paige who was taken by surprise when Piper got her in a tighter embrace and held the spout to her lips. She moved her head trying to avoid the cup. "Like I said before. Not happening, I am not a baby." Then the unthinkable happened. Paige had spoken for a second too long and she found the spout of the cup in her mouth leaving her with no option but to drink or choke. "That's it Paigey girl," said Piper soothingly when she saw Paige swallowing the contents grudgingly. "You are doing so good," she praised when the cup was almost empty. As soon as Paige was finished, Piper removed the spout from her mouth and smiled. "See that wasn't too bad was it?"