This is dialogue-happy, and I hope you like it, cause my computer deleted it and I had to redo it from a rough draft. Anyway, enjoy! Epilogue will be up at the normal time. :)

Paige had been watching Billie sleep for hours, and didn't plan to leave her side until she woke up. She would then bitch at her for how stupid she'd been until she fell back asleep. It was a good plan, but Paige was starting to get worried when Billie had been unconscious for hours.

"Hey sweetie, you're still down here?" Piper asked, bringing some soup down for Paige.

"Piper, what if she doesn't wake up? What if she's in a coma? We don't even know how long she'd been unconscious for before we showed up. And did you see her chest? I don't know what the hell that guy did to her, but the skin was completely incinerated, like she was on fire or something!"

"Oh honey," Piper said, sitting down next to Paige and pulling her into a hug. "Billie is going to be fine."

"How do you know that? You don't know that. You're lying."

"Hey! I never lie," Piper smiled, but Paige could tell that she was serious.

"Well you're just wrong then. How do you know she's going to be okay?"

"Because she's got you, sweetie."

Paige looked up at her older sister and smiled, hugging her.

"I love you, Piper."

"I love you, too."

"Yeah, we all love each other," a third voice sounded in the room, slightly above a whisper.

"Oh thank God, Billie. Are you okay? Where does it hurt? Do you want another pillow? Are you hungry, thirsty? Do you want some water? Do you-"

"Paige, shut up. I don't want anything but some Advil."

"I'll get that," Piper said.

When she saw that Billie was going to live, Paige's eyes narrowed.

"How could you be so stupid, Billie? Do you have any idea how idiotic that was? You are in huge trouble. I can't believe you did that! You could have been killed! This wasn't some lower level demon, this was serious stuff! You could have frozen up; he might not even have killed you! Anything could have hap-" Paige broke off from her second rant as Billie sat up and hugged her.

"Unfair," the older witch complained.

Billie started laughing, which led to a severe coughing fit. At that moment, Piper had come back downstairs with the Advil and a glass of water, so Billie took a sip and calmed down. After taking the medicine, Paige pushed Billie back down into the bed.

"Where's Phoebe?" she asked.

"Oh, she's at work. She didn't want to leave, so I orbed her there and left, so she doesn't have a way to get back unless she takes public transportation, which she hates."

Billie tried to sit up again, having been unconscious for so long, but Paige pushed her back down gently.

"No way. You are staying in this bed until you graduate, missy."

"Come on, guys. I'm fine really."

"Hah, have you seen yourself?"

Billie groaned and crossed her arms. If she was going to be forced to lie down, she wouldn't take it… well, lying down.

"So, Billie, did he…"

"He didn't do anything you can't see, and nothing I can't handle," Billie replied, motioning to her bandaged chest.

Paige relaxed immensely at Billie's answer to her unspoken question, and spent the next ten minutes forcing her to eat the soup that Piper had brought down for her.

11x11x11x

Paige had left an hour before and Billie was sitting quietly with her eyes closed, thinking about the events of the day when she saw a flare of light behind her eyelids. She opened her eyes to find a young man in a golden robe standing before her.

"Who are you?" she asked, frowning.

"I am Theodore, an Elder. I am here on behalf of the entire line of Elders to personally introduce Prudence Halliwell to you."

Billie considered calling for Paige, but decided to wait it out. "I've already met 'Prue,' and she abandoned me when I needed her the most. If that was the real Prue, then I don't think I want to see her again."

"That is why I have come before you first. We felt it was necessary to recall Prudence due to the unusual circumstances of your case."

"Excuse me?"

"We could not risk Prudence interfering with the events of the day."

"You took her against her will and left me to die?" Billie was getting angry, but tried to see the Elders' point of view. She couldn't.

"It was a necessary measure."

"Get out."

"I'm sorry?"

"You should be. Get the hell out of my room and let me see Prue, now."

"I really don't think that-"

"If you don't leave right now, I'll call the sisters and we can all make sure that you never orb again," Billie said, glaring at the Elder. He orbed out in a huff and Billie relaxed.

When golden lights appeared once again, Billie thought that the Elder was coming back for a second round and started to stand up. Instead, Prue appeared and immediately narrowed her eyes at the young girl.

"You should be sitting down," she scolded.

Billie's face broke into a grin and she hugged the older witch, extremely happy that Prue hadn't left her on her own accord.

"I'm so sorry," Prue said after making Billie sit back down. "I wasn't expecting them to call me back so quickly, and then they anchored me Up There." Prue looked immensely annoyed at the fact that she was "anchored," and Billie guessed that the scene Up There hadn't been a nice one with an angry Prue.

"So, will they still let you come down here since this is over?"

"There'll be hell to pay if they don't," Prue smiled.

Billie smiled and leaned back, closing her eyes. After a few minutes of comfortable silence, Billie spoke.

"Hey Prue?"

"Yeah?"

"How come you're not going to see your sisters?"

"They don't need me."

"But don't you want to see them?'

"Of course I do."

"And don't you want to meet Paige?"

"I've met her."

Billie frowned at this. "You have?"

"Oh yeah, we talk a lot when she's dreaming. She just doesn't remember it if it's really me that she's seeing."

"Oh," Billie said.

"Hey Billie?"

"Yeah?"

"You didn't kill that kid in the park when you ran away to Los Angeles."

Billie's eyes shot open.

"What?"

"The guys already in the gang ran away when you were fighting the two boys being initiated. After you passed out, they came back and killed him. That was the punishment for failing his test."

"Why didn't they kill me too? I was passed out, which, you know, means 'Come kill me' to gangs."

"You think I'd let anyone kill you?" Prue smiled, and Billie understood.

"Thanks."

She must have fallen asleep after that, because the next thing she knew, Paige was shaking her awake softly.

"Billie, honey, it's time for dinner. I brought you some mac and cheese."

Billie looked at Paige, knowing that Piper thought of macaroni and cheese as completely taboo. The older woman shrugged apologetically.

"Piper's not home."

Billie sat up in the bed and decided that this was by far the best macaroni and cheese she'd ever eaten.

I really want some mac and cheese, but I'll settle for your opinion of the chapter.