Family

By Demoness Paige

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"Please, I was just so hungry." Paige said avoiding looking at Piper, "I…I never did anything like this before."

"What's your name?" Piper asked Paige while looking through her newly returned purse to find that the girl was telling the truth, only a few dollars was missing. She was worried about the girl being something besides a girl but the familiarity that the girl caused Piper to feel made her heart go out.

"P-Paige…Please don't hurt me." Paige whimpered shaking a little looking towards the door while tensing as if she was going to bolt.

"I'm not going to hurt you but you owe me, right?" Piper asked forming a bit of a plan in her head. Obviously this girl was a minor and someone had hurt her very badly and something in the pit of her stomach was telling Piper it was Paige's family that was the cause of it. There was no way Piper was going to let the girl just leave until she found out for sure. The look on Paige's face worried Piper though, first shock then a cross between disgust and fear.

"I-I'll get you the money…Please don't make me do THAT!" Paige begged tears forming in the girls eyes.

"Paige, honey, all I want is for you to stay here and maybe help around the house a little." Piper said carefully while studying the girl's face as a glimmer of hope flickered across it, "What did you think I wanted?"

"To…To sleep with you or…Or make me sleep with people for money…" Paige said softly.

"Wh-What?" Piper asked, doing an impression of a fish for several moments. "Honey, has anyone ever made you before?"

Piper wanted to cry as the girl watched her a little fearfully while nodding yes very slightly. Piper immediately grabbed Paige in a fierce protective hug, "I won't ever let anyone hurt you like that ever again."

"Piper, breakfast is getting cold." Prue said as she came into the room. "Hey, who is the squirt?"

"This is Paige, Prue." Piper said, "She'll be staying with us for awhile."

"Piper, we need to talk about something like this first." Prue started softly.

"She's staying Prue, there won't be any talking about it." Piper said as Paige pulled away and she noticed her sister's eyes going wide in shock when taking in the condition of the girl. "Come on, let's go eat."

"Really?" Paige asked hopefully.

"Yeah sweetie, then you are getting a bath." Piper said, "Prue, will you call P3 and let them know I won't be in today?"

"S-Sure Piper." Prue said while watching the girl.

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Paige kept berating herself mentally for putting herself in such a stupid and dangerous position. She knew from experience never to trust anyone, especially strangers and the way Piper was acting was scaring her. It reminded her a little of the Matthews but that was wishful thinking.

She let out a heavy breath though as she let the hot water flow over her body reveling in the sensations it caused. It had been so long since she had a good bath or shower and it felt so good to finally be clean again but she still had the problem of what to do about Piper. What had possessed her to bring back the purse of a stranger who she robbed to begin with, it was stupid. It was like a voice kept whispering for her to but who could she really blame but herself.

Even if Piper was legitimate though and was really nice there was no way she would stay that way when she learned how worthless Paige was. Then there was her other secret, the secret that had caused her so many problems in the past. She was a freak and it was impossible to hide that fact forever but there was something making her stay, making her feel the same way she had when she decided to return the purse. She knew she should just sneak out and run without looking back.

"Paige, I'm putting some clean clothes out here on the sink for you." Piper said from the other side of the shower door, "When you get done come back down to the living room so we can talk some more. Everyone else is gone so it'll just be me and you."

"O-Okay." Paige squeaked nervously. On one hand she was glad about that as the others' looks through breakfast frightened her a little and made her extremely nervous. Thinking about being alone with Piper in the house frightened her as well but it also calmed her a little bit.

Getting out of the shower she grabbed the towel and dried off and used the hair dryer to dry her hair though she usually preferred letting it air dry. Next she pulled on the clothes left and was surprised when they fit pretty well, even the bra and panties. The top was a dark blue blouse and the skirt was a black that fell just past her knees. Sighing she slowly made her way out of the bathroom and walked slowly down the stairs finding Piper sitting on the couch in the family room with the television on a news station.

"Reports say that the victims Rebecca Cunningham and Carlos Cunningham died instantly when the large semi slammed into their car. The driver of the truck is being held for vehicular homicide and driving under the influence." The reporter said causing Paige to let out a loud sob as she hugged herself tightly and sunk to her knees. She felt a pair of arms encircle her and pull her into a comforting embrace. All she knew though was that she was now free from all the pain they caused her. Even when children services found her she was hoping that they wouldn't force her into another abusive foster home since she was seventeen.

"Paige, sweetie, what's wrong?" Piper asked gently rubbing her back.

"I-I'm free." Paige whispered, crying into Piper's arms.