44 Blueberry Hill, Thursday Evening

[sleepswthdemons]

Phoebe was not hiding in the safety of the house at 44 Blueberry Hill.

Except that she totally was.

Although the relief of her students at seeing her unharmed and back in the classroom had calmed her nerves somewhat -- as did seeing Lana and Tori -- she still wasn't feeling well. She was still feeling tired and so much still hurt.

And she wasn't that comfortable with people seeing the bruises and therefore remembering everything that she had done and what lengths some people had to go to in order to set her mistake right.

So she was totally not hiding as she sat in the attic of the house.

Just because she was afraid to venture outside didn't mean that people couldn't come inside, though.


[[OOC: For the boys and anyone else who would want to come see the emo-hermit-guilt-ridden witch.]]

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[beenthroughthat.livejournal.com]

"You've been hiding out up here an awful lot lately," Sam observed, standing in the attic doorway.

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Phoebe looked over at him from where she had been sitting on the window seat.

"Not hiding," she lied.

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"So what then?" asked Sam; he crossed the attic floor and sat down near her, re-adjusting the bandages over his blistered palms. "Taking a vacation?"

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Seeing his hands made her feel even worse because she knew that she was the cause of it.

"Staying out of everyone's way."

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Sam put a hand over hers. "Babe, what makes you think we want you out of our way?"

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"You guys got hurt and I caused you and Cole a lot of trouble," she said dully. "You guys deserve a break from me and having to take care of me and since I don't want to leave the house... the attic works."

If she thought she'd get away with it, she'd probably sleep up here alone so as not to let her dreams bother them.

[beenthroughthat.livejournal.com]

"I had six years away from you," Sam told her, "and there's no way in hell Cole would ever want a break from you. We spent the past week without you, and all we wanted was to have you back."

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"You guys got hurt.. had to kill..."

[beenthroughthat.livejournal.com]

"You are worth all of that," Sam said, not without some heat. "There's no way we'd sit back and let you slip away after everything we had to overcome to be together again."

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"I didn't deserve you guys fighting like that. I would rather have let her have my body if it meant no one would have gotten hurt."

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Piper decided she had to check on her sister. That would be why she was there right now.

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Phoebe saw Piper at the door and gave her a tentative smile.

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Piper took that as an invitation to go further into the room. "Hi Pheebs. How are you doing?"

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"I'm not setting people on fire," she tried to joke. It fell flat.

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"You never were," Piper said. "Everyone knows that wasn't you."

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Phoebe looked at her. "Tosh and Cally didn't know it wasn't me, Piper. I almost killed you and Marie and Cally!"

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"We're all okay," Piper assured, sitting beside her. "And they all know now it wasn't you."

She assumed anyway.

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Phoebe looked at her and her eyes were sad. "They hurt so many people and used my body... my face... to do it."

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"I know, Phoebe," Piper said. "But they were taken care of. I'm just so thankful I didn't lose you..."

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A rock came sailing up and knocked gently at the window.

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Phoebe flinched and then went to open the window cautiously. "Hello?"

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The smell of sugar and blueberry and just heated baking wafted up from the ground.

"I brought muffins," the Master said from below.

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She had to smile. She remembered that he had threatened Phillipa and had known she had ben ousted.

"Doctor! Come on in."

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The Master held a finger. "I'll be right up."

Within moments, he opened the door. "Muffin?"

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Phoebe smiled slightly. "I'd love one, thank you."