~Sorry it took me so long to write this chapter, I had mid- term exams and
I also had to think about this chapter for quiet a long time and rewrote it
four times. It's nothing too exciting but it keeps the story going and we
(Vivien and me *lol*) had some changes. So, I hope you guys like it, tell
me what you think about it and I try to not take so long the next time. ;)~
Two years later.
Vivien lay on her bed, starring at the ceiling. It was quiet in the house, for once. A few months ago, her cousin Melinda was born and the baby didn't seem to know what exactly the word 'quiet' meant. Today, Piper had taken Melinda to P3 to sort a couple of things out that had been forgotten by everyone during her pregnancy. Phoebe and Cole had agreed to do the groceries and Paige was in her room, sleeping. She'd gotten home this morning from New York where she had taken a child to its new foster parents. Vivien enjoyed the silence. Life hadn't changed much for her in the last year. She'd moved into the attic shortly after Piper found out about her pregnancy. Cole had cleaned out the basement to make space for the Book of Shadows. The basement now was divided into two parts, a workout space and a 'witchy' space, as Paige called it. It looked nice down there and Vivien enjoyed being downstairs reading in the big, old Book that had been in her family for decades. Vivien's old room was turned into a nursery, where Melinda now terrorized the family day and night. Vivien loved Melinda very much. She'd sworn to herself to protect the baby from whatever evil may lure out there. Right now though, she was happy that Melinda wasn't there to have a little peace. She heard footsteps on the stairs and sat up, ready to see Paige open her door. 'Hey kiddo. Mind if I come in?' she asked but didn't wait for an answer and flopped on Vivien's bed. Vivien hugged her aunt. She hadn't seen her since she'd come home from New York. 'How was New York?' she asked. 'It was great. Big city, big buildings. I had a little time off after Lucy's new foster parents picked her up. She was asleep, I mean she's only a year old, but her new parents just couldn't take their eyes off of her. It was nice to see. Well, anyways, I wandered around New York for a while, totally lost, you know me, I forgot to buy a map and then just ended up at this store where they had posters and I just couldn't leave because they had, like, posters of everything. Really. I bought a poster for Mel, it's got a yellow gummibear on it and a very psychedelic, but nice, background. And then. I bought a poster for my favorite 12-year-old niece. And now guess what's on it.' Paige smiled up at Vivien. 'Well.a red gummibear?' she joked and earned a slap. 'No dummy! It's got the picture of this one Enigma CD on it.' Paige answered. 'Le roi est mort, vive le roi?' Paige nodded. 'Auntie Paige I love you!' Vivien jumped on her aunt and hugged her. 'Hey, easy there, no one knows the combination to open my suitcase, so if you kill me you'll never get the poster.' Paige groaned. Vivien laughed and jumped off the bed. 'Better. So where's the rest of the family. Melinda's obviously not home, it's too quiet.' 'Piper took her to P3 to sort things out, Leo is 'up there' and mom and dad went grocery shopping. I stayed home because I had to work on some English homework and I actually enjoy the silence.' Vivien explained. 'Cutie, you work too much. What's Tatum doing?' Paige asked. 'Tatum's sick and no one's allowed seeing her, order from her dad, I called her earlier to see how she's doing and she said she'll be in school on Friday.' Paige nodded. 'Come down and look at the posters. That's an order.' Paige grabbed Vivien's hand and dragged her down the stairs. Opening the suitcase was quiet difficult because Paige herself couldn't remember the combination and had to thin about it for a while so Vivien went downstairs to make some coffee. 'I got it! Vivi! It opened!' She heard Paige yelling down. Then she heard a scream and something heavy falling on the floor. Immediately the senses that she'd developed during the long hours of training with her dad in the basement took over and she ran upstairs as fast as she could. The sign that greeted her was a big, slimy, blue demon that walked straight into Melinda's nursery. Obviously the guy didn't know that the baby wasn't there. 'Hey big guy! Don't you dare walk into that nursery.' Vivien yelled, throwing the knife she'd brought from the kitchen at the monster. It missed him and ended up sticking in the wall behind his right ear. The demon smiled and slowly made his way towards her. Vivien backed up a little, with one hand behind her back. Slowly she built up energy in that hand and formed a fireball. She threw it at him when he was in the middle of the hall. It hit him right in the chest and he exploded into a million pieces that burnt up in the air. He didn't even spill blue goo all over the walls and floor. Vivien ran into her aunt's room, where Paige just got up from the floor. 'Ouch! He knocked me right out.' she moaned and rubbed the back of her head. 'Well, I knocked him right out too so it's all good.' Vivien said. 'Good. Did you make a mess?' Paige asked. 'No, I didn't. Everything's nice and clean. No goo, no burn marks.' Paige nodded and sat on the bed. 'I need aspirin.' she said. Vivien laughed and got it for her. It always was the same, the demons attacked when they least expected it. So much for a quiet day.
Two years later.
Vivien lay on her bed, starring at the ceiling. It was quiet in the house, for once. A few months ago, her cousin Melinda was born and the baby didn't seem to know what exactly the word 'quiet' meant. Today, Piper had taken Melinda to P3 to sort a couple of things out that had been forgotten by everyone during her pregnancy. Phoebe and Cole had agreed to do the groceries and Paige was in her room, sleeping. She'd gotten home this morning from New York where she had taken a child to its new foster parents. Vivien enjoyed the silence. Life hadn't changed much for her in the last year. She'd moved into the attic shortly after Piper found out about her pregnancy. Cole had cleaned out the basement to make space for the Book of Shadows. The basement now was divided into two parts, a workout space and a 'witchy' space, as Paige called it. It looked nice down there and Vivien enjoyed being downstairs reading in the big, old Book that had been in her family for decades. Vivien's old room was turned into a nursery, where Melinda now terrorized the family day and night. Vivien loved Melinda very much. She'd sworn to herself to protect the baby from whatever evil may lure out there. Right now though, she was happy that Melinda wasn't there to have a little peace. She heard footsteps on the stairs and sat up, ready to see Paige open her door. 'Hey kiddo. Mind if I come in?' she asked but didn't wait for an answer and flopped on Vivien's bed. Vivien hugged her aunt. She hadn't seen her since she'd come home from New York. 'How was New York?' she asked. 'It was great. Big city, big buildings. I had a little time off after Lucy's new foster parents picked her up. She was asleep, I mean she's only a year old, but her new parents just couldn't take their eyes off of her. It was nice to see. Well, anyways, I wandered around New York for a while, totally lost, you know me, I forgot to buy a map and then just ended up at this store where they had posters and I just couldn't leave because they had, like, posters of everything. Really. I bought a poster for Mel, it's got a yellow gummibear on it and a very psychedelic, but nice, background. And then. I bought a poster for my favorite 12-year-old niece. And now guess what's on it.' Paige smiled up at Vivien. 'Well.a red gummibear?' she joked and earned a slap. 'No dummy! It's got the picture of this one Enigma CD on it.' Paige answered. 'Le roi est mort, vive le roi?' Paige nodded. 'Auntie Paige I love you!' Vivien jumped on her aunt and hugged her. 'Hey, easy there, no one knows the combination to open my suitcase, so if you kill me you'll never get the poster.' Paige groaned. Vivien laughed and jumped off the bed. 'Better. So where's the rest of the family. Melinda's obviously not home, it's too quiet.' 'Piper took her to P3 to sort things out, Leo is 'up there' and mom and dad went grocery shopping. I stayed home because I had to work on some English homework and I actually enjoy the silence.' Vivien explained. 'Cutie, you work too much. What's Tatum doing?' Paige asked. 'Tatum's sick and no one's allowed seeing her, order from her dad, I called her earlier to see how she's doing and she said she'll be in school on Friday.' Paige nodded. 'Come down and look at the posters. That's an order.' Paige grabbed Vivien's hand and dragged her down the stairs. Opening the suitcase was quiet difficult because Paige herself couldn't remember the combination and had to thin about it for a while so Vivien went downstairs to make some coffee. 'I got it! Vivi! It opened!' She heard Paige yelling down. Then she heard a scream and something heavy falling on the floor. Immediately the senses that she'd developed during the long hours of training with her dad in the basement took over and she ran upstairs as fast as she could. The sign that greeted her was a big, slimy, blue demon that walked straight into Melinda's nursery. Obviously the guy didn't know that the baby wasn't there. 'Hey big guy! Don't you dare walk into that nursery.' Vivien yelled, throwing the knife she'd brought from the kitchen at the monster. It missed him and ended up sticking in the wall behind his right ear. The demon smiled and slowly made his way towards her. Vivien backed up a little, with one hand behind her back. Slowly she built up energy in that hand and formed a fireball. She threw it at him when he was in the middle of the hall. It hit him right in the chest and he exploded into a million pieces that burnt up in the air. He didn't even spill blue goo all over the walls and floor. Vivien ran into her aunt's room, where Paige just got up from the floor. 'Ouch! He knocked me right out.' she moaned and rubbed the back of her head. 'Well, I knocked him right out too so it's all good.' Vivien said. 'Good. Did you make a mess?' Paige asked. 'No, I didn't. Everything's nice and clean. No goo, no burn marks.' Paige nodded and sat on the bed. 'I need aspirin.' she said. Vivien laughed and got it for her. It always was the same, the demons attacked when they least expected it. So much for a quiet day.