10x05: The Curious Case of Phoebe Halliwell (Part 2)
"Henry?" Paige says as she grabs Henry's hands and stares into his eyes for confirmation. Henry stares deeply into Paige's eyes and Paige smiles softly.
"Hey…" Henry says in a feeble voice.
"Hi." Paige whispers back.
"How the hell did this happen?" Piper asks as she looks around.
"I don't know. I came here to pick up Darryl for lunch and walked into this." Sheila says as she turns to Q, "He was here before I got here."
"Care to explain, Q?" Phoebe asks.
"This happened because of me." Q begins to explain.
"You did this?" Paige asks angrily.
"No, but I think he was coming for me and Darryl and Henry were just in the way trying to protect me." Q says.
"Who's he?" Phoebe asks.
"I don't know who he is. But he's been following me for the past few weeks…" Q answers.
"We need to do something now because we cannot stay here." Phoebe says.
"What are we going to do? Bring twenty geriatric men into the Manor?" Piper asks.
"We just can't leave them unattended here." Phoebe answers.
"How are we going to get them there? I don't think Paige's powers can have her orb this many people to the Manor." Piper says.
"Well, I can take Henry's car." Paige suggests.
"I can take Darryl's truck and Phoebe can take my SUV." Sheila adds.
"Great. Q, you need to come with me to lead the way and guide these officers outside. Phoebe, make sure no one gets left behind." Piper instructs as she opens the door. She sticks her hand out and freezes the empty room outside.
"Ok, come on!" she waves as Q begins to walk outside with a few of the elderly officers. Paige grabs Henry's arm and locks it with hers. She looks at him and smiles sweetly.
"Where are we going?" Old Henry asks.
"Back to the Manor so we can turn you back." Paige answers.
"What would the world do without you?" Henry asks.
Paige leads him out of the door and smiles.
"Come on, keep it moving, people!" Piper shouts as they walk out of the room.
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Wyatt walks out of the locker room decked out in his football gear. He walks onto the field and sees Mellie and Chris sitting on the bleachers waiting for him.
"Hey, guys." Wyatt waves as he walks closer to them, "What are you guys doing here?"
"Mellie wanted to watch you practice and go home with you. Just here to make sure that you will bring her back." Chris says as he stands up.
"Yeah, no problem. I got to talk to you though." Wyatt says.
"About what? If it has to do with Bianca…"
"Come on, here me out." Wyatt says as he walks up the bleachers and stands next to Chris.
"She has found a spot where we can meet up after school and train." Wyatt says.
"Train for what?" Chris asks.
"Training so we can better utilize our powers for when demons come crashing through the front door." Wyatt whispers as he tries to keep Mellie from hearing.
"Did you forget that we just had this argument with mom when we rescued Laylah?" Chris states, "Going behind mom's back doesn't do anything but cause problems."
"And asking her to help us develop our magic and fighting skills is doing nothing for us. We are not going to go demon hunting, Chris. We're just getting prepared in case we do."
Chris shakes his head and sighs.
"Look what happened yesterday. Mom and Auntie Paige and Phoebe lost their powers and it was up to us to use our powers to save the day. We were not prepared at all because they don't allow us to get a handle on our powers. What if it was someone more powerful than vampires? What would we have to do then, huh?" Wyatt asks.
"I just don't feel comfortable doing this without mom's approval, Wyatt. The answer is no. You can do this without me." Chris says as he walks down the bleachers. He turns around to face his brother, "What time will you guys be home just in case mom or dad asks?"
"Six."
"Right." Chris whispers "See you later, Mel."
Mellie waves at Chris and then looks at Wyatt.
"At least I got you in my corner, right?" Wyatt asks.
"Always." Mellie smiles.
"Good." Wyatt says as he kisses his sister on her forehead.
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Piper's Grand Jeep Cherokee pulls into the driveway of the Manor. Directly behind her are Darryl's Grey Toyota Tundra and Sheila's White Honda Pilot. Henry's Silver Infiniti pulls up and stops. The Charmed Ones and Sheila exit their cars and open the doors, gently leading the older gentlemen into the Manor.
The sorcerer stands across the street as he watches the sisters walk into the Manor. An orange cloud of smoke surrounds him as he disappears from sight.
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"Ok, I got you!" Piper says as she paces herself, walking one of the old officers into the manor, "Hold on to me. I got you. That's it."
Q closes the door behind her and runs next to Piper. Billie and Laura walk into the living room and see all the old man in police attire.
"What's going on?" Billie asks
"Can you hold take him to the conservatory over there?" Piper asks as she points to the sunroom.
"Sure." Q says, "I got you Officer Johnson. Come on."
Piper sighs deeply and Phoebe and Paige walk in next to them.
"Who are they?" Billie asks.
"A few members of the SFPD." Phoebe says in nonchalant tone, "No big deal."
"SFPD? What happened to them?" Laura asks.
"I don't know. But as soon as we do, you'll be the first to know." Paige says.
"Is Laylah still here?" Piper asks.
"She was in the attic last time I checked." Billie answers, "Why?"
"We're hoping she might have an idea of who we are up against." Piper answers.
"Billie, Laura, you guys stay down here and keep an eye on the grumpy old men over here. We sisters three? Attic." Phoebe says.
"Right…" Laura whispers as she looks at Billie, who sees the old men whistling at them.
"Ugh." Billie sighs.
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Phoebe marches up the stairs with her sisters right behind her, trying to keep up.
"How exactly is Laylah going to be able to help us with this?" Paige asks.
"She is the goddess of magic, right? She has to have an idea of what kind of magic can do this." Phoebe says as she runs up the stairs.
"Enough with the running!" Piper complains as she stops at the bottom of the stairs. Paige and Phoebe walk up the stairs leading to the attic and Piper finally catches her breath and follows suit.
The sisters enter the attic and find Laylah standing over the Book, flipping through the pages.
"I remember when your great-great-great grandmother fought this demon. He almost killed her and your great-great-great-grandfather ended up patching her up. He was a medic in the civil war." Laylah laughs.
Paige and Phoebe walk next to her and look down at the book, seeing what Laylah was referring to.
"I take it that you're still mad at me, Piper?" Laylah asks.
"You took away my best offensive power. Yeah, I'm still pissed." Piper says as she folds her arms.
"You were able to face and vanquish demons with your power before you had the power to blow things up. You'll be even more resourceful and powerful now that you're wiser and have a great handle on your power to freeze." Laylah says as she flips through the book.
"Laylah, do you know of a demon or warlock who has the power to make a person age rapidly?" Paige asks.
"And they're associated with an orange cloud." Phoebe adds.
"Orange cloud, you say?" Laylah asks.
Phoebe nods.
"Hmmm." Laylah ponders as she begins to flip through the Book telekinetically. She suddenly stops and points to the page, "He's the only one who comes to mind."
"Boake?" Phoebe reads his name of the page.
"Who's Boake?" Piper asks.
"A sorcerer tasked with the power to accelerate one's life force with a puff of smoke." Paige reads.
"Great." Piper groans, "Is there any known way to reverse his magic?"
"No. He's the only one who can reverse it." Laylah says.
"Wonderful!" Piper screams sarcastically.
"What do we do?" Paige asks, "We can't just leave Henry and Darryl like this."
"We'll find a way, Paige. I promise." Phoebe assures her sister.
"You have been around for hundreds of years, and you don't know how to take him down?" Piper asks angrily, glaring daggers at Laylah.
"You're not the first witches to encounter him, but you are the first to survive." Laylah says.
"We didn't really fight him. We just showed up for the aftermath." Paige responds.
"We know we're going to have to face him later on, we just need help to figure out what to do." Phoebe adds.
"The question is what exactly does he want? There must be a reason." Piper wonders.
"Well, I guess we have to ask Q about it since he's the one Boake was after." Phoebe says.
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Laura walks past the living room to see Billie watching television with the old officers. She smiles and walks over to an old Darryl and hands him a cup of jello.
"Here you go, Darryl." She says with a smile.
"Thank you, sweet thing." Darryl responds with a smile.
As Laura's blue eyes glisten in the light of the conservatory, Darryl's smile subsides and he scoots closer to Laura.
"Do I know you?" Darryl asks.
"I'm pretty sure you've seen me hanging around with the Halliwells a lot, that's probably why." Laura answers.
"No…" Darryl says, "I feel more like I know you from somewhere."
"I get that a lot." Laura smiles nervously.
"How long have you known the sisters?" Darryl asks.
"For a while…" Laura answers.
"Hmmm." Darryl hums with uncertainty in his voice, "Thank for the jello."
"No problem." Laura says.
Piper, Phoebe and Paige walk into the conservatory. Paige walks to Henry who is fast asleep on the couch.
"Hey, where's Sheila?" Phoebe asks.
"She had to go home to take care of the kids." Billie answers, "I told her I will keep her posted on any updates on Darryl."
"I see you have taken a liking to the cops over there." Phoebe jokes.
"They're growing on me. They're actually really sweet." Billie says.
"Q, we have a few questions to ask you about Boake." Piper begins.
"About who?" Q asks.
"Boake, the guy who did all of this." Piper replies.
"Oh, right…" Q chuckles nervously.
Piper points to the couch behind Q and they walk toward it. Phoebe sits on the table across from the couch as Piper and Q take a seat.
"Why is Boake after you?" Phoebe asks.
"I don't know. All I know is I thought he wasn't real because I only saw him in my dreams. Then those dreams turned out to be true, he would too."
"Wait, dreams? What kind of dreams?" Phoebe asks.
"First, I dreamt about walking into an old antique jewelry shop to find this key." Q says as he takes the key from around his neck and shows it to Piper and Phoebe, "He showed up then but he was just watching me. The next day on my way to school, I somehow ended up at the antique shop running out with this key in my hand, like I was in a trance or something. Then I had a dream about breaking into the bank and taking this blade, and he was there."
"What blade?" Piper asks.
Q takes a deep breath and reaches into his back pack. He takes out a cloth wrapped item and hands it to Piper. Piper unsheathes the blade and gasps.
"Phoebe?" Piper says in a low tone voice.
"The blade of Gambrel." Phoebe notes.
"This blade was in the bank?" Piper asks.
"Yeah. I don't know how but I saw it in my dream and then when I went to go take it, Boake showed up." Q explains.
"Dreams?" Piper says as she looks at Phoebe.
"Visions, maybe?" Phoebe guesses.
"But how and why?" Piper asks.
"Sounds to me like he was having an astral premonition? Like he would have a vision of the future and then his past self will then project himself into his present self to carry out what he saw in the premonition from before, if that makes sense." Phoebe explains.
"My head hurts but I think I got it." Piper replies.
"That's not the important part. The important part is why was Q led to the blade?" Phoebe asks.
"I don't know but I feel like if Q still has it, then Boake will not stop until he has it." Piper answers.
Chris walks into the Manor and sees Piper and Phoebe with their older guests.
"What's uh, what's going on?" Chris asks.
"Long story. Dealing with a sorcerer." Phoebe answers.
"Cool, do you guys need help? I can help." Chris offers as he takes off his back pack and walks further into the conservatory.
"No, no. You're too young to handle this." Piper answers.
"But mom…"
"No buts, where's your brother and sister?" Piper asks.
"Football practice and Mellie is playing his cheerleader." Chris answers, "But back to this, please? Let me do something. Research, potions, something."
"No!" Piper shouts adamantly, "Don't you have any homework to do?"
"Ugh…" Chris groans as he turns around and stomps his way upstairs.
An orange cloud begins to form behind Paige as she sits on the couch, with Henry's head on her lap, running her fingers through his hair gently.
"I think you should have let him join us." Phoebe advises.
"Like you would let your girls go demon hunting?" Piper asks to which Phoebe elicits no response, "I didn't think so."
"So what are we going to do about this Boake situation?" Phoebe asks.
"Nothing at all." Boake shouts.
Piper and Phoebe stand up quickly. Piper tries to thrust her hands forth but nothing happens.
"Damn it! I forgot she took away my exploding power!" Piper shouts angrily.
"I got it!" Billie says as she waves her hand and the telekinetic energy barely moves the sorcerer.
"I'm not here to fight, only here to negotiate." Boake smiles.
"We don't negotiate with demons." Piper spits at him.
"You'll find that you'll be willing to make an exception in this case." Boake says, "I just want my blade back."
"Your blade? My husband helped forge this blade a few years ago." Phoebe replies.
"Well, the stones used to forge the blade were mine to protect until someone took them from my possession, so technically, it's mine."
"Well, finders keepers." Billie interjects.
"Really?" Piper looks at Billie with a look of disbelief at that comment.
"What?" Billie asks in self-defense.
"Turn these guys back to original packaging and then we will talk." Phoebe says.
"You know I can just come over there and take the blade myself." Boake says.
"I'll love to see you try, Boake." Piper says in a menacing tone.
"Oh, you did your research! I'm impressed." Boake bursts out in laughter, "I bet that little Book of Shadows of yours also has a spell in there to vanquish me, doesn't it?"
Piper and Phoebe stare at each other and then at Boake.
"Right, didn't think so. Quinton! Nice to see you again, my boy." Boake says in a sarcastic manner.
Q remains silent, just staring angrily at Boake.
"I'll ask you ladies again." Boake says as he steps around Paige and walks towards the sisters and Q, "Hand over the blade, and no one gets hurt. I just want what's mine."
"This blade has the power to vanquish you. If it was able to kill the Del Mar brothers, it will kill you too." Paige says, still holding on to Henry.
"Oh hush!" he says as he waves his hand at Paige and she falls unconscious alongside Henry.
"Paige!" Phoebe screams but Piper holds her back.
"Tsk tsk!" Boake says, "It's merely a sleeping spell but I can make it that much more permanent if you don't comply with my demands."
"Well, go ahead." Billie says.
"What? You really want to call my bluff?" Boake asks.
Billie nods.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Piper asks angrily.
"If he really wanted to kill us, he would've done so already. He's stalling." Billie whispers.
"How do you know that?" Piper asks.
"He said he was here to negotiate. If he wanted to kill us, he would have." Billie says.
"If you want the blade, come get it." Phoebe says.
"I can really snap your pretty little necks with a wave of my hand but the kill is not mine to savor. It belongs to another." Boake says.
"So then you have nothing of importance to hold in these negotiations." Piper says.
"Ok, let me make something abundantly clear." Boake says as he steps a little closer, "This aging curse I have placed on these fine young gentlemen only lasts 24 hours, meaning come noon tomorrow, they will die of natural causes, so to speak. So they have a little bit less than 14 hours left, that is if I want to accelerate their deaths like so!"
Boake waves his hand and three of the officers sitting in the living room watching television turn into dust.
"No!" Billie yells.
"That's me being generous." Boake says, "Now, I'm asking one last time. The blade. Please."
Phoebe steps forward and clearly without hesitation utters the word, "No."
Boake takes a deep breath and exhales sharply.
"Very well." He says as he waves his hand and Piper, Phoebe, Billie, Laura and Q fly in different directions into the walls and doors. The blade slides across the floor.
Billie waves her hand at the blade and slides towards Q.
"Grab it and run!" Phoebe advises.
Q takes the blade and runs up the stairs. Piper waves her hand and freezes Boake. Boake begins to move rapidly as he fights through the freeze. Phoebe stands up and delivers a round kick across Boake's face and then kicks him in the chest, sending him flying into the grandfather's clock, smashing on impact. Billie takes out an athame from her boot and charges at Boake.
Boake stands up and marches towards Phoebe. He seizes Phoebe by the throat and raises her from the ground, with her legs dangling in midair. Phoebe struggles as she gasps desperately for air.
"Here's a little token of appreciation for making this quest a lot more complicated than it needed to be." Boake whispers to her. He leans in and kisses Phoebe on the lips, whose struggles and words of protest are muffled by the kiss. As Boake's lips pulls apart from Phoebe's, he exhales an orange vapor into Phoebe's mouth. Phoebe coughs as the vapor enters her body.
Billie stabs Boake in the back and causes Boake to drop Phoebe to the ground. Phoebe falls to her knees and begins to cough loudly while grabbing her neck.
Boake screams and punches Billie, sending her flying across the room and crashing into a table. Boake waves his hand and a cloud of smoke surrounds him as he disappears from sight.
Chris runs into the conservatory and sees the broken pieces of furniture, Phoebe, Paige and Piper on the ground, and three piles of dust across the hall on the couches.
"What the hell just happened?" he asks.
Piper stares at him and then at her sisters.
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Paige rubs her head as she watches Piper pace back and forth in the attic.
"So he said what again?" she asks in confusion.
"We have less than twelve hours to save Henry and Darryl and the rest of the officers downstairs or else they all die." Phoebe says.
"So what do we do?" Paige asks.
"I don't know. I guess we have to give him what he wants in hopes of turning the guys back." Piper suggests.
"No, Piper. We can't do that." Phoebe objects.
"What other choice do we have, Phoebe?" Piper asks, "If we don't give him the blade, thirteen innocents including Darryl and Henry will die. If we do, we can save them and then figure out how to take the blade back from him."
"But if we give him the blade, the lives of millions of people may be at stake." Phoebe pleads, "Let's find another way."
"What other way is there, Phoebe? He just killed three out of sixteen guys just because he can. I'm not going to sit here and allow him to kill thirteen more." Piper shoots back.
"Giving him the blade only delays the inevitable." Phoebe says.
"If it is inevitable, then we're going to have to deal with it no matter what we do anyway." Piper says.
"Paige?" Phoebe turns to her younger sister for support.
"I really hear you, Phoebe. I really do but I'm with Piper on this one. We save the innocents we have now by giving Boake the blade, and then we'll worry about the innocents we might have to save later on." Paige says.
Phoebe realizing that she has lost the battle finally concedes.
"Ok. So what do we do?" Phoebe asks.
"You can write a summoning spell to bring him to us and then make the deal." Piper says.
"He might not be in a negotiation mood after stabbing him the back." Billie says.
"He doesn't have a choice." Piper says as she grabs a pen and paper and hands it to Phoebe, "And neither do we."
"I don't need to write it. I can recite one right now if we're ready." Phoebe says.
Piper nods her understanding and Paige gives Phoebe a warm smile. Phoebe stands between her two sisters and takes a deep breath.
"Search the skies through time and space
Hear we three witches' call.
We summon thee, to show your face
Reveal yourself to all."
A gust of orange wind materializes in the center of the attic. Boake appears in the middle of the attic and the gust of wind disappears.
"You really have a death wish, don't you?" Boake mutters.
"We didn't summon you to fight. We summoned you to take you up on your deal." Piper says.
"Is that so?" Boake asks.
"Yeah. Can we get this over with?" Phoebe says quickly.
"The blade?" Boake asks as he stretches his arm forward.
"Nope. Reverse your magic first." Paige says.
"You desperately want me to save your dear old husband, you will hand me the blade." Boake says with a smile.
"We can do this all day, just reverse the damn spell and then we'll give you the blade." Piper says angrily.
Boake scans the faces of the witches in the room and then sighs. He closes his eyes as an orange cloud emits from his palm and enters the ceiling. He takes a deep breath and then claps, as the cloud fills the air and then suddenly.
"Done."
"Paige." Piper says without taking her eyes off Boake.
Paige orbs out of the attic.
"You don't believe me? I'm a man of my word." Boake laughs.
"Yeah well. I won't take my chances." Phoebe says.
"What's the deal with the boy? Q?" Piper asks.
"His power allows him to see things through other people's eyes instead of his own. Then I used a spell to advance his powers temporarily to project his past self into his present self and go to the places to retrieve the things I needed before the owners of the items went to retrieve the items themselves." Boake explains.
"And what's the deal with the blade? Why do you need it?" Phoebe asks.
"That's for me to know and you to find out, and believe me, you will find out. Eventually." Boake smiles.
Paige orbs back into the attic with tears in her eyes. She looks at her sisters with a smile and nods happily.
Phoebe takes a deep breath and walks forward with the blade. She takes it out of the cloth and walks closer to Boake. She hands the blade to Boake, who examines the blade and the smile on his face grows.
"This is real? You're not handing me a fake, are you?" he asks.
"We're the good guys, we don't break our promises." Phoebe reassures him.
The blade glows an emerald green for a quick second and fades.
"I'll be seeing you real soon, Phoebe." Boake says with a smile as he poofs out of sight.
Phoebe takes a deep breath and runs downstairs, with her sisters following her. Moments later, they run into the conservatory and see all the officers, returned to their proper age.
Darryl looks around and then looks at Phoebe.
"Phoebe, what happened?" he asks.
"You don't want to know." Phoebe answers with a smile.
Henry walks downstairs with his arm around Paige.
"What did I miss?" he asks.
"A whole lot but I'll fill you in later." Paige says as she kisses her husband.
Phoebe sits on the couch and watches them with a smile on her face.
"Any idea on how they're all getting home?" Piper asks as she shepherds the officers out of her house.
"I mean they can use Uber or something, right?" Billie answers.
"What the hell is Uber?" Phoebe asks.
"Are you serious?" Billie asks.
"They must not have Uber in Europe." Paige jokes.
Piper shuts the door and joins the group in the conservatory.
"Thanks for everything. I don't know what happened but I feel like I need to get home before my wife trips." Darryl says.
"She's going to be more relieved than tripping." Paige says.
"I'll see you guys soon." Darryl says as he walks out.
"What about him?" Phoebe asks, pointing to Q.
"You…" Henry says as his tone shifts to an angry one.
"In his defense, he did help take care of you when you were old and all." Paige defends.
"Yeah, you might want to take it easy on me." Q laughs nervously, "Or maybe take me off the hook?"
"Not even close." Henry snarls and then looks at Paige. "What time are you going to be home?"
"Later on. The kids are with Coop right now. I just got to make sure things are wrapped up around here first." Paige answers.
"I'll see you later then?" Henry says as he kisses Paige. He walks towards the front door and points at Q, "Let me take you home."
"Ok." Q says as he waves at the sisters and then walks out the front door.
Paige walks to the couch and sits next to Phoebe.
"What a day, huh?!" Paige sighs.
"Tell me about it." Piper adds.
"Well, I think I'm going to crash. I'll see you guys later." Phoebe says as she stands up and heads towards the bannister.
"Um, Phoebe? Where are you going?" Piper asks.
"To my room?" Phoebe answers.
"You don't live here anymore, remember?" Piper reminds her, "But you're welcome to sleep over if you like. You just have to give me a couple of minutes to clean up Mellie's room."
"Who's Mellie?" Phoebe asks.
Paige, Piper and Billie begin to laugh uncontrollably.
"Don't be silly." Piper says as she stands up and walks past Phoebe, "She's my daughter."
Paige and Billie walk by Phoebe and walk up the stairs.
"Piper has a daughter?" Phoebe mumbles to herself.
Billie stops next to Phoebe.
"Are you okay, Phoebe?" Billie asks.
"Yeah. I'm fine." Phoebe answers with a smile. Billie nods at her and then walks away. Phoebe watches Billie walking away and her mind begins to ponder.
"Who the hell was that?" Phoebe asks herself, "Maybe she's one of Paige's new charges or something."
Phoebe puts the thought of Billie in the back of her mind and shrugs with no concerns in mind. She turns around and walks up the stairs to retire for the night.
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With the sun shining rising slowly over the horizon, the sunlight stretches across the sky and leaves a streak of colorful designs painted in the morning sky. As the sun hovers over the Manor, the occupants of the Halliwell manor sit around at the dining room table enjoying their breakfast.
"What time did you come home last night?" Leo asks Wyatt.
"A little bit after 8." Wyatt answers.
"On a school night?" Piper asks.
"Mom, I'm in high school. My curfew isn't until 10 anyway." Wyatt answers.
"I'm not mad about that. You had your little sister with you and you stayed out till that late?" Piper yells.
"In all honesty, it's not that late." Leo defends.
"Thank you, dad." Wyatt says his gratitude showing in his smile.
"No, it is when his 10 year old sister is with him." Piper says as she pours orange juice into Wyatt's cup, "Don't let it happen again."
"It won't mom." Wyatt promises.
"Good morning, Halliwells!" Coop screams as he walks into the Halliwell Manor with his children running into the house.
"Hey, Coop." Leo says.
"Hey, Coop." Piper says as Coop gives her a kiss on the cheek.
"Did Phoebe stay here last night?" Coop asks.
"Yeah, she was too tired to drive so she stayed in." Piper answers.
"She could've summoned me and I would have beamed her home." Coop says.
"Well, you'll have to talk to her about that." Piper says.
Tricia walks past Mellie and sits across from her at the table.
"Hey, Tricia." Mellie says quietly but Tricia doesn't pay her any mind.
Mellie looks at Chris who is sitting right next to Tricia. Chris silently mouths the words, "Keep trying."
"Can I talk to you for a second, Trish?" Mellie asks.
"I'm not in a chatting mood right now, Mel. I am not supposed to talk to strangers." Tricia answers.
Mellie stares at Tricia as tears form in her eyes. She clears her throat and looks at Chris. Chris looks at both girls, speechless.
"Is Phoebe up?" Coop asks.
"She should be. She has been hogging the bathroom for the last half an hour." Piper says.
"What did you say about me?" Phoebe's voice can be heard saying in the distance as she walks down the stairs.
"Nothing bad, just that you've been hogging the bathroom for…" Piper begins to say but then she pauses at the sight of Phoebe.
"Oh my God." Piper says as she begins to laugh.
"Oh my God." Coop and Leo say in unison.
"What is it? Why are you guys staring at me like that?" Phoebe asks.
"Have you stared at yourself in the mirror this morning?" Leo asks.
"She must have, staying in that bathroom for that long." Piper responds.
"What?" Phoebe asks once more.
Piper walks to Phoebe and practically drags her in front of the mirror in the foyer.
Phoebe's previously short pixie hair cut was no longer the hairstyle she wore. Her hair was long and brown with blonde highlights, reminiscent of the hairstyle she often wore during the era when she first met Cole Turner.
"I don't get it. I don't know what you're talking about." Phoebe says.
"Your hair, your face, your everything?" Piper says.
"Whatever, Piper. I'm starving." Phoebe says as she walks past her husband and sits between Tricia and Chris.
"Is she going through a mid-life crisis?" Coop asks Leo.
"I don't know." Leo mumbles back.
"Honey?" Coop walks towards Phoebe cautiously, "Are you okay?"
"Honey?" Phoebe asks as her eyes fall on Piper and Leo, "Why is this man calling me honey?"
"Phoebe, this is your husband, Coop." Piper explains, "And these are your children, Patricia, Paisley and Paris."
Phoebe stares around the table and laughs out loud uncontrollably. The whole table stare at her in confusion.
"Children? Piper, you were always lousy at pulling pranks when we were kids but I have got to admit, you actually almost got me." Phoebe says as she takes a bite out of her bagel. She looks at Paris and Tricia, "They almost kind of look like me."
"That's because they're your children, Aunt Phoebe." Chris answers.
"Aunt Phoebe?" Phoebe asks, "Whose kid are you?"
"That's my son; your nephew, Chris." Piper answers.
"Ok, this is not funny anymore, Piper." Phoebe says as she stands up.
"Ok, Halliwell spawn! Uncle Henry is outside and ready to take you guys to school." Paige shouts as she bursts into the Manor.
"Paige. Thank God." Phoebe says as she rushes to Paige and hugs her.
"Um, hey Phoebe." Paige smiles.
"What happened to your hair? Did a demon cut your hair? Or was it a potion?" Phoebe asks.
"Um no. I cut it myself." Paige answers with hesitation. She looks at the rest of the audience and then back at Phoebe, "Phoebe, are you okay?"
"Yeah, I am. I'm not sure if you guys are though." Phoebe says.
Phoebe leans closer to Paige and then stares at the rest of the people in the dining room.
"Oh honey…" Phoebe says sadly and whispers, "No offense and all but you and Piper and even Leo…you are looking a little bit old."
"Phoebe…" Piper calls out to her sister.
"Hmmm?"
"What year are we in right now?" Piper asks.
"2002." Phoebe answers.
"Oh my God." Paige gasps.
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