Chapter Two: 'A's Little Teaser
Ella Montgomery is in her class room writing today's assignment on the board when Aria walks into the room, she looks at her mother. "Mom, can I talk to you for a second?" Ella looks at Aria, Aria's staring at what her mother just wrote on the board. "Why did you write 'I am a Halliwell' on the board?" Aria asks as she noticed what was written, Ella looks at the board and grabs the eraser and erases it. "I must be distracted with everything that's going on. What is it honey?" She says turning and looking at her daughter. Aria doesn't know how to talk to her mother things have beens strained recently since they've been back from Iceland. "I feel like your hiding something from me. Is there anything your not telling me?" Aria asks her mother straight forward. Ella rememebers everything that she's not telling Aria. "There's nothing honey, why would suspect that I was?" She asks her. "I don't know, it's just, you've been acting weird and vacant lately and I was wondering why. I guess it's nothing. I'm going to get to class, i'll see you later." Aria tells her mother, Ella looks at Aria feeling a little guilty. "Ok, honey." Aria walks away and leaves, Ella remembers the last day she was Piper Halliwell and has tried her hardest to forget but its so hard...
**FLASHBACK**
It took Piper two days to get to Pennsylvania, she doesn't know how she did it or why she was heading to Pennsylvania but she made it there. As soon as she entered a local diner in Philadalphia, she sat at an empty booth and an older waitress comes over. "Is it just you honey?" the waitress asks Piper. She looks at her, "yeah, it's just me." The waitress hands Piper a menu and she begins to silently look it over. "What can I get you to drink, sweety?" she asks. "Um..tea please." Piper then notices a man sitting with his two children, the oldest is a girl that's about 9 or 10 and she looks beautiful for her age, the boy is about 6 or 7, looks upset a little sad. "Are you ready to order or do you want me to come back?" Piper hands the waitress the menu back and looks at her, "i'll take a chicken salad with italian dressing," Piper tells the waitress and she walks off with the order. Piper notices the father of the children trying to console the son, Piper's guessing they've lost their mother because a wife doesn't seem to be present. She then stands up and begins to walk to the bathroom when she drops her purse by their table by accident. Byron Montgomery reaches down at the same time as Piper does and hands her the purse. "Thank you." She says looking into his eyes. "Your welcome. Do I know you from somewhere?" He asks her. "I don't think so." She says looking at them. "Are you sure, what's your name?" Bryon says persisting that he knows her. "Pi...Ella." "Nice to meet you Ella. Why don't you join us? I could use some adult company. My wife passed away three years ago and my daughter's been telling me to talk to other women." The girl gets jealous that her father mentioned that. "Dad..." She's at the opposite side of the table as the Byron and his son. "I wouldn't mind joining if your children don't." Piper says looking at Byron feeling emotions for him. "Do you mind, Aria, Mike?" Aria nods her head, "sure." Mike nods his head.
**FLASHBACK ENDS**
Beep. Beep. Ella's phone beeps so she grabs it and looks at the text she just recieved. "I spy with my little eye a mother with a ton of lies. Mrs. Halliwell, what would your San Fransico family think of Ella Montgomery? Or vise versa? Tell Aria your secret or I will. -A." Ella closes her phone and almost jumps when the bell rings. She begins to freak out.
*California*
Phoebe Halliwell is at her half sister Paige's place trying to convince her to come along with her to Rosewood. "Come on, Paige, its going to be me and you and we'll find out what's going on there." Phoebe says following Paige around the room while she's picking up toys that her son was playing with. "Seriously Phoebe what you saw was something weird, Piper died two years ago, there is no way she's alive." Paige tells her sister. "Look last time Piper did this spell we found you, what if we find..." "Another sibling, I don't think that's possible, Phoebe." Paige says stopping what she's doing and looks at Phoebe. "I just want to know why this spell has guided me to this small town, Pennsylvania. Besides with you we won't have to worry about air fare." Phoebe says focused on going. "And if this leads no where, your done?" "Yes, if it leads me no where i'm done." Phoebe agrees to Paige's command. "Ok. I'll do it." Phoebe gets excited.
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