Phoebe sat on her bed, legs crossed and pouting as she stared out the window.
"Hi, Phoebe!"
She jumped. "Leo! You scared me!"
He laughed. "I scared you 'cause you're a scared-y cat! Scared-y cat! Scared-y cat!"
Phoebe smacked his arm. "Am not! You just sneaked in when I wasn't lookin'."
Leo rolled his eyes and flopped down on her bed, locking his arms behind his head. "Paige said I'm old. You think I'm old?"
Phoebe thought for a moment and shook her head. "You just bigger than her and she's mad 'cause she's still a little kid."
"Thanks. Hey, how come you're up here?"
"Piper said I'm five."
"That's mean. You're not five."
"I know!"
"So whatcha wanna do?" he asked, sitting up.
Phoebe shrugged. "Wanna go watch cartoons?"
Leo nodded and jumped up. "Last one downstairs is a rotten egg!"
Phoebe giggled and chased him from the room.
Piper and Paige looked up from the book. "You hear people running?"
"Yeah," Paige said. "Which, in this house, is never good."
They ran downstairs and found Phoebe and Leo sitting on the ground staring up at the television.
"What are you guys doing?"
"Watchin' cartoons," Phoebe said, not tearing her eyes from the screen.
"Okay well we need to, oh I don't know, find the demon who almost killed us," Piper said, growing annoyed. Wyatt's cries drifted down the stairs. "Leo, do me a favor and get him."
Leo turned towards Piper. "Shh, we can't hear the TV when you talk so loud."
"Leo, did you hear me? I asked if you can get our son."
Leo giggled. "Kids don't got babies."
Phoebe laughed. "Piper and Leo sittin' in a tree—"
"Okay, enough!"
"I'll go get him," Paige said, orbing out.
Piper stepped over to the television and turned it off before standing in front of it.
"Piper! No! We was watchin' that!" Phoebe whined.
"You're mean!"
"I don't know what the hell has gotten into you two but we don't have time for this!"
Phoebe's eyes filled with tears. "You can't tell me what to do!"
"Phoebe, knock it off! You—"
Phoebe jumped up and ran from the room.
"Now you made her cry. I'm-a go find her," Leo said, orbing out.
Piper sighed. "This is ridiculous! Chris!"
Chris orbed in.
"Piper? What's going on?"
"Leo and Phoebe are acting like they're little kids!"
"What?"
Leo orbed back in with Phoebe in tow. "Chris! Chris is here!"
Phoebe let go of Leo's hand and flung her arms around the younger man. "Hi Chris! D'you wanna come play with us?"
"What?"
"We're gonna get some ice cream and then we're gonna go to the park and then we're gonna play baseball and then—"
"How long have they been like this?"
"Since some demon came and hit them with some glow-y ball thing."
"Glow-y ball thing?"
"Like an energy ball. Only not."
Chris frowned. "Doesn't sound familiar but I'll see what I can find out. Meantime, I'd suggest keeping them in the house."
Paige orbed back in, Wyatt in her arms. She handed him off to Piper.
"Keep who in the house?"
"No! We don't wanna stay in the house!" Leo shouted.
"Leo! No shouting."
"You wanna guess who?" Chris asked.
Leo lowered his voice. "We wan' go outside."
"Later, Leo," Chris said.
"Chris, you goin' home now?"
"No, I just have to go out for a minute."
"Could I come too?" Phoebe asked, tugging on his sleeve.
Chris shook his head. "No, I think you two should stay here with Piper and Paige. Maybe, um, maybe color or something?"
"Ooh! Paige! Could I play with your paints?" Leo asked. He jumped up and down, clasping his hands together. "Please! I'll be extra extra super-duper careful. I promise!"
Paige shot Piper a panicked look.
"Uh…how about I find you some crayons or markers or something, Pheebs?"
"And paper?"
"And paper."
"Okay."
Paige frowned. "Piper, I got an idea. You do that stuff and watch them, I'm gonna go check the Book of Shadows."
Piper nodded and went to the kitchen. They had limited art supplies, being a household of adults, but she managed to locate a handful of markers and a ream of printer paper. Phoebe and Leo hopped up onto the chairs circling the dining room table. Leo tucked one leg under himself. Phoebe sat on both her knees. Piper laid the markers between them and divided the paper between them.
