Chapter 10, Again a big thanks to all who have read or reviewed, your why I sit and write this stuff.

Of near misses and more demons

"Come on guys, we've got approximately 15 minutes to get to aunt Eva's." Peri smiled as she heard Carter and Gwen stumble around trying to gun it out the door. It seemed to be the only time they rushed to get up and out the door was when they were headed to their adoptive aunt's place. Peri could think of many reasons why they would want to see the woman who spent most weekends teaching them all about gypsy lore, and magic in general, but Peri figured it was partly because they could use there powers around her. Something that they were only allowed to do in case of emergency anywhere else, but Eva had always insisted that it was important they have a place to practice their magic free of threat or exposure. Peri couldn't have agreed more, still the first time Gwen threw an energy ball near Carter's head, while on accident, almost made Peri's heart stop. It was one thing dealing with rambunctious kids; it was another thing dealing with emerging powers in the same rambunctious kids. Still it was hard to argue with results, since the twins had been allowed to use their powers more openly or at least with Eva they had much better control over the powers inside them. Of course Carter had the occasional slip up, but Peri couldn't imagine what it would be like if he didn't have an outlet for them like the one Eva provided. She had met the gypsy/ER doc in her first trimester with the twins, when Peri had been to scared to see an OB for fear her magical babies might be different than a normal pregnancy. At the time answering those kind of questions would have been near to impossible to explain, and since she knew very little about what her body would go through during the pregnancy or where her new powers were coming from she steered clear of MDs. She had happened upon Eva accidentally actually, when she was trying to find out about her birth parents. Eva was at the police station where the social workers said she was abandoned, she was speaking to the Chief of Police who introduced himself as Daryl Morris. Peri still remembered how he looked at her; it could only be described as seeing a ghost although he quickly covered that up, and excused himself. She remembered him mostly because he was the one that found her on a bench outside his office three months old, with the note, and the name of the unknown man. He had still been a lieutenant at that time; he said that she was the quietest baby he had ever seen. Peri kept loosely in contact with him after that, he calls her at least once a month 'just to check up' he says though Peri figured it was because his own children rarely had enough time to talk or visit him for more than a few minutes, both sons having gone into the family business as third generation cops. Eva, hadn't ever told her exactly why she had been there talking to the man who just happened to find Peri 16 years before they met, and while Peri supposed this could simply have been a coincidence something inside her told her otherwise. It didn't really matter though cause Eva and her had become quick friends, though Eva was almost 26 years older than Peri. She had been a tremendous help during Peri's pregnancy, after of course she revealed her own magical ties. Peri couldn't believe her luck; Eva being an ER doc had been able to help Peri throughout her entire pregnancy without her ever having to go to any doctor other than Eva. Which was good since her powers were really out of whack during her last trimester, her powers went from super strong one minute to almost non-existent the next leaving her vulnerable to demon attack. Peri couldn't imagine what she would have done had it not been for Eva, still Peri could tell she was holding something back from her, she always had, but that didn't hinder there relationship any, Peri figured she would tell all when she was ready.

"Mom, come on lets go!" Peri realized she had been holding the front door open for a while, even though the twins were already through it and halfway to the little red pick-up truck that Peri had bought just three years ago. While she could just shimmer them and be there in a thousandth of the time it would take to drive the 10 miles to Eva's house, it was better to keep up a minuscule amount of normality. Also the fact that it would look odd if she never left the apartment to the best of the other tenants knowledge. So as she opened the metal contraption to allow Gwen and Carter to climb into the diminutive backseat, Peri thought for the hundredth time how different she was, how different her kids were from the rest of the world. And although she would never admit to it, she couldn't help, but wonder what it would be like to grow up in a magical family, not like hers, but bigger, with aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, sisters and brothers, and even moms and dads. This train of thought led Peri back to the reason she was taking the twins to Eva's today even though it wasn't there usual time, she needed to confront the woman who's DNA was supposedly half of her own, something Peri was beginning to think might just be true…

"Okay Henry, are you sure you can do this?" Paige looked angrily at her sister,

"Of course he can, can't you Honey?" Paige flashed Henry her brightest smile, which was met with a mumbled curse as he forced all his attention on driving.

Paige could tell her husband was having difficulty controlling his tongue for this she couldn't blame him. Ever since they had left the manor this morning, taking the forty minute drive to SFU to implement Phoebe's plan that depended on Henry's badge, both herself and Phoebe had been grilling the parole officer on every detail of the plan. Suffice to say no one has been nagged until the Halliwell sisters have nagged them, or at least that's what Leo had once claimed. Paige herself was getting annoyed with the situation after sitting in her cramped little gecko green Volkswagen she just had to have, Paige began to wonder what exactly her sister thought to gain from this little adventure/manhunt. The witch/demon/human as Paige had been referring to Phoebe's long lost daughter, had in her opinion made it very clear she didn't want anything to do with Phoebe when she orbed out so abruptly. She also knew that any child with Peri's past wasn't going to be very receptive to the situation. From what Phoebe said of what she saw in the premonition Peri had been taking care of herself and her kids for quite some time, alone. Paige knew from experience with foster kids from her days as a social worker someone with Peri's past wasn't going to be up for a family reunion. Paige couldn't really condemn her for this, even she had been reluctant at first with her sisters. That didn't change the fact that Phoebe was determined to find her 'the mortal way' actually nothing anyone said had any impact on Phoebe at all, Paige was use to it though she herself would have been just as head strong were she in Phoebe's position.

As Henry pulled into the long driveway that lead to the University, Paige went over the plan again, in her head this time fearing her husbands sanity might lapse if she mentioned it out loud for the tenth time since they got in the car. First they were going to head to the University center located at the main entrance, and find out where the records were kept, then Henry would pull out his badge to whomever managed that area asking for all of Peri Wolf's files, this would give them an address and a phone number, and any other helpful information they could gather, after which Phoebe would decide. Paige had a thought,

"Wait a second, why does Henry have to do anything? Why don't we just find out where the records are kept and I orb in and grab them? That way we don't have to make up same lame excuse about skipping bail or something, which could lead to her dismissal from school. Which by the way is no way to connect with the Witch/demon/human/daughter."

Paige's thesis was demolished when Phoebe remarked,

"That would be great, but we don't know where her file is so unless you want to spend all day sorting through files we stick with the Henry plan. Besides they wouldn't kick her out for us saying she did something, it's not like they wouldn't check first." Paige watched something don on her sister, something she herself had been wondering about.

"Wait a second what I they check while we're still there?" Both Phoebe and Paige looked to Henry, whom at the moment was busily trying to find a parking space in the over crowded lot.

"That's taken care of." He said off handedly.

"What do you mean taken care of, when did you have time to take care of anything, we've been with you this whole time." Paige rolled her eyes at her husband, who simply shrugged off Phoebe's inquiry, and said,

"I have a guy who cooperates anything I say to anybody, I'll give them his number to verify while we're there, and when they call the real police to get a statement, after we've left they'll get the opposite of what my guy said. Your girl will be safe from dismissal, and we'll get the information we need. Satisfied?" Paige couldn't help, but be slightly turned on by her husbands command of the situation, and told him so.

"You like that, well maybe after this we can go home and..."

"Eww, I don't want to know about THAT." Phoebe said playfully from the back seat, having watched the couples display. Henry threw Paige a covert smile, as her blush continued to rise.

"I don't know I kind of liked where it was going." Paige commented back, as they finally pulled into a parking space about three yards from the main entrance.

"I don't see why we couldn't have just orbed here? It's not like anyone would have noticed with all the people walking around." Paige said, looking down at her three-inch platforms as they began the walk to the front door.

"Firstly because someone might notice, and I don't want to take that chance not now, and second because of other reasons." Paige looked at her sister who had indecision playing all over her face. She figured the ride up her was more of a personal need than a logical one. It didn't take a genius to summarize Phoebe's reasoning, only a sister. She was having trouble confronting the fact that her baby her first baby was alive, well, not evil, and most likely not looking for a mother. Paige realized the only way Phoebe would ever forgive herself, for letting Peri go was if Peri herself forgave her. Paige thought about saying something, but instead trudged on ahead, knowing that the source of Phoebe's guilt was only a few illegal accusations away, and the sooner they got there the sooner this mess could be resolved. In the meantime though Paige slipped her hand into Phoebe's, letting her know she wasn't alone in this, and continued on…

Peri having dropped Carter and Gwen off at Eva's decided to head home first before going to confront the witches. She needed some time to think, and get a hold of the situation before hand so she wouldn't be caught off guard later. There was also a keepsake the origin of which Peri thought the witches might be able to identify along with a few other things Daryl had kept for when she came back to the scene of her abandonment.

Peri parked the truck just outside her apartment building; she was about to open her car door when she felt someone in the seat behind hers…

Alright let me first apologize for the wait, due to some creative problems I've been having this chapter is a lot shorter than I intended. The next longer chapter will be

Of confrontations and regrets

P.S I don't actually mean to leave you with all these cliffhangers, they just seem to come out on my page, and as always I am a slave to creative thought.

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