Chapter IV
After another couple of hours spent in bed, Phoebe finally decided to get up and sluggishly walk downstairs before the whole family had to come up and start questioning her.
Put on her best happy face, she walked down to the kitchen. Pour herself a cup of coffee, just as Piper walked in with grocery bags in her arms.
"Hey, look who's up."
"Hey, well I have to get up sometime eventually." She gave Piper a small smile, and then took a sip of her coffee.
"So who's the mystery guy last night?" Piper suddenly asked, with a little smirked on her face.
"Excuse me?" Phoebe looked up with a big confused expression on her face. Suddenly the memory rushed back, as Phoebe eyes widened. In that instant, she tried to hide it so Piper wouldn't suspect anything.
"The one that you pushed down when I popped in." Piper refreshed her memory.
"Oh, yeah. He's just a friend." Phoebe lied. Though she knew it was a stupid cover up. *Damn! A friend? How stupid can you be? Who sleeps with their friends? * She cursed herself.
"A friend? You have sex with friends now?" Piper squealed looking astounded at her little sister.
"No." Phoebe hesitated "He's just someone I just met two weeks ago."
"Oh, well. As long as he pleases you happy." Piper joked, and then geekly snickered at her own joke. While Phoebe giving Piper a funny look.
"Yeah…" Phoebe muttered, taking another sip of coffee. She then cleared her throat and changed the subject. "So, uh, don't you have to go to the club today?"
"Um hmm," She replied before swallowing done her coffee. "Can you help me with the club today?
"Yeah sure. What time do you need me?"
" Around one, here go ahead and use my car," Piper handed Phoebe the keys car, " I'll have Leo orb me.
"Ok, well, later." Phoebe said skipping off to the living room with the mug of coffee in hand.
Piper then rushed up stairs to get Leo to orb her away, while Paige hopping down the stair in her flannel pajamas, with a lollipop in her mouth looking like a five-year- old.
"Hey, Pheebs." Paige greeted in her jolliest voice.
"Hey!" Phoebe greeted back, turning to see a Paige in a yellow ducky jammie, with frizzy hair and a lollipop on her hand. "Oh, too much candies for you."
"No, no" Paige shook her head like a little kid. "I just happy because I get a day off today!"
"Oh, yay! Finally!"
"Yeah, but I'm going to spend it with Glenn. He's going to pick me up at two, we're gonna hang out at his new apartment." Paige said with lack of enthusiasm, and then slopped down onto the couch next to Phoebe, who's comfortably sitting with her legs on the table.
"So that's a good thing or bad thing?" Phoebe asked.
"Oh, it's good. It's just that I wanted to have one day just one day to myself you know? I need some me time!" Paige explained, hand gesturing around her chest.
"Well, you can have some time to yourself for a several hours before Glenn comes, I have to go to the club anyway."
"Oh, that'll be so great, thanks so much. I love you." Paige praised, as she gave Phoebe a bear hug, which almost suffocated her, and kissed her on the cheek. Then hopped back up stairs happily.
Looking toward the stairs, she thought to herself, " there goes my sister", she didn't feel right keeping secrets from them. Not something that's *this* big. But, of course this was not the first time.
She remembered two years ago, when Prue had found out about Cole, what she'd done. It took quite a while to regain her trust again. She remembered all the guilt and culpabilities that were pressuring her, making she felt like she was standing at the edge of the cliff wanting to fall off. Now here she is again, doing the same thing she'd done two years ago. When will she learn her lesson? But now she can't seem to just let herself fall because she's felt like someone's there to hold her back, held onto her tightly and wouldn't let her fall. Someone strong, full of passion, and protective.
Let out a long tiresome sigh she turned her attention back to the television, losing herself into the TV show, Bewitched, already forgotten what she'd told Paige.
Hours later, sweeping the floor of P'3, Piper stared down at her watch. It passed one, and Phoebe hasn't arrived. "Where in the world is that girl?" Piper talked to herself. Putting the broom down, she walked to the bar to get the phone. Dialed the manor, and no answers. She left a message, then return back to the delightful day of chores.
Hopping down the century old stairwell in light pink satin robe humming a happy tune. Coming down to check the message machine, she found the TV was still on, and the remote on in the hand of a restful Phoebe, reclined comfortably on the couch.
"Phoebe!" Paige hollered, "Phoebe!"
"Huh?" Twist and turned, Phoebe waved her hand in the air, indicating for Paige to go away.
"Phoebe, get up!" Paige ordered. "You have to go to the club!"
"What?" She murmured, with her eyes tight shut while sitting up.
"You promised Piper you'll help her with the club."
"What time is it?"
"It's 1:38."
Getting up dozily, Phoebe wobbled up stairs to grab her purse. "Oh, Paige I am sorry, I didn't mean to fall asleep. I'll get out of your hair right now."
Before Paige could say anything, Phoebe disappeared into her room, then came rushing down into the front door and left.
Placing cups delicately on its rack, Piper nervously running all over the place to shift shape up the club. " Phoebe, I am going to kill you." Piper grumbled out loud.
"I am sooooo sorry," Came Phoebe shrieking in. "I didn't mean to over slept."
"You slept again? In 4 hours?" Piper dismissed her apology, "Are you sure nothing is the matter with you? Because normal people only sleep 7 hours a day."
"I perfectly fine, don't worry about me." Phoebe replied hastily, " Now what do you need me to do?"
"Can you count those straws over the counter and stack them up?"
"Yeah, sure." Phoebe walked behind the bar and start counting the straws, while Piper eyeing her suspiciously.
After another couple of hours spent in bed, Phoebe finally decided to get up and sluggishly walk downstairs before the whole family had to come up and start questioning her.
Put on her best happy face, she walked down to the kitchen. Pour herself a cup of coffee, just as Piper walked in with grocery bags in her arms.
"Hey, look who's up."
"Hey, well I have to get up sometime eventually." She gave Piper a small smile, and then took a sip of her coffee.
"So who's the mystery guy last night?" Piper suddenly asked, with a little smirked on her face.
"Excuse me?" Phoebe looked up with a big confused expression on her face. Suddenly the memory rushed back, as Phoebe eyes widened. In that instant, she tried to hide it so Piper wouldn't suspect anything.
"The one that you pushed down when I popped in." Piper refreshed her memory.
"Oh, yeah. He's just a friend." Phoebe lied. Though she knew it was a stupid cover up. *Damn! A friend? How stupid can you be? Who sleeps with their friends? * She cursed herself.
"A friend? You have sex with friends now?" Piper squealed looking astounded at her little sister.
"No." Phoebe hesitated "He's just someone I just met two weeks ago."
"Oh, well. As long as he pleases you happy." Piper joked, and then geekly snickered at her own joke. While Phoebe giving Piper a funny look.
"Yeah…" Phoebe muttered, taking another sip of coffee. She then cleared her throat and changed the subject. "So, uh, don't you have to go to the club today?"
"Um hmm," She replied before swallowing done her coffee. "Can you help me with the club today?
"Yeah sure. What time do you need me?"
" Around one, here go ahead and use my car," Piper handed Phoebe the keys car, " I'll have Leo orb me.
"Ok, well, later." Phoebe said skipping off to the living room with the mug of coffee in hand.
Piper then rushed up stairs to get Leo to orb her away, while Paige hopping down the stair in her flannel pajamas, with a lollipop in her mouth looking like a five-year- old.
"Hey, Pheebs." Paige greeted in her jolliest voice.
"Hey!" Phoebe greeted back, turning to see a Paige in a yellow ducky jammie, with frizzy hair and a lollipop on her hand. "Oh, too much candies for you."
"No, no" Paige shook her head like a little kid. "I just happy because I get a day off today!"
"Oh, yay! Finally!"
"Yeah, but I'm going to spend it with Glenn. He's going to pick me up at two, we're gonna hang out at his new apartment." Paige said with lack of enthusiasm, and then slopped down onto the couch next to Phoebe, who's comfortably sitting with her legs on the table.
"So that's a good thing or bad thing?" Phoebe asked.
"Oh, it's good. It's just that I wanted to have one day just one day to myself you know? I need some me time!" Paige explained, hand gesturing around her chest.
"Well, you can have some time to yourself for a several hours before Glenn comes, I have to go to the club anyway."
"Oh, that'll be so great, thanks so much. I love you." Paige praised, as she gave Phoebe a bear hug, which almost suffocated her, and kissed her on the cheek. Then hopped back up stairs happily.
Looking toward the stairs, she thought to herself, " there goes my sister", she didn't feel right keeping secrets from them. Not something that's *this* big. But, of course this was not the first time.
She remembered two years ago, when Prue had found out about Cole, what she'd done. It took quite a while to regain her trust again. She remembered all the guilt and culpabilities that were pressuring her, making she felt like she was standing at the edge of the cliff wanting to fall off. Now here she is again, doing the same thing she'd done two years ago. When will she learn her lesson? But now she can't seem to just let herself fall because she's felt like someone's there to hold her back, held onto her tightly and wouldn't let her fall. Someone strong, full of passion, and protective.
Let out a long tiresome sigh she turned her attention back to the television, losing herself into the TV show, Bewitched, already forgotten what she'd told Paige.
Hours later, sweeping the floor of P'3, Piper stared down at her watch. It passed one, and Phoebe hasn't arrived. "Where in the world is that girl?" Piper talked to herself. Putting the broom down, she walked to the bar to get the phone. Dialed the manor, and no answers. She left a message, then return back to the delightful day of chores.
Hopping down the century old stairwell in light pink satin robe humming a happy tune. Coming down to check the message machine, she found the TV was still on, and the remote on in the hand of a restful Phoebe, reclined comfortably on the couch.
"Phoebe!" Paige hollered, "Phoebe!"
"Huh?" Twist and turned, Phoebe waved her hand in the air, indicating for Paige to go away.
"Phoebe, get up!" Paige ordered. "You have to go to the club!"
"What?" She murmured, with her eyes tight shut while sitting up.
"You promised Piper you'll help her with the club."
"What time is it?"
"It's 1:38."
Getting up dozily, Phoebe wobbled up stairs to grab her purse. "Oh, Paige I am sorry, I didn't mean to fall asleep. I'll get out of your hair right now."
Before Paige could say anything, Phoebe disappeared into her room, then came rushing down into the front door and left.
Placing cups delicately on its rack, Piper nervously running all over the place to shift shape up the club. " Phoebe, I am going to kill you." Piper grumbled out loud.
"I am sooooo sorry," Came Phoebe shrieking in. "I didn't mean to over slept."
"You slept again? In 4 hours?" Piper dismissed her apology, "Are you sure nothing is the matter with you? Because normal people only sleep 7 hours a day."
"I perfectly fine, don't worry about me." Phoebe replied hastily, " Now what do you need me to do?"
"Can you count those straws over the counter and stack them up?"
"Yeah, sure." Phoebe walked behind the bar and start counting the straws, while Piper eyeing her suspiciously.