Disclaimer: I own no one. All characters are from the television show "Charmed", I'm writing for fun, and not for profit.
Spoilers:
2.12 - "Awakened"
2.20 - "Astral Monkey"
Authors note: Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming!
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Fifteen - The Talk
Piper grabbed Dan's wrist and pulled him towards the stairs.
"Dan and I will be right back. We need to have a little talk."
Phoebe nodded, "I have to call Jason."
Leo heard the gentle chiming of the elders calling him.
"I've got to go. Bye you guys."
Paige shrugged, now bored. Her boyfriend was upstairs talking to her sister, about how his mortal body couldn't handle wiccan powers. She heard Wyatt start to fuss, and she looked up at the clock.
"Let's get a bottle, big boy." She picked up the babe, then left the room to make a bottle.
-x-
"Dan, do you remember when I got sick?" Piper sat on her and Leo's bed and folded her hands in her lap.
"With that poison ivy?"
"No." Piper spoke softly. "When I got really sick. I was in the hospital and all of a sudden I got better?"
"Oh- that time you were sick." Dan let out an almost frustrated sigh.
"Dan- you only know what the doctors and nurses know about how I survived. Or- you don't know. What I mean is, you don't know what Leo, Phoebe, and I know. And what Prue knew. And now, I feel that you have to know everything that went on."
"Then talk to me."
"It's a long story."
"If I need to know, it'll be worth the length." Piper sighed.
"When I awoke the first time, it was because Prue and Phoebe cast a spell to awaken me. Then everybody in the hospital started getting sick. It baffled my doctor and all of the nurses. You, even."
Dan nodded, "yeah."
"Well, they took some of Phoebe and Prue's blood to run tests and all. You know that they took my sisters and me back in. When we found out that others were getting sick, we knew that we had to reverse the spell or we'd lose innocent lives."
So far, Dan had understood the story. It was odd for him, though. He was remembering past times about when he was in love with Piper. That chapter of his life was closed, yet he knew that often he'd have to go back for certain memories.
"Prue astral projected to the attic- we explained that to you right? Astral projection?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. Well, she memorized the spell, and she and Phoebe sent me back to sleep. That's when it got really bad for me." She paused. "I remember Leo meeting me, as I was dying. He told me that the elders didn't know what he was doing, and if they found out, he'd get his wings clipped. He healed me."
"You weren't calling out for him- you were calling to him." Dan said quietly.
"Yes." Piper licked his lips. "That's how I got better, Dan. But it isn't all that I have to tell you."
"Okay. I was wondering why not knowing this would be hazardous to my well being."
Piper smiled half-heartedly. "My doctor, Curtis Williamson, was confused. He didn't understand how I survived, so he toyed with our blood. He had three monkeys, and he injected each of them with each of our blood. I'm not exactly sure how, but somehow, he was injected with a mixture of all three of ours blood. And he got our powers." Piper let out a deep sigh. "He went insane. With the new power, he could do anything. So, he went out and killed criminals, stealing their organs so that innocent lives could have transplants.
"We confronted him, and he tried to kill us." Piper's eyes welled up with tears. "We didn't mean to kill him. I swear, I only wanted to save him. Take him away from the misery of insanity and get the powers away from him. They made him crazy, Dan."
Dan put his arm around Piper's shoulder and pulled her to him. She cried into his chest. They stayed in this position for a few moments before Piper pulled away and looked him in the eye.
"Dan, I don't want you to end up like Dr. Williamson. That's why we don't want you using the power unless necessary. The power may be a surge, but you're still mortal, whether or not you have the ability to heal."
"I'll tell you if I feel the least bit irritable. I promise." Dan smiled softly and kissed her forehead.
"I'm glad that you're moving back." She said softly. "It'll be good for all of us to be together again." Piper sniffled and wiped her face on the sleeve of her shirt.
"I hope so."
"Dan- I want to ask you something. And I want you to think it over for a little while before you answer."
Dan frowned.
"Don't worry. It's not anything weird."
"Okay. Shoot." Dan folded his hands in his lap and stared at Piper.
"Until you get back on your feet- or get a house or an apartment or whatever, and until you get a job, I'd like- and I'm sure that Paige, Phoebe, and Leo wouldn't mind at all- well, I'd like for you to stay. Here, I mean." Piper licked her lips. "I'd like for you to temporarily move in. Kind of."
"Piper, I'm not sure if that's such a good idea."
"I knew you were going to say that. I know that it may be a bit awkward with the whole witch/white lighter/demon idea, but it's only temporary. I don't want you staying in a motel or hotel or whatever, wasting away your savings, knowing that you're going to spend most of your time away from there. So, just think about it, please." Piper talked quickly. "Besides, Wyatt'll just love you to death. You'll be like an uncle to him. And you can teach him to play baseball- like you used to."
"Piper- I thought you were talking temporary."
Piper shrugged. "I'm talking about you living here temporarily. I see you hanging around for a while though." She smiled.
"I can't answer you yet, Piper. I do have to think about it." Dan paused. "And you need to talk to you sisters and Leo. I don't want it to come as a shock to them."
"I just want you to think about it." Piper said.
"I will."
"And I don't want you to use you're powers unless Leo is hurt or he isn't there."
"I won't."
"Mkay." Piper slapped her hands on her thighs. "Are my eyes puffy? Don't lie."
"Somewhat."
"They are aren't they?"
"Yeah." They both sighed.
As they got up to leave the room, Piper touched Dan's shoulder. He turned to look at her with curiosity in his eyes.
"Dan, I just want you to know- I love you." Dan's eyes filled with surprise and he took a step back.
"Piper- you shouldn't- oh no."
-x-
Authors note: Wicked little me. Reviews make me update faster.
Spoilers:
2.12 - "Awakened"
2.20 - "Astral Monkey"
Authors note: Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming!
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Fifteen - The Talk
Piper grabbed Dan's wrist and pulled him towards the stairs.
"Dan and I will be right back. We need to have a little talk."
Phoebe nodded, "I have to call Jason."
Leo heard the gentle chiming of the elders calling him.
"I've got to go. Bye you guys."
Paige shrugged, now bored. Her boyfriend was upstairs talking to her sister, about how his mortal body couldn't handle wiccan powers. She heard Wyatt start to fuss, and she looked up at the clock.
"Let's get a bottle, big boy." She picked up the babe, then left the room to make a bottle.
-x-
"Dan, do you remember when I got sick?" Piper sat on her and Leo's bed and folded her hands in her lap.
"With that poison ivy?"
"No." Piper spoke softly. "When I got really sick. I was in the hospital and all of a sudden I got better?"
"Oh- that time you were sick." Dan let out an almost frustrated sigh.
"Dan- you only know what the doctors and nurses know about how I survived. Or- you don't know. What I mean is, you don't know what Leo, Phoebe, and I know. And what Prue knew. And now, I feel that you have to know everything that went on."
"Then talk to me."
"It's a long story."
"If I need to know, it'll be worth the length." Piper sighed.
"When I awoke the first time, it was because Prue and Phoebe cast a spell to awaken me. Then everybody in the hospital started getting sick. It baffled my doctor and all of the nurses. You, even."
Dan nodded, "yeah."
"Well, they took some of Phoebe and Prue's blood to run tests and all. You know that they took my sisters and me back in. When we found out that others were getting sick, we knew that we had to reverse the spell or we'd lose innocent lives."
So far, Dan had understood the story. It was odd for him, though. He was remembering past times about when he was in love with Piper. That chapter of his life was closed, yet he knew that often he'd have to go back for certain memories.
"Prue astral projected to the attic- we explained that to you right? Astral projection?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. Well, she memorized the spell, and she and Phoebe sent me back to sleep. That's when it got really bad for me." She paused. "I remember Leo meeting me, as I was dying. He told me that the elders didn't know what he was doing, and if they found out, he'd get his wings clipped. He healed me."
"You weren't calling out for him- you were calling to him." Dan said quietly.
"Yes." Piper licked his lips. "That's how I got better, Dan. But it isn't all that I have to tell you."
"Okay. I was wondering why not knowing this would be hazardous to my well being."
Piper smiled half-heartedly. "My doctor, Curtis Williamson, was confused. He didn't understand how I survived, so he toyed with our blood. He had three monkeys, and he injected each of them with each of our blood. I'm not exactly sure how, but somehow, he was injected with a mixture of all three of ours blood. And he got our powers." Piper let out a deep sigh. "He went insane. With the new power, he could do anything. So, he went out and killed criminals, stealing their organs so that innocent lives could have transplants.
"We confronted him, and he tried to kill us." Piper's eyes welled up with tears. "We didn't mean to kill him. I swear, I only wanted to save him. Take him away from the misery of insanity and get the powers away from him. They made him crazy, Dan."
Dan put his arm around Piper's shoulder and pulled her to him. She cried into his chest. They stayed in this position for a few moments before Piper pulled away and looked him in the eye.
"Dan, I don't want you to end up like Dr. Williamson. That's why we don't want you using the power unless necessary. The power may be a surge, but you're still mortal, whether or not you have the ability to heal."
"I'll tell you if I feel the least bit irritable. I promise." Dan smiled softly and kissed her forehead.
"I'm glad that you're moving back." She said softly. "It'll be good for all of us to be together again." Piper sniffled and wiped her face on the sleeve of her shirt.
"I hope so."
"Dan- I want to ask you something. And I want you to think it over for a little while before you answer."
Dan frowned.
"Don't worry. It's not anything weird."
"Okay. Shoot." Dan folded his hands in his lap and stared at Piper.
"Until you get back on your feet- or get a house or an apartment or whatever, and until you get a job, I'd like- and I'm sure that Paige, Phoebe, and Leo wouldn't mind at all- well, I'd like for you to stay. Here, I mean." Piper licked her lips. "I'd like for you to temporarily move in. Kind of."
"Piper, I'm not sure if that's such a good idea."
"I knew you were going to say that. I know that it may be a bit awkward with the whole witch/white lighter/demon idea, but it's only temporary. I don't want you staying in a motel or hotel or whatever, wasting away your savings, knowing that you're going to spend most of your time away from there. So, just think about it, please." Piper talked quickly. "Besides, Wyatt'll just love you to death. You'll be like an uncle to him. And you can teach him to play baseball- like you used to."
"Piper- I thought you were talking temporary."
Piper shrugged. "I'm talking about you living here temporarily. I see you hanging around for a while though." She smiled.
"I can't answer you yet, Piper. I do have to think about it." Dan paused. "And you need to talk to you sisters and Leo. I don't want it to come as a shock to them."
"I just want you to think about it." Piper said.
"I will."
"And I don't want you to use you're powers unless Leo is hurt or he isn't there."
"I won't."
"Mkay." Piper slapped her hands on her thighs. "Are my eyes puffy? Don't lie."
"Somewhat."
"They are aren't they?"
"Yeah." They both sighed.
As they got up to leave the room, Piper touched Dan's shoulder. He turned to look at her with curiosity in his eyes.
"Dan, I just want you to know- I love you." Dan's eyes filled with surprise and he took a step back.
"Piper- you shouldn't- oh no."
-x-
Authors note: Wicked little me. Reviews make me update faster.