Part Fourteen: 27 October 2000: A Job That's Never Done
Characters: Darryl, Cole, Bob Cowan, Police Officer, Prue (30), Piper (27), Phoebe (24), Paige (23)
Paige was standing in the corridor of the police station, tapping her foot. This was the part of her job that she hated, being sent to do errands all over the city, standing around for one bit of paper. She glanced around at the familiar walls; she had never been in this building for a good reason. Every time she had been in here when she was younger, it was because she had been dragged in drunk to receive a slap on the wrists. Now when she came in, it was because she was getting the paper work for kids that were normally getting similar punishments to what she had in the not too distant past.
She glanced down at her watch; she'd been out of the office now for a good two hours. Once she had checked her watch, Paige looked up and glanced at the people bustling around the police station.
Paige slightly jumped as she heard her cell phone ring in her back, quickly fumbling to pick it up.
"Hello," she answered the phone in almost a whisper.
"Paige, where are you?" She heard her boss asked her down the phone. "You've been gone nearly all morning. What have you been up too?"
"Running this errands, 'cause that's what assistants do, no matter how long it takes." Paige replied relieving the frustration that was present in her voice. "Look, Mr Cowan, I've got to go. The officer's coming over here now."
Paige slotted her cell phone back into her bag as she looked up at the uniform officer that approached her.
"Ms. Matthews?" The uniformed officer asked.
"Yeah," Paige replied with a smile.
"Sorry about the wait, the files took forever to find."
Paige smiled at the young woman that was about her own age, "Don't worry about it, I know how it feels."
"Let me run you through it all," the police officer offered helpfully as she placed the files down on a nearby table. "It's the blue forms that you are really interested in."
Paige looked between the forms over the police officer's shoulder and the notepad that she had just pulled out of her bag. She offered a small smile as she looked through the file; this girl's file was so similar to that of her own had been at that age.
After slotting the files into her bag, both Paige and the young woman's eyes were distracted by a heated discussion that was taking place only a couple of meters away. Paige's eyes fixed on the argument for a couple of seconds before turning to leave.
"I still don't understand how you can arrest the demon, Darryl."
"Phoebe," Prue hissed glancing over her shoulder. "Keep your voice down."
Darryl looked at the three women and gestured them to a corner. "Can you not use the D word in here."
"Okay, but we still need to vanquish him Darryl otherwise he'll just use his powers to get out of prison and start attacking innocents again," Prue told the Inspector.
Piper shot Darryl a smile filled with sympathy, she could hardly blame Darryl for wanting a normal life. A feeling, a want for that normal life, which she had woken up for the past three years craving. "What do you want us to do?"
"The right thing," Darryl told them as he handed some photocopies to the three Halliwells. "Call me when you've got something."
"Thank you," Piper replied.
"Yeah, we." Phoebe started before being interrupted by her phone ringing.
Phoebe glanced down at her cell phone and a grin spread right across her face. Sending her older sisters an apologetic look she answered the phone.
"Hey you," Phoebe said down the phone.
"Hi," Cole voice returned. "I've been working on this really boring case and couldn't stop thinking about you."
"I know that feeling," Phoebe replied as she looked over at Prue who was now staring back at her with an impatient look while gesturing to her watch.
"So could I take you out tonight?"
"I'd love that," Phoebe replied as she looked at Piper who was also giving her a signal to wrap up the conversation. "But it will have to be quiet late, 'cause I've got a load of work to do on this assignment for school."
Phoebe's smile started to fade as she lied to her boyfriend. She could hardly tell Cole that even though she love to head out with him now, that she couldn't because she was a witch and needed to vanquish a demon right now.
"But after that, I'm all yours." Phoebe finished before looking back at her older sisters with her face still glowing. "Sorry about that, so what's different about this one."
Characters: Darryl, Cole, Bob Cowan, Police Officer, Prue (30), Piper (27), Phoebe (24), Paige (23)
Paige was standing in the corridor of the police station, tapping her foot. This was the part of her job that she hated, being sent to do errands all over the city, standing around for one bit of paper. She glanced around at the familiar walls; she had never been in this building for a good reason. Every time she had been in here when she was younger, it was because she had been dragged in drunk to receive a slap on the wrists. Now when she came in, it was because she was getting the paper work for kids that were normally getting similar punishments to what she had in the not too distant past.
She glanced down at her watch; she'd been out of the office now for a good two hours. Once she had checked her watch, Paige looked up and glanced at the people bustling around the police station.
Paige slightly jumped as she heard her cell phone ring in her back, quickly fumbling to pick it up.
"Hello," she answered the phone in almost a whisper.
"Paige, where are you?" She heard her boss asked her down the phone. "You've been gone nearly all morning. What have you been up too?"
"Running this errands, 'cause that's what assistants do, no matter how long it takes." Paige replied relieving the frustration that was present in her voice. "Look, Mr Cowan, I've got to go. The officer's coming over here now."
Paige slotted her cell phone back into her bag as she looked up at the uniform officer that approached her.
"Ms. Matthews?" The uniformed officer asked.
"Yeah," Paige replied with a smile.
"Sorry about the wait, the files took forever to find."
Paige smiled at the young woman that was about her own age, "Don't worry about it, I know how it feels."
"Let me run you through it all," the police officer offered helpfully as she placed the files down on a nearby table. "It's the blue forms that you are really interested in."
Paige looked between the forms over the police officer's shoulder and the notepad that she had just pulled out of her bag. She offered a small smile as she looked through the file; this girl's file was so similar to that of her own had been at that age.
After slotting the files into her bag, both Paige and the young woman's eyes were distracted by a heated discussion that was taking place only a couple of meters away. Paige's eyes fixed on the argument for a couple of seconds before turning to leave.
"I still don't understand how you can arrest the demon, Darryl."
"Phoebe," Prue hissed glancing over her shoulder. "Keep your voice down."
Darryl looked at the three women and gestured them to a corner. "Can you not use the D word in here."
"Okay, but we still need to vanquish him Darryl otherwise he'll just use his powers to get out of prison and start attacking innocents again," Prue told the Inspector.
Piper shot Darryl a smile filled with sympathy, she could hardly blame Darryl for wanting a normal life. A feeling, a want for that normal life, which she had woken up for the past three years craving. "What do you want us to do?"
"The right thing," Darryl told them as he handed some photocopies to the three Halliwells. "Call me when you've got something."
"Thank you," Piper replied.
"Yeah, we." Phoebe started before being interrupted by her phone ringing.
Phoebe glanced down at her cell phone and a grin spread right across her face. Sending her older sisters an apologetic look she answered the phone.
"Hey you," Phoebe said down the phone.
"Hi," Cole voice returned. "I've been working on this really boring case and couldn't stop thinking about you."
"I know that feeling," Phoebe replied as she looked over at Prue who was now staring back at her with an impatient look while gesturing to her watch.
"So could I take you out tonight?"
"I'd love that," Phoebe replied as she looked at Piper who was also giving her a signal to wrap up the conversation. "But it will have to be quiet late, 'cause I've got a load of work to do on this assignment for school."
Phoebe's smile started to fade as she lied to her boyfriend. She could hardly tell Cole that even though she love to head out with him now, that she couldn't because she was a witch and needed to vanquish a demon right now.
"But after that, I'm all yours." Phoebe finished before looking back at her older sisters with her face still glowing. "Sorry about that, so what's different about this one."