Charmed!
Phoebe's nightmare!
By Penny-Marie Swallow
It's just a story I have been working on recently, you've gotta love charmed! They rock. I was worried at first, that it'd sound too erm… dull but my friends seem to like it, hope you do to!? Feel free to review, I don't bite and reply to everyone that does leave a review. Criticism leads to a better writer.
Chapter 1.
Piper stormed through the front door of The Halliwell Manor, shouting loudly, "Phoebe, Paige! Get yours arses in here now!" She said chucking her keys and bag onto the round, marble table.
Paige orbed in behind Piper, in her pink pajamas and fluffy white slippers, she tightened her pigtails and hopped onto Piper's back, "What's up Pipes?" She said into Piper's ear. Piper screamed.
"What the hell you doing?" Piper shouted, "I've got my hands full with all of this..." She waved her arms around the room, pointing to various objects "It's a never ending list of things to do in my life! I've got to do..." She paused for a breath and carried on "The washing up, cooking, the children, cleaning, the club..."
"Sorry." Paige mumbled as she jumped off her sisters back and walked over to Wyatt, "Hello Handsome! Wanna go play? Give stressy, wessy mummy a break?" Paige said in a childish manner picking up her nephew.
Piper sighed sadly, "I just wish Leo was here to see them growing up." She said kneeling down to pick up some toys.
"Oh Piper, don't be sad. He will be..." Paige exclaimed, "Soon." Paige moved swiftly across the room with Wyatt in her arms, "I'm gunna take Wyatt with me, to pick up the twins, ok?"
Piper kissed Wyatt and nodded, walking off towards the kitchen, her arms already full of toys and washing up, she felt terrible. Her life had turned out completely wrong. Since, the demons had gone into hiding, all she had was the normal life she had wished for. Yet, some how, she was wishing that demons would re enter her life and make it how she had known and loved it for 8 years of her life. Sighing once more to herself, she carried on with her daily chores.
Meanwhile, Phoebe walked confidently through The Bay Mirror, smiling happily to herself. Living with the love of her life, in her own home with 2 beautiful girls, she couldn't wish for better, "Hey." Phoebe said happily to her colleagues. Entering her office, she saw Elise, on a rampage, as usual. She laughed to herself, slipping into her office, it was full of letters everywhere, piled high above her own desk. She grinned, "God I love this job."
"Well you better Phoebe." Someone said from behind her.
Phoebe spun around, immediately on her guard. However, spinning around rather too quickly, she felt herself starting to fall only to be caught by someone, "Woah, Steady on there alligator." The same voice said loudly. Phoebe gazed up at her savior and her mouth fell open.
"Lesley?" She gasped.
"Yeah, you seem surprised Phoebe?" He replied.
"Of course I'm surprised. I haven't seen you in 4 years! Wow! Oh my gosh… How have you been?" She said in a rush.
"Well, 4 years is a long time, sorry about that." He said smugly.
"It's ok." She smiled, "You gunna let me go now?" She said regaining her footing.
"Yeah, sorry about that." He mumbled slightly, "I've actually landed myself a column now, I'm no longer a ghost writer." He grinned.
"So you've come to tell me you're my new competitor?" Her smile faltered slightly.
"Of course not Phoebe, I'd never run against you, thought at least you would know that? I'm actually here to tell you that I'll be working with yo-"
Before he could finish his sentence, Phoebe butted in, "What? With me?"
"Don't sound so disgusted Pheebs." He said hurt evident in his voice and eyes.
"Sorry, I… I just, I just didn't think I'd find someone so soon to work with my column, I was hoping in a way I wouldn't, for a while, anyway." She shook her head and regained composure, "As long as you don't mind me bossing you around, I think we'll be just fine."
"I love being bossed around by you, you know that as well, Pheebs." He laughed and moved around the office, "Will my desk be beside yours now?"
"Um… sure yeah. We can share, there's enough room, I guess." She mumbled, "I've got to go rush this copy to Elise, make yourself at home." Phoebe said backing out the room hastily.
Lesley moved around to her chair and sat down nonplussed. She was always unpredictable, that's what he loved about her. Sighing softly, he looked over her desk, a mess like always. His eyes gazed momentarily at the 4 clusters of photo frames. Blinking. He looked closer. The first photo frame held Piper, Leo and her three children, the second, Paige, Henry and her three children. He moved some papers and peered at the third, it was of 2 girls, a lot similar to Phoebe and the fourth, he picked it up carefully not to knock anything and just stared at it, his mouth ajar.
Several minutes later, Phoebe walked into her office, hoping she could sit down and have a good chat to Lesley, "Lesley, I thought we could-" She stopped and looked around, "Lesley?" She said curious, walking around her desk, "Oh, My Photo Frame." She sighed despairingly. Picking it up, she turned it over, and smiled on seeing herself and her wonderful husband Coop, "I wonder how you fell… Oh know… Lesley!" She dropped the photo onto her chair and ran out her office, shouting after Lesley.
"Lesley! Lesley!" She shouted, "Slow down will ya'. I can't run in these damn heels!" Lesley continued to storm down the street, with Phoebe in tow. "Lesley… Please… Just stop!" She shouted again.
He refused to turn around, telling himself, that there was no point. As he ran across the busy street, he presumed Phoebe had stopped following him. Moments later, a loud screech pierced through his ears, mixed with a high-pitched scream. Turning around, he just saw Phoebe's body fall from the air, with a loud thud. He rushed forward, "PHOEBE!"
"Lesley… Call my…" She mumbled before everything fell into a black hole, and darkness fell upon her.