It was about 10:00 in the morning in San Francisco and Piper Halliwell was cooking. She loved cooking. Cooking was a hobby that she had always had. She used to work at a restaurant called Quake but then she quit because her boss was an arrogant pig. Now she owned a very successful nightclub called P3 named after herself and her sisters. All of their names began with the letter P.
Piper was making some sort of lasagna when her younger sister Phoebe walked into the kitchen looking very sleepy. "Morning Phoebe," said Piper. "How are you feeling?"
"Should you even be asking me that? My boyfriend just died, how am I supposed to be feeling?" Phoebe ran a hand through her hair and mumbled, "I could have saved him..."
Piper didn't answer her but said, "You up for eating breakfast or do you want to wait till lunch?"
"I think I'll wait till lunch."
"Ok then. Where's Paige?"
"I think she's still sleeping," said Phoebe slumping into a chair at the small table in the kitchen.
"No, I'm not," said Paige as she walked into the kitchen with a small suitcase in her hand.
"And where do you think you're going, missy?" asked Piper.
"For a road trip with Matt. Don't you guys remember? I've been telling you all week."
"Oh, right, sorry," said Piper. "When are you coming back?"
"In a week."
"A week! What if we need the Power of Three?" asked Phoebe, staring off into space.
"You guys can always call me. I'll orb right back if you need anything." Paige hugged Piper then quickly hugged Phoebe. "Cheer up, Phoebe. Miles died because it was his time. He did good things in his life."
Phoebe let out a sigh, gave Paige a hug and went back to staring into the middle of nowhere.
There was a small honk from outside and Paige ran to the door with her suitcase. Piper followed her and after she made sure that Paige was safely in the car, she waved and closed the door. She quickly walked back to the kitchen and sat at the small table next to Phoebe. "So, what do you want to do today?"
"Stay at home, I guess. I don't really feel like doing anything."
"Yeah," agreed Piper. "Even if we stay at home, demons will somehow find us and we'll have to vanquish them and our day will be complete." Piper laughed harshly and shook her head.
"Very true, Piper," replied Phoebe sullenly. "You know what? I think I'll have my shower now."
"You do that, Phoebe," said Piper. After Phoebe left the kitchen, Piper went into the family room to watch some TV.
Around 11:30, Phoebe finally came down looking very relaxed.
"Took you long enough," muttered Piper.
"What?" asked Phoebe. "How long did I take?"
"A whoppin' one and a half hours."
Phoebe raised an eyebrow and said, "I didn't think that was even possible."
"Now you know that it is. Come on, let's go eat."
Piper and Phoebe went into the kitchen and began to set the small table that was in there.
"Is Leo coming?" asked Phoebe, getting out some forks.
"No, the Elders gave him a new charge so he's with her." Piper leaned towards Phoebe and whispered, "He wasn't supposed to tell me this but, she's a witch with the power of invisibility."
Phoebe snorted and said, "We could use that power some time." After picking up a plate from the counter, she was about to turn around to go to the table when suddenly Cole shimmered behind the counter. Piper saw Phoebe about to drop the plate so she froze it right before it hit the floor. "Phoebe, what-." Piper glanced at the man behind the counter, picked up the plate and said in a cold voice, "What are you doing here?"
"What? Can't I stop by the house of my favorite witches to talk?" asked Cole leaning on the counter and giving his trademark smile. He noticed that Phoebe was glaring at him so he said, "Nice to see you too, Phoebe." There was period of silence.
"What do want, Cole?" asked Phoebe. "Come to try to get me back now that my boyfriend's dead?"
"I…"
"Because it's not going to work. If you think that you can come here and offer me your sympathy as a plan to get me to like you again that is sure as hell not going to work."
"Look Phoebe, I'm not here for that….today. You know that I'll never stop trying."
"I wish you would," muttered Phoebe.
"Phoebe, you can bicker with Cole later." She turned to Cole and said, "Why are you here?"
"I need help with something."
"What makes you think that we'll help you?" asked Phoebe.
"Just hear me out, ok?" said Cole. He looked around and said, "Paige isn't here, is she?"
"No," said Piper with a hint of annoyance in her voice.
"Maybe we should call her," said Phoebe very loudly.
Cole ignored Phoebe who was glaring at him again and said, "I'm not leaving until you two hear what I have to say."
Phoebe looked at Piper with a look on her face that said Tell him no, Piper. Piper rolled her eyes then said, "Ok, fine Cole. We'll hear you out then you have to leave. If you try anything," snarled Piper, "there will be hell to pay." Phoebe rolled her eyes and plopped into a chair at the table.
Cole smiled at Piper. Piper had always been the only sister who was nice to him even when he was in their bad books. He sat down at the table across from Phoebe and said to Piper, "Any chance that I could get some of that lasagna too?"