I sit on the couch flipping through channels. Sitting in this huge house alone is only fun for so long, and I'm begining to want my sisters to come home. I glance at the clock, and much to my own chagrin I realize it's only been two minutes since i last looked.
Seriously, where are they. It's past midnight. I go back to focussing on the TV, but frankly the news bores me.
"Paige," I turn around sharply. It's Leo. I hate when he orbs in just like that.
"Hey creepy," I say
"The elders know something about Prue's daughter," Leo says breathlessly. Then he looks around noticing Piper and Phoebe's absence.
"Who knows where they are." I say before he even asks.
"Well, they know about her, but they can't find her." He says
"What if we can't find her because she's dead." I throw out. Leo gives me a look.
"Where's your faith?" he asks.
"No, seriously. No powers, born to a charmed one, and endless demons. Maybe this is why we can't find her." I say
"She's alive Paige. She's just being protected." Leo says
"By who?" I ask. He shrugs.
"Look find your sisters, and give them the news." he says orbing off. what news? That she's alive, but we wont be able to find her. That's not news.
I hear the door creek open and I run into the front hall.
"Where have you been?" I ask rudely as they enter. They're laughing and in high spirits.I take in their fancy clothes, and my face burns. They were ut partying!
"We just went to dinner," Piper says defensively.
"You could have left a note." I say. ugh, I sound like their mother.
"What amI sixteen again." Phoebe rolls her eyes.
"Seriously, it's past midnight." I whine.I hear myself, and how annoyingI sound, butI can't stop. All my lifeI dreamed of sisters, but this wasn't what I had in mind.
"Like you don't stay out past midnight." Phoebe says
"Not without telling you where I am." I say
"We had cell phones." Piper says patting her bag. But really, I know I'm not mad that they didn't tell me. I'm mad that i wasn't there. They went out to cheer Phoebe up without me. I know I'm mad at her too, but she didn't know. She should have atleast invited me.
"Paige, what's really wrong?" Piper says putting a hand on my shoulder. i guess she saw my face drop.
"Nothing, okay." I say shoving past them and going upstairs, "Your husband stopped by," I yell behind me.
I sit on my bed upstaires eyeing my suitcase in the closet. Honestly, I love having sisters, but living with them is driving me crazy. I know the idea of moving is absurd though, because the power of three blah blah blah.
WhenI get up the next morning Piper and Phoebe are watching TV together on the couch. I go into the kitchen and flip through the mail. Nothing for me as usual.I should get a magazine subscription or something.
"Hi," I say going into the other room timidly. I'm embarrassed about blowing up last night.
"Hey, Paigey" Piper says. All I want right now is for her to motion for me to join them and just for everything to be okay.
"So"I start, but she puts her fingers to her lips.I notice Phoebe's asleep. Piper brushes Phoebe's hair from her eyes. Tears come to my eyes, their relationship touches me and kills me. It's something I'd kill for, but seeing them together just shoves into my face what I'll never have.
"I'm going to work," I whisper. I leave and get ready to go check up on Christina. This is probobly the lonest I've one without seeing her.
When I get to the Kline's house I see Christina with three other girls painting their nails on the lawn. She smiles as she sees me.
"Paige," She says jumping up and hagging me careful not so smudge her hot pink polish.
"Hey, how are you?" I ask
"Good, I'm having a sleep over tonight," she beams.
"Who are your friends?" I ask
"This is Casey she's on my swim team." She says pointing to a tall blonde girl who's fidling with blue nail polish.
"Nice to meet you,"I smile as she waves.
"That's Jordan, she does gymnastics with me." she says. We wave at each other.I see the Kline's have her signed up for a bunch of activities.
"And that's Emily," She says pionting to the third girl. I freeze for a moment. This Emily looks strikingly familiar.
"Where did you two meet?"I ask
"In the counciling group at South Bay Social Services," she whispers. So they're both adopted. Emily looks up and smiles at me. Her brilliant blue eyes shock me. But a second later she's looked away and I'm staring at the back of her head. Her long black screams Prue, and I think I've found my girl.
"So does she live around here?" I ask
"She's with a foster family a few doors down." Christina ssays. So she hasn't been adopted. I watch her paint her nails black. She's difrent from the other girls.
"Alright well, I'll see you again in another week and a half." I say giving her a final hug and driving off. If I've just met Emily.
Why didn't she come up on the computers at work? Especially if she does the therapy there.