"This is unfair." Jordan said to Chris and Nicole
"What is?" Chris asked
"That you get to tell everyone about who you are and we don't get to tell them anything about us."
"Yeah, this is kind of unfair." Nicole agreed
"It could change the future." Chris said trying to reason with them
"We have already changed the future, and what happens later when we are born? They are defiantly going to remember our names and it would be very strange, we might not have the same name." Nicole reasoned
"Can't we at least throw a little confusion around the house, you know give them a few hints?" Jordan asked
"Why not." Chris said giving in to them
"Then we could tell them." Nicole said getting excited
"No." Chris told them
"We'll try not to, but we can't promise you anything we do have a tendency to let stuff out." Nicole said sneakily and the two ran out of the room.
"Have you seen Cole?" Jordan asked Phoebe
"Who?" Phoebe asked, she was a little apprehensive.
"Cole…Colie… Nicole."
"Oh Nicole," Phoebe was relived, "no sorry I haven't."
"Kay thanks anyway, Cole! Cole! Colie!" Jordan shouted running up the stairs, "Oh there you are."
"Ready to do it?" Nicole asked
"Yup, let's go downstairs."
"Ready, set, go."
"Have you seen him?" Jordan asked trying to sound convincing
"Who?" Nicole asked also trying to be convincing
"You know…" she did a hand gesture
"Chris?" Jordan nodded her head, "Why don't you just say his name?"
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"Because."
Piper was in the next room and she could hear Nicole and Jordan fighting, something they never did unless they were joking. But this time it sounded real, so she ran into the, room followed by her sisters, to see what was going on.
"Well it's not like you call Phoebe Phoebe." Jordan yelled
"So?" Nicole asked
"I don't see what the difference is."
"There is one."
"Then what is it?"
"Umm…" Nicole couldn't come up with an answer
"See there is no difference between you calling Phoebe Phoebe and me…"
"Okay stop fighting." Piper said, the two looked over at her
"What were you two fighting over?" Paige asked, Jordan and Nicole stood in silence stood in silence not know what to do.
"Over my name." Phoebe said trying to think they would fight over such a silly thing. "How Nicole never calls me Phoebe…that makes no sense." Nicole and Jordan tried to hide their smiles hoping that someone would get it, "But true I don't think she has called me by my name, why?" Nicole raised her eye brows, "No…but…how…are you?"
"Hi mommy!" Nicole said, Jordan smiled
"Wow, you're my…wow." Phoebe said in shock
"Cool right." Nicole was obviously very happy
"Okay, but what about you." Piper said to Jordan
"I can't tell you." Jordan said
"But Nicole did."
"She didn't tell you, you figured it out. And I never said you couldn't figure it out."
"You two are cousins right." Paige asked, Nicole and Jordan nodded their heads, "So that means you are either mine or Piper's daughter." Jordan did nothing
"But she calls you guys by your first names." Phoebe reasoned remembering the argument before
"Think back." Jordan told them
Phoebe listened to her and thought back to the first day they meet the girls:
"And you two are?" Piper asked pointing to Nicole and Jordan
"We are…umm…cousins?" the two girls look at Chris for approval
"In simplest terms, yeah."
"Chris!" Phoebe yelled
"What is it?" Chris asked orbing into the room; he saw the mischievous looks on Jordan and Nicole's faces.
"Are all three of you from the same future?"
"Yes." Chris said nervously, he knew where this was going
"And how old are you guys?"
"Twent-two."
"Nine."
"Eight."
"Wait, but that means…oh no…but."
"What, tell us what is going on." Piper ordered
"Jordan is Chris's daughter." Phoebe said, Jordan clapped her hands together
"Okay, we'll talk more later, but now I have to talk to these two." Chris said and grabbed Nicole and Jordan's shirts before orbing out
"I thought you said you weren't going to tell them." Chris said angrily
"We didn't, they guessed, all we did was give them clues. You never said that they couldn't guess" Nicole told him
"Still, they know."
"So I like it that they know, I don't like lying."
"I know, but they shouldn't know."
"Well it's a bit late for that now." Nicole pointed out
"I know that too which is why I am writing a spell so they will forget."
"What!"
"Sorry, but I have to."
"Can we al least tell them what they want to know?" Nicole pleaded
"Please daddy." Jordan begged
"Fine, let's go, I don't exactly know how far back the spell will go so we don't want it to take to long." Chris walked as Jordan and Nicole skipped in front of him down the stairs
"Hi grandpa." Jordan said to Leo
"Do you have to tell everyone?" Chris asked annoyed
"Yes."
"I think you defiantly confused Uncle Leo." Nicole said
"First grandpa and now uncle, what is going on?" asked a very confused Leo
"Well, you see, I am Phoebe's daughter and she is Chris's daughter."
"Wow."
"I know, confusion, right?" Phoebe said coming into the room, "So are you guys gonna tell us more or what?"
"Yup let's go." Nicole grabbed Phoebe's hand and they went into the living room where Paige and Piper were, they sat down on the couch across from Chris and the girls
"So what do you want to know?" Chris asked
"How about your real names." Piper said
"I feel like I'm on trial." Jordan said leaning over Chris
"Be quiet, Nicole Penny Halliwell, I think."
"What do you mean you think?" Phoebe asked
"It's complicated, but that is the one I will go with at the moment."
"Okay."
"Well my name is Jordan-Elizabeth Patty Halliwell." Jordan said helping Nicole out
"You have two middle names?" Piper asked
"No, my real name is Jordan-Elizabeth, but no one calls me that not even when dad is really mad at me."
"You don't need to say that." Chris said
"But it's true."
"Wait, why two first names?" Leo asked getting them back on topic
"After her mother." Chris said sound a little sad, Jordan leaned into her father and he rapped an arm around her.
"How did it happen?" Piper asked remember the conversation she had with Chris the night she comforted Jordan after her nightmare
"She had an accident at the beginning of her third trimester, and she lost a lot of blood and slipped away." Tears formed in Chris's eyes
"How old were you?"
"Fourteen."
"What, why?" everyone was a little shocked
"Let's just say I wasn't having that great of a birthday."
"Yes, but it came out with a wonderful result." Jordan said holding her hands up framing herself.
"Now onto Nicole." Phoebe said, "You're not my daughter from my vision, right?"
"No." Nicole's voice got quiet
"So who is she?" Nicole, Jordan, and Chris look down at the floor
"My older sister, Mel."
"Is there anything wrong with her?" Phoebe asked getting worried
"Yeah, well let's just say she and her dad weren't too pleased when they found out you were pregnant with me."
"You two don't have the same father, so then who is yours?"
"I shouldn't tell you."
"Why?"
"You might get mad."
"Why would I?"
"Think."
"You guys really like making us do that don't you?" Nicole let out a little laughed, but she still worried look on her face. Phoebe did as instructed but she couldn't think of anything.
"Think name." Nicole said seeing that her mom was having trouble.
Phoebe repeated Nicole's name in her head saying it over and over again slower each time she said it, but then she remembered her conversation with Jordan earlier that day. "Cole." She finally said out loud
"You got to love those one night stands." Nicole said nervously, "You hate me now don't you?"
"Why would you think that?"
"Because I am half demon and Cole is my father, and Mel and her dad don't really like me."
"Come here sweetie," Phoebe operand her arms, Nicole welcomed the hug, "I could never hate you, you are my daughter and I love you no matter who your father is."
"Really?"
"Yes really." Phoebe kissed the top of Nicole's head before she went back to sitting on the couch next to Chris, "But now I understand why you didn't know what your name was. But what I want to know is why Mel and her dad hate you."
"It's kind of complicated but I had to live with them and they just kind of ignored me."
"Why did you have to live with them?"
"He took her when, well, we can't tell you that." Chris said
"We didn't meet until I was in first grade, he didn't want me to know anything about my family." Nicole said
"Why would he do that?" Phoebe asked
"I don't know."
"How did you three meet then?"
"My neighbor is friends with me and Nicole and one day I was over at her house, but no one knew who I was and I didn't know about them so no one gave it any real thought." Jordan told them
"Then I cam to pick her up and Mel answered the door and it all went downhill from there." Chris added
"I wasn't able to move in with them he didn't think Chris was suitable to take care of me, but I some how ended up being over there a lot more then my house." Nicole said sounding a lot happier
"Wait, Chris did you live with any adult while raising Jordan?" Piper asked
"At first grandpa, he helped me with everything, but towards the end I was on my own."
"Fine just make me sound like some test." Jordan said, "I feel so used." Everyone started to laugh, Chris nudged the girls and they knew that their time was up
"Time be frozen, time be stopped, turn back the clocks so this will be forgot." They said, the spell took effect and everyone was out of the room except for the three of them
"Do you think they will remember anything?" Jordan asked leaning into Chris
"I don't know."
"I hope so I liked calling someone mom." Nicole told them, Chris pulled Nicole and Jordan in tight.
"I just got really tired." Jordan yawned
"Me too." Nicole agreed and they all closed their eyes and soon they were fast asleep
Piper, Leo, Paige, and Phoebe all cam downstairs to see Chris, Nicole, and Jordan sleeping peacefully on the couch, Chris's arms hanging protectively over the girls
"Look how cute they are." Paige whispered
"I know, I almost don't want to move them." Phoebe said
"We really should, they have school tomorrow and we don't want them to be tired." Piper reasoned
"True."
"Okay Paige you and Phoebe can take them up to their room and we'll take care of Chris." Piper and Leo moved Chris's arms so Paige could orb Nicole and Jordan upstairs. When they were gone Leo loved Chris so he was lying down on the couch, Piper then got a blanket and covered their son.
"He looks so peaceful." Leo whispered to Piper
"I know, it must be hard for him to have the weight of the world on his shoulders, come on let's go help Phoebe and Paige."
"I'll be up in a sec." Leo said and orbed Piper into the girl's bedroom. She saw that Paige and Phoebe had already changed the girls into their pajamas and were putting them to bed. Piper went over to Jordan and tucked her in before giving her a kiss on the head.
Nicole and Jordan woke up the next morning to find themselves in their own beds. They were a little confused, but then remembered the events from the night before. They slowly got out of bed and got dressed before heading downstairs, they really didn't want to have to face everyone. They went into the kitchen to see Chris drinking coffee.
"Morning." Chris said, he gave Jordan a kiss on the head
"Morning." They said and sat down next to Chris who did not say anything else
"Good morning everyone." Phoebe said cheerfully
"Morning."
"Why the sad faces?"
"Tired."
"Hey have you two eaten anything yet?" Piper asked coming into the room
"No."
"Well you should eat something, why don't you two finish getting ready and I'll fix something up for you."
"Yes Piper." Jordan said getting up
"What happened to grandma?"
"You remembered?" Jordan asked getting excited
"How could I forget me granddaughter?"
"I don't know."
"We could never forget you two." Phoebe said giving Nicole a kiss on her head
"Quick go get ready you don't want to be late for school." Piper said, she saw Chris smile as the two girls ran out of the room, "Wow you're smiling."
"Is that a bad thing?" Chris asked
"No, I like it; you should do it more often."
"I'll make a note of it."
"What are you thinking about?" Piper asked putting her hands and his shoulders
"How you just made Nicole and Jordan's day. You have no idea how long they have wanted to tell you, I'm surprised they didn't tell you sooner."
"It looks like you did a good job raising them."
"I guess I did, or I hope I did."
