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Chapter 15
At exactly 6:00, the doorbell rang at the Halliwell Manor. "I'll get it!" Piper called to her sisters as she hurried down the stairs towards the door, trying not to leave Jason or Richard waiting at the door.
She opened the door and saw Jason standing there. "Hello, Miss. Piper. How are you this fine evening?" he said with a sense of humor.
"I'm fine, Jason. Come on in." Piper said with a little laugh. He handed her a bouquet of a dozen peach roses. "Oh, wow, Jason, they're beautiful." She said. "Thank you."
"Your welcome. These are for Lyssa and Ari." He said as he handed her two monkey stuffed animals.
"Thank you again, the girls will love these!" Piper exclaimed. "Phoebe! Jason is here!" Piper yelled.
There was a thump and they could here footsteps running towards the door. There was a flash of blue and Phoebe was hanging on to Jason's neck, kissing him intensely.
"Okay, I'll just leave you to then." She said as she went to go put the roses in a vase. When she walked into the kitchen, she saw Paige starring down at the spaghetti sauce glumly.
"What's wrong, Paige?" Piper asked as she got a vase down from the top shelf of the cabinet.
"I actually didn't burn the sauce." She said in a surprised tone of voice.
"That's great, sweetie. But, we need keep our mind on track and not to let the noodles or the Italian burn." She said.
Piper spooned the sauce into a dish and brought it into the dining room and set it in the middle of the table. She heard the sound of orbing behind her and she turned around to see her husband. "Hey, sweetie. You're just in time for dinner!" Piper said, pecking Leo on the cheek and walking out into the kitchen.
"Hey, Leo." Paige said, walking around the counter as she said hi to her brother-in-law.
"Hi, Paige." Was all he said.
"Paige, can you take the noodles in and set them on the table. I need to talk to Leo." Piper said. Paige nodded and took the noodles and walked away.
Piper pulled Leo off to the side and asked him, "Leo, what's wrong?"
"The Elders said that they have found out that the demons are gathering together and picking off witches one by one until there are none left." He said.
"Okay. Let's just get through this dinner and then we'll deal with it after Jason and Richard leave." Piper said as she grabbed the warm bread and walked in to the dining room to see everybody seated, including Richard. Ariana and Alyssa were in their highchairs by Piper and Paige's chairs. As Piper sat down next to Leo, she saw Richard giver her a look up and down. She dismissed it and started to spoon out the servings.
Dinner went by without any hassles. They made conversation, but everybody seemed tense. When Piper saw a demon shimmer into the corner of the foyer, did she freeze the dining room. Phoebe looked around to see Richard, Jason, and Leo frozen.
"Piper, what's wrong?" She asked.
"There's a demon by the door. Paige, orb the girls up to their Uncle Elders and Phoebe will hold off the demon till you get back." Piper said.
Paige orbed Alyssa and Ariana away and Phoebe and Piper walked over to the living room where the demon was hiding. Piper grabbed Phoebe's shirt and held her back.
Piper walked into the living room and tried to blow up the demon, but the demon just smiled.
"Recognize me, Piper?" It asked.
"Who the hell are you?" She yelled. She motioned with her hand for Phoebe to get in the living room.
"I'm Barbas. The demon of fear." He snarled.
"What?" Piper gasped. Barbas was the worst demon the Charmed Ones had ever faced. He had made all their fears come to life.
"That's right, I'm back." He said as Phoebe came up to Piper's side.
"Let's see, what's your fear?" He said. He swiped his hand through the air. "Your greatest fear is that you got pregnant again?" he asked with a surprised look on his face.