The next morning Piper woke first, and went downstairs to make her family a great breakfast.
"Piper, what are you doing up?" Patty asked. She was in the kitchen cooking.
"I usually wake up and make breakfast." Piper said.
"Let the mom do that." Patty said. She was already making pancakes and eggs. Piper sat at the table and watched her mom cook. She forgot what it was like having some one else make breakfast for you.
"So you like to cook?" Patty asked Piper.
"Love it" Piper said
"I'll have to show you some old family recipes. You'll love them." Patty said. Piper's eyes lit up. She wished she were alive so badly to watch her daughters grow up.
"That would be so cool." Piper said already lost in thought about how she always dreamed of this.
"Morning, I do-" Phoebe said coming downstairs. She started coughing.
"Pheebs are you okay?" Piper asked.
"Don't feel so well." Phoebe finished her sentence.
"Here" Patty said putting the food on the table.
"I'll get the thermometer." Piper said feeling her forehead.
"Thanks Piper" Patty said sitting down. She picked up Phoebe and sat her on her lap. Phoebe liked being comforted by her mother when she was sick. Her mom used to put her on her lap and sing her to sleep when she was little. She missed it.
"Here" Piper said coming back into the kitchen. She handed the thermometer to Phoebe who stuck it into her mouth.
"102, oh wow." Patty said.
"Ugh" Phoebe moaned.
"I'll make a special potion. Works like a charm." Patty said.
"Can I watch?" Piper asked. Eger to learn how to make potions.
"Sure" Patty said. Piper watched over her shoulder quielty absorbing every detail of what she did into her mind.
"And the last ingrediant is the pepercorn" Patty said throwing it in the pot. Then it exploded with a bang. Piper shrieked and ran into the living room.
"Piper, that's what it does when it's done. That's how you know you made it right." Patty said running after Piper.
"Oh" was all that Piper said. She was embarrased.
"So as long as it pops at the end that means you did it right?" Piper asked. She wanted to try to make her own potions.
"Not necessarly right, but that it will work. You can get some nasty side effects if your not careful." Patty said
"Like what?" Piper asked curiously.
"Like a laxative effect, or some serious dysfigurement, or even just small flu like symptoms." Patty said. Piper nodded. She made a mental note to have Phoebe try out all the potions before using them on herself.
"Here Phoebe" Patty said carying a vial of the potion to her. Phoebe gulped it down and made a bad face.
"I know it tastes bad, but it will make you feel better." Patty said.
"Bad! That's the understatement of the year" Phoebe said getting up to get a glass of water.
"I miss tv" Patty said sitting down.
"You don't have it up there" Piper said
"We do, but its not the same. Hey I remember this show!" Patty said.
"It's in it's eight season now." Piper said sitting next to her.
"Oh the things you miss when your dead." Patty laughed. Phoebe came back looking tired.
"Come here baby" Patty said motioning for Phoebe to sit on her lap. Phoebe did, and was asleep in a few minutes.
"I'm going to go put her in bed." Patty said getting up. She cradled Phoebe in her arms. Piper watched her go upstairs. The phone rang and she got it.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Hi. It's Leo" Leo said.
"Leo!" Piper said.
"How are you doing?" Leo asked
"Great, you?" Piper said.
"Fine, I wanted to know if you wanted to go see a movie or something." Leo asked. Piper noticed her mom coming back down the stairs.
"Sorry, I can't How about a raincheck?" Piper asked.
"I'll hold you to it." Leo said.
"Bye" Piper said.
"Bye" Leo said. Piper hung up and joined her mother on the couch.
"So speaking of the things I missed I really like Leo." Patty said.
"You saw us?" Piper blushed.
"I don't spy, but I look in from time to time." Patty said noticing Piper.
"Well, I'm glad you like him because I do too." Piper said.
"And you know about dating and marital relationships right?" Patty asked. Piper laughed.
"Yeah, Prue gave me that talk like a year ago." Piper said.
"Okay just making sure." Patty said. Piper laughed. She remembered that talk. One of the more uncomfortable moments in her life. She couldn't look Prue in the eye for a week.
"So was that him who called?" Patty asked.
"Yeah" Piper said smiling. It was nice having a mother to talk to about her boyfriend.
"You should go out with him tonight." patty said.
"Are you sure?" Piper asked.
"I should take care of Phoebe anyway. Besides I promise I'll be here when you get back." Patty said.
"Thanks" Piper said hugging her mom. She got up to call Leo back.
"Good Morning." Prue said coming into the living room. She was still in pajamas, and so was Paige who was following her down.
"It's almost twelve. Boy you girls like to sleep in." Patty said. Paige jumped on her lap, and Prue sat next to her.
"Love it." Piper said. Paige nodded.
"So Phoebe isn't fealing well. I was going to stay home with her tonight. You should go out with Andy." Patty said.
"You know about him?" Prue blushed a bit.
"Well, I did know his father, and him as a baby. Oh, and I also like to look in from time to time, and I noticed you two getting close." Patty said.
"Oh, yeah. We went out once. To the school dance." Prue said.
"How was it?" Patty asked.
"Great" Prue said, "I have photos. I'll go get them" Prue said scampering upstairs.
"I have a boyfriend too ya know?" Paige said turning to face her mom.
"Really, Glen?" Patty asked.
"Mhm" Paige nodded.
"I'm glad. Do you two have fun together?" Patty asked.
"Yeah" Paige said.
"Why don't you invite him over tonight." Patty said.
"Okay" Paige said.
"He's picking me up at six" Piper smiled coming back into the room. She noticed Paige was up.
"I'll go call" Paige said jumping off the couch and running off. Prue came back a moment later with pictures. Piper sat on one side of her mom, and Prue on the other as Prue passed around photos from the dance. Prue looked beautiful, and Andy looked handsome. They both photographed very well.