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Chapter 5

"Morning." Chris greeted as he walked inside the kitchen the next morning. Leo and Paige were already seated, reading the morning paper, while Piper was preparing their breakfast, being the only one in the house who is an "expert" in the kitchen

"Morning to you too." Paige replied, looking up from the newspaper she was reading. "Where's Alexis?"

Chris pulled out a chair and sat down. "Still asleep." He reached for the sports section of the paper.

After what happened last night and what Chris had discovered, they all insisted that Alexis stay for the meantime, since it's safer when the Charmed Ones are there to protect her.

"Possibly had a long night." Paige said as she continued reading the newspaper. There was silence for a brief moment, with only Piper's kitchen utensils and the pages of the newspaper flipping. Suddenly, Phoebe came in, hurriedly as usual.

"Good morning!" she greeted as she made her way beside Piper, reached for a mug, and poured some coffee in it.

"How was your night?" Piper asked.

"Do you even have to ask?" Phoebe replied.

"Oh, let me guess," Paige cut in. "It was chaotic, since you tend to do your advice columns at the last minute."

"Excuse me!" Phoebe said, after swallowing her coffee. "It's not that easy. And besides, I don't just get my pieces of advice from... let's say, my ass."

"Hey, do you mind?" Leo cut in. "It's only 8:00 in the morning."

"Oh, well... I have to go anyway. I need to submit my column to the editor, or else I won't receive anything for this month." Phoebe said as she placed her mug on the sink and went out to leave.

"Nice of her to wait for breakfast." Piper said sarcastically.

"Does she ever have any?" Paige rolled her eyes. Piper slightly laughed at her, as she placed their food on the table.

Alexis sat on the bed she slept on, in the spare room the Halliwells have in the manor. She had been awake for a while now, but did not want to get out of the room, because she's pretty sure the sisters would ask her again what was really going on. And since her "revelation" to Chris last night, things got a little tense between them. But she's still grateful of what they're all doing for her.

She got up and walked towards the mirror to look at herself. She saw a tall girl, with shoulder-length brown hair and blue eyes. She looked just like her mother, only her eyes were bluer, and her hair darker, as she have seen on photographs that were kept in a safe box.

She never had the chance to meet her, never had the chance to get to know her. She only knew her father, but never cared about him, just like he never cared about her. He left her mother for another woman, but heard that the relationship didn't work out as well. She hated him, even in the future. He tried to get to through her, but she kept herself away from him, because she believed that her father was the reason her mother dealt with The Temptress in the first place.

She continued to look at herself when something beside the dresser caught her eye. It was a red box, with a ribbon around it. She picked it up and went to sit on the bed. She opened it and pulled the contents off the box. It was a bundle of pictures of the sisters, Piper and Leo on their wedding, baby Wyatt and baby Chris. She smiled as she looked at every picture with amazement, wishing that she, too, could have a family like them.

"Okay, I have to go." Paige said as she stood up from her chair. "Gotta be early for my new assignment."

"Which is...?" Piper asked.

"A secretary in a Day-Care center." Paige said, half-smiling.

"Oh... and you're gonna be dealing with kids?" Chris asked.

Paige's brow furrowed. "So?"

"Nothing... I just never pictured you as a baby-sitter."

"Because I'm not!" Paige glared at him. "Anyway, I should go. Call me if something comes up." She said as she walked out of the door.

Piper turned to Chris, who was still reading the paper. "So, how did it go last night?"

Leo looked at her and immediately got her question.

"What about it?" Chris answered, without looking up.

"Your talk with Alexis."

"Fine."

"Oh, come on... I know something's up with you two."

"What? You still think I have a 'thing' for her?"

Piper thought for a second. "Well... yeah..." Chris just looked at her. "But besides that... I mean, did you find out if she's hiding something?"

Chris knew this conversation was coming, and he tried his best to avoid it to protect Alexis' secret. "She's not hiding anything." He tried to make his voice sound convincing. "She doesn't want to talk of her mom very much. She worries a lot about her."

Piper noticed Chris's hesitation to answer, but didn't notice that he was partly lying. "Oh... so how are we going to help her if she doesn't want to talk?"

Chris sighed. "Just do what you did when I first came here." He stood up and went upstairs.

Alexis decided to go out of the room because she realized that the sisters, Chris or Leo might be worrying about her. Besides, she should tell them what really is going on with her... if they asked. And... she was planning to do something that would probably require some help.

After getting dressed and fixing her bed, she opened the door and walked outside of the room. The house was quieter, having two sisters gone for work. She walked down the hallway, towards the stairs. As she turned, she bumped into Chris.

"Hey, Good morning." Chris greeted her.

"Hey." She answered back.

"So, did you sleep well?"

"Yeah... listen, I need to ask you something." She pulled Chris into a corner.

"Yeah, sure... what is it?"

Alexis sighed and said, "I want to go see my mother."