Chapter four: Grounded
Piper and Phoebe got in the car and Prue drove home. Piper sat in the back seat with Paige's head in her lap. "Guys what will grams say when she finds out" phoebe asked as they pulled into the driveway of the Manor. They had dropped the boys off at home and were dreading taking the passed out Paige inside. Eventually after about 10 minutes of sitting in the car they got out. Piper picked Paige up and starting walking up the stairs when she realized Phoebe and Prue weren't following.
"Don't look so shocked I'm not as week as you think I am" Piper said and grinned as they snapped back to reality and stopped staring. They all entered the Manor and quietly tried to sneak upstairs when a loud creak came from the stairs. "Damn we forgot to miss the step" Prue silently cursed as they heard footsteps coming from the living room.
"Ah girls your home earlier than I.." Grams started but trailed of when she saw Paige in Piper's arms. "What happened and why is my youngest granddaughter passed out in Piper's arms!" Grams shouted.
"I'll take Paige upstairs while you explain what happened" Piper said and ran upstairs to Paige's room. She put Paige into pajamas, tucked her into her bed and kissed her on the forehead. She could hear the shouting downstairs and held back for a little bit until it died down then crept down the stairs and into the living room just as Phoebe was finishing her story.
"… And then her eyes glazed over and she passed out" Phoebe said.
"And why is it you didn't look after her properly she is your youngest sister for crying out loud you should have stopped her from drinking the punch knowing full well it was probably spiked." Grams cried.
"Well we thought she would know it was spiked after all she is 14 years old" Phoebe replied weakly knowing there was nothing she could say that would explain why they didn't watch out for Paige more carefully.
"Yeah I mean.. " Prue started but was cut off by grams
"Not another excuse your all grounded as well as Paige now get up to bed at once and I don't want to hear another peep out of any of you. Goodnight" Grams said and stormed up the stairs.
After they were all in bed and fast as sleep a man came out from behind a bush outside the front of the Manor. He dropped his cigarette on the ground and slowly walked away into the darkness of the night.
That night Phoebe woke up drenched in sweat. She got up and opened her window sticking her head out into the night air. She had had the worst dream she's ever had before. She saw one of her sisters dying, not just any sister though her favorite sister, Piper. She always seemed closer to Piper for some reason like she could tell her, her darkest secrets and know they were safe with Piper. Phoebe climbed into bed not knowing that her dream wasn't just a dream it was real and was going to happen soon very soon. She closed her eyes and drifted off into a restless sleep to wake up again to a lovely day of helping grams clean the house.