Disclaimer: I don't own Charmed only what I make up.
Summary: Two months have passed since the events in the last episode. The Charmed Ones due dates are drawing even closer and with that the future people are running out of time to fix Jake or they risk being stuck in the past forever. Mel and Roman are working hard to balance their relationship with work and her being in the police academy. Huck is relentlessly pursuing Penny in hopes that she will go out with him and that is totally out of character for him. Chris is embarking on a new relationship with Rachel but something from another life is going to come back to haunt him. The rest of the thirteen must pull together to save him when the aunts go into labor. The future people are going to get a little bit of a shock that is going to send them reeling. Jake meanwhile is having problems of his own where demons are concerned. Lilly starts to have second thoughts about breaking up with Jake to begin with. Cole and Nicole must decide if they're ready to let everyone else know about their relationship.
Chapter 1: Saturday Mornings
"I happen to find it extremely unfair that we get stuck cleaning up the club after our darling older sisters and are the ones who decided to mess it up in the first place by having a baby shower in here." Brady bitched as he wiped down the bar of P3.
"You're telling me and look at Al he is such a momma's boy when he wants to be. He is over there laying with his head in Aunt Paige's lap while we do all the work." Jack agreed with Brady.
"Hey I got stuck helping too and how they talked Paige into this I will never know this so isn't her thing." Dom chimed in with his two cents.
"She was the only one who had a little free time and I secretly think mom told them to come up with something to keep her out of the underworld she has been like a dog on a bone for the last two months and I can't help but think we're running out of time here." Jack muttered to himself.
"Jackie talking to yourself in this family is a sign of a demon attack." Mel said walking over to him.
"Mel I'm sure that it thrilled mom to death that you showed up in your academy uniform." Jack replied talking about his sister wearing her cop uniform.
"Forgive the hell out of me if I had to come from classes at the academy straight here. Your pain in the ass cousins Carly and Val would not let me change they told me that I didn't have time." Mel pointed out to her little brother.
"Mel come on she can't even stand to see you walk out of the door in the morning wearing that without crying her eyes out for a good half hour afterwards trust me you can ask dad if you don't believe me." Jack shot back at her.
"Well that I blame on her pregnancy hormones and with any luck those should be gone within a week or two. And then she'll finally get pissed and yell at me trust me I'm not looking forward to it." Mel said rolling her eyes.
"Mel I still can't believe you went straight from high school into the academy. At least Hank took a little break." Patty said coming over to where her cousins were talking.
"Hank took a two second break to go into the marines. If I get this out of the way now then I don't have to worry about it when school starts and besides you know that I start working out in the field next week. It's not like school, school. Like today I got to throw the biggest guy in the class on his ass it was very fun for me." Mel replied.
"I know we told you that being a cop has it's own rewards." Chris said walking up behind his little sister scaring the shit out of her in the process.
"You guys are five minutes late I told you boys to be here at six the time is now five after six." Mel said consulting her watch.
"I so can't wait until you come to work with us and we corrupt you it's going to be so much fun." Henry said predictably he was standing right next to Chris.
"Jesus Christ did you guys go through extensive shadow ninja training? You two sneak up on me all the time. I have to tell you I don't find it amusing when I'm in class and you guys come stick your head in the door." Mel bitched at them.
"Mel that is the nicest thing you have ever said about us. Of course we're totally fuckin ninja." Chris replied with a smirk on his face.
"Which reminds me. What are you doing at midnight?" Henry asked he so had something up his sleeve.
"I probably be in bed sleeping it is Friday night and I have no where else to be." Mel answered him.
"Throw those plans out the widow. For the first time in like forever Hank and I are working on a Friday night. And you are coming with us we talked the skipper into letting us take you out." Chris said excitedly.
"Tell me that you're shitting me Chris. You guys are without a doubt the greatest." Mel said hugging them both.
"Ok thank you I can do a little less with the love fest I'm seeing here. I'm here I have a box that was expertly wrapped by my girlfriend because I got the wrapping paper taken away from me. Now explain to me what the hell I'm doing here." Wyatt grumbled. He was still not happy at all that Mel was following Chris and Henry into being a cop.
"Very simply put if I had to suffer through this hell then so do you this was the Val and Carly show. Just be glad it's just mom and the aunts now you didn't have to be here for the bad part." Mel rolled her eyes this had not been fun for her at all.
"Finally you boys got your asses here all of you are late." Carly yelled at her brother and male cousins when she saw them standing at the bar.
"All I have to say is God help the poor bastard she marries he is going to need it." Henry commented shaking his head that girl drove him nuts sometimes.
"Please the only reason I wanted to have them show up now is because I'm not carrying all that shit out to their cars." Val said.
"You boys just ignore them. I'm happy to see you." Paige said smiling at them.
"Good because we come bearing gifts. And I know you guys are going to be totally stoked over this. Although I must admit we spent three hours in the baby store the other day." Jake said wiggling his eyebrows.
"Tell me you guys didn't." Piper pleaded with them she could just imagine all of them in a baby store.
"Wait a second where the hell is Dimples?" Penny asked she noticed that her uncle was missing.
"Yeah you don't want to know. Lets just say that we let Parks skip off with Chuck and Troy don't worry they will be here in a minute." Wyatt said looking down at the ground.
"But until they get here Mom this is for you, Aunt Phoebe, Aunt Paige, Aunt Prue, and Aunt Eva." Chris said handing each woman a box.
"Wait a minute you let dumb and dumber kidnap my boyfriend? I think that I should be worried about him." Calleigh asked them incredulously.
"No we didn't let them kidnap him Troy demanded a ransom and we didn't want to pay said ransom so they have him." Henry explained.
"Peanut tell me you didn't." Piper said opening the box Chris handed her.
"Mom it's no big deal but I couldn't let my baby brother run around naked so I bought him some clothes." Chris replied. He had to chuckle when she held up a sleeper that said I get my good looks from my big brother. And then he couldn't resist himself he had to say something smartass. "And if what you're worried about is me spending money don't worry I sold my sperm."
"Christopher Perry please I don't want to hear that there are no telling how many children our man whore of an older brother has running around that he doesn't know about." Mel yelled at him.
"Chris you're really sweet you didn't have to do this." Paige told him.
"Aunt Pay you know I did and I would have done it anyway." Chris replied. She knew damn well that he thought he owed her because she helped him with his flashbacks not only that but she was his favorite aunt.
"At least you guys weren't the ones who had to go shopping with them I think I was scarred for life." Liz commented rolling her eyes.
"That is because you drew the short end of the stick Lizzie I flat out refused to go shopping with them. It's not my fault you let Cal, Prue, and Lilly talk you into going with them." Bianca informed her she had known better than to go shopping with those guys.
"Hey I wasn't as bad as Doc Halliwell I'll never figure out why they let him be a damn doctor. He was playing with a damn breast pump and he didn't know what the hell it was for. So tell me that he needs to operate on people." Henry said doubling over with laughter.
"Wy I know that you've had to work on the maternity ward before because I'm the one who sent you up there. If you're going to do stupid things I'm not going to let you be a doctor in that hospital any more." Eva told him.
"I was confused for a second I know that happens to me a lot but I was I can't help it. And your son was into it too him and Chuck were egging me on as usual." Wyatt defended himself.
"And we all know that you don't back down from a challenge if Chuck issues it. and I just shudder when I think about Ro running around unsupervised in a store for infants." Mel said sighing.
"Speaking of overgrown infants my boyfriend happens to be MIA right now he was supposed to be here too." Patty said that fact had just dawned on her.
"Oh he is being held for ransom too but he'll be fine Chuck won't let Troy do anything too drastic to him. At least we don't think so but we're hoping for the best." Henry admitted.
"You boys are all really sweet I can't believe you guys did all of this." Prue said to her nephews.
"No Hank, Parker, and I are the sweet ones Wyatt and Coop are just vain." Chris replied.
"So where is my boyfriend exactly?" Mel asked she hadn't seen or heard from Roman all day in all truthfulness he had been acting weird around her for a couple of months now. Like he was observing her and her habits or something like that. But then again she really had to cut him some slack between graduation and then starting the academy she hadn't really had that much time for him.
"Honestly that is a question that I don't have an answer to. He probably doing something we don't want to know about. He should be along shortly though." Henry assured her.
"You say that like he comes in sizes other than short." Val couldn't pass up the chance to say something about Roman's height.
"Hey Halliwell we're here now it's time for you to pay me my damn ransom or else." Troy called out to Wyatt walking down the stairs of the club.
"I refuse to pay you that ridiculous ransom for him really I refuse to pay ransom for either or them. Chris and Hen both informed me that I'm not allowed to negotiate with terrorists." Wyatt replied.
"Troy what the hell do I have to pay you to get my boyfriend back?" Calleigh asked rolling her eyes at him he really was an overgrown kid.
"Two kegs of beer, a box of good cigars, and a place to hold a high stakes poker game." Troy replied.
"Liz pay your brother his damn ransom because I'm not dealing with him." Calleigh told her friend.
"Not a chance, Troy I can't believe you're gambling again." Liz said to him with her hands on her hips.
"I'm not gambling again Lizzie I never stopped gambling." Troy told his sister. "Alright guys come on down and bring the stuff with you. I guess I have to let you go and find some place else to have my poker game." He called out to his friends.
Parker and Roman came down the stairs carrying a piece of plywood with a baby food fort on it. Ricky and Chuck were carrying several furniture boxes.
"What the hell is that?" Eva asked though with those boys she really didn't want to know.
"This is our little project we've been working on for a week. We got bored and built a fort out of baby food containers." Roman explained.
"So this is what you do with your free time?" Mel asked him arching an eyebrow at him.
"Pretty much since I never get to see you anymore I have to find some way to occupy my time." Roman replied making her feel more than a little guilty.
"What is with all the furniture boxes?" Piper asked not really needing or wanting to know what they were up to.
"I am proud to report that after kidnapping Ricky and Parker to assist us all of you now have cribs set up. And Aunt Phoebe this is going to please you very much we got all of Prue's shit moved out of the condo." Chuck reported proudly.
"I knew that we kept you guys around for a reason but you really didn't have to do any of this. And I don't think I'll quite know how to act not having to look at all of Prue's old stuff anymore." Phoebe said a little misty eyed. Part of it was her pregnancy hormones but she couldn't help but think that this meant her oldest baby really was never coming back home.
Opening Credits:
Theme:
Chariot- Gavin Degraw
Starring:
Wyatt Halliwell- Wes Ramsey
Chris Halliwell- Drew Fuller
Henry Matthews Jr.- Channing Tatum
Cooper Halliwell Jr.- Paul Walker
Charles Bradford- Jonathan Rhys Meyer
Lila Nicolae- Jordana Brewster
Roman Nicolae- Ben McKenzie
Elizabeth Shane- Bethany Joy Galeotti
Parker Halliwell- Eddie Cibrian
Troy Shane- David Boreanez
Bianca Hoyt- Marisol Nichols
Calleigh Cavanaugh- Anne Hathaway
And
Prue Halliwell- Jenifer Love Hewitt
With:
Melinda Halliwell- Amanda Bynes
Valerie Halliwell- Eliza Dushku
Penny Halliwell- Daneel Harris
Carly Matthews- Sophia Bush
Patty Matthews- Rachel Bilson
Ricky Bradford- Taylor Lautner
Jack Halliwell- Jensen Ackles
Alan Halliwell- Chris Pine
Brady Halliwell- Michael Bublé
Hailey Mitchell- Amanda Seyfried
Puck Cavanaugh- Mark Salling
And
Emily Bradford- Hilary Burton
Parker was sitting at the kitchen table of the manor looking through the classifieds he really had to find a place to live. Sure he knew that he could continue to free load off of his sisters but he didn't like doing that it made him feel like less of a man. He sighed when he failed to find an apartment in his price range.
"Parks why do you look like you're mad at the paper?" Piper asked her little brother she was sitting next to him with a cup of coffee in her hand.
"Because I'm looking for an apartment and I have yet to find one that I can afford." Parker replied.
"Parks I don't know how many times I have to tell you that you can stay as long as you want to." Piper said trying to get through to him that she wanted him there.
"No Pip it's ok really it's about time that I looked for a place of my own anyway. I've been thinking about it for a while now." Parker said waving off her concern.
"And I've told him numerous times that he can stay with me and Henry it's no big deal." Paige said jumping into the conversation.
"Andy and I have both told him that he always has a room at our house any time he wants it." Prue said she thought he was being stubborn about the whole thing. But then again she had lived with her sisters until she died. Besides that she didn't want him to think he had to move just because she and Andy were married she also didn't want him to think that she didn't want him around.
"You guys that is really nice but I don't want to feel like I'm freeloading off of any of you. You all have kids and I don't want to be in the way." Parker said he really didn't want them to feel like they had to take care of him.
"Parker you're our little brother it's our job to worry about you and take care of you. You could never be in the way no matter how hard you tried. But I don't blame you if you don't want to move in with Phoebe or Paige they can't cook to save their lives. Prue isn't much better but you would be right next door if you ever needed to use the book." Piper said trying to get him to see reason.
Parker rolled his eyes at her "Alright mom I'll think about it." he said sarcastically.
"Don't be a smart ass Parker you're supposed to be the sweet one." Phoebe informed him.
"I can't help it Pheebs I'm a Halliwell. Guys really don't worry about me. Hank told me that I could move in with them, Val told me that if she can ever find a place I can move in with her, and Chuck said if nothing else I can move in with him." Parker replied.
"I wouldn't live with Val if my life depended on it. She has tried talking me into it but she is crazy if she thinks it's happening." Mel said coming into the kitchen via the side door Henry and Chris were right behind her.
"It can't be any worse than living with Prue and Wyatt." Chris said rolling his eyes those two drove him to the brink.
"Dare I ask what you two had my baby doing all night?" Piper asked her son and nephew with her eyebrow raised.
"The same thing we do every night. Mel is pretty much a natural at this whole narc thing we will be more than happy to have her." Henry said smiling at his little cousin.
"Hank the things you do tend to get you shot so I hope you wouldn't have Mel doing those same things." Paige told her son looking at him hard.
"Well I can promise that we didn't have her draw her gun more than once." Chris admitted shyly and then he consulted his watch. "And on that note I have to go I have things to do this morning."
"You're not staying for breakfast?" Piper asked him it was almost impossible for her to get all of her kids together under one roof at the same time anymore.
"No mom I have things to do but I promise I'll come have breakfast with you tomorrow morning and I'll even make Wy come with me." Chris replied.
Henry arched his eyebrow and cocked his head to the side "These things wouldn't have anything to do with a blonde that happens to be my girlfriend's favorite cousin now would they?" he asked highly amused.
Chris narrowed his eyes at his best friend "You're getting to be as bad as Prue and yes maybe I do have a breakfast date with Rachel she is my friend."
Henry groaned and smacked himself in the center of the forehead "Chris I'm telling you she wants you so bad man and you can't even see it. Don't be an idiot like Wyatt, Prue will have a stroke if you are."
"I will be the first one to admit that I have liked Rachel that way since high school I've never once tried to deny that. So there I'm not an idiot like Wy was." Chris replied thinking he had bested his cousin.
"Yes you are because it has been like five years and you won't admit to her that you like her as more than a friend. C. Perry she is sending you all the signals open your eyes and pay attention to them." Henry stressed to him getting the better of him yet again.
"Ok now with your permission I'm going to breakfast with my eyes wide open." Chris replied sarcastically making his eyes bulge to prove his point.
"Hell yeah get out of here my man. You seriously need to get some because you're being crabby." Henry said giving him his permission to leave.
"Good I'm borrowing the Mustang I'll bring it back later." Chris yelled behind him as he walked out the side door.
"He won't say anything else to you about what happened with Julie will he?" Piper asked her nephew she was worried about her little Peanut he had his heart broken.
Henry shook his head "Nope that topic is not open for discussion right now if I give him time he'll tell me."
"Well I would really love it if you could get something out of him because he was really over the moon for her." Piper replied.
"Look that isn't my first priority right now. Prue has put me on campaign get Lilly and Coop back together not that I want anything to do with it but someone needs to supervise her. And then she is on operation find Val a boyfriend but I put my foot down on that one I told her she was on her own. But I'm sure she would find operation Get Chris Laid a lot more entertaining." Henry said.
"Yeah honey go work on that because I have a feeling it's going to take a lot longer than you think Chris is very stubborn just like a sister I have." Paige said looking at Piper as she spoke.
"Ok I'm going to see B and maybe catch a nap before I go to work at my second job as cupid's helper." Henry said sarcastically before orbing out.
"Mom, mom," Paige said growing frustrated with Bianca who didn't seem to be listening to her at the moment "Mother." She tried but she still didn't get her desired results "Bianca!" she finally yelled and Bianca looked up from what she was doing.
"What Paige I was reading something I have to get my final grades sent into magic school. And it is mom to you unless anyone else is around." Bianca replied rolling her eyes at her daughter.
"I called you mom I even tried mother but you were ignoring me." Paige said sarcastically she was so much like Chris sometimes it wasn't funny.
Bianca rolled her eyes again but she couldn't help but smile at her daughter. "What do you need baby girl?" she asked her sweetly.
"I asked you if you thought that a swarm demon could have anything to do with turning Uncle Jake?" Paige repeated the question that Bianca had ignored once before.
"No I don't they don't have enough power to turn him. You have to keep in mind that Jake is a very powerful witch and a simple lower level demon isn't going to have much of an effect on him." Bianca reminded her.
"Mom we have killed every demon that has anything to do with him in the future and I don't think we have arrived at the answer yet." Paige sighed this was way harder than she thought it would be and it was getting on her nerves but then again she had her father's patients.
Bianca looked up from what she was doing again and she put her hand on top of her daughter's "Paige baby I promise you that you're going to figure out what happened and you're going to fix it. You just have to have faith in yourself and in Dom, Jack, Alan, and Brady. Unless of course Dom has done something to you in which case I will kick his ass for you."
"No mom Dom hasn't done anything to me and I could kick his ass myself if I did anything to me." Paige assured her mother.
"Ok sweetie I was just making sure I can't have him being a jackass to my baby." Bianca said smiling at her.
Just then a white cluster of orbs appeared in the air and they cleared to reveal Hank.
"Thank God you're here Uncle Hank talk some sense into this woman tell her that I'm running out of time here and I need to find out what happened to Uncle Jake fast." Paige pleaded with her favorite uncle.
"Babe I think she might be running out of time here and we need to do something to help them." Henry parroted dutifully doing his best to suppress a laugh.
Bianca looked at Henry and scowled "I know that Hank but I don't want her running off and getting hurt either."
"B she comes by it naturally she is a Halliwell and you're her mother she is going to rush headlong into things and there is nothing you or I can do about it." Henry replied.
Paige looked indignantly towards Henry "I do not rush headlong into things Uncle Hank I resent that and I don't know how many times I have to tell you people not to compare me to my mother."
"Hey I'm sitting right here and there are worse people in the world that you could have taken after. Just be thankful that you didn't take after your Aunt Maria or your Aunt Prue." Bianca pointed out to her.
"Shit we would all be screwed if I was like Aunt Maria she doesn't have the bad ass gene. At least if I were like Aunt Prue I could count on being a kick ass demon hunter. But that is a moot point according to grandma I am my daddy made over." Paige said for some reason she didn't mind being compared to Chris.
"Well you got the bad ass demon hunter gene from both sides my dear so you don't have to worry about that." Henry chuckled.
"And why do you love your dad so much more than you love me?" Bianca asked pretending to be hurt.
"I don't love daddy more than I love you mom I just happen to like him more than I like you." Paige replied with a straight face.
"Paige Victoria if that is the case go rant and rave at your dad. If you don't like me as much as you like him I don't have to listen to you vent." Bianca said in a joking tone.
"No don't you dare go anywhere near your dad right now he is with Rachel and I'm hoping maybe one of them will finally make a move." Henry said quickly.
"I told Rachel to get her head out of her ass two months ago and make a move on him." Bianca replied shaking her head.
"I probably shouldn't tell you two this but since I feel bad about lying to you for so long I'll throw you a bone. You don't have to worry dad and my other mom won't have any problems getting together just leave them be." Paige informed them.
"This coming from the woman who swore that Julie was her mother. I don't know if we should trust you." Henry replied with a smirk on his face.
"Uncle Hank I swear that she is the mother of all my dad's children except for me." Paige swore to them.
"Honey if you want to call her mom, just go ahead and call her mom. I know how you were raised you won't hurt my feelings or make me mad." Bianca assured her.
"But you're my mom, mom right now we have a pretty good relationship I don't want to mess that up.
"Well obviously in the future I have my head up my ass and I let you go. So that doesn't make me that great in my book. But whatever you want is fine with me." Bianca told her.
"Mom really I don't care what you did before I know you're not going to do it again. And I really don't feel like having this conversation right now. I have a fiancé and three uncles to track down. They have been in the underworld all night and they are probably no closer to finding anything out down there than I am up here." Paige said all in one breath.
Henry went to her and grabbed her by the arms "First off remember to breathe. Paige you'll figure it out and who knows maybe you're working the wrong angle. But you still have at least another month don't worry about it now go fine the guys and we'll see you later." he said gently trying to make her understand.
Paige took a deep breath she felt better. "Ok, thanks Uncle Hank this is why you're my favorite uncle. I'll see you guys later." she said before she orbed out. All the while thinking that she didn't have another month. She had two days before the people they had left in the future fixed things from their end and she ended up stuck in the past. Then history would only repeat itself if they didn't do anything to change it.
Jake groaned as he sat up on Victor's couch he had been staying at his grandpa's house some nights because he just couldn't stand to be at home if he knew that Greg was going to be there. And that was why he found himself waking up achy all over this morning. Well that and the fact that he had been attacked by yet another demon. There was just one small problem since he found out that he was going to turn evil in the future no one had been able to heal him when he got hurt.
He knew this and yet he still insisted on going to the underworld alone last night to see if he could find out about anyone who wanted to turn him evil. That was a huge mistake and he had a few busted ribs to prove it. That was in addition to the huge gash he had across his abdomen he had received that the week before when he was once again hunting demons on his own. From the looks of it, it was starting to get infected and it needed stitches because it had yet to stop bleeding. He had evidence of this because he had once again bled through his white t-shirt.
"Whoa what do you think you're doing?" Victor asked his grandson as he tried to sit up.
"I'm getting up grandpa." Jake explained he thought that much had been evident to Victor but apparently he had been wrong.
"Coop you need to stay down sitting up is only going to make things worse. That is the second t-shirt you've had on. We had to change your bandage during the night and you had already bled through that shirt." Sam explained to him.
"I don't know what else to do about it I've been taking care of it and I can't go to the hospital because I can't explain it. And I can't be healed because apparently I'm an evil bastard." Jake replied just a little on the sarcastic side.
"That is why they called me over here." Eva smiled down at him holding her doctor's kit.
"Aunt Eva I would have thought that you of all people wouldn't want to do a damn thing to help me. Beings as I apparently put your daughter through hell in the future though that might not happen because she seems to hate me now." Jake said he was feeling more than a little sorry for himself at the moment.
"I don't hate you Jake and neither does Lilly. She just needs time that is all. You two will get back together and you won't put her through hell because you're never going to turn evil pal. Now lift up your shirt so I can see what's going on with you." Eva assured him. She really needed to see how badly he was hurt this time.
With one hell of an effort Jake managed to sit up and put his feet on the floor before he very gently ripped his shirt over his head. The right side of his ribcage was one massive purple bruise. While he had a huge gashing cut that was about three inches long across his abdomen.
"Cooper Jacob that is infected you should have come to me sooner not only that but it needs stitches." Eva said when she saw the cut on that ran across his abdomen.
"I didn't think you'd want to see me after what I did to Lilly. So I've been trying to take care of it myself. I didn't want to tell Wy he would only worry about me and tell my mom. I don't want her stressing right now." Jake replied.
"Like I said you and Lilly will work it out. Soon she will realize that she can't love anyone other than you. So I owe it to her to make sure you're still around on the day she realizes that. Now what I'm about to do isn't going to feel nice but it has to be done." Eva said looking at him concerned it was a miracle that he wasn't running a fever or anything like that.
"Aunt Eva what are you going to do to me?" Jake asked not really liking the direction this conversation was taking.
"I'm going to stitch that cut up after I cut out the infected part. And then I'm going to send one of your grandpas to the drug store to get the medication I'm going to prescribe you." Eva explained to him.
Jake jumped off the couch the best he could given what kind of pain he was in. "Nope no way in hell I draw the line right there. There is no way you're cutting on me without knocking me out first I can't take that kind of pain." He whined.
"Jake don't make me call somebody to hold you down. You know you can't go to the hospital for this and you don't want anyone else to know so you really have no other choice." Eva reminded him.
"But I can't take the pain of letting you hack on me." Jake whined some more he really wasn't a big fan of pain.
Eva rolled her eyes at him "Jake honestly I wasn't going to cut on you while you're awake I have a pill that will knock you out so that you won't be awake while I'm operating on you. Now I should tell you that this isn't something I should do alone. I'm going to call Maria she won't lecture you or anything like that and she knows how to keep her mouth shut."
"Fine I don't care do what you have to do as long as I'm not in mind numbing amounts of pain anymore." Jake relented.
"Good I'm glad you see things my way. Maria I could use some help for like an hour." Eva called out.
Maria shimmered into Victor's house a moment later. "Yes Aunt Eva?" she asked her hands on her hips.
"I need to do a minor operation and I really could use a hand." Eva replied sweetly.
"Just tell me that we're not operating on one of the odd couple over here." Maria said pointing at Victor and Sam.
"Nope we're operating on Jake a demon got a hold of him. And lets just say that he can't be healed right now so we're his only option." Eva informed her.
"Aunt Eva really it has been a couple of years since I was a surgical nurse. I'm used to working with little kids." Maria said a little uneasy.
"It's Jake just think of him as a two year old in a grown man's body. Lord knows he whines like a two year old." Eva replied.
"I resent that Aunt Eva I do not act like a two year old." Jake replied indignantly.
"Really she was being generous Coop I tend to think of you as an infant in a grown man's body." Sam said laughing at his own wit.
Eva took a vial of pills out of her bag and shook two out. "Take two of these and normally I know that you're not supposed to do this but this time we can make an exception. Victor give him some whiskey to chase those down while me and Maria go scrub up for this."
Victor did as he was told and he made sure Jake took his pills he was out before Eva and Maria ever got back from washing their hands. Eva cut out the areas of Jake's cut that looked infected. Maria stood by her and handed her the tools she needed. It didn't take them that long at all and Eva let Maria stitch him up. Jake stayed asleep through all of that.
"Alright he should be out for a little while longer don't worry about him just let him sleep. I just wrote him a prescription for some painkillers and a high-grade antibiotic. One of you needs to go pick that up so he can start taking them as soon as possible." Eva instructed them.
"I'll go get it I have nothing better to do with my time." Sam offered his services.
"Thanks Eva I didn't know who else to call." Victor said expressing his gratitude.
"You don't have to thank me I still love him even if my daughter does have her head up her ass right now where he is concerned." Eva replied.
"Tell him I said that he better take care of himself or I will let my little sister beat his ass. I have to go though I left Lyn with Tyler not such a great idea she is testing her powers out right about now." Maria said waving before she shimmered out.
Rachel and Chris were sitting across from each other in a booth. Every now and then she would look up at him and smile. She was growing frustrated with him since he didn't seem to be reacting to any of the signals she was sending him.
"So this is really nice we don't have to worry about any of our annoying ass siblings bothering us this time hopefully." Chris said smiling back at her.
"My sister has no idea what personal space is I'm sorry to say. And don't worry about Wy I'm used to him. I get why you had to cancel on me the other night don't worry about that either you had to help Mel study." Rachel replied running her foot up the back of his leg.
Chris remembering what Henry had said before leaned in and kissed Rachel. "I know you think I've been ignoring your signs but I haven't been. I've just been too scared to tell you that I really like you. I've had these feelings for you since high school but we could never get our timing right."
Rachel broke out in a huge grin across her face so that her blue green eyes lit up. "I was starting to wonder about that. I thought that maybe you were as blind as Wy used to be."
"Nobody could ever be as bad as Wy was. I'm sorry I just needed time to get over Julie but for the record I've had a really hard time trying to keep my hands off of you." Chris said winking at her.
"Chris I've done everything but shove my tongue down your throat. So yeah I've had a pretty hard time keeping my hands off you too." Rachel assured him.
"So I guess we take things slow from here. I'm giving you fair warning right now there are going to be times when you can't get a hold of me and you won't know where I am but it's not because I'm avoiding you are anything like that it's because I have responsibilities. And you're just going to have to accept the fact that I'm close to my family. Not to mention you're probably going to get very aggravated with Hank and I at some point but we're a team you don't get one of us without having to deal with us both." Chris said he wanted that all out in the open before he got himself into another relationship he never wanted to be hurt the way Julie had hurt him again.
"Chris I know and I understand all of that you know that I love your family. And I think it's only fair that I have to put up with Hank since you have to put up with B all the time. I know that is not an easy woman to get along with." Rachel replied putting his fears to rest.
"Rach we've wasted so much time being stupid I don't know where to go from here." Chris admitted he had really only ever been with one woman.
"Well I think where we were a second ago is a real good place to start." Rachel said reaching across the table and kissing him again.
Cole walked up behind Nicole and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Good morning Tex." He said kissing her on the neck.
"Good morning Cole I thought I told you not to be calling me Tex no more I'm from Georgia." Nicole reminded him.
"I know but I get such a cute reaction out of you when I call you Tex. I can't resist myself." Cole replied growling into her neck.
"Cole stop I'm trying to make you breakfast." Nicole said swatting at him her thick southern accent coming out when she yelled at him.
"The only thing I want for breakfast is you." Cole replied holding to her tighter.
"Mom you home? I need to talk to you." Troy called out from the front door.
"Oh shit." Nicole cussed any other time he wouldn't have showed up but now when she was in the middle of something he had to come barging in.
"You want me to go?" Cole asked.
Nicole shrugged and sighed "No you might as well stay they're all going to find out sooner or later. It might as well be now unless you don't want to be with me."
"Of course I want to be with you I'm not going anywhere." Cole assured her.
"Baby I'm in the kitchen come on back." Nicole called to her son.
Troy came into the kitchen a minute later with a charming smile on his face. Nicole rolled her eyes when she saw that it meant he wanted something. Troy kinda cocked his head to the side and scrunched up his face when he saw Cole standing in the kitchen of his childhood home with his arms around his mom. "I'm not gonna have to make sure that you two don't behave like a couple of teenagers am I?" he asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about Troy." Nicole replied.
"I'm talking about you're all hugged up with the lawyer. The next thing I know I'm going to be getting a call from the police telling me I need to come pick you up because you and Cole were making out in the back seat of his car." Troy explained as if that should have been evident to her.
"So I take it that you're not going to kill me then?" Cole asked giving him a grin.
"Not unless you do something to hurt my mom and then you're a dead man. I just want to see her happy and you seem to make her happy. She deserves that much after what Tim did to her. Now you'll never get her to admit it to you but he hurt her really bad and she never got over it. I just have one thing to ask of you I want you to make her forget about him and all the pain he put her through. But this is the only warning that I'm going to give you if you make her cry I'll make you cry." Troy replied locking eyes with him to make sure they understood each other.
"Troy be nice to him." Nicole warned him.
"That was me being nice mom I hate to break it to you but it's my job to make sure that no man ever hurts you again. Now I've said all I need to say on the matter you won't hear from me about it again." Troy said defensively.
"So, I take it that you came over for a reason other than to talk about my love life." Nicole stated but it was a question and Troy knew that.
"Funny that you should ask that because I need a really huge favor mommy." Troy said sweetly as he batted his eyelashes at her.
Nicole sighed and rolled her eyes this one was going to be good he had just called her mommy he only did that when he really wanted something. "What did you do this time Troy?" she asked a little annoyed thinking that he had somehow managed to get himself into trouble again.
"It just needed a place that I could have a little get together Lizzie wouldn't let me use her apartment." Troy was trying to sound innocent but from the look on Nicole's face she just wasn't buying it.
"What kind of get together are we talking about here Troy?" Nicole asked she knew her son too well.
"I need a place where I can have a poker game." Troy said looking down at the floor.
"Well I've seen your poker games so not only no but hell no Troy." Nicole told him throwing her hands up in the air.
"Ok so it was worth a try I'm pretty sure I can talk Chuck into it. If not I'll talk Ro into it he can be talked into a lot of things. And on that note I really have to go I have things to do and I'll be in deep shit if I'm late." Troy said looking at his watch. He had to meet Val and he was pretty sure that she wouldn't be too happy with him if he was late.
"What's her name Troy?" Nicole asked more than a little amused her son only got the look he had on his face now when there was a woman involved.
"I don't know what you're talking about mom. But like I said I've got to go don't worry I won't say a word to anyone about you and Cole." Troy said before he walked back the way he came.
Nicole groaned and leaned into Cole after Troy had left. "Ugh, that boy is such a handful and he was the easy one to raise." Liz hadn't exactly been bad but she was always into something with Wyatt and that hadn't changed over the years.
"I think he's funny Nic." Cole replied.
"You would Cole you try coming home and having your house overrun by one of his poker games and then you tell me how funny you think he is." Nicole informed him.
"Admittedly I don't know shit about having kids ask me again in a few years after I have Dom." Cole chuckled.
"Well let me tell you that Troy was no walk in the park and like I said he was the easy one to raise. But that is because he is a boy I only had to worry about what he was going to get into. With Lizzie not only did I have to worry about what she was doing with Wyatt but she also had one hell of a mouth on her." Nicole said just shuddering at the memories of some of the fights she and Liz used to get into.
"I'll take your word for it Nic. Now I thought you mentioned something about breakfast Tex." Cole said kissing her neck again.
"You keep calling me Tex and I'm going to let you starve." Nicole replied but deep down she liked him calling her that. She just wasn't going to admit it to him or he would find something much worse than that to call her.
Huck really didn't want to admit it but somehow his sex god reputation had been diminished he didn't know when it happened and he didn't know how it happened. He just knew that it happened. He didn't like it not in the least little bit. Come on now he wasn't just Huck the sex god anymore he was Huck the sex god who also happened to be a soldier it had been the easiest six weeks of his life. He had graduated one day and he had reported for basic two days later and now he was finished with that. At least until the first weekend every month. But that should have added to his reputation as a sex god somehow though it had the opposite effect.
No, that wasn't what had ruined his reputation either that had more to do with that fact that he was chasing around Penny like a dog chasing his tail. Point in case was right now he was lugging around her shopping bags while she, Emily, and Hailey walked giggling in front of him.
Huck had no choice but to think that maybe for the first time in his life he was whipped. No he couldn't even stand the thought that was one thing he would never be. The women flocked to him he didn't have to work this hard to get one to notice him. Then what are you doing in the mall on a Saturday morning carrying bags when they're tons of babes down on the beach who would kill to get with you? He asked himself. The answer to that was simple Penny had him wrapped around her little finger to the point where he couldn't tell her no for fear of breaking her heart.
Oh God Huck just admit it this girl has you so messed up that it isn't funny. Just one smile from her and you come undone. It's sick really you haven't even looked at anyone else in months. That is just not like you stud it's taking away from your badassness. But you know that she will be more than well worth the wait. Huck was carrying on a whole mental conversation with himself.
Huck really had a nice view from where he was walking too. Penny had this way of walking around like she owned the place. It made his heart hammer in his chest to the point where he felt like he was having heart palpitations. For the first time in his life he found himself being the chaser instead of the chasee. Hell he was even ignoring the looks that other women were giving him that just was not like him. In the old days Huck would have been all up on that shit flirting like crazy and flexing his muscles but now he didn't do any of that. He needed to have his head examined this was so unlike him that it wasn't funny. He just kept his eyes on the prize though he had worked too long and hard to turn back now.
"Huck you alright back there?" Penny asked him turning to smile at him.
Huck had to stop a goofy grin from spreading across his face and he had to keep his knees from going weak at the sight of her smile. He just shrugged and shot her one of his killer smiles "I'm golden babe I'm just following you girls." He replied trying to get some of his studdliness back. Damn it Huck calm down. He cussed himself mentally he couldn't even talk to her without his heart racing.
"Well I would have thought that shopping with 'chicks' on a Saturday morning would take away from your badassness." Hailey formed air quotes around the word chicks openly mocking Huck.
"No shopping with a bunch of ugly chicks on a Saturday morning would take away from my badassness but you three chicks happen to be smokin' hot so I don't see a problem here." Huck replied and he did a happy dance inside that was what he was supposed to sound like.
"Huck if you like living I wouldn't hit on me if I were you my boyfriend has been known to get insanely jealous. He would totally kick your ass." Emily informed him flipping her blonde hair over her shoulder. She didn't like to think about the fact that Jack would be leaving soon and what that would mean for her.
Huck flexed his muscles the best he could "Jack doesn't scare me I could take him." Oh yeah that was classic Huck right there he was on a roll now.
"Huck, Jackie is older than you and I think he may be bigger than you." Penny pointed out to him.
Huck scoffed at that "By like an inch babe but he totally can't touch this body." Much better dude don't make it seem like you're trying too hard. Never had he had to coach himself when it came to a woman before.
"Don't flatter yourself Huck an infant has a better body than you." Hailey replied rolling her bright blue eyes. The Halliwells were really starting to rub off on her and she liked it.
"Hails I miss the days when you were still quiet and withdrawn. What do I have to do to get that version of you back?" Huck asked raising his eyebrow at her.
Hailey put her hand to her chin like she was thinking about it. "Well if you drop dead then maybe I'll think about it." she retorted.
Penny laughed at the stricken look on Huck's face "That is it Hails you spend way too much time with Mel she is starting to rub off on you and not in a good way."
"I will have you know that I barely even see Mel unless it's at work she has no free time anymore. I have been hanging around with Charlie and Ricky." Hailey replied like Penny should have known that.
"Oh spending time with my brother and his girlfriend is so much better. Their idea of a good time is sticking their heads under one of their cars and working on it all day. Penny and I seriously need to monitor who you're spending all your time with. I mean if you were with Val and Carly it wouldn't be so bad but no you prefer Mel, Charlie, and Ricky. Girl you need some help." Emily informed her like that was the worst thing in the world that she could be doing.
"Gee Em I didn't know that I had to get the ok from you for who I spend my time with. Had I known that I would have made up a list and asked you to sign it." Hailey replied rolling her eyes. Oh she was so turning into a Halliwell. They seemed to have that effect on people.
Huck had to laugh his ass off at that "See I told you guys she used to be quiet and now she is like this I don't know what happened but I miss the sweet innocent version of Hailey."
"Huck that would be because she is totally tuning into a member of our group and she knows it." Penny assured him giving him a wink.
And there it went all the steam that Huck had built up was out the window the minute she winked at him. "Well of course I should have thought about that. We all are pretty badass." Huck said like he had been silly to think otherwise. He could feel his knees going weak again but he fought it. Damn Val had never even made him feel like that but that was probably because they had never been anything more than fuck buddies.
"No I think not there is no way that I am in the troublemakers group. I know you guys want to throw Aunt Piper into early labor. She has threatened me with what she would do to me if I joined forces with you guys. I am merely here with you this morning because my normal group is busy." Hailey said making it sound like they were her consolation prize.
"Hails mark my words it's just a matter of time before we get you to join us so you might as well get used to it." Penny said like she was talking nonsense.
"Damn right Hails we have so much more fun in this group." Huck agreed with Penny all the while he was enjoying the view he got from watching her walk.
"Damn Val I can't believe you actually brought that boy out into public for a change." Carly said rolling over on the beach towel she was laying on to face her cousin who was laying next to her. They were spending the morning at the beach with Troy and Jason who were both at the moment down at the water's edge playing catch with a football.
"Well I thought it was about time I can't keep our relationship a secret forever and Prue is going to be pissed that I kept this from her this long. Besides that I'm a grown woman now I can do what I want to." Val replied.
"I'm sure that's going to go over real well with Aunt Phoebe when you tell her that. Yep I can say for sure that she is so going to accept that explanation without question." Carly said sarcastically rolling her eyes. Like she had any room to give people advice when it came to things like that.
"Ok Leigh there was no need for the sarcasm I know that I should have told mom before now. But that would have meant that I had to tell Prue too and you know my sister she will either be thrilled or she will be pissed I really don't want to chance it. Now that I'm out of school though I don't see where they can have an issue with it." Val said at least that was what she had been hoping for. After all she had called things off with Huck so she could work on her relationship with Troy.
"Lets see for starters they will have an issue with the fact he is eight years older than you Val. I want you to know that he will be middle aged before you ever get out of your thirties." Carly pointed out to her.
Val pushed her sunglasses down the bridge of her nose so she could glare at her cousin. "Carly trust me I do know that and I didn't say that I was going to marry him. We're just living in the moment. Honestly I don't know that I ever want to be tied down by marriage and I know that Troy isn't ready to settle down yet so we're good as gold right now. What ever happens later happens."
Carly laughed a little bit to herself when she heard her cousin's speech "Wow things I thought I would never hear come out of a cupid's mouth."
"I'm only half cupid and it just so happens that I inherited my mother's wild child ways so that doesn't help my case a whole lot." Val reasoned with her not that Carly could be reasoned with.
"Hey I'm not saying anything I'm like Aunt Phoebe too Jason is cute and everything but I don't know if I want to marry him. Hell I'm barely eighteen I'm not even thinking about marriage or love yet. The only thing I care about is that he is good in bed." Carly said as if that should have been evident.
"Troy isn't so bad in that department either." Val wiggled her eyebrows it was all about sex with those two.
"Yeah but is he as good as Huck?" Carly asked she had been wondering about Huck herself. It didn't matter that she had Jason to her sex was sex. She would take it anyway she could get it.
"He's better despite Huck being a man whore Troy still has more experience than he does and trust me he knows how to use that experience." Val assured her cousin.
"Honey Troy was a man whore too once upon a time but you seriously have him whipped. This is the longest relationship he has ever had. That is saying something for you and I think this might be your longest relationship too." Carly pointed out it was just like her to keep track of things like that.
"What are you two laying over here gabbing about?" Jason asked coming over and shaking himself dry above Carly.
"Damn it Jay you're just like a dog." Carly bitched at him.
Val squealed a little bit when Troy did the same thing to her. "Troy that was cold I can't believe you just did that to me."
"Oh well me and Jason were just worried about you two getting too hot laying up here in the sun. We don't want you guys to get a heat stroke or anything like that." Troy said trying to sound all innocent but he had the same mischievous glint in his brown eyes that Jason had in his blue eyes.
Without a word of warning each man scooped his girlfriend up in his arms and began walking towards the water.
"Troy Timothy Shane what are you doing to me?" Val demanded struggling to get free of his iron grip.
"Don't worry about it Val." Troy replied.
"Damn it Jason Daniel Jackson put me down right now or I will kick your ass for this later." Carly yelled at Jason but he just laughed at her.
"Oh Carly you don't scare me you're all bark and no bite." Jason said as he continued laughing at her.
Before either Carly or Val knew what was going on they had both been deposited in the water.
"Oh Troy you know that I'm going to kill you when I get my hands on you so I would suggest that you start running now." Val said she got up and took off running after Troy. He eventually caught her and picked her up before he jumped into the water with her. She held his head under water for a minute and he kissed her when she finally let him up.
Jason bit the bullet and jumped in with Carly "I'm sorry baby I just had to do it." he said sweetly trying to sound contrite.
Carly splashed water in his face "Something tells me that you're not sorry at all but it's ok I forgive you this time." She replied before she kissed him.
Patty and Ricky both were laying underneath the truck they were working on. Working on cars was one of the many things that they had in common. "Charlie hand me the biggest socket you can find." He called out to her.
"Ricky I would but the last time I checked you have all the sockets over by you I was just getting ready to ask you to hand me one." Patty replied.
"Shit ok I don't know where they are now because I don't feel them over here." Ricky said after a moment.
"There not over here either now we're going to have to look for the damn things." Patty said in resignation. They both slid out from underneath the truck. They were both covered in grease from head to toe.
Ricky wiped some of the sweat off his brow using the sleeve of his coveralls. "The next time Mel decides to go out and buy a piece of shit truck remind me that you and I are going with her to make sure she gets a good one."
"That is for sure I'm not spending hours under a damn truck that isn't even mine anymore." Patty agreed with him.
"Well this truck really isn't a piece of shit she got a good deal on it. It just needs some minor things tuned up. Hell it's a lot nicer than my truck now that I think about it." Ricky said and then he frowned a little bit that was until he saw the Patty had a smudge of grease on her left cheek and he had to laugh.
"What the hell is so funny Ricky?" she asked him testily.
"You should see yourself you have grease on your cheek." He replied grabbing his sides where he was rolling with laughter.
Patty walked purposely over to the pan of grease that they had drained and she stuck her finger in it before she walked back over to Ricky and wiped it on his face. "There now we match." She said smirking at him smugly.
"Oh that is it come here you." Ricky said and he had to chase after her because she started running from him. When he caught her he started tickling her.
"Ricky stop this isn't funny." Patty said barely able to talk because she was laughing so hard.
"You're right this isn't funny it's down right hilarious. Now say that Ricky is the best boyfriend in the entire world and I'll stop." Ricky said working harder at his ministrations.
Patty shook her head stubbornly "No way you'll never get me to say it."
"Well then I guess I have no choice but to keep tickling you." Ricky replied. Patty turned her head and kissed him effectively stopping him from tickling her. He turned her around so she was facing him and he held her closer to him. The pair were quite a sight standing there in their grease stained coveralls making out.
Ricky reached down and brushed a stray lock of hair out of Patty's face very gently. He couldn't help but think that she looked beautiful grease stains and all. Quite truthfully she looked so damn hot at the moment she was driving him nuts.
Patty looked up and met Ricky's brown eyes with her own. Sometimes it seemed like she was dreaming there was no way she could be dating him he was just too perfect for her.
Patty and Ricky broke apart when they heard someone clear their throat. "And here I thought I was paying you guys to tune up my truck. Had I known I was paying for you to make out too I would have just taken it to the shop to get it fixed." Mel chuckled.
"Mel you know you have a boyfriend for things like this." Ricky pointed out to his friend.
"I have a boyfriend who is a very gifted chef but he knows jack shit about cars. I could have tuned the damn thing up myself but I don't have that kind of time right now." Mel replied she knew a lot about cars because she had grown up with two older brothers.
"Good point actually we have been working on your truck all morning. We were just looking for the socket set that we somehow misplaced." Patty said trying to act like had been seriously working.
"Right the socket set that happens to be on the hood of the truck I can see you guys were really looking hard for that." Mel said and then she got a good look at them "And you both look like a couple of grease monkeys you should seriously consider taking a shower when you're done here."
"Well you do know that we would get done with your truck a lot sooner if you weren't in here bugging us?" Ricky asked her.
Mel smiled at them and shook her head "Something tells me I'm not stopping you two from working on my truck. It's looks a lot to me like I just stopped you two from having sex out in the garage."
"You seriously need to go see Roman because you need to get some. You have been a bitch for days." Patty told her she was the only one who could get away with talking to Mel like that.
"I know I haven't had time I was going to go see him last night but the brothers from another mother decided to drag me out into the field with them. It was fun but I still missed my boyfriend." Mel said.
"So have you given anymore thought to where you're going to go to school?" Ricky asked her he was the only other one who knew about her being accepted to Florida.
"Truthfully no I haven't and I really don't want to think about it. Ro knows and he told me to go but I just don't know I have a scholarship if I stay here and go to school. So there is no telling what I will do. Hell I might just marry Ro and have him move down to Florida with me." Mel replied being half serious.
"Aunt Piper would kill you dead if you even thought about it. She is having a tough enough time with you being a cop." Patty said like her cousin was talking crazy and that was some crazy sounding bullshit.
"I'm just fuckin kidding Charlie I seriously wouldn't get married this young. I think we all learned that lesson the hard way from Hank." Mel shook her head she didn't really know what she was going to do.
"Well then I guess now would be the wrong time to tell you that Charlie and I went to the courthouse this morning before we started working on your truck." Ricky joked with her.
"Yes it is because I would kill you both if you thought of getting married without telling me about it first. It's the three of us and Hailey against the world if we don't stick together God knows those trouble makers won't stick by us." Mel shook her head just thinking about what they could possibly be getting into at the moment.
"Well here is where I have to tell you that Hails jumped ship on us this morning she went out with Penny, Emily, and Huck." Patty replied.
"She would and there is no telling what they're all doing right now. But for once in my life I don't give a damn what they're doing. We're all still on for tonight right?" Mel asked them.
"Yes we are and if you would go we could have your truck done by then." Ricky said wanting to get rid of her.
"But I have time today I could help." Mel offered.
Patty shook her head "No honey that's more than ok you just go see Roman and I don't want you to worry about anything else."
"Ok fine I take that you guys don't want me here I'm going." Mel said walking out of the garage and back down the street to the manor.
"I swear to my time that girl is the hardest person in the world to surprise." Ricky said rolling his eyes.
"I know it and you know it. But she doesn't seem to get the concept." Patty agreed with him.
"So you think she'll like what we're about to do?" Ricky asked.
"I know she'll love it. Now all we have to do is tighten that shit back up and we're finished tuning it up. Which is why we needed to the sockets it's probably a damn good thing you left them on the hood. I don't think you and I will kill ourselves trying to lift those roll bars I hope not anyway." Patty replied trying to think about what they still had to do.
"If we do we could always call my dad but I think we've got it now lets get this done before she comes back." Ricky said and Patty nodded her head in agreement.
"I honestly have to say that we better enjoy this morning boys because it's one of our last weekends of freedom." Leo said he, Andy, Henry, Coop, and Derek were all sitting on the end of a dock fishing.
"Don't I know it the girls are all due any day now." Coop agreed it wasn't that he wasn't looking forward to being a father again it was just that all his other kids were either grown or damn near grown now and he was starting all over again they all were really.
"I will think of you guys fondly when I'm spending my Saturday mornings sleeping in. I still have a couple more months before Eva is due." Derek chuckled.
""Bullshit you get to take over on teenager watch while we're all up to our ears in bottles and dirty diapers. Lord knows they need more supervision than an infant does." Henry said rolling his eyes. He knew his oldest daughter was one of the worst about getting into shit.
"At least you guys don't have to keep an eye on the overgrown kids and make sure they don't do anything stupid." Andy said he was beginning to think that he got the short end of the stick when it came to being the whitelighter to the new charmed ones. They were about a pain in his ass.
"We sit here and bitch about everything and yet we all know that we wouldn't have it any other way." Leo mused.
"Of course we wouldn't at least I know that I wouldn't." Derek agreed.
"So Derek I have been meaning to ask you. What finally made you marry Eva?" Coop asked his cupid nature just wouldn't let him mind his own business about that.
"First of all because I love her but really and truly because she is pregnant. She told me after Em was born that she wouldn't have anymore kids with me if I didn't marry her. And of course at the time I wasn't ready to get married so we pretty much carried on for fifteen years. Then we kinda ended up back in each other's arms after what happened to Ro and the rest is history. I was going to ask her to marry me anyway." Derek explained.
"And it is a small miracle that your sons don't have commitment issues." Henry said shaking his head.
"Oh please Chuck used to be a man whore that was before Prue got a hold of him and turned his ass around." Derek said rolling his eyes.
"Damn I'm sure glad I walked up when I did there is no telling what you guys were getting ready to say about me." Cole said sitting down next to them.
"Good job Cole you're only half an hour late this time things are looking up for you." Coop commented.
"Hey I have very important lawyer things to do and Paige happens to think that I'm her own personal assistant and I find that it is better not to piss her off." Cole said reasonably.
"No shit amen to that Cole and I've pissed her off quite a few times. But I still rather piss her off than piss Piper off." Henry agreed.
"Hell don't even joke like that Hen none of us want to piss Piper off. And it is so much worse when you're married to her like I am. But just you wait until you piss her off again she will get to blow your ass up." Leo laughed he had forgot about that until just then.
"That is why I don't plan on pissing her off anytime soon from what I understand that stings like a bitch." Henry replied.
"Henry you have no idea how much that shit stings and she still does it." Coop informed him.
"You're telling me man trust me I know too." Cole chimed in.
"I think you should all leave Piper alone she is a very sweet woman." Derek said sounding sweetly sarcastic.
"She used to be sweet and innocent anyway I don't know what happened to her over the years." Andy corrected him.
"Andy you've met my children that is enough said right there." Leo said there really was nothing more to say on the subject after he said that.
Mel walked into Roman's apartment without knocking she actually used her key to let herself in. "Hey Ro." She said when she saw him sitting at the kitchen table reading the paper.
"As I live and breathe my girlfriend does exist I had no idea." Roman said sarcastically.
"Yeah I know that I haven't seen as much of you as I would like to but you know how busy I've been. I wouldn't blow you off for no reason." Mel reasoned with him she wouldn't do anything to hurt him. Well she wouldn't do anything else to hurt him anyway she had already slept with D.J. when she thought he was dead.
Roman walked to her and put his arms around her "I know baby I was only teasing. It's hard to find time to be together when we're both working. The only time I really get to see you during the week is when we're at work and pretty soon I won't even get that." He said as he kissed her.
"I promise you that I'll make the time to see you even if it means we both have to go without sleep." Mel assured him.
"I think that I might have a solution to the whole us not seeing each other thing you could move in with me." Roman suggested.
"I don't know Ro I could but I'm just not sure what I'm going to do yet." Mel replied.
"Honey I'm not saying you have to I'm just asking you to think about it." Roman said he didn't want her to feel like he was pressuring her or anything like that.
"Ok I'll think about it." Mel promised him.
A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this it was really more of a filler chapter I had to fill in the time gap. So Chris and Rachel are starting something up that's cool because they'll be good for each other. Poor Parker is kinda out of a place to live and he doesn't know what he is going to do. God help the world Val is moving out on her own that is not going to be a good thing. Roman and Mel seem to be on a little bit of rocky ground but not to worry they'll work through it or at least I hope they will. Imagine that Huck went in the army something tells me that boy doesn't need to be allowed anywhere near a gun. Anyway Penny is playing hard to get and he is chasing after her like a dog on a bone. I wonder what is going on with Jake that he can't be healed whatever it is can't be good because demons keep taking advantage of him. Oh Wow Troy knows about Cole and Nicole it's only a matter of time before everyone else finds out. Not to mention I think it's time for everyone to find out about Troy and Val. Patty and Ricky are too much alike for their own good sometimes but they seriously make me laugh. I just can't see Mel moving in with Roman no matter how much she loves him. And it just doesn't look like things are looking good for the people from the future. Until next time please review.