Disclaimer: If I owned any of the characters seen on Charmed, this wouldn't
be a fan fiction.
A/N: If my grammar and/or spelling are terrible, please remember that English is not my mother tongue.
A/N2: Piper's children: Wyatt - 10, Melinda - 9 and Emily - 7. Phoebe's children: Penelope - 10, Phyllis - 6. Paige's children: Patricia - 10, Pauline - 8, Astrid - 7.
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Inside the Halliwell Manor was chaos. The eight children were playing "it". Phyllis was "it", as usual. Her legs were shortest.
"I feel sorry for her," Melinda said to Penelope as they hid behind the couch.
"Me too. You say we get caught?"
Melinda seemed to think it over.
"Nah," she said, "I don't want to."
The two sniggered. They were best friends, although Nellie was a year older than Mellie, and nearly always seen together.
Phyllis looked around. She thought she had heard sniggering. She was getting desperate. It wasn't fair! Just because she was the youngest, why should she always be stuck being "it"? She thought she heard movement behind the couch and decided to investigate the matter.
"She's coming towards us," whispered Mellie.
"Wait a bit," replied Nellie. "Let her get close, then, we run."
They waited. Suddenly they both ran away, but in different directions. Phyllis decided to follow Nellie. She was, after all, Phyllis's sister, whilst Mellie just was the cousin.
Nellie ran into the hallway. Phyllis followed, but she couldn't keep up with her four years older sister.
The doorbell rang.
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Dan Gordon had been in San Francisco a week now. He had spent the last thirteen years in Portland, thinking of his one true love, Piper Halliwell. He had been heartbroken when she had told him that she loved that Leo more than him.
But now he was back, and determined to win her over. How should he start? He decided to see if her club, P3, still was there.
P3 was more crowded than he remembered. He looked around for a familiar face, but saw nothing. He edged his way closer to the bar. Wait! Wasn't that Leo? But whom was he talking to?
It was a girl. A redhead. She was rather attractive. Dan smiled. So Leo and Piper had broken up. The coast was clear. Mission Attract Piper was about to start.
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"Can you take it?" Aunt Piper yelled down the stairs to the children. She was probably in the attic updating the Book.
Nellie went towards the door. Who would visit them? The only visitor she could think of them ever having would be Uncle Darryl, and he was in Hawaii with his son and wife. She felt a hand in hers and looked down. Phyllis looked up at her with big eyes.
"Do you think it's a demon?" she asked, scared.
"Silly, Phil. Demons don't ring the doorbell."
Whoever was outside ringed again.
Nellie opened the door and stared at the stranger outside.
He glanced nervously at them.
"Hi. I was wondering if a Piper Halliwell lived here."
How did this ugly guy know Aunt Piper?
"Yeah, sure," said Nellie and yelled: "Aunt Piper!" Phyllis thought that they weren't giving Aunt Piper enough information, so she decided to put in some more.
"There's a man here with a scary hairdo to see you!"
Dan felt himself colour up. He wished Piper would hurry up. He liked his hair, and couldn't see what was so scary about it.
"Phyllis, you shouldn't say that!" the older of the girls reproached the younger. He smiled thankfully at her. At least someone appreciated the hours he spent trying to get his hair as it was.
"But don't you think it's ugly?"
"Of course I do, but it isn't polite to say that kind of thing about people when they can hear you!"
So mush for appreciating the care he took with his hair. He smiled grimly and wished more than ever that Piper should hurry up. There she was! She had hardly changed at all. She was still the beautiful woman he knew. After Piper trailed a young boy. He looked very bored.
"Can I go now?" he asked impatiently.
"Yes, yes, run along Wyatt," Piper said and turned her attention towards the door. Her jaw dropped.
"Dan!"
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"Do you want coffee? Tea? Anything?"
Piper had brought Dan into the living room and seated him in the sofa. The children were playing in Melinda and Penelope's room.
"Coffee, please."
A couple of minutes later she returned with two steaming cups and a couple of biscuits on a tray.
"So, what brings you here after all these years?"
"I was in town, and thought I'd stop by and say hi."
"Really?" Piper said lightly, taking another bite of her biscuit.
Dan said nothing. She didn't know how to interpret that silence.
They talked for a while. Dan told Piper all about his business trouble in Portland and about how his boss was a jerk and how he had never liked Portland and how he was so far away from his family and how he had never had any luck with women and how he had got a dog for comfort but the dog was totally useless.
Then he said: "I'm sorry you and Leo didn't work."
"What?"
"I saw Leo at P3 with an attractive young girl. Redheaded. I never cared much for red hair."
Piper was about to tell Dan that she and Leo were married and the redhead was her sister when Emily came in crying.
"Mommy, Mellie, Nellie and Patty said I'm to little to play with them!" she sobbed.
"Well, why don't you go and play with Astrid?" Piper asked her youngest daughter as she lifted her onto her lap and rocked her.
"I can't! We had an argument! She said she never wanted to see me again!"
"Well, what about Pauline?" Piper knew that whatever argument Emily and Astrid had had, they were bound to work it out by themselves.
"She's always reading and I don't like reading!"
"But Phyllis? You know Phyllis loves playing with you!"
"I don't want to play with Phyllis! She's a baby!"
"Alright then," Piper smiled. "You can sit here with me and Uncle Dan."
"He's not Uncle Dan. He's a stranger! And he's ugly."
"Emily," Piper scolded. "Uncle Dan is not ugly."
"He is too," Emily insisted.
"You have children?" Dan asked in disbelief.
"Three. Wyatt, Melinda and Emily."
"But who's the father? Not Le.?" Dan broke off as he stared at Piper. They had kids, and he went to a club with a redhead! The nerve of it! And it was Piper's club!
At that moment Leo and Paige came in. Leo gave Piper a kiss on her cheek.
"What's the matter with you then?" he asked Emily who was still giving of the occasional sob.
"Daddy!" Emily said happily and threw her arms around him. The sobbing stopped immediately.
"How was the club?" Piper asked Paige.
"It was great. I had to guard you husband closely, he was very popular among the ladies."
Dan was confused. Piper knew the redhead Leo was dating? Who was she? And what did she mean, guard Leo?
He coughed a little.
"Oh sorry," Piper said immediately. "Dan, this is Paige, my sister. Paige, this is Dan, an old friend of mine."
As soon as Leo saw Dan, the smile vanished of his face.
A/N: If my grammar and/or spelling are terrible, please remember that English is not my mother tongue.
A/N2: Piper's children: Wyatt - 10, Melinda - 9 and Emily - 7. Phoebe's children: Penelope - 10, Phyllis - 6. Paige's children: Patricia - 10, Pauline - 8, Astrid - 7.
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Inside the Halliwell Manor was chaos. The eight children were playing "it". Phyllis was "it", as usual. Her legs were shortest.
"I feel sorry for her," Melinda said to Penelope as they hid behind the couch.
"Me too. You say we get caught?"
Melinda seemed to think it over.
"Nah," she said, "I don't want to."
The two sniggered. They were best friends, although Nellie was a year older than Mellie, and nearly always seen together.
Phyllis looked around. She thought she had heard sniggering. She was getting desperate. It wasn't fair! Just because she was the youngest, why should she always be stuck being "it"? She thought she heard movement behind the couch and decided to investigate the matter.
"She's coming towards us," whispered Mellie.
"Wait a bit," replied Nellie. "Let her get close, then, we run."
They waited. Suddenly they both ran away, but in different directions. Phyllis decided to follow Nellie. She was, after all, Phyllis's sister, whilst Mellie just was the cousin.
Nellie ran into the hallway. Phyllis followed, but she couldn't keep up with her four years older sister.
The doorbell rang.
---
Dan Gordon had been in San Francisco a week now. He had spent the last thirteen years in Portland, thinking of his one true love, Piper Halliwell. He had been heartbroken when she had told him that she loved that Leo more than him.
But now he was back, and determined to win her over. How should he start? He decided to see if her club, P3, still was there.
P3 was more crowded than he remembered. He looked around for a familiar face, but saw nothing. He edged his way closer to the bar. Wait! Wasn't that Leo? But whom was he talking to?
It was a girl. A redhead. She was rather attractive. Dan smiled. So Leo and Piper had broken up. The coast was clear. Mission Attract Piper was about to start.
---
"Can you take it?" Aunt Piper yelled down the stairs to the children. She was probably in the attic updating the Book.
Nellie went towards the door. Who would visit them? The only visitor she could think of them ever having would be Uncle Darryl, and he was in Hawaii with his son and wife. She felt a hand in hers and looked down. Phyllis looked up at her with big eyes.
"Do you think it's a demon?" she asked, scared.
"Silly, Phil. Demons don't ring the doorbell."
Whoever was outside ringed again.
Nellie opened the door and stared at the stranger outside.
He glanced nervously at them.
"Hi. I was wondering if a Piper Halliwell lived here."
How did this ugly guy know Aunt Piper?
"Yeah, sure," said Nellie and yelled: "Aunt Piper!" Phyllis thought that they weren't giving Aunt Piper enough information, so she decided to put in some more.
"There's a man here with a scary hairdo to see you!"
Dan felt himself colour up. He wished Piper would hurry up. He liked his hair, and couldn't see what was so scary about it.
"Phyllis, you shouldn't say that!" the older of the girls reproached the younger. He smiled thankfully at her. At least someone appreciated the hours he spent trying to get his hair as it was.
"But don't you think it's ugly?"
"Of course I do, but it isn't polite to say that kind of thing about people when they can hear you!"
So mush for appreciating the care he took with his hair. He smiled grimly and wished more than ever that Piper should hurry up. There she was! She had hardly changed at all. She was still the beautiful woman he knew. After Piper trailed a young boy. He looked very bored.
"Can I go now?" he asked impatiently.
"Yes, yes, run along Wyatt," Piper said and turned her attention towards the door. Her jaw dropped.
"Dan!"
---
"Do you want coffee? Tea? Anything?"
Piper had brought Dan into the living room and seated him in the sofa. The children were playing in Melinda and Penelope's room.
"Coffee, please."
A couple of minutes later she returned with two steaming cups and a couple of biscuits on a tray.
"So, what brings you here after all these years?"
"I was in town, and thought I'd stop by and say hi."
"Really?" Piper said lightly, taking another bite of her biscuit.
Dan said nothing. She didn't know how to interpret that silence.
They talked for a while. Dan told Piper all about his business trouble in Portland and about how his boss was a jerk and how he had never liked Portland and how he was so far away from his family and how he had never had any luck with women and how he had got a dog for comfort but the dog was totally useless.
Then he said: "I'm sorry you and Leo didn't work."
"What?"
"I saw Leo at P3 with an attractive young girl. Redheaded. I never cared much for red hair."
Piper was about to tell Dan that she and Leo were married and the redhead was her sister when Emily came in crying.
"Mommy, Mellie, Nellie and Patty said I'm to little to play with them!" she sobbed.
"Well, why don't you go and play with Astrid?" Piper asked her youngest daughter as she lifted her onto her lap and rocked her.
"I can't! We had an argument! She said she never wanted to see me again!"
"Well, what about Pauline?" Piper knew that whatever argument Emily and Astrid had had, they were bound to work it out by themselves.
"She's always reading and I don't like reading!"
"But Phyllis? You know Phyllis loves playing with you!"
"I don't want to play with Phyllis! She's a baby!"
"Alright then," Piper smiled. "You can sit here with me and Uncle Dan."
"He's not Uncle Dan. He's a stranger! And he's ugly."
"Emily," Piper scolded. "Uncle Dan is not ugly."
"He is too," Emily insisted.
"You have children?" Dan asked in disbelief.
"Three. Wyatt, Melinda and Emily."
"But who's the father? Not Le.?" Dan broke off as he stared at Piper. They had kids, and he went to a club with a redhead! The nerve of it! And it was Piper's club!
At that moment Leo and Paige came in. Leo gave Piper a kiss on her cheek.
"What's the matter with you then?" he asked Emily who was still giving of the occasional sob.
"Daddy!" Emily said happily and threw her arms around him. The sobbing stopped immediately.
"How was the club?" Piper asked Paige.
"It was great. I had to guard you husband closely, he was very popular among the ladies."
Dan was confused. Piper knew the redhead Leo was dating? Who was she? And what did she mean, guard Leo?
He coughed a little.
"Oh sorry," Piper said immediately. "Dan, this is Paige, my sister. Paige, this is Dan, an old friend of mine."
As soon as Leo saw Dan, the smile vanished of his face.