It was a nice sunny Saturday evening, and Prue and Piper left the house for some sisterly time. They would usually take Phoebe and Paige, but they hadn't spent much time together since their Grams went to visit their Aunt Gale, who was very sick.
"Hey Phoebes, I'm going for a walk, wanna come?" Paige Halliwell, called to her fourteen year old sister.
"Yeah, I'm heading out to meet Jimmy, at the park." Phoebe said coming down the stairs.
Paige cringed when she heard Jimmy's name. She wasn't very fond of her sisters boyfriend. He creeps her out for some reason.
"Okay, I left a note for Prue and Piper, saying we'll come back at 6, when they come back." Paige said, grabbing her coat and walking out the door, with Phoebe close behind.
"Paige, at the turn off, near the park, can you go to the lake?" Phoebe asked, as they turned the corner, and followed the path that went under a bridge, to the park.
"I knew you were going to ask that." Paige said sighing. Of course she was going to say yes, but that doesn't mean she has to like it.
"As long as you come get me at the wall. I'll be somewhere near there." Paige told her. The wall was near the lake. It had a basketball hoop, and was basically like a court, except the wall was in the middle of the asphalt. Paige always used to go there when she was upset, or wanted some alone time. When her mother drowned, she went there almost everyday.
"Can't you meet me at the park in half an hour?" Phoebe asked, trying to compromise.
"If you give me your mobile, and call me with Jimmy's phone I'll come straight to the park." Paige said.
"Tell me why you don't have a mobile again?" Phoebe asked.
"Well, one, I don't have a mobile because Grams said she'll get me one when I'm thirteen, two, I'm only ten, and three, I don't really need one. So why can't you just give me yours and use Jim's?" Paige asked.
"Well, cause I don't want to rely on him for everything. Just cause he's my boyfriend, doesn't mean he has to do everything for me." Phoebe said. Paige rolled her eyes. 'Exactly, he doesn't anything for you.' Paige wanted to say to her. But she kept her mouth shut. After all she was only Phoebe's ten year old sister. Paige was suppose to listen to Phoebe, not the other way around.
"Well, come and get me then. If you don't want to come get me, give me your mobile, or I'm going home." Paige threatened, trying to be tough.
Phoebe laughed. "You know when you try to sound tough, your eyebrows scrunch up and look funny."
Paige glared, but couldn't hold it and started laughing. She playfully hit Phoebe in the arm.
Phoebe hugged her from the side. "I'll come get you don't worry." She said as she let go.
Paige smiled.
They linked arms and kept on walking to the park.
As they neared the corner, the park came into view, and the sisters saw Jimmy sitting on the bench.
Phoebe gave Paige a look. Paige raised her hands as if surrendering. "Okay, okay, I'm going."
Paige kept on going straight on the path as Phoebe turned off towards the park.
"Half and hour!" Paige called out to Phoebe to remind her. Phoebe smiled and waved her away.
Paige shook her head and continued on her way. The wall was about a hundred or two hundred meters away from the park. As she got about fifty meters further, a huge gust of wind came her way, and brought up dust and dirt. Paige's hands flew to her face trying to wave the dust away. As it settled around her, Paige dusted herself off. She let out a deep breath she'd been holding and turned around. She looked towards the park. Phoebe and Jimmy were gone.
Paige just shrugged and continued walking.
As she neared the wall, she got off the path. She followed a dirt trail into the trees, close up to the lake.
She sat down on a big rock on the edge of the lake.
Minutes passed, and she decided to go up on the bridge. It wasn't really a bridge, just a steep mountain that had a pathway on it. Logs had been put on the path just for caution. She jogged back to the path and followed it to the bridge. She sat on the logs and looked out to the lake. The sparkling blue water shone in her eyes. Paige blinked and looked at another section of the land below her. She looked at the houses and started to sing. Her friends at school had said she could really sing, but Paige didn't think so. Her sisters could sing. Really good. But even though they had fun when they sang together, Paige was to shy. One day ages ago, they finally got her to play the piano for them. Paige took lessons, once a week, ever since she could walk. She was around three or four.
Paige would never let her sisters hear her play, but now she plays songs for them and they sing. She is really good at it too. (like me! : ) lol nah just kiddin)
As Paige sang, she realized she did have a good voice. 'Maybe enter the talent quest?' Paige thought. 'Yeah! I should not be shy, if I have a gift. Yep, I'll sing for my sisters.'
Paige looked out to the path and saw Phoebe and Jimmy. She got up and jogged down to them. She kept her distance and as they walked on the path, she walked on the edge of the lake.
She could hear them laughing. Paige rolled her eyes. Paige quickly got to the lake, but Phoebe and Jimmy turned the other way. Paige just thought Phoebe was saying bye to Jimmy, somewhere where Paige couldn't see. Paige sat on the swing and gently pushed her legs on the ground. After about five minutes, Paige decided, she would go get Phoebe and drag her back kicking and screaming. Paige giggled at the image the thought created. She followed where she saw them go, but couldn't find them anywhere.
'Where'd they go?' Paige asked herself.
Paige walked back to the park and sat down on the swing again. She waited five minutes. Then another ten. After five more minutes she started walking around the area. She went back to the lake a few times, almost went back home, and walked to places she had never went before. After about half an hour, she got really worried. Before she was just pissed at Phoebe. Paige started running everywhere she could think of.
It had gotten dark, and Paige was scared. 'Where is she?! Maybe Jimmy did something to her.' Paige shook her head. 'Don't think like that. Think positive. She's probably fine. She could be watching me fret like this and be laughing her head. Paige nodded. 'Yep, she is just fine.' But the more Paige told herself that, the less she believed it.
As much as she tried to lock out the horrible thoughts she was getting, they crawled back into her mind. As she neared Phoebe's best friends house, Alyssa, she started to cry. 'Don't cry! She is fine. Phoebe is fine.' Paige jogged up the path tot he front door and pressed the doorbell. Once. Twice. She heard someone shuffling about inside. She held her breath as the door opened. It was Alyssa's brother, Luke.
"Hey Luke. Can you get Alyssa please?" Paige asked tears forming in her eyes.
"Sure." He said and disappeared behind the door.
Paige looked away from the door and waited. Tears fell from her eyes as she watched the sky get darker.
She heard the door creak open and quickly dried her tears. But they still came down. It was Alyssa's mum.
"Is everything okay?" She asked, pushing the screen door open to see Paige better.
"Yeah, I just need to talk to-" Paige cut herself off as Alyssa appeared at the door.
"Hey!" She said brightly.
"Um, is Phoebe here?" Paige asked. Her voice sounded croaky and she looked as if she was about to break down if she said anymore.
"No. Did she say she was coming?" Alyssa asked, her happy face turning into concern.
"No. Um could I use your phone to call her please?" Paige asked, tears dropping faster and faster. 'If she isn't here then where could she be?' Paige thought.
"Sure." Before she went to get it, her mum appeared behind the door with the phone.
"Would you like to come in?" Her mum asked.
Paige shook her head. She didn't want to be rude, but if she said anything she was going burst.
Alyssa stepped outside and handed Paige the phone.
Paige dialed the number and waited. After about twenty rings and two hundred tears, Paige hung up.
"Isn't she answering?" Alyssa asked.
"No." Paige said, crying again.
"Oh, it's okay." Alyssa said, giving Paige a small hug from the side. Hearing that from another person, calmed Paige down a bit.
"So what happened?" Alyssa asked as Paige slowed her tears.
"We went for a walk, and she met Jimmy, so I went to the lake. She came and got me with Jimmy, about half and hour later. When we got to the park, they went the other way, and I thought, you know, she was saying bye to him, but she didn't come back. We were suppose to be home ages ago. I've been looking for her everywhere but I can't find her." Paige said breaking down.
"It's okay don't worry, I have Jimmy's number. Do you want me to call?" Alyssa asked, softly.
Paige nodded.
She watched Alyssa dial and she gave Paige a reassuring smile. Paige returned it with a half smile. After a few rings, she started talking. Paige looked up with hope.
"What?! Where are you? Phoebe!? What's going on?! Phoebe!"
