"Piper, would you mind helping me cleaning the table off." Piper looked at her father, not understanding. "She's doing no such thing. They are our guests tonight Victor." Joanna pointed out. Prue frowned, did that mean they were living together. "She's my daughter, and I say she'll clean off the table." "Why me, I mean, they can help to you know." Piper complained as she pointed at her sisters. "We need to talk." Victor told his daughter. "Okay." She sighed. There was no point arguing. Piper picked up some plates and followed her father in the kitchen. Victor closed the door behind them and left Phoebe, Prue and Joanna with frowning faces in the dining room.
Victor looked at his middle daughter. "What are your three up to tonight?" He asked her, while she was avoiding his look. "What do you mean? We're trying to be friendly to her?" Victor raised his eyebrow. "And you expect me to believe that?" Piper shrugged. "Dad, it's true, it really is, and you can trust me." Victor sighed, he should've asked Phoebe, and at least he'd know if she was lying. "So why are you freezing us all the time." Piper looked at her feet. "You know, I do see the differences before and after you freeze me Piper, I'm trained in that." "I was trying to prevent Phoebe and Prue from saying something stupid, okay, I mean, Pheebs almost told Joanna we were witches." Victor looked at his daughter. "Will you keep it down." "I'm sorry." The man sighed. "It's alright." He hugged Piper and they went back into the dining room.
"No way." "Yes way." Victor frowned as he heard Joanna and Phoebe talking. "That is so cool." "What is?" He asked his daughter. "Joanna was in Fame, did you know that dad?" Victor stared at Phoebe. "Is that like a game show or something?" Even Piper rolled his eyes now. He hated it when they did that. "Fame is a movie dad!" "Oh of course." Joanna was blushing. "It was just a small part." Phoebe shrugged. "It's still cool" Prue was being awfully quiet, just as Victor wanted to ask her something, she spoke up. "You know dad, you took me to see it in theatres when it came out. Don't you remember?" What was she trying to do? Make him feel guilty because he couldn't remember a movie they'd seen years ago. Luckily, Prue seemed to be smiling again. "You know. Fame, I'm gonna live forever, I'm gonna learn how to fly…" He had forgotten how beautiful she could sing.
"Now that you mention it, I do remember something like that. But wasn't that a tv-show?" Piper sighed. "It was a movie first, then they made a show out of it." "Yes Victor, I don't understand why you don't know that." Joanna mocked. "I understand, this is an evil plot to get rid of me." The girls burst into laughing. "So, if you'll excuse me, I'll get dessert!" "You'd better." Phoebe said in a spooky voice. "Or we might use a spell on you." For a split second it became quiet at the table. Those were not things said in the Bennet house. Phoebe of course hadn't meant it that way, but it still wasn't a good idea. Piper and Prue looked from their sister to their father and tried to act as if nothing had happened. "Care to help me then, Phoebe?" The girl nodded and followed her father to the kitchen. "Does he always summon you in the kitchen?" Joanna asked Piper and Prue when they'd left. "Yes, it is sort of a.." Prue started "family tradition." Piper quickly finished her sister's sentence. Joanna didn't look to convinced, but she didn't want to argue with these girls. The phone rang. "I'll get it." Piper said as she ran to the phone.
"Hello, this is Piper." A familiar voice answered. "I got kissed by Tom." Mary yelled through the phone. "You what?" Piper asked, stunned about what her friend had just told her. "I kissed Tom Watson, well, he kissed me and then I kissed him back, and then we were all kissing in his car." Piper almost dropped the phone. "Wow, Mary, are you sure you didn't euh, hallucinate?" "I'm sure!" Her friend yelled through the phone. "Piper, is that Mary?" Prue had apparently heard who Piper was talking too. "Yeah." "Ask her how the gig went!" Piper grinned. "Prue asks how the gig went." "It went great, everyone said they liked my singing. I can't stop smiling." "It went fine Prue!" Piper yelled to the other room. "Fine?" Mary said on the other side of the line. "More than fine, it was fantastic!" "Kay, I'll tell her." "Prue, Mary says it went fantastic!" Prue let out a sigh or relief. It hadn't been such a bad idea after all, letting Mary cover for her. "I want to know everything about this, is it okay if I come over tomorrow?" Piper asked her friend. "I'll be there." "Sweet dreams." Mary was giggling. "I will, don't worry." "Bye." "Bye." Mary's dreamy voice sounded so funny that Piper almost burst into laughing herself.