Phoebe's POV
Walking downstairs I saw Daddy sleeping on the couch. I barely got any sleep, because of how guilty I was feeling how I acted towards Daddy yesterday. He tried to apologize, but I wouldn't listen, and I feel so terrible about that right now. Walking downstairs I saw Daddy sleeping on the couch. That is when I realized how early it actually was. Prue wasn't even up yet, and yet here I was walking down the stairs.
As I headed towards the kitchen, I heard Daddy sighing in his sleep. Going into the kitchen, I started up the coffee, and made sure I made enough for Daddy as well. "Phoebe..." Daddy said in a sleepy voice. I turned around and saw Daddy with a look of surprise on his face.
Victor's POV
"Morning daddy." Phoebe said meekly looking at me in the face than quickly looked down. Her hands were playing with the end of her night shirt; I had to smile softly because I remembered she used to do that when she was a little girl and she felt bad for allowing her temper to get the better of her.
"Come here Lady Bug." I said softly holding my arms out for my youngest daughter to fall into them for the waiting hug that was waiting for her.
Phoebe's POV
I instantly fell into my Daddy's arms, and buried my head into his chest. "I'm sorry Daddy," I whispered. Daddy wrapped his arms around me, and I wished it would just stay like this for a while.
"Shh don't worry Phoebs," he whispered to my hair.
"I thought you would go away...after how I just stayed away from you," I murmured.
"No...I am not breaking my promise...I am never leaving you girls..." Daddy whispered.
Prue's POV
As I walked downstairs, I smelt coffee, and wondered who would be up this early. I walked into the kitchen and saw Victor hugging Phoebe. It is way too early for him to be here; I really don't understand why he had to stay here. I didn't say anything else about it, since Phoebe and Piper are going to need him. A very small part of me was glad that he was here, finally being a father to Phoebe and Piper, who desperately wanted him in their lives. Surprising myself, I didn't make one snaky comment about Victor being here. I just grabbed a couple mugs, and waited for the coffee to brew.
After a couple minutes, Phoebe pulled away from Victor and turned to me. "You doing ok Phoebe?" I asked, as I grabbed a slice of bread. Grimacing, I knew I would burn toast if I tried to use Piper's toaster.
"Yeah...I'm ok," Phoebe said, wiping some more oncoming tears from her face. Phoebe took the bread from me, and threw a couple slices in the toaster. I gave her a smile, and chose to ignore Victor, and try to be a little more sisterly towards Phoebe.
Piper's POV
I awoke feeling my arm inch like a hound dog with a whole circus of fleas. I moaned as I opened my eyes and I quickly rolled up my sleeves of my night shirt and I saw the red rash seeping up my arm. I sat up quickly as I started to scratch like mad on my arm but I felt that my other arm itch just as much and also my chest and my face. Well I began to move my fingers around quickly trying to get all the inching places all at one time; but darn it all my legs started to itch also. I kicked my covers from my body and looked down at my bare legs and I saw red streaks up and down my legs. I groaned as I recognized the rash, redness and the inches. Poison Ivy.
How did I get poison ivy? There is none around the Manor? My eyes opened wide as I realized when I had been around the poison plants, it was yesterday at the lake when Sam accidentally shoved me into the planets. But what was so curious is on why it showed up so quickly; I mean it normally takes a full three days of inching for the tale tell signs to show up.
"Leo!" I shouted as I winched in pain. "Leo I need you well bad." I cried out as I scratched more fiercely than a moment before.
Millions of sparkling lights lit up at the end of my bed and slowly to my mind formed into my and my sisters' whitelighter, Leo Wyatt. I breathed in relief. "I need you to heal me, Leo, I have poison ivy."
"How did you get poison ivy?" Leo asked as he rushed over and sat down next to me on the side of the bed. He held out his hands and soft white light glowed down on my arm, he frowned after five minutes.
"What's going on?" I hissed. "Why am I not healing? The inching is just getting worse and worse."
"I don't understand." Leo said with a shake of his head. The glow left his hands and my skin felt on fire and not the warm kind that I felt when Leo's hands were over my arm.
"Leo this is the freaking Elders doing, get your ass up there and find out what the hell they want from me? Tell them that they are playing dirty and I won't have it." I leaned forward and gripped Leo's arm tightly trying desperately not to scratch.
"Look just try not scratch and take a bath in calamine lotion." Leo put a hand over mine. "Add oatmeal to it; it will help with the inching." He took my hand slowly from his body and let me go. "I'll be back as soon as I can." He orbed without waiting for me to speak again.
I moaned as I watched Leo's last sparkling lights disappear; I had hated calling Leo Wyatt to come and heal me. If I had my way I would never set eyes on my white lighter ever again. Not after he had gone and healed Dan from Phoebe beating the shit out of him after I did the dirty with him two days previous. But I was in too much agony to feel ashamed on knowing that Leo Wyatt knew that I was really truly a dirty horny slut.
But now that Leo had disappeared from my sight my eyes closed and I fell back onto the bed with tears running down my checks. I cried heartbreaking sobs which I knew would not soon cease.
Victor's POV
"So how did you sleep, Prue?" I asked taking the mug that Phoebe had offered.
"Just fine and dandy." Prue snorted through her nose as she took the plate with the toast that Phoebe had finished piling up over to the table.
I set the mug on the counter and picked up the spatula and used it in the pan where the three cheese omelet was. I checked it to make sure that it was ready to leave the frying pan. I smiled as I saw the golden brown bottom, I very carefully picked up the hot frying pan and I gently scooted the omelet onto the waiting plate. I titled my head over to where Prue was sitting and Phoebe took the plate and walked over and put the plate next to Prue. "Seeing how you are the oldest, Prue, you get the pleasure on eating my famous three cheese omelet." I said while cracking more eggs to make the second omelet of the morning.
Prue's POV
I did want to say I would rather barf than eat anything he made, instead I just politely said, "No thank you," I said, pushing the plate away, and going into the fridge to grab the jam. I really didn't care if Victor was hurt that I refused to eat his eggs. Knowing him, he probably did something to them. Grabbing a butter knife, I spread some jelly on my half piece of toast, and took a bite.
"Prue...aren't you hungrier than that?" Phoebe questioned, bringing the plate closer to where I was sitting. I'll just grab a bagel on the way to work, if he even lets me go. God he is a plague.
"No...I'm not very hungry," I lied. "I'll see if Piper wants it," Finally seeing Victor's face it showed some hurt on it. Did I strike a nerve already? Wow that's a new record. "Don't be such a woman," I muttered, walking out of the kitchen, with an eye roll.
Victor's POV
I blinked in disappointment that Prue didn't want to eat my cooking. I sighed deeply as I looked down at the frying pan and I saw that the second omelet was finished, I lifted it and put it onto the waiting plate. "This is for you," I said looking into Phoebe's concerned eyes. "You don't have to eat it if you don't want to." I sighed as I turned from the stove top and carried the pan to the sink where I turned the water on and began to wash the pan. I was careful to use the brush on every surface of the pan, knowing that this pan was Piper's favorite one to cook the smaller items.
Phoebe's POV
"Daddy...of course I want to eat your cooking," I said, but didn't take the plate quite yet. As he washed Piper's pan, I wrapped my arms around him from the behind. "I love anything you do for me Daddy," I murmured. Daddy gently put the pan down and turned around, wrapping his arms around me as well.
"Thanks Ladybug," he whispered into my hair.
"I love you Daddy..." I murmured to him. He gave me a smile, and I grabbed the plate and sat down at the table and took a bite out of the eggs. My eyes popped open...it tasted so good. It reminded me a little of Piper's omelets, which in turn reminded me of Grams'. Although...it was a little more special, since it was Daddy who made it for me. Daddy smiled as I continued to eat his omelet. As I continued to eat, I wondered if Daddy was going to eat. "Daddy...aren't you hungry?"
Victor's POV
I shook my head. "No, I'm not." I sighed as I picked up my mug of coffee and I walked over and sat down next to my youngest daughter. I took a sip and looked at my baby girl over the mug.
"Why aren't you hungry, daddy?" Phoebe asked as she brought her fork up once more took a bite of the omelet. I could tell that she truly enjoyed the meal I made her. I lowered the mug to rest in between my hands as I smiled at my daughter.
"When I know that there is a demon to vanquish or fight; I don't eat much. Not until the vanquish is over with." I sighed as the water demon came to the full most of my mine yet again. I shook my head and saw Phoebe put her fork down on her plate. "Hey now, I didn't mean for you to stop eating; now I expect you to eat all that omelet."
"It tastes like Grams' and Piper's cooking." Phoebe said with a smile as she picked up the fork once more.
"Well I have always loved to cook; I loved helping your grandmother; my mother when I was a boy and I just developed my cooking skills. Whenever your Grams wasn't cooking for you girls; she allowed me in her kitchen to cook." I said with fondly as I remembered my mother, and living at the manor with Patty and Penny after Patty and I were married. "Matter of fact Piper learned how to cook from me mostly in her childhood; when I was still living at the manor; Piper only wanted to cook by my side. It wasn't until after your mother's death and I left again, that Piper allowed your Grams to help her in the kitchen." I frowned at the last thought. I sighed as I tapped my right hand against the mug.
"The past is the past daddy," Phoebe softly said as she leaned over and put her hand over mine, my hand stopped tapping.
"Yes, but what I did in the past was rotten, and it can never be changed." I said with a frown.
Phoebe's POV
"We all have bad pasts Daddy," I murmured. "It is better to just to try and forget about the bad and learn from the mistakes we made..." I know I made some pretty big mistakes...sheesh. "And no I do not want to tell you about any of it," I said to him, as he opened his mouth to ask what bad past I had. "As long as you are here with us...you have nothing to worry about."
Prue's POV
As I walked upstairs, I heard sniffling in Piper's room. Gently knocking on the door, "Piper...are you ok in there?"
"I'm fine Prue..." Piper choked out.
"Can I come in Piper?" I asked, worried about my little sister.
"No," she murmured. I sighed, but trying to be more sisterly, maybe I should suggest seeing Victor.
"Want me to go get Victor?" I asked.
"He is your Dad too Prue. And no," Piper said a little angrily.
"Piper...are you sure you're ok?" I asked, tempting to just open Piper's door up.
"I'll be ok Prue...but I just want to be alone," Piper said a little more calmly.
"Ok..." I sighed, "Just call me if you want to talk ok? I am heading to work..." I said gently.
"Thanks Prue," Piper said, and I walked downstairs, grabbing my purse. Victor was downstairs talking with Phoebe. Please don't let him see me; please don't let him see me. I kept chanting in my mind, and just when I thought I would get away...
"Prue..." Victor said. What the hell does he want? I turned around, and wrapped my arms across my chest.
"What?" I asked in an aggravated voice. "Coming to ground me from going to work?" I said sarcastically.
Victor's POV
"Is Piper coming down for her omelet?" I asked looking up the stairs fully expecting to see Piper coming down.
"No." Prue snorted.
"Did you tell her that I made an omelet for her?" I asked. "Well that you didn't want the omelet that I made especially for you; and that you decided that she can have it if she wanted it?"
"No." Prue said and turned and started to walk to the front door.
"Prue!" I sternly said.
"I'm late for work." Prue said without turning her head to look at me and she reached the door and yanked it opened and she slammed it shut.
I sighed through my nose. I went to the stairs and headed upstairs to my middle daughter's room. I stopped outside of the door and I leaned my ear against it as I heard Piper crying inside. Patty, what should I do? I don't want to make Piper upset like I did yesterday; but I need to be there for her? If I knock than she won't open the door for me, should I just give her space and give her time?
Piper's POV
I stood to my feet and I walked over to my locked door, I knew that Prue wasn't on the other side because she told me that she left for work; and I knew that she would honor my request on being left alone. She knew that by the tone of my voice that I didn't want to see her or anyone. I unlocked my door and slowly pulled it opened resisting the urge to itch.
"Piper….." Daddy said with a gasp as he stared wide eyed at me.
"Hi Daddy." I said weakly. "How's your morning going?" For the lack of anything else to say.
"Oh baby." Daddy moved forward to hug me but I quickly backed away. "Don't daddy, its poison ivy. I got it yesterday when Sam accidentally pushed me into the plants outside his shack, and the Elders for some stupid reason decided to speed up the process. Leo can't heal me; he's up there trying to find out what the hell the Elders are thinking of doing this to me."
Prue's POV
Great Victor probably went to go check on Piper. Well I didn't say anything that would imply that I did or did not talk to her. Well whatever, I need to focus on getting to work and not let Victor grind my nerves. My cell phone went off, "Prue Halliwell," I said, starting up my car.
"Please tell me you are coming to work," Jack said.
"On my way now," I said with a sigh. "I'll see you in a bit Jack," I said, hanging up the phone.
Phoebe's POV
I sighed as I watched Daddy go after Prue. I knew it ended up bad, because Prue slammed the door. Putting my plate down, I walked after Daddy as he went upstairs. I gasped when I saw Piper. "Piper..."
Piper's POV
Fresh tears run down my checks at Phoebe's concern voice. I couldn't help it but I knelt down to my knees and I bowed my head and I cried like I hadn't cried since I was six years old with the chicken pox.
"Don't touch her Phoebe," I heard daddy say above me. "Its poison ivy and the Elders don't want Leo to heal her right now."
"Oh Piper." Phoebe softly said as moved towards me; I saw her feet stop in front of me. I kept my eyes down as I cried more tears.
"Phoebe, I need you to get the bath going; and I'm going to need you to get enough calamine lotion and oatmeal in there to ease Piper's inching pain." Daddy said in a take charge voice. "Piper darling I'm going to go get a jacket and some gloves and than I'm going to help you into the bathroom, "Phoebe please make sure that you have a jacket on and gloves when you help Piper get into the tub."
"Yes daddy." Phoebe said as she quickly walked away from me and I heard her and daddy go down the stairs. I started to shake because I felt chills run up and down my hot body. Daddy was soon back at my side and I felt his long sleeved arms snake around my waist and his gloved hand on my arm and I was suddenly on my feet and leaning against Daddy's chest.
Daddy led me into the bathroom where Phoebe was waiting and turned me over to Phoebe. I looked over my shoulder and smiled at daddy. "Thank you daddy."
"I'll come and check on you in a bit sweetheart." With that daddy closed the bathroom door.
Phoebe's POV
"I hope she is going to be ok," I murmured gently. Daddy gave me a smile after taking off his gloves and jacket, and I did the same; he pulled me into a hug.
"She'll be fine sweetie," Daddy said to me.
"Maybe I should call Prue," I said, pulling away from Dad heading towards the cordless phone.
"I'm here Ladybug," he said, and that made me stop dialing Prue's cell phone number.
"I know that Daddy," I said. Prue was always there for us whenever one of us was hurt, so it was gut instinct to call her first, and not Dad.
Victor's POV
I watched as Phoebe continued to dial Prue's number and I smiled softly. I was glad that Phoebe went to Prue first for this. I was happy to see how close the girls were and knew that when one of them were in trouble or hurt, or sick that the other two would be there to comfort her.
"Prue, it's Phoebe …" Phoebe said into the phone. Her body tensed as she turned quickly away from me. "Yes daddy is still here, but that's not why I'm calling you. It's … Prue get over it all ready. God you are such a freaking broken record. No daddy isn't going to leave until the water demon is vanquished. He loves you …. Prue …." Phoebe pulled the phone away from her ear and just clenched it tightly in her hand. "She's not coming." She whispered.
"I'm sorry, Phoebe." I said softly walking over to my youngest daughter and wrapping my arms around her and pulling her to me. She rested her head against my chest and I felt the tears fall. "Things will get better, I promise. I time." I said trying to believe my own words.
Prue's POV
I shouldn't have been so snappy with Phoebe...but I do not want to hear that some scumbag of a father loves me, and I sighed looking at the phone as I stayed parked in front of Bucklands. Just as I was about to dial the house number, someone knocked on my window, and I barely stopped myself from sending the person away with a swish of my hand, but sighed when I saw it was Jack. I got out of the car, and he said, "I thought you were going to leave me high and dry again,"
"Yeah, sorry about that," I murmured quickly, still a little worried about my sisters.
Phoebe's POV
"Dad...I don't think they will. I mean, with Piper hating me and Paige, and Prue not getting over her anger-,"
"Phoebe, Piper doesn't hate you," Daddy whispered, pulling my chin up, as tears continued to stream down my face.
"Yes she does, because she thinks that I told you what she doesn't want me to say to anyone...and I haven't told anyone. Now she hates me because she thinks I told Leo," I said, crying trying to push Dad away. Instead he just brought me closer, and I leaned into him once again, as he comforted me once again.
Piper's POV
I slowly and painfully peeled off my night clothes and my underwear crying silent tears all the way through. The sheer air that hit my body made the poison ivy tingle. I couldn't bear it much longer and I had to moan softly as I moved my way towards the bath tub that was filled with the oatmeal, and water. I bit my tongue as I climbed into the bath tub and eased down so the oatmeal water could cover my body. I was relieved to see that all my important parts were covered; I looked towards the door and opened my mouth to call out for Phoebe.
Leo's POV
I orbed into the hallway and sighed deeply. Victor and Phoebe pulled away and looked at me waiting to see what the Elders had to say. "The Elders used the poison ivy that Piper had fallen into yesterday to their advantage."
"Duh." Phoebe said with a roll of her eyes. "Tell us something we don't know."
"The Elders don't want Piper to go with you three to the lake; they want her to stay at the manor." I said looking meaningfully into Victor's eyes. "They want me to stay with her while you three question Sam and to pretty much force Sam to tell you everything that he knows about the water demon. And Patty."
"Sam won't talk. We tried yesterday. He is very stubborn and he won't budge." Phoebe said in an annoyed voice.
"The Elders give you permission to use magic on him; and they gave you permission to snoop through his things." I said with a firm nod.
"So Sam knows about magic …." Phoebe said thoughtfully tilting her head.
"Yes." I said tensing up.
But thankfully Phoebe dropped that line of thought and she looked at me with a weird sad look on her face. "How did you know about Piper and …."
I knew she was talking about Dan and I knew that Victor didn't know what happened the other day. "I sensed her. The Elders didn't want magic exposed so they sent me."
"Oh Leo." Phoebe softly said. "How much did you see?"
"Enough." I said softly.
Phoebe moved close to me and reached up and stroked my left side of the face with her hand. "I'm so sorry Leo."
"I'm not the one who is in pain here." I said softly. Before Phoebe could say anything else Piper's voice came out of the bathroom door.
"Phoebe." She sounded weak and in pain. I wish I could heal her but the Elders forbid me too.
Phoebe's POV
I pulled my hand away from Leo, and walked towards the bathroom. Pulling on my gloves again, I opened the door. "Hey hunny," I whispered, closing the door behind me. Piper looked terrible, and I felt so bad for her. "Is there anything I can get you?" I asked, kneeling down next to her, my mind still thinking about what Leo said about we were allowed to use magic on Sam...we should have just let Prue use the Truth Spell. We could have known why he was hiding things.
"I want mommy." Piper whispered as tears fell from her eyes. "I want my mommy."
"I'm sorry Piper, I can't summon Mommy," I whispered. Piper stayed silent, and I felt bad for her. "Piper...the Elders..."
"What about those bastards?" Piper growled angrily.
"Honey, they don't want you to go to the lake with me, Prue, and Daddy," I started to explain.
"What the fuck!" Piper shouted but than she winched in pain and more tears fell from her eyes. "Just get my mommy than I'll stay home in peace. I just want my mommy."
"Piper, please try and calm down..." I said, knowing that she was going to explode. "Leo is going to be here with you, to make sure no demons don't show up while we are gone,"
Piper suddenly sat forward and lucky for her the water and the oatmeal still covered her breasts from view. "Hell no. There is no way Leo Wyatt is going to remain in this house. I want him out, Phoebe." She put her hands on the edge of the bathtub and she tried to stand but she fell back into the tub and she slammed her head against the bathroom tile wall hard and she sobbed.
"Piper...please, he is just outside that door,"
"I DON'T FUCKING CARE!" Piper screamed turning red in her face. "I DON'T WANT LEO WYATT IN THIS MANOR ANY LONGER! NOW YOU FUCKING ORB YOURSELF OUT OF HERE LEO NOW!" She screamed red faced at the door.
"I can't. I'm sorry, Piper." Leo's voice said through the door.
Piper once again tried to get out of the tub, but once again she fell back against the tile wall hard. I heard a crack.
"Piper, take a deep breath," I commanded quickly. "Now I want you to stop acting like this. I know you are pissed off at me and Leo already, but you need to stop this. You need to be more careful, because those bastards up there will not let Leo heal you!"
Piper took a few deep breaths and she looked up at me with such tears in her eyes that it brought me back to when she was six and she had the chicken pox. Mommy was still alive than. I was only three at the time so I don't remember clearly everything that happened; but I do remember Piper's eyes. "I just want my mommy. Phoebe please just go and get mommy." Piper whispered.
"I'll try sweetie, but I can't promise that she will come,"
"Thank you Phoebe. You are a good sister." Piper leaned back and closed her eyes; but I could still see the tears falling.
"You want me to go call Prue?" I questioned softly.
"No." Piper's eyes burst opened.
"Ok...I'll go try and summon Mom, ok?" I said. "Let me just go grab the crystals, and I'll be right back," Piper nodded, and I walked out of the room. Dad and Leo instantly turned their worried gazes back at me.
Victor's POV
"She wants mommy." Phoebe softly said after she had closed the bathroom door. "I told her that I would go and get the crystals."
"You can't summon your mother Phoebe." I shook my head.
"Go to hell dad. Just go to hell." Phoebe hissed as she moved past me to the attic stairs. I followed behind her and into the attic. "I'm sorry Phoebe, but you girls aren't allowed to see your mother yet." I said as I watched her storm over to the box where the crystals were kept.
With her hands still on the box she turned her head and spit out "and how do you know that we can't summon mommy, hmmm daddy." Her right eye brow shot up. "Oh that's right; you are so into magic now – that you know all there is too know about summoning."
"It's true, Phoebe. The Elders don't fell that you and your sisters are emotionally ready to see your mother." Leo said stepping forward.
"Fuck the Elders." Phoebe spat out with angry tears in her eyes. She turned around letting go of the box and she stared wide eyed at us. "Do they bloody know … or even care that Piper right now is in the bath tub sobbing because she is in so much pain with the poison ivy that they have deemed necessary to give her!" She took a shaky breath. "Oh Piper wants now is her mother, she just wants her mommy to use her magical mommy's touch so she can feel better."
I walked over to my youngest daughter and wrapped my arms around her and pulled her to me. I closed my eyes as I felt Phoebe break. Patty, what should I do?
Summon me. Patty's voice whispered in my ear. It's time Victor.
I opened my eyes and gently pulled Phoebe's head away from me so I could look down into her eyes. "Summon your mother, Phoebe." I leaned down and kissed my youngest daughter gently on the forehead.
Phoebe's POV
Pulling myself away from Dad, I went towards the Book, crystals in hand. Dad followed me to the book, and I sighed. I never tried summoning Mom before, and who knew how powerful this spell was. "Ok, Dad I am not sure if this bugs Paige, but it is bugging me. Go see how Leo's doing," I said, making him scoot back a little bit.
Daddy sighed deeply and opened his mouth to say something; than he snapped it closed. He nodded and turned and walked away from me and stood next to Leo. He turned his eyes to me. "Look up the 'Return from the other side' spell."
"I know which spell it is Dad," I snapped at him. Rereading the spell, and how to set up the candles, I walked over to the candles, and lit them one by one. Closing my eyes I chanted, "Hear these words, hear the rhyme, spirit from the other side, come to thee, I summon thee, cross now the Great Divide,"
I opened my eyes and just simply watched as millions of lights light up inside the candle and slowly ever so slowly the lightest touch of my mother finally began to appear. Suddenly all my anger and tension feelings for daddy went away as I just held my breath as I watched my mother's spirit slowly began to take a more solid form. When the lights stopped moving she was still in spirit form and I could see right through her white dress to the wall opposite her. But I didn't care. Here in front of me was my long lost mommy. The mommy that I never got a chance to know. "Hello my darling." Mommy softly said as she held out her arms for me ...
"Mommy," I whispered, as she stepped away from the candles and become flesh and blood. I stood there in shook and Mommy walked over to me, and wrapped her arms around me. Burying my head into her shoulder I started to cry a little bit.
"Oh don't cry Phoebe," she whispered, and pulled away slightly to take a look at my tear streaked face.
"I love you Phoebe darling. And I'm sorry that I couldn't be there for you while you were growing up." Mommy softly said slowly wiping the tears that fell from my eyes onto my cheeks.
"I missed you Mommy," I whispered, suddenly feeling like I was four years old.
Patty's POV
"I'm here now darling." I said leaning down and kissing away my daughters tears. I pulled away as I saw that her tears were just too many to kiss away. I just pulled simply pulled her to me and held her as she broke completely down. I looked over her shoulder at Victor and Leo. I mouthed "Thank you." To them and they simply nodded and than turned as in one record and walked over and sat down on the sofa that was against the wall.
Phoebe finally pulled herself together and she pulled away from me and stepped back. "I'm so glad that I was able to summon you mommy. Now more than any time."
"Why is that darling?" I asked tilting my head to the side.
"It's Piper." Phoebe whispered.
I nodded to let her know that I knew what she was talking about. But I also let her know by my eyes that she needed to vocally say what was on her heart. She looked sideways over to the couch. "There are no secrets here, Phoebe."
Phoebe sighed and nodded. She turned back to me and started to speak. "Piper has poison ivy. The Elders felt the need to cover her body to cause her to remain at the manor instead of going to the lake too once again force Sam to tell us the truth on your ….." here she broke off with tears in her eyes.
"My death," I said in a firm voice.
"Yes." Phoebe whispered and wiped the tears from her eyes. "Who is Sam, mom?"
"I can't tell you that. You girls must learn about Sam in your own time." I said firmly. "This isn't an order from the Elders; they would have me tell you all. But I feel that to understand this part of my life; you girls must go through the process of finding out for yourselves."
"But why mommy?" Phoebe asked.
"How do you see me darling?" I gently asked.
"As my mommy. The center of my being. Even through you died before I got to really know you." Phoebe said.
"But you don't see me as a mere human." I said softly.
"No." Phoebe said in a little girl's voice.
"By the end of today you will." I said. "Now tell me what is going on with Piper." I said bringing us back to why Phoebe had to summon me.
"Well Leo orbed up to the Elders to find out why they did this to Piper; they told him that Piper was to remain at the manor; and that Leo was to remain at the manor with her. While Prue, daddy and I go to the lake. Which Prue won't be happy about." Phoebe softly said.
I sighed deeply.
"Well when I told Piper this she freaked out and screamed that Leo had to f …." Phoebe blushed.
"I all ready know what Piper screamed at Leo, darling." I said with a nod. "I do watch you girls after all."
Phoebe eyes widen. "Than you know," she whispered.
"Yes darling I know." I said looking deeply into Phoebe's eyes. "Leave Piper to me and I'll make sure that she completely understands that you have her back and that you haven't gone back on your promise to her."
Phoebe sighed and nodded. "Piper is still in the bath tub waiting for me to return with the crystals to summon you." She smiled softly. "Now we can just go down and surprise her."
I shook my head. "No darling, we won't. You and your father will be leaving now to go on your mission."
"But mom, Piper is expecting me to help her out of the bath tub and to rub calamine lotion on her." Phoebe said.
"I'm sorry darling, but the only way the Elders would allow me to come now is to send you and your father on your way." I replied.
"Well at least I get to see you later tonight." Phoebe said brightening up.
"I'm sorry darling, but I'll be gone by the time you get back home." I gently said.
"But mommy that's not fair." Phoebe cried.
"I'm sorry but that's how it's opposed to be." I said.
"But Prue will want to see you." Phoebe said.
I shook my head. "Prue isn't meant to see me right now."
"But why not?" Phoebe cried.
"Because Prue isn't ready. Now you best get going. You are wasting day light." I said gently moving towards my daughter and pulling her into a tight hug.
Phoebe pulled back. "Well I be able to summon you again?"
"When the time is right." I said softly. I stepped away and said "Blessed be."
Phoebe looked like she wanted to say something else but she took another deep and long look at me and than she sighed. "Come on daddy." With that she left the attic with Victor close behind her.
END CHAPTER ELEVEN