*Just wanted to let you guys know before I write.yes, Leo is a whitelighter
and he's already dead, therefore he wouldn't normally be killed in a fire.
However, he disobeyed the Elders by not orbing up when they called him. So,
as a punishment they let him die naturally instead of bringing him back. I
know there was some confusion there, but I added an explanation here and in
the summary! Thanks for all the reviews! You guys have really made me want
to write more and more! ( Now.onto the next Chapter!*
Chapter Three
The next morning Melinda woke up to the sun shining through her mother's window. Piper still lay asleep next to her, so she got up, careful so as not to wake her. Melinda crept downstairs, avoiding the creaks she knew well in the stairs. She found her aunts already awake and sipping coffee in the kitchen.
"Hi Aunt Phoebe, hi Aunt Paige," she said as she entered the kitchen.
"Morning sweetie," Phoebe said as she poured herself some coffee.
"Well, if it isn't my favorite niece," Paige said with a smile. Melinda giggled at the comment.
"I'm your only niece, silly," Melinda said as she sat down at the table.
"Well, that makes you all the more special, doesn't it," she asked, her lips pursed and waiting for an answer. She then went over and picked the little girl up, tickling her all over. Melinda playfully screamed and squirmed out of her Aunt's grasp. She ran into the living room still screaming with delight as Paige chased her. Phoebe laughed and then noticed Piper walking into the kitchen.
"Hey. How are you doing now?"
"I'm fine," Piper said, a hint of confusion in her voice. She took a look around, hearing the footsteps and the screams. "What is going on here?" Just then Melinda came running in and hid behind Piper's legs.
"MOMMY! MOMMY! She's trying to get me!" Paige, huffing and puffing, came in more than a few moments later, gripping onto the counter to take a breather.
"You're wearin' me out, kid. I think I'm getting old," Paige said in between breaths. Everyone laughed at her comment. She sat down at the table with her steaming mug of coffee and a bagel. Melinda, having come out from hiding now, took note of Paige's bagel.
"Mommy, can I have a bagel for breakfast like Aunt Paige?"
"Ooh! Me too. Please?" Phoebe asked, her lip flipping into a pout so she could beg. Piper laughed at her.
"Sure, I think I'll have one, too," she said, then got everything out to make them. Once she'd finished, she sat down at the table with everyone and began to eat.
"So, what are you guys doing today?" Paige asked, finishing the last bit of her breakfast. "Just thought I'd ask since you'll probably be doing better things than sitting around here like me."
"I wouldn't count on that, unless work is better than sitting around," Phoebe said with a sigh.
"What?! They have you working Saturdays now?" Piper questioned.
"Yup. I never thought this many people had problems, and much less did I think that they'd actually write to an advice columnist about them."
"Well, lucky for you they do," Paige said with a bit of sarcasm. "What are you two doing today?" She asked, looking to Melinda and Piper.
"I don't know yet," Piper said after having swallowed a bite of bagel. "What should we do today, Mel?"
"Shopping," she replied, her eyes lighting up with excitement.
"Hmm, good idea," Piper commented. "Paige, do you want to come with?"
"No, actually there was something I wanted to read up on. Besides, you two are overdue on the mother-daughter time," she said, standing up and collecting everyone's dishes to put in the sink. After breakfast, they all went up to get ready for the day.
Chapter Three
The next morning Melinda woke up to the sun shining through her mother's window. Piper still lay asleep next to her, so she got up, careful so as not to wake her. Melinda crept downstairs, avoiding the creaks she knew well in the stairs. She found her aunts already awake and sipping coffee in the kitchen.
"Hi Aunt Phoebe, hi Aunt Paige," she said as she entered the kitchen.
"Morning sweetie," Phoebe said as she poured herself some coffee.
"Well, if it isn't my favorite niece," Paige said with a smile. Melinda giggled at the comment.
"I'm your only niece, silly," Melinda said as she sat down at the table.
"Well, that makes you all the more special, doesn't it," she asked, her lips pursed and waiting for an answer. She then went over and picked the little girl up, tickling her all over. Melinda playfully screamed and squirmed out of her Aunt's grasp. She ran into the living room still screaming with delight as Paige chased her. Phoebe laughed and then noticed Piper walking into the kitchen.
"Hey. How are you doing now?"
"I'm fine," Piper said, a hint of confusion in her voice. She took a look around, hearing the footsteps and the screams. "What is going on here?" Just then Melinda came running in and hid behind Piper's legs.
"MOMMY! MOMMY! She's trying to get me!" Paige, huffing and puffing, came in more than a few moments later, gripping onto the counter to take a breather.
"You're wearin' me out, kid. I think I'm getting old," Paige said in between breaths. Everyone laughed at her comment. She sat down at the table with her steaming mug of coffee and a bagel. Melinda, having come out from hiding now, took note of Paige's bagel.
"Mommy, can I have a bagel for breakfast like Aunt Paige?"
"Ooh! Me too. Please?" Phoebe asked, her lip flipping into a pout so she could beg. Piper laughed at her.
"Sure, I think I'll have one, too," she said, then got everything out to make them. Once she'd finished, she sat down at the table with everyone and began to eat.
"So, what are you guys doing today?" Paige asked, finishing the last bit of her breakfast. "Just thought I'd ask since you'll probably be doing better things than sitting around here like me."
"I wouldn't count on that, unless work is better than sitting around," Phoebe said with a sigh.
"What?! They have you working Saturdays now?" Piper questioned.
"Yup. I never thought this many people had problems, and much less did I think that they'd actually write to an advice columnist about them."
"Well, lucky for you they do," Paige said with a bit of sarcasm. "What are you two doing today?" She asked, looking to Melinda and Piper.
"I don't know yet," Piper said after having swallowed a bite of bagel. "What should we do today, Mel?"
"Shopping," she replied, her eyes lighting up with excitement.
"Hmm, good idea," Piper commented. "Paige, do you want to come with?"
"No, actually there was something I wanted to read up on. Besides, you two are overdue on the mother-daughter time," she said, standing up and collecting everyone's dishes to put in the sink. After breakfast, they all went up to get ready for the day.