AN: Charmed- Hopefully you will enjoy this fic. I won't mind if you don't, it's not to everyone's taste. Warning- There will be mentions of rape in this fic but nothing too graphic or disturbing. But don't let the summary put you off; you may find you like it if you read it.

It was three a.m and Phoebe's younger sister Paige was yet to return. Piper, Leo and the boys were staying at Leo's father in law for the night and for Phoebe, the Halliwell Manor was the quietest it had ever been.

Phoebe was sleepily walking through the hallway with a glass of water when she saw a set of bright blue orbs fly past her and hover on the stairs before falling with a loud bang.

Paige lay there in the middle of the staircase shaking. She could clearly be heard crying and she had cuts and bruises all over her bare arms.

As soon as Phoebe saw, she ran to her sister.

"Oh my god, Paige what happened to you?" She leaned down and touched her sister gently on the shoulder. Paige didn't move but just lay there sobbing.

"Sweetheart, please. Just talk to me." Phoebe said a little desperately. Paige sat up slowly, wincing at the pain. She sat with her back to the wall and pushed her hair out of her face. Phoebe was kneeling on the step looking at her with concern.

Phoebe picked up the last stray strand of Paige's hair and put it behind her ear, making a bruised eye clearly visible.

"Paige, who did this to you?" Phoebe said, tears in her voice.

Paige's face just crumpled.

"Oh baby." Phoebe said. She leaned forwards and wrapped her arms around her younger sister. Surprisingly Paige clung to her tightly and rested her head on her shoulder. This surprised Phoebe as Paige had never been much a fan of close contact.

They stayed in that position for what felt like hours, though it had probably just been a few minutes.

Phoebe slowly pulled away and rested both of her hands on Paige's cheeks. "You- can't be that comfortable here, why don't we try and get you into a bed? Then we can decide what to do next. Okay?"

Paige nodded through tears.

"Now, sweetie can you orb?"

Paige shook her head. "Too weak." She said between sobs.

"We really should get you to a hospital."

"No." She said clearly, shaking her head excessively.

"Are you sure? You're beaten up pretty bad." She said looking up and down the length of her sister's bruised body.

"I'm sure." She said, looking at her straight in the eye.

Phoebe hated seeing her sister like this; it gave her a chilling flashback from when she had accidentally beaten up Paige while being tricked by The Demon of Fear. Paige's current state strongly reminded her of that. But she knew that it wouldn't help if she had her own personal crisis right now. She needed to be strong for her sister.

"Okay. Why don't I put my arm around you, help you get up and then maybe, together we could try and walk to your bedroom." Phoebe said, looking into her sister's glassy eyes.

Paige nodded.

"Okay, I'm just going to put my arm around you and place it on your hip." She said while doing so. She felt that with her sister feeling so vulnerable and fragile that she should voice what she was doing to make her feel more at ease.

She pulled herself and Paige up slowly.

Paige's face grimaced in pain. "Ah-Ow." She stuttered.

"Just be strong for a minute sweetheart. If we just get you into your bedroom then you can lie down and maybe it will hurt a little less."

Paige nodded and cried out occasionally as she went up the stairs with her sister.

Once they reached the landing, she couldn't take it anymore. Tears were rolling down her cheeks from a combination of the flashbacks and the pain she was currently facing.

"Let me down." Paige said, weakly trying to push her sisters' arm away.

"No, just a few more steps." Phoebe tried to continue with them but with Paige's crying and the obvious pain she was in, she just couldn't continue.

"Okay, let's sit down here for a while. Then maybe when you're hurting a little less we can try and get into a bedroom. It doesn't matter whose." Phoebe bent down and gently lowered Paige down with her. Phoebe had her back against the wall with her legs spread out and Paige sat down between them so that she was resting her back against Phoebe. Phoebe loosely wrapped her arms around Paige's stomach in case not to hurt her and Paige leaned her head back, resting it on Phoebe's shoulder.

The sat there, resting for a moment before Phoebe spoke.

"Are you going to tell me what happened?" Phoebe said to her softly.

Paige's face crumpled again and tears began to fall.

"Why are you so sad? Are you hurting? Or is there something more than that?"

Paige didn't respond, she just gazed at some family portraits through the hallway's dim lighting. She looked at a picture of Prue, Piper and Phoebe from when they had been teenagers. She looked at Phoebe's rebellious expression, at Piper's goofy smile and she noticed warmth in Prue's eyes. She'd never met Prue but she always thought that despite her hard shell, Prue looked as if she was very soft and welcoming under the surface. She wished she could have found out. Well, for herself.

"Paige, please talk to me. You can trust me."

Paige was suddenly disbanded from her thoughts and she twisted her head to look at Phoebe. Phoebe had a tear on her cheek and she looked almost as upset as Paige felt.

"Do you miss her?" Paige asked quietly.

"Who?" Phoebe replied.

"Prue."

"Yes, of course. Why?"

"I don't know. I just sometimes wish I had met her."

"She was like you, you know, brave and feisty." Phoebe smiled at the resemblance she'd never noticed before.

Paige gave a small smile, as much as she could muster with how she was feeling. She suddenly felt very tired and her eyes fluttered closed. She opened them a couple of times but she was too tired to battle with her eyelids.

Phoebe noticed that her sister's breathing had evened out and looked down to see that she was sleeping. She considered, at that point, maybe trying to lift Paige up and carry her into a bedroom but she dismissed the thought as it would probably cause unnecessary pain for Paige and probably wake her up anyway. So she decided to just leave them where they were. She kissed Paige's cheek softly before closing her own eyes and falling into a deep sleep.

It had been a few hours since the youngest of the Halliwell's had fallen asleep when Phoebe woke up in shock to Paige screaming. Paige's body was shaking side to side and she had tears running down her cheeks.

"Please stop!" Paige cried out, desperation in her voice. "Get off me!"

Phoebe didn't know what to do.

"Why me?" Paige sobbed, her voice quieter now.

Phoebe began to shake Paige's shoulders gently. "Paige, sweetheart. You need to wake up. You're having a bad dream, it's not real. Come on, wake up." She said soothingly.

Paige's eyes opened slowly before she squeezed them shut, letting tears run down her cheeks. Her breathing intensified and she cried hysterically.

"It's okay. It's me, you're safe." Phoebe said softly. She slowly wrapped her arms around Paige, seeking confirmation. Paige turned her head and looked at Phoebe's large brown eyes before slowly sinking back against her chest and wrapping her arms back around herself.

"Paige, I'm going to ask you one question and I want you to answer this honestly."

Paige nodded without turning back.

"Paige. Did the person that did this to you- well, -Paige did he rape you?" She said difficultly. Even the thought of it horrified her. Paige was a fully grown woman, but she was still her baby sister.

Paige bit her lip and nodded. More tears rolled out of her eyes yet she didn't make a noise.