Part Seven
Josef wrapped his hands on Phoebe's office door as he waited for an answer. He knew from the tid-bits of information about the three sisters and from that slight knowledge he knew how close they were and that they often gained each others confidence. And that if he wanted to continue to develop some form of a relationship with Paige then he must get Phoebe to hold at least a neutral status towards him.
Phoebe looked up and sighed slightly beneath her breath as she saw Josef standing at the doorway. She titled her head a little as she tried to guess what her younger sister saw in this man. He was relatively good looking for his age, even if his black hair was reclining a little.
Josef sent Phoebe a small smile, "Hi."
"Hi," Phoebe said looking him straight in the eyes. "Is this about Paige?"
"She is one very special women." Josef replied with a smile, "You don't need much time with her to tell that."
Phoebe smiled as she caught Josef eye. This was the moment that she could lay the ground rules down. Tell him that he was too old and ask him what he was doing with a 25 year old. She ran her hands over the rim of her nose as she stared at him for a couple of second while thinking of the right words to say.
"That's why we don't want to see her hurt." Phoebe told him bluntly. "You are aware that Paige is only 25 and you are old enough to be her father?"
"I know that we are both adults." Josef replied. "And that the only reason I'm here is to let you know that I'm not going to hurt her and how much I respect her as a woman."
"Just make sure you stick to that."
"I'll see you at the meeting later." Josef said as he left the room.
"Yeah whatever." Phoebe muttered.
Phoebe watched as the door closed behind her. She gave herself a mental pat on the back; it had gone relatively okay. She had seemed to get her point across and let him know that she was not happy without isolating him and possibly turning Paige against her.
Phoebe turned back to her computer and looked at the blank screen and then pile of unanswered letters. With everything else that had gone on this morning she had not got anything else done. She grabbed a letter and started to scan through it. She was really going to have to start working if she was going to meet her deadline.
* * *
Piper held her hand up to wave as she entered Golden Gate Park saw her friend. She directed Wyatt's buggy toward Shelia and her children. The eldest Halliwell quickly made her way over and sat down on a bench and smiled at her friend.
"Hey," Shelia said as a smile that beamed at Piper. "How's things going?"
"There getting better."
Piper relaxed slightly, it felt such as relief taking to Shelia. As considerate and helpful as everyone else tried to be, they just did not understand. Phoebe and Paige understood the wicca duties and Paige had never lost anyone to magic before while neither of them had children. Her few friends that she had left may have had children yet none of them had to deal with the problems of being a charmed one. Yet Shelia mixed into both worlds.
Shelia glanced over at Darryl Junior on the swings before turning back to Piper. She could hardly believe the things that this woman had been put through, purely for helping save thousands of innocent people. Surely she should be rewarded for that and not have her husband stole off her.
"Well, just remember I'm always here if you need me." Shelia told her. "I mean if it wasn't for my mother at times."
"Mom," Piper muttered. "Shelia you're a genius."
"I taught Darryl said that your mom was."
"Oh she is." Piper replied as she caught Shelia confused look. "It's one of the few magical perks, we can summon the dead if we need to talk to them."
Shelia mouth formed in a O shape briefly before she spoke. "So you're going to call her."
"Exactly, after her and Sam, she'll know just what to do about me and Leo." Piper replied. "I'll explain it all later, I'll call you I promise."
Piper got her things together quickly and offered a hurried goodbye to Shelia and her son as she left with Wyatt. If anyone knew what it was like for a magical relationship to go through all the problems possible then it was her mother.
* * *
Paige sat curled up on the sofa with her feet tucked under as she played with the ends of hair and rested the phone between her head and shoulder. She smiled as she felt her heart flutter listened to Josef voice. This guy was unlike anyone she had ever dated before.
"So what happened when she left?" She asked into the phone.
"I think she sent daggers into my back."
"I'll sort it out later." Paige replied, "She has no right to say anything."
Paige let out a small sigh; she could hardly believe that Phoebe had actually challenged him. She was not eighteen anymore and as Josef had explained to her sister they were both adults.
"I don't want it to come between you two." Josef explained, "Maybe we should hold off tonight."
"No, I want to go out tonight with you if you still want to go out with me."
"Great," Josef said. "Ten at P3."
"That would be perfect." Paige grinned to herself. "I'll see you then."
* * *
Chris stood standing in the doorway as he watched Paige on the phone. He hovered in the doorway for a couple of seconds. If he went in there, surely Paige would just do her disappearing act, but he could not just leave things how they were. As he saw he hang up the phone he made his way into the room.
"Paige."
Paige looked up from the sofa and saw Chris. She sent a hopeful look up to the ceiling; she could not deal with him now. She let out a small sigh, as she looked him straight in the eyes before disappearing into orbs and reappeared in her bedroom.
"Paige."
She turned around to see Chris reappearing in her bedroom. Why was this happening? Just after she started dating someone who she could see herself starting a relationship with, but her sister was trying to sabotage it and Chris was just messing with her feelings and her head.
"Get out of my room Chris!"
"You can't ignore this." Chris pressed on. "We kissed."
"No, you kissed me there's a difference."
Chris sent her a smile, "But that's only because there is something between us."
"No there's not." Paige yelled as he felt her body tense up. "Now get out."
"Okay, okay, I'll go." Chris replied calmly as she held her hands in the air. "But ask yourself this, if there was nothing between us, why are you so upset."
Paige watched as Chris orbed out of the room and threw a shoe at the place that he had just been standing. There was nothing between them, Chris had kissed her and not the other way round.
Josef wrapped his hands on Phoebe's office door as he waited for an answer. He knew from the tid-bits of information about the three sisters and from that slight knowledge he knew how close they were and that they often gained each others confidence. And that if he wanted to continue to develop some form of a relationship with Paige then he must get Phoebe to hold at least a neutral status towards him.
Phoebe looked up and sighed slightly beneath her breath as she saw Josef standing at the doorway. She titled her head a little as she tried to guess what her younger sister saw in this man. He was relatively good looking for his age, even if his black hair was reclining a little.
Josef sent Phoebe a small smile, "Hi."
"Hi," Phoebe said looking him straight in the eyes. "Is this about Paige?"
"She is one very special women." Josef replied with a smile, "You don't need much time with her to tell that."
Phoebe smiled as she caught Josef eye. This was the moment that she could lay the ground rules down. Tell him that he was too old and ask him what he was doing with a 25 year old. She ran her hands over the rim of her nose as she stared at him for a couple of second while thinking of the right words to say.
"That's why we don't want to see her hurt." Phoebe told him bluntly. "You are aware that Paige is only 25 and you are old enough to be her father?"
"I know that we are both adults." Josef replied. "And that the only reason I'm here is to let you know that I'm not going to hurt her and how much I respect her as a woman."
"Just make sure you stick to that."
"I'll see you at the meeting later." Josef said as he left the room.
"Yeah whatever." Phoebe muttered.
Phoebe watched as the door closed behind her. She gave herself a mental pat on the back; it had gone relatively okay. She had seemed to get her point across and let him know that she was not happy without isolating him and possibly turning Paige against her.
Phoebe turned back to her computer and looked at the blank screen and then pile of unanswered letters. With everything else that had gone on this morning she had not got anything else done. She grabbed a letter and started to scan through it. She was really going to have to start working if she was going to meet her deadline.
* * *
Piper held her hand up to wave as she entered Golden Gate Park saw her friend. She directed Wyatt's buggy toward Shelia and her children. The eldest Halliwell quickly made her way over and sat down on a bench and smiled at her friend.
"Hey," Shelia said as a smile that beamed at Piper. "How's things going?"
"There getting better."
Piper relaxed slightly, it felt such as relief taking to Shelia. As considerate and helpful as everyone else tried to be, they just did not understand. Phoebe and Paige understood the wicca duties and Paige had never lost anyone to magic before while neither of them had children. Her few friends that she had left may have had children yet none of them had to deal with the problems of being a charmed one. Yet Shelia mixed into both worlds.
Shelia glanced over at Darryl Junior on the swings before turning back to Piper. She could hardly believe the things that this woman had been put through, purely for helping save thousands of innocent people. Surely she should be rewarded for that and not have her husband stole off her.
"Well, just remember I'm always here if you need me." Shelia told her. "I mean if it wasn't for my mother at times."
"Mom," Piper muttered. "Shelia you're a genius."
"I taught Darryl said that your mom was."
"Oh she is." Piper replied as she caught Shelia confused look. "It's one of the few magical perks, we can summon the dead if we need to talk to them."
Shelia mouth formed in a O shape briefly before she spoke. "So you're going to call her."
"Exactly, after her and Sam, she'll know just what to do about me and Leo." Piper replied. "I'll explain it all later, I'll call you I promise."
Piper got her things together quickly and offered a hurried goodbye to Shelia and her son as she left with Wyatt. If anyone knew what it was like for a magical relationship to go through all the problems possible then it was her mother.
* * *
Paige sat curled up on the sofa with her feet tucked under as she played with the ends of hair and rested the phone between her head and shoulder. She smiled as she felt her heart flutter listened to Josef voice. This guy was unlike anyone she had ever dated before.
"So what happened when she left?" She asked into the phone.
"I think she sent daggers into my back."
"I'll sort it out later." Paige replied, "She has no right to say anything."
Paige let out a small sigh; she could hardly believe that Phoebe had actually challenged him. She was not eighteen anymore and as Josef had explained to her sister they were both adults.
"I don't want it to come between you two." Josef explained, "Maybe we should hold off tonight."
"No, I want to go out tonight with you if you still want to go out with me."
"Great," Josef said. "Ten at P3."
"That would be perfect." Paige grinned to herself. "I'll see you then."
* * *
Chris stood standing in the doorway as he watched Paige on the phone. He hovered in the doorway for a couple of seconds. If he went in there, surely Paige would just do her disappearing act, but he could not just leave things how they were. As he saw he hang up the phone he made his way into the room.
"Paige."
Paige looked up from the sofa and saw Chris. She sent a hopeful look up to the ceiling; she could not deal with him now. She let out a small sigh, as she looked him straight in the eyes before disappearing into orbs and reappeared in her bedroom.
"Paige."
She turned around to see Chris reappearing in her bedroom. Why was this happening? Just after she started dating someone who she could see herself starting a relationship with, but her sister was trying to sabotage it and Chris was just messing with her feelings and her head.
"Get out of my room Chris!"
"You can't ignore this." Chris pressed on. "We kissed."
"No, you kissed me there's a difference."
Chris sent her a smile, "But that's only because there is something between us."
"No there's not." Paige yelled as he felt her body tense up. "Now get out."
"Okay, okay, I'll go." Chris replied calmly as she held her hands in the air. "But ask yourself this, if there was nothing between us, why are you so upset."
Paige watched as Chris orbed out of the room and threw a shoe at the place that he had just been standing. There was nothing between them, Chris had kissed her and not the other way round.