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"Ump, Oh sorry, Wy." She said before really noticing everyone there.
"Whoa, oh boy." "What happened?" Future Paige asked suspicious, and annoyed.
"Relax Aunt Paige. They summoned me, and wouldn't send me back without them. This wasn't my idea."
"What are you guys doing here anyway?" Future Paige asked. "We just needed to see for ourselves that everything turned out okay." Piper answered.
"Oh", was all Future Paige said. Paige placed her hand on Wyatt's shoulder and gave a loving squeeze. "Well, I know how you feel, but I for one am glad to have them here. Maybe they could help."
"Help with what?" The new arrivals asked in unison.
"Uhg, I suppose you didn't explain anything to them? I'm going to have to do it all, aren't I?" she complained.
"Sorry, I couldn't figure out where to start." Wyatt said scrunching his face up and shrugging.
"I have faith in you though. You're Aunt Paige, Charmed One!" Wyatt looked at her with big puppy dog eyes. "Okay Mister, enough with the sucking up. I'll do the lion's share, but you are going to stick around for back up. Deal?" Future Paige demanded amused at Wyatt's sudden turn into a five-year-old. "Fine" Wyatt relented.
"Can we at least go down stairs since there's no couch in here? Why isn't there a couch in here anymore anyway?" Phoebe asked. "It was blown up, and we just never replaced it" Future Paige said turning around.
"Just please wait here while I get the girls to Magic School."
"The Girls? What Girls, whose girls?" Phoebe was so curious she thought she was going to explode.
Future Paige ignored her antics and just called out "Crystal, Circle" and instantly the group was caged. Wyatt had barely stepped away from the group when the force field engaged. At this Phoebe gripped "Hey" but got no response.
To this Wyatt chuckled and Future Paige just said,
"Sorry for the crystals, but I don't trust any of you NOT to take a peak downstairs."
At this Piper laughed agreeing with her 100. "Piper?" Leo exclaimed surprised.
"She's right, especially when it comes to Phoebe, the woman has no impulse control and we all know she can't keep a secret to save her life!"
"Thanks, Piper" Phoebe said turning red. Future Paige concluded. "We'll probably end up using one of Grams' memory wiping spells before you guys go back, anyway. Just to cover our asses."
Future Paige turned to leave when Wyatt placed his hand on her shoulder and leaned into her ear asking quietly.
"How's he doing?" "He's sleeping right now, so you could probably peak your head in for a moment." Future Paige assured solemnly. Wyatt left without saying a word.
"Where's he going?" one of the new arrivals asked. The question was ignored until Piper could no longer hold her nagging fear and curiosity.
"Who are you talking about? What's wrong?" She asked.
"Later, let me get the kids to school and then I will release the crystals, Okay." she stated then orbed out.
"Damn it…Paige!" Piper yelled at Future Paige.
"What?" Paige answered unintentionally. Piper gave her sister a mildly annoyed look when Leo gave her a small hug and a kiss on her forehead.
"Don't worry, we can fix whatever happens, remember. We have time. We did it once already. Granted we had Chris' help, but look how well it turned out. Wyatt is wonderful. And I am so happy about that. Aren't you?" Leo said.
Both Paige and Phoebe chimed in "Yeah".
"Where is Chris?" Piper thought out loud.
"Shouldn't he be here?" "Maybe he's at work, honey." Phoebe replied.
"When I get back you can ask me." Paige said, making a weird face at the sound of that sentence.
"That's just so odd." She added.
Patience quickly waning, Piper asked.
"Where are they already?" "Relax, they'll be back, I think?" Phoebe said trying to be reassuring.Footsteps could now be heard on the stairs and soon Future Paige re-appeared in the attic.
"What no orbing" Paige kidded. "Funny" Future Paige replied. "Okay" looking around she asked "Where's Wyatt?" "Good question, where is Wyatt? Where did he go?" Piper asked. "He's not back yet" Leo answered her.
"Oh, okay and nice try, but you'll have to wait till Wyatt gets back for that. He might be a few more minutes though, so, why don't I take care of that barrier.
"Crystals" she exclaimed. With that the crystals orbed from the floor into a velvet pouch Future Paige held.
"Okay, all better." Future Paige stated placing the pouch on a shelf. "Who wants to ask a question?"
"Since when are you so free flying with the information?
I thought we all agreed no to talk about the whole 'Wyatt-was-evil-Future-Chris'… issue. It was hard enough going through it once." Phoebe blurted. All of the new arrivals nodded in agreement.
Future Paige took a deep breath and opened her mouth to speak when Wyatt walked in. "Ready" he asked. His demeanor had changed. Piper took a long look at him. He was quiet, troubled, and sad. As he walked up to Future Paige, she put her hand to his cheek and smiled. "You okay?"
"Yeah, it just feels like I've been gone half a year, not half an hour, ya' know" Wyatt answered.
"You start yet?" he asked hopefully. "Not a chance, Mister" Future Paige returned with a smile. To this Wyatt's chin dropped to his chest, and Future Paige laughed.
"I have a question, where are Phoebe and Piper. Yours I mean?" Paige figured this was as good a topic as any to start with.
Future Paige simply answered, "Dead".
"Oh" was the only thing Piper could get out at first. "Look, I'm sorry." Future Paige apologized.
"How, how did it happen?" Leo asked.
"Nothing special, it wasn't Wyatt or Leo or Chris, just a demon."
"Chris, Where is he anyway? At work?" Piper was getting pissed. Even though it was Future Paige, Piper knew when she was trying to avoid talking about something.
Changing the subject Future Paige said, "Let's go down stairs." She and Wyatt quickly shuffled out of the attic. Everybody else followed behind.
"Hold it" Future Paige ordered. "First off, no exploring! There are things I need to explain, and rooms I don't want you to go into, so let's go straight down to the parlor."
"Wow, I get bossy with age." Paige quipped as they all made their way down stairs.
