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"Christopher, you stop this instant!" Piper yelled.

Turning to face his mom, with an annoyed look, Chris said, "What?"

"Don't you take that tone with me mister, you know very well what. I don't like you leaving this house looking like some sort of low life. What will people think?"

"Mom why do you care about what other people think?", asked Chris with an attitude.

"Chris I don't want anyone to think you are a criminal, ok. You have some really nice clothes. You used to love to look nice, now all you want to do is look like some grungy skate board punk."

"Mom, appearance isn't everything. Besides, why should I conform to the standards set forth by a biased society? To them beauty is but on the outside, not what is on the inside. I don't want to be like one of those plastic people. I like my clothes and my hair a little longer. I am clean and so are my clothes. So just drop it okay?"

Knowing she needed to pick her battles, Piper resigned herself to the idea that her baby boy was well on his way to becoming a man. "Ok," she said. "Just don't go getting yourself all pierced and all that. Ok?" she said hugging her son.

With a smile that reached his eyes, Chris hugged his mother back. He turned to leave while saying a hurried "Bye, mom" on the way out.

He shut the front door and turned to walk down the stairs. On the way he noticed that a sold sign had been added to the top of the realty sign next door. He said to himself, "Oh great! New neighbors again. Mom and dad are going to go all Welcome Wagon on us again." Rolling his eyes he walked down the stairs to the sidewalk heading toward his Aunt Phoebe and Uncle Coop's place.

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It was a rather unusually hot day in Michigan for this time of year. Primrose Ryan was sitting on the bench seat in her room staring out the window. She was really unhappy. She was having to move yet again to a new city and state. San Francisco, California this time. It wasn't just the having to move thing getting her down either. She was so sick of how she felt in her own body. God, being a teenage girl really sucked.

Prim may have not felt so bad had it not been for the kids she went to school with. The kids in every place she had lived, teased her because she had a weight problem. It wasn't just her they teased, anyone who had a little bit of a pudgy belly. Kids were so cruel. She just knew that the kids in California were going to be worse. They would all be skinny with sun tans. She on the other hand was chubby and pale. Her sister would fit in though. Everyone just adored Heather. Skinny, reddish blonde, and gorgeous. She hated having to always be in her older sister's shadow.

"At least I have one thing that is special about me. I have my powers." Prim said aloud. Her and her sister both had powers as they were good witches. And in spite of their physical differences Prim and Heather were very close. They were connected to each other as sisters and sister witches. She stood up and went over to her desk. It was better to get a head start on packing. She knew it wouldn't take long for them to move as Uncle Finley, a leprechaun, was going to help. They would just rainbow everything from one house to the other. Then they would take a plane to California and go from there.

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Chris arrived at his aunt and uncle's house. He was so glad they had moved within three blocks of the manor. He rang the bell. From inside he could hear his cousins running for the door. Penny, Patty and little Prue answered the door.

They all yelled, "Chris you're finally here!" He just had to laugh. Although Penny was only 2 years younger, she still had that childlike attitude Aunt Phoebe had. Patty being 4 years younger was just starting to blossom into young womanhood, and Prue 6 years younger was happy staying a kid as long as she could. They all jumped at Chris hugging him tightly as if they hadn't seen him in ages. It had in fact been just yesterday.

Coming to see what the commotion was all about Coop walked to the entry way. "Chris, glad you could drop by," Coop said shaking hands and giving a one armed hug to his nephew. "Girls, go finish your chores. Let your cousin breath."

"Okay, daddy," they all said and left. When dad said go do chores that was just his way of saying "I need to talk privately with someone".

"What's up Uncle Coop? You needed to talk to me." This had Chris a bit worried because he was afraid that maybe his mom had recruited his uncle in her never ending quest to get him to dress the way she liked.

"Well, yeah. Your 17th birthday is coming up in about three weeks, and I was thinking you and I might be able to do something together." Coop was sure his nephew was thinking about the clothing war with Piper so he said, "This isn't about your clothing war with your mom. I live with four women, I do enough clothes shopping. I just thought we could have some guy time. Come on, what do you say, help your old uncle out."

Chris laughed, relieved it wasn't clothes shopping. "Sure Uncle Coop. And since when are you old?" He had to laugh. He didn't think of any of the adults in his life as old. Even his dad who was an Ex-Elder and had been on Earth for almost 100 years.

"Okay so it is settled. We will do something together on your birthday. I will make sure that your mom and dad will let you miss school that day so we can spend it together." Coop wasn't sure what exactly they would do, but he would find out from the Elders the night before. Lost in thought about what the Angel of Destiny had said to him almost 14 years ago, he got a far off look on his face.

"Uncle Coop? You still with me?" Chris said, snapping his fingers at his uncle. Coop smiled at his nephew as he was brought back to his own time. Coop motioned toward the door. He led the way as he and Chris headed inside to talk more about "guy stuff."