My Storybook Hero

Meeting Patty

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Andy, Piper, and Paige walked towards Andy's house. Andy got into his car and didn't let Paige and Piper in.

"I thought we were going to your sister's?" Paige asked.

"Look, no offense or nothing. I'm just not ready for you guys to face my sister. And I don't want to force Patty in on anything. I want to at least give her a warning. You guys make yourselves at home," Andy threw his house keys at Piper and backed off the driveway.

"Well, what do you know?" Piper said as she walked towards the front door.

Piper and Paige entered Andy's house and were surprised. The inside of the house looked welcoming and homely. Family pictures and pictures of Prue decorated the living room. Paige and Piper just stared with awe.

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Piper and Paige heard a car pull up in the driveway. Seconds later the front door opened and a little girl's voice rang clear.

"Daddy? Where are they?"

Piper and Paige didn't move. Andy and Patty entered the living room. Piper couldn't believe her eyes. There stood a spitting image of Prue. All except her eyes and her mouth. Her eyes were Piper's mother's. The mouth was shaped in the same way of Grams.

Patty smiled shyly. "Hello Aunt Piper. Hello Aunt Paige."

Piper and Paige just nodded their heads. Andy just stared at them. The next second Piper and Paige rushed towards the little girl. They engulfed her in a hug.

Patty giggled.

"You know the last time I saw you, you were just a little toddler," Piper said tears coming to her eyes.

"I know. Daddy told me," Patty said. Even her voice sounded like Prue.

"You look just like your mother," Paige said.

"Everyone says that," Patty said.

It was several hours that Piper and Paige spent at Andy's. They got to now their niece pretty well, but it seemed the time wasn't enough.

"It's getting near Patty's bedtime," Andy said.

Piper nodded.

"Good night," Paige said.

Patty smiled and headed upstairs.

"What was up with you guys today at lunch?" Andy asked.

"Nothing," Piper said.

Andy gave them the 'eye'.

"Piper met Cole and she liked him. He kissed her and then told her he was engaged," Paige blurted out.

"Paige!" Piper exclaimed.

"What do you know? Everyone seems to be—

"Don't even think about saying that!" Piper said.

"You've got a daughter, who I'm sure doesn't want to listen to her dad talking dirty," Paige said.

Andy nodded smiling. "What's this about you moving in with Paige?" he asked Piper.

"Well, we're getting lonely," Paige said.

"My apartment is too big for me. I need to have a life," Piper said.

Paige and Andy laughed.

"I was just thinking, maybe you guys would like to have dinner with me tomorrow night," Piper said.

"Tomorrow's a Friday, right? I can make it," Paige said.

"Where?" Andy asked.

"At my apartment. Bring Patty. Around six thirty. You still know where I live, right?" Piper asked Andy.

"Cherrywood Apartments?" Andy asked.

Piper nodded. "Good night."

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Piper and Paige walked back towards their car.

"When do you plan on moving in?" Paige asked.

"I don't know. My lease runs out soon, so I'm just not going to renew it and ask the landlord if I can move out early," Piper said.

"How long do you think that will be?"

"About another month, probably," Piper said.

"That's great!" Paige said.