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Disclaimer: I don't own any characters that have appeared in Charmed, it's kinda depressing actually.
Paige entered the manor in a state of depression. She had just come back from her new temp job, probably the most degrading of them all. She was now…a crossing guard. It didn't sound too hard at first, but then she had to wake up at 6 in the morning, and march out to an intersection of screaming kindergarten students. She then had to stand in the freezing cold, nearly getting run over by cars and having to deal with complaining students for an hour. After fifteen minutes, it took all her self-control not to use her stop sign as a deadly weapon. Plus, the orange and yellow city vest was so not her style.
" Piper! I'm home, and I'm cold and miserable and my arm hurts!" It felt good to complain, especially since she had to leave again for her second shift at 3:10.
"Hey Paige." Said Leo, popping his head out of the kitchen. "I take it your new temp job isn't the greatest thing ever?"
"Crossing guard." Answered Paige, dropping her heavy stop sign on the floor with a bang. "Where's Piper?"
"Gone out to do some shopping, I'm home with the kids."
Paige nodded and slid past Leo, into the kitchen. She opened random doors to find something to snack on and finally settled for a jar of creamy and smooth peanut butter.
"And how was your day, Leo?"
He shrugged, "Elders assigned me a new charge, had to save her from an out-of-control car a couple hours ago. She's supposed to help vanquish a great evil one day."
Paige frowned, "I guess that means that we'll have to help vanquish a great evil soon too." She put down the peanut butter and heaved a great, exaggerated sigh.
"No rest for the wicked I suppose."
The bell rang for lunch, and it took all of my self-control not to slam my books down, and run out of History class cheering. Seriously, maybe I'd be more interested if he'd quit speaking in such a monotone voice. I slid out of my seat and headed for the door, I was actually looking forward to my peanut butter and jam sandwich today.
"Where do you think you're going, Kit Kat?" Said Sasha accusingly, walking up beside me. "The auditions for the talent show are today at lunch, so we have a date with the auditorium. Or did you forget our English assignment already?"
I gaped at her in surprise; did she really expect me to starve or something? "I didn't forget…but…but…what about food?"
She looked at me with sympathy, as if she were speaking to a mentally disabled toddler.
"You can eat there, silly! Besides, Zach is playing there today, there will be tons of kids coming to watch."
I sighed, so much for a nice, peaceful lunch. This day sucks.
Sasha was right, there were a ton of kids already in the auditorium. We sat down in the seats closest to the stage, and the judges shot us annoyed glances. There were five judges, 4 students and 1 teacher to represent the faculty. He'd probably picked the shortest straw at the staff meeting.
"The audition will start soon." Said Sasha next to me, she took out her lunch and I did likewise. However, she also took out one of those notepads…that detectives in cop shows use and stuff.
"What do you plan to do with that?" I asked, with one eyebrow raised.
"Duh!" She told me, slapping her forehead. "Maybe we'll get to interview Zach! Wouldn't that just be awesome?" I said nothing, and just rolled my eyes.
As promised, the auditions started in around two minutes. First was a group of dancers who weren't that bad. Then there was a comedian who…well, I don't know how to say this nicely, so I won't say it at all. Finally, there was Zach Bellevue's bad. A hush fell over the crowd, God, how good was this guy? I had never heard him perform. The band shuffled onto the stage, I squinted to see his face but the lights were turned down too low.
Another day is going by
I'm thinking about you all the time
But you're out there
And I'm here waiting
This is pathetic, one freakin' verse of the song and I'm already melting. If someone told me to jump off a bridge, and said it in that voice, I'd so do it. The rest of the song had the same effect on me; Sasha had closed her eyes and was swaying to the beat. For once in my life, I knew why she was so excited about a guy.
I'd do anything
To fall asleep with you
I'd do anything
There's nothing I won't do
I'd do anything
To fall asleep with you
I'd do anything
'Cuz I know
I won't forget you
By the last verse, I was still hanging on to every word he said. I barely noticed it when the whole room exploded into applause, I snapped out of my trance and was soon cheering loudly with the rest of them. I sat staring at Zach, and while he turned back to his band, I could've sworn that he looked at me for a split second.
I didn't believe my own eyes until Sasha grabbed onto my arm. " Oh my God, oh my God!" She practically screamed into my ear. "Didn't you just see that? He looked at us!"
Yep, perhaps this day was looking up, and this week, and the whole month. Actually, this whole year was looking good.
By the end of the day, the excitement of that afternoon still hadn't worn off. I passed through all my classes as if I was floating on some cloud. I almost forgot about my meeting with Leo after school. Almost, but not quite. When I walked in back of the school, I found it deserted again; Leo wasn't even there yet. However, I only waited a few seconds before the familiar blue bubbles appeared in front of me again, bringing Leo with them.
"Hey." He said, he seemed relieved that I had showed up.
"Hey." I repeated, "so…"
"I have some explaining to do." He smiled, but looked a bit stressed. "You're a witch, you've known that for a while." When I nodded he continued, "like I said this morning, there are others like you. But there are also creatures that prey on witches, especially new ones, like you. They're called…demons."
I looked at him with wide eyes. No way I was believing this bullshit, but then again…I'm the one who's the witch. "So what, I was attacked by a demon car this morning?"
Well, at least he smiled at that. " No. But there will be some demons who come after you, and you can't ignore that fact without being in grave danger." He held out his hand to me. "I'll bring you to someone else who can teach you…it's OK, she's my wife."
I nodded, and accepted the hand.
Zach Bellevue sat in the gym locker rooms after school, drying his hair. It was after football practice, but he'd stayed a while longer to take a shower.
"Hey Dude." Said a fellow band member, Brennan. " I'm leaving, you coming?"
Zach shook his head, " I'll stay a bit longer, man. See you tomorrow."
Fifteen minutes later, Zach was ready to leave also. He bent down to pick up his school bag, but then a shiver went down his spine. He stood up quickly, but it was too late, something hard came in contact with his skull.
Yay! Cliffhanger, I'm so evil. I hope you enjoyed this chappie and please review!
