Title: Paige's Sister - Part 4 - High School
Author: X5-343
Rating: PG-13
Category: Drama
Timeline: Season 5 Spoilers: Season 5 Season: 5
Content Warnings: Language Warning
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Charmed Ones or any character from the show Charmed. Any characters you don't recognize belong to the author.
Summary: Sam, DJ, Caitie and David all entering their senior year of High School. How does it affect everyone knowing that after the next ten months fly by they'll probably never see each other again? **************************************************************************** ***************
Even though 'Electricity' was in the final five, they won second place, not first. Sam was still smiling when she left the school but she had hardly said two words since they walked off stage after their performance. She hopped into the back of the jeep and they drove home.
Everyone stepped out of the jeep but since Leo was carrying Wyatt, Piper held back for a minute and told Sam to stay.
"That was really amazing tonight."
Even in the pitch-blackness of the San Francisco skies, Piper could tell Sam was blushing.
"Thanks." She replied.
"How long have you been writing?"
Sam sighed and leaned back against the jeep. She exhaled and she could see her breath.
"Since I was six or seven."
"Only songs?" Piper wondered
Sam nodded. "Yea."
"How come you never told anybody before this?"
Sam shrugged. "They're kinda private messages. I wrote that one during my first Christmas at the Chances."
"When did they.. when did they st-" Piper couldn't finish her sentence.
"Start hitting me?" Sam finished for her. "A couple months in. They only signed up for the foster care program as part of his community service. They never thought they'd have to actually do anything... so they didn't except for when I got in there way apparently."
"Who got you to start writing?" Piper asked, she had a pretty good idea, but she didn't want to say it without knowing.
Sam knew that Paige was probably just as private with her poems as Sam was with her music.
"Me. Goodnight mom."
With that Sam smiled softly and walked up the Manor stairs; into the house. **************************************************************************** ***************
Even though 'Electricity' wasn't performing Sam had begged Piper to let her and Alex go in P3 a few nights later. Alex had never been inside so Sam wanted her first time in to be focused on seeing P3 when it was alive and at it's finest.
Piper's DJ was in that night so Sam and Alex were hitting the dance floor hard and heavy while Piper, Paige, Phoebe and Leo all watched from their regular booth. They had got Caitie and David to watch over Wyatt for the night so if anything went wrong David would still have his powers to help protect Wyatt.
"Look at them would you?" Phoebe commented. "Even when I was younger then they are now my body couldn't flex or move the way theirs do."
"Tell me about it." Piper agreed setting a water down by Paige and light beers in front of everybody else including herself.
Once a slow song came on the two quickly vamoosed from the dance floor. They had just sat down when a guy no older then his young 20's - cute nonetheless - came over to ask Alex for a dance.
Alex turned to Sam, away from the guy with her jaw dropped. Sam's face broke into a grin not to disappoint Alex and she added a quick glance up at the guy. Or at least that's what Alex probably thought she was doing but really when she looked up at him quickly she read his mind.
'Oh God. Anybody who takes this long to answer is definitely going to make fun of you afterwards even if she does say yes. I'm such a loser, I'm such- '
That was all Sam needed to hear. She leaned over and whispered into Alex's ear. "Go for it."
Alex smiled and nodded. she stood up and they escorted each other to the dance floor. Sam smiled as she looked at her family. "I'm going to go get something to drink." She stood up and made her way through the people to the bar.
She took out her wallet and called for the bartender, since she would sometimes go in to help Piper out on weekend mornings, she already knew his name and the names of most people who worked there.
"Ben!" She yelled loudly, finally getting his attention.
"Sorry Sam. Diet coke?"
"Sprite." She told him. He nodded and went to grab the soda drink.
Within just a few moments Jerald Glenn approached her. "I saw a tape of the talent show Ms. Halliwell. Very nicely performed."
She sighed and leaned on the counter facing him.
"I'm not taking your deal. I'm not calling you."
"Now why not? Your family? Friends? Maybe a boyfriend?"
Sam continued to glare at him and she didn't answer.
"You'll be leaving for college in five months. You can still keep in touch with them and go to college and you'll have a job on the side. What's the big deal?"
"The big deal is that I don't want to be a logo or trademark for god knows how many million people in this world. I don't want to be known as Samantha Halliwell - singer or actress or whatever! I want to be known as Samantha Halliwell - a person! I don't want to be hounded for the fricking media 24/7! And I really don't want to be recorded without DJ, Shawn and Mark behind me."
Sam tossed two toonies to Ben and grabbed her Sprite before walking off. **************************************************************************** ***************
Sam walked back to her family and sat down, opening her bottle of Sprite.
"Who was the guy?" Piper asked, curiously.
"Oh.." Sam trailed off. "Nobody important." She finished
The sisters all looked at each other but then Alex came over and flopped herself down on top of Sam.
"AH!" Sam joked. "How was the dance?"
"I'm in heaven!" Alex replied as she moved herself onto another couch cushion.
"So why aren't you with him?" Sam exclaimed "how old is he?"
"Twenty-one and I'm 18!"
"What's your point?" Sam asked. Off to the side she could see the guy coming again. "Here he comes!"
"Alex." He said, once he made his way back over. "I was wondering if maybe we could talk?"
"Just one second." Alex told him, smiling. "Come here." Alex grabbed Sam's hand and pulled her away a little from the couch. "The big deal is that he must think that I'm like twenty-one! What if he wants to buy me a drink?"
"Say you're only 18! Like I already told DJ, Mark and Shawn; 18 years old are allowed in here and any other club, they just can't get alcohol. Okay?"
Alex gulped and nodded. "Thanks."
Sam nodded and the two walked back to the couch. "I'd love to talk with you." Alex told the man.
He smiled and she took his extended hand. Sam grinned and sat back down on the couch. She soon felt her cell phone ringing as she had it on vibrate.
She took it out of her pocket and opened it as she made her way to the bathroom. **************************************************************************** ***************
"Hello?" She asked once she was in the bathroom.
"Hey, it's me." DJ's voice followed.
Sam - Hey, what's up?
DJ - Can we meet? At the park in a half-hour or so? We need to talk?
Sam - Nothing good ever follows, we need to talk. What's wrong?
DJ - Please Sam. It's important! Can we please just meet at the park in 30 minutes or so?
Sam - Fine. Whatever. Where in the park?
DJ - By the swings?
Sam hung up without saying goodbye and closed her phone. She walked out of the bathroom and told her family, she had to go and to tell Alex to call her when she got home.
"Can I take the jeep?" She asked Piper. Piper nodded and tossed her the keys.
"Thanks." **************************************************************************** ***************
It was a half-hour drive from P3 to the park so Sam was just on time. She walked over to the part of the park where the swings were. She could see DJ, sitting on one.
"DJ?" She called as she arrived at the swings.
"Sit down. Please?" He asked her
Sam sat down on one of the swings next to him and he changed swings to sit next to her.
"Sam.." He started.
"DJ? Are you breaking up with me?" Sam's voice quivered. "Because it's been Valentine's day for 5 minutes now. Today's not the greatest day to do it."
"Sam.." He started again, he got off his swing and stood up he then bent down on one knee.
"At 11:03am November 9th we first met. At 10:10pm on December 23rd we became girlfriend and boyfriend. At 10:12pm on December 23rd we first kissed. At 11:45 on January 17th we had our first slow dance to Phil Collin's 'You'll Be In My Heart' as a couple. and now at 12:07am on February 14th, I'm going to ask you to someday be my wife." DJ brought his left hand out from around his back, in it was a stunning gold diamond ring. "Do you accept?"
Category: Drama
Timeline: Season 5 Spoilers: Season 5 Season: 5
Content Warnings: Language Warning
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Charmed Ones or any character from the show Charmed. Any characters you don't recognize belong to the author.
Summary: Sam, DJ, Caitie and David all entering their senior year of High School. How does it affect everyone knowing that after the next ten months fly by they'll probably never see each other again? **************************************************************************** ***************
Even though 'Electricity' was in the final five, they won second place, not first. Sam was still smiling when she left the school but she had hardly said two words since they walked off stage after their performance. She hopped into the back of the jeep and they drove home.
Everyone stepped out of the jeep but since Leo was carrying Wyatt, Piper held back for a minute and told Sam to stay.
"That was really amazing tonight."
Even in the pitch-blackness of the San Francisco skies, Piper could tell Sam was blushing.
"Thanks." She replied.
"How long have you been writing?"
Sam sighed and leaned back against the jeep. She exhaled and she could see her breath.
"Since I was six or seven."
"Only songs?" Piper wondered
Sam nodded. "Yea."
"How come you never told anybody before this?"
Sam shrugged. "They're kinda private messages. I wrote that one during my first Christmas at the Chances."
"When did they.. when did they st-" Piper couldn't finish her sentence.
"Start hitting me?" Sam finished for her. "A couple months in. They only signed up for the foster care program as part of his community service. They never thought they'd have to actually do anything... so they didn't except for when I got in there way apparently."
"Who got you to start writing?" Piper asked, she had a pretty good idea, but she didn't want to say it without knowing.
Sam knew that Paige was probably just as private with her poems as Sam was with her music.
"Me. Goodnight mom."
With that Sam smiled softly and walked up the Manor stairs; into the house. **************************************************************************** ***************
Even though 'Electricity' wasn't performing Sam had begged Piper to let her and Alex go in P3 a few nights later. Alex had never been inside so Sam wanted her first time in to be focused on seeing P3 when it was alive and at it's finest.
Piper's DJ was in that night so Sam and Alex were hitting the dance floor hard and heavy while Piper, Paige, Phoebe and Leo all watched from their regular booth. They had got Caitie and David to watch over Wyatt for the night so if anything went wrong David would still have his powers to help protect Wyatt.
"Look at them would you?" Phoebe commented. "Even when I was younger then they are now my body couldn't flex or move the way theirs do."
"Tell me about it." Piper agreed setting a water down by Paige and light beers in front of everybody else including herself.
Once a slow song came on the two quickly vamoosed from the dance floor. They had just sat down when a guy no older then his young 20's - cute nonetheless - came over to ask Alex for a dance.
Alex turned to Sam, away from the guy with her jaw dropped. Sam's face broke into a grin not to disappoint Alex and she added a quick glance up at the guy. Or at least that's what Alex probably thought she was doing but really when she looked up at him quickly she read his mind.
'Oh God. Anybody who takes this long to answer is definitely going to make fun of you afterwards even if she does say yes. I'm such a loser, I'm such- '
That was all Sam needed to hear. She leaned over and whispered into Alex's ear. "Go for it."
Alex smiled and nodded. she stood up and they escorted each other to the dance floor. Sam smiled as she looked at her family. "I'm going to go get something to drink." She stood up and made her way through the people to the bar.
She took out her wallet and called for the bartender, since she would sometimes go in to help Piper out on weekend mornings, she already knew his name and the names of most people who worked there.
"Ben!" She yelled loudly, finally getting his attention.
"Sorry Sam. Diet coke?"
"Sprite." She told him. He nodded and went to grab the soda drink.
Within just a few moments Jerald Glenn approached her. "I saw a tape of the talent show Ms. Halliwell. Very nicely performed."
She sighed and leaned on the counter facing him.
"I'm not taking your deal. I'm not calling you."
"Now why not? Your family? Friends? Maybe a boyfriend?"
Sam continued to glare at him and she didn't answer.
"You'll be leaving for college in five months. You can still keep in touch with them and go to college and you'll have a job on the side. What's the big deal?"
"The big deal is that I don't want to be a logo or trademark for god knows how many million people in this world. I don't want to be known as Samantha Halliwell - singer or actress or whatever! I want to be known as Samantha Halliwell - a person! I don't want to be hounded for the fricking media 24/7! And I really don't want to be recorded without DJ, Shawn and Mark behind me."
Sam tossed two toonies to Ben and grabbed her Sprite before walking off. **************************************************************************** ***************
Sam walked back to her family and sat down, opening her bottle of Sprite.
"Who was the guy?" Piper asked, curiously.
"Oh.." Sam trailed off. "Nobody important." She finished
The sisters all looked at each other but then Alex came over and flopped herself down on top of Sam.
"AH!" Sam joked. "How was the dance?"
"I'm in heaven!" Alex replied as she moved herself onto another couch cushion.
"So why aren't you with him?" Sam exclaimed "how old is he?"
"Twenty-one and I'm 18!"
"What's your point?" Sam asked. Off to the side she could see the guy coming again. "Here he comes!"
"Alex." He said, once he made his way back over. "I was wondering if maybe we could talk?"
"Just one second." Alex told him, smiling. "Come here." Alex grabbed Sam's hand and pulled her away a little from the couch. "The big deal is that he must think that I'm like twenty-one! What if he wants to buy me a drink?"
"Say you're only 18! Like I already told DJ, Mark and Shawn; 18 years old are allowed in here and any other club, they just can't get alcohol. Okay?"
Alex gulped and nodded. "Thanks."
Sam nodded and the two walked back to the couch. "I'd love to talk with you." Alex told the man.
He smiled and she took his extended hand. Sam grinned and sat back down on the couch. She soon felt her cell phone ringing as she had it on vibrate.
She took it out of her pocket and opened it as she made her way to the bathroom. **************************************************************************** ***************
"Hello?" She asked once she was in the bathroom.
"Hey, it's me." DJ's voice followed.
Sam - Hey, what's up?
DJ - Can we meet? At the park in a half-hour or so? We need to talk?
Sam - Nothing good ever follows, we need to talk. What's wrong?
DJ - Please Sam. It's important! Can we please just meet at the park in 30 minutes or so?
Sam - Fine. Whatever. Where in the park?
DJ - By the swings?
Sam hung up without saying goodbye and closed her phone. She walked out of the bathroom and told her family, she had to go and to tell Alex to call her when she got home.
"Can I take the jeep?" She asked Piper. Piper nodded and tossed her the keys.
"Thanks." **************************************************************************** ***************
It was a half-hour drive from P3 to the park so Sam was just on time. She walked over to the part of the park where the swings were. She could see DJ, sitting on one.
"DJ?" She called as she arrived at the swings.
"Sit down. Please?" He asked her
Sam sat down on one of the swings next to him and he changed swings to sit next to her.
"Sam.." He started.
"DJ? Are you breaking up with me?" Sam's voice quivered. "Because it's been Valentine's day for 5 minutes now. Today's not the greatest day to do it."
"Sam.." He started again, he got off his swing and stood up he then bent down on one knee.
"At 11:03am November 9th we first met. At 10:10pm on December 23rd we became girlfriend and boyfriend. At 10:12pm on December 23rd we first kissed. At 11:45 on January 17th we had our first slow dance to Phil Collin's 'You'll Be In My Heart' as a couple. and now at 12:07am on February 14th, I'm going to ask you to someday be my wife." DJ brought his left hand out from around his back, in it was a stunning gold diamond ring. "Do you accept?"
