Chapter Seven: The Hearing Thoughts Spell

Paris was pissed off. She didn't understand why Piper thought she could boss her around so much. It was annoying and ridiculous. So she was going to do something Piper had forbidden her to do, as she couldn't really get into any more trouble. Paris went into the Attic and started to flick through the Book of Shadows.

"The Hearing Thoughts spell…" Paris muttered to herself after a while. It seemed pretty simple – all she needed was one blue candle and the spell. She lit the candle and chant from the Book:

"As flame lights shadow
And truth ends fear
Open locked thoughts
to my mind's willing ear
May the smoke from
this candle into
everywhere creep
Bringing innermost voices
to my mind in speech"

Nothing was different. But Paris was sure it worked so she blew out the candle, put everything back where she had found it and then went downstairs to see what her sisters really thought of her. Getting downstairs, she saw that Leo had arrived. "Hi." She greeted softly.

Piper looked up at her. What is she doing here? I told her to stay in her room. Paris didn't really think what Piper thought was particularly bad so said: "Piper, I've decided I'm not going to let you teach my how to make potions anymore. It's boring and you're bossy and annoying."

This made Piper angry. What the hell is her problem? Who does she think she is? But instead she said: "Suit yourself. But when we aren't around to make potions, you'll be sorry."

"No I won't be. I can teach myself." Paris argued.

She's just like Phoebe when she was her age. This is going to be a pain. Paige thought. Paris stared at Paige, her eyes blinking back the tears. She was nothing more than a pain to her.

Poor Paris, why doesn't she understand that we're just trying to help her? That's what Phoebe was thinking. I just wish I could get to know her more. Okay, that was better, Paris thought. But still, why did Phoebe feel sorry for her? That was so stupid.

"Don't be ridiculous, Paris." Piper sighed. "You can't teach yourself." God, this girl is really getting on my nerves.

This is going to end badly. Leo thought. All of her sisters' words were bouncing around in her head. It was awful. They were all feeling sorry for her or thinking she was a waste of their time and wishing that she would just leave them alone. Paris was finding it hard to fight her tears and her anger. She didn't realise that all her sisters had thought that about her. She thought it had just been Piper. She was wrong.

"Yes I can." Paris argued eventually. She was staring helplessly between her three sisters and wishing they would think about something other than her. "I'm going upstairs."

"No you aren't. This conversation is finished." Piper ordered.

"Yes it is, Piper. You aren't teaching me how to make potions anymore." Paris insisted. She went to turn around and storm out but then heard Cole thinking something.

I would do anything to just… throw an energy ball at that stupid bitch and then at Paige and get this over and done with. God, the Source never told me it was this difficult to control yourself when you're the Source but trying to be good.

"I thought you were good?" Paris asked him with worry filling her mind. Cole wasn't good? He was The Source? "Why do you want to kill –"

Cole was pretending to look confused but internally, he was panicking. How the hell had she heard what he was thinking about? "What are you on about, Paris? Cole is good." Phoebe replied suspiciously. But she wasn't suspicious of her fiancé, no, she was suspicious of her sister.

"No he isn't." Paris informed her.

"Finally. Someone else who doesn't trust him." Paige breathed a sigh of relief. However, it was short-lived because Phoebe spat:

"What?"