When they
appeared back, they were in the attic, in front of the Book of
Shadows. The sun was covered with clouds and the day was almost over.
Phoebe looked around her to talk to Lynna but noticed her and Shana
weren't with them anymore.
"What happened?" asked
Paige, looking at the book.
"I guess it worked" answered
Piper. "The Book is here."
Phoebe thought for a moment and
said: "We are back where we should have been if Azarko never
came at this time. That's also why the girls are not with us."
They
heard Billie shouting from downstairs. "Phoebe?" She
appeared in the porch. "Phoebe! Where have you been? We were
fighting in the basement and you just... disappeared!"
"How
much time were we gone?" asked Paige.
"Just enough time
for me to come upstairs. Why?"
All three of them exchanged
looks and smiled.
"Hum... I guess time stopped here while we
were in another one..." concluded Paige.
Billie rose an
eyebrow, trying to understand but she looked totally confused.
"What?"
"There are a few things you've missed..."
Piper said, smiling.
Once
they had explained what happened to Billie, little Wyatt came in the
attic to see Piper. The sisters were grateful to see that everything
was back to normal, without any exception. "So..." started
Phoebe, turning to Paige, "what's up with Henry?"
Paige looked at her and narrowed her eyes slightly. "What do
you guys have these days, always talking about Henry?"
"Maybe
we're just pointing out what's obvious and waiting for something to
happen between you and him" Piper proposed, sending her a hint.
"And like you saw your own daughter, you should start working on
it, don't you think?"
Paige stayed silent for a moment under
her sisters' derisive look. "Alright, you won! I do like
him!"
"Then run!" said Phoebe with a grin, laughing
slightly.
Before Paige even had the time to cross the porch,
yellow and pink sparkles arrived, shinning the whole dark attic.
Shana and Lynna appeared as ghosts.
Piper's eyes opened wide.
"Please don't tell me you guys are dead!"
Shana laugh. "Of
course not! We made a potion to astral project here but like it's a
long run in time, we could only appear in spirit form."
"And
we're only here for a couple of minutes so we didn't need
something powerful" completed Lynna.
Phoebe smiled and nodded
slowly. "I see… But why are you here exactly? Not that I'm
complaining…"
"It's okay" answered Lynna. "In fact, we
just wanted to make sure everything was back to normal."
"Yeah
everything's fine, thanks" replied Piper, glancing at her baby
boys and smiling. "The only thing is that time stopped here while
we were in the future. It's like we were gone only for a
second."
Shana nodded. "It's because of the time change and
the events that we were into. It wasn't supposed to be this way so
time stopped until we fixed it."
"And what about you guys?"
asked Paige. "Is everything okay?"
"Sure!" said Shana.
"Everything's back as it was. Our time stopped too so it's as
if you never came."
"About that" Lynna added, "Wyatt and
Chris don't remember what happened. Looks like we're the only
ones."
"Because we
are the ones who saved the day!" said Shana with a grin.
Phoebe
looked at her with a smile. "It won't be that special once you'll
be used to it, trust me!"
"Oh don't worry Mom, we're
already use to it" Lynna replied. The three sisters looked quite
surprised. "What?" she continued. "Don't tell me you thought
we didn't take the lead! You've been doing this for already 8
years. You don't think 19 years later you will be tired of doing
this stuff anymore and that you won't be glad we replaced
you?"
"Yeah. If we're looking it this way, you're probably
right" said Phoebe. "Although I can't imagine my own girl out
to fight demons. I mean, going in a bar is fine but…"
"She's
not even born yet and you're already worried!" Paige cut her off
in a laugh.
"Oh, because you're telling me you won't ever be
worried when she's gonna be caught and almost killed by demons?"
answered Phoebe, designating Shana.
Paige didn't reply anything
because she knew it was true. Shana smiled and turned to Phoebe. "It
already happened a few times and she's even worse than you
are!"
Paige looked at her with angry eyes. "You're gonna be
in so much trouble in the future missy!"
Everybody let out a
slight laugh at this thought and Piper asked: "So, you've already
been caught by demons?"
"Yeah…" answered Lynna, not quite
proud of it. "But we always succeeded because we had great
coaches!"
"At least we did something good as parents" Phoebe
said with a smile as she winked over at her future daughter.
"Maybe
more as witches..." replied Piper.
"Don't be ridiculous!"
said Shana. "You will do great things for us, as witches, yes, but
mostly as mothers."
They all stayed silent for a moment.
Billie, who has watched the whole scene, decided to bring Wyatt
downstairs and let the girls alone before they had to separate from
each other. After they were out of the room, Paige had something in
mind and she needed to ask to her daughter. "I wondered… Is Henry
your father?"
Shana laughed quietly and her cousin looked at
her in a don't-say-too-much smile. "Well…" She thought for a
few seconds, apparently searching for the right way to answer. "Let's
say you should see him more often and give him a try."
Phoebe
and Piper looked at their sister with a broad cheesy smile. Paige
turned over them. "I've already told you guys you won! I will go
see him right after we'll be finished here!"
"Then you won't
have to wait that long" said Lynna. "We have to go now… or
you'll
be worried!"
"I'm not used to this yet" Phoebe said. "I
guess someday I'll have to be if you're there, standing in front
of me, right?"
Lynna smiled. "I'm the living proof you
finally found love. Give yourself some time and you'll see…"
Shana
grabbed her hand and held a potion in the other. "See you in a
couple of years!" She winked and threw the potion right in front of
her and they disappeared just like they have arrived.
"Henry?"
Paige entered his office. It was dark outside and so was the
room. Henry tilted his head up to look at her a smiled, giving her a
sign to come in. Paige approached his desk slowly but he was
concentrated on his work and speaking to the phone. "Yeah. Listen,
do what you can and I'll talk to you tomorrow, alright?" Long
pause. Paige was in front of his desk not saying anything and waiting
for him to be finished. Thanks. Bye." He hung up the phone and
turned to Paige, still smiling at her. "Hey! What are you doing
here?"
"I just wanted to see you" she started, shrugging
slightly and giving him a soft smile back. "I should ask you the
same question, though. You're still working at this hour?"
"Yeah,
we had a lot of cases today. I'm glad you came, 'gives me a
pleasant break of my hard working day."
"Yeah. Me too."
Paige smiled and Henry stood up to get in front of his desk, right in
front of her.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Huh… Never
mind. Hey, I was wondering if… you had some nights off… you know,
to go out to the restaurant or something."
Henry looked quite
surprised but pleased. He let out a laugh and looked down, his cheeks
turning slightly more reddish. "Yeah, sure."
They fixed a date
and they both looked glad of that they had just decided.
"I
guess I'll go now and let you finish your work"
"Yeah"
answered Henry, looking at his pile of papers. "If I want to be
finished for our dinner."
Paige smiled and went toward the door,
opened it slowly. Before she left, she turned back to him again.
"Henry."
"Yes Paige?"
"See you soon."
And she
closed the door.
