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Date Posted: 16:17:59 06/05/02 Wed
Author: Sadira Jewelsten
Subject: "And Kimberly Paige Halliwell Makes Four"

"And Kimberly Paige Halliwell Makes Four"

Paige Mathews sat at the table in the Manor kitchen, reading a book. She was trying her best to make a good impression on Piper, but it seemed like it wasn't going so well. It felt like everything Paige did to prove her goodness didn't seem to work. She tried her best to compromise and let Piper and Phoebe lead her instead of her trying to take the lead, but it was harder than it looked. She was four years younger than Phoebe and six years younger than Piper, so it was natural that she and Phoebe would get along better since they had when they were children, but she didn't expect Piper to totally hate her guts. That's not what being sisters was about. Especially being the Charmed Ones.
As Paige closed the book, Phoebe came into the kitchen and sat next to Paige.
"Hey," Phoebe said as she continue to sip at her tea, "what's up?"
"Nothing much," Paige replied. "Just reading."
Phoebe nodded and peered over Paige's shoulder. The front cover of "A Child Called It" stared back at her.
"Hmm, sounds good."
Paige nodded.
"it's sad, but it's a real eye-opener to what a severe child abused situation can become. Then again, I see if first hand every day at work so�."
"Is it for one of your clients?" Phoebe wanted to know.
Paige nodded as she put the book down and glanced up at Phoebe.
"What is it?" Phoebe asked in concern. "Is something wrong?"
Paige shook her head.
"No. It's just I can't believe we're finally together again. All three of us. It seems like only yesterday I was alone and now�."
Phoebe nodded and gave Paige a small hug.
"Well, it's good to have you home again."
Paige nodded and hugged her back.
"Now if only Piper would feel that way." Paige said softly.
"What?" Phoebe asked as she pulled away and looked Paige in the eye. "What did you say?"
"Nothing," Paige said quickly. "it was nothing."
"Yes it was. You said something about Piper. Now spill it. What did you say?"
Paige sighed heavily.
"Piper hates me."
Phoebe shook her head.
"Aw, no, honey, Piper doesn't hate you. She just needs time to-"
"Paige Lindsay Mathews Halliwell!" Piper's angry voice floated down the stairs.
Just then, Piper came into the kitchen with a glare towards Paige.
"Piper, what's going on?" Phoebe asked as she stood up, prepared to defend Paige if the accusation was false.
"The Book of Shadows is gone that's what." Piper said indignantly. "And "she" was the last one to use it." Piper pointed a finger at her younger sister.
"First of all," Paige said, standing up and glaring at Piper, "never EVER say my full name again. Secondly, I didn't take the Book of Shadows. I put it back after Phoebe and I were finished with it. Phoebe was there when I put it away. I remember we were practicing summoning spells together."
Phoebe nodded.
"Well, then you should know where it is." Piper said, not stepping down from her position.
"I don't know where the damn book is!" Paige said exasperatedly. "So just leave me alone." She left the room in angry fury, taking "A Child Called It" with her.
Phoebe was now the one glaring at Piper.
"What the hell was that all about?" Phoebe asked angrily. "Paige didn't take the book and you know it. You probably miss-placed it. You've been miss-placing everything else lately."
"I do not miss-place things," Piper said hotly. "At least not that often."
"Ha!" Paige said from the other room. "You do so miss-place things every minute. Just like you used ot do when we were younger. So don't deny it." She had come back into the room and her expression was cross between angry and joking. But Piper wasn't laughing at all.
"Paige�.." Phoebe said warningly. "All right you two, that's it. We're going to take care of this right now."
"I have nothing to take care of," Paige said hotly. "It's "her" who has a problem with me."
"For once, the youngest sister is right," Piper said with a glare.
"I want to know why," Paige said, her voice cracking a little, "just tell me why. What did I ever do to you?"
"You came back," Piper said quietly.
"I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that," Paige said honestly. "Can you repeat yourself?"
"You came back," Piper said quietly. Now she was the one who was trying not to loose her composure. "Didn't give us a warning. Just showed up. Who do you think you are?"
"I'm your younger sister," Paige replied softly. "I'm a Charmed One. I'm a member of this family. At least I thought I was." With that, she left the room.
"We really need to talk," Phoebe said firmly. "And I don't mean later."
Piper nodded, but her expression didn't change.
"Why did you say that?" Phoebe asked as she sat down next to Piper. "You really didn't mean it. I know you didn't. But honey, you hurt Paige's feelings. She's having a hard enough time trying to fit in without you agitating her and picking fights when they aren't necessary."
Piper sighed and shook her head.
"I don't know," Piper said as she wiped away a few tears. "I just feel so strange. I mean when I'm around her- Paige, I feel so awkward and I don't know what to say to her. I mean I wasn't as close to her when we were little as you were. I mean we all played tricks on Grams' and stole dessert before dinner, but I really didn't know her like you do."
Phoebe sighed and put her arm around Piper.
"Well, I hate to burst your orb bubble, Piper, but you're not going to get to know Paige by making her feel left out and unwanted."
Piper nodded.
"I know. I just�"
"What?" Phoebe asked, giving Piper a hug. "What is it?"
"I'm just afraid of getting too close. I mean too attached to her."
"Why?"
"I don't know. I guess with Mom dying and Grams' sort of gone and Dad out of the picture, I don't want to loose anyone else that I love. I don't think I could go through it again." With that the tears came and didn't stop for a couple of minutes.
"Aw, honey, I know what you mean. I've been fearing the same thing. I guess I've been able to deal with it better because like you said, I know Paige a little bit better and I'm just taking it one day at a time."
"Can you give me lessons on that?" Piper asked as she wiped a tear away.
"I'll try. But you really have to-" Phoebe's sentence wsa cut short when all of a sudden, she put a hand to her forehead. She suddenly got flashes of Paige trying to escape a demon that was attacking her in the Manor living room. Phoebe came out of the premonition feeling dizzy and a little light-headed.
"What is it?" Piper asked anxiously. "What did you see?"
Phoebe breathed hard and replied, "P�.Paige is in trouble. She's getting attacked by a demon in the living room." Phoebe waited about fhree minutes before getting up. "I suggest that one of us goes to find her and the other stays behind in case the demon comes here." Phoebe said after she had recovered from the premonition.
"Good plan. You can go and find her and I'll-" Piper started to say, but Phoebe stopped her.
"Nope. You are going to go find her and I'm going to stay."
"Okay. Fine." Piper said with a grunt. Then she headed up the stairs towards the attic.

*************

Paige sat in the attic, looking through a photo album of pictures from when she, Piper and Phoebe were little girls. Her face was stained with ears as she saw ones of her and Piper and Phoebe playing at a nearby swimming pool. In these pictures, it seemed like she and Piper got along fine. What had gone wrong between then and now? She knew she might never know the answer to that question, but it didn't hurt to try and find it.
As Paige flipped through the book, she stopped at a particular picture that made her laugh and cry at the same time. It showed Piper, Phoebe and Paige sitting on the couch during Christmas time. They were sitting in a row, looking at the Christmas tree. Something about this picture made Paige blink a couple of times. It showed Piper on Paige's left and Phoebe on Paige's right. Phoebe had her hand on Paige's shoulder, but Piper looked like she was hugging her sister. Why couldn't things be like that now? Paige thought sadly. Why do things have to change?
"That picture always makes me cry too," a voice said from behind.
Paige jumped at the sound of Piper's voice and almost dropped the book.
"I didn't mean to startle you," Piper said honestly, "I just came up here to see if you were okay and to tell you that you're in trouble."
"What did the most wanted Charmed One do now?" Paige asked sarcastically.
Piper giggled at this.
"No, no, no. I don't mean like that. A demon is going to come after you. Phoebe saw it just a few minutes ago in a premonition."
Paige nodded and grew a little scared.
"Where? When?"
"Some time around midnight."
Paige nodded and jumped up to her feet.
"How do we stop it?"
"Phoebe is still trying to figure that out," Piper told Paige. "Come on, let's go downstairs."
Paige nodded and followed her sister down to the kitchen. Once there, they found Phoebe talking to Leo.
"Do you know when it will happen?" Leo asked in concern.
"Around midnight," Phoebe replied as she got up to make room for Paige on the ocuch.

"We need to stop a demon from invading the Manor and attacking us."
"Preferably me," Paige said as she stood by Phoebe and started flipping through the Book of Shadows furiously.
"Right," Phoebe said, as she gave Paige an apologetic look. "Now, Leo is going to talk to the Elders and see if they know anything. Piper will do a a spell in the Book of Shadows and I will protect Paige."
Piper nodded and took the book from Paige and set it on the table.
After Piper got to work on the spell and Leo had left, Phoebe turned to Paige with as smile and said, "Let's go."
"Where are we going?" Paige asked as she followed Phoebe out of the living room.
"To Shawn's Ice Cream Shack. This pregnant Mama's got a craving for some chocolate rainbow Shubourt."
Paige giggled and nodded.
"Me too."
As they reached the door, something came through the window, causing Phoebe to shield Paige and get knocked over herself.
"Piper!" Phoebe hollered form the living room. "We kind of need your-"
"Already on it!" Piper said as she came into the room with the Book of Shadows in her hand. She grabbed Phoebe's hand and Phoebe grabbed Paige's. Together they chanted quickly in unison, "Charmed Ones stand together to make the bond of good not sever. From this place you will disperse hear our call and be gone with your curse." They held their breath and waited to see if it would work. As Paige dared to look away, she felt the Power of Three weakening and knew it was her fault. She tried to look the demon in the eye again and reconnect the power, but it was too late. He disappeared through the window.
"Paige!" Piper said sternly. "You tore your gaze away."
"Sorry," Paige said honestly. "I know it was my fault this time. Come on. Let's see if we can catch up with whatever that thing was."
Before they left, Phoebe spoke up.
"it wasn't Paige's fault," she said defensively. "I think I may have moved or something. That's what caused her to look away. She was seeing if I was all right."
"Well whatever happened," Piper said firmly, "it can't happen again. Paige still has a lot of learning to do about this thing we call teamwork, but you should know better." With that she went into the kitchen to inform Leo what their plan was.
"What happened?" Leo asked, looking concerned. "I heard a bunch of noise in the living room. Did the spell work?"
"No." Piper said out of breath. "Because someone-"
"I wasn't paying attention," Phoebe admitted, not wanting to cause a fight that was unnecessary and definitely time consuming.
Leo nodded.
"So he got away?"
"He, she or it got away," Paige said with a small growl. "I hate to say it, but somebody has to contact the writers of the Book of Shadows."
"Why is that?" Piper asked, getting up and heading for the door.
Paige grinned.
"Because they need to retire."
Phoebe stifled a giggle and Piper smiled slightly. Leo just rolled his eyes.
"All right you guys, let's get going. Paige, do you wanna do the honors?" Phoebe asked, smiling proudly at her little sister.
Paige nodded and took both of her sister's hands in hers.
"All right, Phoebes, just tell me where you think he's going and I'll do the rest."
"That was nice," Phoebe said with a smile.
"What?" Paige asked, somewhat confused.
"You called me Phoebes."
"Get used to it," Paige said fondly.
Phoebe grinned, then told Paige where she thought the demon was headed. In a matter of minutes, they disappeared and reappeared in an alley way just north of the Manor.
Paige brushed herself off and stood up.
"Wow! For a guy from the dark side, he sure needs lessons in picking hideouts."
"I'll say," Phoebe agreed. "The last I saw a place this messy, it was in our attic." The two sisters giggled like little girls.
"Shh," Piper hissed sternly. "I thought I heard something."
Phoebe and Paige nodded and became silent as they began searching for the demon that had so uninvitingly dropped in.
Paige glared as she got up and took a look around.
"Does this get any worse?" She asked, knowing that it would.
Phoebe suddenly doubled over in pain.
"Phoebe!" Piper said in alarm, rushing over to her sister. "Honey, what's wrong?"
"I think it's time," she said breathlessly.
"Here?" Paige asked incredulously. "The baby is going to be delivered here?"
Piper nodded and sighed.
"I guess so," she said, sitting down next to Phoebe and taking her sister's hand.
"Great place to give birth," Paige muttered as she scanned the alley way for some sort of towel. "Why don't we at least try to get her back to the Manor," Paige suggested, jumping to her feet and grasping Piper's hand.
"Paige, we can't," Piper said firmly. "There is no way we are going to be able to get her home and safely deliver the baby too."
Phoebe groaned as more abdominal pain surged through her body. She suddenly grabbed Paige's hand and squeezed.
Paige didn't have time to react to her own pain. She suddenly felt the need to help her sister.
"It's okay, honey," she said as she sat down next to Phoebe it's going to be okay. Just relax and breathe."
"I thought you never delivered a baby before," Piper said in surprise.
"Well, not literally, but I have helped some of my clients who had kids and were awaiting kids."
Piper shrugged and got on Phoebe's other side.
"That's it, honey," she coaxed, "just keep breathing. You're doing great."
"Well I don't feel great," Phoebe said through gritted teeth.
"Just keep squeezing Paige's hand," Piper told her.
A few minutes later, Piper got an idea.
"Paige, can you orb to the Manor and get us some blankets?"
Paige nodded, but Phoebe wouldn't let go of her hand.
"I'll be back," Paige promised. "Piper's right there. Squeeze her hand for awhile." In a matter of two seconds, Paige was gone.
"I hope she comes back soon," Phoebe said breathlessly.
"She will," Piper assured her. "If I know Paige and I do, she'll come back with every blanket in the Manor."
Phoebe giggled, but then choked back a sob of pain.

*****

About twenty-minutes later, Paige returned with two blankets and basket resembling a box that new born kittens sleep in.
Piper stifled a giggle when she saw this.
"I'm back," Paige announced as she resumed her spot next to Phoebe and allowed her sister to squeeze her hand once again.
"Good job," Piper praised as she began getting the blankets in place.
About fifteen minutes later, the contractions became worse. Phoebe was now breathing hard and in tears. Paige and Piper were doing their best to comfort and coax her, but it wasn't easy.
As the baby started to crown, Piper gasped in awe as she helped her sister position herself the right way.
Paige gasped also. She had seen the miracle of life before, but now that her sister was the one who was delivering, it made it more special.
"It's a girl," Piper said as she placed the baby in Phoebe's arms and helped her sister support her new daughter.
"Hi sweetie," Phoebe said with a grin as the last tears fell. "I'm your Mommy. Yes."
"And I'm your Aunt Paige," Paige said softly as she touched the baby's shoulder.
"I'm your Aunt Piper," Piper said as she kissed the baby's forehead gently.
Phoebe was beside herself with joy and exhaustion. She had done it. She had actually given birth to the most beautiful baby girl in the whole world.
"What are you going to name her?" Paige asked softly.
Phoebe thought for a moment. Then she said gently, "I think I'm going to name her Kimberly." Phoebe said at last with a smile. "Kimberly Paige Halliwell."
Paige grinned at this.
"That sounds really pretty," Piper said as she touched Kimberly's shoulder gently.
"Same here," Paige said fondly.
Just then, the demon appeared at full strength.
Piper jumped a mile and screamed while Phoebe handed Kimberly over to Paige.
"The Power of Three will stand firm against the dark and protect the innocent from harm. Hear our call and let us defeat this evil that has come�." The sisters chanted this for several minutes until the demon was gone.

*****************

That night, Paige found Phoebe n the living room nursing Kimberly.
"Hey," Paige said quietly. "Oh, she's so precious. Hey there," she said gently as she put her hand on Kimberly's shoulder.
"Can't sleep?" Phoebe asked in concern.
Paige shook her head.
"I just wanted to come and see what you were up to."
As Phoebe shifted Kimberly to the other side, Kimberly started to cry.
"Aw, shh," Phoebe soothed as she bent down and gave her daughter a kiss. "It's okay. Yeah."
"Say I'm just tired," Paige said as she put a gentle hand on Kimberly's shoulderagain. "I had a tough first day."
Phoebe smiled gently as she cradled her baby in her arms.
"Well, let's say we put you to bed. How does that sound? Do you wanna go night-night for Mommy?" Phoebe asked as she began to rock Kimberly back and forth gently.
Kimberly responded by yawning and then fussing a little.
"Let me try to get her to sleep," Paige offered. "I used to sing my cat to sleep all the time."
Phoebe laughed softly as she moved over and let Paige sit down.
A few minutes after Paige started to sing, Kimberly's eyes began to close.
"You did it," Phoebe told her younger sister. "You actually got her to sleep."
"I did. Didn't I?" Paige said proudly.
"Yes you did. You're a miracle worker."
Paige grinned and blushed.
"Well I wouldn't say that exactly," Paige said.
Pheobe just smiled at her sister, then down at her daughter. She couldn't feel any happier htan she felt right now. She knew that there would be problems along the way, but she also knew that her sisters would help her out. There was no question about that.

THE END

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