Not so Charmed a Life

By Demoness Paige

Paige limped slowly behind her two sisters as they made their way inside the manor after another brutal battle with a demon. They had finally managed to vanquish him but the three had received almost as good as they gave but finally managed to come out on top. It was hard to believe it had only been a week since she moved in here with them and they had vanquished at least a dozen demons in that short amount of time. Granted most of them were weak but the last two were extremely powerful.

Her leg and side was sore but what hurt the most was her eldest sister verbally attacking her after the demon was dusted. It wasn't Paige's fault that she had trouble controlling her power and it wasn't fair to compare her to Prue like that. She hadn't had her powers for long before the demons started popping up all week and she was already exhausted when this latest one showed up.

"I'm going to take a shower and get some sleep." Piper said turning on a light while avoiding looking at Paige.

"I'm too tired to shower right now…I'm going to bed now." Phoebe mumbled as she headed to the steps also ignoring Paige.

"Night Pheebs, love you." Piper called after Phoebe.

"Love you to Piper, night." Phoebe yawned as she trudged up the steps.

"Good night Phoebe, Piper, love you." Paige said.

"Night." Piper said stiffly as she walked toward the kitchen.

Paige sniffed as she headed toward the steps and almost bumped into Leo as he came down them.

"Are you okay, Paige?" Leo asked but Paige didn't answer as she stared at the ground letting her bangs hide her eyes refusing to look up. "Do you want me to heal you?"

"Don't bother." Paige finally whispered shakily as she brushed past Leo and limped up the steps to her room. She didn't bother turning a light on as she shut her door and locked it before falling into her bed and burying her face in her pillow crying into it.

Why did they hate her so much? She loved her sisters so much, she did the moment she found out about them but all they did was push her away. Neither one has yet to say that they care, much less love her while Paige had told them both on numerous occasions that she loved them. She was beginning to think that she didn't belong there, after all they sure didn't seem to want her there other than to have their precious power of three.

"Paige, honey, can we talk?" Piper's voice came from the other side of the door as there was a gentle knock. The door handle made a noise as Piper tried to open it but it wouldn't budge since it was locked. "Paige, please open the door, we really need to talk."

"I don't feel like talking!" Paige cried, "Just leave me alone and let me get some damned sleep!"

"Fine," Piper called back after a few minutes, anger in her voice, "We will talk in the morning little Missy."

Paige buried her face deeper in her pillow half hoping that it would smother her as she cried harder into the pillow. She really wanted to talk, didn't she? Tried to break the door down and everything! Paige thought sarcastically.

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After a quick run through her morning routine since she woke up late after forgetting to set her alarm Paige followed her nose downstairs following the smell of fresh blueberry pancakes. Entering the kitchen though she noticed Piper was cleaning up the dishes from the table as Phoebe was leaving for work.

"See you later Piper, thanks for breakfast." Phoebe said.

"Bye Phoebe." Paige said though Phoebe seemed to ignore her hurting Paige.

"Any pancakes left?" Paige asked hopefully walking in behind Piper.

"Maybe if you woke your ass up earlier." Piper said dumping several dishes into the sink.

"Gee, thanks a lot." Paige mumbled turning to leave the kitchen.

"Don't you dare leave, I want to have a talk with you." Piper said harshly.

"Sorry but I don't have time to make something so I'll have to stop off at McDonald's to grab something on my way to classes." Paige said fighting back tears.

"Don't you dare walk out on me." Piper growled as Paige turned heading for the door.

"What do you care anyways?" Paige asked softly as she walked out of the manor, the first tears falling and many more following them as she made her was to her small green car. Looking back she noticed that Piper didn't even bother following.

As she drove Paige couldn't stop the flow of tears as she thought about what just happened. She was sure that deep down her sisters did care for her but after what just happened she was starting to have serious doubts. After all the only people who ever showed her any kindness were her last foster family, the Matthews and she was only with them for two months before they died. She was too afraid to get to close to them so distanced herself from them but when they died in the accident she hated herself for never telling them how much she had come to love them. In respect to them she changed her last name to Matthews so she could feel a little closer at least. They had asked her before if she wanted to but by the time she decided to it was too late and they were dead.

Skipping breakfast and classes she drove to the park so she could walk around but ended up leaning her forehead on the steering wheel and cried. She knew there was a reason her sisters hated her, they must have seen the real her. They knew how worthless she was just like everyone one else in her life. None of her foster families ever cared about her, she never had any close friends and the teachers all treated her like shit growing up. Even her freshman college professors treated her badly. Even her birth mother hated her, why else would she give her up like that? The only two people who ever loved her were lying in a grave and it was all her fault.