Disclaimer: I sadly don't own Charmed but if I did it would go something like this.
Summary: A month has passed since the events in the last episode. Henry and Bianca have one huge fight and leads Prue to do something she hasn't done since she was trying to get Wyatt and Liz together. That's right she's going all Cupid on their asses and it's about time too. Cole and Nicole are overjoyed at the arrival of Dom and that leads them both to start thinking about what happens next with them. Troy is on the case of finding the sword that Chord is going to need to help them complete this new prophecy if anyone can find it it will be him. Dante and Hailey have grown closer together much to the displeasure of Brady who still has his head up his ass where she is concerned. Prue and Chuck have their first big fight and neither of them knows what to do about it. Chord is still stuck on trying to get Oriana to forget about Henry so that they can have a chance. Meanwhile the younger kids are going to come face to face with the Triad again. This is going to lead Billie and Prue to a new point in their mother daughter relationship. Not to mention Greg is living on borrowed time. The lingering questions over Dodge's parentage might also be answered.
Chapter 1: New Beginnings
Liz sat perched on the edge of her mother's hospital bed. In her arms she held her two day old baby brother. "Mom, I can't get over how cute this kid is." She said smiling down at him.
"He is pretty amazing." Nicole admitted with a grin that hadn't left her face since she had given birth to him.
"That is because if I have anything to say about it this boy is going to turn out like me and not Troy." Liz replied with a smirk.
"Honey, I don't think that I could handle raising another one like Troy. Your big brother is in league all on his own." Nicole joked.
"Where's Cole?" Liz asked surprised by the fact that her mother's boyfriend wasn't around.
"I sent him home to shower and get some sleep. I couldn't deal with his hovering anymore." Nicole said with a shrug. "I don't want you to think that you have to stay here with me though. I'm sure that you have better things to do with your day than babysit your mother."
"Mom, there is no place that I would rather be right now." Liz replied like she was talking crazy.
"Don't lie to me Elizabeth Ashley, you would much rather be somewhere with that husband of yours." Nicole called her out.
"I don't have to spend every waking hour with Wyatt. I would like to but we both have to work and go to school so that is not an option." Liz grinned at the thought of her husband. "Speak of the devil here he is now." she said before Wyatt ever even got a chance to knock.
"How'd you know I was here without looking up?" Wyatt asked a goofy grin on his face.
"Because your mental blocks aren't really up at the moment. You're the only person I know whose thoughts go a thousand miles a minute in a circle." Liz informed him playfully.
"I wasn't really thinking about anything important other than you. I was thinking about things that I should probably get done at some point this week." Wyatt explained in his rambling way.
"I love you, you big goofball." Liz said looking up at him with nothing but love in her eyes.
"I love you too Lizzie." Wyatt replied. "How you feeling today Aunt Nic?" he asked his mother-in-law.
"I feel fine, I'll be glad to get out of this hospital though." Nicole answered him.
Wyatt ran his hand gently over the dark fuzz that covered his wife's baby brother's head. "Did they test his reflexes yet?" he asked the doctor in him coming out.
"Yeah and he passed with flying colors." Nicole reported proudly.
"Hey Lizzie, watch this." Wyatt said he was about to impress his wife with his skills as a doctor. He took his finger and brushed it across Dom's cheek the infant automatically turned his head in that direction. "His instincts when it comes to finding food our good." He chuckled.
"Every guy I know has good instincts when it comes to food. I could set a clock to you and Chuck's eating habits." Liz pointed out to him.
"If I don't eat on time then I get cranky and then you don't like me when I'm cranky." Wyatt said using logic that only he understood.
"I think that it is sick and wrong that I can understand your logic." Liz laughed shaking her head. "What are you doing up here?" she asked him to the best of her knowledge he wasn't allowed in the maternity wing.
"I was actually hoping that you would be here because I'm getting off early and I thought you might like to spend some time together." Wyatt flashed her a dazzling smile.
"I don't know if leaving this handsome little guy for you is a fair trade." Liz teased him.
"That was really funny Lizzie." Wyatt said sarcastically.
"Liz, you really don't have to stay with me. You and Wyatt should go and do something more exciting than sitting in this hospital all day. Dom and I will be fine I'm sure that Cole will be back soon." Nicole said she really just wanted to be left alone with her son. She didn't need everyone hovering over her.
"If you're sure then I guess that I could leave." Liz said reluctantly handing her brother over before going to her husband's side.
"I'm positive baby." Nicole said smiling up at her.
"Oh, I almost forgot." Wyatt said reaching into the pocket of his lab coat. "I brought you a present Dom." He laid a little plush football in the baby's bassinet. "When you're big enough I'll teach how to use that." He kissed the infant on his head.
"Thank you Wyatt, that was very sweet of you." Nicole said gratefully.
"You're welcome." Wyatt said blushing a little.
Liz kissed her mom and her little brother. "Mom, if you need anything before Cole gets back you call me." she said seriously.
"I will, and if you happen to see Troy anywhere tell him I said he better be careful. I can't exactly jump up right now and get his ass out of jail in another country." Nicole replied.
"I'll tell him that you said that and I will also send Chord to see you." Liz said before she and Wyatt walked out of the room.
"It's about damn time that you let us know that you're still alive Dodge." Paige bitched at her cousin.
"I'm sorry I've been very busy pretending to be a demon. It's not like I can just pop over here any time I feel like it." Dodge replied.
"You could do us all a huge fucking favor and loose the attitude Dean. I'm really not in the mood to deal with it this early in the morning." Jack told him gruffly using his given name. He hadn't been in the best mood lately since he wasn't really sure where he and Emily stood.
"I think it would be wise to listen to him Dodge. You don't want to piss him off anymore than he already is." Alan advised him.
"So how are things in the underworld these days?" Brady asked to move this conversation along.
"Nothing is really going on, but then again Greg only became source a month ago so he is still getting everything organized." Dodge explained.
"And you're sure that no one knows you're from the future?" Dom asked it would be really bad if the demons found that fact out.
"I'm positive that no one knows I'm from the future. If they even thought that I would be dead right now after the way Savannah played them. Greg just thinks that he found an ally that hates the Halliwells as much as he does." Dodge assured him.
"I didn't do that because I wanted to I did that because let's face it Greg's time is just about up. I had to get out of there while he's still alive. I know that Gideon couldn't stand me. I can honestly say that he would have killed me after something happened to Greg." Savannah said defensively.
"Just hang in there Dodge, it won't be much longer that you have to stay under. You're really in there to keep an eye on the Triad. As soon as Greg is out of the way we'll think about maybe pulling you out." Paige tried to soothe him.
"Paige, I will stay under as long as it takes because I want those bastards gone. I want every last single one of them dead. That way they won't ever have the chance to hurt any of us again." Dodge said passionately.
"Dodge, what happened before you left?" Brady asked he could tell that there was more than causal hate for the Triad in Dodge's words this was personal for him.
"Those sons a bitches killed my mom. And you know how great she was at demon hunting. She was just trying to stop them like that damn prophecy says and she died because of it. So if it is all the same to you I'm interested in seeing them pay." Dodge was on the verge of tears that he couldn't afford to let fall.
"Where have you been staying?" Paige asked him. It was her job as the oldest of her generation to look out for her younger siblings and cousins.
"A bunch of places mostly I've been crashing out wherever I can find." Dodge answered with a shrug.
"That ends now, when you can manage it you're staying here. This is your home too." Jack said putting his foot down.
"I really don't want to risk blowing my cover." Dodge protested.
"You won't blow your cover, you just have to make sure that you aren't followed. Hell, you've got them believing that you're a demon when you're really something else. I'm sure that getting home more often won't be a hard job for you." Dom spoke to him with compassion in his voice.
Dodge just nodded his head now wasn't the time to let his emotions get in the way. "Hey Paige," he said and she turned to look at him. "Happy birthday. I know that we haven't been big on celebrating getting older lately but I know that we are going to change that." He gave her a weak smile.
"Thanks Dodge, and you're right we are going to change things. We are so close to making this right. You just have to hold out a little while longer and then I promise we will be home free." Paige promised him. She intended to keep that promise.
Opening Credits:
Theme:
Chariot- Gavin Degraw
Starring:
Wyatt Halliwell- Wes Ramsey
Chris Halliwell- Drew Fuller
Henry Matthews Jr.- Channing Tatum
Cooper Halliwell Jr.- Paul Walker
Charles Bradford- Alex O'Loughlin
Lila Nicolae- Jordana Brewster
Roman Nicolae- Ben McKenzie
Elizabeth Shane- Bethany Joy Galeotti
Parker Halliwell- Eddie Cibrian
Troy Shane- David Boreanez
Bianca Hoyt- Marisol Nichols
Calleigh Cavanaugh- Anne Hathaway
Rachel Hoyt- Natasha Livingston
Oriana Hoyt- Jessica Biel
Chord Shane- Jake Gyllenhaal
And
Prue Halliwell- Jenifer Love Hewitt
With:
Melinda Halliwell- Amanda Bynes
Valerie Halliwell- Eliza Dushku
Penny Halliwell- Daneel Harris
Carly Matthews- Sophia Bush
Patty Matthews- Rachel Bilson
Ricky Bradford- Taylor Lautner
Jack Halliwell- Jensen Ackles
Alan Halliwell- Chris Pine
Brady Halliwell- Michael Bublé
Hailey Mitchell- Amanda Seyfried
Puck Cavanaugh- Mark Salling
Paige Halliwell-Daniela Ruah
Dominic Turner- Jonathan Rhys Meyer
Savannah Turner- Ali Larter
Chase Hoyt- Chris Evans
Billy Jenkins- Chad Michael Murray
And
Emily Bradford- Hayden Panettiere
"Mom, I have yet to figure out why you still have to feed all these little urchins in the morning when I'm not even in high school anymore." Mel teased her mother and her cousins. She had her baby brother in her arms. She was amusing him by tickling his stomach every now and again.
"It's simple their mothers can't cook to save their lives and I can't have them go to school starving." Piper explained in simple terms.
"Mel, I happen to resent the fact that you just called us urchins. I will have you know that I am anything but that." Hailey said in mock indignation.
"Hails, I think your little boyfriend might just be a bad influence on you. You didn't have this attitude before you started dating him." Mel said thoughtfully.
"I didn't have half the attitude I have now before I started hanging around Halliwells." Hailey countered.
"Touché, I am willing to grant you your point on that one." Mel conceded.
"This isn't fair, it was bad enough when just my twin acted like Mel, but now that Hailey is in on the act too I'm about to lose my mind." Carly protested rather loudly as she usually did.
"Leigh, I love you but you are a fucking pain in the ass more often than not." Patty told her sister sweetly sarcastic.
"Imagine that the twitches are going to get into yet another fight. I don't know what I did to be lucky enough to bear witness to it again." Penny sighed dramatically.
"I don't know Pen, I happen to think that they are pretty damn amusing." Emily said with a smirk. That was unusual for her she hardly ever smiled these days.
"I'm actually inclined to agree with Em on this one. Then again I am very easily amused these days." Mel added her opinion on the matter.
"I am keeping my mouth shut." Ricky was doing the wise thing by not saying anything.
"That's why I love you, you know better than to piss me off." Patty kissed him as a reward for not saying anything.
"Really, do you two have to be this sickening this early in the morning?" Emily asked them pleadingly.
"Emily, you know they do so I don't know why you even ask." Paige said orbing in with her son on her hip. "Like I don't know why I expect my eighteen year old twins to be able to remember their lunch money."
"That would probably be because I'm normally responsible enough to remember things like that on my own." Patty admitted.
"Here just take this damn check and put it in your account." Paige said handing a check to each of her daughters.
"Paige, you look a little stressed this morning." Piper observed.
"Yeah, I have to be in court today. Henry failed to tell me that he had to go in early and Hank has court today too so now I have no one to watch Alan." Paige said taking a deep breath to calm her nerves.
"I can watch him I don't have to go in unless I want to. He's really not any trouble. He and Jackie are six months old they sleep a lot." Piper replied holding out her arms for her nephew.
"Thanks Piper, you're a life saver right now." Paige said gratefully handing her son over.
"I do have my usefulness every now and then." Piper joked with her.
Paige placed a quick kiss on her son's head. "You be good for Aunt Piper, you know that she won't mess with you." she warned him before orbing out.
Ricky checked his watch. "Shit, we should really get going or we're going to be late for school." He said.
"Right, Carly you're with me and Ricky today because the other three are riding together." Patty informed her sister.
"Oh joy, the only thing I ask is that you two not make me sick with your cuteness." Carly replied rolling her eyes.
"Where's Billy?" Mel asked she was surprised that her cousin wasn't here right now.
"He's already at school he said something about studying for a big test that he has and we only distract him." Patty explained and she couldn't resist the urge to roll her eyes.
"The only thing that boy is studying is Mia. If it hasn't been apparent to any of you it has been to me, he has it bad for her." Mel pointed out to them.
"As much fun as discussing this sounds we need to go." Carly said she didn't want to hear her sister and Hailey bitch if they were late for school.
Troy rubbed is temples after he threw the book he had been looking at down on the table in front of him. He ran a hand over his stubbly cheeks and chin. His normally bright brown eyes looked dull from a lack of sleep. He took a sip from the cup of lukewarm sludge that couldn't even be consider coffee, that sat in front of him. He let out a long loud sigh. He had been at this for days and still he was no closer to finding an answer than he had been when he had started.
"Troy, I'm thinking that suicide by horrible coffee isn't the best way to kill yourself." Bianca said setting a cup of coffee down in front of him. They were in the library of magic school and knew first hand just how terrible the coffee around this place could be.
Troy took a long sip and let out a contented sigh. "Bless you my child, you have just saved my life." He intoned solemnly.
"I would ask you how it's going, but I can see from the numerous books and the way that you look that it isn't going well." Bianca observed sitting down across from him.
"Do I really look that bad?" Troy asked with a grin.
"You look worse than bad I shudder to think about when the last time you got any sleep is. You need to shave and I'm pretty sure that you could benefit greatly from a shower and some food." Bianca told him gently.
"Damn, don't try to soften the blow at all tell me how you really feel B." Troy joked and then he grew serious. "The last time I've had any real sleep is the night Dom was born. Since then I have been combing through this shit trying to find the location of that damn sword."
"Troy, things like that don't just drop off the face of the earth. It's out there somewhere and if anyone can find it it's you." Bianca encouraged him.
"Thanks, but don't have so much faith in me. I checked every book I can think of and I've even talked to the mythical figures teacher and I've gotten nowhere." Troy groaned.
"We just might have to go with a spell on this one. It's not like it can hurt." Bianca said and she laughed when Troy gave her a look. "Ok, as long as Prue isn't the one saying it a spell can't hurt." She corrected her previous statement.
"B, there has to be at least a little clue for me to find. I can't keep working like this. I'm running myself into the ground. I have been for the last month. It would have been very nice if those kids could have dropped a little hint about where that damn thing is." Troy ran his hands over his face.
"You know that that is not their style. They are all very tight lipped about future matters. You know that you aren't going to get a damn thing out of them." Bianca replied truthfully. She wasn't going to give him false hope.
"B, what are you even doing here? I would have thought that you would be spending time with Paige today." Troy asked her. She had a lot better things to worry about than him.
"I am going to spend time with Paige. I just don't need to be worried about you. Trust me when I say that you have us all worried with the way that you're pushing yourself. It's not up to you alone to find this sword. We're a team and we help each other out." Bianca reasoned with him.
"This is the one thing that I'm great at and this is the first time that I have ever really been able to help. I just want it to seem like I'm pulling my weight. I don't want you guys to think that I'm going to flake out on you the first chance I get." Troy explained to her.
"Troy, none of us think that you're going to pick up and leave us. If you were going to do that you would have done it when you first got back home. Right now you need to take care of yourself. Get out of here go see your new brother. I would have thought you would be thrilled to have a little brother." Bianca replied.
"Well he is pretty amazing. I guess it wouldn't hurt if I left this thing alone for a few hours." Troy relented.
"Good, I was hoping you would say that. That's why I called Val." Bianca replied with a smirk pointing to his girlfriend who was making her way over to them.
"That was cold even for you. I wouldn't have called Hank on you." Troy protested.
"Only because calling Hank on her would do absolutely nothing. They are both stubborn and she doesn't listen to him." Val pointed out.
"If everything you just said wasn't right on the money I would be pissed." Bianca said making a face.
"Well, it is right so get over yourself woman." Val replied sticking her tongue out at the older woman.
"If you were still my student I would give you detention for that." Bianca shot back.
Val smirked at her. "I know I seem to have that affect on people."
"Don't start acting like Prue because I want to strangle her most of the time." Bianca retorted. She consulted her watch. "I need to get out of here so I'm trusting you to make sure that he takes care of himself at least for today."
"You've got it. I won't let him out of my sight." Val assured her before she shimmered off.
"Thank God, I thought I was never going to get her out of here." Troy said rolling his eyes.
"I have a little problem that I need your help with." Val told him seriously.
"What's the problem babe?" Troy asked trying to read her face for any clue of what was wrong.
"I haven't seen you in two days and you haven't even tried to kiss me yet." Val replied pouting.
Troy pulled her down on his lap. "I can fix that right now." he leaned his head down and planted a sweet kiss on her lips.
Paige orbed into her mother's apartment with a pissed off look on her face. She could only imagine that her reason for being here right now was because Bianca had something that she wanted to yell at her about. "Mom, are you even here?" she called out. Come to think of it her mother should be at work right now.
"In the kitchen." Bianca called back.
Paige just shook her head and walked in the direction of the kitchen. She was surprised to find her mother and father both there. On the kitchen table there was a cake that said Happy 21st Birthday on it.
"Happy birthday baby girl." Bianca told her with her smile.
"Happy birthday sweetie," Chris kissed her cheek.
"How did you two even know that today is birthday?" Paige asked. It wasn't like she had come out and told them when her birthday was.
"Let's just say that I have my sources and leave it at that." Bianca replied with a smirk.
"It had to be Dom. Jack, Al, Brady, and Savannah know better than to mess with me. Dom on the other hand likes to do things to get under my skin." Paige rambled to herself.
"Give the guy a break Paige, he loves you. He just wants to see you happy." Chris reasoned with her. Knowing that trying to reason with her was like trying to reason with his mother or his sister.
"Oh I'm going break something." Paige threatened.
"Is there anything that you wanted to do today? I got the day off." Bianca asked her.
"Nothing that I can think of. I haven't really celebrated my birthday the last couple of years." Paige admitted with a shrug.
"That's not going to fly with your mom and me. IF you don't tell us what you want to do we are more than capable of coming up with things all on our own." Chris informed her.
"Dad, I don't really do anything for fun anymore. It's all about demons and saving the future. I'm not sure I know how to be normal." Paige really hadn't done anything for fun in the longest time.
"You like old movies don't you?" Chris asked knowing damn good and well that she was a classic movie buff.
"Yeah, you know that I love my classic movies." Paige replied with a smile.
"Well, I was thinking that maybe you would like to come with mom and me to the revival house. They show some pretty good movies and then we can go get some lunch or something." Chris suggested.
"I would actually like that a lot." Paige told him.
"Good, you didn't have much of a choice in the matter especially when it comes to me. I obviously haven't always treated you the way that I should. I just want you to know that that is going to change." Bianca told her pulling her into a hug.
"I know that mom. Trust me you're no where close to be the person who gave me up." Paige assured her letting herself feel warm and loved in her mother's embrace.
"Ok, let's get a move on here kiddo. This weekend we'll take you out and show you how to party correctly." Chris grinned at her.
"Dad, I realize that you think that you know how to party, but trust me when I say that there is no way you can keep up with the boys and me." Paige challenged him.
"You're so on." Chris said rising to the occasion.
"I'm in on this action too because I guarantee that there is no way you can out drink me of all people. Honey, it's a nice thought to have and I wish I live in fantasyland like you do but mommy is a recovering alcoholic. I think I can take you on without a problem." Bianca teased her.
Paige rolled her eyes at her mother. "Mom, you've really got to stop with the mommy comments. Seriously I am embarrassed for you when you say things like that." She joked. This really felt good. She didn't know what it was like to be this normal anymore.
Roman sat bolt upright in bed when he felt someone else in there with him. He smiled softly when he opened his eyes to see that Mel had just climbed in bed with him. "To what do I owe the pleasure of your company?" he asked smiling as he wrapped his arm around her.
"I didn't have to work last night and I had nothing better to do today. I figured I could think of ways to kill time with you." Mel told him seductively.
"Not happening Halliwell, I know what you're trying to do and it's not going to work this time." Roman protested.
"And what am I trying to do? God Ro, you are so paranoid." Mel asked him innocently.
"You ma'am are trying to seduce me, like I said it is not going to work. I get tired of you having the upper hand all the time." Roman explained to her. Though she needed no explanation she knew damn well what she was doing to him.
"I can't believe you would accuse me of such a thing. I just enjoy the pleasure of your company. I don't keep you around only for sex though I admit that I have never left this bed less than satisfied with you." Mel grinned innocently.
"You really need to save that innocent look for someone who knows better. We have been together for almost a year and a half now I think I know how your mind works." Roman pointed out.
"Fine, I suppose I will just have to go see my other boyfriend who doesn't make the baseless accusations that you are making now." Mel said as she pretended to get out of bed.
"I only said that you weren't going to be able to seduce me. I never said that I don't want you to try." Roman corrected her.
"Maybe I didn't come over here to have sex with you. Maybe I came over here so you could just hold me and we could feel normal for a change." Mel suggested to him.
"Baby, I will do whatever you want to do. I'm fine with it no matter what. There are ways to be intimate without having sex." Roman replied he just wanted her to be happy.
"I love you so much babe." Mel told him and she turned so that she could kiss him.
"I love you too." Roman replied pulling her closer to him.
Lilly, Parker, and Billie we're all sitting around a table in P3. There were stacks of paper in front of each of them.
"If I had known that I would be swimming in a sea of paperwork I would have never agreed to be the bar manager." Parker groaned this was not his idea of a good time.
"Park, it's the first of the year meaning taxes have to be done soon. It also happens to be Lilly's favorite time of year because she gets to torture me with paperwork." Billie replied she was actually being nice to him at the moment.
"Think of it this way you two, by getting this done now we get a jump on it and things get done faster. I've been working on the year-end report since November. I'm almost ready to put the finishing touches on that." Lilly informed them. She was a business major so she loved working with numbers.
"It is not right for someone to be that cheerful about the amount of paperwork that they have to do." Parker commented rolling his eyes.
"It is not as hard as you two make it out to be. All it entails is adding all the numbers for the year together. It is actually pretty easy." Lilly replied.
"Lilly, if I didn't know for a fact that you weren't a dork in high school I would believe it." Billie chuckled.
Lilly ignored both of them in favor of answering the phone call that she was getting. "What?" she asked smiling. Leaving no doubt that Jake was the one on the other end of the line. "If you need money that bad you're just going to have to shimmer over here," she replied hanging up the phone.
Jake shimmered in a second later. "Thanks for telling me bye before you hung up honey." He said sarcastically.
"Jake, you would have been here before I had time to get the words out of my mouth." Lilly told him while she shot him a look.
"This is true." Jake admitted with a nod. "So what are you guys doing today?" he asked.
"Going over the yearly earnings report. It's not fun at all, though your wife seems to think it is." Parker replied rolling his eyes.
"Don't get her started on numbers she goes off to another world when numbers are involved. She tries talking to me about it but I never have any clue as to what she is talking about." Jake admitted freely.
"Jake, do you have a reason for interrupting this fun filled meeting?" Billie asked him sarcastically.
"I need cash I don't have any and I don't have my bank card either come to think of it. Someone I know took all of that with her when she left the apartment this morning." Jake answered just as sarcastically but it was directed more at Lilly than anyone.
"Sorry babe, I thought that you had money or I wouldn't have taken it all. I realize that you detest going to the bank." Lilly replied handing him some cash.
"Thank you dear, dad and I are having a meeting over lunch and I don't want him to think that I'm broke. Although he realizes that I never go to the bank unless I have to." Jake rambled sounding like his mother.
"Ok, that's it I officially have a headache." Parker announced. He got up and went to the bar. As he looked under the bar for a bottle of aspirin he let out a high pitched squeal.
"Parker, what the fuck? You know better than to scream if there isn't a demon present." Billie asked him but there was a hint of a smirk playing on her face.
"This is way worse than a demon." Parker protested.
Jake of course had to go see what was wrong with his uncle. He found the problem and he couldn't help but laugh. It was Paige's clown Slappy. "Dude, I don't know what the big deal is. It's just Aunt Paige's old clown Slappy. I admit that it is creepy as fuck though." He of course had forgotten about Parker's profound fear of clowns.
"Jake, get that fucking thing away from me." Parker managed to stammer out.
"Jakie, I think you have forgotten that Parker is terrified of clowns." Lilly pointed out to him.
Jake slapped himself in the center of the forehead. "That's right he and Val are both scared of clowns." He said just remembering that fact. "Though I don't think that Val is as bad as he is." He chuckled.
"Please just get it out of my sight. It's really not funny." Parker pleaded with him. He sounded like he was on the verge of tears.
Billie couldn't hold back any longer she busted out laughing. "Park, you should have seen the look on your face it was priceless." She got out through the laughter.
Parker narrowed his eyes at her. "I don't think that this is funny in the least bit Billie. I am terrified of those damn things. Just you wait until I figure out what you're afraid of. I am not going to show you any mercy." He seethed. It wasn't funny to be scared of something so harmless. He could face down demons everyday but clowns reduced him to a blubbering child.
"Jake, you better get that away from him before he has a mild panic attack." Lilly advised him.
"Give that fucking thing back to Paige. Or better yet burn it I'm sure that no one would miss it." Parker ordered. He was going to talk to Chris and Henry about ways to pay Billie back for this.
"Henry, calm down." Paige ordered her son.
"Mom, I don't know how you can tell me to calm down. That right there is why I don't like lawyers." Henry huffed. After court neither of them had to work so they decided to go to Charmed for lunch.
"Hank, I know that that lawyer is a slime ball I have encountered him on more than one occasion. You can't take what he said in there personally he does that to all the prosecution's witnesses." Paige advised him. She didn't want him getting his temper worked up over nothing.
"The guy basically accused me of being crooked." Henry said sounding indignant.
"Henry, he was just trying to discredit you and it didn't work. You answered every question that he asked you perfectly. You are the first person that I have ever seen make him look stupid." Paige tried calming him.
Henry heaved a big sigh. "I know that, I guess he just got under my skin a little more than I like to admit. I'm used to people pissing me off, my girlfriend does that on a daily basis." He groaned as he loosened his tie.
"It's nice to know that you talk about me like that when I'm not around." Bianca said kissing him. She had just walked in with Chris and Paige.
"If I had known that you were around to hear that I would have said so much worse." Henry teased smiling up at her.
"I take it that court was not good this morning." Chris wagered.
"It was fine I just don't like lawyers." Henry replied.
"Neither do I and take it from someone who was engaged to a guy who is going to be a lawyer they are not easy people to get along with." Paige chimed in.
"Happy birthday Paige," Henry told his niece sweetly.
"Thanks Uncle Hank." Paige replied kissing him on the cheek.
"I'm almost scared to ask but what the hell have you three been up to all morning?" Henry asked.
"You don't want to know. Trust me when I say that. I let these two drag me to the revival house to watch a bunch of old movies." Bianca said rolling her eyes. It hadn't been as bad as she was trying to make it sound.
"B, you know that you enjoyed yourself just as much as Paige and I did." Chris teased her.
"Chris, I had to watch hundred year old war movies with you two. I can't say that that is my idea of a good time." Bianca replied.
"Mom, Casablanca hardly counts as a war movie. I know that it was set during World War Two, but it isn't about the war." Paige explained patiently.
"I always thought that Hank reminds me of Rick in that movie." Paige said about her son.
Henry nodded his head thoughtfully. "Yeah, I pretty much would put the woman that I love on a plane so she could be happy." He responded.
"Don't get any bright ideas I'm not going anywhere." Bianca warned him.
"You I wouldn't put on a plane, you sister on the other hand I would like to leave her stranded on an island sometimes." Henry replied. He wasn't kidding either. Oriana made his crazy as hell when she wanted to.
"I agree with you on that one, but sadly I can't do anything like that because my mother would kill me. And I don't think that you need to be reminded that we need her." Bianca pointed out to him.
"Lyn would seriously kill you with her bare hands if you did anything to your sister." Paige agreed with her.
"No, she would just nag me to death. I know the way that woman works. She called me last night and I had to resist the urge to hang up on her." Bianca said like it was no big deal.
"And then you wonder where I get it from." Paige said sounding highly indignant.
"I know where you get it from. You come by naturally but that doesn't mean that you don't get on my last nerve sometimes." Bianca commented.
"The feeling is mutual on that one. You get on my nerves a hell of a lot too. However I'm not allowed to say anything about it or dad gives me one of his looks." Paige rolled her eyes and smirked.
"If I let you two have a free for all every time you felt like it then I would never get anything done because you would be fighting all the damn time. Sometimes it is just better for us all if you both keep your mouths shut." Chris explained logically.
"Peanut, I wouldn't piss either of them off if I were you. B has a horrible temper I know this first hand. Paige has that Piper Halliwell temper going for her though; she'll kill as soon as look at you. I have the same damn temper so I know a thing or two about a thing or two." Henry informed his cousin.
"Honey, sometimes I think that your daddy dropped you on the head as a small child. Either that or I let Wyatt hold and he dropped you on your head." Paige was trying hard to fight the smile that felt forming after saying that to her son.
"I wasn't dropped on the head if anyone was then it was Wy." Henry refuted. He was nowhere near as bad as Wyatt was.
"Point taken," Paige replied after giving it a moment's thought.
"What's on the agenda for tonight? I only ask because I've got to work tomorrow night." Henry asked he wanted to know what they were doing later.
"I figured that we would all go out for a couple of hours. It wouldn't be very wise to get drunk tonight but we could go out for a little while. You and I have to work that double shift tomorrow." Chris reminded him.
Henry rolled his eyes. "Don't remind me about working that damn double. I have yet to understand why out of all the cops in that squad it has to be you and I who do it." He seethed. He was not happy about having to get up early.
"Look on the bright side at least you won't have to worry about my damn alarm keeping you from being able to sleep." Bianca pointed out to him.
"You're assuming that I'm going home with you tonight." Henry smirked at her.
"You know that you won't wake up for your alarm if you don't sleep over." Bianca reminded him.
"I have no trouble getting up for my alarm. But I will take you up on your offer because between Prue and Chuck and Wyatt and Liz I'm about ready to pull my hair out." Henry replied with a sigh.
"They can't be that bad to live with." Paige threw out there only to get a glare from her son and her nephew.
"They are worse than bad none of them are fit to be around normal human beings." Chris tried making his aunt comprehend just what he had to live with.
"I'm sorry I can't be sympathetic to you when I have to live with Carly." Paige loved her daughter but the girl was a big pain in the ass.
"Touché, I'll give you that one mom." Henry said nodding his head solemnly.
Cole walked into Nicole's hospital room with his arm thrown around Chord's shoulders. He couldn't keep the smile off of his face. If anyone were to ask him he would have told them that his son was perfect. "Nic, look who I found at home." He said pointing to Chord.
"Chord, I haven't seen you in two days. I was worried about you." Nicole told him.
Chord went and kissed her cheek. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to worry you. I was helping Troy with his little project but we didn't get anywhere. Last night he got pissed and told me to get away from him. So I figured it would be a good idea if I let him have some time to himself." He replied.
"Do you want to hold your little brother?" Cole asked him. He had his son in his arms. Chord looked at him like he was insane. "Don't look at me like that you know that Nic thinks of you as a son. Do you want to hold him or not?"
"Sure Cole, I would love to hold him." Chord replied. Cole settled Dom in Chord's arms. "Hey there little guy, I can't say that your mommy is going to let you spend a lot time with Troy and me because we will have you as bad as we are. You sure are handsome though. I'm gonna have to ask you to go easy on your mom because she didn't have it easy raising Troy and me. We were pretty bad but she is pretty great. And I guess your dad is ok too. I want to tell you a little story about your mom though she took me in when everyone else had turned their backs on me. So you be good for her." He said kissing him on the head.
"Chord Isaiah don't you dare make me cry." Nicole warned him playfully.
"Dom and I were having a private conversation no one told you to listen to it. I should have warned you that I was going to get pretty sappy." Chord joked.
Cole picked up the football that was lying in his son's crib and looked at Nicole with a question in his eyes. "Where did Dom get this?" he asked.
Nicole smiled. "Wyatt gave it to him. He told him when he was big enough he would show him how to use it." She told him.
"That's answers my next question about Liz being here then." Cole replied.
"Lizzie was here but I made her leave with Wyatt. Dom and I needed some alone time. It was funny though Wyatt tested his rooting reflex again. I didn't really think of him as a doctor until I saw him do that." Nicole informed him.
"Nic, you block out Halliwell being a doctor because it is a damn scary thought." Chord threw out there.
"My daughter happens to be married to him so I try not to think about it too much. Wyatt does happen to be smarter than everyone acts like he is though. I'm not saying that he has a lot of common sense but he is book smart." Nicole chuckled.
"Has Troy been by to see you?" Cole asked. He hadn't seen his girlfriend's son in days.
"No, but he's busy and knowing him he hasn't slept in days. God knows I don't want him here unless he's showered." Nicole replied shaking her head.
"Aw, mom, you shouldn't talk about me like that I have very tender feelings." Troy said coming in the door he had showered before he came to see her.
"Troy Timothy, you have no idea how worried I have been about you. I thought I was going to have to bail you out of jail in a foreign country. I'm really not in a condition to be up doing things like that right now." Nicole scolded him for not checking in and letting her know that he was ok. But really this was Troy she didn't know what else to expect from him.
Troy laughed at her. "Mom, I haven't been in any foreign countries since last week when I was digging around. I haven't left magic school in two days if it makes you feel any better. I have been researching and that reminds me why we typically leave that sort of thing to Lizzie. The only reason I'm here now is because B made Val drag me out of there."
"It's ok Troy, reading isn't your strong suit. I was actually under the impression that you didn't know how to read." Chord teased him.
"If you weren't holding my baby brother right now I would sock you on principal." Troy shot at him. He took Dom from him and cradled the newborn in his arms. "Hi buddy, I don't know what Lizzie and Chord have told you but I'm your cool sibling. We you get bigger I'm going to show you how to go exploring. You and I are going to have so much fun together and when mommy isn't watching I'm going to teach you how to gamble better than Chord and I combined." He told the little boy in his arms.
"Troy, I was looking forward to having a child without the gambling fever in his blood. But I guess that that is too much to ask." Nicole said arching an eyebrow at her oldest child.
"Mom, those are the only two things that I can really teach this kid. I have to bond with him over something. If it makes you feel any better I will wait until he is at least two before I start teaching him how to play poker." Troy replied with a grin.
"It could be worse Nic, he could want to teach him how to demon hunt." Cole chuckled.
"That reminds me I brought you something." Troy told his brother. He pulled a pair of fuzzy dice out of his jacket pocket. "I got him these to go over his crib." He smiled proudly.
"I should have known that you would do something like that. He is just getting all kind of presents today. Liz brought him clothes and Wyatt brought him a football." Nicole laughed at him.
"Halliwell and his damn football obsession. I played too but I'm not that big on it. But then again I think that Wyatt remembers the time fondly because he had two good knees then." Troy replied shaking his head.
"Do you mind if I see my son?" Cole asked him he smiled every time he said the word son. He knew that he was great at fathering children he just didn't know what kind of dad he was going to make. Troy handed him the baby. "What you doing today Dom?" he asked. "Were you good for mommy while daddy was gone?"
"He was very good he only cried twice. The first time because he was wet and then again because he was hungry." Nicole told him smiling. She loved the way he looked with that baby in his arms. She was glad that she had a man that she could raise her children with.
"That's daddy's good boy. I knew that you would be easy on mommy. I think you might be better behaved than her big babies are." Cole laughed when he saw the looks he was getting from Troy and Chord.
"So you mean to tell me that Parker acted like a little bitch over a damn clown?" Wyatt asked Lilly. That story had already spread its way around the members of the thirteen.
Lilly couldn't help laughing. "Oh yeah, it was bad I actually thought that he was going to cry."
"I don't think that the two of you are funny. As I matter of fact I think you're acting like a couple of jackasses." Parker protested.
"Really you guys, it is not nice to make fun of someone for being scared of something." Prue interjected. They were all in Voodoo hanging out since it was Paige's birthday. They had the private room in back that was equipped with a dart board and pool table.
"Even when that something is Aunt Paige's clown Slappy?" Jake asked his sister.
"That fucking clown is scary as shit Jake don't even play like that." Val said cringing she wasn't as bad as Parker when it came to clowns but they still scared her.
"I agree with Val, I've been telling her for years that she needs to get rid of that damn thing. It scares the shit out of me and I'm not even scared of clowns. But mom seems to have a really sadistic sense of humor." Henry bitched just thinking about that damn thing gave him the creeps.
"You are all a bunch of babies." Mel said shaking her head at them.
"Mel, they have to have something to bitch and moan about. You should know this by now." Roman pointed out to his girlfriend.
"Shut up Shrimp," Parker and Val yelled at him in unison.
"You people need to keep it down I'm trying to play pool here." Paige bitched. She was playing pool with Chord and she wasn't doing a very good job at it.
"Really don't give her anything to blame this loss on. She fails to take into account that left handed people just shouldn't play pool." Chord was risking his life by making fun of her.
"I don't know about Hank but I take offense to that statement." Mel said defensively.
"I take offense to it too." Henry went on the record.
"B, I honestly don't know how you could have given birth to someone who plays pool this bad." Chord was just digging himself a deeper hole with Paige.
"I wouldn't mess with her if I were you Chord. I'm not going to be able to save you if she decides to do something to you." Bianca warned him.
"Like you would save him if you could." Rachel laughed at her cousin.
"This is true Chord does have a tendency to get on my nerves." Bianca agreed with a nod of her head.
"Chord, just shut up before I beat with my pool stick. I realize that something like that has probably happened to you before but I will still do it." Paige said conversationally.
"Ok, I'm sorry let's just go back to playing." Chord said putting his hands up in a sign of surrender.
"I have a better idea, let's start a new game and this time we'll play for money. I think a hundred bucks sounds fair." Paige had her poker face on now.
"Paige, I'm warning you that you don't want to do that Chord is really good. Let's face it Pal we've all seen you play pool and you don't play worth a damn." Dom advised knowing that telling her not to do something was the sure fire way to get her to do it.
"I'll be fine Dom, I've got the money." Paige replied rolling her eyes at him.
"For someone who likes to run off at the mouth as much as you do I say we make the bet two fifty." Chord turned down her previous offer.
"You're on." Paige agreed shaking hands with him.
"B, you better stop her I have seen Chord in action he can beat even the most seasoned players." Oriana warned her sister.
"She's a big girl O, she knows what she's doing." Bianca replied biting her lip she didn't what Paige thought she was doing. She had been watching her play all night and she really wasn't that good.
"Paige does shit like this all the time even though she knows that she can't play to save her life." Jack said shaking his head. Nothing that his niece was capable of even surprised him anymore.
"Let her get her ask kicked she'll learn." Alan piped up.
"She'll kick your ass if you don't shut up." Savannah reminded him unnecessarily.
"Just shut up and let the girl play." Brady said shaking his head.
Chord had the balls all racked up. "Ladies first, I'll let you break." He offered.
"That's why you can break." Paige smiled at him sarcastically.
"Now this ought to be good." Chris commented.
Chord made a decent break and he managed to get a ball in one of the pockets. "I'm stripes you're solids." He said. He made two more balls in before missing his next shot.
Paige stepped up to the table and sank all of her balls in without really trying. "Eight ball corner pocket." She called her shot before she sank the ball.
Chord looked at her in disbelief. "What the hell just happened?" he asked his mouth hanging open.
"You my friend have just been hustled. I can't believe that you of all people did not see that one coming. You are supposed to be a conman." Paige couldn't help laughing at him. "I mean there is no way that you honestly thought that I am that bad at pool."
"That's my girl. I knew that she was up to something." Bianca laughed.
"Chord, I can't believe that you just allowed yourself to be hustled by Paige of all people. You are never going to be able to live this down." Chuck said. He knew better than to trust that girl.
"Really Isaiah, I taught you better than to do things like that. For the love of God man she is B's daughter. You should have fucking known that the girl can play pool." Troy said using his middle name.
"I really don't want to talk about this right now." Chord said giving Paige the money that he owed her.
"This is just a thought but maybe we shouldn't be encouraging his gambling. We all know that he always loses and then he winds up owning money to everyone. We are then the ones who have to bail his ass out." Calleigh brought it up because it seemed like the thing to do.
"It wouldn't be any fun if we didn't let Chord make a fool out of himself." Liz said dismissively.
"Uncle Frank is going to be so pleased when he hears about this." Chord groaned.
"You're kidding yourself if you think that my dad can gamble. I know I say a lot of shit about my mom, but that woman can run a con. She taught me how granted she only taught so I wouldn't end up getting myself killed, but still she is good." Bianca had to give credit where credit was due.
"I think that is the nicest thing I have ever heard you say about grandma." Paige was still doubled over laughing.
"Well, the woman had to have one redeeming quality." Bianca said to cover up her earlier remark. She really did love her mother she just didn't want it to get around that she cared about her so much.
"Boys, and Savannah I have to hand it to you guys you played the part perfectly." Paige said gratefully.
"Someone had to kick Chord's ass. I'm sick to death of losing to him at poker all the time." Savannah didn't want Paige to think that she had done something nice for her. But that was just the kind of relationship that they had. They pretended that they didn't like each other when nothing could be further from the truth.
"Paige, I wouldn't be a good boyfriend if I didn't take part in all of your schemes." Dom pointed out to her.
"Dominic, in case you've forgotten you're not my boyfriend anymore." Paige reminded him.
"Then what are we?" Dom asked a highly amused look on his face because he knew damn well what she was about to say.
"We're fuck buddies." Paige said like he should have thought of that himself.
"Well then forgive me for having actual feelings for you." Dom pouted playfully.
"I have feelings for you too, that's the damn problem otherwise I would have been rid of your ass months ago." Paige grumbled.
"That right there is one sick fucking relationship if I don't say so myself." Mel commented shaking her head.
"Agreed," Henry nodded his head vigorously.
"Hank, you and I should think about heading home for the night we have to be up in a few hours for work." Chris said pointing to his watch.
"B, you ready?" Henry asked her.
"Anytime you are." Bianca replied. She went and kissed Paige on the cheek. "Happy birthday baby, I promise you that drinking contest this weekend." She told her.
"You're on mom, I love you." Paige replied.
"Love you too kiddo." Bianca replied before she took Henry's hand and allowed him to walk her out to the car.
"Rach, can I stay with tonight?" Chris asked his girlfriend.
"Of course I have to get up early too." Rachel smiled at him. She knew they wouldn't get much sleep but she was ok with that.
"I love you baby, please behave. No bar fights." Chris said kissing his daughter on the forehead.
"I love you too daddy, but I can't make any promises." Paige replied sticking her tongue out at him. For the first time in a long time she actually felt normal and that was because of her parents.
A/N: Here's the first chapter guys I hope you enjoyed it. I'm thinking that we might do a little shorter chapters this time to make up for how long it took to get the last episode out. Nicole and Cole make the cutest little family I have to say that I loved their scenes with baby Dom. Paige and B really do care more about each other than they like to let on. Poor Dodge he is in pain and it's evident, we're going to learn more about him this episode though. Who would have thought that Troy was good at something other than gambling? He pretty much proved that he does have other uses last episode though so we can't be too hard on him. Leave it to Paige to not want to celebrate her birthday. Next chapter I think we're going to have to check in on the younger kids and Greg just to make sure that they aren't up to no good. Until next time please review.