A/n: hey guys! i realize some of you may have already read this fic and i apologize if you are reading it again and wasting your time but i had decided to change a few things so please don't get mad at me. special thanks to my henpecking perfectionist friend Shadow-Black-Panther(aka Amy), please don't kill me!

Not Another Demon Boyfriend!: Chapter 1: First Encounters

Piper POV

"Good morning, everybody!" Piper chirped cheerfully.

"Well, you're in a good mood," Paige said rather surprised, Leo and Piper were having one of their little 'separation' times.

"Yeah, what gives?" Phoebe asked casually.

"Me and Leo are back together," Piper replied as she began cooking an unnecessary big breakfast.

"Thank God," Paige muttered as she rolled her eyes.

"I'm sorry, what was that, honey?" Piper shot her a questioning look.

"Oh, nothing........" Paige lied quickly.

"Good," Piper wasn't about to let Paige ruin one of her rare good moods.

"Well, I'm off to work," Phoebe remarked as she grabbed her laptop and coat.

"But aren't you going to eat breakfast?" Piper whined.

"Sorry, but I have to get to work early or Elise'll have not only a cow, but a hornet's nest, a horse, a pig, and a bird," Phoebe gave her a pleading look.

"Alright," Piper gave up as she put her hands on her hips.

"Thank you so much," Phoebe hugged her sister hurriedly, before running out the door.

Piper closed her eyes and waited, silently counting to five. Phoebe poked her head into the door and gave her an embarrassed smile, "Whoops! I forgot my keys......."

"Yeah," Piper nodded her head slowly, before handing her stressed out sister her car keys. "Take my car....."

"Thank you, Piper!" Phoebe exclaimed, before rushing out the door again.

"Don't you dare crash it!" Piper shouted after her. She shook her head. "So........what about you? Don't you want pancakes? I just made them........nice and fresh........"

"Sorry, Piper, I have to go too. We're getting a big shipment of kids today so I have to get there early and make sure none of them get into the copier room or a whole lot of people will find photocopied butts in their in trays........"

"Fine," Piper sighed as Paige grabbed her keys and left.

"Leo!" she shouted.

Leo orbed in, "What's the trouble? Where's the danger? What's the question?"

"Sit down," she ordered.

"Okay......" Leo silently asked her what was going on.

"Eat," she said in that tone again as she plopped a stack of pancakes, some sausages, a bagel, and a cup of coffee in front of him. Suddenly there was an unearthly jingle.

"That's the Elders, I have to go," Leo got up from the table.

"But what about your breakfast?" Piper protested.

Leo picked up the bagel and ate while he hurriedly drank his coffee, "There I ate, now I have to go," he orbed out.

"Okay........Chris!" she called.

Chris orbed in, "What?"

"Sit," Piper commanded.

"What?" Chris had a confused look on his face.

"Sit, Sit, Sit," Piper ushered him to the seat Leo had vacated.

"Why-?" Chris was still uncertain about why Piper had called him.

"Eat," she answered his questions as she got him a glass of juice.

"But-" Chris protested.

"Eat your breakfast," Piper tried to persuade him.

"Fine," he rolled his eyes as he gulped down his juice. "There I ate," he orbed out.

"Wyett, sweetie, do you want any pancakes?" she bent down and smiled at her son.

Wyett orbed out.

"Wyett! Get your butt back here!" Piper shouted.

Wyett orbed back in reluctantly.

"That's it! I'm not cooking for you people anymore! I'm done! Fineto! Finished!" Piper exploded as she stormed out of the kitchen in frustration.

Phoebe POV

Phoebe walked into the newsroom and weaved her way through the usual crowd to her office.

"Phoebe! Get your butt in high gear! I need that column by tonight!" Elise's gruff voice yelled at her from her doorway.

"Yes, Elise!" Phoebe plastered a fake smile on her face. She turned, still smiling, and walked into her office. As soon as she closed the door, she dropped her act and breathed a sigh of relief. She looked around her office grimly. It was like any other office: haphazard, drab, with no uniqueness what so ever. She sighed again, making a mental note to get an interior decorator in here.

She walked slowly over to her desk and plopped down on her swivel chair and got to work. It was going to be a long day.

Flash forward a few hours

Phoebe sighed happily. It had been a pretty good day so far and she was almost finished with her column. She leaned back on her swivel chair and studied the outer newsroom, watching people come and go. Strangely, her attention was drawn to a man in a black coat and hat that covered his features. "Uh-oh, demon alert," she muttered under her breath. "Of course, they show up just when I'm in a good mood."

She was about to call Leo when suddenly the man whoever he was made a fireball and threw it at one of the nicest women you could ever meet. Phoebe had only spoken to her a couple of times and she had seemed caring about so many people and living things. Phoebe jumped up, and in doing so flipped the chair, she quickly got up off the floor and ran out of her office to the woman's aide. She kicked the demon in the stomach and knocked the wind out of him. "Sorry, buddy, but the office is closed, however office hours start at 3:00 pm to 7:00 am every weekday, Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday we are open all hours of the day and night," she quipped as she sneered down at it.

He gave her a look of pure poison before flaming out.

Phoebe turned around and saw that the woman had ducked, and was safe and sound.

Phoebe sighed, "Just another day at the office."

Paige POV

Paige slammed her car door closed and briskly walked into Social Services.

"Are they here yet?" Paige asked her friend, Diane.

"No, not yet, thank God," Diane looked to the sky, "I love kids, I really do. I'm a social worker for God sakes! But I swear if I have to see one more photocopied butt in my in tray after a shipment of those little demons have left I'm going to snap!" she whirled her arms around in mock insanity.

"Don't worry, I'm not that far behind you," Paige muttered under her breath.

"Anyway, I'll talk to you later, Diane. I think I will go and get some work done before the little devils arrive," Paige walked over to her desk and started to go through the papers for the kids she'd be working with that day.

Flash forward 5 hours

"God! I never thought kids could have so much energy and so tiny attention spans!" Paige sighed as she leaned back in her chair.

"I hear you," Diane replied rolling her eyes in disbelief, "I don't think Speedy Gonzalez could keep up with those kids."

Paige laughed, but stopped abruptly when a strange figure hovered close to the door, eyeing her menacingly. Its face was hidden by a long cloak. Suddenly it made a fireball and aimed it right at Paige. She froze. What could she do? She couldn't use her magic in front of Diane and all of Social Services. Just as she was about to get up and leave so she could fight the demon in the alley, it threw the fireball at her. She quickly put her hand under her desk and whispered," Fireball," and threw it at the door, so it would look like someone planted a firecracker on the door in an angry rage. While all the other social workers jumped to their feet to investigate the sudden explosion, Paige looked around for the man, but he was gone. "Damn it!" she muttered.

Piper POV

After having to throw out breakfast, Piper was pissed. God forbid they eat my food once in awhile. She let out a frustrated sigh. It was no use. Why bother? She went and grabbed Phoebe's keys off their hook and picked Wyett up from his playpen. It was time for work. She walked out to Phoebe's car and placed Wyett in back in a car seat. She slid into the front seat and put the key into the ignition and revved up the engine. She pulled out and drove to Wyett's daycare and dropped him off. She then drove to P3, her successful club. She was getting a hot new pop star, Avril Lavigne, to sing tonight and she look promising. It was a shame that Avril's people couldn't fix up the club to their liking and save her the trouble. She sighed. Oh, well, I guess you can't get everything in life. She parked the car and slammed her car door closed. She walked purposefully toward the club, her heels clicking on the pavement.

"Hey, Joe," she called to her bartender as she walked through the door. "What's on our TO-DO list?"

"Well...Avril complaining about her room.....we need to fix the lighting..... The drink supplies need to be re-stocked...... we need to replace a few circuits from our last artist performance...." Piper winced remembering the episode, mental note never have Slipknot perform at club ever again, "we have to fix up the club for tonight's performance....."

"Wait, what?" Piper shot him a quizzical look. "Who the hell said that?"

"Avril's agent. Apparently no fixer upper, no Avril," he shrugged.

"This is ridiculous!" Piper shrieked. "No way am I giving some pop star special treatment!"

"I'm only telling you what he said," Joe shrugged.

"I can't believe this! I've had better singers here without one iota of a problem!" Piper was furious.

"Calm down, boss! Maybe we can have some kind of compromise!" he shouted trying to get her to relax.

"Fine," Piper shook her head wearily, "Sorry, Joe, it's not your fault."

"That's okay, boss. You seem uptight. Rough morning?" Joe asked sympathetically.

"You could say that," Piper replied. "Alright, let's get 'Avril' in a good mood or the club won't have a singer tonight."

Flash Forward 3 hours

Finally, Avril and her agent were satisfied. It only took a threat or two that Piper would give a bad review to a few other clubs. Piper sighed. It had been a long day. She sipped her latte casually, savoring the taste. She had never needed it so bad. Running the club and being a Charmed One? Talk about stress.

She looked up to see a man, all in black with a hat on, standing in the doorway.

"Excuse me sir?" she called to him as she got up and left the bar. "We're closed now, but we open at 7:00 PM."

He ignored her completely and made a fireball and threw it at her.

Piper immediately blew it up. She looked around quickly to see if anyone had noticed. Luckily they were all in back. She looked at the demon and raised her eyebrow, "Let me guess.....demon?"

Its answer was another fireball, which Piper promptly blew up so it couldn't mess up any of the 'Avril' requirements. She was about to blow the demon up, when it suddenly flamed out.

"Oh, great! Life isn't hard enough without a new demon in the mix!" Piper exclaimed dramatically.

A/n: i just want to apolgize again to any of you who have read my other stories, i am fully aware that i haven't updated in a long time and must ask that you forgive me for it. i, like so many others, have been sent to the prison ward that poloticians call "School" and as a result of homework load and many other things i have barely found the time to sleep let alone write! so please please don't riot! i also must ask those of you who have read and written Charmed fic longer than i to please forgive me for i know not what i do.