CHAPTER NINETEEN

NOT TODAY

Penny finally got Phoebe under control and back on her feet. With her arm around her second youngest granddaughter's waist she walked back into the living room where the rest of her family and Sam were waiting for them. She all ready knew the truth about Chris, she had known when she had come down for a visit when her granddaughters had to go back to when Allan was killed. How could she not realize Piper's own flesh and blood. But she sensed that Chris wanted to keep his identity a secret so for once in her life ... and her after life she kept her mouth shut. But she did have fun making digs against Chris and his way of protecting the family. She had to make him stronger after all ... he is a Halliwell after all.

Penny walked over and set Phoebe down on the chair that was sitting close to where Sam was still sitting on the couch. She stood up straight with her hands folded across her chest. "Now what is this I hear that you can't convince Wyatt that he needs to shape change Paige back into herself?" She addressed this towards Piper who was standing in a firm tense stance behind the couch.

"Leo and I agree that we aren't going to force Wyatt into using his powers. We don't want to send the wrong message towards him." Piper said lifting her head up high. "Paige understands this."

"It is unsafe to allow one of the Charmed Ones to be not herself or without her powers." Penny snorted through her nose. "Bring Wyatt to me, I'll get him to shape change Paige."

"No." Piper almost shouted as she felt tension rework it way into her shoulders.

Penny raised her eye brow at the tone that Piper had used her. A tone that Piper would never dream of using when she was still alive. Things have changed since Prue's death. Interesting. "You are his mother, I'm just the great grand mother after all. What do I know."

"Grams." Phoebe said in a soft warning voice. Penny soften and nodded. "You are quite right not to force your son to using his powers. He should use them in his own time and way."

Piper nodded her thanks that her Grams was coming down her high horse.

Chris put his hand on Sam's shoulder and said, "Time to go, Sam. I'll bring your car to your place later tonight."

Sam nodded. He looked around the room. "You will make sure to call me if you need any help? Or if Wyatt decides to shape change Paige back into herself?"

"Of course we will. Go and rest. You need it." Phoebe said, and she watched as blue and white lights lit up around Chris and Sam as Chris orbed Sam out of the manor.

Penny walked over and sat down in the chair on the other side of the couch. She leaned back and folded her legs underneath her. "Now tell me why my first born great grandson decided to shape change one of his aunts into a chimpanzee? And how on earth did he get the idea in the first place? He's only fourteen months old after all." She shook her head.

"Leo was reading the paper and their was an article about an chimpanzee and Wyatt saw it and decided that Paige needed a shape changing episode." Phoebe explained and she couldn't keep the proud smile off of her face. "Isn't he the dickens."

Piper snorted through her nose. "Yeah a dickens all right." She sighed as she thought of the years of raising Wyatt Matthew Halliwell – it would be much adventure and cleaning up a lot of messes until he learns how to control his magic. She was actually surprised the cleaners hadn't showed up and tried to take Wyatt from her after this little episode.

"But that still doesn't explain why Wyatt hasn't shaped changed Paige back when she returned home from South Bay Services." Penny said with a deep annoyed sigh.

"Haven't you been freaking watching!" Piper didn't wait for Grams to speak. She just rushed on, "Paige screamed that she was done with everything. She said that she's done being a witch, done being a Charmed One, done being a Halliwell. She said that she was going to be moving out of the manor and never coming back ever again. She's leaving the family." Hot tears run down her checks and she brushed them back and took a hold of her emotions once more – less she lost control. Even a little loss of control would break her.

UP THERE

"I need to be down there taking care of Piper, she needs me." Leo said looking down at his wife and his family at the Halliwell manor.

"You aren't needed right now. All you need to do is heal the girls when it comes to that." Andy said in a kind voice as he kept his eyes glued on the Halliwell manor and it's occupants.

"What so I'm just a typical whitelighter to them once more." Leo snarled. He sighed deeply. "I hate this. I hate being torn away from my family," He sighed deeply. "I don't even know how it happened either. Piper and I were just getting our marriage back on track." He shook his head. "If it hadn't been those Titans who found a way to kill those Elders than I wouldn't have had to become an Elder myself."

"What's more important to you, being an Elder or Paige's death?" Andy asked in a serious voice as he turned to look at Leo.

Leo looked into Andy's eyes. "Paige's life is more important of course." He sighed. "I realize that what Chris told us was the truth, the Titans killed Paige when they originally came back."

Before Andy could speak once more Leo was called and had to leave. He watched the blond blue eyed Elder walk away with a slight stoop to his shoulders. He sighed as he turned back and stared down at the Halliwell manor.

MANOR LIVING ROOM

"Why don't you show your emotions, Piper, it's not healthy to hold them back. I have been telling you this since your childhood." Penny looking at Piper and raised her eyes brows. "Why I remember the time when you were seven ..."

"We don't have time for memory lane, Grams, we have to figure out a way to keep Paige here at the manor and with us." Piper seethed through her nose. "We also have to figure out how to help Paige through her mental breakdown, and" she looked meaningfully down at Phoebe. "make Richard pay for what he did to Paige."

"Wyatt," Penny said and held out her arms for her great grandson to orb into. Once Wyatt was in her arms she brought her arms around the fourteen month old toddler. She looked down into his eyes. "What's this I hear about you shape changing your Auntie Paige into a chimpanzee." Penny's right eye brow raised.

Wyatt just looked up into her eyes as if saying 'what is it to you?'

"How about you shape change her back into your beloved Auntie. I'm pretty sure you miss her arms and her kisses by now young man." Penny said in a gentle but all knowing voice.

Wyatt simply shook his head.

UP THERE

Andy felt a hand on his shoulder, "How is it going down there?" Prue's voice hit his ear drums.

"Just sit and watch yourself." Andy said with a sigh as he lifted his head. He nodded his head over to the pool where they were able to watch their loved ones anytime they wanted to.

Prue sat down next to Andy and looked down at the scene in the manor. "Looks like the little tyke is a match for Grams. Not one of us could stand up to Grams at fourteen months. I know it took me till I was eight before I found my voice with Penelope Halliwell." Prue said with a smile on her lips.

She waved and the scene next appeared in Paige's bedroom. "Oh poor Paigey." Prue whispered as she felt a tear at the corner of her left eye. What she was looking at was Paige curled up in a fetal position on her bed with her head down on her chest. She saw that tears were rolling down her checks onto her fur. "I just want to be down there cuddling her close and reassure her that everything was going to be all right again."

MANOR LIVING ROOM

"Now Wyatt, I know you fully understand what I'm saying to you." Penny said. "Now is the time to shape change Paige back into herself young man. Enough games now it's time to be serious."

Wyatt simply shook his head and orbed out of Penny's arms and into Piper's loving arms. He felt his mother wrap her arms around him and bring him closer to him. He laid his head against her heart and closed his eyes.

Piper leaned her head down and rested her head against her son's and closed her eyes. She was in Paige's bedroom looking at the bed where her baby ½ sister was laying in a fetal position with her head down on her chest. She saw that tears were rolling down her checks and onto her fur. She couldn't hear the sobs because Paige was crying silently so not to alert her sisters.

I have to get out here. I can't stay in the manor any longer. I can't allow Piper or Phoebe to see me like this. I can't put them in danger any more than I all ready have. I won't have them die because I'm too weak to protect them.

Piper opened her eyes, "It's late. Wyatt needs to get his full hour sleep. We will go over all this again tomower." With that she turned and walked towards the stair case leaving a non plussed Phoebe and Penny staring after her.

END CHAPTER NINETEEN