"I'm gonna soundproof those doors if you keep doing that!" Prue said as she entered Phoebe's room. "Keep doing what?" Phoebe was playing her innocent act, again. "Look, if I ever catch you easedropping my door I'm gonna spread some horrible gossip about you around the school." For an outsider, this might sound ridiculous, but Phoebe wanted to be as popular as her eldest sister and Prue still had a lot of power over the decision who was popular and who wasn't. The burdens of high school I suppose...
Phoebe was not someone who gave up without a fight. "If you wouldn't leave me and Paige out of everything, maybe we wouldn't have to go easedropping. If Grams is going to bind our powers, it concerns us too." Prue lifted her eyebrow. "Look, you know very well that if we were really in trouble I'd tell you." Phoebe ignored her look. "When did you start listening anyway?" Prue asked her. "Just when you called Leo." Prue frowned. "Are you sure?" She didn't believe her sister, but with any luck, Piper had found out more by now...
"Paige?" Piper looked at her little sister. "I'm sorry that we were listening." The girl apoligized. "But you guys never tell us anything." Piper sighed. "There's nothing to worry about all right, if we need to worry, we'll tell you." Paige nodded and rolled her eyes. "Paige?" Piper and Prue had gotten an agreement, they were to find out how much their sisters had heard. Paige looked up. "What exactly have you heard?" Paige looked at her feet. "That Grams wants to bind our powers." "Are you sure that's all?" Piper asked her little sister, not believing. "And something about Mary kissing a boy."
Piper sighed. "You heard everything, didn't you?" Paige nodded, still not facing her sister. "Look, it's none of your business, Paige, and certainly not Phoebe's. Next time we catch you, I tell Grams you've been using your powers in school." Paige stared at her in disbelief. "You left your diary open on the floor." "So, you shouldn't have read it." Paige said. "We're not discussing this right now, be glad it was me and not Phoebe who read it. I only read the page that was open." "Thanks, I guess." "So, no more easedropping?" "No more easedropping." "Good." Piper hugged her little sister. "So, did you have a good time at Sam's?"
"Need some help with dinner, mom?" Piper asked as she entered the kitchen. "That would be great, hun. You can cut the vegetables already." Piper nodded, took a knife and started slicing the tomatoes. "Mom?" Patty turned around. "Yes honey?" "Has Grams said anything to you about binding our powers?" Patty frowned. "What are you talking about?" Piper was starting to doubt if it had been a good idea telling her mother. "Prue walked in on Grams making a binding potion." Patricia Halliwell dropped her knife and stared at her daughter. "She's unbelievable." Those were the first words out of her mouth. "Mother!" That, was the next. "Problems dear?" Penny entered the kitchen from the living room. "The only one who has problems here, is you." Patty was on the verge of becoming furious. Penny looked questioning at Piper.
"You rang, Patricia?" Patty sighed. "Are you making binding potions for MY daughters?" "Well, someone has to do it." "Mother, they are my children, not yours, and I will take care of them. You know very well they have to learn to use their powers now, not when they are old and grey. You act like you've never used magic for personal gain yourself." Piper was amazed, Penny on the other side was hurt. "How dare you say such a thing!" Patty ignored Penelope and went back to her roast.
"If you'll excuse me, I have mouths to feed." Piper was still seated quietly at the kitchen table. "Do not just accuse me of something and ignore me then!" Penny shouted at her daughter. "Piper, honey, could you put this in the oven?" Patty continued to ignore her mother and acted as if nothing had happened. Piper just nodded and did as she was told. This was getting a little out of hand. She hadn't wanted her mother and her grandmother to start fighting. "This is not over yet." Penny said as she left the room. Piper followed her grandmother with her look, her mother saw it and hugged her. "I'm sorry." Piper shrugged. "It's not your fault." It wasn't untill now that Piper noticed her mother was almost in tears. "I love you mom." "I love you too." Patty smiled. Piper always knew exactly what to say in these kind of situations.