A/N. I know it's a bit weird but I decided to have all of the chapters start with 'the', like the episode titles for 'The OC' do! This will just be until chapter twenty-thirty-something, it's just to give the Paige/Glenn/problems/Kyle subplot something special of it's own- I know, I'm strange lol! Sorry this is short.
A/N. I made up the names of Glenn's parents.
Replies-
RJF: Glad you liked it! I was wondering when you were going to review! Gods and Angels at Piper's wedding just makes it even more magical! When will you be updating 'United as Three'?
The-Cheese-Fairy: Glad you liked it! Rhea and Cronus are in this until about the end! They probably would make millions! Leo's cool! Yep, I got the email!
Princess Pinky: Glad you liked it! Am I right in guessing Paige is your favourite sister? Hades will be back, he's the 'big bad' of the fic as you might say!
The Traveller:
Glenn pulled up outside his parents home, he was taking Karis to visit them,
"come on little mermaid," he said, taking her in his arms and locking the car, walking towards the front door. Violet Belland (Glenn's mother) was a kind, caring, woman, but if you ever insulted a member of her family she'd turn mean and call you everything under the sun, Neil (his father) was a lot more adventurous than his wife and it would appear had passed his like of travelling onto his son, he was also very loud and spoke his mind, which had gained him some enemies amongst the neighbours.
"Oh Glenn, darling, it's so good to see you," Violet greeted, opening the door and kissing him on the cheek,
"hey mom," Glenn said,
"gwandma purple!" Karis exclaimed, she had begun to call her grandmother 'purple' after Piper had been teaching her colours and said that violet was a shade of purple, plus Karis found it easier to say.
"Hello my sweet," Violet said, Glenn passed his daughter to his mother and went off to search for his father, who he found in kitchen,
"hey dad," he said,
"Glenn, how've you been?" Neil asked, giving his son a hug,
"fine, how bout you?" Glenn replied,
"so-so, my back's playing up again," he told his son. They took a seat at the table,
"and you'll never guess who I saw, Bernie, your friend from school, he's going travelling in the French alps, wondering if you'd like to go," Neil said,
"y'know what, I might give him a call, I'm pretty sure Paige would be okay with it," Glenn said.
In the living room, Violet was getting out some toys for Karis to play with when the small girl used an electro-pyrokinetic bolt to kill a spider. Glenn had told his parents about the magical life he had become acquainted with when Paige had discovered her sisters, but it was still a shock every time Karis used her powers in-front of them,
"Gwandma purple, can I play with Molly?" she asked, Molly was the Bellands' family dog,
"of course, I think she's upstairs," Violet replied, taking Karis' hand.
Meanwhile, Prue and Piper were walking out of the Bay Mirror, where they had just been to see Phoebe, when the five month pregnant witch spotted a growing cloud of grey smoke in the sky,
"there must be a fire," Prue stated, running off towards where the smoke was coming from,
"why does she have to be action woman all the time? there are mortals who can sort this stuff out," Piper groaned, going after her big sister. They followed the smoke to a burning building, lots of people were gazing up in horror and amazement,
"freeze it," Prue instructed, Piper tried but couldn't,
"I don't think that's a normal fire, my powers don't work on it," she said, five firemen ran up to the building, but suddenly the double doors blew off the hinges and forced them to the ground.
"I'm going in there," Prue said, taking off her denim jacket and throwing it to the floor,
"no you're not," Piper told her, putting her hand on her sister's shoulder
"okay, I'll astral project in there instead," the eldest charmed one said, her body went limp and Piper spotted a scarlet flare through one of the windows, as Astral Prue appeared.
At the manor, Paige was sitting in the living room looking through a photo album off her and Glenn,
"auntie Paige," Grace called, toddling into the room,
"yeah?" Paige said,
"Patwice done poopy," she told her aunt. Paige stood up and walked into the foyer, scooping Patrice into her arms and laying her on the changing mat,
"you're a smelly little angel," she said in a babyish voice, Patrice let out a giggle. The front door swung open and Glenn walked in,
"hey honey," Paige greeted,
"guess what, Bernie from school is going travelling and wants me to go with," he told her.
"What did you say?" she asked,
"yes," he replied,
"travelling where?" Paige asked,
"France," Glenn replied, she felt her heart sink, and faced the other way so he couldn't see her wiping a tear from her eye,
"Paige, I'm not going forever, it's just gonna be for six months," he assured her,
"why are you going at all? isn't a wife and daughter enough for you?" she snapped.
"Why don't you want me to go?" he questioned,
"because what if you meet someone else?" she replied,
"Paige, I love you, and I love Karis, but we haven't exactly been a happy couple recently have we," he said,
"what are you saying? that you want to meet someone else?" she asked,
"I don't…I just don't know," he told her, putting on his jacket and leaving the house, slamming the door behind him. Paige began to cry openly, sitting on the floor and sobbing into her hands, Patrice orbed from the changing mat and into her aunt's arms, Grace then wrapped her arms around Paige's neck, the two infants giving comfort to the whitelighter-witch.
Outside the burning building, Astral Prue exited with a man over her shoulder,
"Miss, you've just saved a life," a fireman stated, taking the man from Prue and carrying him over to the ambulance,
"we need to go, the reporters will be piling up soon and want to know who saved him," Piper said, Astral Prue nodded and quickly returned to her body before anyone could see, then she and Piper headed back to the car.
That night, Glenn was packing some stuff,
"I thought you weren't leaving until Friday?" Paige asked from the doorway, her eyes red from crying so much,
"I'm going to stay about my parents for a few days, I told Karis I'd be back and I will" he replied,
"so this is goodbye for six months?" she said,
"Paige, I don't regret our marriage, our child, but I think this afternoon proved that when the going gets tough we can't cope, I think we need a break, and these next few months will be a perfect chance for it, when I come back we'll see if we can work it out, but before I go, just in case something happens, I want you to know I'll love you were forever, you were my first love, but I'm just not sure if you'll be my last," Glenn told her, planting a kiss on her head before picking his bag up and leaving.
"Goodbye," she whispered, looking out of her window and watching him get in the car, driving away,
"mommy, I can't sleep," Karis said, walking over to her mother and tugging on her shirt, Paige sat on her bed and heaved Karis up onto it, then they got under the covers and the youngest charmed one cuddled her daughter.
To be continued…
Next chapter- Paige struggles with Glenn's departure, which results in her accidentally mixing her potion ingredients with Piper's cake ingredients and poisoning Leo. How will they heal a healer?
'The Cake' should be up soon.