A/N: Hey, I know it's kinda short, but hopefully I'll have the next one up soon.

Disclaimer: I still don't own anything.

Chapter 9
Squirming

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Five o'clock that afternoon found Jondy perched precariously on the arm of Chris' living room couch, while they went over some of their observations that would go in their report.

Chris had to admit that he was having a surprisingly good time, especially for working on a school assignment. They sat and worked in amicable silence, while he mused over the girl who sat beside him. Well, above really because of the height that her perch gave her. This was kind of like the way he'd always seen her, as being too high up for him to reach. But now he saw that she was just like anybody else, well like him at any rate.

He was pulled out of his Jondy-related-thoughts by his mother's voice.

"Chris, are you home?"

"Yeah mom, I'm in here."

Piper followed Chris' voice into the den. Upon seeing them she said, "Oh, there you are. I didn't know we had company." She said as her eyes fixed on Jondy.

"Mom, this is Jondy Hunt. We're working on a project together for English class." Chris said quickly. He had caught the little gleam in his mother's eyes. He didn't have to be telepathic to know that something along the lines of 'My little boy has got a girl over at the house. He's all grown up.' was running though her mind.

But if he had been telepathic then maybe he would have seen what was coming next.

"Jondy would you like to stay for dinner? I'm making pasta."

"I'd love to, Ms. Halliwell."

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Jondy glanced at Chris out of the corner of her eye. She couldn't help it, what with the way he had been squirming since his mother had asked her to dinner. Watching him wiggle would have been enough of a reason to stay, but the prospect of a decent meal made it downright irresistible. The Altmans didn't exactly starve her, but Jondy couldn't even remember the last time she'd had a home cooked meal. 'And my memory being what it is, that's saying something.' She added mentally.

Besides, this was the perfect opportunity to see if she could unravel the enigma that was Chris Halliwell.

'I always did like recon,' she thought to herself with a small smirk.

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'I should definitely be more careful what I wish for,' Chris thought.

He had wanted to get her attention so much for the past few years, but he had never paused to consider what would happen when it actually happened. He had certainly not been prepared for this.

Chris loved his family, but certain members of that family had now been put in a situation that would make it all too easy to humiliate him in front of Jondy.

His aunt Paige was practically the queen of making her family members wish that the ground would swallow them up.

And then, there was his charming, handsome, oh-so-perfect brother Wyatt. His brother never seemed to have any shortage of girls falling all over him. Chris would have been willing to bet good money that Wyatt would ruin this for him.

But the one that Chris was the most nervous about was his mom. There was no shortage of embarrassing things his mother could tell Jondy that she would probably just see as "cute". Chris thought his mother was awesome, but out of all of them, she was in the best position to damage his chances with Jondy.

'Chances? Ha! You are getting way ahead of yourself, my man.'

The fact of the matter was that it would be a miracle if he somehow managed to get through the meal without his aunt making an embarrassing sexual innuendo, his brother stealing his girl, or his mother telling Jondy some childhood story that, in his opinion, should have been forgotten years ago.

He was just grateful that his ever perceptive aunt Pheobe, being the workaholic that she was, hadn't come-

"Hey guys, I'm home."

Home for dinner.

Chris let his head fall to his hands with a groan. It was gonna be a long night.

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