CHAPTER SEVEN

OUCH!

Sam Crowen blinked his eyes several times as he watched the chimpanzee with the stack of papers in its arms back into the copy room. The copy room where only Paige Matthews was in.

Sam rushed to the open door and began "Paige …" his eyes widened even more when he noticed the stacks of paper next to … and he couldn't believe his own eyes on this one … Paige's clothes.

"Uhh…. Paige?" Sam said uncertain. "Do you realize you are uhhh … naked?" Sam waited for Paige to well yelp. But nothing.

Sam walked into the room and closed the door behind him. He took a deep breath and looked behind the copy machine. No Paige. No Paige anywhere.

"Ok, Sam you are going insane. Either Paige came back to work temporary today or you just dreamt it. Because there is no way Paige let this room buck naked and no one saw her." Sam felt his legs shaking so he sat down against the copy machine.

"Why are Paige's clothes here, Sam, if Paige wasn't here?" Sam asked himself. "Well than how did Paige leave naked than?" Sam looked quickly around the room. "There's no window to the outside world in this room."

Sam brought his hands up to his face and wiped his shell shock face over and over again.

"Ok, Sammy time to face hard facts. The monkey carrying the papers. The monkey came out of the copy room. The monkey looked freaked. The monkey backed back into the copy room. What monkey would have the intelligence to back quietly away from humans.

Paige did come in today. Paige came into the copy room. Paige's clothes are on the floor in front of you along with the papers she needed." Sam got to his feet but stayed knelt over Paige's clothes and the papers.

"Paige is a monkey. What the hell." Sam shook his head. He slowly began to pick up Paige's clothes. He blushed as he picked up the bra, panties and silkily two piece slip.

Sam grabbed a cloth bag and placed Paige's clothes inside. He grabbed the papers and he opened the door to the copy room and existed.

Sam walked over to Paige's desk and saw Paige's purse on the desk. He picked it up and placed it on top of the papers in the bag. He was about to leave when he noticed Paige's cell phone on the ground next to Paige's chair. He bent and picked it up and added it to Paige's things in the bag.

"I'll be out for a bit. I won't be reach able." Sam said as he left the office.



"Wyatt what did you do?" Phoebe gasped as she watched her fourteen month nephew snuggling up against Paige's fur.

Piper stood to her feet and walked to where a stunned Paige stood with Wyatt in her paws. "Wyatt it's not nice turning your auntie Paige into a monkey."

Paige glared up into her older sister's eyes. She kept her mouth shut because she didn't want to frighten Wyatt with her screech.

Why this thought just entered her mind right this minute; instead of when she first orbed in. It was because she hadn't realized that Wyatt was in the room.

"Sorry I meant chimpanzee." Piper sighed though her nose.

"Wyatt time to turn Auntie Paige back into Auntie Paige." Leo placed a hand on his son's forehead.

Wyatt just laughed and snuggled even deeper into Paige's furry chest.

Paige glanced meaningfully into Piper's eyes.

"I DID NOT tell my son to shape change you into a chimpanzee." Piper folded her arms across her chest.

Yea bloody right. I'll sooner believe THAT than I would believe that Alaska is steamy hot in winter. Paige rolled her eyes.

KNOCK KNOCK

"I'll get it." Chris said. He went to the front to see a very haggard Sam Crowen on the front pouch.

Sam didn't' say anything he just walked past Chris into the entry way of the manor.

"Can I help you Mr. Crowen?" Chris asked.

"Where's Paige. I need to see Paige." Sam said staring straight at the wall that was next to the stair case and that led to the dinning room.

"She's at the office." Chris lied.

"No she's not. She's here. Get Paige please." Sam said not turning to face Chris.

"Chris who's at the door?" Phoebe called out overly brightly.

Silence.

"Chris." Phoebe said as she walked to the opening between the living room to the entry way. "Oh." She gasped.

"Where's Paige." Sam turned around to face Phoebe. His eyes widen. "Never mind."

Phoebe eyes widen as Sam marched past her into the living room.

"You forgot your clothes, Paige." Sam said stopping just in front of Paige; who had handed Wyatt over to Piper and stared dumbstruck at Sam Crowen.

"H – How did Paige turn into a monkey?" Sam shakily asked after dropping the bag at his left side.

No matter how shocked she was that am Crowen knew that she was a chimpanzee; Paige couldn't allow the "monkey" comment to go as it.

"I'm a chimpanzee! God doesn't anyone know the difference between the monkey species?" Paige screeched.

"Paige, calm down. He didn't mean it." Leo said placing his hand firmly around Paige's furry shoulders to hold her in place.

"Leo …" Piper said shocked at what her ex – husband had revealed.

"Paige is a chimpanzee. For you shake please remember that Mr. Crowen." Phoebe said calmly walking back to her place.

"How?" Sam asked.

"Magic." Phoebe truthfully answered.

"Magic …. As in occult." Sam backed up fearful.

"Magic as in witches. Good witches." Phoebe said.

Paige padded over to Sam after Leo had let her go. She stopped and reached out her right paw.

Sam looked into Paige's eyes and saw the truth in them. He reached out and grabbed her right paw and all the fear left him.

"Witches. This explains a lot of things since Paige had found you two." Sam said back in his normal voice.



END CHAPTER SEVEN

Author's Note: The chapter title is for the first part of the chapter. Sam Crowen had such a shock to his system.