Chapter Two

Present:

Phoebe walked in the manor 20 minutes later, just coming back from the office. The second she walked in the door she was overcome with empathic emotion. The joy and relief was blended with an odd feeling of bewilderment. A desperate need to find out what was going on pulled the strings of Phoebe's heart, and she knew that something big had happened.

Taking a deep breath, sheand advanced forward into the living room. Her eyes grew wide as a familiar yet long gone sight filled her eyes, suffocating her thoughts. Three years. That was the last time she had seen this. Piper was sitting on the couch, her face beautifully glowing with happiness. Genuine happiness that she hadn't felt in a long time. Prue sat close to her on the couch, holding her young nephew.

"You take after your daddy don't you little guy?"

Nobody saw Phoebe as she stood in the doorway in silence, frozen and unmoving.

"All the other little witches are gonna be dieing for you to ask them out when you get older."

Wyatt smiled and pointed towards the doorway, "Pheeb home"

Prue and Piper both turned to see her watching from the doorway. Phoebe blinked a few times, still not believing any of this to be more than a wishful dream. A dream that would be gone by morning, leaving her heart with an empty feeling that could never be filled.

She walked over unsurely, gaining speed as she advanced forward.

She hug Prue andbegan to cry, tears filling her chocolate brown eyes as they ran gently down her cheeks.

"I thought I was never gonna see you again. I missed you so much." Phoebe's voice cracked as she repeated Piper's words.

Prue said nothing, but continued tohold onto her little sister, not willing to ever let go again.

Piper picked up Wyatt and left her two sisters there, together finally.

Later that night Chris was babysitting Wyatt and the original Charmed Ones were chatting as they ate one of Piper's home cooked meals.

"The joy of eating your cooking, Piper, gets even greater after three years." They all laughed and shared memories together as they enjoyed Piper's baked ziti.

The mood was light and Piper liked it. She had been depressed lately, without really knowing why. There was Leo being gone which hurt like hell of course, but then there was just everything. She was tired of everything.

"Remember the time when Piper was dancing on the bar? And all the people at P3 thought she was drunk!" Phoebe and Prue laughed as Piper feigned being angry.

"You've done worse sober Pheebs."

"Remember the time when Prue was a bitch…literally? You even found a date while you were a dog!."

"Hey!Look who's talking Phoebe. Weren't you the one that unzipped your professor's pants with your teeth?" Prue smirked, remembering that Phoebe was the one who had gotten the deadly sin of lust.

"Well I got a B minus anyway," She joked back.

The sisters continued to share old memories and eat their meal.

It feels so right to be there talking and laughing with each other again Phoebe thought, and it hasn't felt this right for so long. I mean sure she had Piper and Paige, but it still wasn't and never would be the same. Piper had changed so much since Prue had died she thought.And even though they were still close, Phoebe could always feel Piper pulling away from her once youngest sister. Phoebe sometimes wondered if it was just because Piper was afraid that she too, would desert her.

After sharing a few drinks and getting Prue up to date on what's been going on with their lives in the past three years, the conversation turned serious.

Phoebe had been curious all day but finally decided to ask. "So Prue, you still haven't told us. How did you get here?"

The light mood had completely shifted, and Piper could sense the tension. She did not like it.

"You don't have to leave us again do you?" She added quietly.

"No, no Piper I can stay for good." Phoebe and Piper sighed, relieved. "Actually, Leo and Chris are part of the reason I'm here. You see the Elders thought that Wyatt needed a whitelighter as he starts to come into his powers. He needs a healing whitelighter. And as for Leo's part, Piper, I really think that you should ask him about it." Piper's eyes were downcast, and she frowned.

Changing thesubject quickly to keep Piper's mind off of Leo, Phoebe decided to bring up happier thoughts. "Prue, you have to meet Paige. As soon as she comes back from vacation you can meet her."

"Oh. Well, erm, that'd be great," Prue's voice cracked as she stuttered the sentence out.

'Nice cover, dumbass' She thought to herself. Prue was still not sure how she felt about Paige. True, she had never met her youngest sister, but after all of this time she still could not get used to the idea that after she died she had a…a…replacement. It hurt to think about it and Prue tried not to focus on it. She got up and began to clear the plates off of the table.

Phoebe gave a concerned glance in Prue's direction, but her attention was quickly diverted back to Piper.

"How come Paige isn't just orbing back today?" Piper questioned.

"I think it'd be best if we all got to have a long enough time together before she comes home. I mean, we don't want to be paying all the attention to Prue and none to her. If she comes back today or tomorrow that would end up happening. And I sensed some resentment coming from Prue about it. I…I just think it would be best if Paige came back after her vacation. If something serious comes up we'll have her come back."

Piper shrugged,gettingout of her seatto go help Prue with the dishes.

A/N: I hope you all liked the update. There are a few readers on author's alert so I decided to continue the story anyway, but I hope to get a few more reviews this time. I just don't want to continue the story if no one likes it.