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- if i truly thought that Chris is Wyatt from the future, i never would have had Chris and Caiti hook up. it reminds me too much of the movie Sleepwalkers. (if you've seen the movie, you will know what i mean, and even though Brian Krause was in it, it still makes me think ew ew ew) anyways, i don't think Chris is Wyatt, because he'd be able to recognize Leo as his dad. once again, guilty as charged. i have never actually been to a Hard Rock Café, but there is one in Pittsburgh at Station Square, and i might ask to go sometime when i'm there. thank you for the comments about overprotective Leo. i've personally never had my dad be that way, but i imagined that he will react that same way whenever i start dating, except that i'm not his only daughter, i'm his 4th! well, as always, keep reading, reviewing, and enjoying!
A/N: sorry this took so long to get put up. school started up for me again on wednesday after a 24-day teacher's strike, and i was exhausted from trying to remember everything for school. this is the only time this will happen. i just needed a few days to recuperate. after all, you don't want me to keel over from exhaustion before the story gets finished, do you? also, what the hell happened to the words in the chapters? some of them have disappeared! if anyone could explain to me what's going on, i'd really appreciate it.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Caiti woke up the morning after her date with Chris and smiled. She got out of bed and took a shower before orbing downstairs to the kitchen, dressed in her traditional jeans and a t-shirt outfit, today's t-shirt bearing a picture of Jim Morrison on it. Caiti picked up a copy of her old town's local paper, a subscription to which was a present from her other friends back home, and began to read the editorials. Caiti chuckled as she read one from a guy she knew regarding a teacher's strike. "Why can't they just force the school board into binding arbitration and get it over with?" she said quietly. "Maybe they're scared," said Cole, who had shimmered into the kitchen. Caiti thought about that for a moment, then said, "You used to be a lawyer, right?" "Yes," Cole said, a bit suspicious, "Why?" "Is it possible to force someone into binding arbitration?" Caiti asked. "Yeah, it is," Cole answered before sitting down at the table and picking up the local newspaper. "They're just being scared, whiny babies then," Caiti said, turning the pages of the paper until she reached "Annie's Mailbox," which had replaced Ann Landers in their paper. After she finished reading it, Caiti got up and went to the fridge, opened the door, and started looking around. "Watch out for that bottle in the back," Cole said as he watched Caiti rifle through the fridge, "Though it may look like hot sauce, it isn't." Caiti laughed and came out of the fridge balancing a box of eggs, 4 slices of cheese, and a stick of butter in her arms. "What are you doing?" Cole asked as Caiti took a plate out of the cupboard and arranged 4 slices of bread and the 4 slices of cheese on it, placing 1 slice of cheese on each piece of bread. Caiti smiled and said, "I'm making a family breakfast tradition. Fried egg sandwich with cheese," as she dug around for a frying pan and a spatula, and after finding them, began to fry the eggs, occasionally trying to defend herself with the spatula whenever the frying pan spit butter. Finally, the eggs were done, and Caiti was just sitting down to enjoy her sandwiches when her father, Piper, Paige, and Phoebe came downstairs. Paige looked at Caiti's shirt and said, "Nice. Not many kids your age know who Jim Morrison is. How did you get the t- shirt?" "My mom bought it for me," Caiti said, "It's actually a funny story." "Well," Phoebe said, "Enlighten us." "Well, we were in the Wal- Mart back home, and I was in the electronics section looking at the CD's, trying to pick out the one I wanted. I had some extra money that day. So, I find this Doors Greatest Hits CD, the new one, and I pick it up and look at the back, and I see that they have a song called 'Coronation of the Lizard' on it, and that it was previously unreleased. So I was thinking, maybe this is from the album that got banned, so I asked mom, and she said it was and that I couldn't buy the CD because it was on it. But then I said Kazaa Lite works in mysterious ways, and then she took me to a store called Terrapin Wax Works, which was one of my favorite stores in the mall back home and bought me this shirt instead." Paige laughed and said, "Were you really going to get the song?" "Yeah, I was," Caiti said thoughtfully, "But when mom decided to buy me the t-shirt instead, I changed my mind. I really wanted this shirt anyways." "What does it say?" Leo asked as he sat down at the table. Caiti pulled her the bottom of her shirt out and read, "An American Legend: Jim Morrison 1943-1971" "Well," Piper said, "We've got a long day ahead of us, so we might as well get a move on." "Wait a minute, Caiti said, "I forgot to ask you if I can leave the daycare during my lunchbreak." "Where would you be going?" Piper asked. "Chris is taking me out to lunch," Caiti said, "And I was going to ask you last night when I got home, but you were already asleep, unlike some people," she said, glancing around at Cole, Phoebe, and Paige. "OK!" Cole said with a little too much enthusiasm as he pushed Caiti towards the door, "Piper, just give her your consent, and she can leave." "So, can I?" Caiti asked. Piper nodded her head in consent, and Caiti said "Thanks," then ran out the door.
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After lunch, Caiti walked back into the daycare center all smiles and sat down at the bar. "So, would I be right in assuming that it went well?" Piper asked. "You would be right," Caiti said, "It went very well, and we made plans for tonight, but I told him I had to ask you if you needed me to stay home with Wyatt for some reason first." "No," Piper said, "I don't need you to stay home and watch Wyatt, Paige is doing that tonight." "So when's my night?" Caiti asked. "It all depends," Piper said, "Is there a night when you and Chris aren't going out?" "Well," said Caiti with mock thoughtfulness, "I don't think we're going out tomorrow night." Then she laughed and said, "Just ask me whenever you need me to baby-sit and I will. And as a bonus, I'll do it for free. You won't have to pay me a cent!" Piper laughed as she walked over to pick Wyatt up and said, "I wasn't going to pay you for it anyways." "I meant you wouldn't have to pay me a cent more than you already do for working here with the band," Caiti said with a grin, "You already pay me once, I thought I'd make it clear that I knew that you wouldn't pay me again." "As long as we're on the same page," Piper said as she brought Wyatt over to the bar and sat him down on the counter. Wyatt saw Caiti and held his arms out to her. "Caici!" Wyatt cried with glee as Caiti picked him up and did a little dance with him before setting him back down on the bar. A baby cried somewhere near the middle of the room, and Piper said, "Well, back to work!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When the daycare closed for the evening, Caiti, Piper, and Wyatt were coming out of the club when Piper noticed Caiti's van parked near the entrance. "You drove that thing in public?" Piper asked with mock shock. Caiti laughed and said, "Well, I have to get around somehow!" "Me wide in Caici car!" Wyatt said. "If it's ok with Mommy," Caiti said, "Then it's OK with me." Piper nodded and said, "Go ahead. But do you have a car seat for him in there?" "Yep!" Caiti said, "Just put it in yesterday." Piper handed Wyatt to Caiti and Caiti put him in the car seat, hopped into the front seat, buckled her seatbelt, and drove away, while Piper got into her own car and drove off behind them.
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- if i truly thought that Chris is Wyatt from the future, i never would have had Chris and Caiti hook up. it reminds me too much of the movie Sleepwalkers. (if you've seen the movie, you will know what i mean, and even though Brian Krause was in it, it still makes me think ew ew ew) anyways, i don't think Chris is Wyatt, because he'd be able to recognize Leo as his dad. once again, guilty as charged. i have never actually been to a Hard Rock Café, but there is one in Pittsburgh at Station Square, and i might ask to go sometime when i'm there. thank you for the comments about overprotective Leo. i've personally never had my dad be that way, but i imagined that he will react that same way whenever i start dating, except that i'm not his only daughter, i'm his 4th! well, as always, keep reading, reviewing, and enjoying!
A/N: sorry this took so long to get put up. school started up for me again on wednesday after a 24-day teacher's strike, and i was exhausted from trying to remember everything for school. this is the only time this will happen. i just needed a few days to recuperate. after all, you don't want me to keel over from exhaustion before the story gets finished, do you? also, what the hell happened to the words in the chapters? some of them have disappeared! if anyone could explain to me what's going on, i'd really appreciate it.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Caiti woke up the morning after her date with Chris and smiled. She got out of bed and took a shower before orbing downstairs to the kitchen, dressed in her traditional jeans and a t-shirt outfit, today's t-shirt bearing a picture of Jim Morrison on it. Caiti picked up a copy of her old town's local paper, a subscription to which was a present from her other friends back home, and began to read the editorials. Caiti chuckled as she read one from a guy she knew regarding a teacher's strike. "Why can't they just force the school board into binding arbitration and get it over with?" she said quietly. "Maybe they're scared," said Cole, who had shimmered into the kitchen. Caiti thought about that for a moment, then said, "You used to be a lawyer, right?" "Yes," Cole said, a bit suspicious, "Why?" "Is it possible to force someone into binding arbitration?" Caiti asked. "Yeah, it is," Cole answered before sitting down at the table and picking up the local newspaper. "They're just being scared, whiny babies then," Caiti said, turning the pages of the paper until she reached "Annie's Mailbox," which had replaced Ann Landers in their paper. After she finished reading it, Caiti got up and went to the fridge, opened the door, and started looking around. "Watch out for that bottle in the back," Cole said as he watched Caiti rifle through the fridge, "Though it may look like hot sauce, it isn't." Caiti laughed and came out of the fridge balancing a box of eggs, 4 slices of cheese, and a stick of butter in her arms. "What are you doing?" Cole asked as Caiti took a plate out of the cupboard and arranged 4 slices of bread and the 4 slices of cheese on it, placing 1 slice of cheese on each piece of bread. Caiti smiled and said, "I'm making a family breakfast tradition. Fried egg sandwich with cheese," as she dug around for a frying pan and a spatula, and after finding them, began to fry the eggs, occasionally trying to defend herself with the spatula whenever the frying pan spit butter. Finally, the eggs were done, and Caiti was just sitting down to enjoy her sandwiches when her father, Piper, Paige, and Phoebe came downstairs. Paige looked at Caiti's shirt and said, "Nice. Not many kids your age know who Jim Morrison is. How did you get the t- shirt?" "My mom bought it for me," Caiti said, "It's actually a funny story." "Well," Phoebe said, "Enlighten us." "Well, we were in the Wal- Mart back home, and I was in the electronics section looking at the CD's, trying to pick out the one I wanted. I had some extra money that day. So, I find this Doors Greatest Hits CD, the new one, and I pick it up and look at the back, and I see that they have a song called 'Coronation of the Lizard' on it, and that it was previously unreleased. So I was thinking, maybe this is from the album that got banned, so I asked mom, and she said it was and that I couldn't buy the CD because it was on it. But then I said Kazaa Lite works in mysterious ways, and then she took me to a store called Terrapin Wax Works, which was one of my favorite stores in the mall back home and bought me this shirt instead." Paige laughed and said, "Were you really going to get the song?" "Yeah, I was," Caiti said thoughtfully, "But when mom decided to buy me the t-shirt instead, I changed my mind. I really wanted this shirt anyways." "What does it say?" Leo asked as he sat down at the table. Caiti pulled her the bottom of her shirt out and read, "An American Legend: Jim Morrison 1943-1971" "Well," Piper said, "We've got a long day ahead of us, so we might as well get a move on." "Wait a minute, Caiti said, "I forgot to ask you if I can leave the daycare during my lunchbreak." "Where would you be going?" Piper asked. "Chris is taking me out to lunch," Caiti said, "And I was going to ask you last night when I got home, but you were already asleep, unlike some people," she said, glancing around at Cole, Phoebe, and Paige. "OK!" Cole said with a little too much enthusiasm as he pushed Caiti towards the door, "Piper, just give her your consent, and she can leave." "So, can I?" Caiti asked. Piper nodded her head in consent, and Caiti said "Thanks," then ran out the door.
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After lunch, Caiti walked back into the daycare center all smiles and sat down at the bar. "So, would I be right in assuming that it went well?" Piper asked. "You would be right," Caiti said, "It went very well, and we made plans for tonight, but I told him I had to ask you if you needed me to stay home with Wyatt for some reason first." "No," Piper said, "I don't need you to stay home and watch Wyatt, Paige is doing that tonight." "So when's my night?" Caiti asked. "It all depends," Piper said, "Is there a night when you and Chris aren't going out?" "Well," said Caiti with mock thoughtfulness, "I don't think we're going out tomorrow night." Then she laughed and said, "Just ask me whenever you need me to baby-sit and I will. And as a bonus, I'll do it for free. You won't have to pay me a cent!" Piper laughed as she walked over to pick Wyatt up and said, "I wasn't going to pay you for it anyways." "I meant you wouldn't have to pay me a cent more than you already do for working here with the band," Caiti said with a grin, "You already pay me once, I thought I'd make it clear that I knew that you wouldn't pay me again." "As long as we're on the same page," Piper said as she brought Wyatt over to the bar and sat him down on the counter. Wyatt saw Caiti and held his arms out to her. "Caici!" Wyatt cried with glee as Caiti picked him up and did a little dance with him before setting him back down on the bar. A baby cried somewhere near the middle of the room, and Piper said, "Well, back to work!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When the daycare closed for the evening, Caiti, Piper, and Wyatt were coming out of the club when Piper noticed Caiti's van parked near the entrance. "You drove that thing in public?" Piper asked with mock shock. Caiti laughed and said, "Well, I have to get around somehow!" "Me wide in Caici car!" Wyatt said. "If it's ok with Mommy," Caiti said, "Then it's OK with me." Piper nodded and said, "Go ahead. But do you have a car seat for him in there?" "Yep!" Caiti said, "Just put it in yesterday." Piper handed Wyatt to Caiti and Caiti put him in the car seat, hopped into the front seat, buckled her seatbelt, and drove away, while Piper got into her own car and drove off behind them.