Leo walked through the door, a nervous look upon his face. He shut the door quietly and could hear the distant murmurs of voices from the kitchen. Part of him hesitated in the foyer, torn between wanting to make sure Piper and the boys were ok, and not wanting her to find out exactly what had happened "up there".

He walked to the kitchen slowly and listened to the voices. Prue and Piper. For a second he was five years ago, dreading telling them the newest developments in some magical case. Prue had always been the boisterous one when it came to accepting orders.

It didn't escape his notice that Piper had taken that attitude above and beyond in the past few years.

He turned away from the kitchen and walked upstairs to what had been Phoebe's room, closing the door gently behind him.

"Paige" he said softly.

A few seconds later his sister in-law appeared in front of him. The sight or her orbing in what could only be mid-step made him smile as he thought of the surprised look on her face the first few times she'd orbed and the frustration that she could only orb back into the same place.

"Leo" she said, some relief clearly on her face "Where have you been, I left you up there ages ago" she said a slight scolding tone entering her voice.

"That's what I need to talk to you about, do you know where Phoebe is?" he asked

"No" Paige said some distaste in her voice "I've been home. All day at home" she stretched her arms slightly, then dropped them as a thought occurred "Am I allowed to be here?" she asked

Leo shook his head "Do you know where Phoebe is, she needs to be here"

"Not your wife?" Paige asked eyebrow raised

"No, not like this, Piper…she's not going to be pleased"

"All the more reason to tell her Leo"

Leo looked away "The elders are concerned that this is some master plan. After all, Piper and Prue are a lot more vulnerable, it distracts you and Phoebe. Too many people to protect with not enough power"

Paige nodded "Ok"

Leo took a deep breath, "So…we made a deal"

Paige narrowed her eyes "Piper's gonna kill you" she muttered

"No" Leo said "She can't any more"

"Leo, what did you do?"

He sighed "The elders don't want to risk that this new balance will be disturbed, in fact they are willing to offer anything for it"

"Leo" Paige asked again

"They gave me back some…powers that I shouldn't have" he said looking uncomfortable.

"Like?"

Leo tilted his head with a sigh "Look, its just temporary ok, until this mess is sorted out"

Paige shook her head "What if this never gets sorted out Leo? This could be the new destiny. Nothings changed, what if they simply split and Prue is meant to be here?"

"Because she died Paige. She is not supposed to be here"

"And if they're meant to change things?" Paige asked in a small voice

Leo looked at her properly, and realised how tired his sister in law looked. It was disconcerting. Paige was always the happy bright one, and she simply looked drained at the moment.

"Paige, you need to rest, you can't keep worrying…"

"I can Leo" she said with some weight. "I'm so scared" she whispered "I'm scared that tomorrow I'll wake up and all this…it will be a dream. And I…" she shook her head and looked away as tears glistened in her eyes "I just…I don't want that to happen" she said, her voice a little firmer.

"You should go and see Henry" he said gently "Take a break from worrying for a day, maybe by then Phoebe and I will have talked to Prue and Piper, and you'll be ready to face it"

Paige shook her head "What if there's an attack, or Phoebe needs to be here? I can't stay away" she muttered.

"I'll get Phoebe if its needed"

Paige narrowed her eyes suddenly "Ok mister, what did you "temporarily" get this time?"

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Phoebe appeared in a puff of white light in the middle of Prue and Pipers debate, much to her amusement. The pair stared at her for ages in disbelief, both frozen in surprise.

"Is that what that potion does?" Prue asked stepping forward.

Phoebe shook her head "Spell" she said simply "It costs a fortune in petrol otherwise, all this demon fighting"

Piper nodded and glanced at Prue, a question in her eyes

"So" Prue said catching the look "That's your husband?"

Phoebe smiled, a soft look appearing on her face "Yeah, that's Coop"

The eldest sisters exchanged a look with each other "But not your fist husband right" Piper asked suddenly.

A flash of some emotion passed over Phoebe's face but disappeared before it could be studied "No, Cole was" she said

Prue nodded at that "A demon"

Phoebe tilted her head "Half human" she protested "and ex husband" she added.

"Ex as in still keep in contact with him?" Piper pushed

Phoebe looked around herself "Uh, not exactly no, its er complicated" she turned around with relief as Leo walked in "And Leo, where have you been" she asked clearly glad of the subject change.

"With Paige" he said and then glanced at Prue, "She's gone to be with Henry for a few days"

Phoebe looked disappointed "Oh" she said softly

"She looked exhausted" Leo said firmly. He turned to the other two "How are you?" he asked.

Prue nodded looking thoughtful and distracted.

"Uh Leo"

He nodded towards Piper

"I…can I talk to you for a bit" she said

"Of course" he replied feeling uncomfortable that his own wife felt the need to ask for permission.

"Great" she said nodded for him to go "I'll talk to you two in a bit" she said as she followed her husband out.

Prue watched her go "So what's Coop" she asked.

Phoebe looked a bit embarrassed "He's a cupid" she said

"I remember you having a thing for the last one we met" Prue said "How did you meet?"

Phoebe now looked a tad redder "The elders sent him to me"

Prue raised an eyebrow "The elders hooked you two up?"

Phoebe nodded.

Prue winced "isn't that"

"Embarrassing? Sort of, but then…" Phoebe shook her head "Its probably one of the only things I can think of where they have been right. Plus we didn't know it so we thought we had a forbidden love thing for a while"

Prue nodded "Right but about this demon that you married, why does it look like it was a dark ceremony and you had demon powers?"

Phoebe closed her eyes wishing she's stayed at home.