Phoebe, Aleera and I walked through the crowed at Quake. I was so glad when Aleera understood everything. I was scared that she would think I was some kind of freak.
"Oops, sorry." Phoebe said when she dumped into someone as we walked up to Piper
"I'm gonna kill him." Piper angrily
"Who?" I asked
"Chef Moore. He, of the phony accent, hires me and then quits to open his new place. Thank you very much."
"I don't see any customers complaining." Phoebe said
"Hello, I am not a restaurant tour. I'm a chef. I have no idea what I am doing. Are you wearing my dress?" Piper asked look at Phoebe who averted her eyes. I looked up as a girl came over
"Hey, Brittany. Ooh, I love that tattoo." Phoebe said seeing her tattoo
"Thanks." Brittany smiled
"I thought it was illegal to get them on your hand because of the veins." Aleera asked
"In the States, yeah. I got it done in Tahiti." Brittany handed Piper some cash "Keep the change, Piper. I gotta jam."
"Okay, say hi to Max." Piper said
"Bye."
Piper turned to a waitress "Table nine please." Phoebe looked, spotted a guy and had a premonition. "Now, back to my dress."
Phoebe shook her head"Okay, see that poster boy to your left?" we looked at him "Just glance, don't be obvious."
"I approve, who is he?" Piper asked
"His name is Alec and he's about to come over and ask if he could by me a martini." Phoebe smiled
"How do you know?" Piper frowned
Phoebe smirked "Let's just say I saw the age old problem of who approaches who. I had a little premonition."
"What? Phoebe, you are not supposed to use your powers, we agreed." Piper said
"No, you and Prue agreed. We abstained." I said
"Besides, it's not like I can control it, it just popped into my head." Phoebe nodded
Piper sighed "That's the whole point. None of us can control our powers. That's what scares me. I could panic and freeze the entire restaurant."
"Shh, here he comes." Phoebe smiled as the guy walked over
"I was just sitting over there wondering if I could buy you a martini or something." he asked
"Martini, hmm, imagine that." Phoebe winked at us "I would love one. It's Alec, right?"
"Yeah, how'd you know my name?" he asked
"Wild guess. Do you wanna grab a table?" Phoebe stood up
"Yeah." Alec nodded
Piper leaned over to "Prue is gonna be pissed."
"News flash. Stop worrying, you'll get wrinkles." Phoebe said before she walked off.
"That girl" I shook my head mockingly before buying Aleera and myself a drink.
The next morning I sat with Piper watching TV and eating maple syrup covered pancakes while Piper whisked eggs when Prue came in
"Morning." she said
"Morning." We said
"What are you watching?" Prue asked coming closer
"Nothing." Piper turned it off ignoring my protests "Just a show."
Prue frowned "About witches? Are you worried we're gonna be burnt at the stake?"
Piper scoffed nervously "Yeah, right. By the way, Andy called."
"When?" Prue asked before taking a sip of my orange juice, she pulled a face "Parker is there vodka in this?" she glared at me making me cower slightly
"It's good for hangovers" I took a gulp "Anyway there is only a little bit in it" Prue rolled her eyes as Piper answered her question
"While you were in the shower. Bad date?"
Prue shook her head "No. No, no. Not at all. It was great. You know, dinner, movie, sex." Piper and I turned to shocked
"Excuse me? On you're first date?" Piper asked slightly shocked
"Slut" I smirked but flinched when Prue hit me with the dish towel
"It wasn't exactly our first date." she said
Piper smiled "High school doesn't count. That was last decade. Spill it." Prue walked away into the living room "Ooh, that bad, huh?"
"No, actually that good." Prue sighed "It was... well, we were naked. But that's not the point. I told myself that things would be different. That we would take it slow. It just shouldn't of happened, that's all."
I looked up when I heard Phoebe walking down the stairs
"What shouldn't of happened?" she asked
"Prue slept with Andy." Piper said as I said
"Good Sex"
"Hello." Phoebe smirked
"Thanks a lot, mouth." Prue narrowed her eyes at Piper and I
"Wait, you were gonna tell her but not me? Family meeting." Phoebe frowned
"Speaking of last night. What time did you end up rolling in?" Prue asked as she walked off through the house and we followed her into the sunroom
"No, no, no." Phoebe scoffed "Do not change the subject."
"Don't dodge the question."
"It must of been at least after three." Piper nodded as Prue sat down
"I must be still be in New York time." Phoebe said
"Actually, that would make it later." Prue smirked
"Or maybe you and Alec..." Piper hinted
"Who's Alec?" Prue frowned
"Some hottie she hit on in the restaurant." Piper replied
"Excuse me, revisionist history, he hit on me. Remember, the whole vision thing." Phoebe said making Prue pause
"Vision thing?" she asked "Please tell me you didn't use your powers."
Phoebe looked away and Prue looked at Piper and I
"Don't put me in the middle." Piper said
"Am I a middle child?" I asked frowning. I know that I'm Phoebe's twin, but I was still born before her.
"Not really" she said to me before turning back to Piper "I'm not. You were born in the middle. Look, I thought that we agreed."
"No, we didn't." Phoebe shook her head "You agreed. You laid down the law. There's a difference."
"Phoebe, our powers aren't toys." Prue glared "We have to be careful or they can get us killed."
"She's right. We don't want any warlocks finding us." Piper nodded
"Any more you mean" I muttered crossing my arms
"Look, it was just a lousy premonition, that's all." Phoebe shrugged "Nobody died. Besides, you guys can't control control your powers any better than I can. And F.Y.I. nothing happened last night. At least nothing I'm ashamed of." she smirked
"There's another reason we have to be careful. Andy thinks someone's abducting women in our area." Prue said
"Abducting women? What do you mean?"
"I'm safe though right? 'cause I kinda look like a guy" I said "You know 'cause I have little boobs, short hair and talk and dress like one"
Prue rolled her eyes ignoring me and Phoebe who laughed "I mean warlocks aren't the only evil we have to watch out for. And F.Y.I. I'm not ashamed of anything."
I got in my truck and drove to the garage to work on the new car that was brought in. On the way there I was just about to pass the church when I saw Piper's car. I frowned and pulled over before rolling down the window and listening in as Piper spoke to Pastor Williams.
"Pastor Williams, you scared me." Piper breathed
"I'm sorry. Aren't you a little early? Dropping off the unused food from the restaurant. I thought you weren't coming by until this afternoon."
"I am. I mean, I'm coming back with everything." Piper shook her head to clear her thoughts
"Great. So what are you doing here now?" the Pastor frowned
"Nothing really. Just, uh, just thinking." Piper said
"About?"
"Mary Estee." I rolled my eyes. I should've known this was about the witch documentary we watched earlier.
"Who?"
"It's just a stupid documentary I saw. By the way, is it true that evil beings can't go into a church without being..." She made a noise and moved her hands to show they were hit by lightning, the two laughed
"Evil beings? You mean, like what? Vampires?" the Pastor chuckled
"Vampires, no. I was thinking more on the lines of witches." Piper said nodding
"Witches, huh?" he raised a brow "Let me out it to you this way. I sure wouldn't wanna risk it. I gotta go. I'll see you later?"
"Yeah, right, absolutely." Piper nodded and the Pastor left. I watched as Piper got out the car and slowly walked to the church doors. I laughed to myself and also got out my vehicle and leaned against the closed door with my arms crossed. I watched amused as hesitantly reached for the door handle just as she is about to touch it. Thunder cracked loudly causing her to jump and run down the steps to where I was laughing.
"Parker!" she glared "What are you doing here?"
"I was on my way to work when I saw you, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to watch you make a fool of yourself." I smirked "Anyway I should go"
"Yeah me too" we hugged and got in our cars before we each drove off.
At Quake, Phoebe handed a menu to a guy who sat with a woman
"Here you go." she said
"Thank you." the man thanked her looking at the menu
"Excuse me, but aren't you Stefan?" Phoebe asked
"Yes. I'm sorry, do we know each other?" the man-Stefan blinked blankly
"Oh, highly doubtful. I'm just familiar with your work. Like everyone else in the world."
"Well, I don't know about that. Well, I'll take a compliment from a gorgeous woman." Stefan flirted
"I'm sure your girlfriend must appreciate that." Phoebe glanced at the woman at his side who narrowed her eyes at the two. Stefan leaned forward and whispered
"She's not my girlfriend."
"Then why are you whispering?" Phoebe whispered back smiling
"Excuse me." the woman stood and left
"Ooh, ooh, okay. Well, it was really nice meeting you." Phoebe nodded
"You too." Stefan smiled "Listen, listen. I'm in town for a couple of days doing a Porsche shoot. He pulled out a pen from his jacket and wrote down on a napkin "If you're interested, stop by. I would love to photograph you. You do model don't you?" he asked raking his eyes over her
"In my dreams, yeah." Phoebe nodded and smiled before she walked away.
As she walked away Piper approached her
"A driver just called in sick. Can you do a quick delivery?" she asked
"Sure. Is that guy at the bar staring at me?" Phoebe asked and Piper looked behind her
"There are a lot of guys at the bar staring at you." she smiled
"The one at the far end. Tall, dark, brooding, very New York." Phoebe described
"Sorry, no." Piper shook her head. Phoebe turned to look, but Stefan was gone.
At the garage, Parker was working on a car when Aleera walked in with coffee
"Parker?" she called walking over to the car
"Hey" Parker smiled and kissed her cheek "What brings you here?"
"Well you know how I told you I wanted t model?" she asked "Well you will never guess who asked me to model for him?"
"Who?" Parker frowned, she was always hesitant with Aleera around men. Parker wasn't stupid, she knew that Aleera was insanely attractive and she saw the looks she got off of men. The last thing Parker wanted was some guy fucking around and hurting her.
"The world famous photographer, Stefan." she squealed happily. Parker forced a smile
"When do you get together?"
"I've to call and set up an appointment for this week"
"I'm happy for you" Parker smiled drinking her coffee, when Aleera left Parker could help but frown, there was something in the air and she didn't like it at all.
At Bucklands, Prue and a woman were walking towards an office
"He's seen your resume and is very impressed. I gotta tell you, it's already blown out six other applicants." the woman said
"I still don't know why he's interested. I never even applied." Prue said
"He likes what you did at the museum. Even though your ex-boss trashed you. What's Roger got against you anyway?"
"Hard to say. Unless shattering his ego counts for something. He's also my ex-fiancé." Prue revealed
"Got it." the woman nodded "You ready?"
"Yeah." Prue nodded and they walked into the office where a man stood waiting
"Rex Buckland, this is Prue Halliwell. Interviewing for the new specialist." the woman introduced
"Actually we've already met. Welcome to my stuffy auction house." Rex walked over and shook Prue hand who looked at him blankly.
At Stefan's photography place, the woman from Quake was tied to a table
"Please, don't hurt me." she pleaded crying "Let me go. Please, Stefan."
Stefan walked out of the shadows, showing his true old self. He had grey hair and was covered in wrinkles.
"It's Javna." he spoke in a deep voice as his eyes glow and a really bright light shot out of his eyes and into hers. The girl screamed as she turned into an old woman and Stefan was once again young.