Breakfast At The Manor
Hi, I'm back from my wonderful but brief three day hiatus. Lol. Like you care. Anyway, here it is, as promised. Part 6! Yay! There will be times when I won't be updating this story due to the fact that I'm working on it but when I do go away, I'll inform you on my lastest updates. Ok, back to th topic. Enjoy!
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Paige groaned as she gradually turned over to her side. Her throat felt weird and worst of all her head throbbed. Her brain was fuzzy and she couldn't remember what had happened.
She opened her eyes and found herself staring at a ceiling. She sat up abruptly but regretted it when her head started spinning and her vision turned hazy.
"Oww." She put a hand to the back of her head. It was when she noticed a female sitting on a chair draped in a blanket, sleeping in the room that she started to blink and the haze started to clear.
"Prue?" She said in a guttural voice.
Prue smiled and opened her eyes, rubbing them. "Hey Paige."
"P-Prue. Where am I?"
Prue yawned. Paige looked closer and saw that Prue was wearing a black dress and her hair was fuzzy.
"Do you remember anything?" Prue asked, getting up and sitting next to Paige who scooted over to make space.
Paige shook her head and felt a dull throb. "Ooouuu. What happened?"
"Paige, you got drunk last night." Prue said in a serious tone, losing all drowsiness and turning stern.
Paige suddenly saw a flashback of her drinking shots and shots of whiskey at a club that she could not recall. "Oh."
"Why? You said you stopped drinking."
The reason zoomed into Paige's head. Her shoulders slumped. "I got kicked out of my house because I couldn't pay the rent." She muttered. "I got kind of upset and went on a drinking bout."
Prue put an arm around Paige's shoulder. She wanted Paige to be following the right direction.
They said nothing for a few minutes. Paige looked around. "Where am I?"
Prue looked around too.
"You're at the Halliwells." Said a voice from behind them. They both turned around and saw Phoebe standing by the door.
Phoebe walked over and stretched her hand. "Phoebe Halliwell."
Paige took her hand and shook it, looking slightly befuddled. "Paige Mattgews, Matthews." She corrected. "What am I doing here?"
"You got drunk last night and you passed out." Prue explained.
"You were out and so we decided to let you stay here. Prue's also been here the whole night." Phoebe continued.
"Thanks." Paige muttered to Prue.
"Welcome."
Phoebe straightened. "Come on to the dining room. Piper prepared breakfast, rather a feast, for you." Phoebe went.
Prue got up and helped Paige to stand. "Piper?"
"She's Phoebe's sister. She's really nice." Prue put an arm around Paige's waist and helped her through the door and to the dining room where Phoebe was.
"Wow. This does look like a feast." Paige commented, looking at all the food on the table. There was bacon, fried eggs, omelets, pancakes, waffles, hotdogs, a basket of freshly baked rolls, orange juice, coffee, tea, milk, even a box of cereals and for an odd reason, fried chicken legs.
Piper came into the room, wearing a white apron, carrying a plate of toasts. She grinned when she saw Prue and Paige.
"Hey." She set the plate down and hurried over to Paige shaking her hand. "Piper Halliwell."
"Paige Matthews. Did you cook all this?" Paige said, amazed.
"Uhuh. I didn't know what you liked so I panicked and…well… kinnda cooked everything."
"That's Piper." Phoebe piped as she sat down.
"Piper, you didn't have to go through all this." Prue uttered.
"No, your guests." Then she added, "It was fun anyway."
"Piper used to be a chef. Now she only cooks for us which is great might I add. She gets hyped when she cooks for other people." Phoebe said as she grabbed a waffle and put it onto her plate.
"Wow!" Said a voice from behind. Prue and Paige turned around.
Leo walked into the room, his mouth clearly watering. He looked at Piper. "I love you!"
Piper smiled. "Leo, this is Paige Matthews." She gestured to Paige. "Paige, my fiancé, Leo Wyatt." Paige smiled in return.
Leo waved. "How ya feeling?" He asked as he kissed his wife on the cheek.
"Ok. Throbbing head but other than that, fine."
Leo nodded and sat down.
"Well, sit down guys. You might as well eat since you've already slept here." Piper beckoned. Paige heeded and sat next to Phoebe. Prue however stayed standing.
The doorbell rang. "I'll get that." Piper said cheerfully, walking away.
"You know," Phoebe said through a mouthful of waffles and eggs. "I haven't seen Piper this cheerful."
Leo nodded as he grabbed a roll. "She doesn't have many friends."
Paige suddenly felt sorry for Piper. She knew how it felt like to be friendless, being one herself when she was a teen.
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Piper opened the door and found a girl standing in front of her. Her very light brown hair was cut in a layered fashion, her blue eyes mesmerizing and her tall, slim figure added with the way she held herself, daunting. She looked strangely familiar.
A carrier bag was slung around her shoulder. She was dressed in white Capri pants, tennis shoes and a pink sleeveless top. Must be around eighteen, Piper thought.
"Uhh, hi." The girl said uncertainly.
"Hi, may I help you?" Piper asked politely.
"Is Prue Hennessey here?"
"Yeah. She's here. Who are you?"
"I'm Danica." She quipped. "Can I talk to her?"
"Sure, come in." Piper welcomed the girl in, guiding her to the dining room.
"Mom?" Danica called uncertainly at a brown haired woman who stood by the table surrounded by three people, her back facing Danica.
Mom, Piper questioned in her head as she moved towards her husband, Mom?
She turned around and Danica caught a glint of blue in her eyes.
"Danica?" Prue asked.
Danica dropped her things on the floor and flung her arms around her mother who nearly fell back.
"Mom!" Danica hugged her tight. "You got me worried!"
Prue slowly disengaged herself from her daughter. Prue put a hand to Danica's cheek. "I'm fine sweetie. Are you ok?"
Danica nodded. "Don't ever do that!"
"Do what?"
"Don't ever leave me." She muttered. "I thought you ran away fro me."
Prue sighed. "I'd never leave you."
"I know." She whispered. She then caught a glance of Paige.
"Paige!" She squealed, rushing over to hug her. She wrapped her arms around Paige's shoulders.
"Hey kiddo." Paige greeted, smiling. She suddenly yelped as Danica slapped her on the shoulder.
"Don't kiddo me! I thought you said you stopped drinking!" Danica said sternly.
Paige rubbed her shoulder. "Like mother like daughter!"
"Don't worry hon, I think this time she had a reason." Danica glanced at Prue but did not question. She realized that there were three other people in the room she did not know. She felt herself blush.
"Oh, um…You guys, this is my fifteen year old daughter, Danica." She pointed to Danica who smiled slightly. "Danica…Phoebe and Piper Halliwell, Leo Wyatt, Piper's fiancé."
"Uh hi."
"Danika?" Phoebe questioned.
"Da-nica." Danica corrected. "You can call me Dani though."
"Fifteen years old?" Piper asked, glancing at Prue. "So that means…"
"That means I had her when I was fourteen, yeah." Prue shuffled her feet. This is it, she thought, they never want to see me ever again.
When ever Prue mentioned that she had a daughter, people would always grimace as if she were filthy.
"Well then," Piper grinned. "Care to join us for breakfast Dani?"
Danica smiled. "Love too!" She sat down.
Prue smiled as well. "Prue?" Piper asked as she sat on the opposite end.
"Oh." Prue sat next to her daughter who was staring at the food hungrily. "Did you eat?"
Danica shook her head. "I was in a hurry."
"How'd you get here anyway?" Paige quizzed, waving a fork around.
"Well, I called Cole this morning," Phoebe looked up at the mention of Cole. "And he told me you were going to the Halliwells house last night. I looked in the directory and found the name Piper Halliwell and followed the address which led me here."
"You were heading for tennis practice?" Prue asked as she put a piece of bacon in her mouth, contemplating her outfit. Danica nodded.
"You play?" Leo asked, slightly amazed. He had never actually met a female tennis player. None of the Halliwells were into sports.
"Plays like Martina Hingis." Prue said proudly.
"I second that. Exactly like Hingis." Paige added.
Danica smiled. "I'm hoping I can join the WTA when I grow older."
Piper looked at Leo quizzically. "WTA?"
"Women's Tennis Association." Leo answered. "Like the ATP but for women."
"ATP?" Piper echoed.
It was Phoebe who answered this time. "Association of Tennis Professionals. That's for men." Piper stared at Phoebe. "What? I think some of the guys are hot."
"Am I the only one who doesn't know a thing about tennis?" Piper asked in disbelief.
"Apparently." Phoebe said in an undertone.
"So you're going to let Danica play tennis? How about her education?" Piper had always believed education was a top priority.
"Well, Dani wants to do it and she's determined so I'll just have to trust her and let her." Prue replied, smiling at Danica who smiled back. "Plus, she's going to be continuing her education."
Piper opened her mouth to reply but at that moment, footsteps could be heard coming down from the stairs. They all turned their heads towards the source and in a few seconds, an elderly lady came down, fully dressed.
She stepped back when she saw everyone staring at her. She offered them a smile.
Piper got up. "Grams."
"Good morning everyone. Aren't you going to introduce me?" Penny added. She looked at the two strangers who she knew were her granddaughters. Her heart swelled with happiness. She then saw a girl sitting next to one of them.
Piper cleared her throat. "Ah, Grams, Paige Matthews," Paige waved cheerily. Paige. The name echoed in her head. "Prue Hennessey,"
Prue smiled. "Hi." Penny inclined her head. Prue.
"And Danica Hennessey, Prue's fifteen year old daughter." Piper gestured to Danica who smiled nervously.
I have a great granddaughter, Penny thought, of course, Danica.
"Penny Halliwell." Penny said, introducing herself. "A.K.A, Grams. I'm Phoebe's and Piper's grandmother." And yours too my dears, She thought.
"Well, you have two really wonderful granddaughters Ms. Halliwell." Danica said. "They took good care of my mother and Paige." She looked at Piper and Phoebe fondly.
Prue laughed to herself. Danica was a charmer and she knew it. Prue glanced at Piper who was now grinning from ear to ear. She took her glass of orange juice and sipped.
Penny looked at Danica fondly. "You can call me Grams. No need for formalities in this house."
"Uhh…Sure." Danica said uneasily.
Penny looked down at her watch. "I have to go my dears."
"But you haven't even had breakfast Grams! And yesterday, you were out all day!" Phoebe pointed out.
"I'm sorry, but it's a business matter concerning the house. It must be taken care of. Before I go, Leo, I'd like to talk to you outside please." Leo pointed to himself. Penny nodded and headed for the front porch.
Leo looked longingly at his unfinished breakfast but got up all the same and followed Penny.
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"Is there something wrong?" Leo asked as he closed the door firmly behind him.
"Nothing is wrong, but there is something impressively right Leo." Penny looked at his granddaughter's husband to be. Penny knew that he was a whitelighter, yes she did.
The Elders had appointed him as the Charmed Ones whitelighter when they would be reconstituted and Penny had been helping him try and find the two long lost sisters for a long time now. She was all too happy when he had proposed to Piper. He was a good man.
"How did you do it?" Penny asked.
"I'm sorry?"
"How did you do it? How did you get them together?" Penny asked again.
"Penny, as much as I love you speaking in codes, I don't understand what you are talking about."
Penny frowned, and muttered to herself. "Then you didn't bring them together."
"What are you talking about? Bring who together?"
Penny blinked. "The Charmed Ones are together! Leo, they've finally found each other!"
Leo jumped. "When! Where! How!"
"Right here."
Leo looked bewildered. "Here?"
"Who is inside the Manor right now eating breakfast with Phoebe and Piper?"
"Prue and Pai…" He stopped and backed away slightly. "No…"
"It's them Leo. I never told you this but the eldest Halliwell was named Prue. Prue Halliwell."
"But what about Paige? Piper's mother never named her. How can you be sure that she's the last Charmed One?"
Penny sighed. "A few months after Paige was given up at the church when she was born, I went there myself, just to see if Paige had finally found a home. When I got there, she was gone. I asked a nun there about her and she told me that a family had taken her. I asked if they had named her. She said the blessed baby had been named Paige." She looked at Leo. "Prue, Piper, Phoebe and Paige. The Charmed Ones."
Leo let out a whistle. "So, right now, the Halliwell sisters are all together?" It was more of a statement than a question.
Penny nodded.
Leo ran a hand through his hair, not quite sure what to do next. Should he go inside and tell them all they were sisters? Tell them that they were witches? Tell them that they were the most powerful witches of all time?
Penny had seemed to sense Leo's troubled mind and said, "No, we can't tell them just yet. They just found each other, if we tell them; they'll be gone right away."
"But when?"
"When the time is right. What you have to do now is make sure they'll see each other again." Penny looked at her watch. "I have to go."
"What about the Elders?" Leo called out as Penny descended.
She stopped in her tracks and turned to Leo. "Don't tell them anything. If they find out, they'll be sure to try and make the girls use their powers. They're not ready just yet." And with that, she continued on.
Leo watched Penny walk down the street until she disappeared around the corner. Without a backward glance, he went back into the Manor.
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Vague. I konw. The Danica tennis thing, I just had to add, don't ask why. Maybe it'll play a key part next time, who knows. Update soon, I promise. Review if you must.
