A/N: I think this will be another boring chapter. I still have writer's
block and the only other reason I write is that I don't have anything to
do, I have my whole vacation and there is nothing I can do about it. This
is probably the longest time I've ever had to update. Anyway, since I
forgot to mention, this is a no Chris-related story and I still don't have
plans to bring Prue back because I don't know how to put her in this story
without any connection to having Paige. No Chris in the story because I
find having another kid in the story crowding the Halliwell household and
it seems like all they do is take care of kids. So I guess that's it then.
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Chapter Five: Black Flames
"Jason Dean. Will you talk to me for a minute here?" Phoebe asked her fiancé walking away from her, "why do you keep avoiding me lately?" Jason faced her, his jaw set straight and looked at Phoebe in the eye and said, "I have work to do." "Yeah, like what?" Phoebe retorted back. "Like figuring out who in the world you are to me and why you are here with me right now!" Phoebe was taken aback and slightly cowered at Jason's tone of voice. He never talked to her like that. She was wondering if he has already figured out that she and sisters were witches. Jason shook his head and went closer to Phoebe. He tried to touch her but Phoebe slightly stepped back. "Okay. Uhm. Look, I'm sorry. I-Uh... I'm just stressed. You know... Phoebe. I'm sorry." Jason tried to apologize. Phoebe started sensing something from Jason, her empathic powers kicking in. She felt like... whoa. Stressed, yes. And reluctant and scared. What was going on here? Why is Jason like this? Something muse be wrong. "I-I have to go. I'll talk to you... soon. Okay. Bye." Phoebe said backing off from Jason. Leaving the current love of her life weirded out. And more stressed than ever.
^_^
Paige was sitting in the living room, watching T.V. though she was paying no attention to it. She was still bumming about her latest temp job, apparently it meant that she had to work for a magic shop. Just great. Now she has to work for a crazy magic trick. Probably not even real.
"If I don't get a job for a divine reason, I get the stupid ones." Paige told herself. She started flipping the channels, looking for nothing in particular, unless she finds something to catch her attention well enough for more than 5 minutes. That was, until Phoebe came in crashing the front door.
"I hate my life." Phoebe sat down beside Paige.
"Oh. Now don't you?" Paige smirked at her sister.
"Will you stop that? I hate being an empath and having to sense everything the person you're talking to feels."
"Sorry?" Paige asked, "Didn't get any of that."
"My fiancé, or so I thought, is scared of me." Paige stared at her sister as she said this. "And yes, I haven't told him that I'm a witch or that my sisters are too and that my nephew is half-witch and half-angel or that I have a brother-in-law who was born way, way, way, way, before any of us and died during World War 2 and can travel in 2 seconds."
"Right..." Paige said. "Do you want me to tell him?"
"Do you want me not to get married?" Phoebe asked, "You see, this is just hard for me you know? It's not the easiest thing in the world to tell someone you're a witch and there are supernatural creatures that seem unreal to follow you always!"
"It's going to be harder to get married to a person and tell them that you're a witch and have them dump you after being together for let's say 3 days, tops."
"Okay Paige, look," Phoebe said, "I know you have a Richard that's really great with magic and everything and he has his own in particular and that my sister has an angel for a husband but I JUST CAN'T GET TO FIND MY OWN MAGICAL MAN PERSON, okay?"
Paige just sat there and didn't say anything. Phoebe just looked at her and asked, "Did I say anything bad?"
"Uhh. No, I'm uh... I'm okay." Paige said but kept her eyes down on the floor.
"Something's bothering you. I must've said something."
"I'm not with Richard now." Paige simply said, "I feel like I'm messing up everything that we've started."
"Oh, I'm sorry honey," Phoebe embraced Paige, "it's not your fault. It's going to be okay."
"Yeah. So, let's get back to you and Jason. SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?" Paige asked.
"Can you go with me? Now? To the office?"
"Oh, sure. Not a problem." And the two sisters got up and went to the Bay Mirror.
^_^
Jason Dean stared out after Phoebe Halliwell walking out the doors of the office. He knocked on his head and told himself, "You're just great Jason. Just great. What the hell did you do?!" He went to his office and sat down at his desk.
Jason kept staring at their picture, that smile that captivated him when he first saw Phoebe. She was her fiancé, what the hell was wrong here? Why was he getting scared of having her in his life? Jason thought of all the possibilities with the current situation, 'Maybe she doesn't want to end up like her last marriage. But that's technically over with her, she's way past it. Maybe she's afraid of leaving her sisters alone. But I'm okay with living in that house, it's nice. So what is wrong?'
Jason picked up his cell phone and started dialing Phoebe's number, but he caught himself stopping. "Damn it. What is the matter with you?" he whispered to himself. A few minutes later, he looked up and saw a tower of flame appearing in front of him. A man clad in a black trench coat looked at him with piercing blood red eyes and stared at the picture Jason was looking at.
"The witch is not here? Maybe, I should take you with me." the man said as he took Jason by the arm and flamed out, not before he saw Phoebe and Paige enter Jason's office, "You lose. I win."
"NO!" Phoebe screamed as she saw her fiancé being taken by a demon.
***
Chapter Five: Black Flames
"Jason Dean. Will you talk to me for a minute here?" Phoebe asked her fiancé walking away from her, "why do you keep avoiding me lately?" Jason faced her, his jaw set straight and looked at Phoebe in the eye and said, "I have work to do." "Yeah, like what?" Phoebe retorted back. "Like figuring out who in the world you are to me and why you are here with me right now!" Phoebe was taken aback and slightly cowered at Jason's tone of voice. He never talked to her like that. She was wondering if he has already figured out that she and sisters were witches. Jason shook his head and went closer to Phoebe. He tried to touch her but Phoebe slightly stepped back. "Okay. Uhm. Look, I'm sorry. I-Uh... I'm just stressed. You know... Phoebe. I'm sorry." Jason tried to apologize. Phoebe started sensing something from Jason, her empathic powers kicking in. She felt like... whoa. Stressed, yes. And reluctant and scared. What was going on here? Why is Jason like this? Something muse be wrong. "I-I have to go. I'll talk to you... soon. Okay. Bye." Phoebe said backing off from Jason. Leaving the current love of her life weirded out. And more stressed than ever.
^_^
Paige was sitting in the living room, watching T.V. though she was paying no attention to it. She was still bumming about her latest temp job, apparently it meant that she had to work for a magic shop. Just great. Now she has to work for a crazy magic trick. Probably not even real.
"If I don't get a job for a divine reason, I get the stupid ones." Paige told herself. She started flipping the channels, looking for nothing in particular, unless she finds something to catch her attention well enough for more than 5 minutes. That was, until Phoebe came in crashing the front door.
"I hate my life." Phoebe sat down beside Paige.
"Oh. Now don't you?" Paige smirked at her sister.
"Will you stop that? I hate being an empath and having to sense everything the person you're talking to feels."
"Sorry?" Paige asked, "Didn't get any of that."
"My fiancé, or so I thought, is scared of me." Paige stared at her sister as she said this. "And yes, I haven't told him that I'm a witch or that my sisters are too and that my nephew is half-witch and half-angel or that I have a brother-in-law who was born way, way, way, way, before any of us and died during World War 2 and can travel in 2 seconds."
"Right..." Paige said. "Do you want me to tell him?"
"Do you want me not to get married?" Phoebe asked, "You see, this is just hard for me you know? It's not the easiest thing in the world to tell someone you're a witch and there are supernatural creatures that seem unreal to follow you always!"
"It's going to be harder to get married to a person and tell them that you're a witch and have them dump you after being together for let's say 3 days, tops."
"Okay Paige, look," Phoebe said, "I know you have a Richard that's really great with magic and everything and he has his own in particular and that my sister has an angel for a husband but I JUST CAN'T GET TO FIND MY OWN MAGICAL MAN PERSON, okay?"
Paige just sat there and didn't say anything. Phoebe just looked at her and asked, "Did I say anything bad?"
"Uhh. No, I'm uh... I'm okay." Paige said but kept her eyes down on the floor.
"Something's bothering you. I must've said something."
"I'm not with Richard now." Paige simply said, "I feel like I'm messing up everything that we've started."
"Oh, I'm sorry honey," Phoebe embraced Paige, "it's not your fault. It's going to be okay."
"Yeah. So, let's get back to you and Jason. SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?" Paige asked.
"Can you go with me? Now? To the office?"
"Oh, sure. Not a problem." And the two sisters got up and went to the Bay Mirror.
^_^
Jason Dean stared out after Phoebe Halliwell walking out the doors of the office. He knocked on his head and told himself, "You're just great Jason. Just great. What the hell did you do?!" He went to his office and sat down at his desk.
Jason kept staring at their picture, that smile that captivated him when he first saw Phoebe. She was her fiancé, what the hell was wrong here? Why was he getting scared of having her in his life? Jason thought of all the possibilities with the current situation, 'Maybe she doesn't want to end up like her last marriage. But that's technically over with her, she's way past it. Maybe she's afraid of leaving her sisters alone. But I'm okay with living in that house, it's nice. So what is wrong?'
Jason picked up his cell phone and started dialing Phoebe's number, but he caught himself stopping. "Damn it. What is the matter with you?" he whispered to himself. A few minutes later, he looked up and saw a tower of flame appearing in front of him. A man clad in a black trench coat looked at him with piercing blood red eyes and stared at the picture Jason was looking at.
"The witch is not here? Maybe, I should take you with me." the man said as he took Jason by the arm and flamed out, not before he saw Phoebe and Paige enter Jason's office, "You lose. I win."
"NO!" Phoebe screamed as she saw her fiancé being taken by a demon.