CHAPTER TWO

You nodded. "Well, there's just something I have to do. Maybe you could ..." but just then we heard that bell sound, the tinkle that we now knew meant the Elders had something important to tell Leo.

"It's OK," he told you, "Uh, you go. There's actually something I have to take care of."

You held onto him, not wanting him to go. "Well, we really need to talk about things, you know, where we stand."

He nodded. "Yeah, we do. Rain check?"

You sighed unhappily, "That's what we do best," he then kissed you, a deep, warm, beautiful kiss that made me smile, but then he orbed out right in the middle of it! You growled, "I hate when he does that," and I had to bite my lip to stop from snickering.

No sooner was he gone, than Prue and I came into the foyer. "Come on, we've got to go find a spell that will help," Prue told you and we began climbing the stairs. "So, what did he want?" she asked.

"He canceled our date," you replied, frustration in every word. "He's working again."

"You didn't ask him what to do?" I asked anxiously.

"He had to fly...literally," as we walked into the attic. You stared at the Book. "Look. The pages were doing that flipping thing on their own again."

We ran to the Book to see what the page said. It showed two spells, one to take us to the future and one to bring us back. There's no way you don't remember why we had to go to the future, Piper, and there's no way I'm going to discuss it here! Not when I'd had a premonition about my future, seeing myself being executed--burnt alive, while you and Prue stood there watching, letting it happen! But I do want to discuss what happened to you, something you later told me about when we were all safely back in our own present.

As I know a little too well, we all ended up going into our future bodies and you found yourself waking up from a nap, on the couch in the Manor. Suddenly a beautiful little girl with long dark hair and bright dark eyes came running in. "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!"

You smiled at her. "Uh, I think you have the wrong house. Certainly the wrong Mommy."

She laughed, "Stop foolin'," she gave you a big hug just as a car honked. "Car pool!" she cried out as she ran off.

Just then you saw on TV that although we tried to come back two weeks before my execution, it was now actually the day of it! I only had hours to live! As you tried to absorb that information, the little girl came running back in. "Mommy! I'm gonna be late!" and you walked to the door with her, where a woman stood.

"Morning, Piper. You all right?" she asked

"I guess," you replied, still reeling from what you'd seen on TV.

"Yeah, with your sister, it's rough, I know," she replied sympathetically. "So, don't worry about your little one. I'll get her to school like you asked but uh, are you sure you want me to take her to your ex's?"

"Ex?" you asked in surprise. "As in husband? As in mine!" And my eyes nearly popped out of my head when you told me. But since you had absolutely no idea what was going on, you hoped that Future You knew what she was talking about. "Yes, if that is what I told you, then yes."

"So, you and him are getting along better now?" she wanted to know.

How the heck were you supposed to answer that? So you simply replied, "Maybe."

"OK," the woman told the girl that you now knew was your future daughter, "Let's hit the road."

But before she did, the little one hugged you tight and whispered, "Don't worry, Mommy. I promise I'll do what you asked. I won't use my magic again. Ever!" throwing you (and me when you told me) for a loop--why would you have ever asked her to do that!