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One day at a Time
Piper fed Wyatt another spoonful of his breakfast cereal, then looked at her sister. Phoebe sat at the table with her head on her hands. "Aren't you going to be late for work?"
"I don't want to go to work. Can I be sick today?"
"Are you feeling bad again? I thought you were getting more control over your new power."
"No... yes... Jason is in the office today." Phoebe whined.
Piper smiled at her sister. "You should be happy about that."
"Yes... no..." A heavy sigh escaped Phoebe's lungs. "Last time he was here we had that issue with the blond bimbos... we talked afterward, but it's getting really hard to explain things to him. I don't want to get too close to him because the closer we get, the harder my life gets and the bigger the lie gets... So, I either need to quit and get away from him, or..." Phoebe's head went back on her hands and her voice dropped, "... or tell him." She whispered into the table.
Piper stopped feeding Wyatt. "Tell him! You don't mean to tell him!"
Paige entered the room. "Tell who... tell what?"
Piper answered, "She wants to tell Jason about us!" Piper stared at Phoebe, expecting Paige's rage.
"Phoebe, that's great. It would make your life so much easier..."
"Paige, what are you saying? Jason runs a newspaper... he owns multiple newspapers. We did tell you what happened last time a news agency found out about us?"
Phoebe stepped in. "Jason wouldn't make us into a news story. Piper, he wouldn't hurt me like that."
"Sure, you say that now... but if you break up... what then? Prue died last time the news found out about us."
"Piper, that was totally different. We would be telling my boyfriend, not showing up unexpectedly on the news, vanquishing a demon."
Paige calmly turned to Piper. "We can't always hide who we are. When we are close to men, like Phoebe is to Jason, we need to bring them into our world. How will we ever find out if we can trust them, if we never tell them? Any way, Jason is, as you say, a newspaperman. He will start checking out her stories, her lies. He will eventually catch her in the lie... and that could be worse. Wouldn't it?"
Phoebe and Paige look at Piper. "Yes, if he finds out on his own, that will be worse... So you both think we should tell him? In a controlled environment... here in the manor... after dinner?"
"Thank you Piper... Thank you."
"OK... but I'm not going to make anything special... franks and beans... that's it."
Phoebe claps happily and Paige hugs Piper. "Piper, you don't know how to make franks and beans."
Piper smiles, "Get out of here, both of you. I will figure something out. Have him come at 7 pm."
Both left the manor to their jobs. Piper looked at Wyatt. He squirmed in his chair and smiled at her. "Tomorrow will be a new day for us, Wyatt. No matter what happens tonight."
One day at a Time
Piper fed Wyatt another spoonful of his breakfast cereal, then looked at her sister. Phoebe sat at the table with her head on her hands. "Aren't you going to be late for work?"
"I don't want to go to work. Can I be sick today?"
"Are you feeling bad again? I thought you were getting more control over your new power."
"No... yes... Jason is in the office today." Phoebe whined.
Piper smiled at her sister. "You should be happy about that."
"Yes... no..." A heavy sigh escaped Phoebe's lungs. "Last time he was here we had that issue with the blond bimbos... we talked afterward, but it's getting really hard to explain things to him. I don't want to get too close to him because the closer we get, the harder my life gets and the bigger the lie gets... So, I either need to quit and get away from him, or..." Phoebe's head went back on her hands and her voice dropped, "... or tell him." She whispered into the table.
Piper stopped feeding Wyatt. "Tell him! You don't mean to tell him!"
Paige entered the room. "Tell who... tell what?"
Piper answered, "She wants to tell Jason about us!" Piper stared at Phoebe, expecting Paige's rage.
"Phoebe, that's great. It would make your life so much easier..."
"Paige, what are you saying? Jason runs a newspaper... he owns multiple newspapers. We did tell you what happened last time a news agency found out about us?"
Phoebe stepped in. "Jason wouldn't make us into a news story. Piper, he wouldn't hurt me like that."
"Sure, you say that now... but if you break up... what then? Prue died last time the news found out about us."
"Piper, that was totally different. We would be telling my boyfriend, not showing up unexpectedly on the news, vanquishing a demon."
Paige calmly turned to Piper. "We can't always hide who we are. When we are close to men, like Phoebe is to Jason, we need to bring them into our world. How will we ever find out if we can trust them, if we never tell them? Any way, Jason is, as you say, a newspaperman. He will start checking out her stories, her lies. He will eventually catch her in the lie... and that could be worse. Wouldn't it?"
Phoebe and Paige look at Piper. "Yes, if he finds out on his own, that will be worse... So you both think we should tell him? In a controlled environment... here in the manor... after dinner?"
"Thank you Piper... Thank you."
"OK... but I'm not going to make anything special... franks and beans... that's it."
Phoebe claps happily and Paige hugs Piper. "Piper, you don't know how to make franks and beans."
Piper smiles, "Get out of here, both of you. I will figure something out. Have him come at 7 pm."
Both left the manor to their jobs. Piper looked at Wyatt. He squirmed in his chair and smiled at her. "Tomorrow will be a new day for us, Wyatt. No matter what happens tonight."
