YEAH!!  Ok so I lied about the whole one more chapter thing.  I think now that there may only be one chapter, and then maybe an epilog.  And I also wanted to remind people that I have no idea about the legal system.  For goodness sakes I'm only a teenager, and my legal experience is tickets (oops.)  and the shows on TV  so for the most part, that is all made up to fit the story.  SORRY FOR MY INACCURACY. 

I DO WANT TO KNOW IF PEOPLE WANT TO SEE A SEQUAL.  YOU KNOW JUST ONE, AND RACHEL WILL BE LIKE 16, THE STORY IS ALL PLANNED OUT.  I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE TWO MORE PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY WANT IT!!!!  JUST LEAVE IT IN YOUR REVIEW!!!

Sorry, figured more people would read that if I stuck in caps.  What do you say?  Do you want to see Rachel as a teenager?  If you don't, say that you do because I'm sure that there is someone out there who is too chicken to say so.  Come on… I  know you wanna… anyway… read time

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The next few months flew by.  Rachel quickly became one of the smartest kids in her class, and after the first few weeks, was rarely teased about being older than all the other kids.  She made friends easily, and often she spent time at their houses.  Piper hated the fact that Rachel was always at their houses, and rarely had friends at the manor, but she knew it was for the best.  If a demon attacked, she didn't want to have to worry about a powerless six year old that knew nothing of magic.  But as the weeks past, Piper quickly realized that the demonic attacks were getting fewer and fewer.  Something she wasn't sure she was comfortable with.  Fewer attacks could mean that the activity was high down there, and that the demons were planning a major attack.  But both Cole and Leo eased her fears, telling her that there didn't appear to be any thing going on.  Appear was the key word. 

            "Just check for me again.  Please Leo?"  Piper begged, she really wanted to know why the attacks were getting fewer.  It just didn't feel right.

            "I just checked two days ago!"

            "But there hasn't been an attack in a month."

            "Isn't that a good thing?"

            "It doesn't feel right."

            "Will it make you feel better?"

            "Yes."

            "Fine.  I'll be back with the same thing that I did two days ago."

            "Good enough."  Piper said.  She kissed Leo, and he orbed out.  Piper looked around the now empty house.  Phoebe, Cole, and Paige were at work.  Rachel was at school, and she had just sent Leo to talk to the elders.  She didn't have to be at the club at all that night, so all she had to do was hang around and catch up on things around the house.  She only had to make sure that Rachel got picked up from school.  Piper looked around again, then went upstairs to begin to do laundry.  Every fifteen minutes Piper would look over at a clock, hoping that it was 2:30.  When it finally was time to go and get Rachel, Piper closed her computer, and left.  She waited on the top of the hill, waiting for Rachel to come running over it.  There were other parents sitting on the hoods of their cars too.  Piper often had the urge to go over and talk to them.  Everyday it was the same people, in the same order.  The faces were familiar.  When they saw each other in a super market, they would politely smile, and continue on. 

            "Mom!"  Rachel called out, as she did everyday.  Piper was pulled out of her reverie.  Rachel came running over the hill, only today she wasn't alone.  There was another little girl running beside her.  "Mom, can Kelly come over today?"  She asked, stopping in front of the car.  Piper thought.  The demonic activity was getting smaller, and there wasn't anything else holding her back.

            "Did you ask her mom?" Piper said.

            "No," Rachel sheepishly said.

            "Well then, let's go ask together.  Kelly, where is your mom parked?"  Piper asked.  She leaned over and pulled the keys out of the ignition. Kelly, a quiet girl, pointed to an area on the other end of the parking lot.  Piper took Rachel's hand, and Kelly stood beside Rachel, as the three walked across the play ground.  Kelly stopped in front of a car, where a young woman sat in the driver's seat.  "Are you Kelly's mother?" Piper asked, suddenly feeling old.

            "Yes.  My name is Samantha Williams." She said.  Noticing another woman's presence, she quickly got out of the car.  Piper noticed that she was not as young as she looked. 

            "I'm Piper Wyatt. My daughter Rachel wanted to know if it was ok if Kelly could come over and play for a couple of hours."

            Samantha turned to her daughter, "Kel, do you have any homework?"  She asked.  Kelly shook her head.  Samantha held out her hand, and Kelly handed Samantha her empty backpack.  "Is it all right with you?"  Samantha said, turning to Piper.

            "Yeah, it's fine with me."

            "Ok, I'll pick her up at six, is that ok?"

            "Sounds good."  Piper was liking this.

            "Bye Kelly, I'll see you soon."  Kelly stood on her tippy toes, and gave her mother a hug.  She then went over to Rachel.  She waved as they went back over to Piper's car. 

            "Do you guys want anything for snack?"  Piper asked when they got home.

            "Nope!"  Rachel said.  Kelly shook her head no.

            "Ok, well, what do you guys want to do?"

            "Can we play in my room?"  Rachel asked.  When Piper realized that Rachel was going to be there for a very long time, she decided to turn the guest room into Rachel's room.  They went out and bought her bunk beds, and other niceties for a six year old.

            "Yeah sure.  I'm going to be in my office working if you need me."  Piper said.

            "K!"  Rachel said, she ran up the stairs, with Kelly following close.  Piper watched them run, and then turned to her computer. 

            "Hey sweetie!"  Leo said, orbing in.

            "LEO!  What are you doing?  You should have waited.  Rachel's got a friend here."  Piper said.

            "Don't worry, I checked first.  They are both playing in Rachel's room, which means they cant see you in the office.

            "Just wait, or orb in the garage next time."  Piper said.

            "Ok.  I got good news for you."

            "What did they say?  Was I right?"

            "If you were right, then I would have bad news.  But, for the record, neither of us were right.  The demons just have a different target."  Leo said.

            "Different target?"

            "Apparently, there is an extra powerful witch somewhere back east.  Making you less desirable targets."

            "That is excellent news.  See, I was right, in a sense.  You did come back with new news.  Now, why didn't you tell me this earlier?"

            "They just now told me."

            "I wish they would tell you these things earlier."

            "Me too."

            "This calls for a celebration, we should go out tonight."  Piper decided.

            "I like that idea."

            "Good, because you are going to call Phoebe and Paige, tell them the good news, and tell them about dinner.  And tell Phoebe that obviously Cole can come."

            "And what about Jason?"  Leo asked.  After he found out the truth, Jason decided to stick around, and he and Paige were still dating.

            "Of course!  With as steady as those two are going…"  Piper's voice began to trail off.  She looked at her computer where she just got an email.  Her eyes grew, and she raced over to where the computer was.  "YES!"  She screamed after she opened it.

            "What?"  Leo asked.

            "This has been a good day.  First your news, then I scored Matchbox 20!  They'll be at P3 next month!  Even though they are getting old, I'll still get a big crowd." Piper said.  She went over to Leo, and gave him a big kiss.

            "Ohh… you should have good days more often."  He said.

            "Go call.  I got to make more arrangements with the manager.  Go." Piper said, pushing Leo out the door.

            "PIPER!!!"  Phoebe said, when she came home an hour later.  She was bursting with excitement.  "This is too cool.  It's what we've always wanted."  She said, running into the office.

            "I know.  I almost didn't believe Leo at first.  But just one look and I could see that he wasn't joking.  I feel sorry for this other one.  The burden is on her, rather than on us.  If she doesn't make it, they're back to us. And we were three, in a kind of support system.  According to Leo, she's just one."  Phoebe and Piper continued to talk for a while.  When Cole got home, he joined in too, adding his opinion from an ex-demon stand point.  When the door bell rang a while later Piper looked up at the clock.  A couple minutes before six.  She then looked at the response to the Matchbox 20 manger she had started almost an hour before.  "Could you get that for me Pheebs?  It's probably Kelly's mom."  Phoebe looked at Piper oddly, then went to get the door.

            "I'm sorry, do I have the wrong house?"  Samantha asked.  She checked the house number.  Samantha was expecting for Piper to answer the door.

            "Depends on who you are looking for."  Phoebe said.

            "My daughter Kelly."

            "You might.  Was she playing with Rachel?"

            "Yeah."

            "Then you're at the right house."  Phoebe said, she ushered Samantha in, and closed the door behind her.

"You're not Piper."  Samantha commented.

            "No, no, I'm not.  Actually, I'm Piper's sister Phoebe."  Phoebe extended her hand for Samantha to shake.  Samantha took it.

            "Samantha.  I'm Kelly's mom."

            "Oh hey, um I think they are up in Rachel's room."

            "Ok, is Piper here, I need to talk to her a second."

            "Yeah, she's in there."  Phoebe said, pointing to the office.  Samantha nodded, and followed Phoebe's point.  Phoebe ran up the stairs to get Kelly and Rachel.  Only a few seconds later they were all in the office.

            "We better be going.  I'll talk to later Piper."  Samantha said, taking Kelly's hand.

            "Sounds good.  Bye Kelly." Piper said.

            "Bye Kelly!!!"  Rachel said, waving and Samantha and Kelly.

            "Rachel, go get changed for a nice dinner."  Piper instructed. 

            "Me too?"  Phoebe said.

            "Please, like you're not dressed up now."  Piper joked. 

            "When are we going?"  Cole asked.

            "Where are we going?"  Phoebe asked.

            "Ahh!  One question at a time.  As soon as Paige gets here with Jason, we will be going to that new one by the club.  Leo called ahead and got us reservations."

            Phoebe clapped her hands, and ran up the stairs.  Cole smiled, and quickly followed his wife.  (They had gotten married not long after Piper's birthday. A short engagement.  A small wedding).  Paige came in with Jason laughing.  Piper came into the foyer to greet them.  "Hey."  She said.

            "Hey, when are we leaving?"  Paige asked.

            "When they are ready to go."  Piper said. 

            "You're going in that?"  Paige asked, pointing to Piper's outfit.  Piper looked down at what she was wearing.

            "Ohhhh no, no, no, no.  I'll be right back."  Piper ran up the stairs.

            "That's cute."  Jason commented.  "Taking care of everyone else that you forget about yourself.  You know, I'm like that."  Jason lied, and Paige knew it.  She gave him a playful slap, then leaned in close and gave him a kiss.  Rachel came running down the stairs.

            "Auntie Paige, why are we going to dinner?"  She asked.

            "Ah. We have much to celebrate."

            "Like what?"

            "Demons are going after someone else now, and not us.  That is what we are celebrating."

            "Cool."

            "Way cool."

            Diner was an enjoyable affair.  With so much to celebrate, no one had anything to complain about.  When they got back to the manor after wards, Paige pulled Piper and Leo aside.  They had just put Rachel to bed, and were about to go to bed themselves.

            "Ok, you guys know how the biggest thing holding the adoption back, was the search for her dad?"  Paige asked.

            "Yeah."  Piper said.

            "No."  Leo said.

            "Well, you do now.  Anyway, we have been looking for almost three months, which is our give up point.  Meaning, there is just a lot more paper to sign, and a meeting with a judge, and it will be official.  Of course, if the dad shows up, he's allowed to a hearing to gain custody.  But those are rare, and the adoptive parents usually win.  There are like two cases of like 100 where they don't."  Paige said, she looked over at Piper and Leo.  Piper couldn't say anything.  Instead, she just went over and hugged Paige.  Jason looked on holding back a laugh.  Paige had this look of total confusion, and that she wanted to push Piper off. Piper meanwhile was crying.  The words to express her gratitude just didn't exist.  Leo was also standing in a corner, with a few tears escaping down his cheek.

            "Thank you Paige."  Piper whispered.

            "Oh, anything for my sister."  Paige replied.  "I still need you guys to come in soon and sign all those papers, and set a court date." 

            "When?"

            "Piper, we'll deal with this tomorrow.  Ok?"

            "Yeah.  Tomorrow."  Piper said, she absentmindedly walked up the stairs, with Leo following her.