Chapter 9: Good-bye

The two youngest had their hearts set on going back to their respective men and Piper knew that, she knew that however much they said they wanted to stay, that they wouldn't…not even for her.

For the next few weeks her sisters kept saying that if she wanted them to stay they would but Piper just kept saying "No".

"You guys have a life back in San Francisco…maybe… maybe mine is here…I don't want to hold you two from your lives…just please go…I'll be fine…I promise".

It was the day before they had to leave so the sisters were spending every minute they could together.

"Piper we feel really bad for leaving you, you know…how are we supposed to live without you when we don't even have a specific date to look forward to? When you don't even know when you're coming home" Phoebe whined as all the sisters lay on Piper's bed with her, Piper, in the middle.

"well I phone you when I know but right now lets just forget about that" Piper said she had each arm around her sisters not knowing when it is she would be able to hold them again.

The next morning Piper brought them to the air port with Lupin who had offered to go with her so she wasn't alone on the way back, and since Lupin was going Sirius had to go too, but he was a wanted man so he had to go in his animal form, the sisters had found out about that in the many days they had spent in number 12.

So they stood at the gate Piper hugging her sisters one last time with Lupin and the big black dog at her side.

"We'll miss you" Phoebe said wiping her eyes after she hugged Piper.

"I'll miss you two so much…remember to go back to the manner every once and a while don't just stay with your men because I'm not there…and please, please look after the club for me…I have a few bands lined up for the next few months so you'll need to make sure they get there and…keep the liquor stocked up good…you are welcome to hire any good DJ you might know…I think that's it…oh yeah good bye" Piper said giving them a hug again and kissing them on their cheeks.

"Piper I don't want to go, can't we stay a while longer?" Paige whined throwing her arms around Piper and hanging on her.

"No we already paid for the tickets so you two will just have to go, now get off me" Piper said almost having to rip her baby sister's arms off her.

"Good-bye" she said letting go of Paige's hands, Phoebe turned and walked off a little too willingly but Paige she had only took a few steps still facing her oldest sister.

"Missy Paige go" Piper said glancing further to her other sisters retreating back.

"Piper…I don't want to leave you here…it feels wrong" Paige mumbled.

"Look how about you orb to number 12 whenever you want okay? Since you know where it is now you can come whenever you want…if you think you can" Piper said earnestly.

"Okay" Paige said still sad but she turned and walked away much more reluctantly then her other sister.

Piper watched until she could no longer see her sisters and then she watched the plane leave and stood there, still, by the window until she heard Lupin clear his throat.

He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and she didn't even shrug them off like she would normally do she just let him lead her back to the car.

Piper was still in a daze she didn't know what she was doing but she did it, she walked to the car, got in, got out when they got there, then went up to her room.

Ever since she was born she had always had at least one sister with her, or she was able to just call one of them and they would be there for her in seconds, but now, she had none.

They would be half way across the world, what if something happened to her and they wouldn't even know, or worse what if something happened to them? She wouldn't be there to protect them like she should be, like Prue was for her.

She sat up in her room (she had asked if she could just stay there instead so she wouldn't have to keep paying for her hotel room) no one bothered to check on her they had seen her face when she walked back in without her sisters, they knew she needed time.

This thought had entered her mind also; the fact that they left her pondering about being alone, without her sisters, when she didn't want to be alone right now, but they were leaving her alone.

She just wanted something or someone to distract her, to keep her mind off that one fact that they had left her to ponder.

So she got up and walked across the hall, he had told her if she had wanted anything or wanted to talk that he would just be right there before he had left her in her room.

Right now she did want something, but nothing he had expected she would ever want.

She knocked on the door and opened it without waiting for an answer.

"Piper… is everything okay?" he asked standing up from his desk and facing her.

"Everything is fine…or it's going to be" Piper said moving closer and closer to him with each word and soon they were less then and inch apart.

so who is the mystery man Piper went to..."talk" with? well your guess is as good as mine...lol :P :D

XOXO please review and tell me who

(lol that rhymed