We finally got internet at my mom's, so I can post these sooner now. For those of you that have been following it, I am sad to say that Cole's Revenge is done. It has 14 chapters, the most of any of my stories. But this is a different story, so let's get on with it.
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Paige Halliwell- Your wish is my command...
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It had been four months since the unexpected demon attack. The Elders had kept up their 'shield' the entire time so that the Charmed Ones could figure out who they were, if there were more, and how they had gotten in. They also had to keep their children safe and learn about their powers. That had proven pretty difficult because none of them had used their powers since then.
As for life outside of magic: it went on. Prue's P4 magazine was a best seller in San Francisco and the surrounding areas. Piper's club was still the most popular in the city. She averaged about 6,000 guests per night, by her very own calculations. Phoebe's column was as big as it ever was and she had recently been offered her own talk show. Paige was doing awesome as the headmistress of Magic School, which all of the O'Reillys still attended as well as the four Halliwell children (even though they only went to the daycare there).
The men in the family were doing good as well. Leo was training new white-lighters in an unused wing at Magic School. Andy had been promoted to chief of the San Francisco police department. Even Cole, who had been unemployed through the entire pregnancies took up his old post as an ADA and was soon to be promoted. Things were going well.
The children were maturing quite nicely. Patience could now crawl all around the house and had even began to speak even though she only knew one word, which was, coincidentally enough, water. She loved the word and used it often. Parker was a true mamma's boy and was usually quiet and reserved, though he did like to crawl around a bit too. Preston and Percy were like best friends, constantly plotting through baby gibber jabber on ways to make Patience angry or Parker cry.
All in all, the Halliwell manor was as normal as it could possibly be except for the occasional power usage, potion making, and consulting of the Book of Shadows. Everything was good. Everything was just as Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige would have it. Now they just had to make sure they could find out about the demons and learn about their children's powers.
Paige sat in the daycare at Magic School, watching her daughter as well as her niece and nephew for any signs of using their powers. They were all playing happily together and having fun. Patience would often crawl around them in a circle to show off and the others would attempt to do the same.
"Come on you guys, do something. Just use one of your powers," Paige urged.
"It's not gonna happen, Red," Frisco said, coming to stand next to her. She sighed.
"I know, but they have to use them sometime," she said. Frisco smiled and kissed her. She wrapped her arms around him and he wound his fingers through her now dark brown tresses as the kiss heated.
"Wada!" Patience yelled happily and without warning, she shot water out of her hands at the young couple. Paige yelled as the cold water hit her, soaking her clothes. She looked at Patience angrily.
"You did that on purpose!" she shrieked.
"Oh yeah, I'm sure the seven month old baby decided that she needed to cool down the situation. Calm down baby," Frisco said, taking his shirt off and wringing it out.
"Calm down? This is dry clean only!" Paige said, referring to her shirt. Frisco laughed and shook his head.
"I think your mamma could use some heat over here Percy," he said to his daughter. Paige yelled again and jumped backwards as a stream of fire shot towards her. Frisco fell backwards as he laughed hysterically.
"That is not funny," Paige growled. Frisco only laughed harder. Paige pounced on him and began tickling him in his very sensitive sides. He yelled, trying to fight her off through the laughter. Finally he rolled her over so that he was on top. He stared down into her eyes and leaned down to kiss her again.
"I love you," he said quietly.
"I love you too," Paige said. A gust of wind came through the daycare and threw Frisco off of Paige. She grabbed onto the carpet, hoping it was enough to keep her where she was. When it was gone she stood up, helping Frisco up as well. "At least I'm dry," she said with a grin. She then picked up her cell phone and dialed Prue's number.
Prue sat in her office at P4 Magazine, looking over articles that were to be put in. She had a good staff that went out of their way to get pictures of the latest stars. She also had some very good article writers. One of the articles to go into the magazine was about her family. Since all of them were very well known around San Francisco, one of her staff member suggested an article about them.
"One of the most well known and powerful families in the city, the Halliwells are an interesting bunch. The four sisters: Prudence, Piper, Phoebe and half-sister Paige all hold important jobs. Prudence (better known as Prue) is the founder and owner of this very magazine. Piper is the owner of the corresponding P4 night club. Phoebe is the well known advice columnist for the Bay Mirror newspaper and is soon to have her own television show. Paige is the headmistress of a privet school that the sisters would not disclose the name of.
Even the Halliwell husbands are popular in the city. Prue's husband, Andrew Trudeau is the chief of the San Francisco Police Department. Phoebe's husband, Cole Turner is an Assistant Defense Attorney. Piper and Paige's husbands (Leo Wyatt and Frisco O'Reilly) are not employed in the city of San Francisco, but we are told that they do important work.
All four Halliwell women recently had babies as well. Prue's daughter, Patience (born April 22) can often be found taking a stroll in the park with her cousins: Parker (Piper's son, born May 8), Preston (Phoebe's son, born May 13), and Persephone (Paige's daughter, born May 29).
If you hadn't noticed, all of the people bearing the Halliwell last name have a first name that begins with a 'P'. When asked what this was about, the sisters simply replied that it was a family tradition dating back to their very first known ancestor, Melinda Warren's daughter. The family has been accused several times of being linked to strange events in the city, but all sisters claim that the accusations are false. No matter how mysterious they may be, the Halliwell sisters and their families are doing well and we wish them the best of luck and happiness for years to come," Prue read to herself. She laughed. It was funny to read an article about her family considering the fact that there were many important details missing, like the fact that they were the Charmed Ones. She liked the article though and she put it in her folder to publish. She was about to read another article about the latest scandal between Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, but the phone rang.
"Prue," Paige said before Prue could even say hello.
"Hello Paige," Prue said.
"Hi. Good news, your daughter just sprayed me with water," Paige said.
"And that's good how?" Prue asked, confused.
"Because the water came out of her hands," Paige replied.
"Oh, that is good news," Prue said.
"Yeah, are you coming?" Paige asked impatiently.
"Of course," Prue said. Before she could do or say anything else, she felt herself being orbed somewhere. She rematerialized, still holding the receiver (along with the rest of the phone attached to it) in Magic School. She looked at the phone and then at Paige, who shrugged.
"Sorry," she said. Prue shook her head and went over to her daughter, picking her up. Meanwhile, Paige dialed Piper's number at the house.
Piper sat at the island in the kitchen looking over order forms for the club. She ran out of supplies very quickly now a days and had to order them about twice a month. She ran down the list, picking out the things she needed.
"Let's see, I need napkins, cups, oh and I need to call the band," she said to herself. She picked up the phone, but before she could dial, it rang. Piper sighed, but answered it.
"Hello," she said flatly.
"Glad to hear from you too, Pipes," Paige said sarcastically.
"Hurry up Paige, I need to use the phone," Piper said.
"I just thought you might want to know that your son used his powers today," Paige said.
"That's good. Make sure Leo knows. I'll be over soon, I just have to call the band first," Piper said, happy that she might get some idea of what her son was capable of.
"Okay, bye," Paige said, hanging up. Piper rolled her eyes and hung up as well before calling the manager of the band that would be playing at her club tonight.
Phoebe was in her office, typing up a response to another letter. She tapped at the keyboard lazily, not really interested in what she was doing. Her mind was somewhere else today. She heard the familiar swishing sound that signified that her husband had just shimmered in. She looked up from her computer to see Cole.
"Hey baby," she said happily.
"Hey," Cole said, walking over and giving her a kiss.
"What's up," Phoebe asked, breaking the kiss.
"I had some time off, felt like coming to see you," Cole replied.
"Hm, I'm glad you decided that. I missed you," Phoebe said. Cole smiled and looked at her screen. She had about ten words typed on there.
"And I'm glad to see that you're getting some work done," he said. Phoebe rolled her eyes.
"I don't feel like working today," she said. Her cell phone started ringing. She got it out and saw Paige's name on the display. "What's up sweetie?" she asked, answering the phone.
"Wow, that's the best response I've gotten all day," Paige said.
"Why?" Phoebe asked.
"Because our sisters were too interested in their work to want to talk to me. Anyways, I wanted to tell you that the kids used their powers today," Paige said.
"Really? That's great!" Phoebe said.
"Yeah, yeah, tell that to your kid," Paige said.
"Okay, I'll be over in a minute," Phoebe said, getting the hint. She hung up the phone.
"What was that?" Cole asked.
"The kids used their powers," Phoebe replied.
"Huh," Cole said.
"Oh you're so enthusiastic. Let's go," Phoebe said, grabbing onto Cole. He rolled his eyes and shimmered out.
"Glad to see you all made it finally," Paige said when her sisters were all there, holding their children.
"Yeah well some of us have jobs," Prue said, looking at her watch.
"What the hell do you call this?" Paige asked.
"Being a pain in the ass," Prue replied. Paige formed an orb ball in her hands.
"Okay guys, let's remember what happened the last time we used our powers against each other," Piper said.
"Yeah, we lost them," Phoebe reminded them. They both sighed letting down their guard.
"Anyways, Frisco and I were… talking when Patience decided that it would be fun to squirt me with water. Then Percy thought I needed drying off and shot fire at me and Parker followed up with a nice gust of wind. Preston didn't use his power, but I'm sure he will sooner or later," Paige said.
"So what we've come up with so far is: Patience can control water and shoot it out of her hands, Parker can cause huge gusts of wind as well as tornadoes, Preston can cause earthquakes, and Percy can control and shoot fire," Prue said.
"In short," Paige said.
"Don't forget the animal thing," Phoebe said.
"Oh yeah, we have yet to see that. I'm sure it'll be great fun when they discover what they can do with that," Piper said sarcastically. Her sisters nodded in agreement with her.
"So now that that's over, what are we going to do?" Paige asked.
"Well, Trapt is playing at the club tonight. You guys want to go?" Piper asked.
"Hell yeah!" Frisco exclaimed. The sisters looked at him. "Sorry, that's my favorite band," he said. Paige rolled her eyes.
"You're such a dork," she said with a grin. Frisco shrugged.
"I guess it rubs off after spending too much time with you," he said. Paige gasped in mock horror.
"That's so wrong!" she said. Frisco grinned.
"You get me I'll get you back," he said. Paige shook her head.
"Okay, well I have to get back to work," Prue said. "Paige, if you will…"
"Work," Paige said, waving her hand. Prue and Phoebe disappeared, returning to their jobs. Paige also sent Piper home.
"I need to get to class," Frisco said. Paige nodded.
"I'll see you later," she said, giving him a kiss. He smiled and walked to his class. Paige sighed, looking down at the kids. "You guys are going to be such a handful."
"Wada!" Patience exclaimed again. Paige's eyes went wide and she orbed out before the shot of water could hit her again.
The girls all sat at a table in P4. All four of them wore halter tops in different colors and designs. Prue's hair was in twisties down her head (A/N: think of the one hairstyle she had in the Succubus episode at P3.), Piper's down, Phoebe's was in simple curls, and Paige's was in a half ponytail. Cole, Leo, Frisco, and Andy all came over with drinks.
"I'm so glad we could leave the kids in Magic School. We needed a night out," Phoebe said. Her sisters nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, this band is awesome," Paige said.
"I told you," Frisco said. She stuck her tongue out at him and he grinned. They all listened as the band started up the next song.
I found a light and then it grew
I found myself still thinking of you
I felt so empty, but now I'm fine
But still it's burning, when will you be mine?
Too much of the same stories in our lives
I think it's time for change, don't you?
Too much of the same stories in our lives
I think it's time for us to walk away from here
Stories in our lives, we'll keep them all inside
Stories in our lives, we'll keep them all inside
Look at me, still in your mind
Our memories so intertwined
But you broke through and found your way
And so did I, no need to stay
The same old picture tried and true
We've been through that, let's look for something new
Too much of the same stories in our lives
I think it's time for change, don't you?
Too much of the same stories in our lives
I think it's time for us to walk away from here
Do you remember lying on the grass so late at night?
Do you remember running through the sprinklers that night?
Do you remember all the songs that I had wrote for you,
All the songs that I had wrote for you?
I remember the way you made me feel when I was with you
I remember the smile that always brought me back to you
That look in your eyes, I never thought that this could be untrue
That look in your eyes, I never thought that this could be untrue
Too much of the same stories in our lives
I think it's time for change, don't you?
Too much of the same stories in our lives
I think it's time for us to walk away from here
As the song ended, they all looked at each other. It was a good song and it sort of had meaning to them. They were always going through the same thing over and over. They couldn't walk away though, it was their job. They didn't really mind either, as long as they had each other.
Aw, how cute. That song was 'Stories' by Trapt. It's a good band. If you don't have their CD, buy it! Anyways, I had some requests for Paige/Frisco fluff (ahem- Paige Halliwell) so there it was. Not a very eventful chapter. This story is going to be done soon and then I'll start a new one with more demon crap in it, which I know you're all waiting for. So anyways, till next time…
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