Together Again
A week had passed since Paige had returned to The Manor and the Halliwells couldn't be happier. Paige, although was still adjusting to her new life and reflecting on the old life she lived.
Killing innocents wasn't exactly something she was proud of. Deep down inside she hated what she had done; it was all she could think of. Her sisters had no idea Paige was still beating herself up about it as she had not mentioned it to any of them.
As Paige lay on her bed, the bed that was only touched once in the 13 years she was gone, she closed her eyes and saw the faces of all those she had murdered, she heard their last pleas of mercy. She couldn't take it, she broke down in a fit of hysterical cries, holding her pillow tight to her chest and letting the tears soak her bedcovers. She was an evil person, no matter what anyone said, she would always think of herself as a murderer.
As if on cue, Paige heard the familiar sound of orbs materialising into the space beside her bed.
"Leo, I'm sure you're intensions are good but I'm not up for talking at the moment" Paige said not turning round to meet her guest.
"Well that's too bad cos' I've been waiting to talk to you for a while now" came a voice Paige knew but not as her brother in law and whitelighter.
Paige slowly turned around not wanting to think that she had been imagining the voice. She turned around and came face to face with the love she thought she had lost.
"Kyle! You're alive!" Paige exclaimed throwing her arms around the man she had spent all week thinking about.
"Well not technically" Kyle replied hugging Paige back and taking in her warmth.
Paige pulled back, "What do you mean?" She asked.
"The elders gave me another chance, they made me a whitelighter again! " Kyle said smiling.
Paige's face fell, that meant she couldn't see him anymore.
"That's great." She said with a fake smile, the last thing she wanted to do was upset him.
"Isn't it? They said my work down 'there' deserved a reward." Kyle said beaming.
Paige smiled, she was happy that Kyle was a whitelighter it was his dream.
"Also, I came back to see how you're doing." Kyle said looking at Paige knowingly.
Paige looked at Kyle.
"I don't think I'm ever going to okay with the fact that I'm a murderer." Paige said sadly.
"Come on Paige, you couldn't help that, you were cursed, literally" Kyle said half heartedly causing Paige to smile.
Paige's smile quickly faded.
"So I guess this is goodbye?" Paige whispered.
Kyle's smile faded. "I guess so, but don't worry Paige, I'll always be watching over you."
Paige wiped a stray tear from her cheek and nodded.
"I love you." Paige whimpered.
Kyle leaned forward and wiped a tear from Paige's soft cheek.
"I love you too, always." He said that as he leaned in and kissed Paige softly before orbing out.
Paige wiped her face and smiled at the thought of her new life with her sisters awaiting her downstairs.
She descended the stairs and was greeted by the sound of laughter from the kitchen. Smiling to herself, she entered the kitchen to investigate.
"Hey what's all the hilarity about?" Paige said walking into the laughter filled room.
As soon as she entered, though she was hit square in the face with some sort of goop.
Paige gasped in shock and the laughter in the room got even louder.
"What the hell is going on in here? And what is this?" Paige laughed wiping the food off her face.
"That, dear sister is Prue's attempt at cooking!" Piper said through laughter.
Phoebe walked over to her little sister and wiped some food off her face, smelled it then tasted it curiously, immediately regretted it.
"Oh my god that sucks" Phoebe said screwing her face up.
"Yea, any closer to my eyes and I think it might melt my eye-balls." Paige said causing all four, even Prue to laugh harder.
"Why are you cooking anyway? On the other hand, should I say what 'cos I really cant tell?" Paige said walking over to peer into the contents of Prue's bowl.
Prue pouted, "I was trying to make a cake"
"What for?" Paige asked.
Prue, Piper and Phoebe all shared a grin before Phoebe grabbed Paige by the shoulders and leading her into the living room followed by her sisters.
"This!" Phoebe exclaimed.
"SURPRISE!" came a loud scream as Paige entered the living room.
Paige stared open mouthed at the 30 something faces in front of her in awe, some people she recognised, some she didn't.
"Oh my god!" Paige said hugging people who greeted her and began to mingle with the partygoers.
Hours later when everyone had left and Piper had finished franticly cleaning the remains the four sisters all sat down together in the living room.
"I still can't believe we're all together again." Prue said squeezing Paige tightly who was sitting next to her.
"Me either" Phoebe said smiling at the sight of all her sisters happy in one another's company.
"I can't believe you guys went to all this trouble," Paige said sleepily, her eyes threatening to close.
"For you Paigey baby, we'd walk a thousand miles." Piper said sitting on the other side of Phoebe.
Paige smiled then let the tiredness take over her as she drifted off to sleep.
All three sisters looked at Paige all lost in their own thoughts of thanks and love.
"Poor things exhausted from all the excitement." Prue said stroking Paige's hair.
"Yea I don't blame her. I'm exhausted from keeping that party a secret." Phoebe yawned leaning onto Piper for support.
Piper smiled and put her arm around her little sister who was just about to drift off also.
"Prue?" Piper said yawning.
"Yeah sweetie?" Prue answered.
"Sing us a song?" Piper asked sweetly.
Prue smiled. She knew exactly what song Piper meant.
"Baby mine, don't you cry
Baby mine dry your eyes
Rest your head, close to my heart
Never to part, baby of mine
Little one when you play
Don't you mind what they say
Let those eyes sparkle and shine
Never a tear baby of mine
If they knew sweet little you
They'd end up loving you too
All those same people who scold you
What they'd give just for the right to hold you
Prue looked down at her sisters who had all fallen asleep and decided it was safe to stop singing, with not another thought Prue was fast asleep.
She never noticed the white lights behind her disappear to take the form of their mother Patty Halliwell.
Patty looked down at her four daughters all curled up together and continued from where Prue left off.
"From your head down to your toes
Your not much goodness knows
But you're so precious to me sweet as can be baby of mine
All of those people who scold you
What they'd give just for the right to hold you.
From your head down to your toes your not much goodness knows
But you're so precious to me sweet as can be
Baby of mine."
Patty wiped the tears from her cheek as she places a cover over her daughters giving each of them a gentle kiss on their head.
"Take care of each other. I love you all, blessed be." And with that, she disappeared , leaving all four girls together, to continue saving the world from evil and grow stronger with every battle.
Finally finished! Thank you everyone who reviewed and those who took the time to read my fanfic! it means a lot to me !