REPRESSED FEELINGS

Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Paige & Phoebe - Romance/ Drama

Summary: Paige just moved from Sunny Dale and her sister, and meets the charmed ones and falls in love. Simple right? Wrong read and find out who Paige's sister is and why she left.

Authors Note: I don't like Cole so there will be minor Cole bashing. Prue never died in this story. Pairings throughout the story;

Leo/Piper

Paige/Phoebe

Buffy/Faith

Willow/Kennedy- More may be added later. They story will have a bit of everyone's P.O.V'S. Ages go as follows;

Paige 20, powers; T.K, Standard white lighter powers, slayer strength, and cloaking.

Phoebe 21, powers; levitation, Empath, premonition.

Piper 23, powers; regular powers on show.

Prue 25, powers ; T.K, astral projection.

Faith 23, powers ; Slayer strength.

Buffy 25, powers ; slayer strength.

Willow 24, powers; Wiccan magic,

Kennedy 20, powers ; Slayer strength.

Disclaimer: I do not own Charmed nor do I own Buffy the Vampire Slayer, nor do I own the music sung within this story. All rights go to the individual actors and artists.

CHAPTER 7 – PAIGE'S P.O.V

'Fuck.' I thought to myself as I looked around the room. This is turning out great, fan-fucking-tastic really. Not only do I get hit by a fireball and find the guy who killed my parents, I also find out Leo is their freaking white lighter.

'Give a girl a freaking break.' I thought to myself 'I left to get away from this crap' I thought to myself. I looked at the sisters and notice their looks of confusion. They look like they want answers. And I honestly can't blame them.

I turn and look at Leo knowing that one of is going to have to start the story. And by one of us I mean Leo.

"You wanna start?" I asked Leo with a sigh. Might as well let him start, his tale is pretty short.

Leo takes a deep breath and begins his story. I sit half listening to what he is saying. My past isn't something I really like to discuss. I had very few happy moments in my life. Although meeting Faith was one of those rare times, it's still not something I like to talk about. As Leo tells the sisters about how we met I can't help but think back to that night.

*********************************FLASHBACK******** **************************

It was a dark night, well after 1 am; I was walking around the cemetery. Kicking mosiliums as I went. I was seriously pissed. I was chasing a lead on the guy who killed my parents; it ran cold I ended up not finding the guy. Again.

Which is how I ended up in the cemetery looking for a few vampires to fight? I was sitting atop a headstone when I noticed I hand come out of the ground a few feet away.

"Finally." I muttered, it was turning out to be a slow night. The vamp finally got all the way out of the grave and gave me a look of confusion when he noticed me sitting there.

I rolled my eyes. He obviously wasn't very bright or else he'd be running.

I jumped down from my seat on the headstone and grabbed my stake.

"Come on ugly, let's dance." I said with a grin, I was really itching for a fight.

The vampire growled at my name calling, his face morphed and he ran at me.

He fucking tackled me. Was my only thought as I tried catching my breath and fighting off a strong and hungry vampire.

"Jeez what where you a freaking linebacker before you died or something." I grumbled as I was finally able to stand up and back away from the vampire.

The vampire looked surprised

"Yeah I was." He said with a smile. "But now, im gonna eat you." He said as his faced morphed once again

Great, just my luck. A hungry linebacker.

The vampire rushed at me again and I dived out of the way, once back on my feet I through my stake at his back. It sailed true and hit home. All that was left was a giant pile of dust.

I sighed in relief, happy that big guy was gone. I took out another stake and sat in my previous spot and began to twirl my stake waiting for another blood thirsty fool to rise.

Instead I heard footsteps coming towards my spot. I looked up and seen a brunette with a stake and a blonde guy a few steps behind her.

"Damn." The brunette said in surprise. I just looked at the pair, trying to figure out if they were a threat or not. I decided not to chance it and got up from my spot and turned to start walking.

"Hey kid wait." The brunette called out to me. I stopped walking and turned around to look at the duo.

"Im Faith." She said "and that's Leo." She said motioning to the blonde dude in the back.

I nod at them; I had this nagging feeling in my gut that said to trust them.

"Im Paige." I said cautiously, I may be young but I wasn't stupid. I knew better than to trust strangers. I turned to leave once again when the blonde- Leo stepped forward.

"Are you ok?" he asked in concern.

I stopped and looked at him. "Im fine, he's dust now anyways." I said hoping he would drop it.

Of course, I wasn't that lucky.

"What are you doing out here by yourself?" he asked curiously. I sighed, what is with this guy and the 20 questions?

"Hunting a demon and staking some vamps." I said nonchalantly, hoping that maybe my response would scare them off. Instead the brunette came up and wrapped her arm around my shoulder.

"You're alright lil P" She said with a laugh.

We have been like sisters ever since, with Leo watching over us.

******************************END FLASHBACK**********************************

Since that night we have been as thick as thieves. We are a lot alike. Most the time it's scary how much we have in common. We both don't like to let our emotions show and neither of us had anyone left. We quickly became family, a dysfunctional one. But a family none the less.

Leo likes to think we are hilarious together, I'll admit we have our moments.

I laugh and smirk at what Leo just told the sisters.

"Paige and Faith are very alike when it comes to certain things, emotions being the biggest one. Neither one like's to talk about how they feel." Leo said with a sigh, he really hated how Faith and I could keep our emotions under lock in key.

I snort in amusement.

"That's the understatement of the year Leo." I say with a laugh.

Leo continued with his story. Explaining how when I was 16 Faith decided she wanted to go to Sunnydale to help the original slayer.

I bust out laughing thinking back at how love sick Faith was before she even met Buffy. I see the sister looking at Leo in confusion, he just shrugs not really sure why im laughing.

If only he knew how much of a crush Faith had on Buffy. It was hilarious; she was so excited to meet Buffy.

Leo begins to explain the whole Angel situation. That situation sucked on many levels. Faith was miserable and it almost killed Buffy. I remember one night Faith told me that she could feel Buffy's pain through the slayer bond, from then on Faith was with Buffy everyday trying to make her feel better. After that they became real close.

As Leo finishes his tale by telling them how he Left after the Angel situation to become their white lighter.

I stayed quite after Leo finished talking. I didn't want to bombard the sisters; they were already looking pretty confused.

"What do you mean she didn't have a choice but to kill him? He had a soul right?" Prue asked, recalling a part of Leo's story that stuck with her. I was honestly hoping she wouldn't bring that up.

"Yes, he had a soul. But that was his curse. He loses his soul if he experiences one moment of true happiness. Not wanting to put the world at risk she killed who she thought was the Love of her life." I explained awkwardly to the girls. The sisters seem to accept the answer but Phoebe looks like she has something on her mind.

"What do you mean 'who she thought was the love of her life'? " Piper asked in confusion. Ahh so she caught that tad bit, very observant of her. I think I'll let Leo explain this one since it's his wife asking about love and all.

Leo looks at the girls before responding.

"She found her soul mate in Faith." He said calmly. It seemed to shock everyone besides Leo. Myself and Prue. It makes me wonder what Prue knows about soul mates. When Leo mentioned soul mates I saw Phoebe's eyes widen. Crap, is she an Empath? It would sure explain a lot. The thought of her being an Empath scares me a bit, and if to prove me right Phoebe frowns at me.

"What are soul mates?" Phoebe asked curiously.

Crap, she had to be the one to ask? I sigh.

"Everyone has one has one, even magical beings like witches and white lighters. But for people like myself who have magic in us, we usually never find our soul mates in humans. If we find them at all it's a medical. A good example would be Leo and Piper." I explain pointing towards the happy couple.

"Leo knows more than I do about this maybe he should explain." I say directing my last part at Leo.

"How you know you've found you partner is all in the feelings really." Leo began "you feel totally content and you feel complete when you're with them. You feel uneasy when you're apart, and in the very beginning that's the worst part. You never want to leave your partners side." He says glancing at Piper, "the longer you're together the more at ease you are. And finally you feel protective of your partner. You'll want to protect them from everything and anything." Leo explained. The whole time Leo was explaining I couldn't help but think of Phoebe. It finally dawns on me what Leo was explaining.

"Fuck." I mutter hoping no one heard me. I look up to see Prue smiling at me; it's a creepy sight when you don't know why it's happening. Phoebe is looks as though she just realized the answer to all her questions and turns to look at the still frozen Cole.

I feel as though I have been punched in the stomach. I look away from Phoebe feeling utterly crushed although im not entirely sure why.

'Told you she didn't feel the same.' The voice in my head says smugly. I sigh, why can't anything ever be easy. Prue looks at me sympathetically. What the hell is that about, can she read minds or something?

'I don't need any sympathy.' That voice in my head says, and just like that my walls are up, hiding the truth. I hear someone clear their throats, breaking me from my inner thoughts.

"So Paige, why'd you leave Sunnydale and why isn't Faith with you?" Leo asks curiously.

"I left Sunny D' because im hunting that Demon from Boston." I tell Leo. He looks shocked.

"You found out the demons name? That's great Paige!" Leo exclaimed. He always wanted to help me find the guy who killed my parents. I nod.

"Yeah his name was Balthazar back then, I don't know if he's changed it though." I say everyone gasps in shock. What the hell was that about? I just shrug and continue. "Faith didn't want to leave Buffy. They finally got their heads out their ass's and admitted their feelings." I finish rolling my eyes. Those two took forever to admit they had feelings for the other. I and Kennedy had a bet going on who would spill first. Needless to say I won.

Leo just stares at me a look of sadness upon his face.

"Wait why you are after Cole?" Prue asks in confusion. I try hard to mask my shock. I guess this was why Leo was looking at me like he was. I guess I found my Demon. I look and see Phoebe standing slightly in front of the frozen man in question.

I sigh, if I kill Cole, it will hurt Phoebe. My heart clenches at the thought of causing her any sort of pain. Where the hell are these thoughts coming from? I realize that im going to have to let Cole live so Phoebe can be happy.

'What about your parents? They are dead because of him!' my inner voice screams at me. I sigh trying to hold in my pain at the reminder of my parents.

I realize everyone is staring at me, expecting an answer. What answer im not so sure?

"Paige, you don't have to say anything." Leo says sadly, he must have noticed my hesitation.

"Yes she does Leo. I want to know why she's after my Boyfriend." Phoebe says to both me and Leo. I cringe at the word boyfriend. Again with these weird feelings, why is this happening?

"I-"I start and look at Phoebe and then to Leo. I realize im gonna have to tell them the truth eventually.

"It's fine." I say emotionless. No need to start being misty eyed now.

"He murdered my parents back in Boston, if I wouldn't have orbed out of fear he would have killed me too." I tell them, glaring at the floor, Leo puts his hand on my shoulder as a show of support.

"So does this mean you're gonna hurt him?" Piper asked curiously. I would love to kill him for what he has done. But deep down I know im not going to be able to now.

"No, im not." I let out through gritted teeth. "It's not my place to come here and ruin someone's happiness for my own vendetta. Im not a monster." I tell them in honesty. Im not a monster. Phoebe relaxes her stance in front of Cole and has this soft look on her face.

If only she knew where my last thoughts before my world went black.

PHOEBE'S P.O.V

Piper asked Paige is she was gonna hurt Cole. Honestly defending he seemed more reflex then anything. All I can think about is Paige and I suddenly have the urge to comfort her. Where is this coming from? I should be worried that Cole has some one after him. Again.

I watch Paige as she looks for the words to answer Pipers question. No matter how hard she tries, I can see how broken she is. I can't believe Cole did that. I honestly didn't think he was that bad back then.

"It's not my place to come here and ruin someone's happiness for my own vendetta. Im not a monster." I hear Paige say. Why would she be worried about my happiness, we just met. My happiness shouldn't matter to her. The truth hits me like a ton of bricks. Leo's words come back to me as I look at Paige. Soul mates. It all was starting to make sense now.

My only question was if Paige felt it too. I decided right then that I needed to talk to Paige alone. I feel myself relax at the thought of talking to Paige.

I look up to see Paige falling to the floor. What the hell happened?

I turn to my left and see a livid Cole. Oh shit-aki mushrooms. This isn't gonna end well.

Part of me wanted to run and make sure Paige was ok. And the other part of me wants to hurt Cole. It's such a weird feeling wanting to hurt someone you've spent so long protecting.

I see Leo make his way over to Paige and I the tightness in my chest loosens a bit knowing that Leo is checking on her. I sigh this soul mate stuff is gonna give me a heart attack. I see Piper and Prue make their way to stand next to me. It seems great minds think alike.

Cole seems to realize he is fighting a losing battle. He glares at us and points to where Paige is lying unconscious.

"That abomination will die!" he said hate dripping off every word he spoke. Before we could go after him Cole shimmered out. My body wants nothing more than to go after him. But my heart is telling me to go to Paige. Im not used to being so protective of someone, especially someone who I've known less than 24 hours. This soul mate thing is confusing.

We turn around and look at Leo working On Paige. I hear Piper and Prue gasp. But all I can see is the blood coming out of my angel's stomach. Angel? Where the hell is this shit coming from? I understand we are soul mates and all but pet names all ready? Seriously? I inwardly sigh; this is going to take a lot of getting used to.

As I kneel next to Paige's unconscious form I take her head and place it on my lap. I gently start to run my fingers through her hair.

"Leo heal her. Please." I whisper to my brother in law, refusing to look at anyone except Paige. Leo places his hands over Paige's wound. I see the familiar blue lights as Leo begins to heal Paige. After a minute Leo removes his hands and sighs.

I glance up at Leo in confusion, why did he stop healing her? Leo notices my look of confusion and smiles gently.

"Her slayer healing is taking over." He explained. I nodded; I wanted to learn more about her and her abilities. But for now I was content just holding her.

"She isn't in any immediate danger but we should probably get her off the floor." Leo continues as he stands up. He goes to pick up Paige. I pull her closer and tense up. What is going on? Im going to need to ask Leo later, this is getting ridiculous. I let go of Paige, knowing that Leo is only trying to help.

Leo nods, understanding what im feeling better than I do. As he orbs upstairs with Paige, I stand up and look at my sisters. Prue is smiling like an idiot, im pretty sure she is happy to be able to finally vanquish Cole. Piper looks a little lost, I don't blame her, this whole thing is confusing.

"What was that about?" piper asked curiously. I sighed; I wish I knew exactly what was going on myself. I glance upstairs and then back down at Piper.

"I think Paige is my soul mate." I whisper, and I realize that it's the truth. Paige Matthews is my soul mate. And that terrifies me.

Piper has a look of realization on her face, Prue smile got even bigger, something which I didn't think was possible. They both gave me a hug, whispering reassurances in my ear.

I may not know a lot about Paige or soul mates. But I did know that everything was going to work out. Some way somehow.

End chapter 7

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