"My father is Cole, Cole Turner. A former demon. By the name of Balthazor." Phoebe's eyes widened in astonishment. Piper looked amazed and Prue was lost for words, still in shock. "I thought that you were married by now, or at least you had met him. Where is he?"

Prue turned at looked at Phoebe, narrowing her eyes again. Phoebe jumped up and stood there, staring at Patti. Shaking her head she turned at looked at Prue. Prue opened her mouth slightly, everyone in the room stopped breathing, but she didn't say anything. She closed her mouth and everyone started to breath again. The younger girls were all wearing worried looks on their faces, the older ones about to stand up and throw a bucket of water on the seething Halliwell. Prue just simply got up and left the room.

Piper looked distressed as she rushed after Prue and Phoebe burst into tears, running from the room and up the stairs to her room.

The seven Halliwell children looked at each other in amazement.

"Oh, I think that went well." Andy said cheerfully, peering at each of his cousins and sister. "At least they didn't use their powers."

"!@*#^" Patti said a word that she should never have known and Laura woke up crying on Melinda's lap. "Oops, sorry."

"Patti, we are here to get Charli's powers un-bound, not to split up the Charmed Ones." Melinda scolded her like a three year old. Soothing the tired and cranky 10 year old, she got up and walked around the room with her, all the while listening to the heated argument going on in the room.

"Okay then, no more telling stuff that is going to happen, from what I remember about dad, Prue stopped speaking to mum for weeks over this." Jasmin replied, getting up and pacing the room, something she did when she was nervous.

"I agree, no more info about us or future us. We tell them what we get to get Charli's powers un-bound and that's it. We are outta here." Pattie said, taking charge, as usual. "Everygot it?"

They all nodded in response. They all sat with their thoughts for a moment or two.

*In the kitchen*

"Prue." Piper tried to get the attention of her very angry older sister. "Prue, talk to me."

"She betrayed us Piper. She lied to us." Prue looked Piper right in the eye and stared at her. "She didn't kill him Piper, the demon who was trying to kill us, numerous times."

"But he didn't right?" Piper suggested, knowing it was the wrong thing to say as soon as the words left her mouth. "I mean, I ah..."

Prue's angry and hurt look said it all and Piper quickly left the room. Back to the kids. She stepped into the living room doorway and stayed there, hearing the last part of the conversation.

"...everyone got it?" She saw all seven children nod their heads and they stayed in silence for a few seconds. Piper plastered on a fake smile and walked into the room, startling the three younger ones.

"Well, seeing as it is 2:00 in the morning I suppose we should all find somewhere to sleep." She bustled around the house, finding places for them all to sleep. Charli slept on the pullout bed in the sofa with Andy on the floor, Melinda and Laura slept in Piper's bed, Kirsten and Jasmin slept in Grams' bed with Patti on the floor and Prue slept with Piper in her bed.

Piper had tried to check on Phoebe but Phoebe wouldn't open the door. Even Kirsten tried, her youngest child. But to no avail. She finally lay her head down on the pillow, never in her life had she had to squeeze so many people into the Manor. Smiling she closed her eyes. "To be the middle child in this household."