A/N: I am so sorry about the delay! School has been insane; my English teacher had all her classes rewrite a paper so that took up a week and all my other classes were busy too. Thanksgiving Break is coming up at the end of the month so expect several chapters and hopefully an end to this story. One again, I am so sorry about this not being out sooner! Happy Reading!
Chapter 5
"Cole is the new Source?" Piper asked after calming her sister down.
"Yes," she hiccuped, "I know it- I can feel it. He doesn't just have powers, or isn't just a demon, but the King of them all."
"Paige, are you sure?"
"I knew you wouldn't believe me, that it was a just a nightmare. But it was more than that and if you don't want to believe me, fine don't." She stood up.
"Paige, I'm not saying that I don't believe you but I just want to be sure because we have to tell Phoebe," Piper said and her sister's eyes widened.
"No! She won't believe me! She'll ice me out again. For her to talk to me again I had to nearly die! Just please, we can't tell her not yet."
"Paige if Cole is the demon she can't keep living with him," Piper said.
"But if we tell her, if I tell her, she won't believe me and she'll hate me forever. She'll never look at me the same. She'll never feel the same way about me."
"Paige that isn't true, Phoebe loves you," Piper said, "Because Cole might be the Source isn't going to change that."
"You don't believe me," Paige stated.
"I didn't say that," Piper replied.
"You said 'might be the Source'," Paige said, "So why are we even having this conversation?"
"Because you believe he is," Piper said, "You're scared." Paige looked at the ground.
"And it's okay because I'm here. We'll do what you want but I still think we should say something to her."
"Say what? That Cole's the new Source of the Underworld. I'm sure it'll go over well. It's just a dream Paige. You just don't like my husband. Why are you doing this? I don't trust Cole, Piper, but I know he won't hurt Phoebe. Not physically anyway," she said.
"Paige, even if she does react that way everything will turn out fine," Piper said.
"You don't know what it's like to have your own sister reject you Piper," Paige said her voice quiet.
"I'm sorry Paige," she said.
"What?"
"I rejected you when we first met and I shouldn't have. I didn't want to get hurt; I didn't want to see you get hurt. And here we are a huge mess. I've been a horrible older sister. I should be protecting you from this."
"You aren't a horrible older sister. At least you're listening to me, even if you don't believe me. If Phoebe doesn't speak to me after we tell her, you'll still acknowledge me right?"
"Paige whatever you do, mistake or not, I'm always going to be here."
"You promise?" Paige sniffled.
"I'm promise," she said, "So you want to tell Phoebe?"
"Not yet," she said leaning against Piper. Piper combed her fingers through her baby sister's hair.
"Want to have a sister's night?" she asked.
"Sure," she said.
"We can't have one without Phoebe," she said.
"You won't say anything?"
"Not if you don't want me to," Piper replied.
"Than yea, we can have a sisters' night," Paige said.
"Well I'm gonna need to get to the phone," Piper said.
"Phone!" Paige called out. It appeared in her hand orbs surrounding it.
"Personal gain," Piper warned.
"I nearly died," Paige yawned.
"Don't need reminding," Piper said dialing the number.
"Hey Pheebs its Piper," she said.
"Hey Piper," she said
"Cole wouldn't mind if you came here for a couple of days for some sister bonding?"
"Does Paige remember the demon that attacked her?"
"No," Piper said, "She doesn't."
"Is she okay? Is she sick again?"
"Paige is fine. Tired but healthy," she said looking over at the now asleep Paige. She gently lied her down and covered her with a blanket.
"She's confused. She needs both of us. So what do you say? Are you up for some bonding?"
"Yeah, let me just pack and tell Cole I'll be there in a couple of hours."
"Great, see you soon," Piper said hanging the phone up. Paige was still asleep when Phoebe arrived a few hours later.
"Hey," Piper said as Phoebe entered the Manor.
"Hey, where's Paige?"
"Asleep on the couch," Piper said.
"I could have come in the morning when she wakes up," she said looking at her younger sister.
"I think she'll be awake soon. She needs us both. She's not just confused about the demon that attacked her Phoebe," Piper said.
"She thinks that the only reason I'm talking to her again is because she nearly died right? That if she hadn't of gotten sick then I'd still be icing her out. I told her she could tell us anything and when she did, I took off, I'm such a horrible sister," Phoebe said sitting next to Paige's feet.
"You aren't a horrible sister," Piper said, "You made a mistake."
"An awful one, she thinks I hate her. When she asked why I was at the hospital it broke my heart. She doesn't event think I care about her."
"She's gonna forgive you. Look, the demon that did this we'll vanquish and everything will go back to normal," Piper said.
"So she has no idea who this demon is?" Phoebe asked.
"She hasn't said anything," Piper said.
"When do you think she'll remember?"
"I don't know but that is not what tonight is about," Piper said, "Could you go get the blankets and pillows while I go pop some popcorn?"
"Yup, do you want me to wake Paige too?"
"Yeah, I want her to sleep tonight," Piper said going into the kitchen as Phoebe went upstairs. Phoebe soon brought down several blankets and pillows and then sat on the couch.
"Paige," she said, "Wake up."
"Is it morning?" she yawned and sat up. She rubbed her eyes.
"No, but Piper and I want to watch a movie, so wake up and enjoy it with us," Phoebe said.
"Okay, okay," Paige said.
Underworld
"How is the plan going?" the demon asked Cole.
"Whitelighter healed her. And Paige knows that I'm the Source. So now if she does say something to Phoebe they will only grow farther apart and Phoebe will get closer to me. If she says something of course," Cole said, "Phoebe is at the Manor right now, so if Paige says something well Phoebe will be home in a matter of minutes."
"What about the eldest?"
"She could side with Paige or with Phoebe, either way the Power of Three will dwindle and Phoebe will be my queen. If she sides with Phoebe, well I'll find a way to get rid of her. Her powers will be weak a silencing spell and a Darklighter should do the trick."
"And if she doesn't?"
"Phoebe will turn to me for help. Then she'll become my queen," Cole said smiling and flaming out.
"So we have popcorn, ice cream, tea, I can make pizza if you want," Piper said rattling off the various choices of snacks.
"Anything is fine Piper," Paige said.
"What movie?" Phoebe asked.
"That one," Paige said pointing to Jawbreaker. (Jawbreaker is a movie that Rose McGowan starred in)
"The trailer looked really good," she said.
"Jawbreaker it is," Phoebe said putting it into the VHS player. Several hours passed the movie long over and most of the popcorn was gone too. The ice cream had melted into liquid in the bowls and Paige looked up as the clock rang midnight. Phoebe had fallen asleep, popcorn bits in her hair from an earlier pillow fight. Piper, who was on the other side of Paige, had also fallen asleep.
She stood up and stepped back when someone flamed into the Manor.
"I knew you were the Source," Paige said quietly.
"Say anything and you can say goodbye to any sisterly love Phoebe gives you," he said and flamed out.
"Paige," Phoebe said tiredly, "What are you doing up?"
"Just picking up," Paige said trying not to cry.
"We can do that in the morning," she said grabbing the inside of Paige's elbow and sitting her back on the couch. Paige nodded.
"Go back to sleep," she said but Paige knew that she wouldn't get any.
"There's something I need to tell you," she said.
"What's that?" Phoebe asked yawning lying back down.
"The- I love you," she said wimping out.
"I love you too Paige," Phoebe smiled.
"No matter what?" Paige asked.
"No matter what," Phoebe said. Phoebe fell asleep and Paige leaned against her tears spilling down her cheeks knowing what she must do.
A/N: That is it for this chapter! I hope you enjoyed it and want to know what happens next. So stay tuned and I'll try to post sooner next time. Please don't forget to review! Charmed Always- Kels.