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"What do you mean?" Piper asked Paige.
"The Durans want to pick up Rachel now while their other kid is at school. And doing a background check on them, they haven't had a magical kid."
"So we need to bind her powers." Phoebe said.
"Or figure out a way to keep her here." Piper added.
"I like Piper's idea!" Rachel said, adding her two cents.
"Rachel, sweetie, it's really hard for that to happen. There are all sorts of papers that I would have to sign, and Piper would have to sign more. And the Durans are looking forward to meeting you." Paige said, getting eye level with the girl.
"But they don't understand me like you guys do." Rachel complained.
"How does this sound, you and I can go play some more until the Durans come? Ok?" Piper said.
Rachel thought for a minute. "Ok," she said. "But what about your couch?"
"We'll worry about that later, now, we play." Piper swooped up the girl and began to tickle her. Rachel laughed hysterically.
"I'm going to go help Kirsten in the kitchen." Phoebe told Paige, and she slinked off into the kitchen.
"What's going on in there?" Kirsten asked.
"Piper's playing with Rachel before the Durans come to get her." Phoebe said.
"When are they coming?" Kirsten asked.
"Soon. Here, let me take the spoon from you. You go play with them." Phoebe said. Kirsten said her thanks and went to join the game of hide-and-go-seek that Paige, Piper and Rachel were playing. Phoebe sniffed lunch, took a look into the pot and turned her face away in disgust. "Pea soup? Who is Piper trying to kid?" Phoebe turned the stove off, and dumped the soup into a container, and stuck it into the fridge. Smiling, she pulled out a frozen pizza from the freezer. "This is more like it." She said. Phoebe set the timer, and stuck the pizza into the oven.
"Phoebe? What, why aren't you stirring my soup?" Piper asked, as she looked through the living room for Rachel.
"Pea soup? I have a strong hunch that Rachel would prefer pizza, so there is a pizza in the oven."
"I spent all morning on that!" Piper complained. The door bell rang, and Piper and Phoebe were still bickering, as Piper went to open the door. "Hello?" She said.
"Hi, I Kara Duaran. I'm here to pick up Rachel." She said. Piper's face fell, and her heart sank.
"Come in." Phoebe said. "Give us a second to find her, we were playing hide-and-go-seek."
"Thanks."
"Have a seat," Phoebe said, about to offer the couch, but then realized that there was no couch, "um lets see. The couch is getting repaired, so, there's some seats in the observatory." Phoebe led Kara into the observatory, and Piper went to go find Rachel.
"Rachel? Game's over, I need you to come out." She cooed. Rachel didn't come out from her hiding spot. "Rachel, lunch is ready." Piper tried.
"The buzzer never went buzz. You're lying. I know that Mrs. Duran is here. I don't want to go." Rachel said from behind a plant. Piper went to the plant, expecting to see her there, but when she pulled back the branches, Rachel wasn't there.
"I know Rachel, I know, but you don't have a choice. If it were up to me, you could stay as long as you want, but it isn't up to us. Or Paige. Come on Rachel."
"NO!" She said, this time from the clock.
"Paige, can you come out of your hiding spot for a second?" Piper asked.
"What's up?" Paige asked, coming out from a cabinet.
"How did you fit in there?" Piper asked amazed. Paige opened her mouth to answer, but Piper held up her hand to stop her. "Never mind. Bigger things. Rachel appears, (or not?) to be invisible."
"That would almost make sense."
"Almost?"
"That would make her two powers linked."
"Yes. Anyway, Kara Duran is here, I need to find her."
"She is? You should have told me! Where is she?"
"The observatory, but first I need you to try to see if you can sense her."
"I've never done that before."
"I know I need you to try. You're half whitelighter, I need you to try."
Paige shut her eyes, and Piper said a silent prayer that it would work. "Check behind that chair there." Paige whispered into Piper's ear so that Rachel couldn't here her. "No, I couldn't find her Piper, sorry." She said loud enough for Rachel to hear. Kirsten could hear everything that was happening, and came out from her hiding spot in the kitchen. Silently, she stood next to Paige.
"Well, thanks for trying." Piper said.
"Anytime, now, I have to go deal with Mrs. Duran." Paige said, walking quietly out of the room, with Kirsten following her.
Knowing the best way to get Rachel out was to trick her, Piper sat down in the chair that Rachel was hiding behind. Pretending like Rachel was right in front of her, Piper began to talk. "Rachel I know you want to stay. I would give anything to let you stay. But now is not the time to test this new power of yours. It is really cool and I wish that I could become invisible, but Mrs. Duran needs to be able to see you." Suddenly, Piper felt something hugging her leg. Surprised, she looked down but saw nothing.
"Piper, I understand that I have to, and I don't want to. But I cant go back to normal." Rachel said.
Piper stopped breathing. This was not good. She needed to let Rachel go, but how could she, when Rachel couldn't be seen. "Phoebe? Could you come here for a minute?" Piper innocently asked. Phoebe came in, and looked expectantly at Piper. "We have a slight glitch."
"As in?"
"Rachel is sitting in my lap." Piper said. Phoebe looked at Piper like she was crazy.
"Piper, there is no one in your lap."
"I am!" Rachel said. Phoebe jumped back.
"You mean?"
"Yup. Any ideas on how to reverse this?"
"Is this one of her powers?"
"Yes."
"Then she has to figure it out."
"Great."
"Rachel, can you try again?"
Suddenly, there Rachel was, sitting in Piper's lap. "Ok, come on now, we have to go meet Mrs. Duran." Piper said, putting the girl off of her lap.
The three then went back into the observatory. Scared, Rachel hid behind Piper.
"Hello there. Are you Rachel?" Kara Duran asked. Peeping behind Piper's leg, Rachel feebly answered. "My name is Kara Duran. You can call me Kara. Ok?" Again, Rachel nodded. "Why don't you go get your stuff and we can go." Rachel stuck out her bottom lip, but a look from Paige behind Kara told her to Brighton up. She nodded.
"Piper, what can I keep?" Rachel asked.
"Let me show you." The two went upstairs, where they got a small bag of clothing together.
"What did she mean by that?" Kara asked.
"Rachel had nothing clean when she came last night, so we set out some of our old clothing for her to pick through for something to wear. I assume she wanted to keep some of it. That is if you don't mind." Paige said
"Oh, no, I don't mind at all."
"Got everything?" Phoebe asked.
Rachel looked at what she was carrying. Her ever present bear, and the small grocery sack of clothing. Looking up at Phoebe, she nodded.
"Then, let's go." Kara said. Hastily, Rachel hugged each of the Halliwells good byes, and gave a piece of paper to Paige.
"Bye Rachel!" They called. The door clicked shut. It sounded so final. Piper was on the verge of tears. Paige looked over at the paper that Rachel handed her. It was folded up, and written across the front it said "Kirsten."
"Here, I think that this is for you." Paige said handing it to her.
"Thanks." Gingerly, Kirsten opened it. She read it, and tears began to stream down her face. Inside was a picture of Rachel hugging Kirsten goodbye. She had written. "Kirsten, I know that when it is time for me to go, I wont be allowed to hug you goodbye, so I drew you this picture. That way you can always remember the hug that I gave you. Love, Rachel."
"She's gone." Piper said.
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"What do you mean?" Piper asked Paige.
"The Durans want to pick up Rachel now while their other kid is at school. And doing a background check on them, they haven't had a magical kid."
"So we need to bind her powers." Phoebe said.
"Or figure out a way to keep her here." Piper added.
"I like Piper's idea!" Rachel said, adding her two cents.
"Rachel, sweetie, it's really hard for that to happen. There are all sorts of papers that I would have to sign, and Piper would have to sign more. And the Durans are looking forward to meeting you." Paige said, getting eye level with the girl.
"But they don't understand me like you guys do." Rachel complained.
"How does this sound, you and I can go play some more until the Durans come? Ok?" Piper said.
Rachel thought for a minute. "Ok," she said. "But what about your couch?"
"We'll worry about that later, now, we play." Piper swooped up the girl and began to tickle her. Rachel laughed hysterically.
"I'm going to go help Kirsten in the kitchen." Phoebe told Paige, and she slinked off into the kitchen.
"What's going on in there?" Kirsten asked.
"Piper's playing with Rachel before the Durans come to get her." Phoebe said.
"When are they coming?" Kirsten asked.
"Soon. Here, let me take the spoon from you. You go play with them." Phoebe said. Kirsten said her thanks and went to join the game of hide-and-go-seek that Paige, Piper and Rachel were playing. Phoebe sniffed lunch, took a look into the pot and turned her face away in disgust. "Pea soup? Who is Piper trying to kid?" Phoebe turned the stove off, and dumped the soup into a container, and stuck it into the fridge. Smiling, she pulled out a frozen pizza from the freezer. "This is more like it." She said. Phoebe set the timer, and stuck the pizza into the oven.
"Phoebe? What, why aren't you stirring my soup?" Piper asked, as she looked through the living room for Rachel.
"Pea soup? I have a strong hunch that Rachel would prefer pizza, so there is a pizza in the oven."
"I spent all morning on that!" Piper complained. The door bell rang, and Piper and Phoebe were still bickering, as Piper went to open the door. "Hello?" She said.
"Hi, I Kara Duaran. I'm here to pick up Rachel." She said. Piper's face fell, and her heart sank.
"Come in." Phoebe said. "Give us a second to find her, we were playing hide-and-go-seek."
"Thanks."
"Have a seat," Phoebe said, about to offer the couch, but then realized that there was no couch, "um lets see. The couch is getting repaired, so, there's some seats in the observatory." Phoebe led Kara into the observatory, and Piper went to go find Rachel.
"Rachel? Game's over, I need you to come out." She cooed. Rachel didn't come out from her hiding spot. "Rachel, lunch is ready." Piper tried.
"The buzzer never went buzz. You're lying. I know that Mrs. Duran is here. I don't want to go." Rachel said from behind a plant. Piper went to the plant, expecting to see her there, but when she pulled back the branches, Rachel wasn't there.
"I know Rachel, I know, but you don't have a choice. If it were up to me, you could stay as long as you want, but it isn't up to us. Or Paige. Come on Rachel."
"NO!" She said, this time from the clock.
"Paige, can you come out of your hiding spot for a second?" Piper asked.
"What's up?" Paige asked, coming out from a cabinet.
"How did you fit in there?" Piper asked amazed. Paige opened her mouth to answer, but Piper held up her hand to stop her. "Never mind. Bigger things. Rachel appears, (or not?) to be invisible."
"That would almost make sense."
"Almost?"
"That would make her two powers linked."
"Yes. Anyway, Kara Duran is here, I need to find her."
"She is? You should have told me! Where is she?"
"The observatory, but first I need you to try to see if you can sense her."
"I've never done that before."
"I know I need you to try. You're half whitelighter, I need you to try."
Paige shut her eyes, and Piper said a silent prayer that it would work. "Check behind that chair there." Paige whispered into Piper's ear so that Rachel couldn't here her. "No, I couldn't find her Piper, sorry." She said loud enough for Rachel to hear. Kirsten could hear everything that was happening, and came out from her hiding spot in the kitchen. Silently, she stood next to Paige.
"Well, thanks for trying." Piper said.
"Anytime, now, I have to go deal with Mrs. Duran." Paige said, walking quietly out of the room, with Kirsten following her.
Knowing the best way to get Rachel out was to trick her, Piper sat down in the chair that Rachel was hiding behind. Pretending like Rachel was right in front of her, Piper began to talk. "Rachel I know you want to stay. I would give anything to let you stay. But now is not the time to test this new power of yours. It is really cool and I wish that I could become invisible, but Mrs. Duran needs to be able to see you." Suddenly, Piper felt something hugging her leg. Surprised, she looked down but saw nothing.
"Piper, I understand that I have to, and I don't want to. But I cant go back to normal." Rachel said.
Piper stopped breathing. This was not good. She needed to let Rachel go, but how could she, when Rachel couldn't be seen. "Phoebe? Could you come here for a minute?" Piper innocently asked. Phoebe came in, and looked expectantly at Piper. "We have a slight glitch."
"As in?"
"Rachel is sitting in my lap." Piper said. Phoebe looked at Piper like she was crazy.
"Piper, there is no one in your lap."
"I am!" Rachel said. Phoebe jumped back.
"You mean?"
"Yup. Any ideas on how to reverse this?"
"Is this one of her powers?"
"Yes."
"Then she has to figure it out."
"Great."
"Rachel, can you try again?"
Suddenly, there Rachel was, sitting in Piper's lap. "Ok, come on now, we have to go meet Mrs. Duran." Piper said, putting the girl off of her lap.
The three then went back into the observatory. Scared, Rachel hid behind Piper.
"Hello there. Are you Rachel?" Kara Duran asked. Peeping behind Piper's leg, Rachel feebly answered. "My name is Kara Duran. You can call me Kara. Ok?" Again, Rachel nodded. "Why don't you go get your stuff and we can go." Rachel stuck out her bottom lip, but a look from Paige behind Kara told her to Brighton up. She nodded.
"Piper, what can I keep?" Rachel asked.
"Let me show you." The two went upstairs, where they got a small bag of clothing together.
"What did she mean by that?" Kara asked.
"Rachel had nothing clean when she came last night, so we set out some of our old clothing for her to pick through for something to wear. I assume she wanted to keep some of it. That is if you don't mind." Paige said
"Oh, no, I don't mind at all."
"Got everything?" Phoebe asked.
Rachel looked at what she was carrying. Her ever present bear, and the small grocery sack of clothing. Looking up at Phoebe, she nodded.
"Then, let's go." Kara said. Hastily, Rachel hugged each of the Halliwells good byes, and gave a piece of paper to Paige.
"Bye Rachel!" They called. The door clicked shut. It sounded so final. Piper was on the verge of tears. Paige looked over at the paper that Rachel handed her. It was folded up, and written across the front it said "Kirsten."
"Here, I think that this is for you." Paige said handing it to her.
"Thanks." Gingerly, Kirsten opened it. She read it, and tears began to stream down her face. Inside was a picture of Rachel hugging Kirsten goodbye. She had written. "Kirsten, I know that when it is time for me to go, I wont be allowed to hug you goodbye, so I drew you this picture. That way you can always remember the hug that I gave you. Love, Rachel."
"She's gone." Piper said.
