Author's note: My apologies to those of you who read my other stories and may notice that this one doesn't get updated quite as often. It's only because my other two stories are nearing completion. And the fact that I'm still not quite sure what I'm doing with this story. But I don't want to disappoint those of you who like this story so here's another chapter for you.
HarryPassionFan: Yeah, Nikki's comes from quite a large family. I enjoyed writing the scene where Henry Jr. and Tommy blow up the kitchen. I had to have some fun things in there somewhere.
PrettyDiva: I'm flattered that you think this is one of the best fics on here. It's way different than how I view this fic but then again I'm the writer so I'm always hardest on my stories. Nikki is by far my favorite OC character mainly because I've used her in a number of RPG's and always tend to pair her with Tommy. (I also tend to think she's a bit like me and it's the closet I'll ever get to being with Tommy) So you will definitely see her reinvented in other fics to come about this pairing.
Riverkirby: Yes, it is a huge family. Just imagine trying to write them and making sure to include everyone. It was quite the task. Yeah, I have to admit I was imagining the scene with the kitchen in my head and what it would have looked like if it had actually happened on the show.
Slytherin-Angel44: When I see that you loved it, then I know I've done something right with the chapter. Thanks for loving this fic!
GinaStar: Read on to see Tommy's reaction to his first demon encounter. No morphing yet though but it will happen at some point in the story.
BellaCordelia: Technically, I just gave all the characters names. It was the show that ended by showing us that all three women would each go on to have three kids of their own thus making it indeed a very large family. But you're right, I do have a little too much fun when thinking of dialogue for their interactions.
Nissaa: It's always nice to see a new reader and reviewer! I hope I can keep you coming back for more.
ThePink1atReefside: I'm glad you love what I'm doing with this fic, even if I'm not even sure what that is just yet. As for Nikki's reaction of Tommy being a Power Ranger, I'll sure she'll have more to say about it at some point. A HUGE list of supporting characters, you're telling me! (LOL) I don't think I realized what I was getting into when I took up this story. As for what they did on their honeymoon, honestly I haven't come up with anything yet. I mean how do you top meeting and getting married in Hawaii. Oh and read on to see why Sami and Robb were missing from the last chapter.
"Good morning," Tommy said as he entered the living room in Nikki's parents' home and found his wife staring out the window.
"Hey, I thought you might be a little exhausted after meeting the entire family last night so that's why I didn't wake you," she told him as he wrapped his arms around her.
"You ok, you seem to have a lot on your mind," Tommy said.
"I was just thinking about Drake lurking around out there somewhere and just plotting his attack," she answered.
"From what I understand, you have an entire family full of powerful witches, so you have nothing to worry about," Tommy told her.
"I know you're right, we are pretty powerful, especially when we all work together," Nikki said.
"So you explained to me about your powers and the whole orbing thing but what about the rest of your family, what kind of powers do they posses?" Tommy asked.
"Ok, well, me, Sami and Henry have telekinesis and orbing and we also have the ability to glamour which means we have the power to change our appearances, then there's Chris and Wyatt who like us were born with whitelighter abilities like orbing, Chris also has the power of molecular combustion, which is really just a fancy term for blowing things up, Wyatt on the other hand was born with an insane amount of powers, along with orbing, he has the power of healing, conjuring, force field projection, and he can produce energy balls, Wyatt's actually the only one of us who can beat demons by himself without any help," she explained.
"Wait, what about Melinda, I mean she's Wyatt and Chris's sister doesn't she have the power of orbing?" Tommy asked.
"Unfortunately, Melinda was born a little too late to inherit those powers, see my Uncle Leo was once a whitelighter but he ended up giving his whitelighter power up so that he could become a mortal and have a second chance at life with my Aunt Piper, therefore Melinda only has the powers she inherited from Aunt Piper as a witch, Melinda's power is known as molecular immobilization which means she can freeze things," Nikki replied.
"And what about you're other three cousins?" Tommy questioned.
"Prue, like her name sake, has the power of astral projection and she inherited Aunt Phoebe's gift of premonitions, Priscilla has the power of levitation and she recently started developing the powers of an empath which basically means she can channel people's emotions so be careful when you're around her, she hasn't figured out a way to control it yet so sometimes she can be a bit moody, and Phyllis has the power of telekinesis," Nikki finished explaining.
"And together you all use these powers to fight demons," Tommy commented.
"Yes, these powers come with a great amount of responsibility, and having them is not a glamorous as it may seem, especially since there's the whole personal gain thing we have to be careful of," Nikki replied.
"What does that mean personal gain?" he questioned.
"It basically means that we can't use our powers to make our lives easier, you know things like casting a spell to win the lottery or using our powers to get what we want, we have to work hard just like everyone else," she explained.
"Speaking of work, school will be starting soon and I still haven't figured out what's going to become of my job," Tommy told her.
"Oh Tommy, I hadn't even thought about that, this is yet again another way my secret is ruining your life," Nikki said.
"Nikki, you are not ruining my life, you gave me a choice and I chose to come here with you," Tommy said.
"Well, I guess I always could orb you back and forth, though it would be a little hard to explain to Hayley why you're no longer living in your house," Nikki said.
"I thought about that too but it would just bring too many questions, I think the best thing for me to do would be to sell the house and resign from my teaching position," Tommy revealed.
"Tommy, I can't ask you to quit your job for me," Nikki told him.
"You didn't ask, this is my decision and what you do with your family is way too important for me to ask you to move to Reefside, you need to be here with them, so the best thing for us is to make our life here together in San Francisco," he replied.
"I don't know what to say, I'm the luckiest woman in the world to have a husband who's so willing to give up so much for me," she said and then kissed him.
"I swear every time I come home the two of them are kissing," Henry Jr. said as he orbed into the room with Phyllis.
"What do you expect, their still newlyweds," Phyllis reminded him.
"Hey Phil what are you doing here?" Nikki asked after she and Tommy stopped kissing.
"I came over to help Henry with some homework," she answered.
"Yeah, well if you're going to be working in the kitchen just make sure he doesn't blow the place up again," Nikki told her as the two of them headed into the kitchen.
"Back on the subject of jobs, don't you have one that you should be getting back to," Tommy said to Nikki when they were alone again.
"Oh my gosh, you're right, I'm sure my boss is just about ready to fire me," she said.
"Well, if you need to go I'm sure I'll be ok here with Henry especially since Phyllis is here to oversee things," Tommy told her.
"Ok, I should only be at the agency for about an hour or two," she said.
Nikki got into her car that was parked outside the house and drove downtown to South Bay Social Services.
"Well, well, well, Ms. Mitchell has finally decided to grace us with her presence," her boss Lewis Mackenzie said when she walked in the door.
"Lew, I am so sorry, I never intended to be gone this long," Nikki told him.
"Well, you're lucky your one of my best agents other wise I would have fired you by now," he said.
"Oh Lew, give her a break, she just got married for goodness sake, congratulations by the way," her friend and fellow co-worker Amanda said as she gave Nikki a hug. Nikki had called her office and informed Amanda of her marriage.
"That's right, well congratulations, what's the new name?" he asked.
"It's Oliver, so from now on you can address me as Mrs. Oliver," she told him.
"Well, Mrs. Oliver, how about you get started on that stack of papers on your desk, those kids won't get adopted if their files aren't completed," he replied.
A few hours later, Nikki was finally caught up on the work that she had missed while away on vacation. She drove back home and was relieved to see that the house was still standing which meant that Phyllis and Henry were making progress on their potion making.
"Welcome back," Tommy said after she walked in the door and he gave her a kiss.
"Yeah, I didn't expect to be gone so long but I had a lot of work to catch up on, anything exciting happen while I was gone," she said.
"I finally met Sami, she and Robb are in the family room with Henry," Tommy answered.
"So the prodigal sister returns," Nikki said as she entered the family room.
"I am so, so sorry that we missed dinner last night," Sami told her.
"Well, what great excuse are you going to come up with this time?" Nikki asked.
"It's my fault we missed dinner," Robb spoke up.
"Of course it is, but this is typical Sami behavior now that she's back with you," Nikki told him.
"Wait a sec, Nick that's not fair," Sami said.
"Don't talk to me about fair Sami, ever since you got back together with him you've been ignoring this entire family, I'm surprised you could even fit us into your schedule today," Nikki retorted.
There was silence in the room after Nikki spoke those words and she and Sami began staring at each other though it was obvious that they were still communicating.
"What's going on?" Tommy asked.
"Their fighting telepathically which probably means their saying some not so very nice words to each other," he explained.
Suddenly, Chris orbed into the room and appeared to be out of breath.
"Incoming!" Chris yelled and seconds later a man dress in all black appeared in the room.
"Look out!" Henry screamed as a fire ball appeared in the man's hands.
Tommy saw that the fireball was headed straight for Nikki and he instinctively pushed her out of the way. The fireball struck him in the arm as both he and Nikki fell to the ground.
"Potion," Henry called out as a potion appeared in his hands and he threw it at the demon and vanquished him.
"What was that all about?" Robb asked Chris.
"I was doing some investigating in the underworld and unfortunately I got caught," Chris told him.
"Well, we're lucky it was only a lower level demon, nice to see your potions are finally working," she said as she looked at her younger brother.
"That wasn't very smart you know," Nikki told Tommy.
"I couldn't help it, you're my wife, I guess I just acted on instinct," he said as he held his injured arm.
"Well, next time just let me orb out of the way," she said.
"So is this what's it's like everyday for you?" Tommy asked.
"Pretty much, we never know when some demon might want to try his luck against the kids of the Charmed Ones," she answered.
"Here, I'll take care of that," Chris said as he walked over to Tommy seeing that he was injured.
"It's really not that bad," Tommy told him.
"It looks like a pretty nasty burn to me," Henry remarked.
"There you go, just like new," Chris said as he touched Tommy's arm and it was immediately healed.
"Wow, thanks Chris," Tommy said seeing that there was no sign left that his arm had been hurt.
"Just one of the many perks of being a whitelighter," Christ told him.
"Except for the fact that Nikki, Sami, and I haven't developed our healing abilities yet," Henry replied.
"Which is exactly why until Drake is found we all need to stay on full alert," Nikki said.