Disclaimer: I own no one. All characters are from the television show "Charmed", I'm writing for fun, and not for profit.
Authors note: School here starts the 12th, and it's going to be really hectic for me. (I've been homeschool for the past three years, and the school has put me back three years because of proof issues.) I'm going to be working my butt off to work for credits and what not. I've got to start 9th grade all over again. (I'm suppossed to be a senior.) So, problems have evolved, and I don't know how often I'll be able to update this story. Hopefully I can get a chapter in once a week. It shouldn't be too rare when I update.
Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming. Remember people; it's fiction.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Thirty-One ~ How it will be
"We need to talk to Piper and Phoebe." Dan walked past Paige quickly and hurried down the stairs. He turned back to look at Paige; she was still studying the photographs on the walls. "Are you coming?"
"Is there another me wondering around?"
"I doubt it, when Piper, Prue, and Phoebe when into the future years ago, they took places in their own bodies. And so did you when you went into the past."
"I see." Paige licked her lips and followed Dan down the stairs. "How far along am I?" She asked quietly.
"Three and a half months. You've been trying to hide it from me, but I saw it the day you found out."
"You saw it?"
"It's one of my powers." Dan sighed. "It's kind of like reading someone's mind, but seeing the future instead- or the past." He frowned. "I look deep into your eyes, like you saw me do a few minutes ago. And I can see certain things. I saw it in your eyes right after you found out that you were pregnant."
"And the baby was conceived out of anger? What does that mean?"
"Ugh." Dan growled in frustration. It wasn't that Paige was asking too many questions; it was the memory that he didn't wish to remember. "You and I were in our place, and we were fighting. It was one of our worst fights. We were aggravated with each other, and out of fury and rage, we conceived the baby you are carrying."
"Our place? You mean our home?"
Dan shook his head and ran his hands through his hair. He walked back up the few steps where Paige was and sat down. She sat beside him.
"We have- had a special place. Phoebe and Cole had the mausoleum. Piper and Leo had P3. Phoebe and Jason now have... well, they have Jason's office. We had our special place too."
Paige smiled softly and nudged his shoulder with hers.
"Where was our special place?"
Dan sighed and slouched his shoulders, looking down the stairs towards the living room. He closed his eyes and laced his fingers together, resting his elbows on his knees and holding his arms outward.
"I'm not comfortable, Paige. You don't know what's going on now, as soon as you are back- ugh." He rubbed his forehead roughly. "As soon as you are back where you need to be, it's not going to be like this. We aren't going to be talking- you, I mean future you, won't even remember this and we'll be fighting again."
"It's confusing, isn't it?" Paige said, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Paige-"
"No. I know." She removed her hand. "I just- I'm sorry. I understand the results of my spell. You and I aren't meant to be. I'll take it back and wish you farewell as a boyfriend or lover when I'm back in the time I belong in."
Paige stood up and shook her arms. She started down the stairs looked back at Dan. He stared to the floor, and though Paige couldn't see his face very well, she could see that he was turning red.
"Don't be angry at me, Dan." She said softly.
"I'm not." He shook his head. "Paige, don't bid me farewell when you get back. These years with you have been the best of my life. You and I are just having problems. Make it work." He looked up and stared straight into her eyes. "Make it work." He repeated.
Paige nodded. She wished she could understand. Why were Dan and her future self so angry at each other? What had happened to upset them both?
She remembered how Piper said that she and Leo had been divorced in the future. It didn't look like they were separating any time soon.
"Danny!"
Dan looked down the stairs at the three children staring at him. He glanced up at Paige, wanting to see her face when she saw how Wyatt had grown. That was the only child she knew.
When Paige turned, she smiled brightly. Wyatt was a spitting image of his father. Not like Drew was- the younger boy had similarities, but Wyatt looked just like Leo.
Prudence Turner, being only four years old, had her mothers brown eyes. Although, Paige thought she saw a hint of Prue in her. The child had her dark hair back in braids and she tugged on one of them as she looked at Paige's hair.
"Paigie, I don't like your hair. It's orange." The little girl said dropping the braid and putting her hands on her hips. She had her mother's spunk, that's for sure.
"That's what I said." Drew said.
"Don't listen to them, Paige." Wyatt said. "I like it. It makes me think of when I was a baby." Wyatt looked at Dan. "Are you coming?"
Dan stood up and stretched. He lifted his eyebrows.
"I hope that you guys are in a tough lesson today. I think I'm a little stressed out. I might take it out on you." He said with a hint of a smile.
"What's stressed out?" Prudence asked.
"It's when you're worried about a lot of things that don't make sense."
"Then I'm stressed out." Drew said. "A 'cause those bad demons worry me and they don't make any sense coming when they know that my mommy will just blow them up."
"My mommy will too."
"You're mommy can't blow demons up. That's not her power."
"Yeah, but my mommy can float in the air and kick them real hard."
Paige watched the two four year olds bicker back and forth over who's "Mommy" was better. Drew put his hands on his hips and rolled his eyes.
"Well, you know what, I learned two new things today." Drew held up three fingers. "So I don't hafta do my lesson." Drew stuck out his tongue at his cousin.
Dan cleared his throat.
"Who made up this new rule?" Wyatt looked at his little brother and cousin and shrugged.
"I did. I think it's a good rule. If I learn enough new things in one day, I shouldn't have to do a lesson."
"How about this?" Paige bent down and put her hands on her knees. "You guys do a lesson with Dan and then we can finger paint upstairs afterwards?"
The two four year olds smiled but Wyatt scowled.
"I don't want to get my hands messy."
"Well, I'll let you use one of my brushes. You can be the big boy, and show me how you use the paintbrush. How's that?"
Wyatt rolled his eyes. Paige frowned and looked at Dan. Dan shrugged his shoulders.
"He's going through a stage." He whispered to her. "Okay. Downstairs, kiddies." He picked up Prudence and carried her on his hip.
"What should I do?" Paige asked him quietly.
"Talk to Piper. Don't let her tell you anything about the future. You don't need to know too much. I feel that I've told enough."
Dan led the three children down to the basement where he gave them their studies for the day.
Paige sighed and stuck her hands in the pockets of her jeans. She walked slowly to the kitchen, sighing as she saw her sisters sitting at the table. Jason sat beside Phoebe, both of them looking at the morning edition of The Bay Mirror, their newspaper.
Piper sipped at her coffee, flipping pages in the Book of Shadows. She looked up when she saw Paige enter the kitchen, and immediately, she knew something was different.
"Piper, can I talk to you for a few minutes?"
-x-
Authors Note: Ah, is Paige going to get out of the future and back where she belongs? Is future Dan going to be the one who figures how to get her back? Review!
Authors note: School here starts the 12th, and it's going to be really hectic for me. (I've been homeschool for the past three years, and the school has put me back three years because of proof issues.) I'm going to be working my butt off to work for credits and what not. I've got to start 9th grade all over again. (I'm suppossed to be a senior.) So, problems have evolved, and I don't know how often I'll be able to update this story. Hopefully I can get a chapter in once a week. It shouldn't be too rare when I update.
Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming. Remember people; it's fiction.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Thirty-One ~ How it will be
"We need to talk to Piper and Phoebe." Dan walked past Paige quickly and hurried down the stairs. He turned back to look at Paige; she was still studying the photographs on the walls. "Are you coming?"
"Is there another me wondering around?"
"I doubt it, when Piper, Prue, and Phoebe when into the future years ago, they took places in their own bodies. And so did you when you went into the past."
"I see." Paige licked her lips and followed Dan down the stairs. "How far along am I?" She asked quietly.
"Three and a half months. You've been trying to hide it from me, but I saw it the day you found out."
"You saw it?"
"It's one of my powers." Dan sighed. "It's kind of like reading someone's mind, but seeing the future instead- or the past." He frowned. "I look deep into your eyes, like you saw me do a few minutes ago. And I can see certain things. I saw it in your eyes right after you found out that you were pregnant."
"And the baby was conceived out of anger? What does that mean?"
"Ugh." Dan growled in frustration. It wasn't that Paige was asking too many questions; it was the memory that he didn't wish to remember. "You and I were in our place, and we were fighting. It was one of our worst fights. We were aggravated with each other, and out of fury and rage, we conceived the baby you are carrying."
"Our place? You mean our home?"
Dan shook his head and ran his hands through his hair. He walked back up the few steps where Paige was and sat down. She sat beside him.
"We have- had a special place. Phoebe and Cole had the mausoleum. Piper and Leo had P3. Phoebe and Jason now have... well, they have Jason's office. We had our special place too."
Paige smiled softly and nudged his shoulder with hers.
"Where was our special place?"
Dan sighed and slouched his shoulders, looking down the stairs towards the living room. He closed his eyes and laced his fingers together, resting his elbows on his knees and holding his arms outward.
"I'm not comfortable, Paige. You don't know what's going on now, as soon as you are back- ugh." He rubbed his forehead roughly. "As soon as you are back where you need to be, it's not going to be like this. We aren't going to be talking- you, I mean future you, won't even remember this and we'll be fighting again."
"It's confusing, isn't it?" Paige said, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Paige-"
"No. I know." She removed her hand. "I just- I'm sorry. I understand the results of my spell. You and I aren't meant to be. I'll take it back and wish you farewell as a boyfriend or lover when I'm back in the time I belong in."
Paige stood up and shook her arms. She started down the stairs looked back at Dan. He stared to the floor, and though Paige couldn't see his face very well, she could see that he was turning red.
"Don't be angry at me, Dan." She said softly.
"I'm not." He shook his head. "Paige, don't bid me farewell when you get back. These years with you have been the best of my life. You and I are just having problems. Make it work." He looked up and stared straight into her eyes. "Make it work." He repeated.
Paige nodded. She wished she could understand. Why were Dan and her future self so angry at each other? What had happened to upset them both?
She remembered how Piper said that she and Leo had been divorced in the future. It didn't look like they were separating any time soon.
"Danny!"
Dan looked down the stairs at the three children staring at him. He glanced up at Paige, wanting to see her face when she saw how Wyatt had grown. That was the only child she knew.
When Paige turned, she smiled brightly. Wyatt was a spitting image of his father. Not like Drew was- the younger boy had similarities, but Wyatt looked just like Leo.
Prudence Turner, being only four years old, had her mothers brown eyes. Although, Paige thought she saw a hint of Prue in her. The child had her dark hair back in braids and she tugged on one of them as she looked at Paige's hair.
"Paigie, I don't like your hair. It's orange." The little girl said dropping the braid and putting her hands on her hips. She had her mother's spunk, that's for sure.
"That's what I said." Drew said.
"Don't listen to them, Paige." Wyatt said. "I like it. It makes me think of when I was a baby." Wyatt looked at Dan. "Are you coming?"
Dan stood up and stretched. He lifted his eyebrows.
"I hope that you guys are in a tough lesson today. I think I'm a little stressed out. I might take it out on you." He said with a hint of a smile.
"What's stressed out?" Prudence asked.
"It's when you're worried about a lot of things that don't make sense."
"Then I'm stressed out." Drew said. "A 'cause those bad demons worry me and they don't make any sense coming when they know that my mommy will just blow them up."
"My mommy will too."
"You're mommy can't blow demons up. That's not her power."
"Yeah, but my mommy can float in the air and kick them real hard."
Paige watched the two four year olds bicker back and forth over who's "Mommy" was better. Drew put his hands on his hips and rolled his eyes.
"Well, you know what, I learned two new things today." Drew held up three fingers. "So I don't hafta do my lesson." Drew stuck out his tongue at his cousin.
Dan cleared his throat.
"Who made up this new rule?" Wyatt looked at his little brother and cousin and shrugged.
"I did. I think it's a good rule. If I learn enough new things in one day, I shouldn't have to do a lesson."
"How about this?" Paige bent down and put her hands on her knees. "You guys do a lesson with Dan and then we can finger paint upstairs afterwards?"
The two four year olds smiled but Wyatt scowled.
"I don't want to get my hands messy."
"Well, I'll let you use one of my brushes. You can be the big boy, and show me how you use the paintbrush. How's that?"
Wyatt rolled his eyes. Paige frowned and looked at Dan. Dan shrugged his shoulders.
"He's going through a stage." He whispered to her. "Okay. Downstairs, kiddies." He picked up Prudence and carried her on his hip.
"What should I do?" Paige asked him quietly.
"Talk to Piper. Don't let her tell you anything about the future. You don't need to know too much. I feel that I've told enough."
Dan led the three children down to the basement where he gave them their studies for the day.
Paige sighed and stuck her hands in the pockets of her jeans. She walked slowly to the kitchen, sighing as she saw her sisters sitting at the table. Jason sat beside Phoebe, both of them looking at the morning edition of The Bay Mirror, their newspaper.
Piper sipped at her coffee, flipping pages in the Book of Shadows. She looked up when she saw Paige enter the kitchen, and immediately, she knew something was different.
"Piper, can I talk to you for a few minutes?"
-x-
Authors Note: Ah, is Paige going to get out of the future and back where she belongs? Is future Dan going to be the one who figures how to get her back? Review!