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Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Thirty-Nine ~ A New Perspective
Paige looked down at Wyatt and frowned.
"Wyatt looks bigger." She lifted him from his bassinet and made a face. "And he's heavier too."
"Babies grow, Paige." Piper said. "That's what they do. You've been gone a week, what do you expect?"
"What?" Paige frowned.
Phoebe stood up and shrugged. She put her hands on her hips and stood beside Piper.
"It's Friday morning... you said the spell on Friday night last week."
"Huh? I wasn't gone that long. I only spent a couple of hours in the future. Not a week."
"It was a week here." Piper said.
"I don't understand. If I would have known I was gone that long... I wish I'd have known." Paige looked down sadly at the baby in her arms.
Dan took Wyatt from Paige and nodded at Piper.
"I'm going to leave you three to talk." He said, heading towards the stairs.
They watched him disappear with Wyatt, then sat down on the couch. Paige was the first to speak.
"I'm not sure I understand why you are so upset with me."
"Paige." Piper hissed. "You were gone for an entire week. You have no idea what went on while you were gone."
"I had no way to get back, Piper." Paige fumed. "While I was protecting your son, I was hit by an energy ball. I couldn't heal myself like you could when you were pregnant."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Piper asked.
"She's trying to say that she was pregnant." Phoebe said. "Were you with Dan?"
The middle sister spoke in a whisper. She wanted to know what happened with her baby sister in the future. She just found that the boy she saw in her premonition was Wyatt. Phoebe wanted to know more about the future.
Paige shook her head. "No, not exactly."
"Who was the baby's father?" Phoebe and Paige seemed to ignore the oldest sister.
"It was Dan... we were just... having marital problems. Unlike you." Paige smiled slightly at Phoebe.
Phoebe's eyes widened. She halfway smiled and bit her lip.
"Who?"
"Uh, Jason Dean. You've got a little girl, born just a couple of days before Drew."
"Who was Drew?" Piper asked.
"Wyatt's little brother. Samuel Andrew. And your daughter," Paige turned to Phoebe, "was Prudence Turner. You come to terms with Cole's behavior."
"Don't think that you telling us about the future is going to change my attitude, Paige."
-x-
Dan set Wyatt in the carrier over his chest. He walked quietly down the stairs and left the short note on the table. Not to disturb the sisters in their conversation, he gently opened the front door and walked down the cement steps and onto the sidewalk.
"Let's go for a short walk, Buddy. You need to see a little more sun." He smiled and ran his hand over Wyatt's baby hair.
Heading left from the Halliwell Manor, he ignored his old home, where a teenager sat in the grass. Dan got about half a block away, when he stopped to check Wyatt, who hadn't made a sound. The infant was sleeping.
"Sleeping?" Dan looked up to see a pretty blonde smiling at him.
"Oh. Yeah. I guess he was a little tired."
"How old is he?" The woman asked.
"Four and a half weeks, I believe."
"Just a new baby then, huh?"
"Yeah. Still new." Dan smiled politely.
"I'm Bailey. Bailey Carmichael."
"Dan Gordon." He shook her hand. "Nice to meet you."
"Is this little fella your first?" Dan frowned.
"He's not mine. I'm his... Godfather."
"Oh, well, that's nice to know." Bailey smiled.
"I'm lucky. I'm not ready to be a dad yet. Maybe in a couple of years." Dan shrugged.
"Hey, I usually don't do this, but I uh, do you want to go out sometime?"
Dan lifted an eyebrow. "I'm sorry. I've got a girlfriend, a very serious girlfriend."
"Oh." Bailey blushed. "Sorry."
"No, my fault. I can be a little-"
"It's okay." She smiled politely. "I've got to go." She looked down at her watched. "See you later. Bye-bye baby." Bailey smiled down at the sleeping baby.
"Good-bye." Dan waved slightly.
-x-
"Piper, listen, I'm sorry that I was gone so long. But I had- have problems. I didn't want to rush into something with Dan without knowing that we'd be together in the end. I didn't want my heart broken like it was with Glenn. I didn't want to fall in love with Dan and end up away from him."
Paige folded her arms over her chest and fought back tears.
"That's not an excuse for being gone for an entire week, Paige. You could have thought of something else."
"It was the alcohol that did that, Piper." Phoebe said quietly.
"No it wasn't. It was partially me too." Paige said. "Deep down, I wanted to know, that's why I did it."
"Paige, you can't cast a spell anytime you want to know anything. Did you know that while you were gone, Dan nearly died?"
"What? He didn't tell me about this."
"He wouldn't. He's been ecstatic that you're back. Dan didn't want to bring up something like that." Piper said.
"What happened?"
"He was depressed that you were gone. He was this close," Piper held her fingers an inch apart, "from a nervous breakdown."
"I didn't know that." She said quietly. "I wish I'd have known."
"You've been saying that a lot since you've gotten back." Piper said.
"I'm sorry." Paige whispered. "I'm not going to cast any personal spells anymore."
-x-
As Dan finished his walk around the block, he passed by his old house and stopped. He stood there for a moment, remembering when he lived with his niece, Jenny.
"Can I help you?" A girl, around the age of fourteen asked.
"No. I'm just looking. I used to live here." Dan smiled.
"When you were a kid?"
"No- just a few years ago."
"If you're interested, it's going on the market tomorrow morning. My dad's job got transferred."
"Oh?" Dan said softly.
"Yeah, but I think that he wanted to move. He's always upset about your friends."
"My friends?"
The girl nodded towards the manor.
"Did you know that a woman died in there? About two years ago. The only thing is- they don't know how it happened."
"I knew her. She was their oldest sister." Dan said quietly.
"Oh. I think they're kind of strange. There are always strange people stopping by. It's creepy."
Dan smiled. "Sometimes it can be. The sisters are nice though."
"I think they're spies."
Dan laughed. "The bad thing is, I could actually see them being spies."
-x-
Dan walked inside silently and stood in the doorway of the living room. He watched the sisters, who sat together on the couch.
"Everything good between you guys?"
Piper nodded softly. "Yeah, I think so."
Dan pulled Wyatt out of the carrier and lay him down in the bassinet. The babe still slept. He unstrapped the belt and pulled the carrier off his shoulders.
"You guys go for a walk?" Piper asked.
"Yeah. Just around the block."
"How long has he been asleep?"
"Thirty minutes? Not too long."
"Okay."
Phoebe stood up and slapped her legs.
"I have to get to work. I want to have a column and a half done by bed time." She smiled and rolled her eyes.
Phoebe turned back to Piper.
"Hey, when is John Mayer going to be at the club?"
"A week from tomorrow."
"Okay. He's a hottie. Do you think you might be able to get me an interview?"
"You can talk to his manager about that. He'll be in to check out the place tomorrow night."
"Okay." Phoebe smiled and left the room.
"I need to get started on dinner. Lasagna okay with you guys?"
"That's fine." Paige said.
"Yeah. Sounds good."
Dan smiled at Piper as she went through the conservatory. He licked his lips and looked down at Paige.
"So, are you going to be my date?" he asked.
"Excuse me?"
"To the show. Next Saturday."
"Oh. Of course. I can't miss John." She smiled and stood up.
Leaning to kiss Dan on the cheek, Paige grinned evilly to herself. She put her lips to his cheek and blew air out instead of actually kissing him. Dan laughed and reached around to lift her up.
He brought his lips to her and kissed her lightly.
-x-
Authors note: Long one! Whew. There ya go. I think that the next chapter will be the last. *tear* I'll add closing notes and thank-you's afterwards.
Authors note: Thank you for the reviews, keep them coming. Remember people; it's fiction.
Title: Sister Switch Off
Author: just always
Chapter Thirty-Nine ~ A New Perspective
Paige looked down at Wyatt and frowned.
"Wyatt looks bigger." She lifted him from his bassinet and made a face. "And he's heavier too."
"Babies grow, Paige." Piper said. "That's what they do. You've been gone a week, what do you expect?"
"What?" Paige frowned.
Phoebe stood up and shrugged. She put her hands on her hips and stood beside Piper.
"It's Friday morning... you said the spell on Friday night last week."
"Huh? I wasn't gone that long. I only spent a couple of hours in the future. Not a week."
"It was a week here." Piper said.
"I don't understand. If I would have known I was gone that long... I wish I'd have known." Paige looked down sadly at the baby in her arms.
Dan took Wyatt from Paige and nodded at Piper.
"I'm going to leave you three to talk." He said, heading towards the stairs.
They watched him disappear with Wyatt, then sat down on the couch. Paige was the first to speak.
"I'm not sure I understand why you are so upset with me."
"Paige." Piper hissed. "You were gone for an entire week. You have no idea what went on while you were gone."
"I had no way to get back, Piper." Paige fumed. "While I was protecting your son, I was hit by an energy ball. I couldn't heal myself like you could when you were pregnant."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Piper asked.
"She's trying to say that she was pregnant." Phoebe said. "Were you with Dan?"
The middle sister spoke in a whisper. She wanted to know what happened with her baby sister in the future. She just found that the boy she saw in her premonition was Wyatt. Phoebe wanted to know more about the future.
Paige shook her head. "No, not exactly."
"Who was the baby's father?" Phoebe and Paige seemed to ignore the oldest sister.
"It was Dan... we were just... having marital problems. Unlike you." Paige smiled slightly at Phoebe.
Phoebe's eyes widened. She halfway smiled and bit her lip.
"Who?"
"Uh, Jason Dean. You've got a little girl, born just a couple of days before Drew."
"Who was Drew?" Piper asked.
"Wyatt's little brother. Samuel Andrew. And your daughter," Paige turned to Phoebe, "was Prudence Turner. You come to terms with Cole's behavior."
"Don't think that you telling us about the future is going to change my attitude, Paige."
-x-
Dan set Wyatt in the carrier over his chest. He walked quietly down the stairs and left the short note on the table. Not to disturb the sisters in their conversation, he gently opened the front door and walked down the cement steps and onto the sidewalk.
"Let's go for a short walk, Buddy. You need to see a little more sun." He smiled and ran his hand over Wyatt's baby hair.
Heading left from the Halliwell Manor, he ignored his old home, where a teenager sat in the grass. Dan got about half a block away, when he stopped to check Wyatt, who hadn't made a sound. The infant was sleeping.
"Sleeping?" Dan looked up to see a pretty blonde smiling at him.
"Oh. Yeah. I guess he was a little tired."
"How old is he?" The woman asked.
"Four and a half weeks, I believe."
"Just a new baby then, huh?"
"Yeah. Still new." Dan smiled politely.
"I'm Bailey. Bailey Carmichael."
"Dan Gordon." He shook her hand. "Nice to meet you."
"Is this little fella your first?" Dan frowned.
"He's not mine. I'm his... Godfather."
"Oh, well, that's nice to know." Bailey smiled.
"I'm lucky. I'm not ready to be a dad yet. Maybe in a couple of years." Dan shrugged.
"Hey, I usually don't do this, but I uh, do you want to go out sometime?"
Dan lifted an eyebrow. "I'm sorry. I've got a girlfriend, a very serious girlfriend."
"Oh." Bailey blushed. "Sorry."
"No, my fault. I can be a little-"
"It's okay." She smiled politely. "I've got to go." She looked down at her watched. "See you later. Bye-bye baby." Bailey smiled down at the sleeping baby.
"Good-bye." Dan waved slightly.
-x-
"Piper, listen, I'm sorry that I was gone so long. But I had- have problems. I didn't want to rush into something with Dan without knowing that we'd be together in the end. I didn't want my heart broken like it was with Glenn. I didn't want to fall in love with Dan and end up away from him."
Paige folded her arms over her chest and fought back tears.
"That's not an excuse for being gone for an entire week, Paige. You could have thought of something else."
"It was the alcohol that did that, Piper." Phoebe said quietly.
"No it wasn't. It was partially me too." Paige said. "Deep down, I wanted to know, that's why I did it."
"Paige, you can't cast a spell anytime you want to know anything. Did you know that while you were gone, Dan nearly died?"
"What? He didn't tell me about this."
"He wouldn't. He's been ecstatic that you're back. Dan didn't want to bring up something like that." Piper said.
"What happened?"
"He was depressed that you were gone. He was this close," Piper held her fingers an inch apart, "from a nervous breakdown."
"I didn't know that." She said quietly. "I wish I'd have known."
"You've been saying that a lot since you've gotten back." Piper said.
"I'm sorry." Paige whispered. "I'm not going to cast any personal spells anymore."
-x-
As Dan finished his walk around the block, he passed by his old house and stopped. He stood there for a moment, remembering when he lived with his niece, Jenny.
"Can I help you?" A girl, around the age of fourteen asked.
"No. I'm just looking. I used to live here." Dan smiled.
"When you were a kid?"
"No- just a few years ago."
"If you're interested, it's going on the market tomorrow morning. My dad's job got transferred."
"Oh?" Dan said softly.
"Yeah, but I think that he wanted to move. He's always upset about your friends."
"My friends?"
The girl nodded towards the manor.
"Did you know that a woman died in there? About two years ago. The only thing is- they don't know how it happened."
"I knew her. She was their oldest sister." Dan said quietly.
"Oh. I think they're kind of strange. There are always strange people stopping by. It's creepy."
Dan smiled. "Sometimes it can be. The sisters are nice though."
"I think they're spies."
Dan laughed. "The bad thing is, I could actually see them being spies."
-x-
Dan walked inside silently and stood in the doorway of the living room. He watched the sisters, who sat together on the couch.
"Everything good between you guys?"
Piper nodded softly. "Yeah, I think so."
Dan pulled Wyatt out of the carrier and lay him down in the bassinet. The babe still slept. He unstrapped the belt and pulled the carrier off his shoulders.
"You guys go for a walk?" Piper asked.
"Yeah. Just around the block."
"How long has he been asleep?"
"Thirty minutes? Not too long."
"Okay."
Phoebe stood up and slapped her legs.
"I have to get to work. I want to have a column and a half done by bed time." She smiled and rolled her eyes.
Phoebe turned back to Piper.
"Hey, when is John Mayer going to be at the club?"
"A week from tomorrow."
"Okay. He's a hottie. Do you think you might be able to get me an interview?"
"You can talk to his manager about that. He'll be in to check out the place tomorrow night."
"Okay." Phoebe smiled and left the room.
"I need to get started on dinner. Lasagna okay with you guys?"
"That's fine." Paige said.
"Yeah. Sounds good."
Dan smiled at Piper as she went through the conservatory. He licked his lips and looked down at Paige.
"So, are you going to be my date?" he asked.
"Excuse me?"
"To the show. Next Saturday."
"Oh. Of course. I can't miss John." She smiled and stood up.
Leaning to kiss Dan on the cheek, Paige grinned evilly to herself. She put her lips to his cheek and blew air out instead of actually kissing him. Dan laughed and reached around to lift her up.
He brought his lips to her and kissed her lightly.
-x-
Authors note: Long one! Whew. There ya go. I think that the next chapter will be the last. *tear* I'll add closing notes and thank-you's afterwards.