Piper quickly reached over and turned off the stove burner before the egg and cheese casserole burned. She set the lid on top to keep it warm. After placing blue and purple oven mitts on her hands, Piper pulled her homemade blueberry muffins out of the oven. She carefully set the pan on the spare burners. While they cooled down, she placed a large bowl of strawberries, grapes, and pineapple on the kitchen table. She put an opaque pitcher of fresh orange juice next to the fruit. Piper cooked when she was nervous.
Phoebe walked into the room. "Mm.smells good. Want some help?"
"Nah, I'll get it. Shouldn't you be with Paige?"
"Yeah. If she hadn't kicked me out of the living room. Something about an overprotective big sister."
Piper smiled as she scraped the egg and cheese casserole onto a dish. "Yeah, well, let her know she has two."
"I think she knows."
"I hope so. Will you tell her it's time for breakfast?"
"Sure." Phoebe practically skipped out of the kitchen and returned dragging a slightly annoyed Paige behind her, just as Piper was placing the eggs and muffins on the table.
"Ready to eat?" Piper asked.
"Oh, yeah. I never knew trying not to kill myself would take that much energy."
Piper and Phoebe laughed. "Well, sit down, honey. I cooked it all for a reason."
"Thanks, Piper."
"Yeah, thanks," Phoebe said. The three of them sat down. Piper passed the plate of muffins to her younger sisters and served herself some egg and cheese casserole. Meanwhile, Phoebe had taken two of the delicious looking muffins and passed the plate on to Paige, who swapped her for the bowl of fruit. The sisters each exchanged dishes again until everyone had a full plate. They began to eat, chatting as lightheartedly as possible, each skirting over the fact that there was a very dangerous demon out to get the youngest Halliwell.