"Piper, you didn't see Nico." Jason didn't look up from his laptop. "It's impossible."
"And why's that?" Piper asked, her arms crossed over her flimsy nightgown. She still hadn't changed back, the early hours of the weekend having caused her to stay in bed. "Because he's dead? We've seen a lot of dead people, Jason."
"Because he moved on." he corrected. "All of them did. They can't just visit Heaven and then come back to us."
"And how do you know he went to Heaven?" Piper asked. "How do you know Heaven is even real?"
"Piper, I'm not having this conversation." Jason got up and started to pack his bag. "I have to go to work."
"On a Saturday?"
"Yeah, on a Saturday." he threw his jacket on before doing the same with his shoes. "Who else pays the bills around here?"
Piper stood for a minute in silence before clenching her fists. "Fine, Jason. Whatever. Be your usual sexist self."
"I'm not being sexist, Piper. I'm saying that I have a job and that you don't." Jason walked passed her. "You can't expect me to miss work when I'm the only one bringing money home."
Piper scowled as she followed him to the door. "So you don't believe me about Nico? That's what you're saying?"
"Yeah, that's what I'm saying." Jason slammed the door shut behind him, leaving her to stare at it without another emotion but anger in her heart.
Anger instead of love.
Maddie took Nikki into her arms as she saw the little girl trying to get into the basement. "What are you doing?"
Nikki tried to fight her older sister. "Drawing."
"Nope." Maddie put her back to the basement door. "No more drawing down there."
"Why not?" Nikki demanded, her small lips pressed together.
"Because. You can't draw that stuff." Maddie set her down but made sure to keep the door closed. "Now go play somewhere else."
Nikki clenched her small fists. "Let me down!"
"No." Maddie shook her head. "I shouldn't have introduced you to that."
"Please?!"
"No."
"With sugar on top?"
"Nope."
"Fine." Nikki stared up at her sister. "I'll tell mommy. She won't like it."
Maddie scowled. "Nikki..."
"Yeah?"
"You aren't telling her. You can't. She'll be angry at both of us." Maddie kneeled beside her. "Do you understand why what you drew was bad?"
Nikki shook her head. "All I did was see it in my dreams."
Maddie visibly gulped. "So did I... But it isn't a good thing. They weren't good dreams."
"Why not?" Nikki grabbed Maddie's arm. "You're lying!"
"No, I'm not." Maddie picked her sister up. "Let's go talk about it upstairs. Maybe we can sneak up some cookies and milk."
Nikki clapped her hands. "Chocolate."
Maddie sighed. "Now you act innocent."
