An Affair to Remember
Chapter 1:
"Morning sis" Paige said as she came into the kitchen, "Do we have any coffee left?" "Paige what are you still doing in your pajamas?" whined Piper, "You're going to miss your flight, it leaves in an hour!" Staring at Piper with an exasperated look Paige said, "I still don't see why I can't just orb to Hawaii with Daryl, I mean it's not like he doesn't already know that we're witches here." "I get where you're coming from Paige, honest, but it was really sweet of Daryl to invite us to go with him and seeing as you're the only one who is able to go, you need to respect that he wants to have a normal vacation. Free of orbing and everything." "Oh, all right I'll just run upstairs and get dressed before Daryl gets here in…" looks at here watch "Oh shit ten minutes, I gotta hurry!" "I told you, you should have gotten up earlier." Piper yelled after her.
She continued to eat her toast and read the newspaper for a couple minutes, until Phoebe walked in. "Morning sleepy head." Piper said as Phoebe poured herself coffee, "Piper, it's only nine o'clock, plus it's a Saturday for crying out loud." Just then the doorbell rang and Paige came flying down the stairs. "Love you guys and have a good time while I'm gone" she calls as she runs out the door with her suitcase. "What was that?" asked Phoebe, "Oh, Paige just overslept and didn't have a lot of time to get ready." Piper replied without looking up from her newspaper. "How long is she in Hawaii for? I forget" asked Phoebe, even though she knew perfectly well how long Paige would be gone for. "She's gone for two weeks, look Pheebs, if you want to go there's still time to catch them." "No Piper, I told you I need to take some time off from the social seen and focus on work."
Piper put down her newspaper and looked over at her little sister, "Pheebs I know losing Cole was hard on you, but you can't let one guy stop you from living your life and finding your true love." "That's easy for you to say, you and Leo are happily married and perfect, well maybe not perfect." Seeing that Piper was still staring at her, Phoebe said seriously, "Don't worry Piper, I'm not going to turn into a banshee again or anything, I just need to take it slow towards the recovery process, that's all." Piper sighed giving into her little sister, "All right, but it's already been three months. Just promise me you will still try and find someone, I know there's still someone out there for you." Standing up to try and lighten the mood Phoebe said, "Ok, but in the mean time don't you have some sort of gig at P3 tonight?" Looking at her watch Piper quickly stood up, kissed her sister on the forehead and headed for the door. "Ah, don't think you're getting away quite that easy" Phoebe said as she grabbed Piper's car keys, "Pheebs I really don't want to be late to meet with the band" Piper whined "Oh all right, I'll give you the keys just tell me what you want for your birthday tomorrow." Piper gave Phoebe an exasperated look and after snatching her keys replied over her shoulder, "Just get me a cake, alright. See you tonight."
Meanwhile a demon was watching the sisters from a globe in the underworld. Smirking, he turned to the rest of his clan behind him. They, just like him wore red robes and bore the mark of a crescent upon their hands. "So…" he said pointing to the now empty globe floating behind him, "Now you have seen the key in our rise to power, The Charmed Ones. We simply have to destroy them and we will be the most respected clan in the entire underworld!" "But sir," one of his minions called, "That's what all the others have said before they and their clans were eliminated by these Charmed Ones." "That" said the leader in a Superior voice "Is why I am Ranakor, not the others. You see I am not so stupid as to try a full force attack. No that would be stupid indeed. Instead we shall destroy the Charmed Ones from the inside, make them no longer want to be The Charmed Ones, or even sisters." "But sir how will we do that" asked another minion "We shall target the one called Phoebe and the one called Leo. Between them, we can cause a split between Phoebe and Piper. I am sad that you doubt me Liradon." Said Ranakor as he waved his hand and the other demon burst screaming into flames.