Chapter Two: Skills
It was late morning the next day and Piper Halliwell was fast asleep in her bed. She was psyched, and the warm bubble bath she had calmed her down, as well as the few glasses of Champagne. She fell asleep in the tub and awoke, then she made her way to sleep. Agent Perry and Wyatt had left before then.
Piper sensed something in her sleep. Before she opened her eyes, she grabbed her gun from her beside table and pointed at the two people standing over her. Paige and Phoebe were startled when they saw how fast their older sister had sprung out of bed.
"Jeeze Piper, watch it. It's just us." Phoebe said calmly.
"A bit jumpy are we sis? We've come to celebrate with you." Paige said with a smile.
"Huh? You want me to concentrate with you...why?" Piper was confused.
"Concentrate? Piper, Paige said ce-le-brate." Phoebe spelled it out to her sister. "Hey, did you get smashed last nite and result is this hangover?"
"I don't have a hang glider." Piper sat up. *Are you guys drunk or something?*
"Piper!" Paige was yelling now, "We were going to take you out this morning but since you aren't with it, we'll just stay home and join you in your confused state!"
"Paige! I'm not confused. I fell asleep last nite in the tub, so I got a little swimmer's ear goin' on."
"Ohh, so we can take you out then?" asked Phoebe.
"Yeah you can. Just let me get up, after I wake up."
The three sisters were at a Café. Across the street sat two men, hiding behind newspapers.
"Leo, was it really necessary to get up this early?" asked Chris, rubbing his eyes.
"Yeah, we have all three sisters together, and it's not that early. Now we can see how they interact with each other."
"They interact like real close sisters, I could've slept in and still known that."
"Stop whining, you like the look of the Halliwells, so just shut up and watch." Leo grinned and ordered two cups of coffee.
Chris knew Leo was using his words against him, but he only let him get away with it because it was true - the Halliwells were a fine bunch of women.
"Doesn't it feel great to have that silver Angel back in our house again?"
"Yeah, thanks to you Piper." Paige complimented.
"It is a really beautiful figurine, not to mention valuable." Added Phoebe.
Piper smiled, "I just thought I'd get it back so we could pass it on to our children, just like Grams passed it on to Mom, and Mom passed it on to Prue."
There was a silence after Piper had mentioned their late sister. It wasn't an awkward silence though, all three of them had dealt with their feelings a while ago and had moved on. It was more of a silence of recognition.
"So, where were you two last nite?" asked Piper, taking a sip of coffee.
"Well we came by your house last nite, but all the windows were shut and it didn't really look like there was a light on..." started Paige.
"Plus, you kinda fled the scene after the guy we were after was caught be your sneaky skills." Finished Phoebe.
"Oh, okay."
"We would have come in to give you some company and drinks," grinned Phoebe.
"No it's okay, I wasn't completely alone." Said Piper with a sly grin.
"Hey, does this mean you got swimmer's ear for some sinister reason? Spill it sister." Demanded Paige.
"If you're implying that I was in the tub with a guy, then you'd be wrong. I was on the phone to one."
"Yep, whatever you say." Phoebe wasn't convinced.
"You don't believe me do you. ...Okay, you know that really hot guy James that works at the hotel we go to? That's who I was talking to."
"Woah, 'Hotel James'? Oooh you know what this means Pipe? You and him can get a free room, if ya catch my drift." Paige was ever so subtly hinting to Piper.
Leo was looking over his newspaper at the Halliwells, he saw them laughing. Piper looked so happy, he had to smile too. Then Agent Leo looked over at his partner in crime.
"Chris, you don't think that is obvious?"
"What?"
"What do you mean what? The hole you cut in your newspaper, it's like half the size of the page!"
"Oh, you mean this," Chris turned the paper towards Leo and looked at him through it, "Yeah well, maybe they'll think I really liked the article and cut it out." Smiled Chris cheekily and turned his attention back to the Halliwells.
Leo scoffed, "Dammit, they're gone. I bet they saw you and your 'cut-out article'."
Agent Chris just ignored Leo's quip and made a legit excuse. "Or, they finished their coffee and decided to go out shopping. Women do go out shopping Leo. I think you need to brush up on your understanding of them." Joked Chris, and put down the wrecked paper.
"Or, maybe you need to brush up on your spying skills." Leo fought back, and picked up the paper Chris was reading and glared at him through it.
It was late morning the next day and Piper Halliwell was fast asleep in her bed. She was psyched, and the warm bubble bath she had calmed her down, as well as the few glasses of Champagne. She fell asleep in the tub and awoke, then she made her way to sleep. Agent Perry and Wyatt had left before then.
Piper sensed something in her sleep. Before she opened her eyes, she grabbed her gun from her beside table and pointed at the two people standing over her. Paige and Phoebe were startled when they saw how fast their older sister had sprung out of bed.
"Jeeze Piper, watch it. It's just us." Phoebe said calmly.
"A bit jumpy are we sis? We've come to celebrate with you." Paige said with a smile.
"Huh? You want me to concentrate with you...why?" Piper was confused.
"Concentrate? Piper, Paige said ce-le-brate." Phoebe spelled it out to her sister. "Hey, did you get smashed last nite and result is this hangover?"
"I don't have a hang glider." Piper sat up. *Are you guys drunk or something?*
"Piper!" Paige was yelling now, "We were going to take you out this morning but since you aren't with it, we'll just stay home and join you in your confused state!"
"Paige! I'm not confused. I fell asleep last nite in the tub, so I got a little swimmer's ear goin' on."
"Ohh, so we can take you out then?" asked Phoebe.
"Yeah you can. Just let me get up, after I wake up."
The three sisters were at a Café. Across the street sat two men, hiding behind newspapers.
"Leo, was it really necessary to get up this early?" asked Chris, rubbing his eyes.
"Yeah, we have all three sisters together, and it's not that early. Now we can see how they interact with each other."
"They interact like real close sisters, I could've slept in and still known that."
"Stop whining, you like the look of the Halliwells, so just shut up and watch." Leo grinned and ordered two cups of coffee.
Chris knew Leo was using his words against him, but he only let him get away with it because it was true - the Halliwells were a fine bunch of women.
"Doesn't it feel great to have that silver Angel back in our house again?"
"Yeah, thanks to you Piper." Paige complimented.
"It is a really beautiful figurine, not to mention valuable." Added Phoebe.
Piper smiled, "I just thought I'd get it back so we could pass it on to our children, just like Grams passed it on to Mom, and Mom passed it on to Prue."
There was a silence after Piper had mentioned their late sister. It wasn't an awkward silence though, all three of them had dealt with their feelings a while ago and had moved on. It was more of a silence of recognition.
"So, where were you two last nite?" asked Piper, taking a sip of coffee.
"Well we came by your house last nite, but all the windows were shut and it didn't really look like there was a light on..." started Paige.
"Plus, you kinda fled the scene after the guy we were after was caught be your sneaky skills." Finished Phoebe.
"Oh, okay."
"We would have come in to give you some company and drinks," grinned Phoebe.
"No it's okay, I wasn't completely alone." Said Piper with a sly grin.
"Hey, does this mean you got swimmer's ear for some sinister reason? Spill it sister." Demanded Paige.
"If you're implying that I was in the tub with a guy, then you'd be wrong. I was on the phone to one."
"Yep, whatever you say." Phoebe wasn't convinced.
"You don't believe me do you. ...Okay, you know that really hot guy James that works at the hotel we go to? That's who I was talking to."
"Woah, 'Hotel James'? Oooh you know what this means Pipe? You and him can get a free room, if ya catch my drift." Paige was ever so subtly hinting to Piper.
Leo was looking over his newspaper at the Halliwells, he saw them laughing. Piper looked so happy, he had to smile too. Then Agent Leo looked over at his partner in crime.
"Chris, you don't think that is obvious?"
"What?"
"What do you mean what? The hole you cut in your newspaper, it's like half the size of the page!"
"Oh, you mean this," Chris turned the paper towards Leo and looked at him through it, "Yeah well, maybe they'll think I really liked the article and cut it out." Smiled Chris cheekily and turned his attention back to the Halliwells.
Leo scoffed, "Dammit, they're gone. I bet they saw you and your 'cut-out article'."
Agent Chris just ignored Leo's quip and made a legit excuse. "Or, they finished their coffee and decided to go out shopping. Women do go out shopping Leo. I think you need to brush up on your understanding of them." Joked Chris, and put down the wrecked paper.
"Or, maybe you need to brush up on your spying skills." Leo fought back, and picked up the paper Chris was reading and glared at him through it.