"Prue was always there for me. And Piper. She was always putting us before herself. She would help mend my broken heart or help me when I screwed up. She was also so damn stubborn..." Phoebe said with a small laugh, silent tears flowing down her face. "...but I loved her for it. I looked up to her. She was my best friend and the mother I never got to have. She made me a better person and there will always be a part of her with me." Phoebe finished her eulogy with a sad smile and sat back down near Piper, Leo, Paige and Cole.
Piper walked up to the microphone. "Prudence Halliwell was my older sister. And now, she's gone." With that said, Piper walked out of the church, Paige and Phoebe getting up to follow.
"Stay here." Phoebe ordered Cole and Leo.
Phoebe ran to catch up with Piper, pulling her into a tight embrace. They stood there for a moment before Phoebe whispered to Piper.
"Honey, you haven't cried yet. You need to cry. You can't hold it all in!"
Piper violently let go of Phoebe and started speed walking away again. Phoebe, obviously feeling defeated, looked to Paige who tried to comfort Piper.
"Piper please! Listen to Phoebe..." Paige pleaded.
Piper whirled around and pointed her finger at Paige, literally an inch away from Paige's nose.
"Don't you EVER talk to me! You're the reason Prue is dead! She died, trying to save you! If you hadn't of been there, this would not be happening right now!" Piper screamed, clearly hurting Paige. Paige orbed out.
"Piper! How could you? She's our sister for God's sake! It is not her fault this happened." Phoebe yelled.
"Don't even Phoebe. You are at just as much fault as she is." Piper hissed.
"Paige. Her name is Paige. This isn't anyone's fault. Prue would have done the same thing if it had been me or you..."
Piper cut her off. "Do you remember what I told you right before we let her in? Do you Phoebe?" Piper interrogated.
Phoebe looked like she was thinking but she simply shrugged.
"Do you think we should wait? I mean, should we bring her into our lives while we're in danger?" Piper frantically asked.
"She's our sister, Piper. We've wasted all these years not knowing her. I don't want to waste anymore time. Plus, I had that premonition for a reason."
"But, no. Like usual, you and Prue didn't listen to me. Always ignored or taken for granted!" Piper shouted, but then brought her voice down to a whisper. "It's the reason we lost our powers, and it's the reason we lost Prue."
Piper stormed off for a third time, but this time no one was going to try and stop her. Phoebe broke down, sitting on the muddy grass and crying until she had nothing left in her. Losing Prue was bad enough, but losing Piper too...
Paige orbed onto her favorite Lazy Boy recliner in her messy apartment. She turned on the television to try and get her mind off her sisters. Especially Prue. Piper had made her feel so guilty. But it wasn't really her fault, was it? Prue made the decision to protect me. It's not my fault. Right? Paige tried to concentrate on the show. Brooke Davis was fighting with her best friend Peyton Sawyer because she stole her boyfriend.
Great. More Fighting. Paige thought as she shut One Tree Hill off. Paige was about to call it a night when she thought she heard her name being called. She glanced around the room but no one was around. She tried convincing herself that she had imagined it.
"Paige."
Nope. No way. I definitely heard that. It kind of sounded like Phoebe.
Paige decided that she could try to orb to Phoebe. She just had to concentrate on her.
Paige orbed in behind Phoebe, who was lying on her side on the bed.
"Phoebe. Did you um, say my name?" Paige asked, confusion written all over her face.
Phoebe fell off the bed, startled. "Jesus Paige. You can't sneak up on a girl when there are demons on the loose!" Phoebe snapped.
"Sorry, I just, I heard my name, and...sorry." Paige apologized and was in mid-orb when Phoebe shouted out to her.
"No! Wait! You just scared me, that's all. And I did call you, I guess you can sense me now. It's a white lighter power." Phoebe offered Paige a smile.
"New power? Already? Cool! So...what's up?" Paige asked.
"Nothing. I'm just lonely and I thought maybe we could do something together, you know, get to know each other. We haven't really been able to talk since...you know." Phoebe said not willing to mention Prue in fear of crying again.
"Yeah. Piper still hasn't talked to you?" Paige questioned, sitting on the bed.
"Nope. She's in denial. Hasn't even cried yet. And I can't seem to stop." Phoebe said biting her lip to hold the tears back. "Listen...about what happened earlier, Piper didn't mean it. I know she didn't. She's just not ready to face what happened. Piper and Prue were really close..." Phoebe trailed off. She couldn't stop herself this time. She started sobbing again but this time she wouldn't go through it alone. Paige pulled her into a hug trying to comfort her as a single tear slid down her cheek.
"Piper you need to talk to your sisters." Leo preached.
"What sisters?" Piper answered bitterly. "I pushed both of them away. I didn't mean to...I just...I just..." Piper mumbled. Close to tears, she ran into their bedroom, not wanting to talk to Leo anymore. She curled up under the covers and put her pillow over her head, trying to hide from the world. Slowly, she drifted off to sleep...
AN: Sorry to those who wanted Piper to accept Paige right away, but I felt this was the direction I wanted the story to go in. Thanks for the reviews :)
Next Chapter: Will the sisters reconcile? Or will the power of three be forever broken? Will Piper learn to accept Paige?