A/N: I'm so sorry for not updating!!!!!!!! you guys must hate me! But I hope you like the new chapter.....
The doorbell echoed throughout the house as Jason rang it, picking up Phoebe for their date
tonight. He was nervous as hell but knew he didn't want to give Phoebe up. His thoughts were
interrupted by Leo opening the door.
"Hey Jason, come in. Phoebe got a little sidetracked watching the girls so she's not exactly ready
yet." Leo greeted, holding Wyatt's hand and cradling Prudence in his free arm. The door opened
more and Jason stepped inside, suddenly thinking of a brilliant way to calm his nerves. Leo was
married to Piper, who was also a witch, he had gone through just what Jason was!
"Oh that's okay Leo, actually could I ask you a question or two?"
"Um, yeah sure. Come sit." Leo replied, puzzled at Jason's request, and leading him into the
living room to sit down. He put Prudence down in her play pen, he let Wyatt roam about the room.
"So what's up?"
"Well, I was just thinking. You're married to Piper and all so you must know what I'm going
through."
"Oh, well I wish I could say I do."
"What do you mean? Are you a witch too?" Pausing, he added, "that's so weird, saying witch as
if it were an everyday thing."
"You'll get used to it, that is, if you want to."
"I'm pretty sure I do but what happened when Piper told you she was a witch?"
"She never told me. I knew before she did."
"Huh?" Jason asked, dumbfounded.
"Well, I'm what's called a whitelighter, kinda like a guardian angel. It's a long story so I'll try to
make it fast. I was born in 1924 but died in World War II, saving tons of lives. I was made a
whitelighter to watch over other witches and I was assigned to Piper and her sisters. The rest is what
Phoebe should tell you."
"Oh, so what am I like the only non-magical person in this family, assuming your kids have
powers?"
"No, Greg is a mortal. And yes, the kids have powers."
"So that means that if Phoebe and I were ever to have kids, they would....."
"The would what?" Asked Phoebe, coming down the stairs and into the living room, halfway
through Jason's sentence. Jason stood up, almost drooling at the sight of Phoebe.
"Wow....I....wow....Phoebe....you....amazing...." Was all he could manage to say.
"Thank you Jason. Now, if you don't mind Leo, I'm going to steal Jason so we can go to dinner."
"Have a good time you guys." Leo replied, turning away from Phoebe and Jason who were out
the door before he finished.
"So what were you and Leo talking about?" Phoebe asked Jason once they were in the car.
"Oh, nothing. Listen, I want us to go through this date like we used to, as if I didn't know.
Afterwards we can go back to my place or your's and talk about it."
"I was going to suggest the exact same thing." Phoebe explained. Jason reached over and took
her hand in his, something he almost always did when they were driving together. It felt right, like
this was the way it was meant to be.
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Piper and Paige walked into the manor to find Wyatt running out of the living room and over to
Piper. He put up his arms and Piper bent down to pick him up. "Hey Little Man. Where's daddy?"
Piper asked her son, knowing he would recognize the word 'daddy'. Wyatt pointed to the living
room where Leo was sitting on the couch, comforting a whimpering baby girl. Piper walked over to
him with Wyatt on her hip. "Leo, what's wrong?"
"May's just a little hungry. It's almost dinner time so I was just going to get a bottle ready."
"Oh okay. Warm up two while you're at it, Prudence will probably be waking up in a little
while anyway. I'll take the girls and order us a pizza or something, I won't have time to cook
tonight."
"Oh, why don't you go cook and I'll watch the kids while you two are in the kitchen."
Paige volunteered, remembering Piper and Leo had to talk about something. A family dinner should
be a good time for it.
"You sure you don't mind?"
"No, don't be silly Leo."
"Okay, thanks Paige." Leo placed a crying May into his sister-in-law's arms before walking
off to warm up a bottle. Once he was out of ear shot, Piper turned to her baby sister, "you know,
just because you are watching my kids doesn't mean I'm not gonna make you tell Greg."
"I know, I know. I just figured a nice sit down, family dinner would be a good time for you
to talk about whatever you needed to talk about. I'll be in my room all night so you can Leo can have dinner with the kids.. Greg and I are moving his stuff in tonight."
"You'll hafta come out of your room if you're moving his stuff."
"Do not. I'm gonna orb it from his place to my room. Did you really think I would hire
movers when I could orb?"
"No but I didn't think you would stoop to using your powers for personal gain."
"It's not personal gain. I get orbing from my dad, a whitelighter. It isn't part of my witch
powers therefore it's not personal gain."
"Damn loopholes. Well anyway, thanks for watching the kids and you know I'll tell you
once Leo and I figure it out."
"Tell me what?"
"What we need to talk about. You didn't say anything but I know you well enough by now
to know you were wondering."
"Haha. Now where'd Wyatt sneak off to?"
"He's over there by the couch. Thanks again for watching the kids."
"Anytime. Now where's Prudence?"
"Sleeping in her playpen." The living room had been turned into a play room over the past year or so and it wasn't unusual to walk in there and find a sleeping baby or two . "Now, go! And if you wanted to make an extra plate or two I really wouldn't mind."
"I'll think about it." Piper told her baby sister before leaving the room to go start cooking dinner, worrying the whole while about how Phoebe's date was going
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"Hahaha......I can't believe you asked him to bring you a dead rat instead of fried eggs!" Phoebe exclaimed through burst of laughter.
"Hey, I'd like to see you learn Chinese. It's much much harder than it looks, and it looks hard."
"I know, I know, I'm just teasing you. I remember this one time, I drove up to Canada with a few of my friends the summer before college. We just happened to end up in an entirely French-speaking village. It was horrible, we all knew a little French, you know, just the stuff they teach you in high school. Well, as you know I wasn't the best student in my day so you can just imagine what my friends were like. It was a disaster. We only knew one phrase but didn't know what it meant at the time. We went around this tiny little village screaming 'Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?' I was horrified when I figured out what it meant!"
"I'm surprised nobody took you up on your offer."
"I think a few guys tried to but thankfully we were still a bit niave at that age." Phoebe and Jason shared a small chuckle before asking for their check. It was getting late and they had prolonged the date as much as possible, dessert and coffee lasted almost an hour. After the check was paid and the waitress tipped, they left.
"So whose place do you want to go back to?" Jason asked once him and Phoebe were settled in the car.
"Umm.....how about mine? Piper and Leo will be busy with the kids and Paige will be moving Greg's stuff into her room all night."
"Okay, let's go."
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"So what do you want to know first?" Phoebe asked Jason after a few minutes of them sitting in her bedroom, not speaking.
"I don't really know. You have to understand, it's a lot to take in. I mean, I thought you were hiding something but I was expecting more of a, 'I'm secretly married to my brother' or something. Why not start from the beginning?"
"Okay....almost seven years ago my grandmother died. Prue was engaged to a man that accused me of cheating on him, Piper was miserable and working at some lame bank. I moved to New York because Prue and I never got along, all that kept me here was Grams. Once she was gone, so was I. I got into a bad relationship and ran out of money so about 6 months later, I came back home. Prue had broken up with Roger and Piper was struggling to find work as a chef and about 3 weeks away from getting engaged. That night we were playing with our old spirit board, and got a mysterious message to check in the attic. I snuck up to the attic that night and found an old trunk with books and candles and weird stuff in it. I read some sort of incantaion and bam! We were witches. Prue had the power to move things with her mind, Piper can freeze something in time, and I get premonitions." Phoebe paused for breath, and a reaction from Jason at this point, his face was blank but he spoke up,
"Prue? Who's that? And what about Paige?"
"Oh, I'll get to Paige in a second. Prue is really hard for me to talk about so just bear with me. Prue is, was, my oldest sister. She was killed by a demon about four years ago. Partly because of....of....me." Phoebe said, breaking down into tears. She had never told anyone this before although she suspected Piper thought it too. Jason, not knowing what to say, just held Phoebe in his arms until she decided to speak again. "At that time, I was on and off with Cole, who was an evil demon and tried to kill us. I was with him and while I was gone, a demon attacked Prue and Piper. A really powerful demon. Something really bad happened and Prue ended up dying. I promise I'll tell you about it, but not now, not yet. I'm not ready."
"That's fine Phoebe, take your time." Jason encouraged.
"Thanks. Well soon after, we found out that our mom had an affair with her whitelighter. I'm guessing Leo told you about that?" Jason nodded so Phoebe continued, "Well, she got pregnant and since witches and whitelighters weren't supposed to be together, Mom and Sam had to give Paige up at birth. She was raised by adoptive parents but they died when she was in high school."
"But what about Piper and Leo? They have three kids, and are married."
"That was an exception to the rule. They were able to prove their relationship didn't get in the way of their job so the Elders, kind of like the Wiccan government, allowed them to get married. As far as I know, there are a few other witches and whitelighers that are married but not many."
"Oh, I see. So ummm.....what about Cole?"
"Cole. Cole, was a demon sent out to kill Prue, Piper, and I. We fell in love but things got very messy. We were together for two years and throughout that time he was evil about three times, he switched back and forth a lot. He finally became the ultimate evil, the Source of All Evil. He got me pregnant so when I found out the truth, the baby swayed me to his side. Eventually, I came to my senses and my sisters and I vanquished him. He came back from the dead though and almost killed me a few times. We finally got him for good about a month before Wyatt was born and haven't heard from him since. I'm sorry all this lacks so much detail but I really haven't talked about it since any of it happened so it's still really hard for me."
"That's okay. I understand. I just want you to know that if we were ever to get married, I would never hurt you."
"Oh God, Jason, I'm so sorry but I don't think I could ever get married again. It was so hard for me to convince myself to marry Cole. After how horrible that turned out, I don't know if I could ever do it again."
"You're kidding right? You never want to get married?"
"I want to but I never saw myself as the marrying type. I never dreamt about the perfect wedding when I was a kid, the perfect guy sure, but never the wedding."
"Well then I don't know what we've been doing these past few months. It may not seem like it, but one day I do want to get married. Not anytime soon, probably not for a few years, but I want a wife, and kids."
"Just because I don't want to get married right now doesn't mean I'll never get married."
"You just said you don't think you could ever get married again!"
"That was before I knew I might lose you because I don't want to get married."
"I don't want to lose you either! I just don't understand how you could not want kids, and someone to live the rest of your life with. I mean, when you see how happy Leo and Piper are, and Greg and Paige, doesn't that just make you want to get married? I get that what Cole did to you was horrible but if I had people as happily married as your family, I would find it impossible to not marry the person I love."
"I do want kids, and you just need to give me some time on the whole marriage thing. I might feel different in a year or two, I just need time. And yes, Paige and Greg are very happy but I just can't stop thinking about how they don't know each other well enough. They only dated for six months before they got engaged."
"Well they obviously love each other very much and I really don't see how you're worried about it and they're not."
"I'm not worried about it, but it scares me. I know they love each other but I don't see how they can get married after only six months."
"So where does this leave us?"
"I don't know, but wherever we are, I hope it's together."
The doorbell echoed throughout the house as Jason rang it, picking up Phoebe for their date
tonight. He was nervous as hell but knew he didn't want to give Phoebe up. His thoughts were
interrupted by Leo opening the door.
"Hey Jason, come in. Phoebe got a little sidetracked watching the girls so she's not exactly ready
yet." Leo greeted, holding Wyatt's hand and cradling Prudence in his free arm. The door opened
more and Jason stepped inside, suddenly thinking of a brilliant way to calm his nerves. Leo was
married to Piper, who was also a witch, he had gone through just what Jason was!
"Oh that's okay Leo, actually could I ask you a question or two?"
"Um, yeah sure. Come sit." Leo replied, puzzled at Jason's request, and leading him into the
living room to sit down. He put Prudence down in her play pen, he let Wyatt roam about the room.
"So what's up?"
"Well, I was just thinking. You're married to Piper and all so you must know what I'm going
through."
"Oh, well I wish I could say I do."
"What do you mean? Are you a witch too?" Pausing, he added, "that's so weird, saying witch as
if it were an everyday thing."
"You'll get used to it, that is, if you want to."
"I'm pretty sure I do but what happened when Piper told you she was a witch?"
"She never told me. I knew before she did."
"Huh?" Jason asked, dumbfounded.
"Well, I'm what's called a whitelighter, kinda like a guardian angel. It's a long story so I'll try to
make it fast. I was born in 1924 but died in World War II, saving tons of lives. I was made a
whitelighter to watch over other witches and I was assigned to Piper and her sisters. The rest is what
Phoebe should tell you."
"Oh, so what am I like the only non-magical person in this family, assuming your kids have
powers?"
"No, Greg is a mortal. And yes, the kids have powers."
"So that means that if Phoebe and I were ever to have kids, they would....."
"The would what?" Asked Phoebe, coming down the stairs and into the living room, halfway
through Jason's sentence. Jason stood up, almost drooling at the sight of Phoebe.
"Wow....I....wow....Phoebe....you....amazing...." Was all he could manage to say.
"Thank you Jason. Now, if you don't mind Leo, I'm going to steal Jason so we can go to dinner."
"Have a good time you guys." Leo replied, turning away from Phoebe and Jason who were out
the door before he finished.
"So what were you and Leo talking about?" Phoebe asked Jason once they were in the car.
"Oh, nothing. Listen, I want us to go through this date like we used to, as if I didn't know.
Afterwards we can go back to my place or your's and talk about it."
"I was going to suggest the exact same thing." Phoebe explained. Jason reached over and took
her hand in his, something he almost always did when they were driving together. It felt right, like
this was the way it was meant to be.
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Piper and Paige walked into the manor to find Wyatt running out of the living room and over to
Piper. He put up his arms and Piper bent down to pick him up. "Hey Little Man. Where's daddy?"
Piper asked her son, knowing he would recognize the word 'daddy'. Wyatt pointed to the living
room where Leo was sitting on the couch, comforting a whimpering baby girl. Piper walked over to
him with Wyatt on her hip. "Leo, what's wrong?"
"May's just a little hungry. It's almost dinner time so I was just going to get a bottle ready."
"Oh okay. Warm up two while you're at it, Prudence will probably be waking up in a little
while anyway. I'll take the girls and order us a pizza or something, I won't have time to cook
tonight."
"Oh, why don't you go cook and I'll watch the kids while you two are in the kitchen."
Paige volunteered, remembering Piper and Leo had to talk about something. A family dinner should
be a good time for it.
"You sure you don't mind?"
"No, don't be silly Leo."
"Okay, thanks Paige." Leo placed a crying May into his sister-in-law's arms before walking
off to warm up a bottle. Once he was out of ear shot, Piper turned to her baby sister, "you know,
just because you are watching my kids doesn't mean I'm not gonna make you tell Greg."
"I know, I know. I just figured a nice sit down, family dinner would be a good time for you
to talk about whatever you needed to talk about. I'll be in my room all night so you can Leo can have dinner with the kids.. Greg and I are moving his stuff in tonight."
"You'll hafta come out of your room if you're moving his stuff."
"Do not. I'm gonna orb it from his place to my room. Did you really think I would hire
movers when I could orb?"
"No but I didn't think you would stoop to using your powers for personal gain."
"It's not personal gain. I get orbing from my dad, a whitelighter. It isn't part of my witch
powers therefore it's not personal gain."
"Damn loopholes. Well anyway, thanks for watching the kids and you know I'll tell you
once Leo and I figure it out."
"Tell me what?"
"What we need to talk about. You didn't say anything but I know you well enough by now
to know you were wondering."
"Haha. Now where'd Wyatt sneak off to?"
"He's over there by the couch. Thanks again for watching the kids."
"Anytime. Now where's Prudence?"
"Sleeping in her playpen." The living room had been turned into a play room over the past year or so and it wasn't unusual to walk in there and find a sleeping baby or two . "Now, go! And if you wanted to make an extra plate or two I really wouldn't mind."
"I'll think about it." Piper told her baby sister before leaving the room to go start cooking dinner, worrying the whole while about how Phoebe's date was going
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"Hahaha......I can't believe you asked him to bring you a dead rat instead of fried eggs!" Phoebe exclaimed through burst of laughter.
"Hey, I'd like to see you learn Chinese. It's much much harder than it looks, and it looks hard."
"I know, I know, I'm just teasing you. I remember this one time, I drove up to Canada with a few of my friends the summer before college. We just happened to end up in an entirely French-speaking village. It was horrible, we all knew a little French, you know, just the stuff they teach you in high school. Well, as you know I wasn't the best student in my day so you can just imagine what my friends were like. It was a disaster. We only knew one phrase but didn't know what it meant at the time. We went around this tiny little village screaming 'Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?' I was horrified when I figured out what it meant!"
"I'm surprised nobody took you up on your offer."
"I think a few guys tried to but thankfully we were still a bit niave at that age." Phoebe and Jason shared a small chuckle before asking for their check. It was getting late and they had prolonged the date as much as possible, dessert and coffee lasted almost an hour. After the check was paid and the waitress tipped, they left.
"So whose place do you want to go back to?" Jason asked once him and Phoebe were settled in the car.
"Umm.....how about mine? Piper and Leo will be busy with the kids and Paige will be moving Greg's stuff into her room all night."
"Okay, let's go."
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"So what do you want to know first?" Phoebe asked Jason after a few minutes of them sitting in her bedroom, not speaking.
"I don't really know. You have to understand, it's a lot to take in. I mean, I thought you were hiding something but I was expecting more of a, 'I'm secretly married to my brother' or something. Why not start from the beginning?"
"Okay....almost seven years ago my grandmother died. Prue was engaged to a man that accused me of cheating on him, Piper was miserable and working at some lame bank. I moved to New York because Prue and I never got along, all that kept me here was Grams. Once she was gone, so was I. I got into a bad relationship and ran out of money so about 6 months later, I came back home. Prue had broken up with Roger and Piper was struggling to find work as a chef and about 3 weeks away from getting engaged. That night we were playing with our old spirit board, and got a mysterious message to check in the attic. I snuck up to the attic that night and found an old trunk with books and candles and weird stuff in it. I read some sort of incantaion and bam! We were witches. Prue had the power to move things with her mind, Piper can freeze something in time, and I get premonitions." Phoebe paused for breath, and a reaction from Jason at this point, his face was blank but he spoke up,
"Prue? Who's that? And what about Paige?"
"Oh, I'll get to Paige in a second. Prue is really hard for me to talk about so just bear with me. Prue is, was, my oldest sister. She was killed by a demon about four years ago. Partly because of....of....me." Phoebe said, breaking down into tears. She had never told anyone this before although she suspected Piper thought it too. Jason, not knowing what to say, just held Phoebe in his arms until she decided to speak again. "At that time, I was on and off with Cole, who was an evil demon and tried to kill us. I was with him and while I was gone, a demon attacked Prue and Piper. A really powerful demon. Something really bad happened and Prue ended up dying. I promise I'll tell you about it, but not now, not yet. I'm not ready."
"That's fine Phoebe, take your time." Jason encouraged.
"Thanks. Well soon after, we found out that our mom had an affair with her whitelighter. I'm guessing Leo told you about that?" Jason nodded so Phoebe continued, "Well, she got pregnant and since witches and whitelighters weren't supposed to be together, Mom and Sam had to give Paige up at birth. She was raised by adoptive parents but they died when she was in high school."
"But what about Piper and Leo? They have three kids, and are married."
"That was an exception to the rule. They were able to prove their relationship didn't get in the way of their job so the Elders, kind of like the Wiccan government, allowed them to get married. As far as I know, there are a few other witches and whitelighers that are married but not many."
"Oh, I see. So ummm.....what about Cole?"
"Cole. Cole, was a demon sent out to kill Prue, Piper, and I. We fell in love but things got very messy. We were together for two years and throughout that time he was evil about three times, he switched back and forth a lot. He finally became the ultimate evil, the Source of All Evil. He got me pregnant so when I found out the truth, the baby swayed me to his side. Eventually, I came to my senses and my sisters and I vanquished him. He came back from the dead though and almost killed me a few times. We finally got him for good about a month before Wyatt was born and haven't heard from him since. I'm sorry all this lacks so much detail but I really haven't talked about it since any of it happened so it's still really hard for me."
"That's okay. I understand. I just want you to know that if we were ever to get married, I would never hurt you."
"Oh God, Jason, I'm so sorry but I don't think I could ever get married again. It was so hard for me to convince myself to marry Cole. After how horrible that turned out, I don't know if I could ever do it again."
"You're kidding right? You never want to get married?"
"I want to but I never saw myself as the marrying type. I never dreamt about the perfect wedding when I was a kid, the perfect guy sure, but never the wedding."
"Well then I don't know what we've been doing these past few months. It may not seem like it, but one day I do want to get married. Not anytime soon, probably not for a few years, but I want a wife, and kids."
"Just because I don't want to get married right now doesn't mean I'll never get married."
"You just said you don't think you could ever get married again!"
"That was before I knew I might lose you because I don't want to get married."
"I don't want to lose you either! I just don't understand how you could not want kids, and someone to live the rest of your life with. I mean, when you see how happy Leo and Piper are, and Greg and Paige, doesn't that just make you want to get married? I get that what Cole did to you was horrible but if I had people as happily married as your family, I would find it impossible to not marry the person I love."
"I do want kids, and you just need to give me some time on the whole marriage thing. I might feel different in a year or two, I just need time. And yes, Paige and Greg are very happy but I just can't stop thinking about how they don't know each other well enough. They only dated for six months before they got engaged."
"Well they obviously love each other very much and I really don't see how you're worried about it and they're not."
"I'm not worried about it, but it scares me. I know they love each other but I don't see how they can get married after only six months."
"So where does this leave us?"
"I don't know, but wherever we are, I hope it's together."