A/N: Da da da, the moment of truth...
HALLIWELL
Starring:
Wes Ramsey as Wyatt
Drew Fuller as Chris
Shiri Appleby as Melinda
Vanessa Lengies as Katie
Jessica Alba as Jennifer
Rachel McAdams as Angela
Ian Somerhalder as Henry
Autumn Reeser as Hayley
Autumn Reeser as Skye
1X14 Halliwell Home Musical
Also Starring:
Rachel Marvin as Kendall
Jonathan Bennett as Joe
Ewan Chung as Aero
Edi Gathegi as Gaia
Marisol Nicholas as Bianca
Sara Paxton as Courtney
TEASER
(Scene: Bayview High School. Cafeteria. Katie, Henry and Kendall are seated at one of the round tables in the crowded cafeteria and Melinda rushes toward them.)
MELINDA: (panting) Okay if Joe asks you haven't seen me, I'm off sick or something just make sure he doesn't find me.
KATIE: But what-
(Joe enters the cafeteria, eyeing the large room.)
MELINDA: Can't talk got to go bye.
(Melinda rushes out the exit that leads outside as Joe nears Katie.)
JOE: Was that Melinda I just saw?
KATIE: Actually, (shouts) Ouch.
(Katie eyes Henry while rubbing her leg.)
HENRY: You know what Joe I think she said something about the flu.
JOE: She's sick?
KENDALL: Well you know how those bugs go around.
JOE: Well if you see her let her know I'm looking for her will ya?
KATIE: No problem, what about?
JOE: Musical auditions. Melinda was supposed to audition.
KATIE: Okay I'll let her know.
(Joe nods swiftly and heads out the cafeteria.)
KATIE: That girl is gonna wet her pants if she has to go on stage but enough about her. After school we'll get together at the Manor. We need to get pro-active in searching for Wyatt's power now that these elemental dudes are after it.
KENDALL: Sure.
HENRY: Wait you're coming?
KENDALL: Uhuh Katie asked for help that's not gonna be a problem is it?
HENRY: Not at all. We need all the help we can get in finding Wyatt's powers...
(Cut to Elementals' Lair. Bianca, inside the white podium, is hanging in the air as if invisible chains are latched to her hands. On the other side of the cave Aero, Gaia and Courtney are seen.)
COURTNEY: We need to act faster. Every minute we waist is a minute the Charmed Ones' children can use to find us.
GAIA: Well instead of whining maybe you could help think of something.
COURTNEY: I thought of Wyatt's powers didn't I?
GAIA: Yes, but do you have a location? No, if it wasn't for Pyro we wouldn't have even known it was with that high school student and it could take lifetimes to find it again.
AERO: We need the power soon. The familiar has started the extracting process.
COURTNEY: But how will we find Wyatt's power?
AERO: Perhaps it's not necessary.
GAIA: Meaning?
AERO: Well we may not be strong enough to get the Charmed Ones' power but we might be strong enough to get their Book.
COURTNEY: (sarcastically) That's brilliant Aero the Book is an amazing source of power to bad we can't get it because it protects itself from evil.
GAIA: (looking at Bianca) Yes but it just so happens that we have someone's blood that can help us get it.
(A small whimper is heard and the elementals turn to look at Bianca.)
BIANCA: (softly) Struggling huh? Good, they'll be coming for you…soon.
(Two large, golden-red incisions are seen through Bianca's torn wedding dress on her back on each shoulder. Faint red flames formed into small wings are seen protruding from it.)
(Opening Credits)
ACT 1
(Scene: Manor. Entrance. Melinda, Henry and Katie enter the house. Henry and Katie through their schoolbags into the living room and follow Melinda into the kitchen. Cut to Kitchen. Melinda heads straight to the fridge as Katie hops on a counter.)
KATIE: Please tell me your mom cooked last night.
MELINDA: (handing Katie a container filled with seafood) When have you known mom not to cook?
KATIE: Thank God, she's a lifesaver.
(Katie hands the container to Henry who pops it into the microwave.)
HENRY: So how long are you planning to avoid Joe?
MELINDA: The next two or three weeks.
KATIE: (sarcastically) Okay then good luck with that.
HENRY: Melinda you've never even sneaked out of the house before do you really think you'll pull this off?
MELINDA: I'll pull it of just fine.
(A moment of silence passes as Henry and Katie stare sternly at Melinda.)
MELINDA: Fine, what should I do?
HENRY: Just get the audition over and done with.
MELINDA: (sarcastically) Great I'll just call my confidence and tell it to heighten.
KATIE: You know if you're really that worried I could always try a spell?
MELINDA: Won't that be personal gain.
KATIE: (smiling) Not necessarily…Let's go.
(Cut to Attic. Jennifer and Angela are standing at the Book of Shadows. Angela is busy inspecting Courtney's necklace as Jennifer flips through the Book. Skye and Hayley are sitting on the couch, anxiously.)
JENNIFER: I'm telling you something is definitely up with that necklace.
ANGELA: Maybe but you'll have to find something to convince me.
SKYE: Well have to find something later since your ten minutes are way over do.
(Jennifer grumbles as she and Angela switch positions with Hayley and Skye. Katie enters the attic but stops in her tracks. She swiftly hurries out, unnoticed by the others.)
HAYLEY: You guys really should have seen the telepathic boost we had in the Underworld.
SKYE: (flipping through Book) Yeah it was crazy if I do say so myself.
(Orbs appear behind both Hayley and Skye and they are moved out of the way. The orbs fully dissolve and Wyatt and Chris are visible.)
CHRIS: Ten minutes are over sorry.
SKYE: What!
WYATT: Hey we have more important things to do than review powers.
HAYLEY: (pointing to the window) Oh look what's that?
(Both Chris and Wyatt turn to look at the window as Skye quickly grabs the Book.)
SKYE: (smirking) Then wait your turn suckers.
(Hayley and Skye quickly run out the attic. For a moment Chris and Wyatt stare at each other dumfounded, then quickly hurry out the attic, Jennifer and Angela following suit. Cut to Sunroom. Henry and Melinda are standing in the middle of the sunroom when Katie enters with s mall piece of paper in hand.)
KATIE: Okay I'm not sure but I think I might be a genius I've created an adapted version of the confidence spell in the Book of Shadows.
HENRY: Are you sure it'll work?
KATIE: Positive. (to Melinda)So you ready?
(Melinda looks hesitant but shaking it off she nods.)
KATIE: (chanting) "Please help my niece in finding prominence
Her mind after which will not be split
In giving her the gift of confidence
We family three will help her knit
A new world where in which she'll fit"
(As Katie repeats the spell again, the twins come running into the sunroom quickly followed by Wyatt, Chris, Jennifer and Angela, all of whom notice her chanting. A panicked look appears on Katie's face.)
CHRIS: Is that a spell?
JENNIFER: Oh crap.
(A blinding white light is seen originating from Katie's hands, obscuring the sight of everyone in the room.)
BREAK
ACT TWO
(Scene: Manor. Melinda's Room. Melinda I purple flannel pajamas is sleeping soundly. Her alarm clock goes and she bolts upwards, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. Cut to Kitchen. Melinda pours herself a cup of coffee and leans against the island. Suddenly the music of "Fame" by Naturi Naughton begins to play in the background and the kitchen turns dim. The background vocals are also heard.)
MELINDA: (singing) "Baby look at me (a spotlight appears on Melinda) and tell me what you see
You ain't seen the best of me yet
Give me time, I'll make you forget the rest.
(Climbs atop the island and strides atop it)I got more to me, and you can set it free
I can catch the moon in my hand
Don't you know who I am?
Remember my name"
(Melinda jumps of the island and heads into the dining room. Cut to Dining Room. Melinda strides beside the dining table while singing.)
MELINDA: (singing)"Fame! I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly, high
I feel it comin' together
People will see me and cry
(Starts heading up the stairs as if singing on a stage.)
Fame, I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
Fame, I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my name
Remember, remember, remember
Remember, remember, remember
Remember, remember, remember"
(Cut to Attic as the background music continues playing. A demon is seen nearing the Book of Shadows and a force field erupts protecting it. Melinda enters the attic.)
MELINDA: (noticing demon)"Remember my (screaming) name!
(The music stops playing. As the demon and Melinda stare at each other a moment of silence passes and the music starts up again as the demon fires an energy ball at Melinda.)
MELINDA: (freezes the fireball)"Fame! I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly, high
I feel it comin' together
People will see me and cry(grabs a bat from the desk closet and hits the energy ball back towards the demon.)
Fame, I'm gonna make it to heaven
Light up the sky like a flame
Fame, I'm gonna live forever
Baby, remember my name
Remember my name"
(The energy ball hits the demon bursting him into flames and leaving a shocked Melinda alone in the attic.)
MELINDA: (screaming) Katieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
(Cut across town to Phoebe's House. Kitchen. Katie is eating a sandwich with an infuriated Melinda standing across her.)
KATIE: (confusedly) Spell? What the hell are you talking about?
MELINDA: (frustrated) What the hell do you mean "what the hell I'm talking about"?
You're confidence spell it backfired, big time.
KATIE: Are you sure Wyatt didn't slip you some of his funky hot chocolate last night?
MELINDA: Wait you really don't know what I'm talking about?
KATIE: Not a clue, but have this massive urge to go bust demon ass (pauses) to inspirational music.
(Melinda wants to reply but isn't able to as Katie has already walked out the kitchen. Cut to Manor. Attic. Chris is standing beside the Book of Shadows flipping through its pages when "Vanilla Twilight" by Owl City begins to play in the background.)
CHRIS: (singing)" The stars lean down to kiss you
And I lie awake and miss you
Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere
(walks over to the window, staring out at the pink sky.)
'Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly
But I'll miss your arms around me
I'd send a postcard to you, dear
'Cause I wish you were here"
(Shift to Bianca. Bianca is sitting atop the podium staring upwards.)
BIANCA: (singing)"I'll yearn to watch the night turn light-blue
But it's not the same without you
Because it takes two to whisper quietly
The silence isn't so bad
'Till I look at my hands and feel sad
'Cause the spaces between my fingers
Are right where yours fit perfectly
I'll find repose in new ways
Though I haven't slept in two days
'Cause cold nostalgia
Chills me to the bone"
(Shift to Chris. Chris enters the garden staring up at the twilight as he and Bianca's voices are heard singing.)
CHRIS & BIANCA: (singing)"But drenched in vanilla twilight
I'll sit on the front porch all night
Waist-deep in thought because"
CHRIS: (singing)"When I think of you I don't feel so alone"
(Shift to Bianca.)
BIANCA: (singing)"I don't feel so alone, I don't feel so alone"
(Shifting between Bianca and Chris.)
CHRIS: "As many times as I blink"
BIANCA: "I'll think of you tonight
I'll think of you tonight"
CHRIS: "When violet eyes get brighter
And heavy wings grow lighter
I'll taste the sky and feel alive again"
(Standing in the spot where Chris and Bianca shared there vows, Chris reaches his hand forward. Shift to Bianca. Bianca reaches her hand forward, connecting it with a transparent Chris. Shift to Chris.)
CHRIS & BIANCA: "And I'll forget the world that I knew
But I swear I won't forget you
Oh, if my voice could reach
Back through the past
I'd whisper in your ear
Oh darling, I wish you were here"
(The music continues playing as Chris lowers his arm, sadly.)
BREAK
ACT THREE
(Scene: Manor. Front Porch. Joe is seen hurrying up the front steps and knocks on the door. As his fist makes contact with the front door it swings open. Joe frowns and enters the Manor, walking into the foyer.)
JOE: (calling) Hello? Melinda?
(Joe hurries halfway up the flight of stairs.)
JOE: (calling) Melinda!
(Cut to Alternate Universe. Roscoe's Music Store. Melinda enters the store immediately walking over towards Henry who is seated at a drum set, near the store's window.)
HENRY: Melinda? What're you doing here?
MELINDA: Thank God you're here, please tell me you remember.
HENRY: (staring out the window) Remember…
MELINDA: The spell how is it everyone conveniently forgot the spell except me. I knew I shouldn't have done it, it had personal gain written all over it, in capital letters. Henry? (shouting)Henry!
(Henry jumps from his position on his seat jolting his head towards Melinda from its previous position, staring out the window.)
MELINDA: What's so interesting out there?
(Melinda walks over to Henry and looks out the window, spotting Kendall at the food court.)
MELINDA: Amazing. I'm worried sick that we might have changed the world as we know and you're a lovesick puppy. (walks over to the exit)We need to get to the Manor quick and reverse this spell. Henry?
("Every little thing she does is magic" by Mitchel Musso starts playing and Melinda turns to Henry, her eyes wide. Henry is seen playing the drum set.)
HENRY: (singing)"Though I try Before to tell her
Of the feelings I have for her
In my heart
Every time that I come near her
I just lose my nerve as I've done
From the start"
(Glittering sparkles appear around Henry and combine to form Kendall who starts dancing to the music.)
HENRY: (singing) "Every little thing she does is magic
Every thing she do just turns me on
Even though my life is before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on
I result to want to call her up,
A thousand times a day
And ask her if she'll be my girlfriend,
In some old fashioned way
But my silent tears have gripped me
Long before I reach the phone
Long before my tongue has tripped me
Must I always be alone"
(A dancing Kendall raises her hand and glittering sparkles appear, forming a disco ball of sorts. Melinda hurries over to Henry while he is singing and yanks him from his seat, dragging him to the exit. Henry stares star struck at Kendall, continuing to sing.)
HENRY: (singing) "Every little thing she does is magic
Every thing she do just turns me on
Even though my life is before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on
Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does
Every little thing
Yeah he aaaa (x6)
Every little thing
Yeah he aaaa (x6)
Every little thing
Every little thing
Every little thing"
(As Henry sings the last music notes, Melinda manages to drag him out the store and slamming the door shut. Cut to Manor. Melinda drags a sulking Henry into the house, meeting Wyatt, Chris, Angela, Jennifer and the twins in the foyer.)
WYATT: Melinda we have a problem.
MELINDA: (sighs) I know it's all my-
JENNIFER: Katie's been kidnapped.
MELINDA: What?
ANGELA: (holds out her hand to Melinda, handing her a tape recorder) The demon he left a recording.
(Melinda lets go of Henry and takes the tape, pressing play. As soon as she presses the play button a dramatic "dum dum dum" is heard, leaving everyone looking around the room. The voice on the recording sounds like a mixture of a male and female voice as the melody of "Masquerade" in the Phantom of the Opera is heard.)
RECORDING: (singing) "Masquerade!
Paper faces on parade…
Masquerade!
Hide your face so the world will never find you (pauses) or Katie.
P.S this is the Phantom."
(Another dramatic "dum dum dum" is heard.)
JENNIFER: (horrified) Oh no the Phantom has Katie.
(Melinda rolls her eyes.)
SKYE: I don't know what's going on but I have this strange urge to sing Katie free.
MELINDA: (shouts) What! No-
(The music to "One and the same" by Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato starts playing and the twins jump atop the dining table, retrieve electric guitars from the seats as Skye puts on a pair of sunglasses, Hayley starts playing, Skye joining soon afterwards.)
SKYE & HAYLEY: (singing)"Hey! Hey! Hey!
La la la la la
Hey! Hey! Hey!
La la la la la"
You come from here, I come from there
You rock out in your room, I rock a world premiere
We're more alike than anybody could ever tell
(Ever tell)
Friday we're cool, Monday we're freaks
Sometimes we rule, sometimes we can't even speak
But we can get up and let loose and LOL
(LOL)
It may seem cliché for me to wanna say
That you're not alone
(That you're not alone)
And you can call me uncool but it's a simple fact
I got your back, yeah yeah yeah!
'Cause we're one and the same
We're anything but ordinary
One and the same
I think we're almost legendary
You and me, the perfect team
Chasing down the dream
We're one and the same!
(Skye pulls of her glasses throwing it in the air as the sound of a spinning CD is heard. Afterwards "Shake it" by Metro Station is heard. Wyatt, atop the stairs, starts singing. )
WYATT: (singing) "Let's drop! Yeah, come on
Shake, shake
(slowly moving down the stairs) I'll take you home if you don't leave me at the front door
Your body's cold but girl we're getting so warm
And I was thinking of ways that I could get inside
Tonight you're falling in love, let me go now
This feeling's tearing me up, here we go now"
CHRIS: (singing) "Now if she does it like this, will you do it like that?
Now if she touches like this, will you touch her right back?
Now if she moves like this, will you move her like that?
Come on, shake shake, shake shake, a-shake it"
(Wyatt joins Chris singing as Angela and Jennifer do an adapted version of the Macarena beside them.)
WYATT & CHRIS: (singing) "Shake shake, shake shake, a-shake it
Shake shake, shake shake, a-shake it
Shake shake, shake shake, a-shake it
Shake shake, shake shake, a-shake it"
(As Wyatt and Chris continue to sing the chorus a second time and Angela and Jennifer still dance a wide-eyed Melinda, with jaw dropped, scurries around them and runs up the stairs. Cut to Real Universe. Underworld. Elementals' Lair. Gaia is standing in a different cave than the one keeping Bianca. He raises a blood soaked knife in the air, licking of the liquid an ocean blue light deposits Courtney behind him.)
COURTNEY: (walking towards Gaia) I just got word from Pyro the house is completely deserted.
GAIA: What? Where's is everyone?
COURTNEY: That's not important what is however is the fact that you need to get their fast.
GAIA: That's your Achilles Heal, you always charge in not thinking things through.
COURTNEY: (angrily) Just get the damn book and get it fast we've wasted away down here for long enough.
GAIA: Fine but you're coming with.
COURTNEY: I can't-
GAIA: Is that fear I sense Hydra.
COURTNEY: Don't be foolish there's nothing I'd rather do then get this job finished and if it means going to the Manor now let's go.
(Courtney exits the cave, a smiling Gaia following her.)
BREAK
ACT FOUR
(Scene: Manor. Front Porch. Kendall hurries up the steps and notices the door slightly ajar. A worried look appears on her face as she slowly enters the Manor. Cut to Inside. Kendall walks into the foyer slowly, looking around the house nervously. Cut to Attic. Gaia and Courtney appear in the middle of the attic in their usual fashion. Gaia moves toward the Book of Shadows and nears his hands toward it. A yellow force field emerges, protecting it. Gaia's fingers slowly start penetrating the force field. The attic door opens and Kendall, slightly jumping back when she notices Gaia and Courtney. Cut to Alternate Universe. Attic. Melinda is wearing a tight fitting spy suit and high heeled boots, her hair tied in a ponytail. She opens a chest in the attic and retrieves two athames, placing them in her boots as well as a darklighter's crossbow. Cut to Underworld. Katie is tied and gagged to a cave wall when Melinda appears before her in a cloud of grey smoke. She hurries towards Katie and unties her. As she rips of Katie's gag, a lightning fast movement is seen behind her and she whips her head backward.)
PHANTOM: (singing in a male and female voice)"Masquerade!
Paper faces on parade…
Masquerade!
Hide your face so the world will never find you
MELINDA: Show yourself, quit hiding!
(Suddenly a cloaked figure drops before her, landing on its feet. The figure removes its large hat, revealing a white mask covering its entire face. Melinda slams a potion at Katie's feet. Grey smoke arises, swallowing Katie. Melinda raises the crossbow, shooting arrows toward the Phantom. The Phantom raises its cloak and separates in a group of bats flying toward Melinda. As the bats attack, Melinda drops the crossbow, raising her hands to freeze the bats. The bats stop mid-flight and Melinda knocks one of them down. Suddenly all the bats are knocked down as they converge back into a glowering Phantom. Melinda runs forward, jumping in the air and kicking the Phantom in the gut with both legs. She lands on her back and twists her legs, flipping so as to stand on her feet. She rips out an athame and runs against the wall, kicking the Phantom backwards. Cut to Real Universe. Attic. Gaia falls backwards against a closet as Courtney charges toward Kendall. Courtney jumps in the air. Kendall sends a white beam towards her but she dissipates in a cloud of water, raining to the floor and reconnecting. Courtney emerges sending a ball of water at Kendall, trapping her in a water vortex. Cut to Alternate Universe. A dark ball of energy is flying toward Melinda but she dodges it, flipping forward and lunging the athame at the Phantom. She impales him but instead of exploding he slams her backwards, retrieving the athame from his stomach.)
PHANTOM: Now the fun really begins.
(The Phantom lunges forward but Melinda screams, raising her hands and freezes the Phantom. A bewildered Melinda struggles to her feet. She nears her arms toward the Phantom and pulls of the mask. The Phantom unfreezes and stands upright facing Melinda. Melinda's jaw drops as she faces herself. An audible sigh is released as the real Melinda's shocked expression is replaced by a smiling one.)
BREAK
ACT FIVE
(Scene: Manor. Attic. A damp Kendall is lying on the floor as Gaia towers over her. Suddenly a blinding light appears in the attic and Gaia is kicked in the chest. Katie drops to her feet, kneeling beside Kendall as a bewildered Gaia, searches for Courtney who has disappeared. He releases a frustrated grunt and two large boulders are conjured before him. The boulders fly toward the children. Jennifer hurries forward, creating a wall of blue energy. Gaia thrusts his arms forward as the boulders try to penetrate the force field. Blood starts trickling from Jennifer's nose and Chris hurries forward, telekinetically knocking Gaia of his feet. Henry hurriedly stomps his feet to the ground, trapping Gaia in a stone tomb. Wyatt releases to energy balls, combusting the two large boulders and the twins connect their hands and a telepathic wave heads straight to the stone tomb. The tomb burst, rock flying everywhere. Melinda raises her arms freezing the rock particles and as the dust settles, Gaia is no where to be seen.)
ANGELA: What happened here?
KENDALL: (struggling upward) I found him up here trying to get your Book of Shadows.
HENRY: (worriedly) What? Are you okay?
KENDALL: I'm fine thanks. There was another girl with him. She had this crazy water power.
WYATT: Must be the third elemental… (to Chris)…looks like we were right about our power theory.
CHRIS: (nodding) Uhuh and I think Bianca is still alive as well.
ANGELA: How do you know?
CHRIS: During this Katie's spell thing-I can't explain it-It was like I felt her.
MELINDA: Wait you remember? You all remember?
KATIE: Yep speaking of spell what'd you do to get us back here?
MELINDA: I just realized I've been battling myself with this play thing.
HENRY: Does that mean you're going to audition?
(Melinda releases a sly smile, nodding excitedly.)
KATIE: This is great my spell actually worked. Finally the universe is in harmony.
JENNIFER: Not quite…
KATIE: Wait you can't be mad, I was trying to help Mel. Which I did by the way.
HAYLEY: Oh don't worry I've got a feeling you're not gonna be punished alone, that's right I'm looking at you, Henry and Melinda.
MELINDA: But guys have to admit you kinda enjoyed your little trip.
WYATT: Well only because I blew you guys of the stage.
SKYE: What? Delusional much?
CHRIS: Yeah clearly I was the best. I'd take all of you to school.
(Everyone starts laughing and chatting away as twilight is seen outside. Stock shots of San Francisco are seen while "Fireflies" by Owl City starts playing in the background. Shift to Bayview High. Auditorium. Melinda is seen standing in line, watching a girl audition and holding audition paper in hand. Shift to P3. Owl City is on standing singing "Fireflies. Jennifer, Angela and the twins are at the foot of the stage, staring at Adam Young dreamily. Shift to Melinda. As she nears the front of the line, an unsure expression appears on her face. Hesitating, she leaves her place in line, hurrying out the school. Cut to Outside. Melinda burst out the school, tears slipping from her eyes. Shift to P3. Owl City is on stage singing. Cut to Bar. Wyatt and Chris are seated at the bar. Wyatt stares at Chris who looks rather preoccupied.)
WYATT: What's wrong?
CHRIS: Something keeps bothering me, how did the elementals know there was no on at the Manor today? I mean they clearly didn't expect us to show up like that.
WYATT: Your right, do you think they've been spying on us?
CHRIS: Maybe or maybe somebody tipped them off.
WYATT: But who would do that?
(Cut to Golden Gate Park. Melinda is seen in a fetal position, crying on one of the park benches. Suddenly somebody appears before her. She slowly raises her head, her eyes meeting Joe's. Joe takes her hand, raising her up and wrapping her in a tight hug.)
CHRIS (v/o):The fourth elemental…Pyro.
(Joe's eyes glow as fire is seen engulfing his irises.)
END
A/N: I think most of you guys suspected that it would be Joe so my attempt at secrecy wasn't that although in my defence I did leave alot of clues that lead to Joe in the story.