PART TWELVE

FINALLY COMING FORTH

Paige walked forth and suddenly found herself among the light fluffy clouds that had surrounded her when she had come into the place that was where you went to finally give up your earthly pain. She had a soft smile on her face as she saw that her mother was the first person she met. "Hello mum," she said softly.

Patty simply stepped forward and wrapped her arms around her youngest daughter and pulled her into a tight hug. Paige wrapped herself and just simply enjoyed her birth mother's arms around her. She rested her head on Patty's right shoulder and closed her eyes.

"Paige." Paige lifted her head and looked over her mother's shoulders and gasped slightly. "M-mom." She cried as she gently pulled away from her birth mother and walked up to her adopted mother and received the waiting hug.

"Hello darling." Her mother whispered in her ear as she held her adopted daughter to her. She finally pulled away and allowed her husband to receive the next hug.

Penny waited for Paige to acknowledge her, which Paige did once she tore herself away from her adopted father. "Hello Grams." She said as she walked over and stood in front of her Grams. Penny wrapped her arms around Paige and pulled her youngest granddaughter into a gentle but tight hug. She pulled away after a few minutes and stepped aside as Patty stepped forward once more.

"It's time dear," Patty said with a smile.

"It's time I rejoin my sisters?" Paige cried out happily.

Patty shook her head, "No, Piper still hasn't broken down." She laughed gently. "It's time for you and Prue to finally meet as sisters."

Paige blushed. "Sorry." She took a deep breath and watched as Patty stepped aside and she was face to face with her oldest sister. "Hello Prue," She softy said sticking out her right hand.

Prue stepped forward and started to reach as if to wrap her arms around Paige to pull her into a hug, but than she paused and she reached out and took Paige's offered hand in her own. "Hello Paige," She softly said.

Paige still felt unworthy being in Prue's presence – but she no longer felt her earthly feelings of unworthiness. That had disappeared among her other earthly painful emotions. No she just felt unworthy because this was her oldest sister – the sister she had never had a chance to meet when they both were still alive. She still felt that Piper and Phoebe should be in front of Prue instead of her.

Prue kept her hand in Paige's, "It's ok to feel guilty." She said looking meaningfully into Paige's eyes. "I still feel guilty for abandoning Piper and Phoebe, for leaving them weak."

"But you had no choice, Prue, it was your time." Paige said with a shake in her voice. She sighed. "Did the Angel of Death visit you to prepare you?"

"No," Prue said with a shake of her head. "He wasn't going to visit you, Paige, but I made a special request. I wanted you to have the time to prepare. I knew that you would make sure that they were protected even after you died." She smiled. "I never had the chance to stock up portions or make the never ending cupboard for them. I never had the chance to sit down and write the letters telling my sisters how much I love them and how much I valued being their sister."

"I guess I owe you my thanks." Paige said pulling her hand out of Prue's and stepped closer to Patty. She felt her mother's arms go around her waist and she looked up into her loving eyes.

"No regrets." She softly said.

"That's impossible," Paige shook her head. "You still regret leaving your small daughters behind."

"And for giving you up after birth." She said with a tear rolling down her right check.

"I understand." Paige said softly. "Once I learned the truth of my birth, I understood." She looked into her mother's eyes. "That's why I accepted you back in my heart so easily. I knew that I wasn't betraying my adopted mother."

"Paige," Prue said after the peaceful and loving silence of ten minutes. Paige turned her eyes back to her oldest sister.

"I would like you to meet Andy." Prue said with her right hand in a tall young brown hair man's hand.

Paige pulled away from Patty and stepped in front of Andy and held out her hand for him to take. "Nice to finally meet you Andy. I have heard so much about you." She said as she shook hands with him.

"Nice to finally have you in front of me, Paige, I had the pleasure of watching you since I died and came up here." Andy said with a smile. "It's a pleasure to finally meet Prue's baby sister."

Paige stepped away and looked over Andy's shoulder as Leo was making his way towards her. She felt a smile on her lips as she rushed passed the group and into Leo's arms. "Leo," She cried fresh tears.

"Paige." Leo said with equal emotion. He felt his tears fall onto the nap of her neck where the cloth of the robe didn't meet her.

Paige finally pulled away and reached up and gently wiped away Leo's tears. "I can see that things are still the same down on earth."

Leo sighed and nodded. "Piper hasn't called for me since you went to the place where you finally let all your earthly painful emotions go." He backed away and with Paige at his side they walked over and sat down on the beautifully craved marble stone bench. "I watch her every chance I get, and I just want to be down there and gather her in my arms. I know that if she would just allow me to help her than she would be able to accept your death and finally break down."

Paige lowered her head in quiet study, she didn't have any words of comfort to offer him. Not like she did when she was still alive and he came to her privately with his wish that Piper would just turn to him in her grief over Prue's death.

"You have been in the place where you finally let all your earthly painful emotions go for a century." Leo finally spoke.

Paige's head lifted, "Where are Piper and Phoebe? Where's Wyatt and Chr..." She paused as she suddenly realized what she almost blurted out. She suddenly remembered Leo telling her that time on earth was much slower than the time up there. "How many days since my death has passed down on earth?" She asked instead.

"Two days." Leo said. "Why did you break off before you said Chris's name?" He sighed. "Chris tried to orb up here to see you, but the Elders have blocked access to him. Sam isn't allowed up here yet either."

"I suddenly remembered what you told me about earth time and up here time was all." Paige said. Leo looked at her funny, he opened his mouth but than quickly shut.

"May I watch them now?" Paige asked.

Leo nodded. "Now that you have given up your earthly painful emotions, you may watch the earth's going ons."

"Thank you." Paige said softly.

Leo nodded. "Paige, this wasn't my idea. I tried fighting the elders and the Angel of Death on your ..." Paige quickly and gently put her right hand to cover Leo's mouth.

"Hush, it's all right. I understand that it was my time to leave my earthly body." Paige softly said. She lowered her hand but kept her hand on top of Leo's hand that was resting in his lap. "I understand that my destiny is to be a full whitelighter for my sisters." She almost said nephews but knew that Leo still didn't know the truth about Chris.

The whitelighter and the Elder who were family due to marriage sat looking into each others eyes in serenity.

END PART TWELVE

Author's Note: Ok I myself have never died and never went to the afterlife. But I believe that there is a Heaven and Hell. Up There (Elder Land) in my thinking is like Heaven. Now I know that the real Heaven doesn't allow the spirit to remember any past regrets and sins. That you are perfect for the rest of time. Only in Hell do you get to live in your sins and regrets for all time. But for the shake of the story the spirit who lives Up There (Elder Land) does remember their sins and regrets.

Hence that's why Paige had to go to the place where you go to finally let all your earthly painful emotions go. Seeing how the real Heaven doesn't even have a place for that; I couldn't think of a better name expect for the long name I gave it. I promise this is the only chapter that I am going to use that name.

And the phrasing of this story is because I'm trying to let everyone know that Paige is in Heaven and not Hell. So I'm trying to express myself according.