Bad to Basics7, "Finding the Right Paige"
After Piper, Phoebe and Chris go upstairs; I retreat back into the sunroom and sit in a wicker chair. Eruin follows me in and sits in a chair near mine. She turns to ma and says, "Why don't you go and help them? You seem to have more experience in this magic stuff than they do."
"That may be," I reply, "But, they're family, and they work well together in their close knit family unit."
"The two women are sisters, what are their names? But, how is Chris related to them?"
"Not quite sure, but I think Phoebe knows. Phoebe, she's the bubbly one; the more stoic one is Piper, and it's funny how you remembered the young man's name."
"So, are you going to ask Phoebe, how Chris is related to them?" Eruin asks.
"No, it's more fun just watching them, and anyway, if I where to broach the subject, it'd all end up being my fault, so it's better I don't say anything."
"How could it be your fault? You didn't make them related; you just know that they are related."
"Then I'd have to answer all those questions on how I know. Questions I'd rather avoid. On another note, I'm going to have to go with them to retrieve their missing sister, so you're going to have to go home and stay out of trouble, can I count on you to do that?"
"Well," She dragged it out for a few seconds, "Me and my friends can now take on those ghouls since we know how to hurt them and what to avoid."
"That wouldn't be too wise," I reply, "Ghouls are usually grunts for something much worse. I'm going to go out on a limb; I'm going to let you stay at my place till we find Paige."
Her eyes light up as she looks deeply into my eyes. I continue without reacting to her look, "I have a large personal library, and you could look through it. It has a lot of information on things that go bump in the night and also on how to do magical spells."
"You mean real magic, not just ritualistic bull?" She looks at me questioningly.
"Well, yes, but it takes time and practice, but I could teach you if you'd like"
She gets up sets over to me and gives me a big hug. Phoebe followed by Piper, Chris and Richard walk into the room, and Phoebe says, "Do the two of you need a room?"
I gentlily push Eruin off of me and say, "Not now, maybe later." I kiss her on the cheek as she gets up off of me.
"Eiw," Phoebe says, "I didn't know you like them so young?"
"It was just a hug," Eruin interjects, "He just volunteered to teach me magic."
"Well, in that case go to town. We'll just wait in the next room till you're done."
"We're done," I say, "At least for now. What's up? Have you found Paige?"
"Have you ever heard of the Maze of Confusion?" Phoebe says while looking me in the eye, "It's supposed to be in the underworld someplace, looks like we're going to have to take a trip. Eruin, do you have a place to stay?"
"Why, yes I do," Eruin says, "Jack just offered me a place to stay."
Phoebe looks at me. "What? What'd I do?" I grin sheepishly, "She wants to learn magic, and I could use the help around the coffee shop, seemed perfectly logical to me."
"I'll get Wyatt to the Magic school," Piper says, "You get Miss Eruin back to Jack's place. Chris, you keep an eye on Jack till we're already to go."
"Sounds like a project," Phoebe says, "Come on Eruin. Jack you have a key for her or something"
"What!" I say in a loud voice, "No one is going to my place without me. Why can't Eruin go home with me? Are you implying that you want me along on this adventure? What if I don't want to go?"
"It's easier to keep an eye on you when you're with us," Piper says while looking me in the eye.
"Why don't you trust me?" I plead to her, "For six months you didn't keep track of me, why the change?"
"Just one too many coincidences, that's all," Piper replies.
"And you think I orchestrated this whole chain of events for some reason."
"You said it," Piper chimes in with a little chuckle in her voice, "Saves me the trouble."
"Is that so!" I respond, "Maybe it was part of my plan to have you insist that I join you all along."
"Nice try," Phoebe interjects, "But we're not buying the reverse psychology gambit this time."
I slump down in my chair defeated. Eruin bubbles over, "So where is this underworld and how do you get there and, oh yeah, can I come along?"
"It's much to dangerous," Piper says in a calming voice, "For someone as inexperienced as you. It'd be better if you stayed here and stayed out of trouble since Jack won't let you stay at his place without him."
"What I meant is that it wouldn't be safe for Phoebe to go there without me. Eruin doesn't have the skill to access the really dangerous stuff, but Phoebe does. I don't know if I can trust you, Phoebe, to keep you hands off the artifacts. You can't keep your hands off of me."
"In your dreams buddy," Phoebe replies.
"That's not the way it was last summer after Jason left for the first time," I say as I wink at her.
"Shut up!" Phoebe raises her voice, "That was then, this is now."
"Ok children," Piper puts her foot down, "Jack, you go with Phoebe if that will make you comfortable. We'll meet back here in a half hour, ready break."
"I get to go on a car ride with my two favorite woman in the whole world, works for me." I say as I get up and head for the front door.
You just don't know when to stop, do you Jack," Phoebe says as she gets her keys and a jacket.
Eruin follows us out the front door and into the night.
After Piper, Phoebe and Chris go upstairs; I retreat back into the sunroom and sit in a wicker chair. Eruin follows me in and sits in a chair near mine. She turns to ma and says, "Why don't you go and help them? You seem to have more experience in this magic stuff than they do."
"That may be," I reply, "But, they're family, and they work well together in their close knit family unit."
"The two women are sisters, what are their names? But, how is Chris related to them?"
"Not quite sure, but I think Phoebe knows. Phoebe, she's the bubbly one; the more stoic one is Piper, and it's funny how you remembered the young man's name."
"So, are you going to ask Phoebe, how Chris is related to them?" Eruin asks.
"No, it's more fun just watching them, and anyway, if I where to broach the subject, it'd all end up being my fault, so it's better I don't say anything."
"How could it be your fault? You didn't make them related; you just know that they are related."
"Then I'd have to answer all those questions on how I know. Questions I'd rather avoid. On another note, I'm going to have to go with them to retrieve their missing sister, so you're going to have to go home and stay out of trouble, can I count on you to do that?"
"Well," She dragged it out for a few seconds, "Me and my friends can now take on those ghouls since we know how to hurt them and what to avoid."
"That wouldn't be too wise," I reply, "Ghouls are usually grunts for something much worse. I'm going to go out on a limb; I'm going to let you stay at my place till we find Paige."
Her eyes light up as she looks deeply into my eyes. I continue without reacting to her look, "I have a large personal library, and you could look through it. It has a lot of information on things that go bump in the night and also on how to do magical spells."
"You mean real magic, not just ritualistic bull?" She looks at me questioningly.
"Well, yes, but it takes time and practice, but I could teach you if you'd like"
She gets up sets over to me and gives me a big hug. Phoebe followed by Piper, Chris and Richard walk into the room, and Phoebe says, "Do the two of you need a room?"
I gentlily push Eruin off of me and say, "Not now, maybe later." I kiss her on the cheek as she gets up off of me.
"Eiw," Phoebe says, "I didn't know you like them so young?"
"It was just a hug," Eruin interjects, "He just volunteered to teach me magic."
"Well, in that case go to town. We'll just wait in the next room till you're done."
"We're done," I say, "At least for now. What's up? Have you found Paige?"
"Have you ever heard of the Maze of Confusion?" Phoebe says while looking me in the eye, "It's supposed to be in the underworld someplace, looks like we're going to have to take a trip. Eruin, do you have a place to stay?"
"Why, yes I do," Eruin says, "Jack just offered me a place to stay."
Phoebe looks at me. "What? What'd I do?" I grin sheepishly, "She wants to learn magic, and I could use the help around the coffee shop, seemed perfectly logical to me."
"I'll get Wyatt to the Magic school," Piper says, "You get Miss Eruin back to Jack's place. Chris, you keep an eye on Jack till we're already to go."
"Sounds like a project," Phoebe says, "Come on Eruin. Jack you have a key for her or something"
"What!" I say in a loud voice, "No one is going to my place without me. Why can't Eruin go home with me? Are you implying that you want me along on this adventure? What if I don't want to go?"
"It's easier to keep an eye on you when you're with us," Piper says while looking me in the eye.
"Why don't you trust me?" I plead to her, "For six months you didn't keep track of me, why the change?"
"Just one too many coincidences, that's all," Piper replies.
"And you think I orchestrated this whole chain of events for some reason."
"You said it," Piper chimes in with a little chuckle in her voice, "Saves me the trouble."
"Is that so!" I respond, "Maybe it was part of my plan to have you insist that I join you all along."
"Nice try," Phoebe interjects, "But we're not buying the reverse psychology gambit this time."
I slump down in my chair defeated. Eruin bubbles over, "So where is this underworld and how do you get there and, oh yeah, can I come along?"
"It's much to dangerous," Piper says in a calming voice, "For someone as inexperienced as you. It'd be better if you stayed here and stayed out of trouble since Jack won't let you stay at his place without him."
"What I meant is that it wouldn't be safe for Phoebe to go there without me. Eruin doesn't have the skill to access the really dangerous stuff, but Phoebe does. I don't know if I can trust you, Phoebe, to keep you hands off the artifacts. You can't keep your hands off of me."
"In your dreams buddy," Phoebe replies.
"That's not the way it was last summer after Jason left for the first time," I say as I wink at her.
"Shut up!" Phoebe raises her voice, "That was then, this is now."
"Ok children," Piper puts her foot down, "Jack, you go with Phoebe if that will make you comfortable. We'll meet back here in a half hour, ready break."
"I get to go on a car ride with my two favorite woman in the whole world, works for me." I say as I get up and head for the front door.
You just don't know when to stop, do you Jack," Phoebe says as she gets her keys and a jacket.
Eruin follows us out the front door and into the night.
