EIGHT
"I'm sorry I wasn't able to get you a birthday present," Phoebe said to Paige.
"Having you home safe and sound is a good enough present for me," said Paige, hugging Phoebe. "That' better than anything you could have gotten me."
"Peter seemed happy," said Piper. "I wonder if he's told his fiancé what he is?"
"I'm sure he has," said Leo. "That's not something he could keep secret for very long."
"No, it's not," said Phoebe. "And it's a good thing Michael told him I was there. I get the shivers just thinking about what Marie was going to do with that athame."
"Remind me to thank Michael the next time he comes by," said Piper.
"Well?" Phoebe said to Piper.
"Well what?" asked Piper.
"Well, aren't you going to say 'I told you so'?" asked Phoebe.
"No, I'm not," said Piper. "You were right, too. Not everyone we meet is a demon. And from the sounds of it, there was no reason to suspect that she was. Besides, I think you've been through enough already."
"Still," said Paige, "you should be more careful in the future. Especially when you meet someone who appears to look as much like mom as you said she did."
"You're right," said Phoebe. "I guess no one would look that much like her."
"But I can understand how you must have felt," said Paige. "I guess it would kind of be like what I think I'd feel if I saw someone who looked like my adoptive mother."
"The important thing," said Piper, "is that Phoebe is home, safe and sound. We all get carried away sometimes."
"Yeah, but I got carried away to the underworld," said Phoebe. "At least when I was queen of the underworld I didn't have to worry about anyone trying to carve me up with a knife."
"Well, you know what they say," said Leo.
"What's that?" asked Phoebe.
"You can't go home again," said Leo, smiling.
"Oh, very funny," said Phoebe as Piper and Paige just started laughing.
The End
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"I'm sorry I wasn't able to get you a birthday present," Phoebe said to Paige.
"Having you home safe and sound is a good enough present for me," said Paige, hugging Phoebe. "That' better than anything you could have gotten me."
"Peter seemed happy," said Piper. "I wonder if he's told his fiancé what he is?"
"I'm sure he has," said Leo. "That's not something he could keep secret for very long."
"No, it's not," said Phoebe. "And it's a good thing Michael told him I was there. I get the shivers just thinking about what Marie was going to do with that athame."
"Remind me to thank Michael the next time he comes by," said Piper.
"Well?" Phoebe said to Piper.
"Well what?" asked Piper.
"Well, aren't you going to say 'I told you so'?" asked Phoebe.
"No, I'm not," said Piper. "You were right, too. Not everyone we meet is a demon. And from the sounds of it, there was no reason to suspect that she was. Besides, I think you've been through enough already."
"Still," said Paige, "you should be more careful in the future. Especially when you meet someone who appears to look as much like mom as you said she did."
"You're right," said Phoebe. "I guess no one would look that much like her."
"But I can understand how you must have felt," said Paige. "I guess it would kind of be like what I think I'd feel if I saw someone who looked like my adoptive mother."
"The important thing," said Piper, "is that Phoebe is home, safe and sound. We all get carried away sometimes."
"Yeah, but I got carried away to the underworld," said Phoebe. "At least when I was queen of the underworld I didn't have to worry about anyone trying to carve me up with a knife."
"Well, you know what they say," said Leo.
"What's that?" asked Phoebe.
"You can't go home again," said Leo, smiling.
"Oh, very funny," said Phoebe as Piper and Paige just started laughing.
The End
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