Chapter 2: I've got you under my skin.
Chelbell2016:
Ok so most chapters will be in no ones pov now. Unless I want a scene in Paula's POV. Please review.
*PO4: Season 1*
Phoebe enters quake. She heads to the bar where Paula is sat drinking a glass of water and looking through her coursework.
Not concentrating on what she is doing but rather on her little sister, Phoebe nearly walks in to a couple.
"Oops, sorry," she says to the two.
Once away from the crowd Phoebe is intercepted by Piper who looks angry.
"I'm gonna kill him," Piper states in a matter of fact tone.
"Who?" Phoebe asks wondering who had angered her older sister.
"Chef Moore," Paula answers before Piper can.
Piper glances at Paula before giving Phoebe an explanation.
"He with the phony accent hires me and then quits to open his own place," Piper tells her. "Thank you very much."
Paula glances at the two. "She's really angry."
Phoebe glances around and then looks at Piper. "I don't see any customers complaining."
Piper doesn't feel any better.
"Hello! I am not a restaurant tour. I am a chef," she says as she tries to juggle the responsibilities. "I have no idea what I am doing."
She goes to take a plate to table four but Paula stands up and takes it from her.
"Allow me," Paula tells her older sister.
Piper nods an thanks her.
Piper glances at Phoebe again and narrows he eyes. "Are you wearing my dress?"
Before Phoebe can give a yes or no another young woman walks up to them an takes the seat next to Paula's vacated one.
"Hey Britney," Phoebe says as she spots her. Then she sees the tattoo on her hand. "Ooh I love the tattoo."
Phoebe takes Brittany's hand to get a better look.
"Thanks," Brittany says for the compliment.
"I thought it was illegal to get them on your hand because of the veins," Phoebe points out.
"In the states yeah," she gives her explanation. "I got it done in Tahiti. Oh keep the change Piper I got to jam."
She then walks away and Paula comes back looking a little annoyed.
"You know someone should tell table four that manners go along way," she snarls clearly upset.
Piper handed out another order and then turned to Phoebe. "So back to my dress."
Phoebe is not paying attention. She is to busy staring at a young business man that is sat at a table not to far from the three sisters.
Phoebe is suddenly hit by a premonition.
The man gets up and approaches Phoebe. His name is Alec. Sitting down besides her he offers to buy Phoebe a martini.
Phoebe smiles before turning to her two sisters.
"See that poster boy to your left Piper? Your right Paula?" Both glance in Alec's direction and Paula nods her head at Piper. "Just glance around don't be obvious."
Paula rolls her eyes but Piper answers. "I approve. Who is he?"
Phoebe looks excited as she answers.
"His name is Alec," she says to her sisters. "And he's about to come over and ask if he can buy me a martini."
Paula gives the guy another glance before asking a question. "How do you know that?"
Phoebe doesn't give a straight answer. "Let's just say I've solved the age old problem of who approaches who first."
Paula catches on straight away. "You had a premonition."
Phoebe nods. Piper looks concerned and a little annoyed.
"What?! Phoebe your not supposed to use your powers," Piper reminded her little sister. "We agreed."
Phoebe shakes her head.
"No you and Prue agreed," she reminds her. "Paula didn't say anything. I abstained. Besides it's not like I can control it. It just popped into my head."
Paula and Piper share a look. This is what worries them the most.
"That's the point none of us can control our powers," Paula says thinking about how she can not control her teleporting.
"And that's what scares me," Piper says coming to her sisters aid. "I could panic and freeze the entire restaurant. Or Paula could jump and teleport in front of a whole class full of people."
Before anyone else can say anything Paula notices Alec getting up. She motions towards him with her head but neither of her sisters say anything.
Piper goes to the cash register and Paula returns to her coursework.
Phoebe tries to remain oblivious as Alec comes up behind her.
"Hi," he says to her and she turns to him.
"Oh hello," Phoebe replies.
"I was just sitting over there wondering if I could buy you a martini or something?" He asks her hopefully.
Phoebe smiles seductively as she replies. "A Martini hmm? Imagine that. I'd love one."
Paula rolls her eyes at Phoebe and Piper gives Phoebe a stern look.
"It's Alec right?" Phoebe asks and Paula shakes her head before going back to her coursework.
"Yeah, how'd you know my name?" Alec asks clearly surprised.
"Wild guess," Phoebe replies as she gets to her feet.
Before walking away Phoebe turns back to her sisters to see a concerned Piper.
"Prue's gonna be pissed," she points out in warning.
Phoebe doesn't seem to be phased as she replies. "News flash: Stop worrying you'll get wrinkles."
Paula just stares after her sister as she walks away. She then turns to Piper.
"You're not the only one who is worried."
*PO4: Season 1*
Paula's POV:
The next morning I sigh as I get up. I meet Prue on my way down the stairs.
"Morning," I say to her.
We head to the kitchen where Piper is making breakfast.
"Morning," we both say and then we notice that the t.v is on so Prue asks. "What are you watching?"
"Nothing just a show," Piper says to us both.
I give her a suspicious look.
"About witches?" I ask my older sister as I begin to prepare my breakfast. "Are you worried that were gonna be burned at the stake?"
Prue chuckles.
Piper fake chuckles. "Yeah right."
"By the way Andy called," Piper tells Prue who seems nervous.
"When?" Prue asks as she pours herself a cup of coffee.
"While you were in the shower," Piper informs her.
"What did you tell him?" Prue asks her.
"That you were in the shower," Piper says as if it is obvious. "Bad date?"
"No," Prue says. "Not at all. It was great. You know dinner, movie, sex."
My eyes go wide and I glance at Piper.
"Excuse me?" Piper asks our oldest sister. "On the first date."
"You sleaze," Piper and I say together.
"It wasn't exactly our first date you two," Prue reminds her.
"High school doesn't count," Piper informs her as I nod. "That was last decade. Spill it."
Prue glares at her as we all head for the door.
"OOH that bad huh?" I ask her.
"No," Prue replies as we all walk out of the kitchen. "Actually that good. It was... well we were amazing. But thats not the point. I told myself that things would be different. That we would take it slow. It just shouldn't have happened thats all."
Phoebe walks down the stairs and approaches the three of us. "What shouldn't have happened?"
Piper decides to just blurt it out. "Prue slept with Andy."
"HELLO!" Phoebe exclaims sounding shocked.
"Thanks a lot mouth," Prue says angry at Piper.
Phoebe looks crushed as she glances between the two of us. "Wait you were gonna tell them and not me? Family meeting."
Prue decided to change the subject.
"Speaking of last night," she says glancing at Phoebe. "What time did you end up rolling in?"
"Late!" Is the word I offer.
"No,no, no, no," Phoebe says avoiding the question. "Don't change the subject."
"It must have been at least after three," Piper says and I share a smirk with her as Prue sits down.
"I must still be in new York time," Phoebe says trying to defend herself.
"Actually that would make it later," I say smirking at my older sister.
"Or maybe you and Alec..." Piper begins and Phoebe glares at her.
"Who's Alec?" Prue says.
"The hottie she hit on at the restaurant," I say to Prue and Phoebe turns her glare onto me.
"Excuse me," Phoebe says loudly. "Revisionist history he hit on me remember the whole vision thing?"
"Vision thing?" Prue repeats before realizing what Phoebe had done. "Please tell me you dint use your powers?"
She glances at Piper who says. "Don't put me in the middle."
"I'm not you were born in the middle," Prue points out and glances at me before talking again. "Look I thought that we had agreed."
"No," Phoebe corrected. "We didn't you agreed you laid down the law. There's a difference."
"Look Phoebe our powers are not toys," Prue points out. "Besides we have to be careful. They could get us killed."
"She's right," Piper says. "We don't want any more warlocks coming after us."
I nod my head not wanting to keep fighting evil at the age I am.
"Look it was just a lousy premonition," Phoebe says. "Thats all. Nobody died. Besides you guys can't control your powers any better than I can."
"She has a point," I say to them.
"And FYI nothing happened last night," Phoebe says and I turn to raise an eyebrow at her. "At least nothing I'm ashamed of."
"There's another reason we have to be careful," Prue says and we all turn back to her. "Andy thinks someones abducting women in our area."
"Abducting women what do you mean?" Phoebe asks her.
"It means Warlocks are not the only evil we have to watch out for," Prue continues. "And FYI I'm not ashamed of anything."
We all chuckle a bit.
*PO4: Season 1*
I am running late as I rush into my class. My teacher accepts my apology and I sit down to listen to my lecture. I cannot find my note book as it is at the bottom of my bag.
I look around and then whisper as quietly as I can. "Notebook!"
It appears in bright lights. I smile to myself.
Taking notes for my class I try not to think about what could have happened if I had been seen.
When class is over one of my friends Leanne approaches me.
"Hey," she says and I smile at her. "So you were late again."
I nodded. "Luckily my professors are fair otherwise I would be in trouble."
As we leave I smile at her. She had been my friend for years and we had always been close. Before I can stop myself someone crashes into me.
I hit the ground and when I look up I see Andy.
He smirks as he pulls me to my feet. "If you wanted to say hello you could have said it."
I smile at him. "Hello Andy. Your a bit old for college. What are you doing here?"
"I'm investigating a case," he says.
"At a university," I fold my arms. "Should I be worried?"
"No," he says and then he is about to head off. "Can you tell your sister I need to talk to her?"
I nod. "Bye Andy!"
He waves and then Leanne turns to me. "Boyfriend?"
"EW!" I exclaim shuddering at the thought. "More like the big brother I never had. He's always treated me like a little sister and he has dated Prue on and off."
She nods her head. "Its just that you two look close."
I sigh. "I went through a rough spot. First when I found out that Prue, Phoebe and Pipers dad was not mine and then when my Grams died. He was always there for me."
"Sounds like a great guy," Leanne says.
"Yeah," I agree. "I owe him a lot."
We continue on to our next class. After the last class I am approached by a young man that keeps harassing me. I try to go on but he stops me.
"Hey Halliwell!" He yells. "You gonna let me take you out tonight?"
"Only in your dreams Dirk," I say continuing to walk away from him.
I then head out and continue on. It feels as if that guy is not going to leave me alone until I find a new guy.
*PO4: Season 1*
That night I head to Quake with Prue. We exit her car and I smile at her as we head inside. We see straight away that it is getting busy.
We head for the kitchen where we see Piper coming out speaking to a waiter.
Prue grabs Piper and turns her towards us.
"Uh you din't give Andy my cell phone number by any chance did you?" She asks her.
"No," Piper says sounding a little stressed. "Why?"
Prue says something I can barely hear and then turns to me. "You didn't either did you?"
"No," I promise.
"Remind me that I wanted to do this for a living," Piper says as she glances around at the restaurant.
"It looks like you two are going to be the only ones of us doing anything for a living," Prue says and I raise an eyebrow at her. "I think I blew my interview."
"I can't imagine you were less than stellar," Piper says.
Prue suddenly grabs us and turns us towards Phoebe. She is sitting at a table wearing a new dress that even Prue or Piper probably could not afford. I definitely would not.
She is sat with a man.
"What is Phoebe doing here?" Prue asks.
"Flirting," Piper and I say at the same time.
"Yeah and shes wearing Armani," Prue points out what I noticed. "Where did she get that?"
"Not from my closet," Piper says.
"Or mine," I agree.
Piper just rolls her eyes. "Gotta go."
She walks off and I turn to Prue.
"I better find somewhere to sit," I say to her. "I'm gonna get started on work for class."
I sit down and begin writing out my paper copy so I can type it up later.
A minute or two later Prue grabs me and pulls me along as both her and Phoebe head for the kitchen.
"What do you mean you charged for it?" Prue asks Phoebe as we enter the kitchen. "How are you gonna pay for it your broke?"
I stare at her also wanting to know the answer.
"Not for long," Phoebe says in a tone that makes me worry.
"What does that mean?" Prue asks but then she seems to come to her own conclusion. "You didn't use your powers again?"
I sigh knowing that it is hard not to.
"Maybe," Phoebe says to her. "Are you telling me you haven't?"
Piper rushes over not happy. "What are you guys doing in here?"
"Same thing we do at home," Phoebe says and I shake my head at her.
"What did you go to the track? Play the market? What?" Prue asks and we can see that she is getting annoyed.
"The lottery," Phoebe says.
"PHOEBE!" Piper and I exclaim.
"What did you want me to do?" She asks. "Ignore the premonition. Not help a needy family. Thats what were supposed to do. Right?"
"No," Prue says. "We are not supposed to use our powers for our own personal gain. That is what it says in the book of shadows."
"Not so loud," Piper says.
"But its not always that easy," I say to Prue thinking about my teleportation.
"You said we needed money right?" Phoebe says ignoring me. "Well I'm getting it."
"Come on you guys!" Piper says getting more and more annoyed.
"So get a job like everybody else," Prue says.
"I'm using my mind instead," Phoebe says pointing at her head.
"Prue!" We hear and Andy heads into the room.
He crashes into a waiter.
"WATCH IT!" Piper yells and raises her hands. The whole room freezes. "Oh no, no, no, no. Not again."
I watch as Piper paces around getting mad.
"Now look at what you've done!" Prue exclaims.
"THIS IS MY FAULT!" Phoebe yells.
"You guys aren't frozen?" Piper asks clearly a little confused. "
"Guess it doesn't work on witches," Phoebe suggests. "Piper how long does it last?"
"I don't know," Piper says worried. "Not long."
Prue who had been looking outside the door comes back in and addresses us. "Uh doesn't work out here either."
We all begin to freak as Piper cries out. "Oh tell me this isn't happening!"
I watch as Phoebe paces with Piper and tries to calm her down. "Calm down. Its okay. Its all gonna be okay."
I walk over to Prue and glance out of the door. I see Andy's partner coming in.
"Oh god," I say glancing at my sisters. "Andy's partner just walked in and hes heading this way."
"What are we going to do?" Piper asks as we all begin to panic.
"Stall him!" Phoebe says and I push Prue out of the door as she is the one Morris knows.
She runs off. Phoebe begins batting air at Piper with a tray and saying. "Breathe Piper Breathe."
Just as the door opens the room unfreezes. I flinch as there is a crash but luckily I do not teleport.
Andy looks at Morris as he approaches.
"What are you doing here?" He asks. "I thought I had five minutes."
"Yeah I gave you ten," Morris says motioning to his watch.
Prue glances at Piper who speaks up. "Guys you know were really busy in here."
Phoebe and I nod.
Andy smiles at all of us. "Yeah sure."
"I'll call you later I promise," Prue says to Andy.
They both know its fine and they exit with Andy still wondering what is wrong with his watch. Andy waves to us and we say goodbye.
"I hate being a witch!" Piper says before leaving.
I share a look with my sisters before heading to continue my coursework.
*PO4: Season 1*
The next morning Piper is sitting in the Attic. Phoebe and Prue have gone.
I go to the attic and approach her.
"Whats wrong?" I ask her.
"Well I feel better about it since my talk with Phoebe," she explains. "But I was worried about being a witch."
I sigh. "Piper trust me you are not the only one who worries. I mean I can jump in the middle of a class and teleport in a room full of people. It terrifies me... Thats why I've decided to drop out."
"What?" Piper asks.
"I... I need to concentrate on getting my powers under control," I say to her. "And then maybe I can figure out how to be a witch and a student at the same time."
Piper thinks about it for a minute. "Well... until you go back I could always use an extra pair of hands at the restaurant."
I smiled widely.
"I was hoping you'd say that," I say. "So when can I start boss?"
"How about tomorrow?" She asks smiling back.
I nod.
"Thanks for understanding Piper," I say and then sigh. "Now I need to figure out how to tell Prue."
She pats me on the shoulder. "I'm sure she will understand when you tell her what you told me."
I nod again and we head back downstairs as she was heading out.
*PO4: Season 1*
Later on Piper brings back an old lady and somehow they both convince me that she is Britney one of our friends. We talk in the kitchen when we hear the door open.
"Piper, Phoebe, Paula!" We hear Prue calling out to us.
We walk out to see Prue stood there looking at Britney.
"Prue!" Piper exclaims as we head towards her. "Thank god your home."
"Yeah who-" Prue begins but I stop her.
I pass Britney the bowl in my hand. "Here you go Britney. Why don't you go sit down at the table okay? There you go."
Britney nods at me and heads for the kitchen.
Piper and I turn back to Prue.
"Um sorry Britney," Prue says placing her cardigan on the chair and looking at the two of us.
"Your not gonna believe this," Piper says. "I'm not sure I believe it even I do. I think..."
"No we know," I cut across her while grabbing Prue's arms to turn her towards me. "This woman is Britney Reynolds."
"Yeah right Paula," Prue says. "And I'm Rosie O'Donald."
"No we mean it," Piper says and gives the most obvious point that she is Britney. "Britney has a tattoo right. An angel on her right hand remember."
Prue glances back and looks at the tattoo.
"That can't be," Prue says shocked.
"Thats what we thought at first," Piper says. "So I brought her here. Paula and I started asking her some questions."
"Things only Britney could know," I say as Prue glances at me. "She may be senile but it was enough to convince me."
As it goes dark we head upstairs to the book of Shadows.
"You guys what are you talking about?" Prue asks as we head for the book.
"I'm telling you I saw something about it in the book of shadows," Piper says.
Piper turns the pages of the book as she searches for a certain page.
She finds the page. "Look, see."
I begin to read the page. "Javnah feeds one week out of every year stealing the life force from the young."
"By invoking the black magic of eternal youth," Prue says and we nod.
"Thats gotta be what happened to Britney," Piper says and I nod my head.
"Yeah but there must be some kind of way to reverse the incantation," Prue says.
"There is," Piper says turning the pages to one with a hand on it. " 'The hand of Fatima.' It says that the prophet Ahamed invoked it centuries ago to banish Javnah to... wherever the hell he came from."
"Yeah but the problem is we don't know who Javnah really is," Prue says glancing from Piper to I. "Let alone where he is."
I hate it when she is right.
There is a sudden crash from downstairs.
"Britney?!" Piper called out wondering like the rest of us what that was.
We run downstairs to see Britney on the ground. I wonder what is wrong with her.
"Oh my god," Piper says as we run over to check on her. "What happened?"
"Britney you all right?" Prue asks.
"I'll call 911," I say as seeing someone collapse like that makes me think of Grams.
"And tell them what?" Prue asks glancing back at me. "That she's dying of old age at 25!"
Piper picks up what I think is a napkin that is right next to Britney.
"What is it?" Prue asks.
"Its a cocktail napkin from my restaurant," Piper explains. "With Stefans address on the back."
"Javnah," Britney says and I realize who Javnah must be.
"You guys," Piper begins and both Prue and I turn to her. "Thats where Phoebe went."
*PO4: Season 1*
We all arrive at Stefans address and hope to god that we are not too late to save Phoebe. We see that the Quake van is still outside.
We cannot see Phoebe inside though.
"Anything?" Prue asks.
"No," Piper replies. "Prue... Paula..."
Prue grips Pipers arms as she tries to calm her. "Look we'll find her."
"Maybe we should call the police," Piper says.
"No Javnah has her were the only ones who can stop him," I remind her not wanting to involve the police.
"But we need Phoebe to do it," Piper points out. "The incantation will only work with the four of us."
There is a sudden scream. I am surrounded by blue lights and next thing I know I am standing next to Phoebe as she is strapped to a table. Javnah roars when he spots me.
I duck down as he goes to fire at me. I see a candle.
"CANDLE!" I yell and it hits him on the head sending him back.
I begin to untie Phoebe as we need her to be with us for the incantation.
Javnah gets back to his feet and shoots his lasers at me. Before they can hit Prue sends him flying with a squint of her eyes.
Piper comes to assist me with the untying of our sister.
"We need you," Piper says. "We don't have a lot of time."
We get up to see Prue being shot at by Javnah and she is slowly moving towards him.
"PRUE GRAB THE MIRROR!" Phoebe yells.
Prue does so and reflects the demons evil back at him. He goes stumbling back and hits the ground.
We all run over to Prue who has the spell. We can all read it together this way.
"Now!" Prue says.
We begin to chant:
Evil eyes, look unto thee
May they soon extinguished be,
Bend thy will to the Power of Three,
Eye of earth, evil and accursed.
Prue's hand begins to glow and she raises it at Javnah. A blast comes out and repeatedly hits his chest. Then we begin to chant again.
Evil eyes, look unto thee
May they soon extinguished be,
Bend thy will to the Power of Three,
Eye of earth, evil and accursed.
Javnah falls back onto his table and turns from man to skeleton to dust.
The glowing of Prue's hand stops and we know it is over.
"Very cool!" Phoebe says and I roll my eyes.
We hear police sirens so we head outside so we can go back home. It has been a long day and I do start work tomorrow. We see Andy and Darryl pulling up in a police van.
"Prue?" Andy says when he sees the four of us. "What are you doing here?"
Prue began to stutter but Phoebe answers. "We were just trying to get the van started."
"Yeah Phoebe called she was having car trouble," Piper says and the rest of us nod.
"Stefan was gonna take some pictures of me!" Phoebe says making it sound like shes happy about the thought.
"Any idea how lucky you are?" Andy says with his hands on his hips. "This guys the stalker."
Morris approaches. "His cars still outside so he might still be around."
Morris walks off and Andy approaches us.
"Excuse me," he says and I glance back as he goes over to the car and starts it straight away.
"Hey how about that you fixed it!" Piper says trying to make it sound like it was broke until now.
"How about that!" Andy repeated with a suspicious smirk on his face.
"Maybe we should go," I say to my sisters.
"Good idea," Andy says to me.
The rest of us walk off so Prue can talk to Andy alone. I smile as I glance back at them. As I said to Leanne Andy had helped me a lot.
When I was about 17 I got caught up with a bad group that when I tried to drop out did horrible things. I still do not know to this day how I got out of the building when it was on fire.
Plus he had never told my sisters about it just my grams.
*PO4: Season 4*
The next day I am at Quake with Piper and Prue when Phoebe approaches.
We wonder why she was talking to a red haired woman who clearly did not know who she is.
"Do you know that girl?" Piper asks her.
"I almost was that girl," Phoebe replies. "She was one of Stefans victims. Obviously doesn't remember."
"Lucky her," Prue says and I nod my head.
"No lucky me," Phoebe corrects her. "I learned my lesson. I have got to be more careful."
"Excuse me but did I just hear right," Prue says making me smirk. "Did she actually admit to doing something wrong."
"Thats what I heard," Piper says.
"Its scary to hear you say that Phoebes," I say.
"Frame it," Phoebe says. "It won't happen again."
"At least we helped those people," Piper says. "I mean its nice to know our powers really are good."
"Yeah good for everything but our love lives," Prue says. "Unfortunately. Although I must admit they do come in handy every once in a while."
We hear the T.V begin to announce the lottery numbers.
"The winning numbers," Phoebe says pulling out her ticket. "I won. Well I did."
"No you did not," I say as the others just send her a look.
I watch as the information vanishes off of Phoebes card. I bite my lip to avoid laughing. Piper takes the card.
"See I told you," Prue says. "You can't intentionally use the powers for your own personal gain. Remember."
"Its a good thing I didn't take the tags off that dress," Phoebe says. "Oh well at least the old couple didn't loose there house."
Piper raises her glass. "A toast. To the power of four. Whether we like it or not."
We clink glasses and after we take a sip I decide to tell them.
"Prue, Phoebe I have something to say," I say sighing. "As I have troubles sneezing without teleporting and college is a very noisy place... I have decided to drop out of college."
Prue nods but I can tell she is a little upset.
"When do you think you'll go back?" She asks.
"As soon as I get my powers under control," I say. "Plus with all this demon fighting I still need something to do so..."
"So shes gonna be working here with me," Piper says. "Just until shes ready."
They both nod.
"At least I dropped out first," Phoebe says.
I stick my tongue out at her and roll my eyes. Trust Phoebe to think of it that way. I had a feeling that things would get better soon.
*PO4: Season 4*
Chelbell2016:
Okay I finally have a rough plan of where I am going with this season.
