Chapter Three: Out to lunch
"Well that was interesting." Phoebe commented, walking out of the briefing room the next day.
"Yeah, I didn't think our bosses would want us to have to spy on the Whitelighters. They're no threat, and besides, they don't go on the same missions as us - so what's the point?" Paige followed Phoebe.
"The point is to see what the competition or should I say opposition are like. Where's the harm in that." Piper questioned her sisters.
"No harm, just less time for me to catch up on my non-existent love life. Although I gotta admit, those Agents are hot." Phoebe decided.
"Hot indeed." Paige agreed.
Down at the Whitelight Agency, Perry and Wyatt had reported back to their boss about what they had seen, but it wasn't really worth reporting about.
"Okay, so what you've told me are things I already know. I know the Halliwells are close, and instead of it getting in the way of their work like a curse, it has turned out to be a blessing. They are a very efficient team and know how each other operate." Darryl Morris, the head of W.A, wasn't pissed off, just confused as to why his two best agents hadn't found out more. "I want you to take the rest of the day off to clear your heads and then tomorrow resume and hopefully get some successful info."
Morris had shut the door to his office and left Wyatt and Perry standing there.
"Yay, we get the day off. But I still don't understand why we have to do this, I mean what are we going to use the information for?" Perry plonked himself down on his swivel chair in their joint office and put his feet up.
"We're just getting random info that might help us in the future, for reference. We don't have the same missions as them but it'd be good to be as good as they are when it comes to communication."
Chris cocked his head to the side to pretend he didn't know what that last comment from Wyatt meant.
Leo tilted his head back and sighed, "Speaking of speaking, get your feet off my desk."
"Our desk." Chris winked and put his feet on the floor, "Lets get out of here. Hungry?"
"Yeah actually I am. Let's go."
"What are you wearing?" Piper asked her sister Phoebe, "Why did you change, you don't need to."
"I know that, but I did just in case we run into our targets."
"We're not going to be doing that, we're gonna watch, not touch."
"Yeah, yeah. Well you didn't change."
"Dats because I don't need to."
"Yeah you're right you don't. Look at that v-neck top and skirt with the slits you got on." Phoebe flitted her eye lashes.
Piper rolled her eyes.
Paige ran in. "Hey, I was gonna grab us some lunch before we went a-huntin' but guess who I saw there."
Piper smiled, "Let's go hunting."
"So, what do you want to do today?" Asked Chris.
"Eat." Leo answered, and looked around for the waiter.
"Good answer." Chris was wondering what the hold up was on their lunch. It was busy, but nothing the waiters wouldn't be used to.
"Well they were easy to find. Lunch anyone?" Asked Phoebe.
"Yeah, but not there." Piper said.
"Why not?"
"Gee I don't know, maybe because they might see us."
"Yeah but it's busy, and if we sit there in the corner they won't see us at all. And they don't know we are watching them so they won't be on the look out for us." "I think Pheebs is right about the last part, but I'd rather go eat over the street. I have a hankering for a spankering." Paige laughed.
"Huh?" Piper didn't get it.
"Joke. What?" Phoebe looked at Paige strangely, did the café serve that?," You two have been arguing sort of all morning, I had to lighten the mood a little."
Piper, Paige and Phoebe were eating burgers and fries and sat just outside of Perry and Wyatt's view across the street.
"Yummm, It's been too long since I had this."
"That's because you've been watching your weight Paige, which you don't need to do." Phoebe said.
"You know what," Paige asked enjoying the meal so much, "You are absolutely right sista."
Piper smiled. She looked across the street at the opposition. They weren't a bad looking pair, but the way they were wolfing down their food made Piper laugh. "Jeeze, you reckon the Whitelight Agency starve their agents? Look at those two go."
"Heh maybe, but chances are that it's more to do with them having to wait so long to be served." Concluded Phoebe.
"How did you know that?" Piper wondered why Phoebe seemed so sure.
"Hello, common sense." Phoebe saw Piper shoot a look at her when she said that in an annoying tone, "Kidding. You see that waiter that has his hair spiked? He's just started there and he's not very good."
Paige knew Phoebe was holding back something, she stared at her.
"Okay, he and I did the whole flirty customer/flirty waiter thing last week. He's not a very good kisser or waiter for that matter."
"Phoebe Halliwell." Piper said in a motherly tone, "You know better than that to tease the waiters."
Paige laughed. "Hey look over there, they're fighting over the chips."
Perry and Wyatt both had their hands on the basket that held the last few chips. Piper and Phoebe were amused by their targets strange playfulness.
"Crazy men. Piper, it's not like you're not doing the same thing."
"What do you mean? I let you and Paige finish the chips."
"No, not about that. About the teasing thing."
"Who? I'm not a tease Phoebe."
"Hotel James."
"One, I am not teasing him and two, are you going to keep calling him that?"
"Yep, Hotel James was what you called him the first time you saw him and that's what I will continue to keep it as, for traditional purposes of course."
Paige took her eyes off of Leo and Chris, Leo had won the chip battle. "I think I'm going to side with Phoebe about Hotel James, Piper."
"'I'm not teasing him!" Piper yelled with a guilty look on her face. "I'm just keeping in contact with him in case one of our clients needs a room at the hotel he works at."
"More like you want a room at the hotel he works at." Paige shot back, cheekily.
Leo was beaming at Chris' loss.
"Hey, you've won this round but the war aint over." Chris got up and brushed crumbs off of his pants.
Leo stood up to leave too and left a tip on the table, not a good one though, the service sucked. He glanced over the street and saw Piper and her sisters. His eyes caught Piper's clothes as she stood up.
"Leo. Hey man, what are you looking..." Chris looked over the road to see what Leo saw, "at. Oooh hot mamas. Three hot mamas."
Leo cleared his throat. "You want to do some stalking today?"
"On our day off?" Chris smiled, "Sure."
"Well that was interesting." Phoebe commented, walking out of the briefing room the next day.
"Yeah, I didn't think our bosses would want us to have to spy on the Whitelighters. They're no threat, and besides, they don't go on the same missions as us - so what's the point?" Paige followed Phoebe.
"The point is to see what the competition or should I say opposition are like. Where's the harm in that." Piper questioned her sisters.
"No harm, just less time for me to catch up on my non-existent love life. Although I gotta admit, those Agents are hot." Phoebe decided.
"Hot indeed." Paige agreed.
Down at the Whitelight Agency, Perry and Wyatt had reported back to their boss about what they had seen, but it wasn't really worth reporting about.
"Okay, so what you've told me are things I already know. I know the Halliwells are close, and instead of it getting in the way of their work like a curse, it has turned out to be a blessing. They are a very efficient team and know how each other operate." Darryl Morris, the head of W.A, wasn't pissed off, just confused as to why his two best agents hadn't found out more. "I want you to take the rest of the day off to clear your heads and then tomorrow resume and hopefully get some successful info."
Morris had shut the door to his office and left Wyatt and Perry standing there.
"Yay, we get the day off. But I still don't understand why we have to do this, I mean what are we going to use the information for?" Perry plonked himself down on his swivel chair in their joint office and put his feet up.
"We're just getting random info that might help us in the future, for reference. We don't have the same missions as them but it'd be good to be as good as they are when it comes to communication."
Chris cocked his head to the side to pretend he didn't know what that last comment from Wyatt meant.
Leo tilted his head back and sighed, "Speaking of speaking, get your feet off my desk."
"Our desk." Chris winked and put his feet on the floor, "Lets get out of here. Hungry?"
"Yeah actually I am. Let's go."
"What are you wearing?" Piper asked her sister Phoebe, "Why did you change, you don't need to."
"I know that, but I did just in case we run into our targets."
"We're not going to be doing that, we're gonna watch, not touch."
"Yeah, yeah. Well you didn't change."
"Dats because I don't need to."
"Yeah you're right you don't. Look at that v-neck top and skirt with the slits you got on." Phoebe flitted her eye lashes.
Piper rolled her eyes.
Paige ran in. "Hey, I was gonna grab us some lunch before we went a-huntin' but guess who I saw there."
Piper smiled, "Let's go hunting."
"So, what do you want to do today?" Asked Chris.
"Eat." Leo answered, and looked around for the waiter.
"Good answer." Chris was wondering what the hold up was on their lunch. It was busy, but nothing the waiters wouldn't be used to.
"Well they were easy to find. Lunch anyone?" Asked Phoebe.
"Yeah, but not there." Piper said.
"Why not?"
"Gee I don't know, maybe because they might see us."
"Yeah but it's busy, and if we sit there in the corner they won't see us at all. And they don't know we are watching them so they won't be on the look out for us." "I think Pheebs is right about the last part, but I'd rather go eat over the street. I have a hankering for a spankering." Paige laughed.
"Huh?" Piper didn't get it.
"Joke. What?" Phoebe looked at Paige strangely, did the café serve that?," You two have been arguing sort of all morning, I had to lighten the mood a little."
Piper, Paige and Phoebe were eating burgers and fries and sat just outside of Perry and Wyatt's view across the street.
"Yummm, It's been too long since I had this."
"That's because you've been watching your weight Paige, which you don't need to do." Phoebe said.
"You know what," Paige asked enjoying the meal so much, "You are absolutely right sista."
Piper smiled. She looked across the street at the opposition. They weren't a bad looking pair, but the way they were wolfing down their food made Piper laugh. "Jeeze, you reckon the Whitelight Agency starve their agents? Look at those two go."
"Heh maybe, but chances are that it's more to do with them having to wait so long to be served." Concluded Phoebe.
"How did you know that?" Piper wondered why Phoebe seemed so sure.
"Hello, common sense." Phoebe saw Piper shoot a look at her when she said that in an annoying tone, "Kidding. You see that waiter that has his hair spiked? He's just started there and he's not very good."
Paige knew Phoebe was holding back something, she stared at her.
"Okay, he and I did the whole flirty customer/flirty waiter thing last week. He's not a very good kisser or waiter for that matter."
"Phoebe Halliwell." Piper said in a motherly tone, "You know better than that to tease the waiters."
Paige laughed. "Hey look over there, they're fighting over the chips."
Perry and Wyatt both had their hands on the basket that held the last few chips. Piper and Phoebe were amused by their targets strange playfulness.
"Crazy men. Piper, it's not like you're not doing the same thing."
"What do you mean? I let you and Paige finish the chips."
"No, not about that. About the teasing thing."
"Who? I'm not a tease Phoebe."
"Hotel James."
"One, I am not teasing him and two, are you going to keep calling him that?"
"Yep, Hotel James was what you called him the first time you saw him and that's what I will continue to keep it as, for traditional purposes of course."
Paige took her eyes off of Leo and Chris, Leo had won the chip battle. "I think I'm going to side with Phoebe about Hotel James, Piper."
"'I'm not teasing him!" Piper yelled with a guilty look on her face. "I'm just keeping in contact with him in case one of our clients needs a room at the hotel he works at."
"More like you want a room at the hotel he works at." Paige shot back, cheekily.
Leo was beaming at Chris' loss.
"Hey, you've won this round but the war aint over." Chris got up and brushed crumbs off of his pants.
Leo stood up to leave too and left a tip on the table, not a good one though, the service sucked. He glanced over the street and saw Piper and her sisters. His eyes caught Piper's clothes as she stood up.
"Leo. Hey man, what are you looking..." Chris looked over the road to see what Leo saw, "at. Oooh hot mamas. Three hot mamas."
Leo cleared his throat. "You want to do some stalking today?"
"On our day off?" Chris smiled, "Sure."