Disclaimer: I own no one. All characters are from the television show "Charmed", I'm writing for fun, and not for profit.
Authors note: Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming. Remember people; it's fiction.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Twenty-Five ~ In the Kitchen
Piper and Paige walked downstairs, both now completely happy. When they reached the kitchen, Paige picked up her nephew.
"Phoebe come upstairs with us. We're going to have a girls night." Piper said.
Phoebe set down the newspaper and pulled her glasses up in her hair.
"I want to work on my column tonight."
Paige frowned and held Wyatt in the crook of her arm, facing him towards Phoebe.
"Aw, come on Aunt Phoebe. Please?" Phoebe smiled and nodded.
"Okay."
Piper, who stood at the refrigerator, turned to look at her sisters.
"Do you guys want dip?"
"I'll make it. You two, well three, can go on upstairs." Paige handed Wyatt to Phoebe and stood beside Piper. The older sister reached into the drawer of the fridge and pulled out a four pack of strawberry daiquiris.
"Are you gonna drink any, Paige?" Everyone was aware of how much alcohol the youngest sister consumed. Before she met her sisters, she had a bad drinking problem. Everyone understood if she refused to drink.
"I might have one. I don't tolerate it very well anymore. I drink just a daiquiri and I'm tipsy."
"Hey," Leo spoke up, "if you guys are going to be drinking, should I keep Wyatt for the night?"
"Leo, it has like- two ounces of alcohol in it." Piper over exaggerated.
"Okay, let me rephrase. I'd like to hang out with my son for the night." He said, taking the baby from Phoebe. Piper smiled at him and nodded.
"Okay."
Paige reached into the refrigerator to get the ingredients for the taco dip. She set them on the counter and looked at her sisters.
"You guys can go on upstairs. I'll be up in twenty."
Phoebe and Piper left the kitchen, as did Leo, carrying the baby. Dan stayed and leaned against the counter.
"You need any help?" Paige shrugged.
"Do you know how to make taco dip?"
"No."
"Want to learn?"
"I'll watch."
Dan didn't move from his position against the counter. Paige smiled at him and reached in the cabinet for two bowls. She set them in her working area, and pulled out two spoons to go along.
She looked at the cabinet behind Dan's head. That's where the canned chili and salsa were. She could easily ask him to turn around and grab them, but that wasn't her nature. Paige was a tease, and that's how she liked it.
She sauntered over to Dan, and somewhat pinned him between her body and the cabinet he was leaning on. She heard his intake of breath, and wanted to smile, but she held it in. She reached above him and opened the cabinet. Paige found her items, and set them on the counter. All the while, she kept her eyes locked on his.
Dan removed his hands from the edge of the counter, and put them on her waist.
"You drive me crazy."
Dan lifted her up easily, turned around, and placed her on the counter.
"What are you-?" Paige started to ask, but Dan shushed her.
He put his fingers to her lips, tracing them softly with his thumb. He cupped her cheek, gently caressing her face.
"I'm so afraid of what you do to me, Paige." He whispered. Paige reached up and held his hand against her cheek. "Of how you make me feel."
She leaned down slowly; her eyes fluttering closed, and kissed him tenderly. The kiss was slow and sweet. Dan reached up with his other hand and cupped her opposite cheek. He held her face in his hands, enjoying the feel of her lips, her touch.
How did she add the tiny flutter to his heart in only weeks?
She pulled away from him slowly, and she stared at him with adoring eyes.
"I can't explain how you make me feel, Dan." She whispered, almost just thoughts. "I try to sort it out in my head, but I can't even think straight. I'm trying so hard," she said in a trembling voice, "so hard. I want to love you. I want love to ooze out. I want to feel so much for you, but I just- I just can't. I don't know what's stopping me."
"You're trying too hard." He said quietly. "You're just trying to hard. Forget it all. When the time comes, it'll slam into your heart and you'll wonder what took so long."
"Thank you." Paige didn't know why she said the words. She felt as though they were appropriate.
"Don't thank me. Half the time, I don't even know what I'm saying." He said with a smile.
"For a man who doesn't know what he's talking about, you sure give enough advice to keep me thinking."
Dan smiled and kissed Paige quickly.
Paige cleared her throat and looked to the other counter where her ingredients for taco dip awaited. She smiled softly at Dan and pointed.
"I need to make my taco dip." Dan ran a hand through his hair and stepped aside for Paige to get down from her spot on the counter.
She grabbed her chili and salsa, and then moved to where she could work.
"You're driving me insane, you really are." He said, wrapping his arms around her waist. His chest was against Paige's back as he rested his chin on her shoulder.
"I guess that's just my nature." She tried to open can of chili, struggling with the can opener.
"Okay, explain this to me." He said, snatching the can opener and chili from her to do it.
"Explain what?" Paige asked with a smile. "How to open the can?"
She could hear his eyes roll. He too struggled to open the can, but mostly because his arms were around her, and he didn't want the food on either one of them. Finally, the can was open.
"The snack dip. Give me the steps."
"Sour cream and cream cheese in one bowl. Mix them in good and they're the bottom layer. Chili and salsa mix them together. They're the middle layer."
"What's on top?"
"Cheese. If you want, you can go back and forth with the red and white, but I never do. It's too much of a hassle."
Paige sprinkled the cheese on top and turned around in Dan's arms carefully.
"I need to get to the microwave."
Dan, completely ignoring her request, leaned down and kissed her lips softly. After the quick kiss, her turned and allowed her to pass.
"You are delicious." Paige smiled at him and lifted her eyebrows.
"As are you." She licked her lips to prove her point. "I can still taste you." Paige said with a smile. She put the dip in the microwave and started it for ten minutes.
She could have a lot of fun in ten minutes.
-x-
Authors note: I blame the romance in this chapter on The Righteous Brothers. I listened to "Unchained Melody" repeatedly while writing this, so- yeah. I hope you enjoyed it.
Oh, and the taco dip, I don't know who's personal recipe it is. My mom found it a couple of years ago, and we love it.
Authors note: Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming. Remember people; it's fiction.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Twenty-Five ~ In the Kitchen
Piper and Paige walked downstairs, both now completely happy. When they reached the kitchen, Paige picked up her nephew.
"Phoebe come upstairs with us. We're going to have a girls night." Piper said.
Phoebe set down the newspaper and pulled her glasses up in her hair.
"I want to work on my column tonight."
Paige frowned and held Wyatt in the crook of her arm, facing him towards Phoebe.
"Aw, come on Aunt Phoebe. Please?" Phoebe smiled and nodded.
"Okay."
Piper, who stood at the refrigerator, turned to look at her sisters.
"Do you guys want dip?"
"I'll make it. You two, well three, can go on upstairs." Paige handed Wyatt to Phoebe and stood beside Piper. The older sister reached into the drawer of the fridge and pulled out a four pack of strawberry daiquiris.
"Are you gonna drink any, Paige?" Everyone was aware of how much alcohol the youngest sister consumed. Before she met her sisters, she had a bad drinking problem. Everyone understood if she refused to drink.
"I might have one. I don't tolerate it very well anymore. I drink just a daiquiri and I'm tipsy."
"Hey," Leo spoke up, "if you guys are going to be drinking, should I keep Wyatt for the night?"
"Leo, it has like- two ounces of alcohol in it." Piper over exaggerated.
"Okay, let me rephrase. I'd like to hang out with my son for the night." He said, taking the baby from Phoebe. Piper smiled at him and nodded.
"Okay."
Paige reached into the refrigerator to get the ingredients for the taco dip. She set them on the counter and looked at her sisters.
"You guys can go on upstairs. I'll be up in twenty."
Phoebe and Piper left the kitchen, as did Leo, carrying the baby. Dan stayed and leaned against the counter.
"You need any help?" Paige shrugged.
"Do you know how to make taco dip?"
"No."
"Want to learn?"
"I'll watch."
Dan didn't move from his position against the counter. Paige smiled at him and reached in the cabinet for two bowls. She set them in her working area, and pulled out two spoons to go along.
She looked at the cabinet behind Dan's head. That's where the canned chili and salsa were. She could easily ask him to turn around and grab them, but that wasn't her nature. Paige was a tease, and that's how she liked it.
She sauntered over to Dan, and somewhat pinned him between her body and the cabinet he was leaning on. She heard his intake of breath, and wanted to smile, but she held it in. She reached above him and opened the cabinet. Paige found her items, and set them on the counter. All the while, she kept her eyes locked on his.
Dan removed his hands from the edge of the counter, and put them on her waist.
"You drive me crazy."
Dan lifted her up easily, turned around, and placed her on the counter.
"What are you-?" Paige started to ask, but Dan shushed her.
He put his fingers to her lips, tracing them softly with his thumb. He cupped her cheek, gently caressing her face.
"I'm so afraid of what you do to me, Paige." He whispered. Paige reached up and held his hand against her cheek. "Of how you make me feel."
She leaned down slowly; her eyes fluttering closed, and kissed him tenderly. The kiss was slow and sweet. Dan reached up with his other hand and cupped her opposite cheek. He held her face in his hands, enjoying the feel of her lips, her touch.
How did she add the tiny flutter to his heart in only weeks?
She pulled away from him slowly, and she stared at him with adoring eyes.
"I can't explain how you make me feel, Dan." She whispered, almost just thoughts. "I try to sort it out in my head, but I can't even think straight. I'm trying so hard," she said in a trembling voice, "so hard. I want to love you. I want love to ooze out. I want to feel so much for you, but I just- I just can't. I don't know what's stopping me."
"You're trying too hard." He said quietly. "You're just trying to hard. Forget it all. When the time comes, it'll slam into your heart and you'll wonder what took so long."
"Thank you." Paige didn't know why she said the words. She felt as though they were appropriate.
"Don't thank me. Half the time, I don't even know what I'm saying." He said with a smile.
"For a man who doesn't know what he's talking about, you sure give enough advice to keep me thinking."
Dan smiled and kissed Paige quickly.
Paige cleared her throat and looked to the other counter where her ingredients for taco dip awaited. She smiled softly at Dan and pointed.
"I need to make my taco dip." Dan ran a hand through his hair and stepped aside for Paige to get down from her spot on the counter.
She grabbed her chili and salsa, and then moved to where she could work.
"You're driving me insane, you really are." He said, wrapping his arms around her waist. His chest was against Paige's back as he rested his chin on her shoulder.
"I guess that's just my nature." She tried to open can of chili, struggling with the can opener.
"Okay, explain this to me." He said, snatching the can opener and chili from her to do it.
"Explain what?" Paige asked with a smile. "How to open the can?"
She could hear his eyes roll. He too struggled to open the can, but mostly because his arms were around her, and he didn't want the food on either one of them. Finally, the can was open.
"The snack dip. Give me the steps."
"Sour cream and cream cheese in one bowl. Mix them in good and they're the bottom layer. Chili and salsa mix them together. They're the middle layer."
"What's on top?"
"Cheese. If you want, you can go back and forth with the red and white, but I never do. It's too much of a hassle."
Paige sprinkled the cheese on top and turned around in Dan's arms carefully.
"I need to get to the microwave."
Dan, completely ignoring her request, leaned down and kissed her lips softly. After the quick kiss, her turned and allowed her to pass.
"You are delicious." Paige smiled at him and lifted her eyebrows.
"As are you." She licked her lips to prove her point. "I can still taste you." Paige said with a smile. She put the dip in the microwave and started it for ten minutes.
She could have a lot of fun in ten minutes.
-x-
Authors note: I blame the romance in this chapter on The Righteous Brothers. I listened to "Unchained Melody" repeatedly while writing this, so- yeah. I hope you enjoyed it.
Oh, and the taco dip, I don't know who's personal recipe it is. My mom found it a couple of years ago, and we love it.