Disclaimer: I own no one. All characters are from the television show "Charmed", I'm writing for fun, and not for profit.
Authors note: Hey all. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Updates will be coming more often, a chapter every three to five days. The more you review, the faster I update. It's all up to you guys.
Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming. Remember people; it's fiction.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Twenty-Three ~ Jumping to Conclusions
"Where's Leo?" Paige asked a few minutes later as she and Dan walked into the kitchen.
"Elder's called him." Piper said. "He said it wouldn't take long."
Dan looked up at the clock and sighed when he saw that it was 7:12. He had a feeling it was going to be a long night. He took a seat beside Paige, and looked over at Phoebe who read the newspaper from that morning. Paige cooed at Wyatt who lay in his bouncing seat.
"Did you have a deadline tonight, Pheebs?" He asked her.
"I usually have my columns done in advance. Tonight, I'll try to get two in. I think I'll be caught up." She mentally counted the days since she'd last turned in an article. "Maybe I'll try to write another tomorrow."
"I know it's not much, but I worked on my high school newspaper for a semester. If you need a little help give me a holler."
"I'll do that." She smiled and laid the newspaper flat on the table, reading over the horoscope section. She rolled her eyes and turned the page where she saw her new boss' picture. "Jason Dean." She said quietly.
"What's that?" Paige asked her, after taking a small sip of her coffee.
"Nothing. My new boss. Jason." She lifted the paper slightly so Paige could see.
"Hey," Piper interrupted, "do you guys want eggs or something?" The people at the table shrugged. "Or would you prefer supper food?"
"Eggs." The three said. Piper nodded and pulled the carton out of the refrigerator.
"Scrambled good for everyone?" There was a chorus of "yeah"s.
Leo orbed into the kitchen, holding a thin, very thin book, much like an earlier version of the Book of Shadows.
"Whatcha got there, Leo?" Paige asked.
"This," he lifted the book, "is for you." As he spoke, he looked at Dan. Leo handed the book to the other man.
"What is it?"
"Whatever you may want to name it. It's your version of the Book of Shadows."
"It's very thin." Dan opened it, to only see one page. Written on it were the words of Dan's prophecy.
"You have to add to it."
"Like spells?"
"If you prefer. It could be a daily log of your teachings with Wyatt. It's yours to do as you please. More than likely, if you were to have a son or daughter, they may also be a counselor. Then the book relay's down to them."
Dan let out a chuckle.
"What?" Piper asked.
"Me with kids."
Phoebe smiled softly, trying to imagine Dan a father. She knew, of course, that he'd be a great dad. He was wonderful with Wyatt, along with a baby who had a ghost after him, years ago. That was something Dan didn't know about; it was before he found out that they were witches, before he knew that there was another world that he had no clue existed.
Paige, unlike Phoebe, did not smile. She took Dan laughing as he imagined himself with kids, that he didn't want any. She wanted children, and after having Wyatt around, it made her realize that she wanted them much more than she thought she did. Although she wanted to wait a couple of years, she knew that children of her own were definitely in her future. If Dan didn't want kids, how could this relationship that they were trying to build work out?
"Excuse me." She stood up from her chair and rushed hurtfully up the stairs.
Dan frowned, his eyes gazing at the path that his girlfriend just took.
"Did I say something?"
"I'll be right back." Piper said. "Watch my eggs, Leo."
Leo frowned, confused at his wife's words, and then turned when he smelled something burning. He stirred through the eggs skillfully, as Piper had showed him many times.
-x-
Upstairs, Paige sat on her unmade bed with her back against the wall. She had her ankles crossed and her arms folded over her chest. She wasn't mad, just a little hurt.
She hated having boyfriends who didn't want children. When she was starting a relationship with a man, she wanted to imagine them together in the future. If she couldn't see him as her possible husband, she wouldn't allow the relationship to go further.
The thought of Dan not wanting kids hurt her. For a while, she had thought that he could be someone she could see herself with. She couldn't be with a man who didn't want children.
She told herself that she was taking this too far. How could she think about a future with a man that she didn't love? She frowned. She did love him, and she cared for him. But she just hadn't reached that peak where she was in love with him.
She smiled, as she remembered when she couldn't understand the difference between loving someone and just being in love with them. Her high school best friend had summed it up for her in the best words.
'You love your mom and your dad and your sister or whoever. And you love your friends, like me. You can even just love your boyfriend, but not be IN love with him. When you're in love, that's the one, that you're really supposed to be with.'
Paige had asked about being in lust, her friend just told her that if that situation ever came up, she'd be screwed.
The more she thought about Dan, the more she knew that she wasn't in lust with him. Sure, there had been a couple of times when she thought about being together with him, sexually. But that was normal, for anyone.
She knew she wasn't in love with him.
Yet, she added in her thoughts.
But him not wanting children, that could have just crushed everything that they might have had.
She prayed that she got it wrong, that she came to wrong conclusions. Maybe he wanted kids; he was great with her nephew. How could a man who was so wonderful with a baby not want children?
She'd just confront him about it.
Later.
Authors note: Hey all. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Updates will be coming more often, a chapter every three to five days. The more you review, the faster I update. It's all up to you guys.
Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming. Remember people; it's fiction.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Twenty-Three ~ Jumping to Conclusions
"Where's Leo?" Paige asked a few minutes later as she and Dan walked into the kitchen.
"Elder's called him." Piper said. "He said it wouldn't take long."
Dan looked up at the clock and sighed when he saw that it was 7:12. He had a feeling it was going to be a long night. He took a seat beside Paige, and looked over at Phoebe who read the newspaper from that morning. Paige cooed at Wyatt who lay in his bouncing seat.
"Did you have a deadline tonight, Pheebs?" He asked her.
"I usually have my columns done in advance. Tonight, I'll try to get two in. I think I'll be caught up." She mentally counted the days since she'd last turned in an article. "Maybe I'll try to write another tomorrow."
"I know it's not much, but I worked on my high school newspaper for a semester. If you need a little help give me a holler."
"I'll do that." She smiled and laid the newspaper flat on the table, reading over the horoscope section. She rolled her eyes and turned the page where she saw her new boss' picture. "Jason Dean." She said quietly.
"What's that?" Paige asked her, after taking a small sip of her coffee.
"Nothing. My new boss. Jason." She lifted the paper slightly so Paige could see.
"Hey," Piper interrupted, "do you guys want eggs or something?" The people at the table shrugged. "Or would you prefer supper food?"
"Eggs." The three said. Piper nodded and pulled the carton out of the refrigerator.
"Scrambled good for everyone?" There was a chorus of "yeah"s.
Leo orbed into the kitchen, holding a thin, very thin book, much like an earlier version of the Book of Shadows.
"Whatcha got there, Leo?" Paige asked.
"This," he lifted the book, "is for you." As he spoke, he looked at Dan. Leo handed the book to the other man.
"What is it?"
"Whatever you may want to name it. It's your version of the Book of Shadows."
"It's very thin." Dan opened it, to only see one page. Written on it were the words of Dan's prophecy.
"You have to add to it."
"Like spells?"
"If you prefer. It could be a daily log of your teachings with Wyatt. It's yours to do as you please. More than likely, if you were to have a son or daughter, they may also be a counselor. Then the book relay's down to them."
Dan let out a chuckle.
"What?" Piper asked.
"Me with kids."
Phoebe smiled softly, trying to imagine Dan a father. She knew, of course, that he'd be a great dad. He was wonderful with Wyatt, along with a baby who had a ghost after him, years ago. That was something Dan didn't know about; it was before he found out that they were witches, before he knew that there was another world that he had no clue existed.
Paige, unlike Phoebe, did not smile. She took Dan laughing as he imagined himself with kids, that he didn't want any. She wanted children, and after having Wyatt around, it made her realize that she wanted them much more than she thought she did. Although she wanted to wait a couple of years, she knew that children of her own were definitely in her future. If Dan didn't want kids, how could this relationship that they were trying to build work out?
"Excuse me." She stood up from her chair and rushed hurtfully up the stairs.
Dan frowned, his eyes gazing at the path that his girlfriend just took.
"Did I say something?"
"I'll be right back." Piper said. "Watch my eggs, Leo."
Leo frowned, confused at his wife's words, and then turned when he smelled something burning. He stirred through the eggs skillfully, as Piper had showed him many times.
-x-
Upstairs, Paige sat on her unmade bed with her back against the wall. She had her ankles crossed and her arms folded over her chest. She wasn't mad, just a little hurt.
She hated having boyfriends who didn't want children. When she was starting a relationship with a man, she wanted to imagine them together in the future. If she couldn't see him as her possible husband, she wouldn't allow the relationship to go further.
The thought of Dan not wanting kids hurt her. For a while, she had thought that he could be someone she could see herself with. She couldn't be with a man who didn't want children.
She told herself that she was taking this too far. How could she think about a future with a man that she didn't love? She frowned. She did love him, and she cared for him. But she just hadn't reached that peak where she was in love with him.
She smiled, as she remembered when she couldn't understand the difference between loving someone and just being in love with them. Her high school best friend had summed it up for her in the best words.
'You love your mom and your dad and your sister or whoever. And you love your friends, like me. You can even just love your boyfriend, but not be IN love with him. When you're in love, that's the one, that you're really supposed to be with.'
Paige had asked about being in lust, her friend just told her that if that situation ever came up, she'd be screwed.
The more she thought about Dan, the more she knew that she wasn't in lust with him. Sure, there had been a couple of times when she thought about being together with him, sexually. But that was normal, for anyone.
She knew she wasn't in love with him.
Yet, she added in her thoughts.
But him not wanting children, that could have just crushed everything that they might have had.
She prayed that she got it wrong, that she came to wrong conclusions. Maybe he wanted kids; he was great with her nephew. How could a man who was so wonderful with a baby not want children?
She'd just confront him about it.
Later.