Author's note- Sorry the last chapter was so hard to read. I did in on Microsoft and thought you would be able to read the paragraph like I could on my computer but it didn't upload the same way…hopefully this will be easier. Hope you enjoy!

I lay down flat on my bed doing nothing but thinking for the next half-hour. I get up walk into Chris' room. "Okay I'll do it" is all I say before walking out.

Chris jumped from his bed and followed me down the hall back to my room. "Really?" he asked.

"Yeah. You want me to cover for you while you go to the concert, right?"

"Wow, your good. I didn't even tell you what I wanted"

"I know. You want to go because you want to be able to take Sam for your anniversary. But anyways how exactly do you plan on doing about this makeup thing?"

"Buy you some. You can put it on and take it off on the bus."

"Ummm... Wyatt and our cousins? And besides you're a guy would you even know what to buy?"

"Sam will help me. Prue is like the only one to see you during the day, and you know she won't tell".

"You know, if you're going to disregard the house rules you may want to actually talk about in private". Wyatt's voice came from the attic stair case, "Amateurs".

Chris and I looked around. I guess neither of us had really realized we were in the hallway and our voices could have been heard throughout all of upstairs. Opps.

"Mom and dad aren't home are they?" Chris asked.

"Don't you think if they we're they would have jumped in to that conversation by now?" I replied.

"They're at the restaurant" Wyatt said, "So I could tell them about this conversation, or you two could let me in on this little deal you have going."

"What you want us to cover for you to vanquish demons or something?"

"No way! We could all end up dead! And I'm not just talking about the demon."

"Yeah, I'll admit when mom and dad found out they'll flip but, my hope is that we can convince them they we're are capable of fighting demons."

"I don't think it will be worth it even if we do convince they probably won't trust us ever again."

We all stood there for the longest time staring at each other. None of us had every really gotten into major trouble. All three of us wanted did want to be able to vanquish demons on our own, even though for the most part Chris and I are content on waiting. If Wyatt told mom and dad about Chris' and my conversation we'd probably just get a talking to (since we haven't actually done anything) and they'd come up with some excuse to make sure they'll saw Chris all night the night of the concert. If we got cault vanquishes a demon on our own, which Wyatt's' plan was sort of to get cault, so that they would see we were capable, it could very well backfire, that would get us all grounded for weeks. So why was I actually considering going along with Wyatt?

"Give us time to think about it", Chris said.

"Mom and dad should get home about 6" Wyatt replied.

I decided to avoid the decision for a little bit longer and do my homework. I finished about 1 and when downstairs to get some lunch. Chris was sitting at the table with a sandwich that only had a bit taken out of it.

"Am I nuts for actually thinking about doing this?" He asked me.

"If you are, then so am I."

"You're considering it to?"

"Surpisely, yeah. I have no idea why on earth I would be though."

"Welcome to the club."

He bangs his head against the table and I pull out some easy mac and start to make it.

"So you know why I want to go to the concert but why do you want to wear makeup so bad?"

"It's girl thing. You wouldn't understand."

He took that answer and the rest of lunch was silent. When I got up to put my bowl into the dishwasher Chris was still sitting at the table.

"Are we actually going to do this?"

"I think so."

We spent the rest of our afternoon forming a plan. We'd have to make sure we knew exactly what we're getting ourselves into, practice our power so we had everything down perfect, and most importantly get are timing just right. When mom and dad got home, Chris asked if he could out for dinner with Sam. The rest of us just reheated leftovers. By 8 o'clock that night I was sitting on my bed with my very own makeup. I can't wear it until next week (we can't risk mom or dad finding out about that before Chris got to go to his concert or Wyatt's choice of demon was vanquished) but still it felt amazing.

My alarm went off abruptly the next morning. I had stayed up late thinking and I guess when I finally did fall asleep I feel into a deep one. I followed my usual morning rotinue in such a fog I basically blacked out the whole thing. It wasn't until I met up with Prue, that I realized where I was or what I was doing.

"So how was your weekend?" She asked me.

"Pretty good. Pretty crazy actually. Want to know a secret?"

She nodded and I told her about my brothers' and my deal in one breath, which was slightly easier than normal giving the fact I had to whisper it all.

"Are you really sure you want to do that?" she asked when I was done.

"Not really, but you can put some of my makeup on, think about, won't it be great to see Renee's face?"

"Totally. Speak of the devil."

Renee Hightower walked towards us. Her 'friends' also known as Grace and Leann we're as usually by her side.

"Well, well, well if it isn't baby Halliwell and her cousin."

"Look Renee, we're sick and tired of this. Just leave us alone!" Prue said.

"Oh, I'm sorry Prue. I didn't realize that your baby of a cousin meant so much to you!"

"You're the one that acts like a baby!"

That simple exchange was all it took. One second Renee jumps at Prue and they next we're all sitting in front of the principal's office waiting for our parents to arrive. Uncle Coop arrived pretty quickly and I was left sitting there by myself for a little bit with Renee next to me. My mom arrived second. She said nothing to me directly but we went into the principal's office. The principal talked about how the school's policy against fighting is very strict. He looked at my record and noted how I haven't been in trouble before. Then he suspended me until Thursday morning and told me that I would have detention Thursday and Friday. Not much was said until we got into the parking lot.

"You want to tell me what happen? Because, this is so not like you Melinda".

"Renee's been teasing me. Prue stood up for me and Renee jumped on her. The other girls joined in so I had to help her."

"Why haven't I heard about Renee before this? Has this been happening long?"

"About a month, it's like she woke up one day and decided she hated me. I haven't told you because it wasn't a big deal up until now."

"Still it would have been nice to know. Sometimes people can step in and stop before fights like this occur."

"Trust me, an adult or even a peer mediator stepping in would have made this 10 times worst."

"I'm not entirely sure that's true but I guess it doesn't matter now. Promise me you'll tell someone if she tries to cause problems in the future before you end up suspended or not with detention again."

"Ok. I promise. How much trouble am I in?"

"I don't know yet. I can't condone fighting but you didn't start it and I can understand wanting to help your cousin."

"I should have just gone to the nearest teacher though."

"Yeah. See you can make good decision when you use your brain."

"So, I thought you would be busy at the restaurant and dad would be the one to pick me."

"They're some constructional issues your father has to help me take care of first before I can do much else."

Mom's cell phone rang.

"Hey honey….what now?...Are you kidding me?...Yeah, I drop her off and come back."

"Something wrong at the restaurant?"

"Yes, you think you can behavior yourself until your brothers get home from school?"

"Of course. I'm sorry about today. It won't happen again. I promise."

"I love you Melinda."

"Love you too mom."

She dropped me off. I went up stairs put my book bag and my stuff away. Then I laid down on my bed. I must had fallen asleep because the next time I looked at the clock it was a couple hours later. That was okay I hadn't even made it to first period, so I didn't have any homework. I'd have to wait until Thursday to get it all and make it up over the weekend. This had been an emotional morning. I went downstairs to make myself some lunch. I pulled out some leftovers and was about to heat them up. My cell phone rang; it was a new text message. It was from Aunt Phoebe. I opened it, it read "freeze him and get out!" Ummm….that was sorta weird. Then he appeared. I froze him and ran. Then a group of demons came. One shout, "She's the one kill her!" I felt a fireball hit my back. At least that's what I assumed it was. Whatever it was it hurt bad. I fell to the floor. Then Aunt Paige orbed in right beside me and she orbed me out. At least I'm pretty sure that's what happened. The pain was so bad I was disoriented until she healed me.

"You okay?" she asked me.

"Yeah, I'm fine. What just happened?"

"A group of demons attacked you."