9x02: Billie's Inner Demon (Part 2)
Previously on Charmed:
"You can't pretend that you don't know what's coming to you. You already know it. Coop knows it. For the last eight years, you have been searching for love and you actually found it, literally and what better love can you find than the Angel of Love? You already know that you two get married in the future." Piper says.
"Yeah, but that's the thing. We are supposed to get married, I don't really know what to do before we get there..." Phoebe interrupts.
"But maybe for now, you need to start from the beginning and work your way up, from a breakfast date to eventually a wedding date." Paige concludes.
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Christy glares at Past Billie. "How could you?"
Past Billie takes a step forward, away from the Charmed Ones and begins to plead with Christy. "Christy, please, it's over, just come home."
Christy still glares daggers at Past Billie. She telepathically forms a fireball and hurls it towards the Charmed Ones and Past Billie, but Past Billie holds out her hands and deflects it back at her, engulfing Christy in flames and finally exploding. Past Billie falls to the ground and begins to sob. Present Billie who continues to watch begins to cry and the tears she fought so hard to hold back were strolling down her face. She closes her eyes and she teleports herself back into the present. She sits on the floor in a meditating position and begins to cry thinking about what she just saw, Billie herself vanquishing her older sister.
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Coop appears behind Phoebe.
"Surprise!" Coop says. Phoebe jumps and turns around.
"Coop! What-" she stops herself and closes the door behind Coop and shuts the folds and she continues, " What are you doing here?"
"Well, the reason why I came here is to ask you on a date. I think you are a very classy woman and I believe that I'm here to ask you to a classy date..." Coop explains.
"Well, I'm flattered, Coop, but I am kinda busy right now, I just got back from the chaos with the Triad and Christy and I have a lot of work to do that..."
"I understand...totally understandable" Coop says, "Well, I guess it couldn't hurt to try, right? I guess I can try another time."
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"What's the problem? Henry?" Paige calls out.
"What?" Henry says as he turns around.
"What's the matter? What's gotten into you?" Paige asks.
" I don't know. I have stayed in the same room with my wife in three days and when I finally do, she says that she's tired. Frankly, I don't know what to think."
"Well, Henry, you have to give me credit. I didn't know that you felt neglected. You should have told me."
"You're a witch, you're supposed to know it without me telling you." Henry blurts out
"First off, I don't have the power to do that, if anyone of us can do that, it's Phoebe. Secondly, I'm sorry." Paige apologizes as she hugs him "Piper is throwing Leo a welcome back party, we can go and after that, we can have our own little party?"
Henry smiles as he wraps his arms around his wife. He kisses her and then raises her chin a little bit. "Ok, you promise?"
"Yeah, I promise." Paige smiles.
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"Surprise!" Everyone yells to Leo as he walks down the stairs. He exchanges handshakes with everyone and hugs the ladies. Time passes and they all make a toast together and enjoy themselves merrily. Billie sits by Phoebe and she is very silent.
"Billie, what's wrong?" Phoebe asks.
"It doesn't feel right...smiling knowing that I killed my sister" Billie answers.
"I know but she left you no choice." Phoebe says.
"No choice?" Billie yells out loud. Everyone is silent as Billie begins to yell. "I could have saved her, I just didn't try hard enough!"
"Billie-" Piper begins but Billie cuts her sentence short. Billie begins to cry and she begins to glow again.
"It's not fair! It's not..." Billie begins to transform. Her dress turns into leather and her eyes glow black. She looks at Phoebe. Phoebe stands up and back away.
"Billie, calm down." Phoebe advises.
"No one tells me what to do!" Billie yells as she throws a fireball at Phoebe but she ducks and it hits the lamp. She hurls another at Piper but Piper freezes it in mid-air and Paige orbs it away.
"What has gotten into you?" Piper asks Billie.
"That's not Billie anymore." Leo says as Billie's eyes turn red then black. She looks around and flames out. Everyone looks around and they are in shock at what they have just witnessed. The Charmed Ones look at each other with puzzled faces.
"What are we gonna do?" Phoebe asks. Her sisters look at each other once more and look at the spot where Billie once stood.
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"Bye, and thanks for coming!" Piper says to Darryl as he walks out of the manor with his wife, Sheila. Piper closes the door and walks into the dining room where Phoebe, Coop and Paige are cleaning up. Phoebe and Coop reach for the same plate. Phoebe looks at Coop. Coop looks into Phoebe's eyes and Phoebe averts his gaze.
"I got it, Coop." Phoebe says. Coop raises his hands and backs away and walks into another direction. Piper looks at Phoebe and shakes her head. Paige comes from the kitchen with Henry and they walk to the front door. Paige opens the door.
"I have to stay and help with stuff." Paige says to Henry.
"But what about our own little 'party' tonight?" Henry asks.
"I think that it might be postponed for a little while. Maybe much later tonight." Paige says and smiles.
"Are you sure?" Henry asks, "I mean, it might take a while to get Billie back."
"I'm sure we can handle it in the nick of time. I promise, ok?" Paige says.
"Are you sure? I don't want you to make promises to me based on uncertainty. The worst thing is to make a promise that you can't keep." Henry says.
She leans closer to him and kisses him.
"I'll be back in time. You can count on it."
Henry's eyes light up.
"I'll be expecting you." Henry replies and sneaks in one more kiss and leaves the manor. Paige sighs and joins her sisters. Leo walks down the stairs and tries to help clean up.
"No, no, no, honey, you can't clean up with us. This was your party." Piper says to Leo.
"Well, I just put the boys down for a nap and I figured I could not stay up there and stare at them while they slept so…"
"So, go relax. We'll take care of everything, ok?" Piper says.
Phoebe walks to Coop and stops him from trying to wash the dishes.
"Listen, Coop. I think that it's sweet of you to help out but we can take care of this ourselves. I will call you when this is over, ok?"
"Phoebe, I…" Coop begins to say but he cuts his sentence short.
"Ok." He goes to kiss her but he kisses her on her cheek. He steps back and flashes out.
"Ok." Leo says to Piper and plants one on Piper before he retreats to his room. Piper goes to the couch and sits down and Phoebe and Paige join her.
"So what are going to do about Billie? Any idea of what is wrong with her?" Paige says to begin the conversation.
"Well, from the look of it, she has turned herself to some kind of demon." Piper guesses.
"But why? How? She was fine moments before…at least until I mentioned her sister." Phoebe says.
"I think she suppressed her emotions and now that she finally begins to express them, she turns into a demon." Piper explains.
"But how?" Paige asks.
"Well, our powers are tied to our emotions and I guess her power of projection made her project herself to what she feels like she is." Phoebe says, "I don't know how but I could feel that she felt like she was evil…like she was a-"
"A demon?" Paige asks. "I think we are gonna need the Book of Shadows for this one."
"Don't we always?" Piper says as she stands up.
"Here we go again..." Paige adds.
"So much for normal, right?" Phoebe says as she glances towards Piper. Piper flashes her a sarcastic smile.
Piper stands up and begins to walks towards the stairs and her sisters follow her.
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Billie shimmers into the underworld into a demon's lair. She looks up and is surrounded by various demons. The demons look at her very angrily and they form energyballs. The leader of the demon walks through the crowd and walks up to Billie.
"Disarm!" he shouts and his minions the energyballs disappear.
"Oh, you don't have to disarm for little old me..." Billie taunts, "I was hoping we could have a little bit of fun."
The leader of the demon standing before Billie casts an energyball towards her. She raises her left hand and slows down the energyball. The energyball sizzles and crackles in front of Billie as she points to it and it fizzles out of sight. Gasps can be heard around the lair as demons stand rooted in the stance.
"It's Radnor, right?" Billie asks. She sees him forming another energyball, "Now that's not the best way to treat your guests, is it?"
"Give me one reason why I should not kill you where you stand." He says in an angry tone.
"You just tried and failed." Billie says, "Miserably."
Radnor extinguishes the energyball and folds him arms. Billie begins to pace around the lair as she examines the cave.
"I think you guys need my help. To help to gain access back in to the magic school..."
"We have no interest in the Magic School. Besides, we know the other side has re-claimed it." Radnor speaks.
"Well, I can help you take it back. The sheer amount of magic that place holds is enough to boost yours and give you more than you ever dreamed." Billie offers.
Radnor ponders for a moment and shakes his head.
"No."
"No?" Billie asks as she stops pacing, "Ok. So what if I tell you I can deliver the Charmed Ones to you as well? Would that sweeten the pot?"
"The Charmed Ones? That's suicide. That's-"
"I know the Charmed Ones. They took me under their wing. I know their weakness that no demon knows since Belthazor." Billie explains.
"So what? What do you stand to gain from all of this?" Radnor asks.
"Let's just say that I have a heavy burden to get off my chest and the Charmed Ones will only stand in my way. They need a distraction." Billie says. "What do you say?"
The demon smiles and looks at his minions.
"So I'll take that as we have a deal." Billie says as she displays a cold smile.
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I am the son. I am the heir.
I am human and I need to be loved just like everyone else does.
See I've already waited too long, and all my hope is gone.
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In the attic, Piper is looking in the Book of Shadows and Paige is scrying for Billie. Phoebe paces back and forth in the attic.
"Can you stop pacing? That's irritating." Piper says as she looks up at Phoebe.
"Sorry, I'm just worried…you know, about Billie." Phoebe says to Piper.
"Looks like you got more on your mind besides Billie," Paige says as she continues scrying.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Phoebe asks.
"Well, about you and Coop…" Paige answers.
"Can we refrain from talking about my love life and concentrate on how to save Billie?" Phoebe exclaims.
"Found it!" Piper says. Phoebe and Paige walk over to her and they start reading from the Book.
"A Hoyden? Are you sure that's what Billie is?" Paige asks.
" 'A witch whose heart is turned cold by the feeling of anger and guilt becomes a hoyden.
Powerful witches who possess the gift of telepathy, empathy or any form of projection turn themselves into hoydens; thereby making them the most vulnerable to become this kind of demon. These type of witches usually seek satisfaction by quenching their thirst for blood by slaying innocents, since their basic wiccan rule as good witches is to protect them.
Neophyte hoydens can be saved if they have yet to shed the blood of an innocent.
The only way known to turn back a hoyden is to use the abilities named above to help melt their heart of ice.' " Phoebe reads.
"Great. So basically we're screwed." Paige says as she stops scrying.
"Not really..." Piper suggests
Leo walks in with the boys. "Any progress with Billie?"
"We figured out what she turned into, we're just trying to see how we can 'melt her heart of ice'" Phoebe explains.
"The book says witches with certain powers are more susceptible to turn into these kind of demons, right?" Piper brainstorms.
"Um, yeah?" Phoebe says, trying to jump on Piper's train of thought.
"Well, maybe we can find a way to use those kind of powers to try to and save her." Piper says.
"Another instance where having my power of empathy could save the day and cut this entire process short but no such luck..." Phoebe says.
"Ok so that leaves Telepathy & Projection. Telepathy, we're short on those and Projection, Billie has that power. Any suggestions?" Paige asks.
"How about we cast the "Hearing Thoughts" spell, it falls under telepathy, right?" Phoebe suggests.
"No, that spell just allows you to hear other's thoughts by way of spell only. Telepathy has more power behind it due it being tied to the owner's emotions and gives them more range and more power than the spell would provide." Leo explains.
"Ok, so our only hope at this point is that I freeze Billie, since she's a demon now, switch powers with Billie and use her power to save her." Piper suggests, "The only problem is which of us is going to do it?"
"I would do it." Phoebe offers, " I mean, my power is passive and if Piper switches with Billie, she'll try to blow us up and if Paige does it, Billie will try to orb out. So with my power of premonition, she cannot do anything."
"We should try to figure out what she's up to." Piper says.
"What do you mean?" Phoebe asks.
"Well, I'm willing to bet that Billie is looking to kill someone like the Book suggests, right? We should be concentrating on finding who she might try to kill before she does." Piper explains.
"You should start by trying to find her." Leo says.
"How are we going to know where she is? And even so, get close to her?" Paige asks.
"Well, she's still your charge, right? Just try to sense her." Leo says.
"But what if it doesn't work? I mean, she is evil." Paige says
"Her inner witch is still in tact. Besides it wouldn't be the first time you sensed evil now, would it Paige? " Leo says with a smile.
"I guess you're right." Paige says.
"You can try the underworld too just in case you can't sense her up here." Leo suggested, "But before you begin all that, can you orb me and the boys to Magic School?"
"What for? It's too late to go there right now." Piper says.
"Just taking precautions in case you guys decide to bring the fight back here." Leo says.
"Ok." Piper says as she walks to her husband and children. She kisses Chris on the forehead and squats down to Wyatt so they can be at eye level.
"I'll see you soon, ok?" Piper says as she kisses Wyatt on top of his head.
"Ok, mommy." Wyatt says as she smiles and looks up at his father. Piper kisses Leo and steps back.
Paige gets up and waves her hands at Leo as she calls out, "Magic School!" Leo and the boys orb out of the attic.
Paige sits down, closes her eyes and tries to sense Billie. She opens them suddenly and looks at her sisters.
"Anything?" Phoebe asks.
Paige shakes her head and stands up.
"Maybe, I should try the underworld?" Paige asks.
"It's worth a shot." Phoebe says. as she stands up and Piper walks towards her. The Charmed Ones join hands and they orb out of the attic.
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Henry is sleeping on his balcony of his apartment, right across from the Port of San Francisco. His head rests upon his folded arms, and the table he is sleeping on has a candlelight dinner waiting. The candles are almost gone and the flames are flickering as the wind blows by. The clock on the Port begins to chime. The chiming startles Henry awake. He looks at the Port of San Francisco and the clock shows that it is midnight. He takes out his phone and checks the time. He scrolls down to Paige's name and attempts to call her. The phone rings on the other end to no avail. Henry sighs as he puts his phone away, blows out the candles and piles the plates and the dinner he prepared and goes inside his apartment. He shuts the doors as soon as the clock chimes its last stroke.
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Piper, Phoebe and Paige orb into the underworld.
"Can you try now?" Piper asks.
"I'll try." Paige answers. She closes her eyes once more and tries to concentrate. Paige's phone begins to ring. She jumps as she digs into her pocket trying to retrieve her phone.
"Who is calling you at this time of the night?" Piper asks as Paige finally grabs her phone and stares at the screen.
"Oh, crap. Henry and I were supposed to-never mind." Paige says as she tucks her phone back into her pocket.
Paige closes her eyes and tries once more.
"I found her!" she says as she opens her eyes. Paige takes her sisters' hands one more time and orbs out. They reappear in a different part of the underworld.
"Are you sure she's here?" Piper asks as she looks around.
"Yeah, I sensed that she was here." Paige answers.
"Ok, so there's two possibilities." Phoebe begins, "Either she just left or…"
"…Or it's a trap." Piper concludes.
The demons begin to shimmer into the underworld and surround the Charmed Ones. Billie and Radnor come through the crowd.
"I told you they'd come…and fall into my trap." Billie says as she flashes them with a smile.
"Billie, please. We're trying to help you. We're trying to save you." Paige pleads.
"You think I need saving?" Billie says angrily. She walks up to Paige and whispers, "I don't need saving…. Especially from you."
"Wait a minute, what's that supposed to mean?" Piper asks.
"Piper, not now." Phoebe whispers.
Billie backs up and looks at Radnor. "Let's go. We have business to take care of." Billie looks at the Charmed Ones one more time and waves her hands. She uses her telekinesis to send them flying into the wall. Billie looks at Radnor and shimmers out. Radnor signals his minions and then shimmers out. Radnor's minions form energyballs and walks closer to the Charmed Ones. The Charmed Ones get up and back away as the minions approaches them.
"Oh, boy. Uh, ok…time to battle. You guys ready?" Piper says.
"No!" Phoebe answers.
"On, three. One…two…three!" Piper says as she thrust forth her hands and blows up some of the minions before her.
"Ok, I need help here, guys!" Piper cries out as she casts her explosion powers towards various demons who explode from sight.
Paige calls for energyballs and deflects them back at the minions who cry out in pain and explode.
"Uh, there's too many of them. Any mass vanquishing spells?" Paige asks.
"Maybe." Phoebe says, "But I'm not sure it's going to work."
"This is not the time to be picky!" Piper yells as she continues to blow up some of the demons.
"Ok. Stand back!" Phoebe commands.
"Um, Phoebe, I don't know if you've noticed but we're pinned to the wall. We can't go any further!" Piper says.
"Ok. Here it goes." Phoebe says. She takes a deep breath and chants, " Evil creatures before thee, shall be extinguished by the power of three."
A blue wave sweeps across the underworld as it wipes out the minions in one blast. Their bodies are incinerated into dust. Phoebe sighs loudly.
"Well done, Pheebs." Paige praises. Phoebe just nods her head in relief.
"Remind me to kick Billie's ass after we save her." Piper says in anger as she rolls her eyes.
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Billie sits on her bed, with her legs folded and her eyes closed, looking like she's meditating. Radnor paces back and forth and stops to look at Billie.
"Shouldn't we be trying to gain access to the Magic School?"
"Well, that's what I'm trying to do if you would just let me. So please shut up so I can concentrate." Billie says.
Radnor resumes his pacing.
"Can you stop doing that?" Billie asks, "That's irritating and distracting."
"As you wish." Radnor says sarcastically. He stops and stares at Billie. Billie's eyes are still closed. All of a sudden, their surroundings turn into a blur. Radnor looks around, confused about what's going on. They end up in the room with the glowing white platform. Time seems to be speeding since an image of Billie and Leo could be seen moving very fast. Billie disappears in white lights and Leo moves around some stuff around and leaves also. Time resumes and Billie stands up. She begins to look around.
"It worked!" Billie exclaims, "We're at Magic School!"
"What kind of demon are you again?" Radnor asks as he reels in from what he had just seen.
Billie scoffs and walks towards the door. "Come on." She says. Radnor follows her and the door is slammed shut.
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Paige, Piper and Phoebe orb into the attic and they sit down.
"What are we going to do? Billie's as stubborn as ever and it's worse when she's evil." Paige says.
"We have to figure out what she is up to." Piper says again.
Phoebe gets up and takes the Book of Shadows and begins to look through it. She stops at a page.
"Bingo! Radnor!" She says.
" 'Randor is an upper-level demon who worked his way up the hierarchy of evil by battling and killing other demons and obtaining their powers. The demons he failed to kill, he made his minions.' " Piper reads.
"There's no vanquishing spell for Radnor." Paige says.
"Ok, so we know who he is, now what are we going to so about Billie?" Piper asks.
The Book's pages begin to flip and it lands on the 'Transportation Spell'.
"Transportation Spell? What has that have to do with our current situation?" Phoebe says. She tries to flip the page back to Radnor and she is pulled into a premonition. She sees Billie reading the spell, going into the Magic School and witnessing the event of Christy's death. Phoebe comes out of the premonition.
"Whoa." She whispers.
"What? What did you see?" Piper asks.
"Billie. She used this spell to get into Magic School and she was watching herself vanquishing Christy."
"What, what?!" Paige says in shock. "Why would she do that?"
"How is that possible?" Piper asks.
"Her powers. She used her powers to go see herself vanquishing her sister. I felt her pain, her sorrow. She was hoping that will help her heal but instead increased the guilt and the pain." Phoebe explains.
"So that's how she became a hoyden?" Piper asks.
"I guess so." Phoebe answers.
"That solves one part of the problem." Paige says, "Too bad your premonition didn't tell us where she was going next."
"I think it did. If you were Billie, where else would you go to try to eliminate the pain that caused you to turn into a demon?" Phoebe says.
"The person who caused that pain?" Paige guesses.
"Yeah, but the person who caused her pain was her sister. And she's dead" Piper says.
"I know but she will try to find someone at where she vanquished her sister." Phoebe explains.
"Magic School, and it is crawling with many students who have no clue." Paige adds.
"Oh, my God." Piper realizes, "Leo and the boys are at Magic School."
"You don't think that she'll hurt Leo and the boys, would you?" Phoebe asks.
"I wouldn't put it past her. Especially since she tried to kill us, and she wouldn't dare to go after Wyatt and Chris. But as for Leo…." Piper pauses. She looks at Paige.
"Ok, Magic school, now!" Piper bellows.
"What about the demon with her? How do we deal with him?" Paige asks.
"Worry about that later." Piper snaps back. Paige holds her hand and grabs Phoebe's and orbs out.
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The sisters appear in the Great Hall at Magic School. Piper looks around for Leo and she sees Leo walking down the corridor. She rushes up to him.
"Leo. Where are Wyatt and Chris?" Piper asks.
"They're fine. What's the problem?" Leo asks.
Billie walks into the Great Hall with Radnor, who is amazed at what he sees in the Magic School.
"That's the problem." Piper says as she walks in front of Leo. Phoebe and Paige join him.
"I see that you survived." Billie says.
"Yeah, well, we're charmed. What did you expect?" Piper replies slyly.
Paige walks forward. "Billie, this is ridiculous. We want to help you…"
"Don't you guys get it? I don't need your help." Billie says, "Now, to begin what I came here to do." She forms an energyball and hurls it at Leo. Piper blows the energyball up but the force knocks her and Leo back. Paige walks to Billie.
"Come on, Billie. Don't do this." Paige says. She puts her hand on Billie's shoulders and Billie sends her flying into a table behind her. Phoebe rushes to Paige.
Radnor forms an energyball and walks towards Phoebe and Paige.
"The chance to vanquish the Charmed Ones. Goal I never thought I would accomplish but here I am, given the chance to do so." Radnor says.
"And I don't think you ever will." Phoebe says as stands up and stares at Radnor. She round-kicks him and he flies and hits the bookcase. His eyes filled with anger, he screams and hurls an energyball at Phoebe. Phoebe looks directly at the energyball and channels it right back at him. The energyball hits Radnor, who begins to scream as the electricity coarse through his body. He explodes leaving an echo of screams in the Great Hall. Paige stands up and walks to Piper and Phoebe follows.
"Phoebe? How'd you do that?" Piper asks.
Phoebe shrugs as she stares at Piper. A familiar chiming sound can be heard as she looks at Piper and then Paige.
Piper stands up and thrusts her hands forth and blasts Billie. Billie slides across the floor and hits the door. She gets up and stares at Piper.
"Ok, that is it! I'm using full force!" Piper raises her hands and is about to blast Billie when Phoebe stands in her way.
"No, Piper!" Phoebe bellows. She turns to Billie. "I know why you're doing all of this. It feels better to run away from what you're really feeling than to actually face them and with your powers, transformed you into this."
Billie looks at Phoebe with a puzzled look.
Phoebe continues, "Fighting your feelings isn't the answer, Billie." Phoebe closes her eyes and raises her hands.
"From my heart to yours,
My feelings you shall endure.
I unmask what you really feel,
To embrace the truth I now reveal." Phoebe chants.
White lights rise up from Phoebe's chest and hits Billie's. Tears form in Billie's eyes as she transforms back to herself. She begins to sob uncontrollably. Phoebe walks up to her and wraps her arms around Billie in comfort. Paige, Piper and Leo look on sympathetically as Billie weeps and apologize for her behavior.
"I'm so sorry." Billie says as she chokes on her tears.
"It's ok. Let it all out." Phoebe says softly as she continues to comfort Billie.
"What the hell was that?" Piper whispers to Paige.
"I guess someone just got her empathy power back." Paige says.
Piper sighs and walks towards Billie, "It's ok to be angry, Billie. It's ok to feel angry but don't be angry with yourself for what your sister chose to do. You'll have the rest of your life to mourn Christy but as long as you don't blame yourself, you'll be able to heal faster."
Billie tries to form her words but more tears flow down her face. Piper wraps her arms around Phoebe and Billie as the camera pans away from them.
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The sun rises over the bridge of San Francisco. The sunlight shines upon all of the natures of the earth and it glimmers on the waves of the waters. The sun rays hit everything including Henry's apartment.
Paige enters her home and sees Henry sitting on the couch reading the newspaper.
"Hey, honey." Paige greets.
Henry looks at Paige and flips the page on the newspaper. Paige ignores Henry and walks to the refrigerator. "I'm starved. Is there anything to eat?"
"I don't know. If you managed to come home on time or at all, you would have found out that I prepared a romantic dinner for two and I was the only one here to enjoy it!" Henry blurts out. He stands up,
"Well, I had other things on my mind that I forgot, honey." Paige says as she moves closer to Henry, "We had to turn Billie back to good and we did but it took a while to do so. I'm sorry."
"I don't know what you want me to do. You promised that you'd be home in time for this and you didn't so…"
"So what? What do you want me to do, huh?" Paige says as her tone rises, "Doing things like that is part of who I am and that is going to interrupt our plans from time to time. We just have to figure out how to get around that."
"I don't even know if I can handle all that. I don't know if we can handle that." Henry says.
"Just give it time. I promise it will get better." Paige says as she moves closer to him and plants a kiss on his lips.
"You promise?" Henry says softly.
"Yeah. I promise. Just trust me, ok?" Paige says gently.
Henry hesitates. "I already do. I think that we can resume our little party."
"Now? It's early in the morning."
"So? Haven't you heard of after parties? Well, this is one that takes place in the morning with a very exclusive guest list." Henry says,
"Ooo. Who's on it, may I ask?" Paige says in a seductive voice.
"Just me and you." Henry says as he picks up Paige and runs into the bedroom. Paige giggles and Henry laughs out loud. The door slams shut and the camera pans away from the apartment as the Port of San Francisco's clock can be seen.
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Phoebe comes into the kitchen where Piper is feeding Wyatt and Chris.
"Hey." Piper says when she sees Phoebe.
"Hey." Phoebe replies.
"What are you up to?" Piper asks.
"My advice column. Sent in a copy this morning." Phoebe answers as she plays with Wyatt.
"So, still baffled with 'Confused in San Francisco' or you found a way to be 'sensible and sensitive' "
"Well, I had to dig deeply into my own insights and write that since she is afraid of having her heart broken, she should to take precaution steps, you know? Love is all about taking risks and if I don't take those risks, then how do I really know what love is about and if he's the one?" Phoebe answers.
"I thought this was about 'Confused in San Francisco'?" Piper wonders.
"It is. But applies to me also. Just because of past failures in relationships, it has made me afraid to take my chances with this one." Phoebe says with a grin.
"Now that you got your empathy power back, you could now tell if he loves you strong enough for you to plunge yourself into the relationship." Piper advises.
"I don't need the empathy power to know how he feels about me. I know if loves me. I know that he does. He's Cupid for crying out loud. I love him too. I just need to start working on our love growing if we are going to have the family I have seen in the future." Phoebe says as she gets up and begins to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Piper shouts.
"On a date, with Coop. I called him this morning and asked him out." Phoebe says.
"It's morning and I thought you don't do breakfast dates." Piper questions.
"I need to start from the beginning and work my way up, from a breakfast date to eventually a wedding date." Phoebe says with a smile, "I'll call you later, ok?" Phoebe says as she walks away. Piper smiles and looks at her sons. She cleans the area and takes Wyatt and Chris by their hands and walks them out of the kitchen.
END OF EPISODE
