Chapter 5
"Paige, Phoebe, Jersey dinner!" Piper called. She set the food in the center of the table. "Thanks for setting the table Jamie." Piper said. Jamie smiled.
"Your welcome!" She said happily. She sat down at the table, and Piper sat beside her. Paige came into the kitchen. "I thought Jersey was helping you cook too." Paige exclaimed. "Her and Jamie got in a fight, so Phoebe took her upstairs, Jersey's pretty interested in magic." Piper said. Paige nodded understandingly and took her seat. "Phoebe, Jersey!" Piper called again, setting a bowl of food on the table. "Coming!" Phoebe yelled. Her and Jersey made their way down the stairs. Jamie and Jersey glared at each other. Jersey sat at the opposite end of the table, not realizing that they would be close to each other anyway. The door opened, and Leo and Cole walked in with gigantic smiles creased on their faces. "Where have you been?" Phoebe asked, sitting down next to Jersey. Cole sat down next to Phoebe, and Leo sat next to Piper. Paige sat at the head of the table. "Really, you guys have been gone for like ever." Paige said. Cole and Leo had big smiles on their faces. "Jamie, I wanna be friends again, this is no fun." Jersey said. Phoebe looked at Piper as if to say 'aren't they adorable'. Jamie nodded. "You guys weren't friends?" Leo asked, confused. Jersey looked up at Leo with a look that said 'where have you been?'. Piper whispered something in Leo's ear and he nodded. "K, but you have to promise to let me stir next time." Jamie said. Jersey nodded. "Cole and I have a surprise for you guys after dinner." Leo said. Jamie and Jersey smiled at eachother, then gave their full attention to Leo and Cole.
"What is it?" Jamie asked, the cheerful smile not fading from her joyful face. "If we told you, it wouldn't be a surprise." Cole said. Jamie laughed. Jersey looked up at Cole. "After we eat, can it not be a surprise?" Jersey asked. The whole table laughed, except for Jersey and Jamie, who didn't find the question that amusing. "Yeah, that's what we were planning on." Cole said. Jersey smiled, and began to eat her food faster.
"Cole?" Jersey called Cole turned around. "Yeah?" He asked. "Can we have our surprise now?" Jamie asked, putting her plate in the dishwasher. "Yeah, Leo lets go. We'll be right back." Cole said. Leo and Cole went out the front door, and when they returned, Phoebe, Piper, Paige, Jamie and Jersey were waiting for them. Leo pulled two tee-balls out of the bag. Jamie and Jersey smiled. "Wow, thanks Leo!" They thanked, then they looked confused. "But Cole said you needed mitts to play, and a bat." Jersey said. Jamie nodded. Cole reached behind him and handed them two mitts. He gave an all tan one to Jamie, and a black and tan one to Jersey. "Thanks Cole!" Jersey said, she hugged Cole and Leo, and Jamie did the same. "Can we go out in the yard and play catch?" Jamie asked. Piper nodded. The twins started to run excitedly to the front door. "You're forgetting something." Leo said. Jersey turned around, and Jamie stopped. "What?" Jersey asked. Leo and Cole smiled. Leo held a small bat in his hand, and Cole held a stand for the ball. "One of you can hit it, and the other one can catch." Cole explained. Jersey ran and got the bat, Jamie got the stand. "Thank you!" Jamie said. Jersey nodded. "Hey Jamie, I bet I can hit it farther then you." Jersey said. Jamie shook her head. "Yeah right." Jamie said. The two girls walked outside, struggling to carry all of their new stuff. "Awe, guys that was really sweet." Paige complemented. Piper and Phoebe nodded. "Now, Phoebe, be reasonable." Piper said. Phoebe shook her head. Paige looked at Piper and Phoebe with disbelief. "You guys, lets give it a break already!" Paige exclaimed. Piper shook her head. "Does Cole even know?" Piper asked. Phoebe nodded. "Do I know what?" Cole asked, Phoebe moved over by Cole, and sat on his lap. "You and Phoebe wanna adopt Jamie and Jersey." Piper replied, hoping Cole's answer would be no. Cole shook his head yes. "Actually, I was the one that mentioned it." Cole said, nodding his head. "I know, how about one of you take Jamie, and one of you take Jersey." Paige joked. Piper thought for a second. "That is a good idea." Piper said. Paige looked disturbed. "You can't be serious, Piper you can't split them up." Paige said. Phoebe looked at Cole. "Technically, we wouldn't be splitting them up. They'd live in the same house." Phoebe said. Leo and Cole nodded. Paige stood up. "I don't think they'd even let me do that!" Paige said. "Why not?" Cole asked. Paige looked Cole in the eye. "You're splitting up sisters, Cole, not puppies, sisters." Paige said. Piper rolled her eyes. "They'd let you, Paige it's just who is there legal guardian. They'd have the same address, they'd probably even share a room." Piper said. Cole looked at Leo. "We're, we're going to go play with Jamie and Jersey." Leo said. Cole nodded, and went out the front door with Leo. "You guys, you figure this out. Think about, your weird idea, reasonably. I guess, I guess maybe I'd do it, but I'm not getting in the middle. I'm out of here." Paige said. She orbed out of the manor. "That's new. So Pheebs, lets discus." Piper said. Phoebe rolled her eyes, but agreed by nodding.
"Nice catch!" Leo complemented. "If we were playing for real you'd be out." Jamie said to Jersey, who had made the good catch. Jersey stood by the stand with her bat. Cole showed Jersey how to correctly swing the bat. She tried it again, and hit it pretty far for a girl her age. Jamie chased after the ball. "If we were playing for real, you'd suck." Jersey said. "Hey, be nice." Cole scolded, fighting back a laugh. "I was just kidding. Jamie your turn." Jersey replied. Setting the bat down. Jamie put the ball on the tee, and was about to swing, when a limo and a squad car arrived at the manor. A lady got out of the car, and Cole and Leo were horrified to find out that it was Mary. "Jamie, Jersey, go inside with Piper and Phoebe." Leo said. Jamie and Jersey obeyed, and went inside the house. "I knew it! They kidnapped Jessie and Justine!" Mary screamed. Cole and Leo exclaimed worried glances, and they walked up to meet the officers who accompanied Mary. "What's going on here?" Leo asked. The officer looked accusingly at Leo. "How about you tell me buddy?" The first officer asked. "What are you talking about?" Cole asked. The second officer stepped up to Cole. "What do you think you are doing, kidnapping two girls, there only six, and telling them that Ms. Kline is evil?" The second officer asked. Cole took a step closer to the second officer. "Look, I don't know what bull shit lie she told you, but she tried to hurt them. Paige Mathews their supervisor assigned them to live with us. She's my wife's sister." Cole said. The second officer looked up at Cole. "Do you have any proof of that sir, Ms, Kline has the proper papers stating that she has another three weeks with Jessica and Justine." The officer said. "Their names are Jamie and Jersey, GET IT RIGHT!" Cole yelled, half looking at Mary. Mary smirked secretly, if she couldn't get them supernaturally, she'd get them the mortal way. "I want to see my sweethearts right away." Mary said, putting on a heck of an act. Leo pulled Cole back. "Officer, Paige Mathews is right inside, you should go talk to her." Leo said. The officer nodded, and made their way to the door. "Paige Mathews?" The first officer called inside the house, that Jamie and Jersey forgot to close the door. Piper came to the door. "I'm uh, sorry, she's not home, is there something I need to tell her?" Piper asked, not aware of the present situation. "Do you guys practice this, it's getting kind of old." The first officer said. "What are you talking about?" Piper asked. "Maim, please step aside, we have to return the girls to their legal home now." The second officer said, stepping inside. Piper stepped aside. "Where's their legal home?" Piper asked, getting more and more confused by the second. "With Mary Kline, their assigned foster parent." The first officer answered. "What, there must be a mistake, she tried to hurt them." Piper said. The officer rolled her eyes. Jamie and Jersey went to the door. "Phoebe said she wanted to talk to you, wow! Are you policemen?" Jersey started, then got sidetracked. The officers smiled and nodded. "We've come to take you home." The officer said. Piper stepped in-between Jersey, Jamie and the officers. "There is no way in hell they are going back there." Piper said. "Where?" Mr., we really don't have a home. Our closest home is here. Their nice to us." Jamie exclaimed from behind Piper. "Mary Kline wants you to come live with her again, Ms. Mathews wanted you to live there." The first officer exclaimed. "No, Paige let us live here. She lives here. Mary doesn't even call us the right names." Jersey argued. The second officer looked at the first, who signaled for him to move Piper. "Maim, I'm going to have to ask you to step aside." The second officer said. "What, No, Phoebe, Phoebe!" Piper called. "No, no you don't understand, they can't go back there. Paige, Paige Mathews is my sister, she's my sister and me and my other sister are going to adopt them, and Paige is going to help us." Piper argued, fighting the officer, suddenly, she realized she was a witch, and tried to freeze them, but surprisingly, it didn't work. She struggled to get away from the officer's grasp, when she noticed Mary was watching, mumbling something under her breath. "Phoebe! PHOEBE!" Piper yelled. "Jessie, Justine, come with me, we'll take you home." The officer said, reaching out his hand. "Why does everybody keep calling us that?" Jamie wondered out loud. Jersey and Jamie ran into the other room to get Phoebe. Piper smiled, Phoebe wouldn't let anything happen to them. The officer handcuffed Piper. "What the hell? I didn't do anything." Piper said. She tried to freeze them again, without facing them, but that didn't work either. She notice Mary was still mumbling something. The first officer walked into the house. "You can't go in there, not without a warrant!" Piper said, thinking she had got them. The officer smiled.
"Don't sweat it, we've got it." He said, pulling a warrant out of his pocket. Piper tried to get loose again, trying everything she could. Even blowing them up, but that wasn't working either.
"Paige! Paige get back here!" Phoebe yelled, going out the back door with Jersey and Jamie. Paige obviously couldn't hear Phoebe's calls like Leo could. She opened the door, and discovered a third officer waiting for her. "Jersey, Jamie, go um, go get Cole." Phoebe ordered. Jersey looked at Jamie. The first officer walked into the room, and trapped Phoebe and the twins. "Jess, err, Jamie, Jersey, Mary wants to see you again, don't you want to see her?" The officer asked. Jersey reached out toward Phoebe, and Phoebe hugged her.
"Shh, honey it's ok, can you blink out?" Phoebe whispered in her ear. Jersey shook her head.
" I already tried." Jersey said, tears streaming down her cheeks. Jamie started crying too. "I don't want to go back there. She's evil." Jamie said. The officer picked her up, despite her struggles. "I don't want to, put me down!" Jamie yelled, Phoebe tried to do something, even levitate but she didn't even raise an inch. "Officer, you don't understand, PAIGE IS ARE SISTER!" Phoebe said. "You've got that one down pat." The officer said. He grabbed Jersey too, She stuck her hand out, trying to shock him, but she didn't even get a spark. "Phoebe, I can't do it anymore." Jersey said, trying to get away from officer number one. Jersey's tear streaked face looked helpless, as he carried her away. Phoebe also started to cry, struggling to get away from the third cop. "Cole! COLE! DO SOMETHING!" Phoebe yelled, hoping her husband heard her from outside. The officer carried Jersey and Jamie out to the limo. Cole realized violence wasn't going to work. "Just check Paige Mathews address, please?" Cole asked desperately. "Yeah!" Jamie agreed from inside the limo. "If she says so, then let us not live with Mary, she's evil." Jersey begged. The cop looked at Jersey. "She is not evil." The officer corrected. Jersey shook her head. "Yes she is! She even tried to make me drink this stuff, but the other man made me drink it anyway, then I got sick and-" Jersey got cut off by the limo door slamming. "What have you been telling this kid?" The officer asked. "Just check the address, please?" Leo reasoned. "Fine, in the meantime, Jersey and Jamie are going to live with Mary." The officer said. Mary looked up at the officer. "Isn't it Jessie?" Mary asked. Cole looked at the officer. "Doesn't that tell you anything? The old broad doesn't even know their names!" Cole yelled. "Do you want me to check the address or not?" The officer asked. Cole looked at Jersey and Jamie, trying to get out of the car. "Hurry up." Cole said, going inside the manor. The limo drove away, and Leo watched Jamie and Jersey's teary faces, fade away in the back of the poorly tinted window. He felt tears of his own, run down the curves as his cheek, he tried to orb up to the elders, but he couldn't. He ran inside the manor.
"Paige, Phoebe, Jersey dinner!" Piper called. She set the food in the center of the table. "Thanks for setting the table Jamie." Piper said. Jamie smiled.
"Your welcome!" She said happily. She sat down at the table, and Piper sat beside her. Paige came into the kitchen. "I thought Jersey was helping you cook too." Paige exclaimed. "Her and Jamie got in a fight, so Phoebe took her upstairs, Jersey's pretty interested in magic." Piper said. Paige nodded understandingly and took her seat. "Phoebe, Jersey!" Piper called again, setting a bowl of food on the table. "Coming!" Phoebe yelled. Her and Jersey made their way down the stairs. Jamie and Jersey glared at each other. Jersey sat at the opposite end of the table, not realizing that they would be close to each other anyway. The door opened, and Leo and Cole walked in with gigantic smiles creased on their faces. "Where have you been?" Phoebe asked, sitting down next to Jersey. Cole sat down next to Phoebe, and Leo sat next to Piper. Paige sat at the head of the table. "Really, you guys have been gone for like ever." Paige said. Cole and Leo had big smiles on their faces. "Jamie, I wanna be friends again, this is no fun." Jersey said. Phoebe looked at Piper as if to say 'aren't they adorable'. Jamie nodded. "You guys weren't friends?" Leo asked, confused. Jersey looked up at Leo with a look that said 'where have you been?'. Piper whispered something in Leo's ear and he nodded. "K, but you have to promise to let me stir next time." Jamie said. Jersey nodded. "Cole and I have a surprise for you guys after dinner." Leo said. Jamie and Jersey smiled at eachother, then gave their full attention to Leo and Cole.
"What is it?" Jamie asked, the cheerful smile not fading from her joyful face. "If we told you, it wouldn't be a surprise." Cole said. Jamie laughed. Jersey looked up at Cole. "After we eat, can it not be a surprise?" Jersey asked. The whole table laughed, except for Jersey and Jamie, who didn't find the question that amusing. "Yeah, that's what we were planning on." Cole said. Jersey smiled, and began to eat her food faster.
"Cole?" Jersey called Cole turned around. "Yeah?" He asked. "Can we have our surprise now?" Jamie asked, putting her plate in the dishwasher. "Yeah, Leo lets go. We'll be right back." Cole said. Leo and Cole went out the front door, and when they returned, Phoebe, Piper, Paige, Jamie and Jersey were waiting for them. Leo pulled two tee-balls out of the bag. Jamie and Jersey smiled. "Wow, thanks Leo!" They thanked, then they looked confused. "But Cole said you needed mitts to play, and a bat." Jersey said. Jamie nodded. Cole reached behind him and handed them two mitts. He gave an all tan one to Jamie, and a black and tan one to Jersey. "Thanks Cole!" Jersey said, she hugged Cole and Leo, and Jamie did the same. "Can we go out in the yard and play catch?" Jamie asked. Piper nodded. The twins started to run excitedly to the front door. "You're forgetting something." Leo said. Jersey turned around, and Jamie stopped. "What?" Jersey asked. Leo and Cole smiled. Leo held a small bat in his hand, and Cole held a stand for the ball. "One of you can hit it, and the other one can catch." Cole explained. Jersey ran and got the bat, Jamie got the stand. "Thank you!" Jamie said. Jersey nodded. "Hey Jamie, I bet I can hit it farther then you." Jersey said. Jamie shook her head. "Yeah right." Jamie said. The two girls walked outside, struggling to carry all of their new stuff. "Awe, guys that was really sweet." Paige complemented. Piper and Phoebe nodded. "Now, Phoebe, be reasonable." Piper said. Phoebe shook her head. Paige looked at Piper and Phoebe with disbelief. "You guys, lets give it a break already!" Paige exclaimed. Piper shook her head. "Does Cole even know?" Piper asked. Phoebe nodded. "Do I know what?" Cole asked, Phoebe moved over by Cole, and sat on his lap. "You and Phoebe wanna adopt Jamie and Jersey." Piper replied, hoping Cole's answer would be no. Cole shook his head yes. "Actually, I was the one that mentioned it." Cole said, nodding his head. "I know, how about one of you take Jamie, and one of you take Jersey." Paige joked. Piper thought for a second. "That is a good idea." Piper said. Paige looked disturbed. "You can't be serious, Piper you can't split them up." Paige said. Phoebe looked at Cole. "Technically, we wouldn't be splitting them up. They'd live in the same house." Phoebe said. Leo and Cole nodded. Paige stood up. "I don't think they'd even let me do that!" Paige said. "Why not?" Cole asked. Paige looked Cole in the eye. "You're splitting up sisters, Cole, not puppies, sisters." Paige said. Piper rolled her eyes. "They'd let you, Paige it's just who is there legal guardian. They'd have the same address, they'd probably even share a room." Piper said. Cole looked at Leo. "We're, we're going to go play with Jamie and Jersey." Leo said. Cole nodded, and went out the front door with Leo. "You guys, you figure this out. Think about, your weird idea, reasonably. I guess, I guess maybe I'd do it, but I'm not getting in the middle. I'm out of here." Paige said. She orbed out of the manor. "That's new. So Pheebs, lets discus." Piper said. Phoebe rolled her eyes, but agreed by nodding.
"Nice catch!" Leo complemented. "If we were playing for real you'd be out." Jamie said to Jersey, who had made the good catch. Jersey stood by the stand with her bat. Cole showed Jersey how to correctly swing the bat. She tried it again, and hit it pretty far for a girl her age. Jamie chased after the ball. "If we were playing for real, you'd suck." Jersey said. "Hey, be nice." Cole scolded, fighting back a laugh. "I was just kidding. Jamie your turn." Jersey replied. Setting the bat down. Jamie put the ball on the tee, and was about to swing, when a limo and a squad car arrived at the manor. A lady got out of the car, and Cole and Leo were horrified to find out that it was Mary. "Jamie, Jersey, go inside with Piper and Phoebe." Leo said. Jamie and Jersey obeyed, and went inside the house. "I knew it! They kidnapped Jessie and Justine!" Mary screamed. Cole and Leo exclaimed worried glances, and they walked up to meet the officers who accompanied Mary. "What's going on here?" Leo asked. The officer looked accusingly at Leo. "How about you tell me buddy?" The first officer asked. "What are you talking about?" Cole asked. The second officer stepped up to Cole. "What do you think you are doing, kidnapping two girls, there only six, and telling them that Ms. Kline is evil?" The second officer asked. Cole took a step closer to the second officer. "Look, I don't know what bull shit lie she told you, but she tried to hurt them. Paige Mathews their supervisor assigned them to live with us. She's my wife's sister." Cole said. The second officer looked up at Cole. "Do you have any proof of that sir, Ms, Kline has the proper papers stating that she has another three weeks with Jessica and Justine." The officer said. "Their names are Jamie and Jersey, GET IT RIGHT!" Cole yelled, half looking at Mary. Mary smirked secretly, if she couldn't get them supernaturally, she'd get them the mortal way. "I want to see my sweethearts right away." Mary said, putting on a heck of an act. Leo pulled Cole back. "Officer, Paige Mathews is right inside, you should go talk to her." Leo said. The officer nodded, and made their way to the door. "Paige Mathews?" The first officer called inside the house, that Jamie and Jersey forgot to close the door. Piper came to the door. "I'm uh, sorry, she's not home, is there something I need to tell her?" Piper asked, not aware of the present situation. "Do you guys practice this, it's getting kind of old." The first officer said. "What are you talking about?" Piper asked. "Maim, please step aside, we have to return the girls to their legal home now." The second officer said, stepping inside. Piper stepped aside. "Where's their legal home?" Piper asked, getting more and more confused by the second. "With Mary Kline, their assigned foster parent." The first officer answered. "What, there must be a mistake, she tried to hurt them." Piper said. The officer rolled her eyes. Jamie and Jersey went to the door. "Phoebe said she wanted to talk to you, wow! Are you policemen?" Jersey started, then got sidetracked. The officers smiled and nodded. "We've come to take you home." The officer said. Piper stepped in-between Jersey, Jamie and the officers. "There is no way in hell they are going back there." Piper said. "Where?" Mr., we really don't have a home. Our closest home is here. Their nice to us." Jamie exclaimed from behind Piper. "Mary Kline wants you to come live with her again, Ms. Mathews wanted you to live there." The first officer exclaimed. "No, Paige let us live here. She lives here. Mary doesn't even call us the right names." Jersey argued. The second officer looked at the first, who signaled for him to move Piper. "Maim, I'm going to have to ask you to step aside." The second officer said. "What, No, Phoebe, Phoebe!" Piper called. "No, no you don't understand, they can't go back there. Paige, Paige Mathews is my sister, she's my sister and me and my other sister are going to adopt them, and Paige is going to help us." Piper argued, fighting the officer, suddenly, she realized she was a witch, and tried to freeze them, but surprisingly, it didn't work. She struggled to get away from the officer's grasp, when she noticed Mary was watching, mumbling something under her breath. "Phoebe! PHOEBE!" Piper yelled. "Jessie, Justine, come with me, we'll take you home." The officer said, reaching out his hand. "Why does everybody keep calling us that?" Jamie wondered out loud. Jersey and Jamie ran into the other room to get Phoebe. Piper smiled, Phoebe wouldn't let anything happen to them. The officer handcuffed Piper. "What the hell? I didn't do anything." Piper said. She tried to freeze them again, without facing them, but that didn't work either. She notice Mary was still mumbling something. The first officer walked into the house. "You can't go in there, not without a warrant!" Piper said, thinking she had got them. The officer smiled.
"Don't sweat it, we've got it." He said, pulling a warrant out of his pocket. Piper tried to get loose again, trying everything she could. Even blowing them up, but that wasn't working either.
"Paige! Paige get back here!" Phoebe yelled, going out the back door with Jersey and Jamie. Paige obviously couldn't hear Phoebe's calls like Leo could. She opened the door, and discovered a third officer waiting for her. "Jersey, Jamie, go um, go get Cole." Phoebe ordered. Jersey looked at Jamie. The first officer walked into the room, and trapped Phoebe and the twins. "Jess, err, Jamie, Jersey, Mary wants to see you again, don't you want to see her?" The officer asked. Jersey reached out toward Phoebe, and Phoebe hugged her.
"Shh, honey it's ok, can you blink out?" Phoebe whispered in her ear. Jersey shook her head.
" I already tried." Jersey said, tears streaming down her cheeks. Jamie started crying too. "I don't want to go back there. She's evil." Jamie said. The officer picked her up, despite her struggles. "I don't want to, put me down!" Jamie yelled, Phoebe tried to do something, even levitate but she didn't even raise an inch. "Officer, you don't understand, PAIGE IS ARE SISTER!" Phoebe said. "You've got that one down pat." The officer said. He grabbed Jersey too, She stuck her hand out, trying to shock him, but she didn't even get a spark. "Phoebe, I can't do it anymore." Jersey said, trying to get away from officer number one. Jersey's tear streaked face looked helpless, as he carried her away. Phoebe also started to cry, struggling to get away from the third cop. "Cole! COLE! DO SOMETHING!" Phoebe yelled, hoping her husband heard her from outside. The officer carried Jersey and Jamie out to the limo. Cole realized violence wasn't going to work. "Just check Paige Mathews address, please?" Cole asked desperately. "Yeah!" Jamie agreed from inside the limo. "If she says so, then let us not live with Mary, she's evil." Jersey begged. The cop looked at Jersey. "She is not evil." The officer corrected. Jersey shook her head. "Yes she is! She even tried to make me drink this stuff, but the other man made me drink it anyway, then I got sick and-" Jersey got cut off by the limo door slamming. "What have you been telling this kid?" The officer asked. "Just check the address, please?" Leo reasoned. "Fine, in the meantime, Jersey and Jamie are going to live with Mary." The officer said. Mary looked up at the officer. "Isn't it Jessie?" Mary asked. Cole looked at the officer. "Doesn't that tell you anything? The old broad doesn't even know their names!" Cole yelled. "Do you want me to check the address or not?" The officer asked. Cole looked at Jersey and Jamie, trying to get out of the car. "Hurry up." Cole said, going inside the manor. The limo drove away, and Leo watched Jamie and Jersey's teary faces, fade away in the back of the poorly tinted window. He felt tears of his own, run down the curves as his cheek, he tried to orb up to the elders, but he couldn't. He ran inside the manor.
