Hey, well, here's the 12th chapter!

Chapter 12

When Piper and Paige pulled into the driveway, Piper was silently crying. Paige looked over from the driver's seat of the black SUV and said, "Oh, sweetie," and pulled Piper into a tight hug that Piper collapsed in.

When they got inside the Manor, Phoebe entered the foyer, saw Piper's tear stained face, and shouted, "Leo!"

"Phoebe, no!" Paige yelled. But Paige spoke too late. Leo had already orbed in onto the stairs.

"Phoebe, what's wrong? I was with a…" Leo started, but stopped when he saw Piper's red eyes. He ran down the stairs, but halted when Paige held up a hand.

"She's not feeling well right now. I'm going to take her to my room to sleep. I don't want anybody to bug her, including you too, Leo. And if t he phone rings, I'll get it." She said and she orbed her and Piper upstairs to Paige's bedroom. "Piper, I want you to lie down and I'll go get you some cinnamon tea, okay?" Paige told her.

"Okay! Paige, thank you for stopping Phoebe and Leo from asking any questions. You've stop acting like the younger sister. You've started acting like Prue." Piper said. "Where's…" She began, but was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"GO AWAY! I TOLD YOU! SHE IS NOT TALKING RIGHT NOW!" Paige yelled.

"I just brought cinnamon tea for the two of you." Said Phoebe, opening the door. She came in and lied down the tray on Paige's dresser. She walked over to the side of the bed and said to Piper, "You can tell me anything, you know that, Piper?"

"Yeah, she does. But, she can't talk right now." Paige said as shepherded Phoebe out the door.

When the door was closed in Phoebe's face, she turned and went up to the attic. She walked over to the Book of Shadows and turned the pages to the truth spell.

Disaster struck last time she used this particular spell. But she had to find out what was wrong with Piper. She recited the spell quietly so no one would here her:

"Let the truth be told

To whomever I speak to.

Let me hear the truth

Hidden behind their eyes.

Let me know their secrets.

Let me know the truth for

Twenty-four hours.

Phoebe saw a swirl of whit lights fly into her. She wanted to see if it worked, so she ran downstairs to Paige's door and saw Leo pacing in front of the door.

"What's happening?" She asked.

"Piper's sleeping and Paige is downstairs, but I don't dare go in there." He said.

"Go see her. I'll hold off Paige." Phoebe said.

Leo entered the room and closed the door. He went to the opposite side of Paige's bed and pulled the covers up and crawled in behind Piper. He wrapped his arms around her waist and he brought her to him.

Piper's eyes opened and she turned over and looked up at Leo. She let a smile escape her lips and she snuggled into his chest. "Leo, I need to tell you something." Piper murmured. Leo looked down at her and kissed her forehead, which she knew meant an okay. "When I was nine-years-old, I was raped by Jason Conover. We went to court and he was given thirty years in jail. But, he came up for parole early because he was acting so well behaved. He got out of jail six days ago on parole." She cried into his chest.

"What? Why didn't you tell me this before?" Leo asked, pulling Piper closer to him. "Does Phoebe or Paige know he's out?"

"Paige knows. I don't know if Phoebe is going to know for awhile." She said, bringing her head up from is chest and looking into his amazingly aqua eyes.

"Unlike Paige, you're going to have to tell your family about this. Let's go." He said, and orbed them up to the attic to the Book of Shadows. Piper pulled away from Leo and looked down at the book. It was opened to the Truth Spell page.

"Oh no. Phoebe cast the spell." Piper said as she brought her hand to her mouth.

"Who cares right now? I'll set up the candles and you say the spell." Leo commanded, not acting like a whitelighter at all.

"Here these words,

Here my cry.

Sprit from the other side.

Come to me I summon thee,

Cross now the great divide."

After Piper recited the spell, white lights emanated from the middle of the flickering candles and she saw her mom, her grandmother, and Prue standing in the middle of the circle. Piper walked over to Leo by the side of the circle and he wrapped his arm around her waist.

"Piper? What's going on here?" Grams asked.

"Mom, Grams, Prue, do you all remember why I was in court testifying when I was nine-years-old?" Piper asked.

"Yes." They all replied in unison.

"Well, Jason Conover was let out on parole ten years early because of his 'good behavior'." She said. "He was let out six days ago."

"WHAT?" Prue yelled, stepping out of the circle. She walked over to her younger sister and pulled her into a tight hug.

"Prue, I can't breathe." Piper squeaked out.

Prue let her go and stepped back as her mom and Grams came out of the circle, looking angry.

Right then she heard Paige's yell call, "PIPER, LEO, GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE NOW!" Paige yelled.

"I'll go set her straight." Patricia said and descended the stairs followed by a chuckle of laughter from the remaining people in the room

"Alright, let's sort through this before Phoebe gets up here because she doesn't know yet." Piper said. "Jason Conover is out of jail, Phoebe doesn't know, and Paige will act like a maniac if that happens again." She said.

"They heard three pairs of feet climbing the stairs and Patricia, Paige, and Phoebe entered the room.

"Now, would someone tell me what is going on in here?" Phoebe demanded.

"Jason Conover is back." Piper said, without thinking.

"What?" Phoebe yelled.

"He's back. Now if you guys don't mind, I have to eat sometime today if I'm going to have healthy babies." Piper said and she poked Leo and he orbed them out.

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