Chapter 4- The next day.
The next morning Phoebe walked down the stairs and quickly headed for the kitchen, what she saw was the last thing she expected. Piper and Leo were sitting at the kitchen table, smiling. Piper playfully stuck a grape into Leo's mouth.
Phoebe's chest tightened. How could this happen? How could the spell not work! She cleared her throat and Piper and Leo quickly turned, shocked.
"Have a nice date Piper?" Phoebe crossed her arms and raised and eyebrow.
"Yes, I did." Piper replied awkwardly.
"Would you like to join us?" Leo offered, he pulled out a chair.
"No thanks, I suddenly don't have much of an appetite." Phoebe turned on her heels and walked away. What could've gone wrong?…It backfired! That was it! It backfired and made Leo fall for Piper. 'I'm just gonna have to try again.' Phoebe muttered under her breath.
Piper sighed and looked at Leo. "Will you excuse me? I'm gonna go talk to her."
"Sure," Leo replied and watched as Piper ran after her sister. She caught Phoebe walking up the stairs; she grabbed her arm and spun her so that they were facing each other. "
"What was that?" Piper asked, her tone a bit harsh.
"What?" Phoebe asked innocently. She wasn't in the mood to explain herself to Piper. She had work to do.
"You know perfectly well what I'm talking about… Phoebe you have no reason to be bitter. We both agreed that we would be happy no matter who Leo picked. Then you come in looking like you're about to bite my head off!" Piper fumed.
"Piper, not now okay, I'm busy." Phoebe brushed Piper's hand off and started up the stairs again. Piper followed.
"It's 8 in the morning! You have nothing to do! You're just trying to avoid me!"
"No Piper, I'm trying to avoid the conversation! Now will you please just leave me alone!" Phoebe stopped walking and looked at the ground. "Leo's waiting for you." She said mutely.
Piper shook her head. "Fine, we'll talk later." She took one last look at Phoebe then walked back downstairs. She wasn't about to let Phoebe's acrid feelings ruin her morning.
Piper walked back into the kitchen and sat down.
"Is everything alright?" Leo asked concerned.
"Yea--- no, listen Leo, um I know we had plans today but I don't think today will be good." Piper said regretfully.
"Why not?"
"It's just that Phoebe's taking this really hard, and…" Piper started but Leo smiled and took her hands.
"I get it…you care about Phoebe too much to cause her anymore hurt. Even if it isn't intentional."
"You're so wonderful for understanding." Piper breathed a sigh of relief. She kissed Leo.
"I guess I'd better be going, I'll see you later."
Piper smiled and nodded. Leo orbed away. Just then Prue walked in.
"Was that Leo?" Prue asked as she sat down.
"Yes," Piper replied.
"So- how was your date?" Prue smirked.
"It was amazing!" Piper admitted. "At dinner we talked, and it just felt…so…right."
"What about after dinner?"
Piper blushed. "We came back over here, that's it." She got up and placed her plate in the sink.
"You slept together didn't you!" Prue asked.
Piper blushed again. "Maybe,"
Prue squeezed Piper's shoulders. "So I take it that he picked you then…"
"I guess so, we were supposed to do something today, but I just didn't feel right, Phoebe wasn't exactly ecstatic when she saw us this morning."
"It's just Phoebe being Phoebe. Deep down she's extremely happy for you. Just give her a few hours, she'll get over it." Prue assured her.
"I dunno Prue, she seemed pretty pissed." Piper disputed.
Phoebe held up the vile which contained the green potion. All she had to do was say the spell then drink this then Leo would be hers. But was this really the way to go? Piper did seem pretty happy this morning. This just didn't seem like a great idea. "No, it is, I deserve him, not Piper." Phoebe argued. This time the spell would not backfire. She looked at the paper with the spell on it. She read it then downed the potion. She scrunched her nose. Not the best tasting stuff in the world.
The sound of Prue's scream made Phoebe jump. She ran downstairs. She skidded into the kitchen. Everything looked normal.
"What?" Phoebe asked as she looked around.
"Piper!" Prue pointed to a seat. The only thing there was the clothes Piper was wearing.
"What?" Phoebe still didn't get it.
"Phoebes, when have clothes ever been known to stand on there own?" Prue quipped.
"I'm invisible Phoebe!" Piper wined. Her sweater arms waving around in frustration
"Uh oh," Phoebe muttered.
"Yea uh oh, how could this happen!" Prue panicked.
"Um, I kinda did a spell." Phoebe said timidly as she raised her hand.
"What!" Prue and Piper screamed in unison. Invisible Piper stood up and walked next to Prue. Both women crossed their arms.
"What kind of spell?" Prue demanded.
"A spell-to-ah- make Leo fall in love with me!" Phoebe shut her eyes tight and waited for the Phoebe-bashing to begin.
Piper let out a laugh in disbelief. "Of course, I mean most sisters yell, scream, and maybe even throw things when they want the same guy, but nooo, you have to go and MAKE ME INVISIBLE!" Piper shouted as she started to pace.
"That wasn't supposed to happen!" Phoebe tried to defend herself. Although she knew she was on the losing side of the battle here.
"What was supposed to happen Phoebe?" Prue challenged.
Phoebe took a deep breath. "Leo was supposed to forget his feelings for Piper and direct them towards me. Of course he wouldn't of had to if the first spell I cast hadn't backfired!" Whoops said too much.
"Another spell! Let me guess; it was supposed to make Leo love you?" Piper didn't wait for an answer. She stormed out of the room.
Prue shook her head and stared coldly at Phoebe. "Did you even think for a second about the personal gain? Or maybe even consider that it wasn't a spell that made Leo fall for Piper, that he actually loves her, and no spell can change that…I can't believe you Phoebe." Prue walked out leaving Phoebe standing there.
TBC…
Short huh? You are probably wondering why I didn't write a spell. It's because I can't rhyme. So why bother… interesting twist though. Hoped you liked it!
Cya!
Nicole!
