Chapter 8
A/N: You know, I wouldn't be entirely shocked if no one read my fics anymore. Lol. Seriously, I've been dead a long time here. Oh well.
Laby Anne Boleyn, Glad you liked that. I think I explained it somewhere before that I"m so into family things and I love drama. Haha! I live for drama! Hahahaha!! I'm into all that angst, pain, hurt and other dramarama stuff. Oh yesh, thanks for reading and reviewing.
-0-charmed-freak-0, Why, thank you for thinking it was cool. Nothing I wrote in school was never considered cool by the Headmaster. Git. Thanks for reading and reviewing. Hope you like this part.
Mony19, You don't like Paige? Lol. I'm so loving Paige, not that I don't love Prue and the others! But yeah, I decided that it would be best if it were Paige who got to meet her eldest sis first cuz she's the one who didn't know her at all so not that much shock and all. Yet. Thanks!
Okay, so no more delays. Read!
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"Okay," Lu said as she wrote down on the pad she held. "Your IV is working fine; twenty drips per minute which it should be, no air bubble so no threat but your dextrose is nearly up and needs changing now." Lu turned to a nurse with red hair who was assisting. "Nurse Olivia, get another bag, stat." Lu turned back to Paige who gave her a baffled look in return.
"English please." Paige said.
Lu laughed. "It just means you're okay and you'll be out soon. I'm sorry, medical terms are my life."
"Uhuh, I see that." Paige leaned back into her pillow. "I can't wait to get out."
"You don't like hospitals?" Lu asked as she returned the pad which held Paige's records.
"It's not that." Paige chose her words carefully. "I just…I have a job."
"I get it." Lu nodded absentmindedly. Her beeper suddenly rang and she took a quick look at the device.
"Code blue." She muttered. "Paige, I have to go. I'll be back." Lu hurried out.
"Code blue?" Paige questioned no one in particular.
"It's when someone's heart stops beating." Olivia, the nurse, said. She had slipped back in quietly while Paige and Lu had talked. She was now changing Paige's IV. "You know, they have to shock them back to life with paddles."
"Ohhh." Paige looked knowingly. "Code blue."
"Code blue." Olivia repeated. "So, if you need anything, just shout out. Okay, don't shout out, just call out, or whisper or something…You get the idea."
"Yeah." Paige nodded and smiled as Olivia left. She waited for the door to shut close before she let out a sigh.
"Finally." Paige muttered. She let out a sigh and with an air of doubtfulness in her voice, she called out one name. "Leo."
She held her breath and waited. Then suddenly, without warning, she felt her energy begin to drain drastically. She let out short breathes as she calmly waited for it to all go away. Eventually, the feeling went away leaving her tired.
A swirl of blue lights appeared at the foot of the bed and Paige smiled lightly.
As the swirls disappeared, a man with blond hair wearing jeans and a sweatshirt appeared.
"Leo." Paige called out in a raspy voice.
Leo looked around the surrounding then at Paige. "Paige?"
"Hey."
"Where are we? What am I doing here? What are you doing here?" Leo began to question, moving to the side of the bed.
"Sure, bombard the sick with questions. It helps." Paige put a hand to her head." First, we're in a hospital, why am I here? Because earlier I orbed her then I fainted on the spot and they admitted me because I had a fever and thirdly, I called you here."
Leo took a moment to take in what Paige had just said. "You're sick?"
"I'm fine." Paige paused and considered her answer again. "Or I was. Now I'm drained."
"You should be." Leo put a hand on Paige's hand. "You called a person, not an object and I'm impressed that you can."
Paige did acknowledge his last comment. "Leo, there is another reason why I called you."
Leo shushed her. "You have to rest for awhile."
"But-"
The door opened and they both looked up as Lu came in.
"I lost him." Lu said glumly. "I was too-" She stopped when she saw Leo. "Oh." She then saw Leo's hand on Paige's. "Oh." She coughed. "I didn't know you had visitors. I'm sorry if I'm disturbing you two or-"
"No, this isn't what you think it is." Paige explained hurriedly, pulling her hand away.
"It isn't?" Lu raised an eyebrow and Leo had taken a step back, quietly looking at his shoes.
"That's my brother-in-law!"
The grin on Lu's face disappeared. "Oh."
"Thank you." Paige muttered. "This is Leo; Piper's husband. My sister's husband."
Leo smiled. "Hi."
"Hi." Lu smiled. "I'm sorry about that."
"I get it." Leo said politely. "I am her brother-in-law, so it's perfectly okay."
"Yeah." Lu nodded then turned to Paige. "Nurse Olivia changed your dextrose I take it?"
"Yup."
"That's good. I guess I'll leave you two to talk." Lu ambled slowly towards the door.
"Wait!" Paige called out and Lu stopped in her tracks and faced back to Paige. Leo looked on, unaware. "Um, Doctor Delgado…Lu." Leo's eyes widened with surprise as he realized this had been the lady who had visited Piper and Paige and questioned about Prue. "Leo…I think he should know." She looked at Lu pointedly.
Lu frowned. "Know?"
Paige nodded her head vigorously. "You know, about Ellis and some other things…"
Lu shifted. "That…Well…"
Leo looked from Lu to Paige then back to Lu. "What are you guys talking about? Who's Ellis?"
Paige took a deep breath. "Ellis is Prue's son, Leo."
Leo's head snapped in Paige's direction. "What?"
"Prue's son is called Ellis." Paige repeated. "Prue has a son."
Leo gaped. "That's…That's not possible…Prue's….Prue's…"
"Dead?" Lu provided helpfully.
Leo nodded.
"No she isn't." Lu shook her head. "She's alive…She's been alive for quite a while now."
"She's alive enough to have a family." Paige said quietly.
"But…But the El-" Paige gave Leo a warning glare and he heeded. "The police said they couldn't find her. They couldn't sense her." Lu frowned slightly as he last remark did not make sense. "How Paige?"
"Maybe..." Paige began then stopped. "It's best for Lu to explain."
Lu nodded. "Leo," She began slowly. "I know that your wife probably told you that a few weeks ago, I came by to visit her and Paige. There was a reason to that visit." Lu paused. "Prue's alive. She has been for the last five years."
"How come she didn't contact us?" Leo asked, simply confused.
"I haven't finished yet." Lu inhaled. "Five years ago, Prue got into an accident, a fatal one which could have killed her. A few of us, Doctor Dana Stowe and Doctor Nick Biancavilla who is now her boyfriend, managed to save her but it had a consequence. Prue got amnesia which erased her past. Therapy didn't help and she gave up on it. Since then, there's been little improvement. She couldn't contact you because she had no idea who she was or who was her family. She only knew her name. After that incident, I took her in." Lu concluded.
Leo looked worried. "Does she know now?"
Lu shook her head. Leo glanced at Paige. "Have you seen her?"
"Yeah."
Leo swallowed. He had always blamed himself for Prue's disappearance somehow. "Is she…Is she fine?"
"She's great." Paige answered.
"That's good." Leo nodded. After a thought, Leo added, "Should we tell Phoebe and Piper?"
Paige looked at Lu. "Lu?"
"Oh, it's up to you guys. You're her family."
"You helped her back up in those five years that have passed." Paige said. "You're part of her family now as well."
Lu was speechless. "I…"
"Say 'yes'." Leo advised.
Lu inhaled deeply. She knew that it would be the right decision to say yes and allow Prue to know her real family but a part of her did not want to let her go. "Yes."
"Yes?" Paige repeated her answer.
Lu gave a nod. "Yes."
Leo smiled. "Piper and Phoebe will be ecstatic."
"You should go get them." Paige said, she the mouthed the word 'outside' when Lu was not looking.
Leo just smiled as he made his way towards the door.
Paige and Lu remained silent for awhile but it was still Lu who broke the silence. "I have to go Paige. I have patients."
"Go." Paige said. "I'm tired anyway. It'll take Leo a while before he gets Piper and Phoebe."
" 'Kay. I'll see you when I see you."
But before Lu could leave the room, Paige said something. "I'm sorry about your patient, the one you lost."
Lu smiled sadly. "It's life. We lose some, we win some." And with that, Lu left Paige to ponder her words.
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"I'm going to kill her!"
Piper looked up from her work as Phoebe angrily stomped into the kitchen.
"I am so going to kill her!" Phoebe huffed and took a seat. "When I get my hands on her! Arrgh!" She made a move to strangle someone but was indeed strangling the air.
"Are...Are you alright?" Piper asked.
"Do I look like I'm alright?" Phoebe snapped.
Piper raised an eyebrow. "You don't have take it out on me."
Phoebe glared then her eyes softened. She ran a hand through her hair. "I'm sorry. You're right. It's just everything has been so crazy lately."
"What do you mean? Is it Coop?"
Phoebe shrugged as she slumped. "I don't know...I don't know anymore." She sighed. "Ever since the battle, everything has been...unclear."
"Well, it was the Ultimate battle." Piper said.
"Yeah, I know that."
they were silent for a moment.
"Speaking of Paige, where is she?" Phoebe asked, looking around as if expecting Paige to jump out.
But before Piper could answer, the phone began to ring.
They both looked at each other curiously as Piper got up to answer it.
"Hello?" Piper said into the mouth piece. "Henry?"
Phoebe perked.
"Paige?" Piper shook her head. "No, haven't seen her since yesterday. You haven't seen her as well? Okay Henry, we'll go look for her but I'm pretty sure she's alright. This is Paige we're talking about." She let out a fake believeable laugh.
Phoebe watched as Piper said her farewells and put the phone down. "What was that about?" She asked.
"Um." Piper sat back down. "Well, that was Henry. He was asking about Paige. Phoebe, she hasn't been...home since yesterday. I haven't seen her since yesterday as well." she added.
"Where do you think she is?"
"I'm guessing with an innocent of hers." Piper replied.
"Then we shouldn't be worried."
"Yeah." Piper hesitated. "But not even dropping by to tell her husband that she'll take longer than expected? C'mon Phoebe, don't you find that a bit worrying? I know Henry and I are."
Phoebe sighed. "She's alright Piper."
Piper opened her mouth to say something but yet again, Piper was cut off. This time, by a familiar tinkling sound and bright lights which appeared in the kitchen.
What made it more baffling was that it was Leo who stepped out from all the lights.
Piper frowned. "Did I miss something or did my husband get his orbing powers back?"
Leo began to explain. "No, it was Paige who orbed me back here. Look, she's-"
"Uhuh!" Phoebe looked at Piper triumphantly. "See, Paige is okay."
Leo shook his head. "Not quite."
"What do you mean?" Piper questioned.
"She's in hospital." Leo took a breath.
"What? Why is she in hospital?" Phoebe interjected. "Is she okay?"
"And I was worried." Piper muttered. She raised her voice. "Is she okay?"
"She seemed okay." Leo said truthfully.
"Seemed?"
"She's been admitted." Leo explained. "But that's beside the point; she called me there for a different reason. I'm not going to tell you what it is because I want Paige and Lu to explain."
"Lu?" Piper questioned. She frowned then here eyes widened. "Lu!"
"Wait, is that the Lu who came over here and asked questions about Prue?"
"Yes."
"Why do I get the feeling that this is going to turn into something big and messy?" Phoebe wondered out loud.
Leo gulped. "Just come with me."
"But you can't orb." Piper pointed out.
"Paige is going to orb us there. So-"
But before Leo could go on talking, he disappeared yet again in a orb of bright lights leaving his wife and her sister in shock.
"Remind me to reprimand him for that later." Piper said to Phoebe after a few seconds of silence.
Phoebe smiled. "Maybe you mean you should reprimand Paige for doing that."
"Remind me to reprimand them BOTH later." But Piper couldn't help but grin just before they both disappeared in a flurry of lights leaving the mansion eerily silent.
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Lu looked up from the papers she was reading as she heard a slight knock on her door.
"Come in." Lu said tiredly as she hastily put the papers back into the drawers. She sat up straight and tried to not look tired.
The door opened wider and Prue stepped in, a camera around her neck. "Hey." She raised a hand and saluted. It had been something Prue had picked up a long time ago and ever since then, it had been apart of her greeting habit. "You busy?" She asked as she closed the door.
"Uh," Lu took a quick glance at the drawer then she looked back at Prue. "No, no. I've been...resting."
Prue took a seat in one of the chairs in Lu's office. "You do look like you've lacked a lot of sleep for a few days now. You okay?"
"Um, yeah. I'm fine. Being a doctor is tiring but all the same as other jobs." Lu said, smiling weakly. "And Prue, I know you didn't come here to ask me if I was okay. What is it?"
Prue feigned innocence. "Is it against the laws to visit my people and just ask them if their okay?"
If Lu had not known Prue for five years, Lu would have believed her but at the moment, she didn't. "Prue."
"Oaky, fine. You caught me." Prue raised her camera. "I'm here to take pictures for my portofolio. Don't worry, I asked the Chief if I could. He said yes as long as I don't take pics of those patients who are dying, dead and I can't take their pics without their consent."
Lu shook her head, a smile steadily growing. "Okay, that's probably half the reason. What's the other half?"
Prue leaned back in her chair and stared at Lu calmly. "You tell me. You were the one who called me to come here yesterday."
Lu lost her smile as she remembered the phone call she had made to Prue. She had forgotten about it since then. For the whole day of yesterday and today, Lu had been caught up with her patients. Particularly with one of them; Paige. Lu sighed. "Nothing. That was just me wanting to talk about random things."
Prue raised an eyebrow. "Lu." She stared her down. She kenw Lu would break sooner or later.
Lu's shoulders slumped. "Ugh... I hate it when you do that." She shivered.
Prue laughed.
"You want to know?"
"Yes, I do." Prue nodded.
"Fine. I called you because I had something important to tell you." Lu was delaying the subject.
"I gathered that much."
"Um... Dana's coming back." Lu blurted out. She suddenly had the urge to beat herself silly with her pen. "For a visit that is."
Prue sat up, her face literally glowing. "Seriously?"
"Yeaaah." Lu lied.
"Great!" Prue beamed. "I haven't seen her for a long long time and she has yet to meet Ellis!"
Lu smiled convincingly. "Isn't it great news?"
"I've got to tell Nick." Prue said, getting up. Prue knew all about Nick and Dana's past but she had always been sure that Nick wouldn't go back to Dana or vice versa. "That's really great news Lu." She winked at the doctor and left.
Lu exhaled heavily as the door shut close. She put her head in her hands and groaned. "What am I going to do?"
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A/N: Okay, Dana was like in this story briefly in the beginning. She was Lu's first partner at Rittenhouse but she left when she adopted two daughters. I really love her. Did anyone get the Nurse Olivia thing???
Okay, so finally updated this. Whew. Nothing interesting but yeah.
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