Phoebe, Paige, and Jamie walk into the Halliwell manor carrying bags.
"I think she's upstairs." Phoebe says.
"Ahh, I got a neck spasm." Paige says. Phoebe looks at her.
"Don't drop the bags, she'll hear you."
"Thanks for your concern." Jamie laughs. Darryl and Sheila walk in.
"Are you okay?" Sheila asks.
"Yeah, sometimes it flares up under stress."
"Yeah, you got enough stress in your life, that's for damn sure." Darryl says. They all walk into the dining room and put the bags onto the table.
"What you guys do, I'm surprised it doesn't flair up all the time." Sheila says.
"It's not the demons, it's this birthday stuff, especially Piper's. I always screw up the surprise." Darryl takes a couple bags into the kitchen, Phoebe thanks him.
"Plus, I have no idea what I'm gonna get her and obviously time is running out." Phoebe looks at her sister.
"Paige, I told you, you can come in on the dinner with me, I don't mind."
"I appreciate that, but I don't want to jump on your bandwagon. I wanna do my own thing."
"Well, being a mom, I can tell you that a nice normal dinner with friends and family is the perfect gift. Especially since you guys don't live here anymore." Sheila says as she helps unpack the bags.
"No, the perfect gift actually doesn't exist anymore." Paige looks at Phoebe.
"Do tell." She says.
"It's a charm bracelet that mom gave Piper and Piper loved it but then Prue lost it."
"Oh, I remember that." Jamie said.
"Why don't we just cast a…"
"A lost and found spell? I tried it, it didn't work." Phoebe says.
"Is Jason coming to the party?" Sheila asks.
"No." Phoebe shakes her head. "He's in some far away land, like Zimbabwe or something."
"Well, that must be fun, you guys traveling all around the world together."
"Yeah, it's-it's nice. I just- I really miss home. I'm happy to be here right now." Phoebe smiled. Darryl walks back into the room.
"What about your beau? Is he coming?" He asked.
"Richard?" Paige asks. She shakes her head. "No, he's kind of got a bit of a problem with magic. Or it has a problem with him."
"He doesn't like it?"
"No, magic just doesn't like him. It's a long story."
"So, it's just us then?" Sheila asks.
"What about Leo?" Darryl asked.
"Yeah, we kind of thought that that was inappropriate." Phoebe says.
"Well, what about Chris?"
"I asked him to come, but I don't know if he's going to." Jamie said.
"Oh that's right." Sheila said. "I forgot about you too." Jamie smiled. They all hear footsteps coming from upstairs.
"That's her." Phoebe said. She turns to Darryl and Sheila. "Out, out. Hurry! Hurry!" They quickly start walking out. Darryl turns to them.
"We'll see you tomorrow then." They leave; Phoebe turns to her sister.
"Paige, the groceries!" Paige grabs the bags and orbs them to the kitchen. Piper walks down the stairs. Phoebe smiles at her. "Hey."
"Hey." She said. "How's that surprise party going?" Jamie smirks at them. Piper walks into the kitchen, followed closely by Phoebe. Jamie follows them.
"Wh-What do you mean, surprise party?" Phoebe asks. "There's no surprise party."
"Just do me a favor and don't invite Greg." Piper says. "Or any other guys for that matter, because I'm done with them."
"I'm sorry?" Paige asks.
"It's kind of an epiphany I had, um, right after I vanquished a demon in Wyatt's room."
"Wait, What?" Jamie asks.
"You know, an epiphany, a revelation."
"No, I know about the epiphany. What do you mean a demon?"
"Why didn't you call us?" Paige asked.
"Well, I didn't want to bother you. It's no big deal, I blew him up, he's gone." Piper says.
"Okay, do you know every time you say that, they come back with a vengeance?" Paige says.
"Kiss of death." Phoebe added.
"It doesn't matter because I'm on it full time now. I'm actually thinking of selling the club, 'cause I have a new mission in life and it's all become very clear to me." Piper said. Jamie stars at her with her mouth wide open.
"Would you care to elaborate?" Paige questions.
"Do you guys know that Wyatt called me mama?"
"He did? Oh, his first word." Phoebe says.
"Right after he was attacked. I don't think I'm gonna be putting that in his baby book." Piper walks out of the kitchen, the girls follow.
"Back to giving up guys." Paige says.
"It's kind of freeing, actually, you know, not having to play the dating game. It was just a big waste of time for me anyway. I mean, I gave it my best shot, I did. But it just didn't work out for me." Piper said as they walked through the entryway.
"Okay, that is completely ridiculous. You've been single for six months." Paige argued.
"No, that's fate, it's my fate, and I accept it. Apparently you only get one soul mate in a life time, so I guess Leo was mine." Piper said. "And now I'm ready to devote my life to protecting and raising Wyatt." She opens the front door.
"Well, what about sex." Jamie looks at Phoebe as she says this. She shrugged.
"Well." Piper started. "You know, I'm the mother of one of the most magical creatures ever, sex rather pales in comparison, don't you think?" Piper walks into the other room. Phoebe and Jamie both look at Paige.
"She doesn't need a party, she needs an intervention." She said.
OOO
Phoebe walked into the attic, where Paige was working on what looked like a potion.
"Okay, Piper couldn't find the demon in the book. Any luck up here?" Phoebe asks.
"Uh, actually, I'm working on something else." Paige says.
"A vanquishing potion?"
"No. A birthday present." She throws something into the pot.
"A birthday present. Paige, you're not going to be able to find the charm bracelet."
"Trust me, this will be even better. The perfect gift."
"Okay, what are you talking about?"
"I figured Piper has no love in her life right now, so I think she needs a little love back in her life."
"Okay, so you're making a love potion?"
"No, I'm making a love machine. I am making the perfect man." Paige looks very proud of herself at this point.
"Are you kidding me? Are you out of your mind?"
"No. I don't think I am. Listen, we've conjured magical beings before, so, you know, hey, what's the big deal?"
"The big deal is they always come back to bite us in the ass."
"No-no-no-no. This one won't. He's just be around for her birthday from midnight to midnight."
"Paige, we can't just conjure up a sex toy."
"Listen, I figure magic owes Piper. It has taken away the love of her life, and now it's threatening to take away love from the rest of her life. Look, I get Wyatt is super important, I do get that. But I think this could be for the greater good."
"Mm-hm."
"Okay, let's write down some qualities."
"Qualities, what do you mean qualities?"
"You know, qualities for the perfect man."
"Oh. Okay," Phoebe picks up a stack of cards and a pen. "Well, I think she would want someone that, um, lives near by and, you know, doesn't travel a lot."
"Yeah, well, I would write down something about somebody who I could do magic in front of but these are you qualities you and I would want, not qualities that Piper would necessarily want."
"Right, okay, um. I think she wants, you know, a strong man but someone that's not afraid to show his sensitive side."
"Sensitive but not a wuss bag." Paige writes this down on a card said and throws it into the cauldron.
"And someone that is a good listener." Phoebe throws the card in.
"Okay, good cook." And another one…
"Handy around the house." And another one…
"Good with kids." Yes, another one…
"Gets the whole normal life thing." One more…
"Has a really big..." Phoebe looks at Paige.
"Paige!"
"Uh, is this the perfect guy or what?" Phoebe thought about this for a second.
"Alright, throw it in." They continue coming up with qualities for Piper's perfect man.
OOO
Meanwhile, Piper was sitting in her room, flipping through the Book of Shadows. Chris was standing in front of her.
"How am I supposed to protect Wyatt if you don't tell me when a demon attacks until hours later?" He asked.
"Because, Chris, I'm taking care of it." She says.
"That's fine, but what happens if this demon was the one? The one who was after Wyatt. The reason why I came back."
"Well, then you're in luck because I blew him up. Not to mention, how many demons have you said that about so far?"
"Piper, I've just got Wyatt's best interest in mind."
"So do I. Demon's not in here." She closes the book and stands up. She starts folding laundry.
"Well, what's it look like?"
"Tall, robed with a metal rod thingy."
"Really?" He stared at her. "Well, that narrows it down."
"If another one shows up I'll be here."
"That's just my point, Piper, what if you're not here? What happens if you have a date with the fireman or whoever else you're seeing this week?"
"Look, Chris, I don't want to go into it. But I'm not gonna be out on a date with the fireman or anybody else for that matter, anytime soon, so that I can focus more on Wyatt."
"What?"
"Did I stutter?" Jamie was walking down the hall, when she heard Chris's voice, she peeked into Piper's room.
"Piper, you can't give up on love. Ever." He said.
"Why not?" She asked.
"Because you just can't, that's why. It's not natural." Jamie smiled at this. "Look, all I'm saying is you don't have to make that type of sacrifice to protect Wyatt. That's why I'm here."
"Well, you weren't here earlier, were you?" She grabbed the basket and started walking towards the hall. He followed her.
"No, but Jamie was." They walked out into the hall, Jamie was standing there. "And she still is." He smiled. "Hi."
"Hi." She smiled back. They kiss as Piper walked by them. He sighed and followed her down the hall, Jamie followed.
"I still don't think you should do this." He said.
"Look, the only thing that matters right now is what's best for Wyatt." She said.
"This is not what's best for Wyatt, Piper."
"How do you know?"
"Because I've seen the future and this isn't supposed to happen."
"So what is supposed to happen?" She looks at him.
"Come on, you know I can't answer that."
"Well, since you're sent from the future to change it, maybe this is one of the things that needs to be changed."
"No, it's not." Piper goes into Wyatt's room, Chris follows. Jamie leans against the doorway. "Believe me, it's not."
"Shh." Piper looks at her son, then walks over to the dresser. There was a package on it. "Who left this?"
"Look." He ignored her. "If you're so concerned about protecting Wyatt, there's other ways to go about doing it, you know." Piper opens the card that was with the gift.
"Like what?" She asked.
"Like letting Leo take him up there for a while." Chris moves towards the crib. Wyatt puts his protective shield up. "You could always bind his powers."
"Leo left me a birthday present." Piper said. "How sweet." Chris sighs and walks over to Piper.
"Will you think about what I said?"
"About what?"
"About binding Wyatt's powers." Piper thinks on this for half a second.
"No way."
"Why not?" Chris said. "Nobody would ever be after him and you'd have your life back."
"But that would be selfish of me, wouldn't it? Put my needs before his destiny. I'm not being a martyr, Chris, I'm not. I just get it now. I'm the mother of a very special child that if I do my job right, his gonna grow up to do very special things. What could possibly be more important than that?" Chris doesn't say anything. Wyatt whimpers, Piper tucks him in. "Sweetie go back to sleep. I will be right back." Piper turns off the light and walks past Chris. Jamie lets her walk past her as well. She walked up to Chris and put her hand of his back.
"It'll work out." He nodded.
"I know." She gave a small smile.
OOO
Piper and Phoebe are still up in the attic working on the perfect man for Piper. They throw another card in and it explodes.
"Okay, I can't think of anything else." Phoebe said.
"One more thing." Paige picks up a bottle. "Magical pheromones."
"Magical pheromones?"
"Yeah, see, it's just one thing to give him an extra shot, to help Piper be a little more receptive since he's only got a day."
"I hope we're doing the right thing, I hope this doesn't backfire, you know."
"I don't think it will. If this were a date, honey, this would be the martini." Paige throws in a few pheromones.
"Okay." They pick up the spell and read it together.
"A perfect man we summon now, another way we don't know how, to make our sister see the light, some where out there is mister right." Magical lights come out of the cauldron and float to the center of the room. A naked man appears and turns to face Phoebe and Paige.
"Hello."
"Perfect." Both Paige and Phoebe swoon over him.
OOO
Jamie is sitting in her bedroom when she hears a knock on the door.
"Who is it?"
"Me." She smiled at Chris's voice.
"Come in." He walks in to find her on her bed with a bunch of pictures spread out everywhere.
"What are you doing?" She looked up at him.
"Huh?" He points to the mess on her bed. "Oh. It's my birthday present for Piper. Since I don't have any money, and even if I did I would know what to get her, I'm making her a present." He stared at her.
"You're making Piper a birthday present." She nodded.
"Yep." Her tone of voice was very cheerful.
"You sound very happy about this." She smiled.
"I am." He shook his head and sat down beside her.
"You are a very strange person, you know that."
"Thank you." She smiled. He looked at the stuff on her bed.
"So what are you making?"
"A scrapbook."
"What the hell is a scrapbook?"
"It's pretty much a photo album, but prettier."
"Uh-huh." He nodded.
"And you can put stuff in it. Like ticket stubs or something."
"Oh." She pointed to a picture.
"Can you hand me that?" He picked it up and looked at it. It was a picture of Piper, Phoebe, and a little girl.
"Who's the kid?" She took the picture from him.
"Me." He grabbed the picture back.
"That's you?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"How old are you here?"
"About six or seven." He stared at the picture. She looked at him. "What?"
"Nothing." He shook his head. "You have pigtails." She blushed.
"Okay, I think we've looked at enough pictures of me." He laughed. He picked up another picture. This one was of Jamie and another girl, a few years older.
"Who's this?" She looked at the picture and frowned.
"Uh, that's my sister, Rachel."
"I didn't know you had a sister." She sighed.
"Yeah, she's a few years older than me. She left with my dad when he walked out. She used to come a visit, but then one year she just… Changed."
"Changed?"
"Yeah I don't know, it was weird. She used to be great. She would come by, and we would hang out. But then she stopped coming. The last time I heard from her was when she called me a few years ago to tell me she was in jail." He stared at her. "Yeah, she wanted my mom to bail her out. But, she didn't know she had died. So…" Jamie looked down and sighed.
"Sorry, I didn't mean-" She looked at him.
"It's not your fault." He could tell she was holding back tears, he put his arms around her. She smiled. "So what did you come in here for?"
"What? I need a reason to see my girlfriend?" She laughed.
"No, but you've been really busy today, so- I don't know." She laughed.
"Actually I just came in here to tell you 'good night.'"
"Oh, you're going back to the club?"
"Yeah." He smiled a mischievous smile. "Unless, of course, you want me to stay here." She rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, dream on." He chuckled.
"Okay, I guess I see you later then." He stood up. She looked at him.
"Are you coming by tomorrow?"
"I don't know…"
"Chris, it's Piper's birthday, I think she might like to have her whitelighter at her party."
"No, I think you would like to have her whitelighter at her party." She smirked.
"Well, yes, that is true, but that's beside the point." She pouted. He sighed.
"Fine, I'll see what I can do." She smiled.
"Thank you." He smiled, he walked over to her.
"Okay. I'll see you tomorrow." They kiss. "'Night."
"Good night." He orbed out and Jamie continued to work on Piper's present.
OOO
Jamie was in her room, getting dressed the next morning when she heard Piper scream for Paige and Phoebe. She quickly finished putter her clothes on and ran into Piper's room.
"No, the muchacho." Jamie heard Paige say.
"What about a muchach-" She saw the man Paige and Phoebe conjured standing in the middle of the room. "Oh… Who the hell is he?" Piper stood up and quickly put her robe on.
"That's what I would like to know." She looked at her sisters. "You hired a guy for my birthday?"
"No." Phoebe said. "We would never hire a guy for your birthday."
"We made him." Piper and Jamie stared at Paige as she said this. "Magically." Phoebe saw the look on Piper's face as she looked at the man.
"Ah, you know what? This is Paige's present for you. Mine's the surprise birthday party."
"I know you're pretty mad, aren't you?" He said. Piper leaves the room.
"Traitor." Paige whispered to Phoebe.
"I knew we should've used more pheromones!" Phoebe ran after Piper, closely followed by Paige and the man. Jamie sighed as she followed them.
"Piper, wait." Phoebe yelled as she followed Piper down the stairs.
"No, not until you send him back to wherever the hell you conjured him from." Paige and the man walk down the stairs, followed by Jamie.
"We can't, not until your birthday's over." Paige said.
"Yeah, so why not take advantage of him while you can." Piper stared at Phoebe. "I mean, figuratively speaking of course."
"Ah, hell, literally. It is your birthday." Jamie looked at Paige as she said this.
"I can't believe you guys did this. Did you not hear me yesterday?" Piper said.
"No, we did, loud and clear." Phoebe said.
"No, we just wanted you to change your mind." Said Paige.
"So you whipped up a magical gigolo?" Piper looked disgusted.
"Oh, criminy, just give him a chance."
"How could you resist him? Did you look at him?" Phoebe looked at him, then back at Piper.
"This is like something we would do years ago before we knew better, but now we do know better, at least we're supposed to."
"You know what? Desperate times call for desperate measures." Paige pushed the man into Piper. Piper almost falls, but he catches her.
"I'm sorry. Are you alright?" He asked.
"Yeah, no, I'm pissed, remember? Are you wearing cologne?"
"No. You don't like cologne."
"No, I don't, do I?"
"But what does she like?" Phoebe and Paige were both smiling at him.
"Well, she likes long walks on the beach, shopping at the embarcadero, lunching at Zuni, deep tissue massages." Jamie rolled her eyes as Paige and Phoebe swooned over him.
"Well, that, yeah, that sounds great, but..." Piper said.
"So what are we waiting for?"
"No, I can't, 'cause, uh, the demon." She looked at her sisters.
"We'll take care of the demon, it's done." Phoebe said.
"Well, what about Wyatt? I can't just leave him."
"Can't we take him with us? Maybe go to the fair. Or perhaps, the zoo." He suggested. Piper smiled.
"I'll get dressed."
"I'll get him." He said. "Unless you don't want me to"
"No, no, you can get him."
"Okay. Excuse me, girls." Phoebe watched as he walked up the stairs.
"Cool your jets, lady, it's for Piper." Paige said.
"Right. Stay on target."
"Yeah." Jamie rolled her eyes at the two of them.
OOO
Chris stood atop the Golden Gate Bridge. Leo orbs in, Chris sighs.
"Finally, I've been calling you for hours, man. Where have you been?"
"What's up?" Leo asked.
"What's up? Your son was attacked yesterday."
"What?" Leo looked worried.
"Don't worry, he's fine, Piper vanquished the demon."
"Who was he?"
"That's the problem, he's not in the book."
"Well, we have to figure out who he is in case there's another attempt."
"On that point I have a radical suggestion, a way of protecting Wyatt from any and all future attempts."
"I'm listening."
"We get the sisters to bind Wyatt's powers."
"No way."
"Come on, Leo, binding Wyatt's powers solves all our problems, believe me."
"No. Wyatt wasn't brought into this world to be bound, I can't condone that. Unless there's something you're not telling me." Chris stayed silent. "Alright, then we need to figure out who's after Wyatt."
"Okay. How?"
"Right here. Above the din of the city. It's why I come up here. Just close your eyes, rely on your inner senses. Listen to the wind." Chris did as Leo told him too.
OOO
Jamie was helping Paige and Phoebe set up a demonic alarm system while Phoebe talked to Jason on the phone. She hung up and looked at Paige.
"Cute, very cute." She said.
"Just trying to help." Paige said as she continued putting crystals down.
"What, are you trying to blow my secret?"
"Well, you said yourself you're gonna have to tell him sooner or later."
"Yeah, but I want to be the one to tell him, not AT&T. Hey, why are you in such a good mood?"
"Well, it's nice to practice magic without feeling guilty. I guess we all have guy problems, right?" Jamie stared at them.
"I am so glad to have a boyfriend who knows all my secrets, and who knows that my best friends are all witches." She said. They laugh as Leo and Chris orb in.
"Huh. Speak of the devil." Paige said. Chris looked at her.
"What?"
"Nothing." Jamie said. "Hi." She smiled at him.
"Hey." They kiss. Leo looks around.
"Where's Piper?" He asks.
"Uh, she's out." Phoebe said. "Why?"
"Because we know who attacked Wyatt and we think they're gonna attack again." Chris said.
"Who?" Jamie asked.
"A demonic cult called the Order. They used to be the most powerful force until their leader was vanquished." Leo tells them.
"And guess what." Chris picks up a rattle. "They think he's been reincarnated."
"Wyatt?" Paige asked. They nod.
"He's young enough to be turned evil. Especially by them. Where is Wyatt? Is he with Piper?" They hear the door open.
"Anybody home?" Piper asks. "A little help here." Piper walks into the house, with a balloon hat on and carrying a bunch of bags, they all walk to her.
"Where have you been?" Paige asks as she grabs a bag. Chris and Jamie stare at the giant balloon hat on her head, they both look at each other.
"Well, everywhere, actually. First we went shopping and then we went for a boat ride and then we had a picnic in a park, and then we stopped at the fair." Piper puts down the stuff she was carrying and takes off the hat.
"Piper?" Chris asked.
"Huh." She looked at him.
"Where's Wyatt?"
"Oh, he's coming." The man that the girls conjured walks in pushing Wyatt in his stroller, singing. He looks up to see everyone.
"Hello."
"Who are you?" Leo asked.
"Uh, he's, he's, you know, just a date." Said Phoebe. Chris looked at Piper as she said this.
"A guy." Paige added.
"You know, you don't have a name yet, do you?" Chris looked at Jamie.
"What does that mean, he doesn't have a name?" Jamie sighed and shook her head.
"Believe me, you don't wanna know."
"Why not call me David." The man suggested. "You've always liked that name, no?"
"No. I mean, yes." Piper smiled. "Isn't he perfect?" Paige and Phoebe sigh.
"What the hell's going on here?" Leo asked.
"You don't have to feel threatened by me, Leo. No one will ever replace you in Wyatt's eyes. And Piper wouldn't want anyone to."
"Phoebe." Leo looked at her.
"Yeah, okay, why don't you guys put Wyatt down for a nap, I'm sure he's really tired from all this excitement. Come on."
"Okay." David says, Piper and him walk upstairs.
"And don't forget to turn off the demonic alarm system, you know, in case the baby mistakes him for a demon." Paige looked at Chris and Leo. "Alright, fine, so I made him out of my own little brew."
"You what?" Chris asked.
"Piper was gonna give up on love, on her birthday nonetheless." Phoebe said.
"So you conjured a man?" He looked at them
"No, not just a man, the perfect man. See, he's somebody who knows exactly what she wants and he's just gonna be here long enough to strain her out." Paige said
"Twenty-four hours, that's it. That's great, right?" Phoebe smiled.
"Yeah, not even twenty-four, really eight and then sadly he goes poof." Chris looked at Jamie.
"Did you have anything to do with this?" She stared at him.
"What? No. If I would've had something to do with this he would be tall, blonde and have a British accent." Chris stares at her. "I mean he would have brown hair and beautiful blue eyes. Much like yours, honey." She smiled at him.
"Uh-huh." He says.
"You don't want her to live life without love, do you Leo?" Phoebe looked at him.
"We'll talk about this later after we deal with the Order."
"Okay." She said. Darryl walks in through the front door.
"Is this a bad time?" He asks. "I just wanted to drop this off." He holds up a tube-shaped gift.
"Darryl, why didn't you just wait till dinner?" Paige asked.
"Dinner. Actually, this is for Wyatt so he has a little something to open up too."
"Oh, that's so sweet." Phoebe said as she walked over and takes the gift from him.
"Ah, Sheila's idea, actually." He takes it back. "You mind if I give it to him?"
"Oh, sure, yeah, they're upstairs."
"Thanks." He walks past everyone and heads upstairs. Chris looks at Paige.
"Don't you think maybe we should cancel the dinner party?"
"No." She says. Chris sighs. Upstairs, Darryl walks into Wyatt's room and looks around, David walks in with his finger to his lips, shushing him.
"Shhh." He said. "Darryl, right?"
"Right. How's it going?" Piper walks into the room. She looks at Darryl.
"Hi, what are you doing here?" She asked.
"Oh, just brought the little guy a present."
"Oh, that's really sweet but, we just put him down for a nap."
"I'll sneak it in so he can see it when he wakes up. He'll never know I was here."
"Okay. Shh."
"No problem." David and Piper walk out. Darryl walks over to the crib and Wyatt puts up his protective shield. Darryl turns into a demon, he looks down the hall to make sure no one is coming, then looks down at Wyatt. He opens the present and takes out a rod with a crystal on the end of it. He turns off the baby monitor.
Piper and David walk to the stairs to find Chris, Leo, Jamie, Paige and Phoebe waiting for them.
"What's up?" Piper asks.
"We need to talk." Phoebe says. "Wyatt may be in danger." Piper looks down at the baby monitor, which is crackling.
"Why is it doing that?" Chris asks. Piper turns and runs up the stairs, Leo follows.
"You stay here." He tells David. They run into Wyatt's room, The robed demon is holding the wand over Wyatt. A light is pouring out of the wand. Piper runs in. The robed demon drops the wand and it vanishes. Piper blows up the demon. Wyatt cries, Piper picks him up. Chris, Jamie, Paige and Phoebe run into the room.
"Is he okay?" Chris asks.
"Did he hurt him?" Jamie looks worried.
"No." Piper says. "I think he's okay."
OOO
A little while later, Paige, Phoebe, Chris and Jamie were all sitting in the living room. Paige and Phoebe were sitting on the couch, Jamie was sitting in a chair, and Chris was sitting on the arm of the same chair. Leo orbs in. Phoebe looks at him.
"Darryl?" She asks.
"He's okay." Leo says. "He said they didn't go anywhere near him."
"Oh, thank god." Jamie says.
"My question is how did they even know to impersonate him?" Paige asks.
"Well, they must have been watching you. See who he trusted and let near him." Leo says.
"That's really creepy." Phoebe says, Jamie nods.
"It's gonna get a lot creepier if we don't stop them from getting to Wyatt." Chris tells them.
"We might have a thought about that." Piper says as she carries Wyatt down the stairs, followed by David.
"We?" Leo asks.
"Yeah, well, we've been talking and I think we need to give Chris's idea another chance."
"What idea?" Jamie looks at Chris.
"About binding Wyatt's powers." Piper says.
"Oh, that idea." Jamie says.
"What?" Paige and Phoebe look shocked. Piper walks over to another chair and sits down.
"Well, I'm just saying we should consider it. I mean, if you think about it, it makes sense."
"You can't be serious." Leo says.
"Actually, she's never been more serious." David tells him
"Excuse me, I was talking to her."
"This doesn't sound like you, Piper." Paige looks at her sister.
"Doesn't it? Piper wants to protect her son. She wants a normal life. This way she can have both." David says.
"Hey." Chris says. "That was my argument."
"Well, that's a good one."
"No, that's not a good one." Phoebe says. "That's a bad one, a very, very bad one. One that's been discussed and discarded already."
"Yeah, but that was before a demonic cult started targeting him."
"I mean, this could be..." Chris started, but Paige interrupted him.
"Oh, what?" She asks. "Just another big bad evil thing that's coming after him? Yeah, yeah, yeah, we got it." Chris sighs, Jamie pats him on the leg as she listens to the conversation.
"It still isn't a good enough reason." Leo says.
"Piper, thinks it is." David says. Phoebe looks at him.
"Hey, buddy, don't forget who made you." Chris looks at her as she says this.
"That's right, you did make him, didn't you?"
"Piper, I don't understand. Yesterday you were willing to give up everything for Wyatt's future. Why this now?" Phoebe asks.
"Well, you should know. You're the one that, um, showed me what I really wanted and really need." Piper says.
"She's got us there." Paige rolls her eyes.
"Yeah, well, it doesn't matter because it's gonna take the power of three to bind someone as powerful as Wyatt and I'm not gonna support it." Phoebe says.
"Neither am I."
"Well, then we have a problem because I am." Piper says.
"Alright." Chris stands up. "Why don't we all just take a deep breath, okay?" He turns to Leo. "Leo, why don't you orb Wyatt up there until we figure this thing out."
"Gladly." He said, he turns to David. "Do you mind?"
"Oh, please." Leo walks over to Wyatt and picks him up, he orbs out.
"Alright." Chris says. "And why don't we… David, right?"
"David." David nods.
"Why don't you come with me and let the girls talk alone for a minute." Jamie watches as Chris takes David up to the attic. Chris walks into the attic. "So you've got quiet an influence on Piper, don't you?"
"Well, I just reflect what she wants."
"Interesting. So, what, they just wrote down what she wanted and that was that?"
"I don't know. I guess."
"Huh. Let's see." He turns to the table and writes down something on a card and throws it into the pot. Jamie walks in as the cauldron explodes and a light goes through David. She looks at Chris.
"Uh, what just happened?"
"I don't know." David says. He turns to Chris. "What were we just talking about?"
"Uh, Paige, and what she looks for in men." Jamie looked at her boyfriend. She walks over to him.
"You didn't." Chris smiles.
"Paige." David says. "She wants a man who she can openly practice magic around. One she won't feel suppressed by." Jamie sighs.
"You did."
"Good, very good." Chris ignores Jamie. He turns back to the table and throws another card in. "And what about Phoebe?" Another light goes through goes through David.
"Phoebe. She wants the same thing. Plus, she wants him to be available to live near her heart, that's what she wants."
"This potion packs a hell of a punch, doesn't it?" Chris smiles. "Of course, in order for them to be with the perfect man, is if they're happy with each other first." He writes something else down. "And the only way they can be happy with each other first, is agreeing to bind Wyatt's powers." He throws the paper into the potion. Another light goes through David. Jamie looks at Chris.
"Uh, Chris, honey, I really don't think this is such a good idea."
"Relax, I know what I'm doing." He tells her.
"I didn't say that. I'm just saying, that these things usually backfire." She walks over to him. He looks at her.
"Jamie, this is gonna work. I promise." Jamie sighs and nodded. He picks up a bottle. "Pheromones. Ah, what the hell." He dumps in the entire bottle in and the potion explodes.
OOO
Meanwhile, downstairs Phoebe, Piper and Paige were all sitting at the table discussing whether or not to bind Wyatt's powers.
"This is my son we're talking about." Piper says.
"Piper, you're not listening to reason." Phoebe tells her.
"Phoebe, his life is in jeopardy and binding his powers may be the only way to save him."
"That's all that saved him. Paige, please help me."
"Well, I think that... ow." Paige grabbed her neck in pain. David walks into the room.
"Oh, here, allow me." David starts massaging Paige's shoulders. Piper stares at them. "Just relax, okay? You keep all the tension in your shoulders."
"You're right. I love your cologne."
"Hey, that's my birthday present." Piper says.
"All day and all night." David tells her, she smiles. Chris and Jamie walk into the room.
"Hey, what's going on?" Phoebe asks "I thought you were gonna keep him occupied."
"I was." He says "But then I figured I had to break the impasse between you three, so…"
"Really? How?"
"Uh..." Chris pulls David away from Paige.
"Hey." She protests David stands behind Phoebe and starts massaging her neck.
"Oh." Phoebe says.
"Don't worry, I'm hear for you, Phoebe. Not off taking care of business in some far away land." David says.
"Yeah, I like the sound of that." Piper stares at her sister.
"So what do we think about binding Wyatt's powers?" Chris asks. The front door opens and Darryl and Sheila walk in carrying presents.
"Knock, knock." Darryl says. Chris sighs.
"Surprise!" Sheila says. Darryl picks up a crystal sitting near the front door.
"Do you guys need this? I found it by the door." Phoebe gets up.
"Yes. We need it by the door." She takes it from him. "Don't touch our crystals." She takes it back to the door.
"At least we know it's really Darryl." Paige says. Jamie nods. David stands behind Piper and starts massaging her shoulders.
"Hey." Darryl stares at David and Piper.
"Uh, and who's he?" Sheila asks.
"Oh, ah, this is David." Piper tells them.
"Hi." David waves.
"Actually, guys, the dinner's been cancelled. Sorry." Chris says, David walks over to them.
"Why?" He asks. "The girls still want to party, don't you?"
"Yeah!" Paige says.
"Woo hoo!"
"But the dinner hasn't been made." Chris says.
"Oh, I can fix that." Paige says. "On Piper's day set this table, with all the favors you're able." Food and plates appear on the table, along with champagne glasses, candles and a cake. Decorations appear on the ceiling above. "Ah, not bad, huh?"
"No, no, this isn't right, this isn't what they want." Chris says.
"Hey, if it makes them happy, it's what they want." David says. "Come on, have a seat."
"What about Wyatt? Anyone?" Jamie looks at him with an apologetic look.
OOO
A few minutes later, everyone but Chris was sitting at the table eating.
"So, how long have you known the girls?" Sheila asks David.
"Fourteen, fifteen hours, I guess." He says.
"Did you say hours?" Darryl asks.
"Mm-hm." He nods.
"Oh, yeah, I made him. Magically." Paige, who was staring at David, tells them.
"Actually." Phoebe, who was also staring at David, says. "We both made him.
"For my birthday." Piper says.
"Hell of a gift." Darryl says.
"Yeah, we just wanted to remind Piper the importance of love." Phoebe says.
"Love?" Sheila looks at them.
"Spiritual, emotional, deep in your heart love. The kind you should never ever stop searching for, Piper." David says.
"I know, you're right, I know." Piper nods.
"You're going to have it too. I promise... your normal life."
"Psst." David turns to Phoebe. In her eyes he's wearing a suit. "What about me?" She asks.
"You shouldn't have to hide your secret anymore. I understand you."
"I know you do." She smiles.
"What about my dinner?" Paige asks him. He turns to Paige and in her eyes he's wearing a leather jacket.
"Magical, Paige." He says. "Just the way I like it." He eats a pea. "Mmm."
"They're really good peas."
"Excuse me." Chris, who was still pacing back and forth around the room, says. "Wyatt, anyone?"
"Later." David tells him. David takes Paige's hand and she sits on his lap. Darryl looks at Chris.
"Is this some kind of demonic thing?"
"No. He says. "It's some sort of messed up thing."
"Maybe we should go." Sheila suggests.
"Good idea." Darryl and Sheila get up.
"Hey. Piper says. "Y'all need to make your own present. Hey." She pulls Paige off of David. "Off of the lap!" Darryl and Sheila stop and look at them. Paige grabs a handful of food and throws it at Piper. Jamie's mouth drops open. Piper stands up. Paige grabs the birthday cake and throws it at Piper. Piper freezes it in mid-air. "Oh, I see. We're gonna play with cake now." Piper grabs the cake out of the air and throws it towards Paige.
"Cake!" The cake orbs out and orbs back in heading straight for Phoebe. It hits her right in the face. Piper laughs.
"Girls, girls! Come on, there's plenty of me to go around." The girls start throwing food at each other. Jamie gets up and hides behind Chris, even though food was making its way over to where they were. Chris gets smacked in the head with a roll.
"Thanks for dinner." Darryl says
"Happy birthday." Sheila says as they leave. Chris walks over to David.
"How the hell are you making that happen? Now they're fighting! Get them to bind Wyatt's powers now!"
OOO
A little while later, Chris, David, Jamie and the sisters walk into the attic. They were all covered in food, although, the sisters had it the worst.
"Are you sure about this?" Phoebe asks David.
"What you want more than anything is to get along. And this will help you do that." He says.
"Um, I'm pretty sure what we want more than anything is, um, a good dry cleaner." Paige says. Chris calls for Leo, he orbs in with Wyatt. He puts him in the playpen.
"What happened?" He asked when he saw everyone covered in food.
"You don't wanna know." Chris says.
"We're binding Wyatt's powers." Piper says
"What?" Leo looks shocked. Three demons appear, but they don't notice them. One of the demons shines a wand into Wyatt's eyes.
"We already decided." Piper says.
"You can't be serious." Leo says. Wyatt's eyes glow and his shield pops up. The shield hits Leo, making him fly across the room. He smashes into Jamie, Chris, and the sisters. The demons walk into the shield.
"He's one of us now." One of them says. He touches him and they shimmer out. They all stand up, Chris looks at Jamie.
"I'm fine." She says. He smiles. They both look at the sisters, who were walking towards them.
"Listen to me, what are you doing?" He asks.
"The pheromones wore off." Phoebe says.
"Right after they took my son." Piper adds.
"You don't seriously believe this is my fault, do you?" Chris says.
"Oh, right, so it's just a big coincidence we all fell under Mr. Right's spell?" Paige says/
"And suddenly we all want to bind Wyatt's powers?" Phoebe continues.
"You see, Chris, what they really want is for you…" David starts, but Paige cuts him off.
"For you to leave." She says.
"I knew that." He walks out of the attic. They all turn to look at Chris.
"This is crazy." He said "Leo, tell them."
"Tell them what? I'm wondering the same thing myself." Leo said.
"Okay, so what if I did? I was only trying to protect Wyatt."
"By tricking us?" Piper asks.
"I had to."
"He was only trying to help." Jamie said.
"Now is not the time, Jamie!" Jamie looks at Piper as she yells this. She nods.
"Why did you have to, Chris?" Phoebe said.
"Because the only reason I came here was to keep Wyatt from turning evil." He says. Jamie looks at him.
"Turning evil?" Leo asks.
"Wait, don't you mean stopping evil from hurting him?" Paige asks.
"I didn't think you'd help me if you knew the truth. I knew you wouldn't. The evil from the future I came back to stop isn't a demon. It's Wyatt." Chris says.
"You're lying." Piper stares at him.
"No." He says. "I'm not. He's gonna grow up and terrorize people with his powers, take over. Kill even."
"Why should we believe you after all the lies?" Leo says.
"Because you have to." He says.
"No, Chris." Piper says. "We don't, actually."
"Fine, then don't. Either way, we need to save Wyatt now and I'm the one who knows how to do it." Chris says.
"Oh, really? How?" Phoebe looks at him.
"The Order. They used their powers to turn him, to reverse his morality. See, he thinks bad is good now, and good is bad. That's why his shield repelled you."
"So?" Leo says.
"So Wyatt brings his shield up around me. He thinks I'm a threat."
"Yeah." Piper says. "So do I." Jamie looks at her.
"Listen to me." He says. "They reversed his sense of morality. That means his shield will protect him from you but not from me. Please, I'm the only one who can save him. Let me help."
"Chris, we don't need your help. I will get my son back, and when I do, I don't wanna see you anymore." He looks at Leo, Paige and Phoebe. They all stare at him.
"I'm sorry." He looks at Jamie before orbing out. A tear runs down Jamie's face.
OOO
A while later, The Order demons are there, chanting. One of the demons is holding Wyatt above an altar.
"Behold. He has returned to us. To his rightful place…" He says. The sisters orb in. "…who one day lead us back to..." The girls attack them. Piper blows some up. The demon sits Wyatt down. Piper goes over to them and Wyatt puts up his shield, knocking Piper backwards. "He protects me now. Not you." He creates a fireball. Chris orbs in and jumps on him. The demon is vanquished by his own fireball. The rest of the Order demons shimmer out.
"Pick up the scepter and point it at Wyatt." Chris tells them. Piper picks it up. "Trust me."
Piper points it at Wyatt and the shield vanishes. Piper picks Wyatt up.
"How come he didn't raise his shield back up for you?" Paige asks Chris.
"I don't know." He shakes his head. "Looks like he trusts me now at least."
OOO
Later that night, Chris was sitting atop the Golden Gate Bridge. Leo orbs in next to him.
"Good place to think, isn't it?" Leo said. Chris looks at him.
"What do you want?" He asks.
"Just to talk. You know, trust, Chris, is a precious commodity. Once you lose it, it's pretty hard to get it back."
"What, did you read that out of a fortune cookie?"
"Don't be a smart ass, it doesn't help your cause."
"My cause? Pretty much screwed that up, don't you think."
"I don't know." Chris looks at Leo.
"What, you're saying you still trust me?"
"It's not my trust that matters, it's the sisters."
"I know. So what do I do?"
"Just be straight to them, that's all. Don't manipulate them. Even if it is for the right reason. And for what it's worth, yes, I do trust you. After all, you saved my son from turning evil, didn't you."
"For now."
OOO
Back at the house, Piper walks to the stairs to find David sitting on them.
"Hi. I was just coming up to find you." She says.
"I know."
"Yeah, see, that's still kind of weird to me."
"I know that too."
"Listen, thanks for cleaning up the mess. You really are a perfect guy."
"My pleasure. Well..." He stands up and moves closer to her. "I already said goodbye to your sisters. Now it's your turn."
"I feel like I should apologize or something."
"Why? I'm okay with what's about to happen. Really. I was made that way."
"Weird."
"Did you at least have a good birthday?"
"Um, it was interesting to say the least."
"You can't live without love, Piper, we both know that. That's all your sisters were trying to tell you." The grandfather clock chimes. "Don't ever stop dreaming about me, and never stop looking for love." He leans in and they kiss. "Happy birthday, Piper." He vanishes. She walks up to Wyatt's room, she tucks him in.
"You go to sleep." She walks over to the dresser and opens the present from Leo. She pulls out a charm bracelet that has the letter 'P' in the middle of it. She smiles and looks down at the card, which reads 'Happy Birthday Piper. Always, Leo.'
OOO
Leo orbs into the living room, Jamie was sitting in a chair. She stands up and looks at him.
"Did you find him?" He nodded.
"Yeah, he's on top of the Golden Gate Bridge."
"Can you orb me there?" He stared at her.
"Are you sure?" She nodded. Okay. He orbed her to where Chris was. She walked over and looked at him.
"Hi." He looked at her.
"Hey." He said. "How did you…"
"Leo orbed me. I can go if you…"
"No. It's fine." He patted a spot next to him. "C'mon, sit."
"Uh…" He looked at her.
"Are you afraid of heights?" She looked at him, he raised his eyebrows. She sighed.
"Yes." She said. He smirked.
"Come here." He held out his hand. She grabbed his hand and slowly sat down. She looked down and gasped. "It's okay, I won't let you fall."
"I know." She smiled. He put his arm around her.
"So are the girls still mad at me?"
"Well, Phoebe and Paige are still kinda irked, but they forgive you."
"What about Piper?" She sighed. He looked at her. "What?"
"I haven't exactly talked to her since she yelled at me in the attic."
"Jamie, she was mad at me. Not you."
"I know, it's just- I don't know. It was weird. She's never yelled at me like that before."
"I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault." He stared at her. "Okay, so it kind of is your fault. But, I forgive you." She smiled. They just sat there and watched the world around them.
OOO
After orbing her back to her room, Chris said 'good night' and orbed out. Jamie changed into her pajamas and looked at her dresser. The birthday present that she had made for Piper was on it. She hadn't had a chance to give it to her with everything going on. She sighed as she picked up the present and walked out into the hall. She knocked on Piper's door.
"Come in." Jamie walks into Piper's room. Piper was sitting in her bed, reading a book.
"Hi."
"Hey." Piper says.
"Uh, I never got a chance to give you this." Jamie handed her the present. Piper looked at her.
"Jamie, you didn't have to-"
"I know." She said. "But I did." Piper smiles. She opens the present and looks at Jamie as she pulls out the scrapbook. She opens it.
"Jamie, it's beautiful."
"I made it." Piper smiles.
"I love it." Jamie smiles. Piper sighs. "Listen, about today in the attic, I didn't…"
"I know." Jamie says. "You were worried about Wyatt. I understand." Piper grins.
"Good." She looks down at a picture of Wyatt and Jamie. "I love this picture." Jamie walks over to her.
"Yeah, I really like this one though." She points to a picture of Wyatt, Phoebe and Piper.
"You're not in that one."
"Why do you think I like it." They both laugh. "Happy Birthday Piper."
"Thanks Jamie." They both continue to look at the scrapbook.
OOOOOOOOO
A/N: My goodness that Chapter was long. Lol. Thank you SO much for all the reviews, guys. I love reading them! I can't wait to read more. TTYL!
