Phoebe slowly drank her coffee. I have no idea where to start! She thought.
"Phoebe, what's wrong?" Piper asked, coming back to the table.
"I have nothing to write. Well, I do, but I don't know where to start!" Phoebe removed her glasses and stretched.
"What's the problem?" Phoebe and Piper looked up to see Paige, sucking on a sucker, like usuall.
"My resume isn't going far." Phoebe replied.
"Oh! Well, start with your education, any special training, and your work experience. Does that help?" Paige asked.
"Yeah, but I really don't have work experience in the field. They asked me to have a resume before I could even start. Don't you have to get to work. I hear that your close to a promotion." Phoebe said, starting to type on the laptop.
"Yep. Guess I got to get to work. How about we meet for lunch."
"We're eating at P3's. I got to get there and see to things. If Leo comes by, I'm there." Piper said. She got up and left with Paige. Soon after they left, her cell phone rang.
"Hello." Phoebe said.
"Phoeb's, we all have to enter the world sometime. Better sooner than later. Remember, lunch at P3." Piper said then hung up. Phoebe smiled to herself. Piper is getting the hang of being the oldest and I'm getting used to breaking up Piper and Paige. Phoebe grabbed her laptop and headed to the living room. She sat in her favorite chair and turned on the news. She kept the volume low, to be able to concentrate.
Close to being down with her resume, she went to get a snack. Darrell had called and said he would meet with them at P3. Walking back the door bell rang. Darrell. She thought.
"What's wrong n…" She started. It wasn't Darrell. It was young teenager. She looks familiar.
"Phoebe?" She asked.
Phoebe said nothing, but stared at the girl wondering how she knew her name.
"Sorry to disturb you. I'm looking for the Halliwell's. Do you know where I can find them? I was so sure that this was their house."
"No, I should be sorry. I'm Phoebe Halliwell. What can I do for you?" She asked.
The girl rushed over and gave Phoebe a hug.
"Remember me? The last time we saw each other was around five years ago."
"Tammi! Come in. Please, come in." Phoebe smiled at her, remembering the eight-year-old Tammi running around the house. The first time she was happy since her father was killed in a car accident. But this Tammi looked scared, and worried. Tammi's hair had changed from a light blond to a dark brown. She had the same stormy eyes as her mother and had darker skin, due to a tan. She wore shorts and a grey t-shirt.
"Thank you Phoebe. Could I stay here for a while?" She asked.
"I don't know. Does your mom know you're here?"
"No. Phoebe, you always understood me, more than Prue and Piper. Don't tell her I'm here, I don't want to go back there." Tammi put her face in her hands and started to sob.
"Well, I'll have to. Tell me, why don't you want to go back? Did something happen?" Phoebe's eyes narrowed with worry. When Tammi had a problem, she came to Phoebe, but unless it was terrible, Prue and Piper would help.
"My mom's boyfriend is scary. He got my mom and Sarah into something. I feel strange around him, like something is wrong about him. He pressures me into doing things I don't want to do, but my sister will. Sarah has gone wrong too. Ever since she got her driver's licence, she's always gone. Please, he'll hurt me." Tammi's eyes filled with tears and she sank down in the chair.
"I won't, not now anyway. Let's go to P3 and let me talk to Piper. You can join us for lunch." Phoebe smiled at Tammi. Both stood up and headed outside and into the car.
"No. The lightbulbs go in the storage cabinet with all the other electricall equipment." Piper instructed Matt. Piper turned back to her own work, organizing her files.
"Piper! What do we need these for?" Matt had come back with several strands of decortive lights.
"Hang them around the stage. Their for when we have bands come in and play." She replied back.
"Piper!" Piper turned around to see Phoebe coming down the stairs.
"You're here early. Paige won't even be here for another hour and a half."
"I know, but there's something else on our hands." Phoebe was followed closely by Tammi.
Piper looked almost furious.
"Piper, this is Tammi. Last time we saw her was five years ago. Tammi, go sit over there." Phoebe pointed to a set of tables further away from the bar.
"Phoebe, what is she doing here?"
"Calm down. She's scared. Afraid to go back to what I think of as demons. She's not safe there. I had a premonition. The terrible kind too. She was on the roof. With her was I guess was Aunt Carol's boyfriend and Carol and Sarah. It wasn't good. He turned Aunt Carol and Sarah into a warlock and then he was advancing on Tammi. It was horrible. Piper, she has to stay with us." Phoebe said. Piper nodded slowly.
"Just tonight, and we'll see what happens from then on." Piper finally said.
"Thanks Piper!" Phoebe went over to sit down with Tammi.
"What did she say?" Tammi asked.
"She said just for tonight and we'll see what happens from there."
"Does Prue know?"
"Prue." Phoebe's eyes started to fill with tears, "Tammi, I thought you knew."
"Knew what?"
"Prue died. It's been several months since we buried her. We miss her terribly." Phoebe said.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Who's Paige?"
"Our little sister. Our mom had to take her to a foster family. Didn't have enough money to support all four of us."
"Really." Tammi looked away from Phoebe and looked around the club.
"I'm here!" Paige called out.
"Hey Paige. Lunch is almost done. Go sit down with Phoeb's."
"Okay!" Paige walked over to the table Phoebe sat at.
"I wouldn't sit there." Phoebe said without looking up.
"Why not?"