Chapter 3 – Green Slime & Reconciliations

"Maybe you should just take me out back and hose me down." Piper stared at Phoebe as she said this. They were in the kitchen, and Piper was trying to get demon slime out of their clothes. Jamie walked in. She looked at Phoebe and smiled.

"You're here!" She ran over to her and they hugged.

"Hey! I've missed you so much."

"I've missed you too." Paige orbed in.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry I'm late, did I miss the vanquish?" Piper looked at her, then at Phoebe.

"Ask her." Paige smiled at Phoebe and Jamie. "Hey!" She hugged Jamie, then Phoebe.

"How are you? How's Richard?" Phoebe asked.

"Fabulous, he was taking his sweet time getting out of the house this morning, that's why I couldn't orb."

"Wait, you don't orb with him in the house?" Phoebe looked confused.

"She's asked Richard to not use his magic." Piper said.

"Yeah, so I'm trying to be supportive and not use my magic in front of him."

"Wow, a magic free life. You're the last witch in the world I'd expect that from." Phoebe looked at Paige.

"It's not magic free, just, magic lite." Jamie smiled.

"It's still a lot to give up." Piper walked over to the counter as Paige hopped up onto it.

"What I get from him, kind of more than makes up for it, I think."

"Ew." Jamie laughed at Phoebe as she said this.

"How's Hong Kong?" Jamie asked.

"Fascinating. I'm studying numerology and the Chinese zodiac. But, you know, distant waters doesn't quench the immediate thirst." Jamie and Paige stared at her.

"Huh?"

"Ancient Chinese proverb." Piper said.

"It just means that I miss my family."

"Well, that's good. 'Cause your family misses you too. I mean, aside from Jamie, the only other people I have to talk to are my baby, who doesn't really sat much. And a really neurotic whitelighter."

"Yeah, speaking of." Phoebe looked at Jamie. "What's going on with you two?"

"The same." Jamie sighed. "We don't exactly talk much. Things are…"

"Complicated?" Paige asked.

"Yeah. Really complicated."

"Yeah." Piper sighed. "And now he's more determined than ever to protect Wyatt from evil, which means there's a new demon hunt everyday."

"I feel like such a bad sister." Phoebe shook her head. "Leaving you guys alone to handle all this."

"No. No. We're fine." Piper looked at Jamie. "We actually enjoy having the manor to ourselves. Don't we?" Jamie looked at the sisters.

"To a certain extent, yeah."

"Oh, come on, we have room to sped out, and life is very quiet and calm, and, best of all, everything stays clean." They laughed. While the girls were talking, they didn't notice the slime slide off Phoebe and Piper's clothes onto the counter. Piper walked over and picked up the pile and walked into the laundry room with it.

"Well, if I'm gonna hang out, I'd better go change my clothes. I think I left some here."

"I'll go with you." Paige and Phoebe started walking upstairs. Jamie followed.

"Yeah, um, about that…" They walked into Phoebe's room.

"What happened to my room?" Phoebe looked at Jamie.

"Well, um, Piper kind of told me to move your stuff out of here."

"What?"

"I tried to tell her no, but you know Piper." Phoebe sighed.

"Well, I guess you can barrow something from me." Paige told her. Jamie sighed as they walked into Paige's room next. Phoebe smiled when she saw Wyatt sitting in Leo's lap. Jamie didn't know Chris was up here, she looked at him for a second, but quickly looked away when he looked at her.

"Oh, hi, baby!" Phoebe ran over to Wyatt. Paige looked around.

"This one too?"

"Yeah, you move, you lose it in this family." Phoebe said as Paige sat down on the couch. Jamie stood by the door. Chris looked at Phoebe.

"You could loose a lot more than a bedroom when this is over." She looked at him.

"Hi Chris, I'm fine, thank you. And you?"

"It's his job to offer his opinion." Leo said.

"You know the only reason why she's here, is because Paige missed the vanquish." As Chris was saying this, he didn't notice the slime climbing out of the vent by his foot.

"Another one?" Leo asked.

"Yeah, that makes, what, five in a row now?"

"You guys are such nags." Paige sighed. The slime climbed onto his foot.

"When did you two become so chummy?" Phoebe asked about Chris and Leo.

"We're not chummy, it's just he's gone through a lot protecting Wyatt, and I figure instead of doubting him, I should help him." Piper walked into the room.

"So, what do you guys think? You like Wyatt's new room?"

"I like it." Paige sighed. "I just liked my room too."

"And I like it, I just like my room too." Phoebe smiled.

"Well, you guys were the ones that moved out. Not me."

"So, where are my clothes?" Phoebe stood up.

OOO

Jamie followed the sisters up to the attic, Phoebe and Paige were looking through the boxes.

"This is really, kinda, hitting home." Paige said as she took a pile of her clothes out of a box. Jamie looked at her.

"What?"

"That I don't live here anymore." Paige sat down on a chair.

"Oh, I know what you mean." Phoebe sighed.

"Richard's just doesn't feel like home yet, you know. I don't know, I guess I just had more fun here.

"Yeah, 'cause this place is a riot." Piper said as she walked over to them.

"I don't know, I guess I'm more free here." Paige smirked. "Free to be me."

"Hey," Phoebe looked at Jamie. "What was up with you downstairs?"

"What do you mean?" She looked at her.

"You were totally silent when we walked into Paige's, well, now Wyatt's, room."

"No I wasn't."

"Uh, yeah, you were." Paige looked at Jamie.

"Was it because Chris was in the room?" Jamie stared at Phoebe.

"What? No- I- Well-" Phoebe put her arm around her.

"Sweetie, you can't let him control you. If he's dumb enough to not talk to you, then he doesn't deserve you." Jamie sighed.

"It's not him."

"What?" Paige asked.

"It's not him that's doing the, not-talking." She sighed. "It's me."

"Why won't you talk to him?"

"I don't know, the last time we talked. It was really bad." She sighed.

"Well, I think you should talk to him." She nodded and didn't they didn't say anymore of it. Piper starting looking though the box.

"Oh, wow. Phoebe," Piper pulled a pair of red boots out of the box. "These are some boots."

"No, they're not mine. But I wish they were 'cause they're hot."

"Yeah, they're really cute." Jamie said.

"The box says 'Penny'. Penny, as in Grams, Penny?"

"No way, I refuse to believe that grams wore anything this hot." Phoebe said. She handed them to Paige. "Here, they're your size Paige, try 'em on." Paige groaned.

"I don't know."

"Oh, come on. Just do it."

"They're kind of sixties."

"So, what's wrong with the sixties?"

"The sixties was, like, the worst fashion era." Paige said as she put on the boots. "Hello, bad clothing, bad hair, and extremely questionable personal hygiene." She looked at Jamie, Phoebe and Piper. "Hey they fit." Right after she said this, she disappeared. Jamie looked at the sisters.

"Um, where did she go?"

OOO

Piper called for Leo. He and Chris orbed in.

"What's wrong?"

"We lost Paige." Chris stared at Phoebe.

"What do you mean, you lost Paige?"

"Well, it was really weird, one second she was here. The next second… Poof."

"It kinda happened after she put on a pair of Grams's boots." Piper told them.

"Grams used to cast spells on her clothes when she was young." Phoebe looked at Leo.

"You knew Grams when she was young?"

"Yeah, we crossed paths once or twice when I was a young whitelighter." Piper, Jamie and Phoebe stared at Leo.

"Ew." Piper said.

"Well, I barely remember it."

"Huh" Piper looked at him.

"Yeah. Ew." Jamie said.

"Well, if the boots did belong to your grandmother, then we'd better summon her from the dead." After he said this, Chris and Jamie made eye contact, and this time she didn't look away. "Maybe she can tell us what happened to Paige."

"I'll get the candles." Phoebe grabbed Piper's arm. Piper pointed at Leo.

'But you-" She stared to say, but Phoebe pulled her away.

OOO

"You know if I hadn't taken over Paige's room this would've never happened. This is all my fault." Piper said as Phoebe finished lighting the candles.

"What's done is done." Leo and Chris said at the same time. They looked at each other. Phoebe looked at them.

"Okay, you two really need to get a room."

"Yeah." Piper said as she eyed them. Chris smiled. Phoebe summed grams, and the slime that was on Chris's shoe grew. Grams smiled as she passed through the circle.

"Well, it's about time you called to say hello." She hugged Phoebe, then Piper. "Oh, how are my darlings?"

"Well, we got a problem." Piper said. Grams looked at Chris.

'Well, you're not the only one." Jamie looked at Chris, worried. Leo looked at him.

"Orb out."

"No, magic makes it grow. Summoning her spirit already gave it power."

"You must be Chris. The new whitelighter." Grams walked over to Leo. "You know, he doesn't look very qualified for the job."

"Chris, just let me blast it." Piper said.

"She's right. Just orb." He shook his head at Phoebe.

"Chris! Just do it!" Jamie yelled as the slime started to cover his head. He stared to orb.

"Now!" Piper blew it up. But it fell to the ground and soaked through the floorboards. They all stared at the floor, but Chris was staring at Jamie.

OOO

Piper and Phoebe were sitting on the couch while Grams asked them questions.

"You and Paige moved out? When?"

"Uh, a few weeks ago." Phoebe said. "But we're handling everything."

"Dear, you have Paige stuck in the past and a demonic blob roaming the manor. Exactly how are you managing things?" Piper looked at Grams.

"We're still in an adjustment period."

"There would be no adjustment period if you were living under one roof. Why in heavens name did you move out?"

"To be with Jason." Phoebe said. "You said it yourself, never give up on love, remember?"

"I didn't say give up on your sisters." Grams turned to Piper. "And you, you're the oldest, how could you let them move out?"

"You know, it really wasn't that hard. 'Cause they deserve a shot at a normal life."

"They're not normal, Piper, and neither are you. When are you going to learn that?"

"Well I guess never." Piper and Phoebe started laughing.

"All this over men." Grams sighed. "How many times have told you men are utensils, you use them, wash them, and throw them in a drawer until you need them again." Chris and Leo walked into the room.

"Shh." Chris said.

"Everyone quiet." Leo looked at them. Chris walked over to the wall and put his ear against it.

"I can hear it." Jamie walked down the stairs. "I think it's in the wall." She looked at him.

"What?"

"The slime thing's in the wall." Phoebe told Jamie as she sat down beside her and Piper.

"Okay," Chris said. "We're gonna need Paige, it took the power of three to vanquish this thing in the future."

"What?" Piper looked at him. "If you knew that, why didn't you tell me that in the first place."

"Because I could barely get two of you together, let alone three. Besides this thing's not that big right now and I thought two could handle it."

"Leo." Grams said. "You take point. Chris here is much to green to guide my girls."

"What? You know, you can just stop that-"

"Ah-ah. Quiet." Grams put her hand up to shush him. Jamie smirked. "It's time to get this floundering ship a rudder. Now, which boots did Paige put on?"

"Red go-go boots." Piper said. Grams looked at her.

"We've got a problem. Those boots took Paige back to the summer of love, which was one of the most crucial times in my life."

"What do you mean crucial?" Phoebe asked.

"Your grandfather Allen, rest his soul, was a sweet man. But he led me down the hippie-dippie trail."

"You were a flower child?" Phoebe asked.

"Yeah, well, don't rub it in. What's important is that Allen was killed by my best friend. I didn't know it then, but she was evil. And I walked in right after it happened." Jamie looked at her.

"What did you do?" She asked.

"Well, let's just say that my peacenik days ended fast, along with that bitch Robyn. If she hadn't killed Allen..."

"You'd still be a flower child."

"And the Charmed Ones would be dead. I know I'm a ball buster. But it kept me alive to protect my girls from all the demons that came after them as kids. I cast my return to owner spell on a lot of clothes that summer, so..." Phoebe perked up.

"So we get to go back there? We get to meet our grandfather?" She asked.

"Don't make too much out of it because whatever you do, you can't change the past or tell anyone you're from the future."

"Well, why does he get to?"

"Because I know what I'm doing." Phoebe snorted.

"Not from where I'm standing." Grams said to Chris. Jamie tried really hard not to laugh. "I'll stay here with Leo, Jamie, and the newbie to contain the slime, until you can bring Paige back to vanquish it, okay? Okay, go, get dressed. You are going to the summer of love.

OOO

Grams, Leo, Chris, and Jamie were all in Wyatt's room. Jamie was holding Wyatt as they talked.

"The way I see it," Grams said. "We're all targets for the slime. We need a plan to control it until the girls get back."

"In the future, everyone tried to control the demon with no name. But it can't be done." Chris said.

"That's hardly a winning attitude, young man. And why in heaven's name couldn't the people in the future find some name for that thing?" Leo looked at Chris.

"Speaking of the future, what's so awful that happens to Wyatt?"

"You know I can't tell you that."

"C'mon I'm an Elder." Chris shook his head.

"Excuse me, back on point. Uh, the slime? I'm taking suggestions." Grams said. Jamie put Wyatt down in his crib as she listened to them talk. Wyatt started reaching for his bottle.

"We could orb it to an ice drift." Chris looked at Leo.

"Nah. That's bad."

"It's not bad, it's awful." Grams nodded "You can't orb that thing, it feeds on magic."

"So what's your great idea?"

"Are you giving me lip?" Chris looked at her.

"No." Jamie smirked at him. At that point Wyatt decided to orb his bottle to him. The slime quickly shot through the wall, going for the magic. Leo quickly grabbed Wyatt, Chris saw that Jamie couldn't make it out of the way before it hit her. He quickly dove towards her and brought her down with him. The demon hit the lamp by Wyatt's crib and went back into the wall. Jamie looked at Chris, they quickly got up and ran downstairs. They all looked around the house, looking for the slime.

"I think it stopped." Leo said. Chris looked at Jamie.

"Are you okay?" She looked at him.

"Yeah. Thanks." He nodded then turned to Leo.

"Get Wyatt out of the house. If it tries to follow, I'll fire off an orb or two to distract it." He turned to Grams. "You okay with that?"

"Yeah, it's just what I had in mind."

"Good." They went they're separate ways, Jamie followed Chris. Leo tried to take Wyatt to the door, but the slime oozed up the doorway, trapping them in. Leo walked over to where Chris and Jamie were standing, they all walked into the kitchen.

"What'd it do?" Leo asked. "Split in half?"

"How do we get out?" Chris looked around.

"I don't know, orb?" Chris shook his head.

"The last time I orbed, that thing almost swallowed me whole."

"What do you think, Penny?" Leo, Chris and Jamie turned around to find Grams standing in a tie-dyed outfit.

"I think love conquers all. I think we should take the demon into our arms and make it feel safe." They all looked at each other.

"Guys, can I talk to you for a second, please?"

"Do you mind holding him for a second?" Leo asked Grams.

"Of course." He handed him to her. "Come here moonbeam."

"Wyatt. His name's Wyatt." They walk into the kitchen.

"One of the sisters must have changed the past because Penny clearly never meant to change from flower child to demon hunter." Chris said. Jamie stood there with her mouth open as Grams sang to Wyatt.

"Clearly." Leo said. "Think the girls can fix the timeline and get back here?"

"I don't know. But this thing is trying to back us into a corner. Take Wyatt and Joan Baez here into the conservatory. Me and Jamie will get what we need to fight it off." Leo, Grams and Wyatt go into the other room. Jamie looked at Chris.

"What are we gonna do?" He grabbed the blender. She stared at him. "What? Are we gonna turn it into a smoothie?" He laughed.

"Just trust me." She smiled at him.

OOO

Leo, Chris, Jamie, Wyatt, and Grams were all standing in the Dining Room. There was a huge pile of appliances on the table. Leo looked at Chris.

"Why isn't it attacking? It's like it cornered us and now it's just waiting."

"I think we need to toaster oven." Leo sighed as he went over and added the toaster oven to the pile.

"You know, that's a disaster waiting to happen." Grams, who was still holding Wyatt, said.

"That's the idea. You saw how the slime reacted to electricity. Well, if we can get it to attack this pile, maybe we can get to zap it." Chris said. Leo looked around for a place to plug the pile into.

"If I can find a place to plug it in."

"No offence, you know, but my dear Allen would have taken the path of peaceful resistance. Have you tried talking to the slime?" Leo smirked as she said this.

"No, I haven't. And you shouldn't either." He turned to Chris. "But if you're up to some light conversation, maybe you wanna tell me what happens to Wyatt in the future."

"Uh, nice try." Leo plugged in the toaster oven.

"Got it." As soon as he said this, the power went out. They all groaned.

"Damn it!" Leo yelled.

"I told you, boys, violence is not the answer to anything." Grams said.

"Where's the fuse box?" Chris sighed.

"It's in the basement." Leo said. "Find a flashlight in the laundry room." Jamie put her hand on Chris's shoulder.

"I'll go with you." He nodded. They walked over to the laundry room. Jamie leaned on something that had broken glass on it. "Ow!" Chris quickly turned to her.

"What happened?" She couldn't see, but she knew her hand was bleeding pretty badly. She looked at him.

"Nothing, just me being a moron. I leaned on something and it had glass on it." Chris quickly grabbed the flashlight and shined it on her hand, it was covered in blood.

"We need to get you to Leo-" He started walking, but she stopped him.

"No, we need to get the power back on so we can kill this demon." He looked at her and nodded. He looked around the room and found a white T-shirt. He grabbed it and ripped it.

"Let me see you hand." She looked at him for a second, then let him bandage her hand. He was gentle. After he was done, he looked at her. "Better?" She nodded.

"Thanks." They found their way to the basement door. Chris opened the door and shined the flashlight down the stairs, him and Jamie both looked at each other before running back into the kitchen and closing the door.

"Leo!" Leo ran in.

"What is it? What is it?" He asked.

"The slime, in the basement feeding on the Nexus." Chris told him.

"How big was it?" Jamie and Chris stared at him. Chris handed him the flashlight. Leo opened the door and then quickly shut it as the slime tried to get out. He looked at Chris and Jamie. "Big." They both nodded.

"Yeah. Big."

OOO

A little while later, Chris, Jamie and Leo were all in the kitchen. Leo was holding Wyatt. Chris was holding two wires.

"If the demon comes at us, I'll try and hold it off with this." Grams walked over to the basement door and opened it.

"Don't be afraid of us. We won't hurt you." They all looked at her.

"Penny, get back!" Leo said as she was sucked in. They stared in shock.

OOO

Leo handed Wyatt to Jamie. Chris told her to go into the living room, she did. Chris was trying to keep the door shut as the demon tried to break free.

"There's no sign of the demon in the rest of the house." Leo said as he helped Chris.

"I figured it was distracting us before so he could feed on Nexus."

"What about Penny? Is she...?" Leo asked.

"I don't know." The slime tried to creep through the bottom of the door, but Chris grabbed the two wires and tried to zap it, but more slime kept trying to seep through. "I can't keep up with it, we've gotta get out."

"No." Leo shook his head. "We have to keep fighting. It's what Penny would want us to do." They kept trying to fight it.

OOO

A little while later, Chris and Leo still were trying to keep the demon in the basement. Leo looked at Chris.

"Go. Get out of here."

"No." Chris shook his head. "Not without you."

"This thing's gonna swallow you whole." Chris looked at him.

"Most likely." As Chris said this, Piper, Phoebe and Paige appeared behind them.

"Stand back fellas." Piper said.

"Drawing on the power of three, destroy this evil entity." Paige said the spell and the demon was vanquished. Piper looked at them.

"Where's Wyatt?" Jamie walked into the kitchen.

"Right here." She said. "Can you take him, my hand hurts really bad." Piper took him and looked at her hand.

"What happened?"

"Nothing, I just leaned on some glass." Piper looked at Leo.

"Leo, heal her." He walked over to her.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner." He said as he healed her hand.

"I didn't wanna bother you with any more problems." She looked at Chris. "Besides, Chris helped me with it." She thanked him after he was finished. Phoebe looked around.

"What about Grams? Where is she?" Chris and Jamie looked at each other. Leo sighed.

"She didn't make it." The girls frowned. Phoebe looked like she was about to cry, but Grams came out of the basement door coughing.

"Nonsense." She said. "You can't damage an old war horse like me. I'm already dead." Chris and Jamie smiled. Phoebe ran over to Grams.

"Yay, Grams. I'm so glad you're back!" Phoebe hugs her. Paige walked over to where Leo, Jamie and Chris were standing.

"Hey there sun god." Jamie and Chris looked at each other they both mouthed 'sun god?' then laughed. Leo looked at Paige.

"Hey, that was a long time ago. Let's just keep that between us, okay?" He said. Grams walked over to Chris and Leo.

"Hey, I wanna thank you two for not giving up the fight. I'm really proud of you boys. You did good." Chris and Leo both smiled as she said this.

OOO

Paige and Phoebe orbed out of Wyatt's room as Leo walked in. He looked at Piper, who was staring at Wyatt.

"Everything alright?" He asked.

"No." She said. "It's not. I mean, I know it seems to them that I'm moving on with my life and everything's fine but it's not true. I wish they were still here."

"You should tell them that."

"No, I shouldn't. I should just go to bed. Good night."

"Good night." She walked out of the room. Leo looked down at Wyatt. "Good Night moonbeam."

OOO

Jamie took a deep breath as she stood in front of the door to Chris's room at P3. Piper had given her the keys and told her to lock up after she talked to him. She took a shaky hand and knocked on the door. He opened it, he looked surprised to see her.

"Hi." He said.

"Hi." She said. "Um, can I come in." He opened the door wider to let her in.

"Sure." She walked in and looked at him. He quickly moved stuff of the couch so she could sit. "Thanks." He sat down next to her.

"So…" He looked at her.

"Uh, I kind of, wanted to talk to you."

"Yeah?" She nodded. "Uh, okay." She sighed.

"I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry." He looked at her. "I'm sorry for not talking to you, I'm sorry for yelling at you. I'm just sorry."

"You had a right to yell at me, and a right to not talk to me." She shook her head.

"No I didn't." She looked at her feet. They seemed very interesting at this point. "I can see why you didn't tell me about her. I mean, after what happened that night- You probably regretted-"

"I don't regret kissing you." She looked at him. "I know I shouldn't have. And I know it was wrong. But I'm not sorry I did."

"You're not?" He shook his head. "Oh."

"Oh?"

"Yeah." She stared back down at her feet.

"Oh, that's all you have to say?"

"That's all I can say right now." He raised his eyebrows at her. She stared at him. "Well what do you want me to say. Chris? You just told me that you're not sorry that you kissed me! What do you expect me-" He cut her off with a kiss. The kiss was short and sweet, but Jamie never wanted it to end. When he pulled away he smiled at the expression on her face.

"Now what do you say?" She smiled as she kissed him again.

OOOOOOO

A/N: What do you guys think? I hope you like it so far. I'm having a blast writing it! Please review! Sorry I didn't write the sisters in the 60's, but I just didn't think it would really fit well. I would just be repeating half the episode. Anyway, I look forward to reading your reviews! TTYL!