Meanwhile, at the Halliwell household things weren't going as well. Prue was still upstairs in Phoebe's room. Piper, Phoebe, Paige, and Leo were sitting in the kitchen in silence. The dishes were done, the kitchen was spotless, and they had run out of things to occupy themselves.

"Er…maybe one of you should go check on her?" Paige suggested timidly.

Piper and Phoebe exchanged glances. "Not it!" Phoebe said childishly.

Piper rolled her eyes but got up from the table. She walked wordlessly out of the room and up the stairs. Not wanting to disturb Prue if she was still asleep she cracked the door and peered in.

Prue was standing in front of the mirror, not moving a muscle. She appeared to be looking herself over. She didn't move as Piper entered the room and softly closed the door behind her.

Piper walked over to the mirror and looked at her older sister over her shoulder.

"After everything we've been through, I guess I shouldn't be surprised at this." She said quietly.

Prue met her eyes in the mirror before turning to face her sister.

"Piper." She said slowly, feeling the word roll off her tongue.

Piper's eyes widened as she heard Prue's voice for the first time in three years. "Yes, Prue, it's me. I grew up some, huh?" she smiled before getting serious. "Prue, Buffy said that…this is probably really hard on you. That you were in a better place, and that you probably don't want to be here. I just wanted to say….I'm here if you want to talk, or not. So is Phoebe. She's grown up a lot in the past three years too. A lot of things have changed…we can talk about most of them later, when you're feeling up to it. But most importantly I guess, is Paige. She's our half-sister, two years younger than Phoebe."

Prue's eyes widened at this news but she didn't speak.

"Yeah I know, weird huh? Mom had an affair with her white-lighter and they gave the baby away. But we found her, and we made the Power of Three again. So we've spent the past three years with her. It was weird at first, but now we don't really think about it. Well anyway, she's downstairs with Leo and Phoebe, I thought I should tell you about her first. There's some food left over from dinner if you're hungry." She was interrupted by the sound of a baby crying. Prue's eyebrows raised in question.

"Oh…and I had a baby. A boy, if you can believe it. Grams couldn't…his name's Wyatt, he's Leo's of course." Piper grinned, thinking about her son. Prue smiled for the first time that day. "Go. I'll be downstairs." She said slowly.

Piper smiled back at her before leaving to see what Wyatt needed.


Prue slowly walked down the stairs. It was so weird being back here. Piper was telling her about things that had changed while she was…dead, but her former life seemed like a dream anyway. Actually, so did her afterlife. She felt like she already knew some of these things in a way. Grams and her Mom must have told her about them in a way. Prue shook her head, getting more confused the more she thought about it. She walked into the kitchen. Three heads swiveled to see her enter.

"Prue! You're awake! Great. We left some food for you, want me to heat it up?" Phoebe asked eagerly.

"Okay." Prue said. She didn't notice how her sister's eyes lit up at the sound of her voice.

Leo stood and gently hugged the oldest Halliwell. "It's good to have you back Prue."

Prue looked past him to the third member of the room who she didn't know. Their eyes met.

"I'm Paige….I'm, uh…" she hesitated, unsure if she should tell Prue who she was.

"Our half-sister. Piper told me." She said without emotion.

"Er, yeah. That's me!" Paige confirmed.

The microwave beeped and Phoebe returned to the table with a plate of food for Prue. She stared at it for a minute as if she wasn't sure what to do, but she finally picked up a fork and started eating. Her sisters and Leo just sat in silence watching her.

"It's been three years?" she asked once she was satisfied.

"Oh! Yes. Close to it." Phoebe said. "Time…is different…was different for you?" she asked.

Prue nodded. "It wasn't really relevant. You just…are."

At that moment Piper walked into the kitchen, carrying Wyatt. "I thought you might like to meet your nephew." She said softly.

Prue stared at the little boy. "He's adorable…sis." She said, hesitating before pronouncing the familial title. "Um…I'm sorry, but I'm really tired, do you think I could go back to bed?" she was overwhelmed with all of the people around her.

"Oh, sure! You can sleep in my room, I can bunk with Paige." Phoebe offered.

Prue managed a smile as she stood up. "Thanks Phoebe. Goodnight."