Chapter 9

Piper was working in her club, doing the books and preparing for the promotion of the band performing at the end of the week.

Getting so caught up with it, she really didn't want any interruptions unless it was absolutely necessary.

Hearing her mobile rang she sighed she knew without looking at the caller's ID on who it would be...Dan.

For a couple of days now Dan began to ring her every now and then, when she was working. At first she had found it cute, having her love to take the time to phone her. Making sure that she was all right. But, the once turned into twice, the twice turned into four and so on until it would drive her mad and would ignore it or tell him it wasn't the right time as she was it a staff meeting or was in the middle of something very important.

This only made things worse as Dan would barge into the club and demanded an answer on why she was ignoring him. It would take her an hour to calm him down; making her behind with her work and making her more frustrated and taking it out on everyone mostly Prue.

She accepted it after taking a deep breath, knowing that if she wouldn't Dan would be pissed. So that she wouldn't sound in a rush. "Dan?"

"What happened to 'Hiya babe?'"

"Sorry... I'm just in the middle of something right now."

"I just phoning you to see if you wanted to go out to eat tonight."

"I would love to but..."

"But...but what?"

"There so much to do..."

"Fine...If you didn't want to go out then all you have to do was say no." Dan snapped and hung up.

Piper just stared at her phone then rubbed her eyes; things between them had started to shown signs of strain. 'Nothing too bad, to be worried about.' She thought, looking at the pile of work that she got to do, she sighed. ' Sod it, this will keep until tomorrow. Perhaps I should take him up on the offer. I can do with a night out.'

Picking up her phone she dialled Dan number and agreed to go out with him tonight.

After hanging up, her phone rang again, this time it was her sisters needing her help to vanquish yet another demon. Sighing she picked up her bag and left for the manor.

"Alright I'm here, where is that son of a bitch."

"Over there." Cried out Phoebe. Piper knotted her eyebrows as she scanned the room seeing nothing. "What, what I'm I looking at? There's nothing here."

"Looked harder..."

Piper squinted and saw a tiny speck of green; it was a miniature gremlin. "You call me for that? Couldn't you have taken care of it yourself? Why do you need me? I mean come on he titchy... a mouse could take care of h..." Before she finish that sentenced the gremlin shot a flame as big as a blow touch.

"Ah..." Piper screamed as she cowed behind the sofa. "Yeah, he's a little touchy about his height." Prue informed her.

"Oh really? It doesn't show." Bitched Piper. "What do we do now?"

"Power of three?" Questioned Pheobe. "It's quick and hasn't failed us."

Seeing no objections all three sisters held hands and began to recite the power of three spell.

"The power of three will set us free

The power of three will set us free

The power of three will set us free."

The gremlin screamed and explored making the sisters fall backwards and into the grandfather clock. "Ow! Ow! OW! Damn it! That's the forth time this week, that our grandfather clock has been smashed. Why do we even bother to keep on having it fixed? "

Before anyone could answer Piper or even move to clean up the mess, a glitter of blue orbs lighted the room.

"We got a problem..." Looking at Piper, he couldn't help it, he loved the woman.

"What else is new?"

As Leo was about to explain, when there was a knock at the door. "I get it..." Phoebe shouted.

"Dan!"

"Hi Phoebe is Piper in?"

"Ah... Yeah sure come on in?"

Phoebe led Dan into the living room. "Piper? Dan's here for you."

After turning herself away from Leo gaze she looked at Dan and certainly felt tensed. "Dan, what are you doing here? Thought you were meeting me tonight!"

Taking one look at Piper and then Leo, Dan suddenly felt a pang of jealousy rising in him. "I beginning to wonder why? Wyatt."

"Dan."

The two men stared off, until Piper grabbed Dan and dragged him into the kitchen.

Leaving three people worried.