DISCLAIMER: I don't own the characters of Charmed, Aaron Spelling & Constance M. Burge do.

Prologue

It was a cool evening in San Francisco on June 19, 2030 as Piper and her husband Leo were driving along the highway on their way to Piper's newly owned restaurant named 'Halliwells.' Piper decided she wanted to remain a chef and left P3 to Phoebe and her husband Owen so it would be kept in the family.

"I'm sure that we're late Leo," Piper said as she kept looking at her watch.

"Everything is fine. Phoebe said 6:30 and it's just that now!" Leo said.

They arrive at the restaurant, and pull up to the valet as Leo gets out and walks to Piper's side. Gary, the valet beats him to it and says, "Let me Mr. Wyatt, it's my job."

"Oh that's okay Gary, I'd like to open the door for my wife tonight, thank you though," Leo says as he slips him a twenty-dollar bill.

"Thank you sir. Have a wonderful evening tonight," Gary says tipping his hat to him.

Leo opens the door as he extends his hand to Piper, and she takes it and steps out. Piper is wearing a red beautiful full length low cut dress with a flowing tail and a wrap.

"I'm sure it was six," Piper said as they walk down the red carpet and into the restaurant.

"Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt. You're party has just arrived," Colin, the maitre 'd said.

"Um...maybe I could be wrong!" Piper said looking sheepishly up at Leo with a smile. "Thank you Colin. Is everything going all right tonight?"

"Yes ma'am. Everything is going smoothly," as Colin gives Leo a wink.

Leo winks back as if he knows something is going to happen. "See, what did I tell you. You always think you're right all the time," Leo said as he looked down lovingly and gave her a kiss.

Phoebe noticed her sister and Leo walking in. "Hey! It's Piper," Phoebe chimed in who's sitting next to her husband Owen, "Look who has joined us!"

Piper looked at the woman who was sitting at the table, and didn't quite make out her face. "I'm sorry, but I feel so embarrassed, but you don't look familiar to me," Piper said.

"Piper! Are you kidding me? You don't know who this is?" Phoebe said, who couldn't believe she didn't recognize her.

"Piper honey, come on, even I know her," Leo elbowed her as he stood up. "Owen and I are going to go to the bar; we'll let you girls catch up okay."

"Okay, we won't be too long," Piper tells him as he kisses her.

Owen gets up and gives Phoebe a kiss and leaves with Leo. Piper sat for a moment, looking at her and began recognizing her. "Oh no, your kidding, you can't be-is it Rachel! Oh my gosh! It is!" Piper practically screams and gets up and runs to the other side of the table and they both hug each other. Suddenly, Piper notices she's making a spectacle of herself. "Oh, I don't care, I'm just so glad to see you. I can't believe I didn't recognize you, I guess that goes with the territory of being 59-years-old." Piper laughs. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, I wanted to pop in and surprise my favorite 'sister,' no offense to you Phoebe and Prue," Rachel said.

"Oh, that's okay, we know what you mean," Phoebe says as she sniffles and begins to pretend crying as Prue pats her on the back.

Prue then follows suit and she pretends to cry and says, "Oh, I can't go on anymore. Rachel doesn't love us anymore," she pretends to blow her nose, "Please someone kill me now."

"Oh, you GUYS! You're still a bunch of goofballs. You guys never changed," Rachel said as they all laugh together.

After they all calm down a bit, Piper sees John the waiter and waves him. "Hi John, could send over a bottle of our best champagne, we have something to celebrate."

"You're not kidding. Hey! How are you guys doing?" Rachel asked.

"Oh just terrific!" Piper said.

"Do you have any kids? I'm sure you would by now," Rachel said.

"Well, I have three kids myself. I have one son and two girls," Piper answered with a little grin, "Well first there is my oldest which is my son, his name is Ryan, he's 24, then my daughter Melinda, after one of our grandmothers, who's 22, then my youngest daughter, her name is...uh...well, her name is Rachel."

"Oh no!" she said covering her mouth in astonishment, "My gosh, you're kidding. Well I guess in a way you never did forget me," Rachel said as a few tears ran down her face as she took a tissue out of her purse, "Well, what about you Prue?"

"Well, my oldest son is 26, his name is Parker, my other son is 24 and his name is Peter, my daughter is 22 and her name is Patricia, after our mother, and my youngest daughter is 19, and her name is Paula," Prue tells her.

"That's funny, four more P's," Rachel says laughing. "And how about you Phoebe?"

Phoebe tries not to laugh at Rachel's comment. "Well, Owen and I have three children-all girls. Are oldest daughter, she's 21, her name is Jessica, our middle daughter is 19, her name is Brianna, after one of our aunts, and our youngest is 16, and her name is Angela," Phoebe says.

"WOW! That's some family you have there! I would take a guess that you're still living in the manor," Rachel says.

"Yeah, well, it's not so bad. We decided to add onto the manor, we thought we really couldn't leave Grams' house," Prue says, "It really doesn't seem crowded, since it is a big house anyway. It's actually kind of cozy to have Halliwells together."

"Hey Rachel, what about you? Are you married? Do you have any kids?" Phoebe asked.

"Well, yes, I'm married to a wonderful man; I've been married for almost 25 years now. His name is Brian Williams. Isn't that a kicker? I don't even have to change my last name. We have three beautiful daughters, and you'll never believe what their names are," Rachel said as she rolled her eyes

Prue didn't have to think too long, then she realized. "Oh brother! Oh no, you got to be kidding me," Prue said.

Then Phoebe looked at Prue and then she figures it out. "WHAT! Oh my gosh. You can't be serious, can you?" Phoebe tells her.

"What?" Piper asks looking confused. John, the waiter comes to the table and sets down the glasses and pours the champagne into each glass. "Thank you John," Piper tells him.

"You're welcome, Mrs. Wyatt," John says.

"Piper? Think about it. She has three girls, she's been married for 25 years..." Prue tells her.

Piper thinks for a minute, still confused.

"Oh, come on Piper. If you can't figure this out you must be old," Phoebe chuckles.

"Okay. Okay Piper, I named my daughters: Phoebe, Piper and Prue," Rachel said smiling.

"Oh my gosh, you didn't," Piper says with astonishment.

"Yes, Phoebe's 19, Piper's 22 and Prue is 24. I decided to name them after 'my' sisters. And I want to ask you three to be their godmothers, if that's okay with you," Rachel smiled, as a few tears ran down her face.

Prue, Phoebe and Piper couldn't believe what they just heard, they were amazed as they began getting teary-eyed. They all got up together and gave Rachel a huge hug.

"We would be honored to be godmothers to your daughters," Prue said.

"Oh as for your husbands, they too would be godfathers to them. Oh hey that reminds me Prue, where is your husband tonight?" Rachel asked.

"Oh, well Bane is on-duty tonight, he's a detective...or should I say an Inspector. I guess old-habits die hard," Prue said, meaning that Andy was an Inspector as well.

"Oh, yes. It's hard not to forget about Andy, I remember him in high school. He was so cute," Rachel said, "It's hard to believe he's not around anymore. I bet you still miss him, don't you Prue?"

"Yes, well...I do miss him very much. I still love him, and Bane knows it and he doesn't mind," Prue says sadly.

"By the way, how did he die? I mean I know it was in the line-of duty, but what happened?" Rachel asked.

Prue looked at Phoebe and Piper and then looked down as she fiddled with her silverware. She didn't know what quite to say when Phoebe looked over to Rachel and decided to change the subject. "Hey Rachel, what are you doing back in San Francisco? Or do you still live in San Francisco?"

"Well, there's a Science Convention in town and I brought some of my students on a field trip for a couple of days. I just happened to bump into Phoebe yesterday, and she told me about your new restaurant when she was planning this dinner," Rachel told her.

"Oh no. Phoebe you're kidding...she didn't...I mean you didn't-" Piper began as Phoebe cut her off.

"PIPER! Come on. Do you really think that would happen again?" Phoebe told her.

Rachel looked confused for a second, when she realizes what happened the last time. "Oh no Piper," Rachel said laughing, "Boy Phoebe, aren't you glad we didn't run into each other like we did LAST time?"

"Yes, it was almost like magic, wasn't it?" Phoebe said as Prue and Piper look at each other as Piper kicks Phoebe in the shin. "OUCH!" Phoebe cries.

"You okay Phoebe?" Rachel asked.

"Oh yes, just a little leg cramp," Phoebe says glaring at Piper.

"Yeah, it sure was like magic; there was always something about you guys that was magical. Many weird things happened the last time we got together, didn't it," Rachel said.

Prue cut in quickly to try to change the subject. "Ah, let's order!" Prue said nervously.

"There always was something different with you guys, wasn't there?" Rachel winks at them, "Come on you guys, you can tell me after all these years!" Rachel said.

"Well-!" Phoebe said.

"PHEEBS!" Piper said, glaring at her and kicking her again in the shin.

"OUCH! Come on Piper, I think Rachel deserves an explanation after all these years, don't you think?" Phoebe said.

Rachel looks at Prue, then at Piper and cocks her head and wonders, then looks at Phoebe. "Yes?" Rachel asked.

Phoebe looks to her sisters, then picks up her spoon and begins to make a circle with it, then looks up to Rachel. "You see...we're really...we're really witches. Rachel? Do you remember what happened to you when you had stayed with us for almost nine months? Well, what happened to you was REAL magic. That's why your last experience with us was so...ah...MAGICAL!" Phoebe said.

Rachel slapped the side of the table and exclaimed, "SO THAT'S IT! I knew it was something. Black hats and all? I bet you love flying around on those broomsticks don't you?" Rachel asked.

"Uh, Rachel, can you keep it down, we don't want anybody to know about our little secret, okay," Prue said as she placed her hand on Rachel's arm.

"Well, we don't fly around on a broom, but we do dance around a cauldron sometimes!" Phoebe said.

"Dance?" Prue asked looking at Phoebe and glaring.

"Well, a bit. Only during Wiccan festivals, though!" Phoebe said.

"Good thing we don't have to get naked like we did the first time," Piper whispered to Phoebe.

Phoebe laughed at the comment, remembering what happened the first time.

"What is so funny Phoebe?" Rachel asked.

"Oh, nothing. Nothing," Phoebe said chuckling.

"Okay guys, raise your champagne glasses, I'd like to propose a toast," Piper says standing up, and turns toward Rachel, "Rachel after all these years since the first day you met Phoebe in the 5th grade, somehow we knew we were getting a good friend. I felt it in my heart, that one day we would gain a sister, we didn't know who, or when, but it happened. I want to thank you for giving us-" Piper begins to get a little emotional and teary-eyed when Prue cuts in for her.

"As Piper was trying to say, 'we' want to thank you for being a special friend to us, and we love you very much. We thank God every day for a friend like, and we thank you for-" Prue says as she begins to get teary-eyed as well so Phoebe cuts in.

"As Prue was trying to say-" Phoebe begins saying when they suddenly hear music playing.

Prue, Piper and Phoebe all turn to each other and wonder why that song suddenly began playing. They began looking around and looked to the bar and saw Leo with an orchestra next to him playing a very familiar song.

Rachel begins to get a little teary-eyed, but is confused as to why they all are looking at each other the way they were. Then she looks up and notices Leo. He had brought in an orchestra. She couldn't quite understand what was going on, but then she recognized the song; it was one of her favorite songs.

Prue, Piper and Phoebe were stunned when they heard the song. Leo had the orchestra play, 'That's What Friends Are For.'

Piper wipes her face of tears and sighs. "Okay, okay, let's get this over with, no more crying now," Piper said as she raises her glass and wipes away a falling tear, "Rachel, this song is for you. The words to this song are the words we were looking for. Here's to you: our friend, our special friend-our 'sister' forever and ever."

Prue, Piper and Phoebe look at Rachel and smile as they clink their glasses together as Prue leans over to Rachel and whispers, "AND I hope you won't spread our little secret around," Prue says smiling, "Secrets between sisters? Right?"

Rachel nods and smiles back. "Hey, I definitely don't want people to think I'm crazy and end up in a loony bin in a strait-jacket. It's just between us. It only just seems like yesterday, doesn't it...?