Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Charmed. But I do own Aurora, Haley, Charisma, and any other characters you don't recognize.
Summary: This is AU, takes place in the future. Chris meets a strange girl, who seems to be keeping a whole lot of secrets, maybe more then him. Will he find them out before its too late? Not a good summary, but read it anyway...please.
AN: Title doesn't exactly suit the story soon but it will...hopefully. Summary sucks too... Hopefully that doesn't effect what you guys think of this story. Hope you enjoy. Feel free to ask questions and give ideas.
The light breeze blew her wavy brown hair, so that it covered her face. Sighing she walked up the steps to the high school, not really looking forward to her first day of school. She hated first days at a new school, and today was the sixth in five years. Why her father was continuously taking new jobs in other places, and making her move when he knew she hated it, was beyond her.
She fixed the strap on her messenger bag, and walked into the school, avoiding the looks of those in the halls. 'You can make it through the day.' She said to herself. 'Concentrate and you'll be able to do it.'
As she got closer to the office she began to rub her temples, she could feel a headache coming with the wave of emotions that enveloped her. Pain. Anger. Happiness. Fear. Sadness. Confusion. 'Not now,' she thought, 'Please don't do this to me now.' As her head began to spin she collided with something hard. "Watch where you're going." she growled.
"Watch where I'm going? I was just standing here, with my friends. You're the one who walked into me." She heard a male voice reply.
Only then did she look at who exactly she walked into and her hazel eyes met his green ones that seemed to pull her in. Shaking her head, trying to get rid of the emotions that attacked her before, and the sight of those green eyes, she said, "Yea well you could fo seen me coming and moved out of the way."
"That was sort of impossible, considering you were practically running down the hall," was the reply she received.
"I was not practically running down the hall," she shot back. "I was just walking fast, because I need to get to the office."
"Why?"
"Is that really any of your business?" she questioned walking away not waiting for a response, yelling over her shoulder, "But, if you really must know I'm new here and would really like to settle in before the first class of the day."
She couldn't believe it. She had gotten their early, and yet she still managed to be late for her first class.
Walking down one of the many corridors in the school she looked at the numbers above the doors. '101. 102. 103. 104. Great I finally found the right wing,' she thought, 'Now I've just got to find the right classroom.'
Walking a little further she found the room she had been looking for. She turned the doorknob and was pleased to find the door unlocked, 'Maybe it's not like my many old schools.' she thought remembering when she use to be constantly late for classes and locked out.
Opening the door she walked in only to have around thirty students and a teacher look at her. Laughing weakly she said, "Hi, uh... sorry I'm late."
"You must be Aurora." The teacher stated simply.
"Yea that's me."
"I'm Mrs. King. Welcome to my Math Eleven class. Could you please take a seat beside Chris for today? And after school today can you please come back here so that I can see how far you got in your other school?"
"How about lunch instead of after school?" Aurora questioned.
"That's even better." Mrs. King smiled. "Now would you please sit down so I can start the lesson?"
"About that...uh...who's Chris exactly?"
"That might be a little helpful wouldn't it?" Mrs. King laughed.
"Just a little." Aurora replied.
"Over there." Mrs. King pointed to a guy with brown hair, sitting near the back of the room.
Aurora sighed when she saw his captivating green eyes, and realized he was the one she had ran into earlier. Shaking her head she walked over to the empty seat beside him, and sat down.
"You again." Chris whispered as Mrs. King started the lesson.
"Yes, me again." Aurora replied.
"Didn't think I'd see you again." Chris mused.
"The school's not that big. We were bound to of run into each other soon or later."
"True."
"Of course."
The two were silent for the rest of the class, unsure of what to say to each other. When class ended before Chris left Aurora said, "Sorry about the way I acted this morning. I was a little frustrated and somewhat nervous."
"That's ok. Just one question though. What exactly were you frustrated and nervous about?"
"Family things." Aurora replied, and then asked, "What's your last name?"
"Why?"
"I don't know. I'm just curious."
"It's Halliwell. Yours?"
"Cantora. But I better get going. I'll see ya later." Aurora said before leaving the classroom.
The rest of Aurora's day went by uneventful. Classes were boring, Chris was in three out of four of her classes that semester. But math was the only class she was 'forced' to sit beside him. It surprised her that she didn't have much to catch up on with her classes, because from experience she was always behind, when she changed schools.
Aurora was now on her way home from a day full of headaches, and boredom. She only hoped that she'd have a couple hours of rest at home before she had to do her homework. From the corner of her eye she saw a car slow down beside her, and heard a male voice ask, "Need a ride?"
"No that's ok. I'm perfectly fine walking," She replied continuing her walk down the sidewalk.
"You sure Aurora?" the voice questioned, and only now did the voice sound familiar to her.
Aurora stopped walking and looked over at the car, which came to a stop. She saw a guy about the age of eighteen with blonde hair and blue eyes, sitting in the drivers seat, and Chris sitting in the passenger seat. "I'm a big girl, I can walk home by myself."
The guy in the driver's seat laughed. "Chris she doesn't want a ride. So, stop being such an annoying person," he said when Chris opened his mouth to say something. "Now say goodbye."
Chris punched the guy in the arm and said, "Bye Aurora. See you at school tomorrow."
"Yup. See you later Halliwell." Aurora watched as the car took off down the street, before continuing her walk.
Aurora put her messenger bag down on the coffee table in the living room, glancing around. The house seemed so much bigger then their older one had. She knew if her mom was here she'd hate it. Her mom preferred small houses, somewhere cozy, easier to clean.
Aurora was pulled out of her thoughts by the sound of her younger sister's voice, "Aurora!"
A smile took over Aurora's face as she bent down a little giving her younger sister a hug. "Hey Charisma. Did you have a good day?"
"Yea!" Charisma replied, like any average nine year old after an exciting day. Aurora stood up as Charisma began to tell her about her day. "I was really scared at first, so I sat in the back and listened to my teacher Mr. Moran. At recess I stood around outside. That's when I met Patsy, who's brother Porter is in my class. We hung our at recess and lunch, and she introduced me to her cousins Preston and Drew. They're all really nice and live near here."
"That's awesome Charisma. You're going to have to introduce me to these new friends of yours tomorrow."
"Kay." Charisma replied excitedly.
"Where's Haley?" Aurora asked her younger sister.
"Um...I think she's in the kitchen." Charisma replied.
"Ok. Why don't you go into my room and play on the computer for a bit."
"Kay!" Charisma smiled leaving the living room and running up the stairs to Aurora's room.
Aurora shook her head, Charisma was so full of energy, she reminded her of their mother. Sighing Aurora headed towards the kitchen. "Haley you in here?" she questioned as she entered the kitchen.
"Yea." Haley replied, standing up from behind the island. "How was school?"
"It was ok. How was staying home all day?" Aurora questioned leaning on the island.
"It was boring. You and Charisma weren't here so I had no one to talk to."
"Oh, poor you."
"I know."
"When's dad gonna be home?"
Aurora saw Haley's eye's become cold before she replied, "He came home around lunch time to pack a bag, and told me that he had a last minute business trip to go on. So you and me are in charge here for the next week and a half. Well...I'm in charge."
"Like we're not use to that." Aurora sighed. "I though he said if we moved here, he wouldn't have to do any more business trips."
"He's said that to us quite a few times before."
"That's true. You going to be able to handle this and work?"
"I'm not sure. I'm going to have to ask my boss, on my first day, for an hour off for the next week and a half so that I can pick Charisma up from school and wait here for you to get home."
"You don't have to do that Haley. Charisma made a few new friends. I'm sure she's got one of their phone numbers I can talk to that friend's mom, and see if she can help us out at all."
"No Aurora. I don't want to bother anybody with our problems."
"Haley, I don't want to risk you losing your job."
"It's just a job at a music store."
"Yea, but it's good pay, and you can get a few new cd's." Aurora joked. "And DVD's if it's anything like the music store back home."
"Aurora you're so weird." Haley laughed.
"I know. I've been told that by many people. Anyway...do you want me to call and talk to one of Charisma's new friend's mom or dad?"
"I guess."
"OK. I'll go see if Charisma has any phone numbers."
"And I'll finish cleaning up in here, the cupboards are so disorganized. Mom would hate it."
"Mom was somewhat of a clean freak, wasn't she?" Haley nodded in response, as Aurora turned and left the kitchen. She headed up the stairs and into her room.
"Charisma I have a question for you," she said sitting down on her bed..
Charisma turned away from the computer and looked at Aurora, "What?"
"Do you have Patsy and Porter's phone number?"
"Why?"
"Because dad had to go on a business trip, so he won't be home to watch you after school until I get home for the next week and a half, like we had planned. And I don't want Haley to have to ask for an hour or so off everyday, her fist day there. So I was thinking that I could ask their mom or dad if they could watch you until I'm done school."
"OK. I'll go get the phone number." Charisma said getting up, and going to her room. When she returned she handed the number to Aurora and sat back down at the computer.
"Thanks Charisma."
"No problem."
Aurora stood up and went back downstairs into the living room. Sitting down on one of the two couches, she picked up the cordless, which had been sitting beside her bag, and dialed the phone number on the piece of paper.
The phone rang a couple times before a woman's voice said, "Hello."
"Hi. Is this Patsy and Porter's mom?"
"Yes it is."
"Ok. Now I don't know how to say this. But..."
"What have they done now?"
"Oh! Nothing! It's just...we've just moved here about a week ago, and today was my younger sister Charisma's first day of school, and she met Patsy and Porter, and go your phone number from them. And...well...I feel stupid for asking this...but me and my older sister are kind of in need of help right now. Our father had to go on a last minute business trip, leaving me and my older sister in charge. But we don't have any one to watch her after school, until I get home form school. That's where you come in. It would just be for an hour."
"Um...Sure it's no problem."
"Oh thank you so much. I didn't want to have to have my older sister ask her boss for an hour off everyday for the next little while, on her first day. You're a life saver and I don't even know your name."
"It's Phoebe Halliwell."
"Aurora Cantora. I met a guy today with the last name Halliwell. Chris is his first name."
"Really? That's one of my nephews."
"What a small world. But I better go. Thank you once again."
"No problem. Goodbye."
"Bye."
Aurora hung up the phone and put it back down on the coffee table. "Haley!" she yelled.
"Yea!"
"I found someone to watch Charisma."
"That's awesome. But you should start on your homework."
"But I don't have any."
"Bull. I know you do."
"I don't."
"Don't lie to me Aurora. I have the ability to ground you!"
Aurora bit back any reply that she could think of and stuck out her tongue.
"Don't stick your tongue out at me either."
Shaking her head she started her homework.
Aurora sat down at the dinner table and looked at the plate in front of her. "You know Haley pizza would of been fine."
"Yea I know, but I felt like cooking something, not picking up the phone and ordering something."
"It's good." Charisma simply stated.
"Everything Haley makes is good." Aurora added.
"I'm glad you guys like it." Haley laughed.
"Oh before I forget. Charisma, you'll be going to Patsy and Porter's after school for the next little while. Well, until dad gets home from his business trip."
"OK. Sounds good to me."
"When I get home I'll call there ok?"
"Kay."
Silence filled the room, none of them spoke until they had finished eating. The three of them watched tv, for a few hours before going to bed.
AN: Thanks for reading the first chapter... please leave a review... to let me know what you think of it.