Chapter 4: Back Where It Started

Mel was sitting in the desk chair that belonged to the youngest of her older brothers. She had a file open on the desk in front of her that she was pouring over not really knowing what she was looking for. She was glad not to be in the kitchen at Charmed right now even if it meant she had to look over these files. Carly was sitting at the desk across from and incidently enough it belonged to her older brother. They were at the police sation going over the arrest files on the people who had been arrested after being at Hex.

"I honestly think I would have rather gone and let Ladybug torture me than put up with this."Carly said she had no idea what she was looking for either.

Mel ignored her cousin and continued to look at the file in front of her "Carly I think I've got something." she said before she began to read aloud from the file "the suspect stated he didn't know why he had beat the other man it was as if something suddenly came over him." she let Carly have a minute for that to sink in.

Carly threw down the file she was reading and she leaned back in her chair. "I think that sounds pretty demonic to me." she said in a hushed tone they may have been in a police sation where they heard weird things everyday but not from the sisters of two of their cops.

"Those damn boys were right Leigh it's right in here in all the files the missing link they all say the same thing it was like something just came over them suddenly. Damn I should have noticed that sooner me being who I am." Mel said cryptically.

Carly could only roll her eyes Mel was pretty high on the list of the smartest Halliwells she fell right under Chris and Henry. "Mel you have been told time and time again that you can't catch every little thing right off the bat. But nice work Nancy Drew." she joked and Mel flipped her off.

"And you have been told about calling me that especially around my mom she isn't supposed to know about that yet." Mel said starring daggers at Carly.

"Aunt Piper is going to totally kill you when she finds out that you're going to the academy this summer before college." Carly replied like Mel didn't already know that.

Mel sighed "Yeah I'm waiting for the right time to tell her I need her to be in a good mood but I don't think that is going to happen with her being pregnant." she said closing up the files in front of her.

"I can hear Aunt Piper now you know." Carly said and then she cleared her throat gearing up to do an impression of Piper. "Paige you're out of your mind and now I know it I blame this on your brother and cousin wait until I get my hands on them. Leo talk some sense into your daughter this is your fault too I want you to know that. There is no way my sweet innocent baby girl can be a cop it's just not happening." she was right that was almost exactly what Piper would say when she found out about Mel's insanity.

"You got that right I'm not going to be allowed to leave my room again until I'm like thirty when she finds out I remember how bad it was with Chris she damn near had a nervous breakdown. Hell if I wait long enough I might throw her into early labor." Mel joked putting her feet up on Chris's desk something he would kill her for if her saw the way she was sitting.

"Well I must say that you two are a sight more pretty to look at than the two Halliwells that normally occupy those desks." Rafe Call Chris and Henry's Sargent said to them as he walked to their area of the squad room.

"Finally someone realizes what I've been saying for years I am much better looking than my brother is." Carly professed she had an ego to match that of her Aunt Prue.

"Be that as it may I have to keep Hank around he is a good cop and he is the only one I know who can make Chris walk the line." Rafe said giving both young women a smile.

"Then you haven't met my mother Sarge." Mel joked with him she knew the guy pretty well she had been there waiting on Chris and Henry enough that she had talked to him quite a few times.

"Oh trust me I have met your mother and that explains a lot about his OCD." Rafe said he wasn't the only one who noticed that Chris had taken after his mother in that respect.

Jason rushed over when he saw the two young Halliwells were talking to his boss there was no telling what was likely to come out of his girlfriend's mouth. "Hey I'm ready to go if you both are." he said he wanted them to get that demon out of the way so they weren't in danger anymore.

"We're more than ready Jason." Mel said she wanted to go get rid of that demon too but mostly because she wanted to get it over with early Piper would kill her if she stayed out too late.

"Mel don't be in such a rush to get out of here after all you're going to be working here in a few months." Rafe said giving her a cheeky grin.

"I know Sarge that's why I'm going now so I don't hate it when I start working here." Mel replied as she walked away with Jason and Carly.


Wyatt was dressed in a dress white uniform he filled it our perfectly it gripped his muscles in all the right places. He was sitting in the apartment that he had lived in before he got the one he shared with his cousins and brother.

"Prue just had to drag up the Navy days I would look to keep those where they belong behind me." Wyatt said as he saw the scene he now remembered why Prue had brought this up but it still didn't make him any happier about it.

Liz grinned up at him "Look on the bright side Wy at least you looked hot in that uniform." she commented feeling very attracted to him at the moment but none of what she was feeling at the moment was her it was their empathy going haywire on them Prue had managed to put them on emotional overload and as a result they couldn't trust their feelings at the moment.

A brunette young woman who was also in dress whites was sitting across from him and they appeared to be having an argument of some sort. The young woman was very attractive her dark blue eyes and brown hair made her look like a model.

"Sara I don't think I did what you're saying I did but if I did I'm sorry." Wyatt apologized.

Sara looked at him rage burning in her eyes "Oh no Wyatt you definitely did it and it's not the first time either. Tell me right now if I'm wasting my time with you so I can stop." she said worried that he was more into another woman than he was into her.

Wyatt shook his head and sighed "it's not like that and I'm sorry it just slipped I was thinking about her and talking to you it was an accident." he maintained it was a wonder he was ever able to keep a girlfriend with the way he put his foot in his mouth all the time.

"Oh that is just great my boyfriend openly admits to thinking about another woman that makes me feel real good inside." Sara said throwing her hands up in the air.

"It's not like that and you know it Sara, Lizzie is my best friend I talk to her so much that her name just slips out of my mouth sometimes." Wyatt maintained his innocence.

"Wyatt I see the way you look at her and the way she looks at you, you can't tell me there is nothing going on I'm not stupid don't lie to me." Sara argued back he had to think she was some kind of fool if he expected her to believe that tale.

"I'm not lying just because she is my best friend and she also happens to be a woman doesn't mean there has to be something going on with us." Wyatt flared his temper rising he hated it when the women he dated couldn't accept the fact his best friend was also a woman.

"Wy you really think about me that much ?" Liz asked she had no clue why that particular relationship had ended she had always thought it was because Wyatt was a male whore who couldn't be tied down but apparently she had been wrong.

"Yeah I do think about you that much and at the time I think you and I were having a telepathic conversation because you were pissed at one of those jerks you were dating at the time so your name slipped I was talking to you and her at the same time I just couldn't tell her that." Wyatt replied he felt something stir inside him when he looked at the physic who was in his arms but the problem was he couldn't tell if he was feeling it or if it was his empathy.

"So you're going to try and tell me nothing was going on the other day when I walked in and you both were asleep in each other's arms ?" Sara asked him pointedly.

"That is because nothing was going on she was having a rough day and we just feel asleep watching tv you can ask anyone we do it all the time it doesn't mean we're into each other Sara I only have eyes for you." Wyatt assured her.

"Wyatt I can handle anything from you but a lie I have seen married couples look at each other with less love in their eyes than the way you both look at each other." Sara countered his previous statement.

" I won't lie to you about that I do love Lizzie but she is like a sister to me and that is all if I wanted to be with her I wouldn't be with you." Wyatt said he was shouting now he could only be pushed so far before he finally broke.

"Wyatt let me save you the trouble of having to think up excuses you have two choices you can either stop seeing her or you can continue to but I will be gone." Sara presented him with a ultimatum.

"That is no choice for me I guess I'll see you around I will not give up my best friend for anyone and I'm sorry if you can't accept that." Wyatt raged Sara just walked up to him and slapped him hard across the face before she stormed out of his apartment.

Wyatt rubbed his cheek he was always having woman slap him for something. He closed his eyes like he was sensing for someone and then he waved his hand and Liz was standing there in front of him. "Hey Lizzie." he said simply.

Liz took one look at the state he was in and she knew what had happened. "Ah Wy I see another of the skanks left you again. Look at this way we can both be single together again." she said smiling at him.

Wyatt smiled back at her "Do you want to talk about it Lizzie ?" he asked he had walked her through more than one breakup this was standard fare for them.

Liz shook her head "No not really, how about you ?" she answered his question and then asked one of her own.

"Me neither lets just sit here and watch tv we can drown our sorrows together." he suggested and she snuggled up against him on the couch.

"I love you Wy." she said kissing his cheek.

"I love you too Lizzie and I always will." he replied kissing the top of her head.

Liz your friendship means more to Wyatt than he is willing to admit and we all know how he feels about you and how you feel about him. The two of you won't even be with someone if they talk bad about your best friend so hopefully by now the two of you have made up. If not these next few memories should put you on the right track and if not there is no telling how long you will be here.

Love,

Cupid's Helper

"Something tells me that Prue didn't write that one she refers to herself as the world's best cupid and then as cupid's helper I don't think so. If this was Cookie Dough's doings no one is going to able to save him. Not even a demon attack is going to stop me from killing him." Liz raged she was ready to be out of this place they had made up what more did Prue want ?

Wyatt laughed "You know as well as I do Cookie Dough only does what Ladybug tells him to he just can't tell her no." he replied.

Liz huffed and crossed her arms over her chest. "Well he needs to tell her fuck no sometimes and then maybe she would stop this madness." she pouted.

"I'll be sure to tell him that before you kill him." he fought to suppress a smirk it wouldn't be wise for him to let her see him smile as pissed as she was.

Alright so you explored the past hell that you two call your love lives which need major work by the way. Those were the bad times that you stuck together through now for this next memory we're going to go back to where it started.

Love always (no matter how much you hate me right now.),

Prue

"At least that sounds a little more promising maybe it means we can finally get our asses out of this place." Wyatt said hopefully.

"Dream on Halliwell we very well may die here." Liz said rolling her eyes.

"Hey that was my line that you just stole." Wyatt protested and he tickled her a little bit but he stopped when the screen flashed again.

Act V

Wyatt and Liz

Age 9

Wyatt was chasing Liz around the back yard of the manor her pigtails were flying behind her as she ran from him. His bright blue eyes shone with mischief as he ran after her. They had been banished to the back yard because they were making too much noise inside and Piper had threatened them with death if they broke anything. So they had decided the back yard was a better option they could make as much noise as they wanted to.

Liz had always been able to run circles around Wyatt and he was getting fed up with not being able to catch her. So he did the only thing he could to even the score he orbed out and then orbed back in, in front of her. Liz not counting on his cheating ran right in to him and fell down.

Liz crinkled up her little button nose and looked up at him with her big brown eyes. "Wy you're such a cheater no fair orbing." she whined as she picked herself up off the ground.

Wyatt went to give her his hand but she brushed him off. "Sorry Lizzie I didn't mean for you to fall down." the little boy said to his friend his bright blue eyes twinkling.

Liz looked at her best friend and glared at him even at that young age she had the icy stare down pat. "It wouldn't have happened if you weren't cheating again." she had her hands on her hips as she spoke to him. He should have known right then that she was going to be a handful for him over the years.

Wyatt gave her a grin he was missing a couple of his teeth that were needed for her to take him seriously. "I was not cheating you were too fast for me to catch I had to do something." he pointed out logically.

Liz was rolling with laughter from what she had saw "Wy you were such a cute kid I wonder what happened." she punched him on the arm affectionately.

Wyatt scoffed "The same thing could be said for you too Lizzie although it looks like you have always been a first class whiner." he said putting up his arms to defend himself from more blows.

"It's not my fault you were always such a cheater it's no wonder that Uncle Coop is your favorite uncle. I have been putting up with that from you for years you don't play fair Wy." she was long over assaulting him and now she was going off on a verbal tirade.

Wyatt rolled his eyes "Lizzie just watch this and see what happens I don't even remember now." he said turning his attention back to the screen.

Wyatt and Liz were now both sitting on the swing set that Leo and his two brothers-in-law had put up so it could be trusted not to crumble under their weight. Liz was looking just a little more downcast than she had been earlier Wyatt picked up on this change with his friend right away.

"Lizzie what's the matter ?" he asked turning in his swing to face her his eyes silently searching her face for a sign of what was wrong with her.

Liz sighed and turned to face Wyatt "It's nothing Wy." she said simply but the young half whitelighter knew better than that.

Wyatt shook his head no "Try again Lizzie I know that there is something wrong with you I'm your best friend you can tell me anything." he reassured her giving her another toothless grin.

"Wy it's just that tomorrow is my birthday and my dad isn't around anymore this is my first birthday without him and I don't know what to do about it." Liz explained to him kicking at the dirt underneath her feet.

Wyatt sighed he had to say something to that he just didn't know what. "Lizzie you know that this wasn't you're fault you didn't do anything wrong." he said looking into her eyes trying to make her understand.

"It sure does feel like it sometimes Wy maybe if I had done something then he would still be here." Liz argued with him no matter what age they were she had to win in any argument they had.

"He left that was his choice and his loss but you still have me and you can borrow my dad, grandpa, grandpa Sam, Uncle Coop, or Uncle Henry anytime you need to. I don't mind sharing with you Lizzie anything I have is yours too." Wyatt spoke from his heart that was a lot of deep stuff for a nine year old.

Liz gave him a sad smile "Thanks Wy." she said twirling a strand of her hair around her finger.

"Did anyone ever tell you that you were too serious as a kid ?" Liz asked him she was resting her head on his shoulder.

Wyatt kissed her on the head before replying. "You have the wrong brother on that one that is Chris. I am the goof ball as you and my mother have pointed out every chance you both get."

"You were being pretty serious right there Wy I think you must have taken lessons from Chris for the day." Liz teased him ruffling his hair.

Wyatt gave her a lopsided grin "Like I said before just knock it off and watch this I think I might know what is going to happen next." he replied tickling her a little bit.

"You know Lizzie I have something for you I was gonna wait til tomorrow to give it to you but I think you need it now." Wyatt said getting up off his swing and fishing around in his pocket. He came out with a little charm bracelet that he hid behind his back.

"Really Wy ?" Liz asked her little face lighting up to the point her honey brown eyes twinkled.

Wyatt didn't answer her directly he got down on one knee in front of her and put the bracelet around her left wrist. Among other charms it had a heart and a key on it. "Lizzie you see this key it is the key to my kingdom whatever I have it is yours you don't even have to ask for it. " he said pointing out the key and then he pointed to the heart. "And this is my heart it belongs to you always and forever no matter what happens. You're the keeper of my heart and my kingdom because you're the only person I trust completely with them." he looked up at her and smiled.

"Thank you so much Wy." Liz gushed at her best friend.

"I love you Elizabeth Ashley Shane I always will I'm going to marry you one day." Wyatt professed.

"I love you too Wy." Liz replied looking down at him. Then surprising both of them Wyatt reached up and pecked her on the lips. The kind of sweet innocent kiss that little kids share. Both young friends let out a squeal of laughter before they resumed running around the yard.

Wyatt sighed as the scene faded out "Ah to have two good knees again now if I sit the wrong way me knee hurts." he mused.

Liz looked at him and just shook her head "Wy I miss when you were sweet and innocent like that now you're just mean to me all the time." she pouted bracing herself for him to tickle her but he decided to give her a break this one time.

Wyatt Matthew Halliwell and Elizabeth Ashley Shane if that doesn't prove to you that you love each other and have always been friends I don't know what will. I know that by now you two better have made up or so help me what I do to you will not be pretty. So if you have made up you can sit back and relax while I show you some more stuff. If not you better start working on it and I mean now.

Love with all my heart,

Ladybug

Liz rolled her eyes Prue was not going to be so smug when she got done with her "I think that Prudence Halliwell may have lost her mind but I can't be so sure about that. She just threatened us I swear when we get out of here I am going to kill your cousin." she raged.

"Lizzie you will never have the chance to kill her because I will have already done it she better live it up know because I am gunning for her." Wyatt agreed wrapping his arms around Liz as they waited for their next memory to unfold.


Chris and Henry were both sprawled out in the middle of Chris's bed Prue had chosen to run all the men in the apartment off in one way or the other because she had turned their living room and kitchen into make over central only those who were strong of heart could take it in there. So they had hightailed it for the hills. Call them cowards but they had, had enough of Prue for one day.

"So how long are you going to wait to tell Ladybug about the other time line ?" Hank asked he thought if they were going to work well as the power of three Prue needed to know about his flashbacks.

Chris made a sound that could generously be described as a grunt "I don't know I have wait until she is in a better mood maybe this will get Wy and Liz together and I can make her swear not to tell anyone." he said hanging his head over the side of the bed.

Henry chuckled at his cousin's chosen posture. "Good luck with that," he said and then he turned serious "Chris did I really leave you to join Wyatt ?" he couldn't believe he would have left his best friend high and dry like that.

Chris sighed but he didn't move to change positions "Yeah you did Hank but that really wasn't you not the you I know anyway. But you did have a good reason for it because of you I was able to save Wyatt you found the key to saving him not me. You were still my right hand man in that time line we all did things we weren't proud of in order to survive." he assured him this was one of the main reasons why he hadn't wanted to tell anyone about the flashbacks.

Henry could sense that his cousin was uncomfortable with that line of questioning so he changed the subject. "So you and B huh ?"

"Yeah me and B it was weird seeing that no matter what she says that is your woman her heart belongs to you. But I get what the other me saw in her she is a fighter and it wasn't likely she was going to die on me like everyone else had. I was right about that she just died when she took me back to Wyatt so she could save me from him. But at that point I was in the past so the blow wasn't as bad as if I had to stay in that time." Chris explained finally sitting up because he could feel the blood rushing to his head.

"I don't know about her heart being mine if that was the case she wouldn't have broken up with me. Not only that I don't even know if we were together because of what we felt for each other or because we both lost the one person who meant the most to us and now we're settling." Henry mused running his hands through his dark brown hair.

"Hank I want you to answer this question the best you know how," Chris said looking his cousin in the eyes and he nodded that he would indeed do just that. "Why did you get married to begin with ?" he asked out of respect for his cousin's feelings he avoided saying her name too.

Hank cocked his head to the side and ran his hand over his chin deep in thought "I honestly don't know I thought I was in love with her and I did love her I always will in a way I guess. But I think I settled for her because I couldn't be with B she was with that one guy at the time." he replied after giving it a moment's thought.

"Henry remember that the past is in the past for a reason but B broke up with him so she could be with you but you had already started something up with her sister. So she decided to wait you out but then she got killed and you both went to pieces over it. That would be what led us here." Chris countered he had decided he was going to help Hank out with his relationship problems because he was keeping his secret for him.

Henry threw his hands up and groaned. "So while I was busy trying to make B jealous she was busy trying to be with me," he slapped himself in the middle of the forehead "and as usual we were both too stubborn to talk to the other and this happened." he yelled out finishing his rant.

Chris laughed at his cousin's rant but he had been right on the money "That would be the gist of it." he replied he was now sitting in his computer chair turning around in circles.

"That is great this is wonderful I think this has to be Grams's doings the woman is hell bent on destroying me and I have not done a damn thing to her. So now I have find out how the hell I fix this with B her mind is made up after all." Henry was sitting crossed legged on the bed now his head in his hands.

Chris couldn't stop the devilish grin that came to his face "Well you could always ask Prue for help she is very good as this sort of thing." he was busting a gut by the time he finished speaking he could see that his cousin's face had turned red and he had a deep frown fixed on his face.

Henry's nostrils were flaring and the vein in his neck was popping out. "That is not funny Peanut you know that Ladybug has been seriously out of line lately I wouldn't turn her loose on my worst enemy at this point." he was in full rant mode there was no stopping him when he got like that. The fact that Chris wouldn't shut up and stop laughing didn't help him any at all. Henry picked up one of the pillows on the bed and nailed Chris in the face with it.

Chris turned to glare at his oldest male cousin "Oh that is it now it's on Hank." he declared picking up another pillow which he used to hit him in the side of the head with. The two young men went back and forth like that until they both collapsed in the middle of the floor having laughing fits.

Henry rolled over on his side in effort to catch his breath. "You good man ?" he asked they had just let off a little steam.

"I'm good, you ?" Chris asked in between sucking breaths of air.

Henry got up out of the floor and offered his hand to Chris "I've never been better lets go out there and face whatever mess it is that Prue has made this time." he said opening the door and leading Chris down the hall. They had both gotten some well earned down time but now it was time for them to get back to work.


"Calleigh I'm not so sure this is a good idea." Parker whined looking down at his attire and shook his head the things he was getting talked into these days was ridiculous.

Calleigh rolled her light brown eyes at the man standing in front of her he was being such a big baby at the moment. "Parker not only do you look fine but it is a good idea now take my hand and stop being a baby." she ordered him holding out her small hand for him to take.

Parker looked at her hand and he felt tempted to do what she was asking him but he had to put his foot down somewhere or he would be doing all kinds of things he didn't want to do. "No Cal I'm not doing it and that is final." he said stubbornly he was doing that more and more lately it was as if he had been taking lessons from his sisters on that front.

Calleigh stuck out her bottom lip in a pout and gave him her sad puppy dog eyes. "Peas Parks for me." she asked in her best small child voice.

Parker shook his "No Cal I mean it I can't." he maintained.

"If you really wanted to you could." Calleigh pointed out to him she had seen him do things she didn't think he could all because he wanted to.

"Calleigh you don't understand I really can't dance and that is what you're asking me to do. You want me to take you out dancing and I just can't dance." Parker protested her point. Not only couldn't he dance but he felt ridiculous dressed up in a three piece suit and tie.

Calleigh would hear none of his protests though she punched a button on the cd player. Soft music began to filter throughout the room she put her hand out to Parker again "Come on Parker just give it a try." she pleaded with him.

Parker shook his head stubbornly "Not happening there is no way in hell I'm making a fool of myself." he refused her.

"Parker I don't know how you could refuse a pretty woman anything she asks." Victor said to his only son coming into the living room. They had gone to his house so Parker could borrow some clothes from him. Victor put his hand out to Calleigh "May I have this dance ?" he asked her charmingly the smile he gave her made it easy to see where his son got his dimples from.

Calleigh smiled back and took his hand the two began to twirl around the room. "Mr. Bennett you're very light on your feet." she said to him. Parker rolled his eyes in an outward sign of annoyance but inside he was wondering why he couldn't have gotten his father's smooth moves.

Victor gave the young woman another killer smile "Thank you, you're very good yourself and please call me Victor." he said as they continued to spin around the room both of them were so graceful it looked more like they were floating.

Parker couldn't help but be hypnotized by Calleigh's swaying hips the way she moved in the dress she was wearing left him speechless. But he wouldn't allow himself to have those feelings what he needed right now was a friend not a lover with all that he was going through he was still in an adjustment period with his sisters he couldn't start a relationship right now. He was so deep in thought that he hadn't noticed that his friend and dad had stopped dancing.

"Calleigh you are a very good dancer where did you learn to dance like that ?" Victor complimented her all the while thinking he couldn't deal with a son and a grandson who were blind to the signals of women. And what was worse they had to have gotten it from him because the Halliwells were people who were not afraid to go after what they wanted.

Calleigh blushed at his words "Thank you Victor I've been a dancer since I was two so the last twenty years or so." she replied to him.

Victor sat down on his couch smiling "So where are you two headed tonight all dressed up ?" he asked noting their attire. Parker was dressed in one of his black suits with a red tie and the vest to match. Calleigh had on a simple red dress that stopped before her knees her hair was done up in curls, and she completed the outfit with a pair of heels.

"We're going out dancing if I can ever get Parks to stop being stubborn." she informed him shooting a glare Parker's way.

Parker stuffed his hands down in his pockets "And as I keep telling her dad I can't dance." he replied glaring back at her.

Victor would be damned if he was going to let his son be as blind as Wyatt was. "Well you never know unless you try." he said dragging him by the hand which he placed in Calleigh's "He is all yours work your magic on him." he said stepping back.

Parker heaved a great sigh "Ok fine if you two are going to make me I might as well give it a shot." he relented not really wanted. Calleigh took his left hand and placed it around her waist and she took the other hand in her left hand.

"Alright now just feel the music and let it move you." she instructed him as they began to spin around the room.

"If you insist." Parker said as he began to move around to the beat of the music. He wasn't as bad a dancer as he said he was he was actually really good. The truth was he just didn't like to dance all that much.

Sam orbed in next to Victor on the couch not that Parker or Calleigh noticed. They were too busy being lost in each other's eyes to know anyone else was in the room with them. At one point she closed the distance between the two of them and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Victor is there a reason those two are dancing in the living room ?" Sam asked his friend in a whisper he wasn't about to disturb them.

"Parker insisted that he couldn't dance so she was going to teach him but from the looks of it he really knows what he is doing." Victor replied in a hushed whisper and he shook his head while they weren't quite as bad as Wyatt and Liz they were well on their way.

Sam's blue eyes twinkled they were the same blue as Alan's that was the only grandchild he had that even looked a little like him. "I'm seeing shades of Wyatt and Liz in the two of them." he pointed at them they were still swaying around and the music had long since stopped.

Victor cleared his throat before they forgot where they were and he saw something he really didn't want to see. "Victor I thought you said you couldn't dance." he said to his only son it was more of question than a statement.

Parker broke eye contact with Calleigh "Um I took dance to help with my footwork for football but that is not something I like admitting to." he replied absentmindedly.

Calleigh looked at him like she could kill him "See I told you that you could dance you just chose to think you can't." she said shoving him playfully. She couldn't believe she was starting to fall for a guy she had known for barely a month it hadn't even been a month it was more like three weeks.

"Parker that gracefulness you got from your mother along with all your charm we know that Victor is no good at that." Sam half joked because both he and Victor knew that Patty was an angel whose life was cut too short.

"Where in the hell is the rest of your group ? Prue would have a field day with this." Victor said changing the subject skillfully.

Parker and Calleigh both groaned at the mention of the half cupid's name "Dad please I'm begging you don't mention her. She is driving everyone insane with her damn mood swings and it all stems from Wyatt and Liz. Because of those two everyone else is being made to suffer all she does is scheme up ways to get them together I think she might be obsessed." he rambled on something he had in common with his younger two sisters.

"Wow you have been hanging around Paige and Phoebe entirely too much you're starting to ramble the way they both do." Sam said laughing at the expression that came to his face from being compared to his sisters.

Calleigh looked at Parker and decided she would spare him from the relentless teasing of the two older men. "Parker we should go you wanna use you're way or mine ?" she asked.

"It's up to you we can drive but you know what my car is like." Parker replied shrugging.

Victor answered for her "Here are my car keys you two can use that for the night." he said tossing his son the keys. "Just bring it back the way you took it and not that I don't enjoy seeing you two but get the hell out of here Sam and I have poker to play." he said shooing them out his front door.

"Thanks dad I'll try not to dent it too badly but if I do I'll take it." Parker joked as he and Calleigh walked out leaving the two older men alone .

"You know I'm beginning to think that we are doomed to be surrounded by people who are blind to their feelings." Victor said to Sam who was getting their poker chips and cards out.

"Well at least Parker and Calleigh aren't both empaths like two other people I know who can't admit their feelings for each other." Sam replied referring to Wyatt and Liz.

Victor shook his head at the mention of the two. "I almost feel sorry for Wy and Liz if they have Ladybug on their asses that is something no man, woman, or child deserves. She can be like her Grams when she gets an idea in her head and no man deserves to have someone pull on Penny Halliwell on him." just the thought of his former mother-in-law made him shiver.

"Don't I know it I'm glad I'm a whitelighter three years of being stuck with her up there was enough for me to want to kill her again. "Sam said he was shuffling cards now.

Victor could only shake his head Penny was not someone he wanted to spend his time talking about "Right lets get to this I have to beat your ass at cards yet again." he pulled down the tie he had on.

"You're on Victor same rules as always I will win this time." Sam said placing a card in front of him.


Prue had Val sitting on the couch and she was applying her makeup very skillfully. Not that she couldn't do it herself but Prue had insisted that she let her do it for her. "Val be still I'm almost done." Prue said swatting her sister on the arm when she wouldn't sit still.

"Come on Prue you have doing this forever." Val whined she was going to kill her cousins when this was over no one should have to put up with Prue for that long with the mood she had been in for days.

"Ladybug you better not be in there making my little sister look like a slut." Jake called from the kitchen but he was glad that Prue had found someone else to obsess on for a little while. Val deserved to take her turn after all it was her crazy ass sister too .

"No worries Jakie she is only making her look like a whore." Lilly called back to him trying to keep her laughter under control. She was working on Val's nails which were in good shape when compared to Bianca's.

"Yeah Prue don't you think you're getting a little carried away with the makeup ?" Val asked her sister she didn't want to look like some 1980s rocker.

Prue rolled her eyes at her baby sister. "No Val I haven't even had to use that much makeup, you got daddy's bronze skin tone which I am very jealous of by the way. So you don't have to use much makeup I'm just working on trying to make your eyes looks smoky you know these things take time." she informed her.

"Prue far be it for me to suggest something to you but I think you may be torturing your sister just a little bit. And I don't think you want to give Wyatt and Liz another ally." Troy suggested only to get a withering glare from his best friend.

Bianca rolled her eyes at the display the two of them were putting on fussing over Val "You could both always give her some breathing room but that is just a suggestion." she threw out there knowing she should be thankful that Prue and Lilly were leaving her alone.

"Alright I get it I'm done with her now anyway." Prue said standing back to admire her handy work. She didn't go as overboard on her as she had done with Liz as a matter of fact she had stayed rather simple with Val. She was wearing a pair of nice jeans, tennis shoes, a purple long sleeve t-shirt. Prue had done her hair so that it was cascading down her back in loose curls. She had used a little bit of dark eyeshadow that made Val's dark brown eyes look smokey and mysterious. Looking at the two of them it wasn't hard to tell that they were sisters they looked a lot alike not that they always wanted to admit to that.

"So what do you guys think did me and Prue do a good job or what ?" Lilly asked standing next to Prue with her hands on her hips.

"Yeah come on Troy, Chuck, Jake, Chris, Henry what do you boys think ?" Prue asked her eyes dancing with excitement it was the best mood she had been in, in days and none of them were in a hurry to bring her down from where she was now.

Chris and Henry shared a look since she was a third of their power of three it was best if they kept her happy. "Damn Ladybug maybe you should give up on being a social worker you did a damn good job." Chris gushed sounding as sincere as he could make himself without wanting to laugh.

Henry gave her two thumbs up and let out a wolf whistle "Prue there is no way that is the same girl who walked in here before I'm with Chris maybe you should quit your day job and do this for a living." he agreed laying it on a little thickly.

Henry elbowed Chuck in the ribs to get him to say something to his girlfriend so she wouldn't have a melt down on them. Chuck glared at Henry before he spoke to Prue. "Yeah honey you did a great job and here we all thought Cookie Dough was the matchmaker but I think you might be better at it than he is." he held a vain hope that if he complimented her enough she would forget about whatever insanity she had planned next for Wyatt and Liz at least for a little while anyway.

Jake could see that his oldest little sister looked uncomfortable under all the attention everyone was paying to her so he decided it was his duty to step in and save her from their older sister's craziness. "Prue she looks great but I wish you would back off and stop smothering the poor girl," he said sighing knowing that he had probably just started another Prue tirade. " and by the way I don't recall ever giving Chuck, Liz, Troy, Roman, or Lilly permission to call me Cookie Dough. As a matter of fact I wish no one would call me that." he ranted in hoping to give Prue a minute to cool off after what he had just said.

"Cookie Dough I will back off and stop smothering Val when you quit smothering Penny you have been sleeping on her floor for like a month now that is stalker behavior Jake. I'm just saying that is not normal dude." Prue pointed out shrugging and she gave him a smug smirk.

"Val you look great guys will be lining up around the block to go out with you. At least you'll get something out of Prue torturing you for the better part of the afternoon." Troy said offhand he was trying to stop a fight between Prue and Jake they hadn't fought all day and that was good for them. But he couldn't take his eyes off of Val. Troy calm down and get your hormones under control Prue will seriously kill you if she catches you looking at her baby sister like that. He thought to himself. He didn't know what he was feeling for Val and he was an empath it made it confusing as hell to know his own feelings sometimes.

Val smiled shyly at him she couldn't have Prue and Jake thinking there was something going on between them. "Thank you Troy you wouldn't look so bad yourself if you ever actually cleaned up." she replied to him. "Troy you know I don't mean that I think you are really hot but I can't say that in front of Prue." she sent him thankful that he was a telepath too. His only response to her was to give her a little smile so that no one else noticed.

Patty checked her watch and stuck her finger in her ear Mel had been calling her for the last half hour but she had been ignoring her something that she was going to get hell about when they all met up but in this instance it wouldn't kill her cousin to wait just a little while they didn't even know for sure that anything was going on. "Val as much as we love being a source of amusement for these guys we need to go if we don't want Mel to blow us up." she said hoping her cousin would get her point and stop flirting with Troy.

Val looked at Patty thankfully she wanted to get the hell out of there "Yeah I know she has been really cranky since Ro has been out of town so we'd better go." she announced she couldn't wait to get away from her sister. "Thanks Prue." she hugged her older sister.

Prue kissed her on top of the head "Your welcome sweety go knock em dead kiddo." she encouraged her if she couldn't get Wyatt and Liz to see the light yet she might as well help her baby sister find a man.

"The only people who are going to be dead are me and Val if we don't go I swear I can't wait for Ro to get back so he can do something about his bitch." Patty said a hint of annoyance in her voice.

Chris arched an eyebrow and looked at his younger cousin "Has Mel really been that bad since he has been gone ?" he asked not able to believe that his baby sister could ever be testy about anything. Yeah right she had taken after their mother so she had the personality and the temper to rival Piper Halliwell. But he couldn't say anything about that three out of the four people who fit that description were in that apartment at that moment and he was one of them.

Val looked at Chris with her eyes wide like he was stupid for asking her that question "Yes she has been that bad since he has been gone I think she is mad at him for going in the first place but with her I never can be too sure." she rambled on but she stopped when Patty gave her a look they really had to go.

"Chris I love her like a sister but she has been a raving bitch since Ro went out of town. That being said though Val and I have to go before she finds someone to orb her over here." Patty said she took Val's hand and gave everyone a little wave before she orbed them out.


"Piper what's wrong ? I know that look it means you're worried about something." Phoebe asked her sister they were sitting at their usual booth in P3 not that any of the four Halliwell sisters could do any drinking but Piper just liked to sit and check out how her club was running sometimes.

Piper sighed "I'm just a little worried that maybe we gave the kids too much to handle too fast I mean they are barely twenty-three and twenty at least we were a little older than that when we got thrown into this." she said taking a sip out of the bottle of water that was in front of her on the table.

"But they have something we didn't have they have another power of three to back them up and they have had their powers since birth they know how to use them. I hate to say it but they even work better together than we did." Prue assured her oldest sister who was going to make Jack a neurotic little freak if she didn't stop worrying so much.

"Prue Halliwell I'm begging you don't tell them that they already think they know more than we do which why they don't tell us when they're up to something half the time." Paige pleaded with her sister. The kids might not have always told Piper and Phoebe when they were up to something but most of the time unless they were up to something they knew she would freak out about they told her. She used to let them fight demons during their teenage years she had even taken the older five with her to the underworld a few times so they could get a feel for what they were going to have to be doing.

"Speaking of that I haven't heard from any of the oldest five since this morning meaning they are up to something." Phoebe said she knew the look that her first born had in her eyes earlier she always got that look when she was going to go find trouble to get into.

"That would probably be because your little angel roped the others into doing something they knew they shouldn't be doing Phoebe." Piper informed her she had seen that look in Prue's eyes too.

Paige shook her head she didn't think they were up to anything she had just seen Chris and Henry a few hours earlier and she would have known if they were up to something. "No I don't think they are up to anything Chris and Henry came by to torment me earlier and they weren't acting like they do when they are about to go get into trouble. And if those two weren't involved chances are none of them are up to anything if for no other reason than the others won't go anywhere without them because they need them to be the tiebreaker between Prue and Wyatt." she explained hoping against all hope that she was right and she hadn't been played by them yet again.

Prue nodded in agreement "If anyone is up to anything it's mini me and that is because she is cooking up some way to get Wy and Liz together Piper you and Phoebe both need to relax they are fine. I can't promise that they are sane anymore because Phoebe's little angel has probably drove them all crazy by now." she had even noticed that her niece had an unhealthy obsession with getting the twice blessed and his psychic best friend together not that they didn't drive her nuts because they did but Prue needed to learn to tone it down some.

Phoebe rolled her eyes at her oldest sister "Every last single one of you always has to pick on Ladybug she is not that bad. Prue I know that you are partial to Wyatt because he is you made over but he is just as bad. Piper I won't even try to deny that just because Henry won't say that he has a favorite that it isn't you because it is. But he gets into just as much as Prue does for a while there a couple months ago he was the ringleader of all their little stunts. And Paige don't even get me started on you and Chris that boy orchestrates just as much of their stunts as anyone does. Jake is really the only innocent one out of the oldest five when it comes to that he just goes off alone and does his shit." she rambled on it was always her sweet innocent Prue that got blamed for everything.

Piper laughed at her little sister and shook her head "Pheebs we not saying that any of them are innocent we are just saying that Prue leads them into a lot of messes. Or need I remind of the time your car got stolen ?" she asked arching an eyebrow.

"One time that was one time and I do believe that Wy stole your car once too." Phoebe defended her daughter but it was a hopeless cause Prue was bad and she knew it.

"Need I remind you of the time we had to get them back from the 1980s because someone can't handle her spells ?" Paige asked an amused smirk on her face she loved her oldest niece but the girl was a handful who could get into more trouble then should be humanly possible for one person.

Phoebe threw up her hands in resignation "Alright so maybe you guys are right Prue does rope them into a lot of their stunts but at least they are harmless stunts most of the time." she couldn't argue with her sisters when they were right and they didn't mean anything by it.

"I personally think my niece is a lovely person who you guys don't give enough credit she should be made a saint just for living with all those guys. I for one would want to live with Wyatt and his always trying to be overbearing, Chris with his OCD, or Henry who has been known to ramble on for hours about things that no one cares about I mean honestly the boy gave me a fifteen minute lecture the other day about what went wrong on D-Day." Prue rambled on she loved her nieces and nephews she just wasn't used to all their quirks yet.

"Prue did you ask him what was wrong ?" Paige asked her only to get a look of confusion in response "Sweety the next time he starts spouting off with mind numbing facts like that ask him what's wrong with him that's what he does when something is bothering him." she went on to explain.

Prue looked downcast for a minute "I try with them I really do I'm just not used to all their personality quirks yet. Like I never know when Carly and Val are being serious or not. Or if Mel is being sarcastic." she replied she had missed a lot being dead.

Piper put a hand on her older sister's shoulder. "Prue you just have to get to know them Wyatt, Prue, and Jake are you made over when it comes to their younger siblings. As for Chris and Henry listen to them as little as possible because they are always ready with a sarcastic comment. When Val and Carly's mouths are moving chances are they're not being serious. Mel is my daughter therefore she is always being sarcastic. Patty and Penny are the simple two they come out and say what is on their minds and with Patty it is almost always profanity laced." she explained.

"Don't worry Prue you will get the hang of it they love you though you're their aunt and you weren't there for some of their really bad stunts so you don't except the worse from them the way we do. The oldest five are not as tough as they think they are don't be surprised in one day soon one of them comes to you with a problem they don't want to talk to us about." Phoebe assured her sister.

Paige smiled at the sister she thought she would never get a chance to spend time with like this "And trust us when we say they will get into something they don't want us to know about you just have to know how to handle them and sometimes that means smacking them on the back of the head and telling them to shut the hell up." she joked.

"I love you three girls you know that right ?" Prue asked she knew that they knew but she had to make sure.

Phoebe sighed and rolled her eyes "Yes Prue we know and we love you too." she said a hint of annoyance in her voice.

"I'm so sorry that I left you guys to fend for yourselves like that but you did a great job without me Piper your are a better big sister than I can ever hope to be. Pheebs you grew up so much I hardly recognize you sometimes. And Paige you should never think that you have to make up for not being me because you are the one who held this family together when it almost went all to hell literally." Prue said looking at each of her sisters as they spoke. All four Halliwell sisters shared a group hug.

"Oh this is not going to fly at all these out of control pregnancy hormones are for the birds we just so had a total chic moment." Paige groaned it wasn't hard to tell where her kids got their quick wit from.

"Times like these are why we were blessed with a little brother to keep us from having these chic moments and he is no where to be found he is really falling down on the job here." Phoebe said a smirk came to her face.

"Why I thought it was common knowledge that he has been keeping company with a certain charge of a blond headed son of mine. It's in all the rumor mills don't your younger daughters talk to you guys ? Mel has been harping on it for weeks." Piper said like she was a tabloid reporter.

"Parker and Calleigh huh that is interesting from what Andy said the kid has no luck at all with women. As a matter of fact he said he is so shy that he reminds him of Piper when she was younger." Prue informed them.

"Now I'm going to have to pry a little there is no way he can just keep these things from me I'm the cool sister." Paige said indignant she had once again been left out of the loop.

Phoebe smirked at her little sister "Paige you're the only one who thinks of yourself that way. I've even heard talk that Piper is pulling ahead in the cool mom front because she lets a certain half gypsy spend the night with her only daughter."

"Phoebe if you're getting that information that you got that from the same source I heard about Parker from so you should have known too. Val is like you and her older sister she knows everything about everyone. The only way she didn't know that was if he only told Mel which I doubt because he knows those five girls tell each other everything." Piper mused on the subject.

"When your rumor mill spends all their time with their boyfriends like mine do you don't get any of the good information anymore. Carly is at Jason's anytime he is not working and Ricky has become a permanent fixture in my house much like his older brother is always at your house." Paige said going off on a tangent.

"According to my sources Parker is very popular with the ladies who come in the club so no one never knows." Prue said she got the inside scoop from Alan and Jack who worked with Parker and knew everything there was to know about what went on with him at work. It was almost like they were keeping a close eye on him to make sure nothing bad happened to him. They wouldn't tell her why though they only claimed future consequences when she tried to press the issue with them.

Phoebe's face lit up at this bit of news she really did think she had to know everything about everyone which was where her girls got it from. "Your sources being Jack and Al of course I know they tell you things Prue and one day I will get those things out of you and you have no choice in the matter I have my way of making people talk I will bust out the magical lie detector on you and if that doesn't work we have two nephews who are cops and can get anything I want to know out of you. So considered yourself warned." she teased playfully.

"Cool it Nancy Drew down girl don't be so confrontational we'll find out soon enough like we always do. So in the mean time what did Penny and Val say when you told them last night ?" Paige asked.

Phoebe sighed "Penny was happy but me and Val had this huge round because I didn't tell them sooner so she stayed the night with Prue that is the only bad thing about her moving out now her sisters run over there every time they get mad at me or Coop."

"At least neither one of them has a boyfriend with an apartment I look for Mel there before I look for at the manor anymore. But don't worry so much about Val she will come around she is just mad that you actually kept a secret for a change Pheebs." Piper teased her sister lightly trying to reassure her.

"I know but with Val it's just so hard she is eighteen and this is her last year of highschool I'm so afraid that when she gets mad she just going to leave and not come back one day. I don't think I could stand that." Phoebe admitted that was a fear of hers before she found out she was pregnant.

"Pheebs trust us she is not going anywhere not without Carly anyway. She'll come around when you least expect it they always do." Paige said also trying to reassure her sister.

Phoebe still looked unsure of what her sisters were trying to tell her. "Phoebe she will be fine in a couple of days and trust me it will happen just because I am saying it." Prue said putting her foot down with her sister.

Piper smirked over in Prue's direction death hadn't changed her any at all it was them that had gone through all the changes. "Phoebe you better listen Prue has spoken and we all know what happens when you choose not to believe her." she warned in a highly amused tone.

Phoebe sighed and looked at all of her sisters "Alright fine I give in but if she doesn't come around I'm blaming the three of you for this." she relented she couldn't fight them when they made their minds up.


"As much as I enjoy living dangerously here I really wish you guys would hurry up my dad could come home any minute." Ricky urged he was sitting in the living room of Derek's house and he was in no hurry for all of them to get caught there it wouldn't be a good thing. His dad was the male version of Piper Halliwell.

Patty smiled over at her boyfriend "Relax Snuffy they should be finished any minute and if by some measure of bad luck Uncle Derek should walk in here right now. We can explain that away easy we're all going to the mall that's what we told all our older siblings anyway and trust me when I say they bought it." she assured him as she laid her head on his shoulder.

"You know as well as I do that my dad knows when he's being lied to he had years of practice at it with Chuck. I really don't want to be on the receiving end of his temper today I'm too tired." Ricky replied smiling down at her.

Emily walked into the room and made a gagging noise "Alright you guys that is enough you're making me sick here." she protested to their being cuddled up on the couch together like that.

Ricky rolled his eyes he was convinced that having Emily as his baby sister was punishment for something he had done in another life. "Em you're only mad because Jack left to go change his clothes and he didn't ask you to go with him." he shot back at her for the moment it appeared that Jack was the object of her affection.

Emily blushed furiously "Shut up Ricky I don't even like Jack like that I swear I hate you sometimes you stupid ass." she said slapping him on the back of his head.

"We don't have time for you children to be fighting in here Charlie control your boyfriend and I will keep Em on a leash." Penny said as she walked in the room in search of Emily she should have known she was going to be somewhere where she could fight with Ricky or flirt shamelessly with Jack no matter how much she wore she didn't like him.

"I don't control him he is his own person that would be your sister you have me confused with she does control Chuck." Patty informed her cousin a slight smirk on her face she knew that she had complete control over Ricky she just let him think that she didn't.

Emily threw herself down on the couch opposite the one her brother was sitting on she was sick to death of them teasing her about Jack. "See I'm fine I won't hit him again I can't I'm on the other side of the room." she said putting up her hands in a sign of surrender.

Mel walked in the room with her phone held to her ear from the grin on her face it was obvious to everyone that she was talking to Roman. "Baby I miss you and as much as I would love talking to you for the rest of the night I gotta go the girls are waiting on me. I'll see you when you get back bye sweety." she said hanging up. She sat down on the other side of Ricky and sighed. "I can't believe he isn't coming home until tomorrow I miss him." she whined.

"I'm glad to be rid of him for a little while he is a big dumb jerk that gets on my last nerve he thinks just because he's older that he is the boss of me." Ricky rambled on he loved his older brother and sister but he didn't get along with them as well as he got along with Chuck.

"Ok I realize that you miss him Mel but it would take your mind off of him if you were to tell everyone what we found out at the police station." Carly suggested as she came in the room with Val they were all ready to go now all they were waiting on was for Jack and Alan to get back so they could go.

Mel ran her hands through her hair and then she called out "Jack and Alan Halliwell if you two don't get over here in the next five seconds I'm starting without you and this was your idea.".

If nothing else scared the two young men from the future Mel did she had Piper's temper and her personality so her threats were taken seriously. That is why they both orbed in when she called and they were in various states of finishing getting dressed. Alan was buttoning up the last couple of buttons on his shirt and Jack's shoe laces were untied other than that the two of them were ready.

"Sorry we had to steal some clothes from Chris and Henry without them knowing about it so it took us awhile. But we're here now so tell us what you found out." Jack said as he bent down to finish tying his shoes.

"Don't worry about it guys you're here now Mel has just been a little crabby since Roman isn't around to give her any me and him are going to have a long talk about that when he gets back." Carly informed her little brother and her little cousin.

Mel flipped Carly off she was such a smart ass all the time Mel didn't know how Jason put up with her. "I'm not saying that there is demon involved in all of this but this definitely sounds demonic. Everyone who has been arrested after leaving the club has stated that they didn't know what came over them one minute they were fine and the next thing they knew they were thrown into a fit of rage." She explained to them all.

Alan arched an eyebrow and tilted his head to the side he looked like his mother when he did that. "Is there any pattern ?" he asked it was a valid question it might help them pinpoint what was going on.

Mel shook her head "No that is the funny thing that makes me think it isn't demon related. There is no rhyme or reason to these attacks age, sex, and race don't seem to matter. So I don't know it is worth checking out though." she said in resignation she was still holding onto some dim hope that they wouldn't have to do this.

"Lets do this now Carly I suggest that you ask Jason to come along because as far as we know everyone this has happened to has been mortal." Jack suggested he knew that they were all half mortal themselves but whatever it was might not work on them so Jason was they're only choice he couldn't very well suggest that they call D.J. there seemed to be bad blood between him and Mel these days.

"Fine but you guys do know that if he comes D.J. will insist on coming with him to make sure we stay safe." Val threw out there he was just like a cousin to them and he felt the same way about them whatever it was between him and Mel could be worked out later.

"Then we're all agreed lets do this and get out of here before anyone suspects us of doing something that we shouldn't be doing." Ricky pleaded with them again.

Patty laughed at "Alright Snuffy we're going now come on." she said taking his hand so she could orb the both of them.

"Well I don't guess I was going to be given the chance to voice any objections. Jack come on this is your mess you can orb me." Mel ordered holding her hand out to her only younger sibling.


A/N: Another chapter out of the way and it looks like the younger Halliwells are headed for trouble once again the older five are not going to be happy when they find out about this little stunt. Wyatt and Liz are still tripping down memory lane and it seems that they have worked things out they should be getting out of their own personal hell next chapter. Prue it seems is hell bent on driving everyone crazy and there looks to be no end in sight at least not until she can get Wyatt and Liz together. Parker and Calleigh are starting to develop feelings for each other this might cause problems for them. I hope you guys enjoyed it and until next time please review.