Disclaimer; I stil don't own Charmed.
Title: Belief
Rating: T
Characters: Paige, Henry, Cole & Ocs.
Genre: Romance, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort
Belief.
Prologue.
Paige Matthews rolled her eyes as another useless, expensive article was dropped into the cart she was pushing down the aisle. She'd never liked going shopping for groceries. And her dislike for it had only grown worse now she was forced to take her kids with her. Three hyper kids on a Friday afternoon and grocery shopping was definitely not a good combination.
''Daisy, put that back now. We don't need more cookies.'' Paige told her daughter sternly, placing her hand on her hip to emphasize her seriousness. Her dark blonde haired daughter looked up at her with a pair of innocent brown eyes. The eyes of her father. Paige raised an eyebrow, not feeling the slightest bit affected by the puppy-eye look. After five years she'd grown immune to it.
''Now, young lady.'' The five year old gave a dramatic sigh and held up her hands. Her mother reached into the cart and took the cookies out, handing them to girl. She immediately skipped off and disappeared around the corner into the other aisle. Paige let out a small sigh and continued to push her cart down the aisle. She found herself humming along to John Mayer's Slow dancing in a burning room which sounded from the supermarket's speakers as she dropped a new tube of toothpaste into the cart. As she checked her list she found that she was almost done, just some pizzas for tonight and a couple of bottles mineral water and she'd have everything for this week.
Paige made her way to the drinks aisle, eager to leave the store and be on her way home, when the sight in front of her stopped her. There, in front of the soft drinks, was Henry, his hands on the waist of a blonde woman she'd never seen in her life before. Paige watched, the scene almost seemed to be playing in slowmotion, as her ex-husband. HER ex-husband whom she'd only divorced three months ago, leaned forward and placed a rather passionate kiss on the lips of the tall leggy woman in his arms. She responded the kiss with a smile on her face and Paige felt the urge to punch her in the face growing bigger by the second.
She took a deep calming breath and tucked her hair behind her ear before making a decision and confidently pushing her cart towards the still kissing couple.
She stopped her cart right in front of them and cleared her throat loudly.
''Excuse me, but I need the mineral water.'' She folded her arms in the way she usually did when she was telling one of her kids off. Henry pulled away from his blonde rebound and looked at Paige, frowning the slightest bit before he recognised her.
''Paige, wow. I didn't recognise you. You changed your hair.'' Henry Mitchell, master of stating the obvious.
''Obviously.'' She said, sounding slightly more snappy than she'd meant to and waited for them to part so she could get mineral water she needed. Henry took a step back so Paige could grab twp bottles of water and drop them in her already full cart.
''So how have you been?'' The question made her close her eyes momentarily and wish that she was in the Coca Cola Zero advert where she'd drink some coke and a gorgeous Jude Law would walk up to her and ask 'Baby, Chocolate sauce or whipped cream?' Then she'd tell him both and he would take her into his strong arms and kiss her with so much passion that Henry would turn as green as the inside of a kiwi from jealousy.
''Paige?'' His masculine voice pulled her out of her short daydream and she looked at him forcing a smile onto her face.
''Fine, you know, been seeing some people. Very nice people. Is this your new girlfriend?'' She threw a meaningless glance towards the woman standing next to him who extended her hand instantly when Paige stopped ignoring her.
''I'm Natasha. Nice to meet you, I've heard so much about you.'' Paige took her hand and shook it gently after considering whether to shake it or break it.
Great. And I have heard absolutely nothing about you.
''Yeah, listen I really should go find the kids. I need to get home and get them ready before I take them to yours, Henry.'' She had let go off Natasha's perfectly manicured hand and was now talking to her ex again.
''I'll drop them off at the usual time, see you.'' She had walked off before Henry could respond and let out a sigh she didn't know she'd been holding. That hadn't been so bad. At least she hadn't embarrassed herself by making out with her lover in a god damn supermarket. After she'd grabbed a pizza for herself for tonight she made her way to the candy aisle to find her kids there looking at the large number of bright coloured sweets.
''Daisy, Grace, Henry, come on we're leaving.'' She only needed to tell them once, the kids could tell by then tone in their mother's voice that she was having a bad day. And they really didn't even have to think about trying to argue with her when she was having a bad day.
To be Continued.
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