CHILD OF THE WHITELIGHTER
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Charmed characters, although it would be nice to own Leo. (wink wink) The characters Caiti, her friends, and her mother Jeanne are my own creation; please don't use them without asking me first.
A/N: i have changed the rating on this story to PG, because i got tired of always writing "this chapter is rated PG for language" and because it gets to be PG farther on in the story. and i did try double spacing the last chapter, but it didn't make any difference. i apologize to anyone who is inconvenienced by this.
CHAPTER TEN
Cole looked at the van and said, "Whose car is that?"
"That would be mine," Caiti said. "Mom got it for me when we came out here, and the guys painted it blue, then me, Janna, and Serena did the clouds. It's a rather comfy little set-up in there. I've got beanbags, a fridge, and a microwave inside. That way, if I ever needed a place to sleep, I'd just hop in the back of the van and sleep there."
"Good idea," said Chris. "You gonna do it tonight?"
"Well, I was if there wasn't any room in the house, but since Piper said there is, I probably won't," said Caiti. "But I might, just for old time's sake. I have a heater in there too, so I won't freeze my ass off."
Chris laughed and said, "As long as you're not freezing."
Caiti looked at Piper and asked, "Well? Can I? Just for tonight as a kind of last hurrah?"
Piper thought about it for a moment. "OK," she finally said. "But just for tonight. And only if someone stays out there with you."
"But I'm 18 years old!" Caiti protested. "I don't need anyone to stay out here with me!"
"Your father and I would feel better if someone stayed out here with you. We're only thinking about your safety," said Piper.
Caiti sighed with defeat. "OK, OK. I'll have someone stay out here with me. But whoever it is has to stay in the front seat; I don't think I have enough beanbags for the both of us. Can I at least drive it over to the house?"
"Sure. The house is only a few blocks down from here though," said Piper.
"I could use the practice," Caiti said with a wink. "Anyone wanna come with me?"
Chris and Paige raised their hands and Caiti said, "OK then! Load up the van, and let's head out!"
Caiti snapped her fingers and the back doors of the van flew open, revealing what looked like a mini bedroom in the back and a regular car in the front. "Climb in!" Caiti said before she orbed herself into the car's front seat. "Shotgun!" called Chris. When he noticed everyone giving him strange looks, he said, "I've always wanted to say that," and orbed himself into the passenger seat. Paige climbed into the back and closed the doors. As soon as she made sure everyone was in, Caiti started the van and drove away, pausing long enough to wave out the window to Cole, Phoebe, Piper and Leo when they drove past them walking to the house. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When they finally reached the house, Caiti shut the car off and looked out her window, and got the shock of her life when she saw the others standing on the porch. Chris saw them too and said, "No freaking way." "What's going on?" asked Paige from the backseat as Caiti orbed out of the car. "Look on the porch," said Chris before he too orbed out of the car. Paige orbed out after him, and appeared on the porch in time to hear Caiti and Leo arguing good-naturedly about him and the others cheating.
"Dad, you guys so cheated!" Caiti said with a grin.
"Who said it was a race to get back to the house? I know I didn't." Leo answered back, grinning the entire time.
"Well, we still have to decide whose going to stay out in the car with Caiti tonight," said Piper. "So let's stop the arguing and decide."
"I think it should be either me, Chris, or Leo," said Paige. "Just in case we have a demon attack, there should be a whitelighter with her, even though she's half-whitelighter herself."
Suddenly Leo got a look on his face that gave the indication that someone was telling him something. "Well, it's not going to be either of us," he said to Paige. "The elders want Chris to be her whitelighter, so I guess it's his job." Caiti turned towards her van so the others wouldn't see her blushing. "Well, if that's what the elders want." she trailed off. Chris, on the other hand, was blushing outright, so badly in fact, that anyone who didn't see it would have been either blind or stupid. "Well, I think I'll go in the house and get a blanket and pillows if I'm gonna stay in the front seat," he said, and orbed into the house. "Caiti," Piper said. "You might want to get ready for bed now, just so you're ready when he comes back out." Caiti nodded and orbed into the back of the van. "Well, then," said Phoebe. "Since that's done, I think it's time for me to go to bed." "What about me?" Cole asked slyly. Phoebe grinned and said, "The living room couch." Everyone said his or her goodnights to each other, and Leo knocked on the back of the van to say his goodnight to Caiti. Caiti said goodnight, and then Leo, Piper, and Paige orbed inside the house. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Caiti was all ready for bed when she heard a knock on the back of the van. "Who is it?" she asked. "It's me," Chris said. "It ok for me to come in?" "Sure," Caiti said. Chris orbed into the back of the van and promptly hit his head on the roof of it. "Guess I forgot to warn you about that, didn't I?" Caiti said with a sly grin. "Doesn't matter," said Chris. "It didn't hurt much." Looking at the plate Caiti held in her hand, he asked, "So, you baking something?" Caiti nodded and said, "Thought we might like something to eat, seeing as we didn't get anything at the club, and that I didn't eat dinner tonight from sheer excitement." "I like the way you think," Chris said smiling. "So, what's for dinner tonight?" Caiti laughed and said, "S'mores. It's about all I can make back here. The last thing I want to do is burn my van to ashes trying to make steak." Chris laughed. "Anything to drink?" he asked. "Well, we have a lot of stuff in here," Caiti said while opening the fridge. "We have water, milk, Pepsi, Coke, Mountain Dew, and O'Doul's," she said, naming the contents as she saw them. "What's O'Doul's?" Chris asked. "Non alcoholic beer," Caiti said. "Mom let me have it when we were visiting my cousins in Michigan, said it wouldn't do any harm because it wasn't real beer." "I think I'll pass on the beer tonight," Chris said with a laugh. "Do you have any hot chocolate?" Caiti held up two cardboard packages and asked, "With or without marshmallows?" "With," Chris said. "OK then, two hot chocolates with marshmallows it is!" said Caiti. "I feel like having marshmallows tonight." Caiti got the water out of the fridge and poured some into two mugs she produced from a small cupboard near the microwave. She took the s'mores out of the microwave and put the mugs in to heat the water. When the water was finished, she put a packet of hot chocolate mix and a spoon into each mug, stirred it a little bit, and handed one mug to Chris saying, "Careful, it's a bit hot," then laughing because she sounded like her mother. They ate the s'mores, drank the hot chocolate, and talked for a while before Caiti finally yawned. "Guess it's time to go to bed," she said. She went over to the beanbag, snapped her fingers, and suddenly in its place was a mattress with blankets and pillows. Caiti threw a few blankets and pillows at Chris and said, "Here. You might need a few extras," before climbing into bed. Chris set himself up in the space between the back of the van and the front seat, settled himself down, and looked over at Caiti. She was already fast asleep. Chris smiled and thought, "She's beautiful," before going to sleep himself.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Charmed characters, although it would be nice to own Leo. (wink wink) The characters Caiti, her friends, and her mother Jeanne are my own creation; please don't use them without asking me first.
A/N: i have changed the rating on this story to PG, because i got tired of always writing "this chapter is rated PG for language" and because it gets to be PG farther on in the story. and i did try double spacing the last chapter, but it didn't make any difference. i apologize to anyone who is inconvenienced by this.
CHAPTER TEN
Cole looked at the van and said, "Whose car is that?"
"That would be mine," Caiti said. "Mom got it for me when we came out here, and the guys painted it blue, then me, Janna, and Serena did the clouds. It's a rather comfy little set-up in there. I've got beanbags, a fridge, and a microwave inside. That way, if I ever needed a place to sleep, I'd just hop in the back of the van and sleep there."
"Good idea," said Chris. "You gonna do it tonight?"
"Well, I was if there wasn't any room in the house, but since Piper said there is, I probably won't," said Caiti. "But I might, just for old time's sake. I have a heater in there too, so I won't freeze my ass off."
Chris laughed and said, "As long as you're not freezing."
Caiti looked at Piper and asked, "Well? Can I? Just for tonight as a kind of last hurrah?"
Piper thought about it for a moment. "OK," she finally said. "But just for tonight. And only if someone stays out there with you."
"But I'm 18 years old!" Caiti protested. "I don't need anyone to stay out here with me!"
"Your father and I would feel better if someone stayed out here with you. We're only thinking about your safety," said Piper.
Caiti sighed with defeat. "OK, OK. I'll have someone stay out here with me. But whoever it is has to stay in the front seat; I don't think I have enough beanbags for the both of us. Can I at least drive it over to the house?"
"Sure. The house is only a few blocks down from here though," said Piper.
"I could use the practice," Caiti said with a wink. "Anyone wanna come with me?"
Chris and Paige raised their hands and Caiti said, "OK then! Load up the van, and let's head out!"
Caiti snapped her fingers and the back doors of the van flew open, revealing what looked like a mini bedroom in the back and a regular car in the front. "Climb in!" Caiti said before she orbed herself into the car's front seat. "Shotgun!" called Chris. When he noticed everyone giving him strange looks, he said, "I've always wanted to say that," and orbed himself into the passenger seat. Paige climbed into the back and closed the doors. As soon as she made sure everyone was in, Caiti started the van and drove away, pausing long enough to wave out the window to Cole, Phoebe, Piper and Leo when they drove past them walking to the house. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When they finally reached the house, Caiti shut the car off and looked out her window, and got the shock of her life when she saw the others standing on the porch. Chris saw them too and said, "No freaking way." "What's going on?" asked Paige from the backseat as Caiti orbed out of the car. "Look on the porch," said Chris before he too orbed out of the car. Paige orbed out after him, and appeared on the porch in time to hear Caiti and Leo arguing good-naturedly about him and the others cheating.
"Dad, you guys so cheated!" Caiti said with a grin.
"Who said it was a race to get back to the house? I know I didn't." Leo answered back, grinning the entire time.
"Well, we still have to decide whose going to stay out in the car with Caiti tonight," said Piper. "So let's stop the arguing and decide."
"I think it should be either me, Chris, or Leo," said Paige. "Just in case we have a demon attack, there should be a whitelighter with her, even though she's half-whitelighter herself."
Suddenly Leo got a look on his face that gave the indication that someone was telling him something. "Well, it's not going to be either of us," he said to Paige. "The elders want Chris to be her whitelighter, so I guess it's his job." Caiti turned towards her van so the others wouldn't see her blushing. "Well, if that's what the elders want." she trailed off. Chris, on the other hand, was blushing outright, so badly in fact, that anyone who didn't see it would have been either blind or stupid. "Well, I think I'll go in the house and get a blanket and pillows if I'm gonna stay in the front seat," he said, and orbed into the house. "Caiti," Piper said. "You might want to get ready for bed now, just so you're ready when he comes back out." Caiti nodded and orbed into the back of the van. "Well, then," said Phoebe. "Since that's done, I think it's time for me to go to bed." "What about me?" Cole asked slyly. Phoebe grinned and said, "The living room couch." Everyone said his or her goodnights to each other, and Leo knocked on the back of the van to say his goodnight to Caiti. Caiti said goodnight, and then Leo, Piper, and Paige orbed inside the house. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Caiti was all ready for bed when she heard a knock on the back of the van. "Who is it?" she asked. "It's me," Chris said. "It ok for me to come in?" "Sure," Caiti said. Chris orbed into the back of the van and promptly hit his head on the roof of it. "Guess I forgot to warn you about that, didn't I?" Caiti said with a sly grin. "Doesn't matter," said Chris. "It didn't hurt much." Looking at the plate Caiti held in her hand, he asked, "So, you baking something?" Caiti nodded and said, "Thought we might like something to eat, seeing as we didn't get anything at the club, and that I didn't eat dinner tonight from sheer excitement." "I like the way you think," Chris said smiling. "So, what's for dinner tonight?" Caiti laughed and said, "S'mores. It's about all I can make back here. The last thing I want to do is burn my van to ashes trying to make steak." Chris laughed. "Anything to drink?" he asked. "Well, we have a lot of stuff in here," Caiti said while opening the fridge. "We have water, milk, Pepsi, Coke, Mountain Dew, and O'Doul's," she said, naming the contents as she saw them. "What's O'Doul's?" Chris asked. "Non alcoholic beer," Caiti said. "Mom let me have it when we were visiting my cousins in Michigan, said it wouldn't do any harm because it wasn't real beer." "I think I'll pass on the beer tonight," Chris said with a laugh. "Do you have any hot chocolate?" Caiti held up two cardboard packages and asked, "With or without marshmallows?" "With," Chris said. "OK then, two hot chocolates with marshmallows it is!" said Caiti. "I feel like having marshmallows tonight." Caiti got the water out of the fridge and poured some into two mugs she produced from a small cupboard near the microwave. She took the s'mores out of the microwave and put the mugs in to heat the water. When the water was finished, she put a packet of hot chocolate mix and a spoon into each mug, stirred it a little bit, and handed one mug to Chris saying, "Careful, it's a bit hot," then laughing because she sounded like her mother. They ate the s'mores, drank the hot chocolate, and talked for a while before Caiti finally yawned. "Guess it's time to go to bed," she said. She went over to the beanbag, snapped her fingers, and suddenly in its place was a mattress with blankets and pillows. Caiti threw a few blankets and pillows at Chris and said, "Here. You might need a few extras," before climbing into bed. Chris set himself up in the space between the back of the van and the front seat, settled himself down, and looked over at Caiti. She was already fast asleep. Chris smiled and thought, "She's beautiful," before going to sleep himself.