May 29, 1978

A few days later, Clyde was at work and Joanne went into a rampage because the kitchen was a mess, Paige was crying as she fought her nap, and Phoebe was screaming and singing as she ran circles around the house.

"Stacey, Prudence, shut those kids up before I send all of you to bed with dinner later tonight." Joanne threatened from the kitchen where she was drinking wine straight from the bottle. It was only 12:30 pm, but she had a headache from the kids and could't concentrate or think straight.

"Phoebe, come back here. Stop that noise." Stacey called as she and Piper chased after Phoebe

Prue is rocking Paige in her arms, "Shh..Paiger, please go to sleep." She looked over at Stacey struggling with Phoebe, "Phoebe, listen to Stacey and Piper."

Paige continued crying. Prue couldn't figure out what was wrong. It wasn't like Paige to cry unless something was wrong. Prue had just changed Paige's diaper, and Paige had drank a bottle less than an hour ago so she wasn't hungry. The only thing that was wrong was that Paige was exhausted, because she wouldn't go to sleep.

"Come on, Miss Paige. Please go to sleep." Prue begged her baby sister. She started singing that song that her Grams used to sing 'Take me home, country roads' by John Denver "Almost heaven, West Virginia. Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River. Life is old there, older than the trees. Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze. Country roads, take me home. To the place I belong. West Virginia, mountain mama. Take me home, country roads."

Prue stopped singing when she realized that it wasn't working. She shifted Paige in her arms and gently bounced her, "Oh Paige, baby, what's wrong? Why won't you sleep?"

Stacey decided that she would try to switch jobs with Prue. She walked over to the seven year old, "Hey Prue, Phoebe listens to you. You and Piper can wrangle Phoebe. I'll try to get Paige to sleep."

"Uh..Okay." Prue relented as she handed a crying Paige to Stacey

Stacey cradled Paige in her arms, "Oh Prue, she's burning up."

"What? No, that's impossible. I would have felt it." Prue said. She's in denial. She couldn't believe that her sister had a fever and she didn't detect it.

"I'll take Paige upstairs and use the thermometer to take her temperature." Stacey told Prue

Prue nodded, "Okay. Thanks Stacey." She was worried about her baby sister. Paige had never been sick before. She had always been a healthy baby, aside from when she was teething.

Stacey headed upstairs while Prue helped Piper wrangle Phoebe. She didn't bother chasing her toddler sister though.

"Phoebe Gracelynn, stop running and stop yelling." Prue spoke firmly

Phoebe ran over to Prue. She looked up at her sister smiling, "Hi mama."

Piper sighed exhausted and then walked over to Prue.

"Oh Pheebs, you really are mama's little girl. Huh?" Prue asked hypothetically

Phoebe hugged Prue, "Love mama."

"I love you, Prue." Piper added

"You too, Pheebs and Pipa." Prue replied as she hugged Phoebe back.

Stacey returned downstairs holding Paige, who is now only in a diaper. Prue turned to her older foster sister and gave a questioning look.

Stacey looked solemn as she gave a nod, "103.2. Paige needs to go to the hospital."

"I know, but look at Joanne. She's drunk." Prue pointed out "How are we going to get there?"

"I've driven before. I can drive. It's technically illegal, but this is an emergency." Stacey explained

Prue nodded, "Okay. Let's go. I'll grab Paige's car seat. You can grab Phoebe's." She turned to Piper, "Grab your booster seat, Piper." Stacey and Piper both nodded to Prue.

The five girls made it to the hospital safely and upon arriving, Prue rushed in carrying Paige while Stacey was behind her carrying Phoebe on her hip and holding Piper's hand.

"Please, somebody help me. Help my sister. She's sick." Prue begged "She has a fever."

A nurse, Adan Stevens, rushed over and took the baby from the little girl, "What's wrong?"

"She has a fever. 103.2." Stacey spoke up

"What's your sister's name?" Adan asked as he took the baby into a room and then paged a doctor.

Prue took a breath, "Um…Paige Noelle Halliwell. She's nine months. She was born August 2, 1977."

Adan nodded, "Okay thank you." He looked at Stacey, "Are you these kids sister or legal guardian?"

Prue looked up at Stacey with pleading eyes.

Stacey glanced at Prue and then looked at the nurse. She nodded and replied in the affirmative as she spoke in an authoritative tone, "I am. I'm their sister. I'm eighteen. I have guardianship."

"Okay. You can have a seat." Adan told them. "I'm going to give Paige some infant fever reducer and then a doctor will be in soon."

Piper looked up at the nurse, "So my baby sister is going to be okay?"

Adan gave a nod to there little girl, "Yes. She's be fine."

"Take Piper and Phoebe and go sit down. I'm fine standing." Stacey instructed Prue as she set Phoebe down.

Prue took Phoebe's hand, walked over to the two chairs. She sat down, picked up Phoebe, and placed the toddler on her lap.

Piper didn't follow Prue. Instead she looked up at Stacey and lightly tugged on the teen's hand, "Stacey, I want to sit on your lap."

"Okay." Stacey agreed as she walked over to the remaining chair. She sat down and then placed Piper on her lap.

Piper got comfy on her older foster sister's lap and soon fell asleep. She was exhausted from chasing Phoebe around earlier.

A doctor soon walked into the room, "I hear someone's not feeling well. Let's see if I can make this little one feel better."

The doctor, Lula Ibarra, walked over to Paige, "Hey little baby."

Paige coughed. She was shivering.

"Is my sister cold?" Prue asked concerned

Lula shook her head, "No, that's just the body's way of fighting off a cold."

Prue nodded, "Okay."

"You guys did the right thing taking off the little one's clothes. Her body needs to cool off." Lula explained

"Thank you." Stacey replied

Lula examined Paige and did a full check-up. She spoke, "It appears that little miss here just has the flu. She'll be fine. Take her home, give her a cold bath, and keep her in light clothes. She was already given baby Tylenol, but she'll need more in four-six hours."

"Thank you, Doc. Is there anything else?" Stacey questioned

"Yes, your sister is a little congested. You should rub some baby Vicks on her chest." Lula explained

Stacey gave a nod, "Okay. So I can take baby sister home?"

"As soon as you sign a release form, yes." Lula assured

"Uh…okay. I can do that." Stacey said.

After leaving the hospital and getting back in the car, Stacey was driving to the drug store when she heard Prue's voice.

"Thank you for doing this, Stacey." Prue spoke gratefully

"Of course. It's no problem. That's what big sisters are for." Stacey told Prue

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