First a thank you to my reviewers who are very patient:
piperspeanut - Thank you for reviewing a second time. I just posted the nect chapter on my site, today, so if you are interested it is there.
FirePony16 - It is my belief that those who where born with whitelighter powers, don't necessarily have all whitelighter powers, and as such I have decided that neither Wyatt nor Chris can glamour. There are other things they can't do having to do with whitelighter powers. Also it wouldn't do Leo much good to glamour if he could, since someone has to look like Chris as long as no one has called Chris in sick. It would be useful to Piper, since she's with people who know what's going on, but none of them have that ability so it ends up not working. I appreciate the suggestion. I have tried to explain it in more detail below so that people understand a little bit more of what's going on.
du1387 - *Laugh* Wyatt is doing his best to try and make a decision based off what his mom would want, so we'll see. I actually have the entire interview and the decision process written to the way I want it. I hadn't thought about that in regards to the elders, but that's actually a good idea and makes sense with what I have in mind, so I might use that. We'll see.
TaintedDarkInuSheemko - He's very frustrated, especially since his sisters have no problem learning their powers . . . well, not no problem, there have been problems, but they can use witch powers, and that frustrates him a lot.
Lexi - Yep, Hank is very frustrated, trying to find out why he can't even cast a spell. And he's not ready to explain that to anyone. And yes, Piper is in a better sutuation than the rest of her family.
Since I have had multiple people at different points point out that that some or all of them should glamour, I feel the need to point something out. As I have things set up those who are only part whitelighter (with one exception which will be explained much later in another story) do not have all the powers of a whitelighter just as a witch may fully be a witch even with a mortal parent, they will not necessarily have their witch parent's power. Out of Patty's four girls, only one shared her power to freeze time. Likewise neither Wyatt nor Chris can freeze time (still deliberating about Melinda . . . in all perspectives). The point of this is that in this story, the only character you will see who can glamour, is Hank and I believe Paige can. If the power was not demonstrated on the show, there is a high probability that they don't have it. Paige proved she could glamour during season six. Piper's having the ability to glamour during the first part of season eight was through a spell and as far as I am concerned, not something she can still do. Hope that makes sense and explains why none of them have tried glamouring as a solution.
Hope everyone has fun reading this part of the interview. For anyone who is wondering I decided that Emily is nineteen.
Chapter Eight – Grilled Cheese Interview
Back at The Manor Wyatt headed back into the dining room, papers in hand. He walked over to the book where Emily was sitting. Emily smiled as Wyatt put the papers down onto the table between them and sat down across from her. He looked down at the résumé on top before he looked at Emily. Just how old is this girl? This résumé is almost nonexistent. "It says here that you have never worked at a restaurant before."
Emily nodded. "That's correct."
"In fact it says that you have never worked anywhere before," Wyatt added.
"It's not a blank piece of paper you know," Emily reminded him, slightly annoyed.
Did she just sass me? Wyatt asked himself, trying to keep his eyes steady.
Emily composed herself and smiled apologetically. "Sorry. I've spent the last few year helping my mom take care of her grandmother. She died six weeks ago. This was one of Granny's favorite places to eat, so when I thought of places I'd like to work now that she's gone, I thought of here." She paused before adding, "I can do the job." And then she smiled just a little bigger.
I can't tell if she's telling the truth of not, he worried as he tried to size her up. And that is such a pretty smile. I need to be careful, but I need the answer. "Why don't we start with why you want to work here and how you think you can help this mu . . . er, restaurant?" I can't believe I did that, Wyatt held back a moan. His mom was going to kill him. This isn't the museum.
Emily frowned. "What?" After a brief pause she shrugged it off. "As I already told you, I love this restaurant. Amazing food, amazing atmosphere. And I hear you're a most congenial boss."
Is she talking about Mom? Apparently she didn't know his mom all that well, but then she didn't claim to. "I have high expectations of my employees."
Emily just smiled. "I'm sure you do. To run a place this good, you'd have to."
Wyatt scribbled something on the paper, wondering if she worked as well as she flattered. "And what do you think you bring to this restaurant?"
"I'm a hard worker," Emily assured him, "and a friendly person." She grinned, "and I have great navigational skilled.
What? Wyatt blinked with that one as it drew a blank. "Navigational skills?"
"You know, for navigating around tables and people while waitressing."
Oh. And that would not have occurred to him. "I see." He scribbled something else on the paper and looked back up at Emily. "Can you cook?"
It was Emily's turn to stare blankly and blink. "Cook? I'm applying for a waitressing job."
Oh boy. Wyatt thought as he processed that. Was that a 'no'? Quoting his mom he informed her that, "All employees are required to cook from time to time, if we get busy and need their help." And that was why he would never work there.
"I see." Emily was silent as she considered this. "I can cook, nothing fancy, but I can follow a recipe and make is taste good."
Then you can do better than I can, he mentally retorted before saying. "In that case why don't we go to the kitchen and see what you can do."
Emily's eyes widened as she protested, "But I don't have anything prepared."
"That's okay," Wyatt was quick to assure her. "Nothing fancy. I'd be fine with a grilled cheese sandwich or a well put together salad."
She glanced around, speculatively. "You would?"
It's more that I can do, Wyatt thought wryly, well, the sandwich anyway. I can manage the salad . . . maybe. "Well, a grilled cheese sandwich isn't our normal fare here, but it will do for a test of your cooking ability. If you were applying as an assistant chef that would be different. And Callie would be quite thrilled, he admitted silently to himself. It was really too bad Chris didn't work there. He could cook. "Since you are applying for a waitressing job, grilled cheese should work or something similar."
"What happened to a salad?" Emily asked, slightly amused.
"I decided it wouldn't be much of a test of your ability to cook," Wyatt admitted.
She smiled a little at that. "True. I can manage a grilled cheese sandwich."
Wyatt stood and looked down at her. "All right then. Let's head to the kitchen."
Now it's back to Piper at Paige's house. How do you think Paige is reacting to this situation?
