Thanks again for your reviews- keep 'em coming :)

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot.

Evil and the Charmed Ones

Chapter Two - Memories

When Paige opened her eyes, she was momentarily shocked at orbing to the right place. In the last two days, she couldn't orb to exactly where she wanted. After years of shimmering, orbing was a lot harder to do. She stumbled forwards slightly, not used to the strange feeling orbing gave her. Glenn pulled her back and grinned at the small smile on her face.

"Thank you." She whispered to him softly.

"I'll always pull you back, Paige." Her smile grew larger as she understood the deeper meaning of his words. She kissed him on the cheek and he beamed back at her. That was their fist kiss in six years. She pulled him out of the alley, feeling scared and brave at the same time. Half of her was ecstatic at the thought of seeing her other two closest friends again. The other half of her was scared of them rejecting her, but she had to ignore the latter and follow her heart. Her heart was telling her to see them all again. The people who she had grown up with, they were like family to her and she loved them all.

They walked side-by-side, hands clasped together firmly, to the edge of the sidewalk. Passers by would think that they were just a normal couple, but they still had such a long way to go. Paige looked up at the building that they had stopped in front of; it was two stories and seemed to be two apartments, judging by the very different taste in curtains.

"Nice flowers." Paige commented, a smirk on her face. Glenn chuckled slightly and looked up to the top apartment, and the blue curtains with the pick flowers.

"I know, sadly I only own the ground floor one, which means I don't get those gorgeous floral curtains." Paige let go of Glenn's hand, moved over to his front window and pretended to study his curtains very closely.

"Boring." She said, trying to hold in a laugh. He moved forward next to Paige and had a closer look.

"I prefer to go with traditional," referring to his plain cream ones. Paige smirked at him with raised eyebrows. "Okay, fine. I admit it, they're boring."

"I'm glad you agree."

Glenn gave her a withering look. But inside he was thrilled, this was more like the Paige he knew and loved. Slowly, he was beginning to get her back.

"You ready to go inside?"

Paige bit her lip again; she always did when she was nervous- a Halliwell trait.

"I think so." She nodded uncertainly and Glenn grabbed her hand once again to offer some support. They walked over to the door, Glenn unlocking it with his key and going inside.

"Leo?" Leo stepped out from one of the rooms; he didn't notice Paige at first- she had stepped behind Glenn, still not inside the house completely.

"You rang? Andy's here waiting for you and…" Paige stepped out from behind Glenn and moved into the house and Leo's line of vision. "Paige." He breathed her name. His face broke into a huge grin; he ran up to her and pulled her into a bear hug.

"Leo…I need to breathe." Paige panted through Leo's grip.

"Sorry, it's just…so good to see you." It was Paige's turn to grin.

"You look exactly like I remembered, just as handsome." Leo laughed.

"And you look so grown-up. So different from the fifteen-year-old-girl that I remember. Still beautiful though." Paige blushed and Leo turned to Glenn. "You better watch this one man, hold onto her." It was Glenn's turn to softly blush.

"Is he…? Andy's here?" Paige asked tentatively, feeling slightly better now that she had seen Leo.

Andy had heard Paige and Leo's little exchange but had decided to give them their moment. All of them had been thrilled at the thought of seeing Paige…out of the underworld and back to being how she was always meant to be.

Good.

Leo nodded, a broad smile still gracing his handsome face. "He's…"

"Paige!!"

Leo never finished his sentence as a tall, dark haired man, Andy Trudeau, engulfed Paige in a hug.

Paige felt for the first time in six years, tears prick at her eyes. She blinked and they disappeared quicker than they appeared.

Andy had known Paige all her life, best friends with Prue since they were in kindergarten; Andy had been a permanent part of Paige's childhood, filling in as an older brother.

Andy had been a witch even longer than Paige, in an "accident" with Prue and the Book of Shadows; they summoned the wish master to grant Andy magical powers. When Grams found out, she was furious and tried every spell she knew to reverse the magic. Unfortunately (or fortunately for Prue and Andy) Grams could not take away Andy's powers and he stayed a witch.

"Hi." Andy pulled back, a grin stretched on his face, but his expression fell as he finally took in Paige's appearance. Paige frowned at the look on Andy's face, "What's wrong?"

Andy smile again, though he looked tearful, "It's nothing. You're just so beautiful, you look like…like Prue."

Prue Halliwell. A mother to Paige, her sister and carer, her protector and leader of the Power of Four.

At the mention of Prue's name, Paige's mind filled her head with random images of them together.

…Four years old…playing in the park…cut knee…Prue gets a bandage…

…Ten years old…Prue's birthday…waking Prue up with singing…

…Thirteen years old…first break up…Prue comforting her with ice cream…

…Fifteen years old…first coven attack…Prue hitting her after her failed attempt…

…Eighteen years old…demonic overthrow…Prue taking a darklighter arrow to the arm to save her…

Paige cried out to stop the memories, and orbed out of Glenn's apartment, ignoring the calls of the men she left behind.

-