Here's my first attempt at RPF. While knowledge of Charmed is not necessary, it's a good show and I recommend it.

This is going to develop slowly... I'm planning on it being kind of long. I'd love feedback - I always want to keep growing as a writer. So let me know what you think!

Chapter 1

My pencil scribbled across the page. Determined to get the sentence finished, I ignored the customers for a few seconds.

I regretted it when I looked up. Bam! Right in front of me stood two men I recognized instantly.

I couldn't speak. "You're… You're Brian Holden and Nick Lang!" I stuttered.

Pointedly ignoring the song that entered my brain, I kicked myself for sounding like the crazed fangirl I was. I cleared my throat and continued in a forced calm voice, "How can I help you?"

They laughed. "It's fine, we like fans," Brian told me. "Actually this makes our question much less awkward for two guys to ask…"

I could feel the blush creeping up my cheeks in embarrassment. "What's your question?" I asked before it got too bad. I hoped.

Nick took a breath. "A lot of people were… complaining that… the girls weren't in Holy Musical B man enough. We asked the girls what they thought, and they said that the best show for a girl-centric storyline would be Charmed."

My breath caught in my throat. Some Starkid girls watched Charmed? Talk about fandoms colliding! I'd loved the show since I discovered it – actually, since Mariana introduced me to it. I'd even written fanfiction for it.

"You're… going to do a Charmed parody musical?" I asked. If my brain had been functioning at a normal speed, this would have been overwhelming. Luckily for me, it was a little slow at the moment since I was concentrating so much on keeping my breathing regular while talking to Starkids.

"Maybe… we were going to watch it, see if any ideas pop up," Brian explained.

"What were you writing?" Nick asked.

I was a bit confused by the randomness of this question, so I sputtered before answering "Just… putting my ideas on paper. It's not a big deal, just a short story."

"So you're a writer." It wasn't a question, so I just nodded. "And you know about this Charmed show?" Nick pressed further. I nodded again.

He didn't say anything else though, so Brian asked me where the Charmed DVDs were. "And can you point us to the most important episodes?"

"Yeah," I said, my voice surprising me. "I know Charmed really well – it's helped me a lot in my life."

"Do you think it'll make a good musical? I mean, is it funny? Is it already a parody?" Nick worried as I lead them to the TV section of the store.

"Actually yeah. There's a ton of material to draw from – the show ran for 8 years – and there were funny moments but it's not a comedy show. There's a lot to make fun of though… and the girls were right when they said it's the perfect girl-power show." I stopped in front of the right section of the store, having memorized the location of them the day I started working here.

"Sounds good!" Brian paused. "Is there any chance we can rent these for less or trade them back in? Because that's a lot of money…"

"Brian!" Nick cut him off with a wild gesture towards the doors.

I caught a glimpse of them before Nick and Brian ducked down behind the DVD rack, dragging me with them. Lauren Lopez and Jaime Lyn Beatty. Two of the most beautiful girls in the world.

Brian put a finger to his lips, shushing me before I even had the chance to ask why they were hiding from the girls. I nodded to show that I understood, but continued to look at him quizzically.

Either he didn't notice or he didn't care, because the next moment he was half-running, hunched over, to the end of the aisle before recoiling like he'd been burned and raced back to Nick and I.

He didn't make it though – not before the voice of the literal girl of my dreams sounded through the store. "I told you I saw them!"

I froze. Was I about to meet her? It had been intense enough meeting the boys.

Brian swore under his breath as the girls rounded the corner at a run. He then switched and stood, attempting to look nonchalant as though he hadn't just done a series of ninja-like sprints through a video store.

I stood up awkwardly when I realized Nick had as well.

"What've you got there, Nick?" Jaime asked teasingly. She'd seen it.

But I didn't get to find out what he was holding, because at that moment Lauren met my eyes.

No matter who ridiculous it sounds, I will always stand by the statement that I felt like I was drowning. In the best way possible. It was like I had no control of my body, my mind, my feelings. Like was falling and she was there to catch me.

Like Mariana didn't exist.

That thought shook me out of my trance, just in time to hear Nick admit to holding the first season of Charmed.

I glanced over my shoulder at him for something to do, something to busy myself with so I'd be able to stop staring at Lauren. Sure enough, the purple box with the Charmed Ones' faces on it stared back at me.

I smiled. Even at times like this, Charmed made everything better.

Lauren broke that spell though. "Who's this?" she asked Brian and Nick.

"I'm… Freya," I told them all, realizing I'd never given the boys my name. I pointedly looked first at Jaime and then the boys. I just couldn't handle all the emotions coursing through my body at the moment.

"She's a writer," Nick said. "And a Charmed fan."

"She sure knows a hell of a lot more about it than we do!" Brian added.

"Nice to meet you," Jaime smiled and extended her hand. She is so sweet.

I shook her hand, then glanced at Lauren, steeling myself against the feelings that threatened to crash over me.

Lauren took it, meeting my eyes again. "Maybe you can help us write it," she suggested.

"Wait, what, really?" I glanced around the small circle of Starkids.

"Well we can't have boys writing a Charmed show by themselves!" Jaime laughed.

"Well yeah, but… me?" my voice was many octaves too high.

They laughed. "When do you get off work?" Nick asked.

"Um… a… around six…" I stuttered, awkwardly dropping Lauren's hand when I realized I was still holding it. "But you don't have to wait around…" Six o'clock was over three hours away.

"We can come back," Jaime assured me. "What's your number? I'll text you so you have mine."

I told her, and sure enough I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket a minute later. "Got it," I said as I checked it, even showing her her own message before realizing how dumb that must have looked.

Lauren was grinning. "Come over after work. Let's school these boys on the wonders of Charmed."

I couldn't control myself. I let out a fangirl squeal and did what probably looked like a failed skip-jump hybrid.

Instantly afterward, I felt all the blood rush to my face. I tried to breathe normally as I explained, "I'm sorry… I just had some sort of spasm there… I'm gonna walk away now, before I embarrass myself any more…"

They were all laughing. Brian grabbed a hold of my shoulder and spun me back around towards the group.

They're all laughing because of me, I though. I couldn't believe it. These people had taught me how to smile again, and I had made them laugh. I broke into a wide grin at the thought.

"Okay…" Jaime giggled. "Text me when you're done, we'll pick you up… hang on. I just realized we all just assumed you've got nothing better to do than watch and oldish TV show with a bunch of strangers." She paused, searching for the right words.

"Do you have a life?" Lauren jumped in.

I laughed nervously. "Well, I was going to have dinner with my girlfriend… but she'll understand. She's kind of a Starkid too, and we see each other all the time." Hell, we live together!

"Girlfriend?" There was nothing mean in Brian's voice, only surprise.

I looked down. "Um… yeah. I hope… that's okay?"

"Oh, we don't care!" Jaime said quickly, pulling me in for a hug. "Good for you, finding someone." She pulled away a little, and I guess I still looked worried because she grabbed both my shoulders in her hands and looked me straight in the eye before continuing, "Look, no one on the team is going to mind. I promise."

"If they were going to, I'd have kicked their butts a long time ago," Lauren stepped in, pushing Jaime and I back together.

Plus the small matter of pressing herself against my side, her left arm wrapped around me and her right around Jaime.

"It's all good," she murmured into my ear.

"Yes. Yes it is." I focused my energy on calming my pounding heart.

She pulled away after what must have been a few second later, but could have been days for all I knew. "Go back to work. We'll see you at six!" I checked out the rental of The Charmed Box Set: Seasons 1 and 2, and watched them as they left.

Lauren paused at the door and waved at me. Grinning, she smiled and actually winked.

My heart stopped, and when it started again it was beating twice as fast as normal. She disappeared around the corner.

"What the hell just happened?" I asked out loud, before turning to see a middle aged woman brandishing Star Wars IV at me.