Paige never minded being the youngest untill her sisters seemed to grow up and leave her behind. She strugles with her new found magic alone. Even when there are three sisters in just the next rooms over. But when she meets a seemingly perfect stranger at school could he just be the answer to all her problems or the start of them.
"Paige, I can't pick you up from school. I'm going home with Andy. That okay?" My oldest sister Prue asks as she looks at her reflection in the miror. She's wearing jeans, and a black sweater with her dark hair falling around her shoulders.
"Fine" I mutter biting into a piece of toast. Today will be my first day of middle school, and I'm going alone. As if it weren't scary already.
"Where's Phoebe?" Piper asks coming down the stairs holding her backpack. Her long brown hair up in a pony tail, and wearing black pants, and a purple tak top with her boyfriend Leo's jean jacket. All my sisters have dark hair,but mine's red. We don't even look alike.
"She left early." I lie.I hate having to cover for Phoebe. She snuck out last night, and still hasn't come home.
"Who's party was it?" Prue asks seeing right through me.
"I told you she left early."I say. Why couldn't I have my own room? And why do I have to babysit Phoebe when I'm the youngest? She's fifteen she should be able to take care of herself.
"Paige!" Prue says looking at me.
"I don't know. Okay? Now, I'm going to school." I say standing up. I grab my bag from the front hall and slam the manor door behind me. I miss the old days when we would all play together, and Phoebe wouldn't have to sneak out to a party just to have fun. Before Prue started dating Andy, and had time for me. And before Piper met Leo, and attained instant popularity leaving me in the dust.
"Not a morning person, huh?" Someone asks me as I walk up the school steps. I must have had an annoyed expresion on my face. I look him in the eye. He looks about my age with dark hair, and blue eyes. The way he's so cheerful and smiling makes me just want to smack the grin off his face.
"No" I say walking past him.
"Well, that was rude." he says catching up to me. Man, this kid's persistant.
"Can't you take a hint?" I ask brushing my straight red hair out of my eyes.I cant believe I let Prue talk me into getting side bangs over the summer.I guess I just wanted to spend time with her, but ofcoarse after telling the haircutter what to do she left, then just came back to pick me up.
"My name's Glen." He says putting out his hand. I just look at it, "So what's yours?' He asks after a while.
"Honestly, do you really think I'm going to tell you?" I say following the signs to go to the multipurpose room.
"Come on. It's the first day of school. You know no one, and you'll be stuck here for three years. You might want a friend or two." He says following me as I look for a seat alone where he can't join me. I spot a single seat on the isle of a row, and sit down.
"Could you please scoot one over?' He asks the girl next to me.
"Sure" she says smiling at Glen.I look at him again. He isn't bad looking. He's actually pretty cute. No wonder she moved for him.
"Thanks" He says sitting next to me. Then he turns his attention back to me.
"Paige" I say finally breaking down. I haven't had anyone's complete atention in a while, and it's kind of nice.
"Were off to a good start." he says. Then the principal walks to the front of the room, and starts talking. Finally, Glen shuts up.
As the principal drones on I look over at Glen and he's making faces and mouthing what the principal says. I try to stifle my laughter, but it doesn't work, and people start to look at me. I immediatly shut up. Glen looks smug knowing he made me laugh.
"I officialy hate you even more than ever." I say after everyone turns away.
"I got you to smile. How can you hate me?" he asks grinning. I just shake my head.
"I'm home!" I yell walking through the manor doors.
"I met this obnoxious kid today."I start to say as I walk into the kitchen, but no one is there waiting for me. I run upstairs and no one is home. I go back and sit at the kitchen table alone. This is the first year ever that after school we don't all meat here and talk about our first day. It makes me a little sad that no one is here. I go through my back pack. I can't believe myself, I'm looking for homework I'm so bored. But of coarse the one time I want homework all I have are those sheets for my guardian to sign. Grams, Prue, Piper, and Phoebe aren't home so I grab a pen and forge grams' signature on all of them.
Then I notie something else in my bag. A school directory that they passed out at lunch. I look through it, and find Glen's name. He only lives a few blocks from me, and his full name is Glen Anthony Belland. I stuff it back in my bag and scold myself for even thinking about calling him.
"Is someone there?"I ask hearing something upstairs. No answer so I stand up and head up the stairs.
"Hello?" I call again. I hear something creaking. I go up another flight of stairs, and the attic door is open. It's never open. I sieze the oportunity, and run inside.I notice our old furnature set, and some odd little things around. I pick up a silver jewel encrusted miror. Then I notice a big green bookin the center of the room. I put down the miror and walk over to it. I shufle through the pages. There are weird drawings, and odd little poems. Then the book flips to the first page. I jump.
"It's just the wind." I say to myself noticing an open window. That must have been what blew the door open too. I feel my heart steady, and I close the window. Then I go back to the book. I read the page aloud to myself.
"This is a book of witchcraft!" I say to myself. Is this family crazy. Then again, I just talked to myself. I begin to notice wierd stuff all over the room. Candles, bottles with wierd labels, pots. It'a all probobly old junk. I mean grams probobly tried this stuff in the 70's. I decide I better go, and leave the room. As I leave the door slams shut.I turn around, and see if I can open it, but it's locked again.
"Creepy" I say to myself.