'Prue…' Paige said hesitantly entering her room, Prue smiled broadly and held up a bowl of popcorn and a bottle of wine she'd been storing down the side of her bed. 'Slumber party?' she responded and Paige returned the smile. 'Sounds great' she responded slumping down on the bed. 'I'll call Phoebe, Coop can watch Payton and Piper will be home soon, I've missed you guys' Prue's body language suggested she was less than happy at the thought of her two younger sisters joining them. 'Paige…..I don't want them here, I can't have them here.' With this Paige snapped, 'I gave my life so that you could come back and care for them, so that they could care for you, and you're just ungrateful, you don't even try!' Paige glanced at Prue, 'What's going on Prue? You don't have to be strong anymore, we take care of each other.' Prue crumbled completely for the first time in over 30 years, 'I needed Phoebe, and she wasn't here,' she sniffled 'Piper wouldn't have handled it, Phoebe is the strong one, and he hurt me and…' as Prue continued to sob, Paige's heart dropped at the assumption she was making, someone had…she couldn't even think it as she pulled her big sister towards her, 'It's okay I'm here' was all she could think of saying. As she was dropping off to sleep, thinking Prue was already, Paige heard a whisper in the darkness, 'I'm pregnant.'
In the morning, Paige could barely bring herself to move away from her sister, she looked so childlike and frail, so instead she pulled the duvet up around the both of them and snuggled into the sister she now had to prove herself to. Paige thought about how close she Piper and Phoebe had become over the years and she knew that with Prue it would be no different, she needed to take care of her.
As she came round from her deep sleep Prue smiled weakly, 'Hey' she breathed, 'I'd appreciate it if you didn't mention anything to Piper and Phoebe, I'm not ready for that yet, but errrrrm, I was wondering if…errrmm…..you'd come to the hospital with me for my ultrasound? It's okay if you don't want to I mean you haven't known me that long and there I am having an emotional breakdown…..' Paige just leant forward picked up her coat and pushed Prue out of the room and towards the front door.
In the car on the way to Prue's appointment Paige broke the silence with a well prepared speech, she had barely slept after her sisters confession. 'Prue, I need to say some stuff, and just don't interrupt okay?' Prue giggled, 'Okay' 'Right, here goes, It's not been long since I officially met you but I want you to know how much I love you, I know you through Piper and Phoebe and now from the time we spent together, and I hope we can spend lots more time together. When I first met Piper she was a shadow, she was existing, and I always dreamt that I'd be able to help her heal, and I like to think I did. What I mean is, well I want to help you through all this? If you'll let me? But you have to let them in Prue, they feel like they're losing you again and it's killing them.' Hearing the concern and hurt in Paige's voice Prue simply nodded, 'I'll talk to them as soon as we get home okay?', after a short pause she whispered, 'I love you'. Paige was shocked she knew how difficult Prue found it to say those three words and she immediately felt like everything she had sacrificed had been worth it.