I apologize for taking so long to post this. I can only post it at work and wouldn't let me in.

For those of you who are wondering if this will simply be "Forever Charmed" from Paige's point of view, I wouldn't do that, because then I'd be doing one of the things I hated most about "Forever Charmed"—that it was SOPiper-and-Leo-centric when it's supposed to be the CHARMED finale—part of the reason why Henry's not going time-traveling. By having Paige, the Charmed One who should've survived and who's concentrating on her oldest sister, and Coop, the cupid who should be the only one who can make his ring work and who's concentrating on Phoebe, they'll be bringing the other sisters with them in their hearts a lot more than Piper--who mainly concentrated on her and Leo--did! And once the Hollow is taken care of (TOTALLY different than on the show, promise!), Piper will definitely take over her starring role, also guaranteed! And there will be a lot of other changes, too, that I hope you'll enjoy! So what happens when it's Paige and Coop who go time-traveling rather than Piper and Leo? It's similar but different! Let's see!

CHAPTER FIVE

When Paige and Coop first heart-orbed back in, Paige couldn't figure out why they had orbed into Piper and Leo's bedroom. But just as she realized that all of the furniture was different, she and Coop were surprised by a scream of "Demon!" as two young naked people sat up in bed. Screaming herself, Paige's hands flew up to cover her eyes.

"Why did only he freeze?" asked a familiar voice as Paige turned to look and saw a frozen Coop.

"I don't know," replied a voice that Paige had only heard once, a voice welcoming her to the Halliwell family. Peeking through her fingers, she was shocked to see a very, very young-looking Victor and a lovely young woman who could only be one person.

She smiled at that person, telling her and not Victor, "That's because I'm your daughter, Mom!"

"What?" screamed Victor in shocked disbelief. "She can't have a daughter your age!"

"Uh," Paige muttered, desperately wishing Piper was here--Piper always knew what to say in a situation like this. "Uh, we came from the, uh, the future to ask for your, uh, help?"

"The future?" Victor demanded. "What sort of crock is that? I still think she's a demon! Vanquish her, Patty!"

"No!" screeched Paige in terror.

"She's right," Patty agreed. "She can't be. She would have frozen. I think we should hear what they have to say."

"Well, all right," Victor reluctantly agreed. "But can she at least have the decency to give us some privacy so we can get dressed?"

"Uh, sure," Paige agreed. "If you could unfreeze my, uh, my friend."

Patty grinned. "Oh, right," and she flicked her hands.

As soon as he could move, Paige led Coop out, calling out, "We'll meet you downstairs." As they walked down the stairs, she shook her head. "I was thinking about Piper, not Mom! I hardly even know Mom despite having heard so much about her from Piper and Phoebe. Why would your powers bring us here?"

Coop shook his head. "I have no idea. But maybe it's because I was still thinking about Phoebe. I haven't stopped thinking about her since I felt her death. I haven't stopped thinking about how much I love her and that I never even knew it. After watching her all this time, trying to help her find love the way I helped the rest of you find it--"

"What!" Paige interrupted. "You helped me find Henry?"

He shrugged. "Of course I did. And Glen and Richard and Kyle, too, but they didn't work out. I can bring couples together; I just can't always keep them together. I was so happy when Henry worked out for you. Not often I get to be at the wedding of one of the couples I brought together."

Paige looked at him suspiciously. "The Elders didn't really send you, did they?"

He grinned sheepishly. "You don't really think that they would want any of you to find love and be distracted by a family from concentrating on your duties as Charmed Ones, now do you?" and Paige smirked. "I've had to fight those idiots ever since they were dumb enough to make Leo the Charmed Ones' whitelighter."

"Dumb?"

"Sure. They knew Piper and Leo were lovers in a past life. Not a good idea ot have a couple like that work together, especially in life-and-death situations like you guys face. But if they were going to bring them together, well, it's just not in my nature to not help them find the love that was already in their hearts. That's what cupids do."

Paige was still confused. "But why didn't we ever see you before? Phoebe told me about another cupid she met, but he sure wasn't you!"

"Nah, he just became one of their innocents when a demon stole his ring. A cupid is lost without his ring to amplify and direct his powers."

"So why let us see you now?"

"Well, after you found Henry and Piper was happy with her mortal Leo, even after he was frozen, I was asked to personally help Phoebe. He said that after the love failures with Drake and Dex, the only way I'd be able to convince her not to give up on love was to do it face-to-face. He wants her to find the love she found with him with someone else."