Declaimer: I don't own Charmed.
Chapter Thirty-four
Down stairs Chris, C and Prue were sprawled on various chairs in the living room.
Chris and Prue now having totally abandoned the of cleaning. They were too busy trying to get information out of C.
"He has to have been some where hot." Prue said.
"I think your right there," Chris said. "He certainly didn't get that tan of his any where around here."
"Okay," C laughed at them. "Just so you know this isn't going to work. I'm way too afraid of Halli and her explosive finger tips. If I let any thing slip …… you don't want to know what she'll do to me."
"Just one little detail," Prue begged. "A titbit. Any thing."
"It was hot." C said.
"We already knew that." Chris shot back.
"That's the whole point." C said with a small smile. "And that means I get to stay with the living."
"C you do remember the fear of Prue Halliwell, don't you?" Prue asked menacingly.
There was a sudden muffled ringing sound.
"That's Halli's cell." C said, rushing to find it in her bags. "Saved by the bell, if I could ever find it."
"I think it's coming from that one." Prue said pointing to a large crimson rucksack, trying her best not to laugh.
"Gotcha!" C held up the cell phone triumphantly, before quickly answering it. "Hello."
"Hi," A courses female voice replied. "Who is this?"
"Chris. Who is this?"
"Chris you know me. It's Phoebe."
"Only by reputation." He said. "I'm not who you think I am."
"Who are you then?" She demanded.
"I already told you. I'm Chris, but you've gotta call me C. I'm not you white lighter, that irritating guy. Prue's probably described me as Halli's over protective big brother, the one she never had."
"Halli?" Phoebe was confused.
"Oh I mean Piper. Piper Halliwell, aka Halli. Well just to me any way."
"Okay, so where is she? And where are you?"
"Halli's up stairs and we're at the mannor."
"What is she doing? Can I talk to her?"
"She's been having a shower. I'll see if she wants to talk to you. She's just coming down the stairs. Give me a sec." He held the cell phone to his shoulder. "Halli, it's your little sister Phoebe. Do you wasn't to talk to her?"
"Of course I do C!" Piper rushed to snatch the phone from him. "Give me that phone."
"There you go babe." C said.
"Christian!" She fumed. "I've warned you about that."
"Sorry Halli," C smiled at her sweetly. "Couldn't resist."
"The phone." Leo said to Piper. "Quick."
"Hey Phoebs." She said her voice giggly with glee. "How are you honey?"
"I'm good." Phoebe replied. "I'm good. How about you?"
"Fine." She said. "Perfectly fine. Where are you?"
"Me, Paige and your kids are at the grocery store."
"Are my girls and baby boy alright?"
"Yhea, do you want to talk to them?"
"Put me on to one of the quick!"
"Sure," She said. "Here Beca," She head Phoebe's muffled voice say. "Have a quick word with your mommy."
"Mommy!" Beca said happily. "Are you home?"
"Yes, mommy's home sweet heart." Piper sat down on the stairs fighting back tears. "Now don't say any thing just tell me what colour Kattie's hair is."
"Brown."
"Good. Are you alright?"
"Yes mommy."
"Good girl. Let me speak to Jess."
"Hi," Jess said. "Are you going to stay?"
"I'm not going any where for a good long while hon'," She snuggled up to Leo as he sat down next to her and put his arm around her. "Have you missed me?"
"A lot. I hate my dad. I'm glad you never let us see him."
"You and me both girly. Pop me on to Kattes now."
"Sure thing."
"Hey mom." Kattie said. "You have no idea how much I've missed you."
"Oh if it's half as much as I've missed you girls and Wyatt I know."
"Is there any thing you want us to get for you?"
"Yes, please baby. Strawberry, blackberry, blueberry or raspberry ice cream. You wouldn't believe the cravings I'm getting."
"Alright mom, do you want me to put you onto Cat?"
"In one second. Just answer me one question first."
"Okay."
"Your hair is brown isn't it?"
"Yes mom."
"Okay baby, put me on to Cat now."
"Hello Cat," Piper couldn't fight back the tears any more and she heard her voice begin to crack. "I'm going to ask you some questions and I want truthful answers. Not what your aunts have brain washed you with. Got it?"
"Yes, are you-"
"I am crying," Leo rubbed her arm soothingly. "But don't let any one know please. First, what colour is Kattie's hair? I do not want any nasty shocks. So it isn't blue, indigo, purple, pink, red, green, yellow, fluent orange, white or any other colour apart from brown? It's usual colour."
"It's back to normal. Next?"
"Are you girls all okay?"
"We're fine. Kattie took a bit of a funny turn after you left. But she's back to normal now."
"Some thing I wasn't told. How about Wyatt?"
"His okay. He hasn't half got a set of lungs on him! He's been grizzling his head off most of the time, or crying his eyes out, or screaming at the top of his lungs, and there was a fair amount of wailing too."
"Another thing I wasn't told. Is there any thing else I should know?"
"Don't think so. Apart from you do know mom's back don't you?"
"I know sweetie pie. I know. I just haven't had the chance to talk to her yet. But I will do soon. So, one last thing. Do you remember I showed you how to find the coco solids on a bar of chocolate?"
"Mh-hmm."
"Well I want you to get three bars of the chocolate with the highest content you can find and some boxes of chocolates and loads of other chocolates. What ever you like."
"Okay. Any thing else you want?"
"Yhea, actually get your aunt Phoebe to pick out a few really nice bottles of Champaign , a bottle of vodka, and some nice bottles of wine for me to cook with."
"Yep sure."
"That's a good girl. Can I have a word with your aunt Paige?"
"Hi Piper," Paige said a few seconds later. "Or should I say Halli?"
"Hey sis," She took a deep breath to hide the crackling in her voice from all the crying. "And Piper is just fine, C here's the only one with the right to call me Halli thank you very much."
"Oh." Paige pretended to sound disappointed.
"Will you get the normal groceries for me please. Plus I've got this unbelievable craving for berries or currents of any description. Especially strawberries. Maybe you could get me some herbal tea along those lines."
"Any thing else?"
"Not unless you need more coffee."
"We always need more coffee. We'll hurry home."
"Just you do that. I can't wait to see my kids and you, and actually could you get me some more cherry mental chewing gum, please. Now drive carefully. Thanks, love you loads."
She clicked off her cell phone and turned to press her face into Leo's shirt.
"Piper," Prue said. "Does this mean what I think it means?"
"Well what do you think it means?" Piper countered.
"That Leo popped the question and you said yes." Chris said.
"Then you'd be right there." Leo said kissing Piper.
"But what about the guy you met in Spain Halli?" C asked teasingly.
