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.
Review Replies:
cricketlover- well, if you call the tension between Chris and Caiti action, then I guess the last chapter had a lot of it. but never fear, there will be more Charmed-like action in the chapters to come. in fact, there's going to be a demon attack quite soon! (no, it's not Cole's fault in any way, shape, or form.) and have no fear, i will not stress myself out, and i will keep updating for my loyal fans. i enjoy updating for my loyal fans, seeing as this is the first time i've ever had loyal fans, and i'm glad that my story is being enjoyed.
LOTRgurl- as long as my story is up, Leo will stay. if i had my way with the show, he'd be there a lot more, but since i don't and cannot influence Brad Kern in any way, shape, or form, i have no control over what he and the other writers do. i think it's horrible what they've been doing to Leo and what they did to Cole, so i'm doing what i think is best: writing a fanfic where they are both there and stay forever!
CHAPTER ELEVEN
When Caiti awoke the next morning, Chris was gone, as were the extra blankets and pillows. In their place was a note that said:
"Caiti, thanks for the food. It was great. Maybe next time I can try the O'Doul's.
Chris."
Caiti smiled, and orbed herself into the house for a shower and breakfast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Paige! Hurry up in there!" Phoebe called. "Other people need the shower you know!"
The door opened and Paige came out fully dressed and drying her hair with a towel. "It's all yours," she said as Phoebe rushed inside and shut the door. "You're welcome," Paige grumbled. As she walked to her room, Caiti appeared. "Morning," Caiti said. "Morning," Paige replied. "How'd you sleep?" "Pretty good," Caiti said. "The hot chocolate and s'mores kept me up for a while, but other than that, everything was good." "Cool," Paige said. "So," said Caiti. "Who's in there and for how long?" she said, pointing at the bathroom. Paige laughed and said, "Phoebe, and probably a while. You got anywhere you need to be in a hurry? Because if you do, I'd advise finding another shower." "Nope, probably just moving my stuff from my house to here and not letting Mike or Jacob drive the Cloudmobile in the process," said Caiti. "The Cloudmobile?" Paige asked, confused. "My van," Caiti said. "It's what we started to call my van after we painted it." "Oh," Paige said with a grin. "Makes sense."
Just then, Leo orbed into the hallway. "Morning ladies," he said, hugging Caiti. "So," Leo said, turning to Caiti. "Are you going to get your stuff from your house today?" "Yeah," Caiti said sadly. "Guess I have to, seeing as it's not my house anymore. The rest of the band is taking over it, and I let them, seeing as their landlord got pissed off at the constant drumming." "Do you need any help?" Leo asked. "Well, the guys are going to help with the packing, but we could use some extra help, seeing as I forbid them to drive my van. Last time they did, they nearly ran it into a tree," Caiti said with a slight grin. "I also have to go through my mom's things. She left it all to me, but I have to set everything in order and all that jazz." "Then you're going to need a lawyer," said Cole, who had shimmered in behind everyone. "Yeah, guess I could," said Caiti. "So, would you be willing to help an old friend?" "Depends on if the old friend's going to be paying," said Cole slyly. "You get to drive the van, how about that?" Caiti asked. "I never let anyone drive the Cloudmobile, so it's a great honor that you'd be receiving." Cole grinned and said, "Deal." "Good," Caiti said. "Now all I have to do is wait for Phoebe to get out of the shower so I can get one, get dressed, and it'll be all systems go!" A few minutes later, Phoebe exited the bathroom in her bathrobe and Caiti ran in and shut the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
20 minutes later, Caiti, Leo, and Cole were ready to go. "So, you wanna drive first?" Caiti asked Cole. "You can drive, since you know where it is," Cole said. "OK then, hold on a sec," Caiti said. She snapped her fingers, and then said, "OK, hop in!" Leo opened the back doors and saw that Caiti had added an extra seat. "Nice," he thought. "So, anybody want shotgun, or are you both scared of my driving?" Caiti asked with a grin. "I'll risk it," said Leo with a smile. "I mean, what do I have to lose? I can't die again, unless we run head first into a Darklighter's arrow." "Don't even begin to kid about that," Caiti said as she got into the driver's seat and buckled her seatbelt. Leo buckled himself into the front passenger seat, while Cole buckled himself into the backseat that Caiti added. "OK, is everyone ready?" Caiti asked. Leo and Cole nodded, and Caiti started the car. "Wagons ho!" Caiti said with a smile, and began the drive to her house. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ride to Caiti and Jeanne's house was uneventful, and when they reached the house, Leo complimented Caiti on her driving skills, saying that they were the best he'd seen in a while. When Caiti asked if it compared to Piper's driving, he wisely refused to comment. "I see the welcome wagon has arrived," said Mike, who had been sitting on the front steps with the rest of the band. "Ready?" Caiti nodded, and unlocked the front door. Walking into the house where she had been so happy with her mother just yesterday was one of the hardest things Caiti had ever done in her life. But it was something that needed to be done. "So," Leo asked, looking around the entryway. "Where do you think we should start?" "Well, I think we should start in my mom's room, I guess," Caiti said. "Mike says her clothes disappeared from the drawers, so there won't be any embarrassing discoveries while we're looking." Having said her piece, Caiti orbed upstairs into her mother's room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"It still smells like roses in here," thought Caiti as she stood in the middle of her mother's bedroom. She turned slowly around, taking in the sight of the room as it was, so she could remember it the way it looked now, so when she would come over to the house in later days, she wouldn't think of it as it would look. Caiti stopped when she saw the bureau. Walking over to it, she smiled as she saw the pictures still in their places and picked them up one by one. The last one she picked up was a picture they had taken at Virginia Beach the week before they moved. In it, she was laughing, while her mother had her arm around her and was looking at her lovingly. As she looked at it, she sat down on her mother's bed and touched the picture of her mother's face. She became aware of footsteps coming into the room. Caiti looked up and saw her father standing in the doorway. "What's that?" Leo asked, pointing to the picture in Caiti's hands. "It's a picture of Mom and me at Virginia Beach. It was taken a week before we moved here." "Can I see it?" he asked. Caiti nodded and handed Leo the picture. Leo looked at it for a few minutes, and said, "It's a beautiful picture. You both look so happy." "Well, it was before the accident and everything, so of course we were happy." "Do you see anything in here that you want to take back to the house with you?" Leo asked. "I'd like these pictures," Caiti said. "Let me check the closet." Caiti went over to the closet and opened the doors. She stared in surprise at a few dresses that were hanging in the closet, one of which had a note attached to it. Caiti read the note aloud: "Caiti, I was saving these for you for later on, but since I'm not going to be here, you may have them now. I made them for you based on what you've said you liked over the last 3 months. I hope you enjoy them. Love, Mom." "Well, looks like I'm taking the dresses, along with the pictures. I also want the photo albums downstairs, and, if possible, I want the piano." "You have a piano?" "Mom bought it for me to learn on. I want to keep it, if not in my room, then in the house at least." "OK, then. Let's get the stuff and go." Caiti snapped her fingers, made a box appear, and put the dresses and the pictures in it. Meanwhile, Leo had been going through the drawers, and had found a note with his name on it. "I'll read it later," he thought. Then he and Caiti orbed downstairs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The piano? You want to take the piano?" Mike asked. "Yeah, I mean, Mom did buy it for me," Caiti said. "Besides, you guys have Jacob's keyboard to practice on." "I know, but it would be nice to have a piano in the house." "Too bad! I'm taking it with me." "Well, genius, how're you going to get it in the back of the van?" Caiti smiled and said, "I have my ways. Now, where are the photo albums? I want them all, including the gray ones." "But those are-" "I know, they're my stepdad's albums from Vietnam, but I want them too. I mean, he did raise me, so I feel they should come to me." "Well, what about the you-know-who's?"
"Well, if they wanted them, they would have come and claimed them," Caiti snapped. She turned to her dad and said, "We're talking about his kids. If they wanted his stuff, they should've come and gotten them earlier, so they're fair game. Also, see if you can find his Beatles records, I'd like them too."
Mike smiled. He knew why Caiti wanted those albums. In her stepfather's will, he had left her his collection of Beatles records and some other trinkets which she had already claimed. He snapped his fingers, and a large stack of records appeared on the coffee table. "Is that all of them?" Caiti asked. "Yep, every single one," Mike answered truthfully, seeing as how Caiti's father had collected every Beatles album they had ever made. "OK then," Caiti said again. "I've gotten all I want, except the stuff in my room. Is it all packed up?" Mike and Jacob nodded their heads, and went upstairs to get the boxes. Janna and Serena ran inside to tell Caiti that they had enlarged the inside of the van to fit the boxes and the piano, the boys came down with the boxes, and soon it was time to leave. But as Caiti and Leo stepped outside to leave, a demon appeared out of nowhere and threw Leo against the side of the house. The demon fired an energy ball at Leo, and had thrown one at Caiti, when she caught it, doubled it's size, and threw it back at the demon, causing it to explode into flames. "Congratulations," said Cole as he came out of the house. "You've just vanquished your first demon." But Caiti didn't hear him because she had run over to where her father lay unconscious on the ground with a large gash in his chest. Caiti remembered how he had healed her hand the night before, and put her hands over his chest. She watched in amazement as the same golden light appeared and the gash disappeared. Caiti moved her hands and stared at them as her father sat up. "What happened?" Leo asked. "Demon-fireball-I have no idea.." said Caiti, still amazed and now babbling in her amazement. "A demon attacked," Cole explained as he helped Leo to his feet. "He knocked you against the house and hit you with an energy ball which gave you a pretty large gash in the chest, and he had thrown one at Caiti, but she caught it. Apparently when she caught it, her anger caused her to double the ball's size, and she fired it back at the demon. Naturally, it killed him. I guess she didn't hear me say that she had vanquished it, because she was too busy running over to you. She healed you, Leo. Your daughter saved your life." "She did?" Leo asked in amazement. "I healed him?" Caiti asked. "Yeah," Cole said with a smile. "Congrats." Leo looked at Caiti, who was still staring at her hands, and smiled. His daughter had saved his life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When they finally loaded everything into the van, Caiti handed the keys to Cole and said, "It's all yours." She then climbed in the backseat, while Leo got into the passenger's seat. They then drove off, towards home and, for the moment, safety.
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.
Review Replies:
cricketlover- well, if you call the tension between Chris and Caiti action, then I guess the last chapter had a lot of it. but never fear, there will be more Charmed-like action in the chapters to come. in fact, there's going to be a demon attack quite soon! (no, it's not Cole's fault in any way, shape, or form.) and have no fear, i will not stress myself out, and i will keep updating for my loyal fans. i enjoy updating for my loyal fans, seeing as this is the first time i've ever had loyal fans, and i'm glad that my story is being enjoyed.
LOTRgurl- as long as my story is up, Leo will stay. if i had my way with the show, he'd be there a lot more, but since i don't and cannot influence Brad Kern in any way, shape, or form, i have no control over what he and the other writers do. i think it's horrible what they've been doing to Leo and what they did to Cole, so i'm doing what i think is best: writing a fanfic where they are both there and stay forever!
CHAPTER ELEVEN
When Caiti awoke the next morning, Chris was gone, as were the extra blankets and pillows. In their place was a note that said:
"Caiti, thanks for the food. It was great. Maybe next time I can try the O'Doul's.
Chris."
Caiti smiled, and orbed herself into the house for a shower and breakfast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Paige! Hurry up in there!" Phoebe called. "Other people need the shower you know!"
The door opened and Paige came out fully dressed and drying her hair with a towel. "It's all yours," she said as Phoebe rushed inside and shut the door. "You're welcome," Paige grumbled. As she walked to her room, Caiti appeared. "Morning," Caiti said. "Morning," Paige replied. "How'd you sleep?" "Pretty good," Caiti said. "The hot chocolate and s'mores kept me up for a while, but other than that, everything was good." "Cool," Paige said. "So," said Caiti. "Who's in there and for how long?" she said, pointing at the bathroom. Paige laughed and said, "Phoebe, and probably a while. You got anywhere you need to be in a hurry? Because if you do, I'd advise finding another shower." "Nope, probably just moving my stuff from my house to here and not letting Mike or Jacob drive the Cloudmobile in the process," said Caiti. "The Cloudmobile?" Paige asked, confused. "My van," Caiti said. "It's what we started to call my van after we painted it." "Oh," Paige said with a grin. "Makes sense."
Just then, Leo orbed into the hallway. "Morning ladies," he said, hugging Caiti. "So," Leo said, turning to Caiti. "Are you going to get your stuff from your house today?" "Yeah," Caiti said sadly. "Guess I have to, seeing as it's not my house anymore. The rest of the band is taking over it, and I let them, seeing as their landlord got pissed off at the constant drumming." "Do you need any help?" Leo asked. "Well, the guys are going to help with the packing, but we could use some extra help, seeing as I forbid them to drive my van. Last time they did, they nearly ran it into a tree," Caiti said with a slight grin. "I also have to go through my mom's things. She left it all to me, but I have to set everything in order and all that jazz." "Then you're going to need a lawyer," said Cole, who had shimmered in behind everyone. "Yeah, guess I could," said Caiti. "So, would you be willing to help an old friend?" "Depends on if the old friend's going to be paying," said Cole slyly. "You get to drive the van, how about that?" Caiti asked. "I never let anyone drive the Cloudmobile, so it's a great honor that you'd be receiving." Cole grinned and said, "Deal." "Good," Caiti said. "Now all I have to do is wait for Phoebe to get out of the shower so I can get one, get dressed, and it'll be all systems go!" A few minutes later, Phoebe exited the bathroom in her bathrobe and Caiti ran in and shut the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
20 minutes later, Caiti, Leo, and Cole were ready to go. "So, you wanna drive first?" Caiti asked Cole. "You can drive, since you know where it is," Cole said. "OK then, hold on a sec," Caiti said. She snapped her fingers, and then said, "OK, hop in!" Leo opened the back doors and saw that Caiti had added an extra seat. "Nice," he thought. "So, anybody want shotgun, or are you both scared of my driving?" Caiti asked with a grin. "I'll risk it," said Leo with a smile. "I mean, what do I have to lose? I can't die again, unless we run head first into a Darklighter's arrow." "Don't even begin to kid about that," Caiti said as she got into the driver's seat and buckled her seatbelt. Leo buckled himself into the front passenger seat, while Cole buckled himself into the backseat that Caiti added. "OK, is everyone ready?" Caiti asked. Leo and Cole nodded, and Caiti started the car. "Wagons ho!" Caiti said with a smile, and began the drive to her house. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ride to Caiti and Jeanne's house was uneventful, and when they reached the house, Leo complimented Caiti on her driving skills, saying that they were the best he'd seen in a while. When Caiti asked if it compared to Piper's driving, he wisely refused to comment. "I see the welcome wagon has arrived," said Mike, who had been sitting on the front steps with the rest of the band. "Ready?" Caiti nodded, and unlocked the front door. Walking into the house where she had been so happy with her mother just yesterday was one of the hardest things Caiti had ever done in her life. But it was something that needed to be done. "So," Leo asked, looking around the entryway. "Where do you think we should start?" "Well, I think we should start in my mom's room, I guess," Caiti said. "Mike says her clothes disappeared from the drawers, so there won't be any embarrassing discoveries while we're looking." Having said her piece, Caiti orbed upstairs into her mother's room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"It still smells like roses in here," thought Caiti as she stood in the middle of her mother's bedroom. She turned slowly around, taking in the sight of the room as it was, so she could remember it the way it looked now, so when she would come over to the house in later days, she wouldn't think of it as it would look. Caiti stopped when she saw the bureau. Walking over to it, she smiled as she saw the pictures still in their places and picked them up one by one. The last one she picked up was a picture they had taken at Virginia Beach the week before they moved. In it, she was laughing, while her mother had her arm around her and was looking at her lovingly. As she looked at it, she sat down on her mother's bed and touched the picture of her mother's face. She became aware of footsteps coming into the room. Caiti looked up and saw her father standing in the doorway. "What's that?" Leo asked, pointing to the picture in Caiti's hands. "It's a picture of Mom and me at Virginia Beach. It was taken a week before we moved here." "Can I see it?" he asked. Caiti nodded and handed Leo the picture. Leo looked at it for a few minutes, and said, "It's a beautiful picture. You both look so happy." "Well, it was before the accident and everything, so of course we were happy." "Do you see anything in here that you want to take back to the house with you?" Leo asked. "I'd like these pictures," Caiti said. "Let me check the closet." Caiti went over to the closet and opened the doors. She stared in surprise at a few dresses that were hanging in the closet, one of which had a note attached to it. Caiti read the note aloud: "Caiti, I was saving these for you for later on, but since I'm not going to be here, you may have them now. I made them for you based on what you've said you liked over the last 3 months. I hope you enjoy them. Love, Mom." "Well, looks like I'm taking the dresses, along with the pictures. I also want the photo albums downstairs, and, if possible, I want the piano." "You have a piano?" "Mom bought it for me to learn on. I want to keep it, if not in my room, then in the house at least." "OK, then. Let's get the stuff and go." Caiti snapped her fingers, made a box appear, and put the dresses and the pictures in it. Meanwhile, Leo had been going through the drawers, and had found a note with his name on it. "I'll read it later," he thought. Then he and Caiti orbed downstairs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The piano? You want to take the piano?" Mike asked. "Yeah, I mean, Mom did buy it for me," Caiti said. "Besides, you guys have Jacob's keyboard to practice on." "I know, but it would be nice to have a piano in the house." "Too bad! I'm taking it with me." "Well, genius, how're you going to get it in the back of the van?" Caiti smiled and said, "I have my ways. Now, where are the photo albums? I want them all, including the gray ones." "But those are-" "I know, they're my stepdad's albums from Vietnam, but I want them too. I mean, he did raise me, so I feel they should come to me." "Well, what about the you-know-who's?"
"Well, if they wanted them, they would have come and claimed them," Caiti snapped. She turned to her dad and said, "We're talking about his kids. If they wanted his stuff, they should've come and gotten them earlier, so they're fair game. Also, see if you can find his Beatles records, I'd like them too."
Mike smiled. He knew why Caiti wanted those albums. In her stepfather's will, he had left her his collection of Beatles records and some other trinkets which she had already claimed. He snapped his fingers, and a large stack of records appeared on the coffee table. "Is that all of them?" Caiti asked. "Yep, every single one," Mike answered truthfully, seeing as how Caiti's father had collected every Beatles album they had ever made. "OK then," Caiti said again. "I've gotten all I want, except the stuff in my room. Is it all packed up?" Mike and Jacob nodded their heads, and went upstairs to get the boxes. Janna and Serena ran inside to tell Caiti that they had enlarged the inside of the van to fit the boxes and the piano, the boys came down with the boxes, and soon it was time to leave. But as Caiti and Leo stepped outside to leave, a demon appeared out of nowhere and threw Leo against the side of the house. The demon fired an energy ball at Leo, and had thrown one at Caiti, when she caught it, doubled it's size, and threw it back at the demon, causing it to explode into flames. "Congratulations," said Cole as he came out of the house. "You've just vanquished your first demon." But Caiti didn't hear him because she had run over to where her father lay unconscious on the ground with a large gash in his chest. Caiti remembered how he had healed her hand the night before, and put her hands over his chest. She watched in amazement as the same golden light appeared and the gash disappeared. Caiti moved her hands and stared at them as her father sat up. "What happened?" Leo asked. "Demon-fireball-I have no idea.." said Caiti, still amazed and now babbling in her amazement. "A demon attacked," Cole explained as he helped Leo to his feet. "He knocked you against the house and hit you with an energy ball which gave you a pretty large gash in the chest, and he had thrown one at Caiti, but she caught it. Apparently when she caught it, her anger caused her to double the ball's size, and she fired it back at the demon. Naturally, it killed him. I guess she didn't hear me say that she had vanquished it, because she was too busy running over to you. She healed you, Leo. Your daughter saved your life." "She did?" Leo asked in amazement. "I healed him?" Caiti asked. "Yeah," Cole said with a smile. "Congrats." Leo looked at Caiti, who was still staring at her hands, and smiled. His daughter had saved his life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When they finally loaded everything into the van, Caiti handed the keys to Cole and said, "It's all yours." She then climbed in the backseat, while Leo got into the passenger's seat. They then drove off, towards home and, for the moment, safety.