*Training*
'So what is this, like, training or something?' Grace asked as she sat at the dining table. She had never been so happy to be there, except for maybe the time when she'd been kidnapped by demons along with Wyatt, Melinda and a bunch of kids and parents in a toy store.
Phoebe looked at her daughter, who had only been brought back last night. 'Close enough.' She said with a nod.
Piper entered the dining, carrying Melinda, who was still wearing her lilac Pyjamas with the feet. 'Hi!' Melinda waved enthusiastically as Piper set her down on chair. Melinda grinned as she stood on the chair, slipped a little because of the lilac feet, and then sat down.
'Guess who got attacked by a demon?' Piper announced, as she and Paige began to set out breakfast.
'What?' Leo exclaimed from where he was pouring batter into the waffle maker. Piper took an enormous plate with a stack of waffles and set it in the middle of the table. Only Wyatt and Grace took notice of it - everyone else was listening at Piper.
'Melinda woke me up this morning. When I was in the bathroom I heard screams, and investigated. By the time I got there Melinda blew him up.'
Prue began to pour glasses of orange juice as Piper took another large plate of waffles (after all, there were eleven in the family, although Serena wouldn't be eating waffles.)
'What did he say?' Leo asked, finishing up with the waffle maker and helping Prue pour juice. Piper began to get knives and forks.
'I'll get you Charmed one! He sounded like a bear!' Melinda exclaimed happily from her chair, not seeming at all fazed.
'You'd think they'd at least let us have a morning off demons.' Glen joked, from where he sat with Paige.
Leo frowned. 'Well at least we know Melinda's certainly capable.'
'He was a lower level demon.' Piper replied, taking her seat at the table. 'Out to prove himself I'll bet.'
Suddenly orbs filled the room. 'Hey, who's orbing in? Whitelighters are all present, aren't they?' Wyatt asked.
The orbs went to Paige, and formed into a small baby with dark hair. 'It's Serena!' Paige laughed. 'I guess she wanted to be here and so she orbed here.'
'Aw that's sweet. Wyatt, Melinda, how come you never did that?' Piper joked, as they all settled down to waffles.
* *
'Bye sweetie!' Piper said, as Wyatt got out of the car. 'You have fun and go get them, okay?'
Wyatt waved cheerfully, as Piper drove off. 'I am SUCH a soccer mom.' Piper declared to Prue, who laughed. 'I'm like a sitcom parent. I have two kids, a girl and a boy. I drop my son off to baseball. I drop him off to soccer. I take my daughter to swimming. To pre school. To play dates. To the park.'
'Nothing wrong with that.' She said, smiling. Piper grinned.
'Yeah I guess not. I mean, Wyatt and Melinda love it and that's what counts.' Piper had just dropped Wyatt off to baseball, something he'd only just started a few weeks ago. 'Mellie you okay back there? You sound quiet.'
'Yup, yup.' Melinda confirmed. She sat in the backseat of the car in her booster. 'I'm playing.' She added.
Prue glanced in the backseat, and was amused to see Melinda with a toy kitten on a spring and a suction that was stuck to the window. Melinda pushed it, making it bounce, as she froze it.
'I'm glad you agreed to let me come along on this event.' Piper grinned. 'I just adore baby shopping. I'm glad you didn't buy it all with Paige, otherwise I'd miss out.'
Prue grinned. 'I know. Andy is going to meet us for lunch.'
Piper grinned back. 'In the meantime, we can get some serious shopping done.'
* *
'Alright Halliwell you're up.' Wyatt's baseball coach Mike called, to where he sat on the bleachers. Wyatt grinned at Mike, who grinned back, before he grabbed his bat (which Piper and Leo had bought him when he wanted to start) and hurried into position.
Wyatt gripped his bat hard and concentrated, and then was distracted as he saw over the pitcher, Joel's shoulder, a dark stranger. Wyatt frowned, as he saw the stranger watching him. When the stranger realised he'd been seen, he quickly shimmered. Wyatt gasped. What was demon doing watching his baseball practice?
'Strike one!' Mike called. 'Come on Wyatt, you can do this.' Wyatt blinked, and realised he'd missed the ball when he'd been watching the stranger. Wyatt looked over Joel's shoulder again, and then focused. It was too late - the ball went flying behind him, where Allie, the catcher, expertly caught it.
'Strike two. One more strike to go. Focus Wyatt come on! What's with you today?'
Wyatt gripped his bat harder and watched Joel. The ball came towards him, and he swung back his bat. There was a crack, as the ball hit Wyatt's bat, and flew over the field. Wyatt grinned, dropped his bat and took off to first base. His friends cheered on the sidelines, and when Wyatt managed to make a home run, all thoughts of demons left his mind.
* *
'Oh this is adorable!' Piper cooed, picking up an extremely soft yellow blanket with ducklings around the border.
'Oh that is!' Prue squealed. 'But I already bought matching blue and pink ones. I'll give it to Paige.' She decided. 'We can share it.'
Piper giggled as Prue took one of the packaged ones and put it under her arm. 'Oh look!' Prue cried softly. 'Oh!'
Piper, Prue and Melinda all headed for the display of toys on the shelf. 'Mommy?' A little girl was already there with her very pregnant mother. 'Can I have one?'
'No sweetie, it's for the baby.' Her mother told her absently.
Prue and Piper began to look at all the toys, deciding which ones would be right for their daughter/son/niece/nephew. Melinda smiled at the little girl.
'Hi.' She said, sticking out her small hand. 'I'm Mellie.'
'I'm CeeCee.' She said. 'My mommy's having a baby soon.'
'So is my auntie Prue.' Melinda said proudly. 'She's having twins. I'm going to take care of them.'
'Babies are icky.' CeeCee shuddered. 'They ruin everything.'
Melinda frowned.
'CeeCee, come on.' Her mother dragged her away.
* *
Grace walked up to Andy and Leo and tugged their sleeves. 'Uncle Leo? Uncle Andy?'
Leo and Andy turned. 'What's up?' They asked. They were both sprawled on the couch, Andy channel surfing and Leo reading the Times.
'Can we work on my powers? Because Mellie and Wyatt get more opportunities because, well.' Grace blushed. 'Can we please?'
'I guess. It makes sense for you to practice what's with going on.' Andy agreed, turning off the TV as he and Leo jumped up.
'Great!' Grace brightened. 'Where can we practice?'
'Somewhere big with lots of room.' Andy said, frowning. 'I would say backyard, but everyone would see us, let's head up to the playroom instead.'
The three went up the stairs. In the playroom, Grace cleared away toys from the floor and made space by moving chairs, tea parties and things in the middle of the room, while Andy and Leo planned what they'd do.
'Okay Grace, pretend we're demons.' Leo said at last when they had a large space.
'Okay.' Grace nodded, as Andy and Leo both orbed out. Andy orbed in first.
'Die Charmed one!' He snarled convincingly, as Grace formed an energy ball and threw it at him.
'No you die Andy!' She grinned. Andy laughed, and when Grace wasn't watching, Leo sneaked up on her, and grabbed her from behind.
Grace let out a squeal, and shimmered, before shimmering back in. Both Andy and Leo charged for her, Leo brandishing a collapsible dagger Piper had purchased for future uses, Andy waving around a tennis racquet.
Grace shrieked, and levitated.
'Hey!' Leo and Andy stopped. 'When did you learn to levitate?'
'I uh, I don't know.' Grace admitted, as she came back to the ground.
'You must have inherited it from Phoebe. Levitation is a physic power.' Leo said as Grace's feet finally touched the carpet.
'Wow.' Grace breathed. 'Cool!'
'I'm glad we decided to do this.' Andy said. 'I wonder what else we'll find?'
'So what is this, like, training or something?' Grace asked as she sat at the dining table. She had never been so happy to be there, except for maybe the time when she'd been kidnapped by demons along with Wyatt, Melinda and a bunch of kids and parents in a toy store.
Phoebe looked at her daughter, who had only been brought back last night. 'Close enough.' She said with a nod.
Piper entered the dining, carrying Melinda, who was still wearing her lilac Pyjamas with the feet. 'Hi!' Melinda waved enthusiastically as Piper set her down on chair. Melinda grinned as she stood on the chair, slipped a little because of the lilac feet, and then sat down.
'Guess who got attacked by a demon?' Piper announced, as she and Paige began to set out breakfast.
'What?' Leo exclaimed from where he was pouring batter into the waffle maker. Piper took an enormous plate with a stack of waffles and set it in the middle of the table. Only Wyatt and Grace took notice of it - everyone else was listening at Piper.
'Melinda woke me up this morning. When I was in the bathroom I heard screams, and investigated. By the time I got there Melinda blew him up.'
Prue began to pour glasses of orange juice as Piper took another large plate of waffles (after all, there were eleven in the family, although Serena wouldn't be eating waffles.)
'What did he say?' Leo asked, finishing up with the waffle maker and helping Prue pour juice. Piper began to get knives and forks.
'I'll get you Charmed one! He sounded like a bear!' Melinda exclaimed happily from her chair, not seeming at all fazed.
'You'd think they'd at least let us have a morning off demons.' Glen joked, from where he sat with Paige.
Leo frowned. 'Well at least we know Melinda's certainly capable.'
'He was a lower level demon.' Piper replied, taking her seat at the table. 'Out to prove himself I'll bet.'
Suddenly orbs filled the room. 'Hey, who's orbing in? Whitelighters are all present, aren't they?' Wyatt asked.
The orbs went to Paige, and formed into a small baby with dark hair. 'It's Serena!' Paige laughed. 'I guess she wanted to be here and so she orbed here.'
'Aw that's sweet. Wyatt, Melinda, how come you never did that?' Piper joked, as they all settled down to waffles.
* *
'Bye sweetie!' Piper said, as Wyatt got out of the car. 'You have fun and go get them, okay?'
Wyatt waved cheerfully, as Piper drove off. 'I am SUCH a soccer mom.' Piper declared to Prue, who laughed. 'I'm like a sitcom parent. I have two kids, a girl and a boy. I drop my son off to baseball. I drop him off to soccer. I take my daughter to swimming. To pre school. To play dates. To the park.'
'Nothing wrong with that.' She said, smiling. Piper grinned.
'Yeah I guess not. I mean, Wyatt and Melinda love it and that's what counts.' Piper had just dropped Wyatt off to baseball, something he'd only just started a few weeks ago. 'Mellie you okay back there? You sound quiet.'
'Yup, yup.' Melinda confirmed. She sat in the backseat of the car in her booster. 'I'm playing.' She added.
Prue glanced in the backseat, and was amused to see Melinda with a toy kitten on a spring and a suction that was stuck to the window. Melinda pushed it, making it bounce, as she froze it.
'I'm glad you agreed to let me come along on this event.' Piper grinned. 'I just adore baby shopping. I'm glad you didn't buy it all with Paige, otherwise I'd miss out.'
Prue grinned. 'I know. Andy is going to meet us for lunch.'
Piper grinned back. 'In the meantime, we can get some serious shopping done.'
* *
'Alright Halliwell you're up.' Wyatt's baseball coach Mike called, to where he sat on the bleachers. Wyatt grinned at Mike, who grinned back, before he grabbed his bat (which Piper and Leo had bought him when he wanted to start) and hurried into position.
Wyatt gripped his bat hard and concentrated, and then was distracted as he saw over the pitcher, Joel's shoulder, a dark stranger. Wyatt frowned, as he saw the stranger watching him. When the stranger realised he'd been seen, he quickly shimmered. Wyatt gasped. What was demon doing watching his baseball practice?
'Strike one!' Mike called. 'Come on Wyatt, you can do this.' Wyatt blinked, and realised he'd missed the ball when he'd been watching the stranger. Wyatt looked over Joel's shoulder again, and then focused. It was too late - the ball went flying behind him, where Allie, the catcher, expertly caught it.
'Strike two. One more strike to go. Focus Wyatt come on! What's with you today?'
Wyatt gripped his bat harder and watched Joel. The ball came towards him, and he swung back his bat. There was a crack, as the ball hit Wyatt's bat, and flew over the field. Wyatt grinned, dropped his bat and took off to first base. His friends cheered on the sidelines, and when Wyatt managed to make a home run, all thoughts of demons left his mind.
* *
'Oh this is adorable!' Piper cooed, picking up an extremely soft yellow blanket with ducklings around the border.
'Oh that is!' Prue squealed. 'But I already bought matching blue and pink ones. I'll give it to Paige.' She decided. 'We can share it.'
Piper giggled as Prue took one of the packaged ones and put it under her arm. 'Oh look!' Prue cried softly. 'Oh!'
Piper, Prue and Melinda all headed for the display of toys on the shelf. 'Mommy?' A little girl was already there with her very pregnant mother. 'Can I have one?'
'No sweetie, it's for the baby.' Her mother told her absently.
Prue and Piper began to look at all the toys, deciding which ones would be right for their daughter/son/niece/nephew. Melinda smiled at the little girl.
'Hi.' She said, sticking out her small hand. 'I'm Mellie.'
'I'm CeeCee.' She said. 'My mommy's having a baby soon.'
'So is my auntie Prue.' Melinda said proudly. 'She's having twins. I'm going to take care of them.'
'Babies are icky.' CeeCee shuddered. 'They ruin everything.'
Melinda frowned.
'CeeCee, come on.' Her mother dragged her away.
* *
Grace walked up to Andy and Leo and tugged their sleeves. 'Uncle Leo? Uncle Andy?'
Leo and Andy turned. 'What's up?' They asked. They were both sprawled on the couch, Andy channel surfing and Leo reading the Times.
'Can we work on my powers? Because Mellie and Wyatt get more opportunities because, well.' Grace blushed. 'Can we please?'
'I guess. It makes sense for you to practice what's with going on.' Andy agreed, turning off the TV as he and Leo jumped up.
'Great!' Grace brightened. 'Where can we practice?'
'Somewhere big with lots of room.' Andy said, frowning. 'I would say backyard, but everyone would see us, let's head up to the playroom instead.'
The three went up the stairs. In the playroom, Grace cleared away toys from the floor and made space by moving chairs, tea parties and things in the middle of the room, while Andy and Leo planned what they'd do.
'Okay Grace, pretend we're demons.' Leo said at last when they had a large space.
'Okay.' Grace nodded, as Andy and Leo both orbed out. Andy orbed in first.
'Die Charmed one!' He snarled convincingly, as Grace formed an energy ball and threw it at him.
'No you die Andy!' She grinned. Andy laughed, and when Grace wasn't watching, Leo sneaked up on her, and grabbed her from behind.
Grace let out a squeal, and shimmered, before shimmering back in. Both Andy and Leo charged for her, Leo brandishing a collapsible dagger Piper had purchased for future uses, Andy waving around a tennis racquet.
Grace shrieked, and levitated.
'Hey!' Leo and Andy stopped. 'When did you learn to levitate?'
'I uh, I don't know.' Grace admitted, as she came back to the ground.
'You must have inherited it from Phoebe. Levitation is a physic power.' Leo said as Grace's feet finally touched the carpet.
'Wow.' Grace breathed. 'Cool!'
'I'm glad we decided to do this.' Andy said. 'I wonder what else we'll find?'