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Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Nine - Ex-Girlfriend Advice
"Dan, hey it's okay. Leo had to orb out, and Wyatt got a little upset." Dan nodded.
"Oh, okay." Dan sighed. "I thought-" He paused, looking at the crying baby. "Do you want me to take him?" Piper smiled.
"You don't have to."
"Well, you know how much I like kids." Dan shrugged. "If you don't want to let me, or you want to hold him, it's okay. Just, if you ever get tired or anything."
"I feel like I don't get to spend enough time with him." She said softly. Dan nodded in understanding.
"Yeah."
"What are you doing? I mean, your job?" Piper tried to make light conversation.
"Well, I uh, I kind of quit." Dan scratched the back of his head, a nervous habit.
"You kind of quit?"
"Well, I did quit. I don't know. I just... I quit." He shrugged. "I didn't want to work there anymore, so..."
"You got fired." Piper smiled. She bounced Wyatt lightly in her arms.
"I got fired." Dan repeated with a smile.
"What'd you do?"
"Why do you assume I did something?" Piper lifted an eyebrow.
"You did something." Dan looked around the room, whistling softly. "Oh stop. What'd you do?"
Dan made a face, "I dumped the boss' daughter?"
"Wrong."
"They were cutting payroll?"
"Wrong."
Dan sighed. "I told the boss I needed a vacation, and he said no. I told him that I'd quit, and he fired me."
"That's more like it." Piper paused. "How are you paying for your hotel room, if you don't mind me asking."
"Savings."
"And how much of that do you have?"
"Enough." Piper gave him a look.
"Dan," she warned, "talk to me."
"I wasn't expecting to get laid off." Dan shrugged. "I uh, I'm selling my house in Portland. I think I'm going to move back." Piper lifted an eyebrow.
"It's not a bad idea. I'm sure Paige wouldn't mind." Dan sighed and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Paige." He said simply.
"Yes, Paige." Piper sat beside him.
"How does she feel about me, Piper?" Dan looked at Piper solemnly. "You're her sister, you should know that right?"
Piper nodded, "I know how she feels. How do you feel?"
"I don't want to sound overly corny, but I think, I mean- I know that I like her. A lot. I haven't fallen in love with her."
"Yet." Piper said. Dan nodded.
"Yet," he repeated. "I don't know. Paige is great. She's everything I look for. I want a relationship with her. A long lasting, cheesy, let's go kiss in the rain, type of relationship."
Piper blinked slowly, looked around the room, and back at Dan.
"I know what kind of relationship you're talking about," she said smiling. "The kind that takes your breath away. The kind that cheesy love songs are about."
"Mmhm."
"So, make one. Take a step and give Paige that relationship."
"Does she want that?" Piper shrugged and gave him a look.
"I'm not going to tell you that." Dan frowned at her. "You're going to have to take a chance."
"How good are my chances?" Piper nudged his shoulder.
"The odds are in your favor," she said with a smile.
Silence.
"You are okay?" She asked him.
"About what?"
"The whole witch situation. You know 'I cast a spell on you', type thing." Dan shrugged.
"I'm fine with it. To me it's like... okay; say you get a box of cereal that comes with a toy. You dig for the toy, and you find it's not your favorite color, but you like it anyway. And then you grow to where it's your favorite toy. And then," he sighed, "you never want to let it go."
"Good analogy there, Dan." He smiled.
"I know." He paused. "What about you? Are you okay?"
"Am I okay with what?"
"Paige and me." He looked at her with concern. She looked in thought for a moment, and then she nodded.
"Yeah. I think it's great. I think we need a mortal in the house." She smiled jokingly. "Seriously, Dan. We've got Pheeb's, and me who are witches. Paige, who's half white lighter and half witch. Leo, who's, well... he's dead. And Wyatt, who's half witch and half white lighter. We need some normalcy here."
"So, I guess it's good that I came in the picture." Piper nodded.
"That's for sure."
"So you are absolutely, totally, wonderfully, awesomely, cool with me and Paige." Piper laughed.
"Yes. Absolutely, totally, wonderfully, awesomely, cool with you and Paige together. I never would have thought of you two together, but now that you are, I guess it fits."
"Yeah?" Piper nodded.
"Yeah. You two are perfect." Dan smiled.
"Thanks Piper."
"Anytime." Piper looked down at Wyatt who had long since stopped crying and was now sleeping soundly. "I guess he got bored." She stood up to put him in his crib in the other room.
"I'm going to take a shower." Dan looked at her in question.
"Is there an extra one?"
"What?" Piper shook her head.
"Nothing, it's just something Grams used to tell us when we were little. Go ahead. I'll have Paige put your clothes in the bathroom when she gets here. She should be back by the time your done. If she's not, there's a clean robe underneath the sink in the cabinet."
"Okay. Thanks."
Dan walked out of the bedroom and in the hallway to see Paige standing there, holding his clothes.
"How long were-"
Paige dropped his clothes to the floor and cut him off by pulling his head to hers and kissing him fiercely.
Their first lip on lip kiss.
And Dan felt his heart swell.
Authors note: Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming!
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Nine - Ex-Girlfriend Advice
"Dan, hey it's okay. Leo had to orb out, and Wyatt got a little upset." Dan nodded.
"Oh, okay." Dan sighed. "I thought-" He paused, looking at the crying baby. "Do you want me to take him?" Piper smiled.
"You don't have to."
"Well, you know how much I like kids." Dan shrugged. "If you don't want to let me, or you want to hold him, it's okay. Just, if you ever get tired or anything."
"I feel like I don't get to spend enough time with him." She said softly. Dan nodded in understanding.
"Yeah."
"What are you doing? I mean, your job?" Piper tried to make light conversation.
"Well, I uh, I kind of quit." Dan scratched the back of his head, a nervous habit.
"You kind of quit?"
"Well, I did quit. I don't know. I just... I quit." He shrugged. "I didn't want to work there anymore, so..."
"You got fired." Piper smiled. She bounced Wyatt lightly in her arms.
"I got fired." Dan repeated with a smile.
"What'd you do?"
"Why do you assume I did something?" Piper lifted an eyebrow.
"You did something." Dan looked around the room, whistling softly. "Oh stop. What'd you do?"
Dan made a face, "I dumped the boss' daughter?"
"Wrong."
"They were cutting payroll?"
"Wrong."
Dan sighed. "I told the boss I needed a vacation, and he said no. I told him that I'd quit, and he fired me."
"That's more like it." Piper paused. "How are you paying for your hotel room, if you don't mind me asking."
"Savings."
"And how much of that do you have?"
"Enough." Piper gave him a look.
"Dan," she warned, "talk to me."
"I wasn't expecting to get laid off." Dan shrugged. "I uh, I'm selling my house in Portland. I think I'm going to move back." Piper lifted an eyebrow.
"It's not a bad idea. I'm sure Paige wouldn't mind." Dan sighed and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Paige." He said simply.
"Yes, Paige." Piper sat beside him.
"How does she feel about me, Piper?" Dan looked at Piper solemnly. "You're her sister, you should know that right?"
Piper nodded, "I know how she feels. How do you feel?"
"I don't want to sound overly corny, but I think, I mean- I know that I like her. A lot. I haven't fallen in love with her."
"Yet." Piper said. Dan nodded.
"Yet," he repeated. "I don't know. Paige is great. She's everything I look for. I want a relationship with her. A long lasting, cheesy, let's go kiss in the rain, type of relationship."
Piper blinked slowly, looked around the room, and back at Dan.
"I know what kind of relationship you're talking about," she said smiling. "The kind that takes your breath away. The kind that cheesy love songs are about."
"Mmhm."
"So, make one. Take a step and give Paige that relationship."
"Does she want that?" Piper shrugged and gave him a look.
"I'm not going to tell you that." Dan frowned at her. "You're going to have to take a chance."
"How good are my chances?" Piper nudged his shoulder.
"The odds are in your favor," she said with a smile.
Silence.
"You are okay?" She asked him.
"About what?"
"The whole witch situation. You know 'I cast a spell on you', type thing." Dan shrugged.
"I'm fine with it. To me it's like... okay; say you get a box of cereal that comes with a toy. You dig for the toy, and you find it's not your favorite color, but you like it anyway. And then you grow to where it's your favorite toy. And then," he sighed, "you never want to let it go."
"Good analogy there, Dan." He smiled.
"I know." He paused. "What about you? Are you okay?"
"Am I okay with what?"
"Paige and me." He looked at her with concern. She looked in thought for a moment, and then she nodded.
"Yeah. I think it's great. I think we need a mortal in the house." She smiled jokingly. "Seriously, Dan. We've got Pheeb's, and me who are witches. Paige, who's half white lighter and half witch. Leo, who's, well... he's dead. And Wyatt, who's half witch and half white lighter. We need some normalcy here."
"So, I guess it's good that I came in the picture." Piper nodded.
"That's for sure."
"So you are absolutely, totally, wonderfully, awesomely, cool with me and Paige." Piper laughed.
"Yes. Absolutely, totally, wonderfully, awesomely, cool with you and Paige together. I never would have thought of you two together, but now that you are, I guess it fits."
"Yeah?" Piper nodded.
"Yeah. You two are perfect." Dan smiled.
"Thanks Piper."
"Anytime." Piper looked down at Wyatt who had long since stopped crying and was now sleeping soundly. "I guess he got bored." She stood up to put him in his crib in the other room.
"I'm going to take a shower." Dan looked at her in question.
"Is there an extra one?"
"What?" Piper shook her head.
"Nothing, it's just something Grams used to tell us when we were little. Go ahead. I'll have Paige put your clothes in the bathroom when she gets here. She should be back by the time your done. If she's not, there's a clean robe underneath the sink in the cabinet."
"Okay. Thanks."
Dan walked out of the bedroom and in the hallway to see Paige standing there, holding his clothes.
"How long were-"
Paige dropped his clothes to the floor and cut him off by pulling his head to hers and kissing him fiercely.
Their first lip on lip kiss.
And Dan felt his heart swell.