Well, here it is, everyone—the chapter that everyone has been waiting for--when Patty finds out that Paige isn't Prue! I hope you agree that Grams is the right one to figure it out and like the way I handle it. Thanks again for the great response to this fic! I'm thrilled!

CHAPTER TWELVE

"Mother!" cried Patty as she ran to her side.

Coop and Paige looked at each other. "Go get her a glass of water," Coop ordered, and without even thinking about it, Paige, who was used to being told what to do by Piper, headed for the kitchen. When she returned, Patty was attending to her mother, while Coop stood close by, a concerned look on his face. Seeing it, Paige worriedly asked him, "Is she OK?"

"Well, your grandmother's coming around," Coop told her. "Your mother, that's another story."

"Mom!" cried Paige. "What's wrong with Mom?"

"She's suffering from information overload. Along with everything we told her and what she saw in the future, I had to tell her that in this time period, only seven years after we came to her, she's already dead. Not only that, it's her mother who is taking care of her daughters, not the husband she's still madly in love with and who is still alive."

"You didn't tell her why!"

He shook his head regretfully. "Telling her that was more than enough."

Just then Grams came to, asking, "What happened?"

"You fainted," Patty quietly told her.

Grams glared. "You'd faint, too, if your dead daughter suddenly appeared in the flesh."

"I know. Coop told me. I'm from the past--the 1970's--but he and Prue brought me here," and she indicated her traveling companions.

Grams turned to look and slowly stood, once more raising her arms. "I remember when the Charmed Ones visited Patty and me while she was carrying Phoebe, and you are not Prue. So who are you?"

"What!" cried Patty, staring at Paige in shocked hurt.

"No, I'm not Prue," Paige admitted. "But I'm not a demon either. Mom, you saw that I was part of the family in the future, that the others all accepted me. I'm another daughter. Your youngest daughter."

Grams continued to stare at her. "Paige?" and Paige nodded. Grams also nodded. "And you're part of the family now?" Again Paige nodded, and Grams did, too, putting two and two together and realizing why Paige hadn't told Patty the truth. "Your mother keeps an eye on you. She tells me about you." Then she spun to glare at Patty. "When I summon her from the other side, not when she comes visiting from the past!"

Poor Patty was still very, very confused and very, very hurt by Paige's deception, but Paige gently told her, "I'm so sorry, Mom, but we really don't have time to explain."

Patty took a deep breath, her arms once more wrapping around her tummy as if by doing that she could keep all of her daughters safe, not just Phoebe. She nodded her acceptance of her daughter's apology, then turned back towards her mother. "This isn't a social call, Mother. It's a plea for help. We must save Piper and Phoebe in the future. That's why Coop and…and…Paige?" Paige nodded. "Paige brought me here."

Grams nodded, the mention of Piper and Phoebe—not Prue—verifying what she had deciphered. "What do we have to do?"