A/N: Oh my gosh, I am so sorry this took so long! I know where I'm going with it, I know the Ultimate goal (and its fun) but I am having serious troubles with what to do with the now. But yay! I'm happy 'cause I managed to write a new chapter :D
Chris and Wyatt sat in silence for a while. Both were thinking about their new Whitelighter. Chris was the first to speak.
"There is something not right with that girl," he stated.
"Why? Because she didn't want to talk about how she died?" asked Wyatt. "She only died two months ago! Would you want to talk about how you died two months ago?"
"Wyatt, stop defending her. You're not thinking straight because you think she's hot."
Wyatt stared at his brother. "You're just jumping to conclusions," he said. "Besides we've already agreed to let her be our Whitelighter. We can't change that now."
"So you didn't get like … I dunno … a vibe?" asked Chris. "It seems kinda strange. Two months seems a really short length of time for a Whitelighter to get trained up in."
"Maybe she just completed her training early or something?" asked Wyatt. "There are probably a million reasons why she was picked to be our Whitelighter."
"I still wanna ask Aunt Paige what the deal is," Chris said, glaring at his brother. "You gonna fight me on that?"
Chris held his hands up in defeat and fell back into his chair and Chris called up for Paige from the heavens. When she didn't arrive immediately Chris lifted his hands exasperatedly and said, "So now we have a new Whitelighter, she can't even hear us call? This is ridiculous."
No sooner had he finished talking, than Paige orbed in from realms unknown. Her dark hair was pulled back in a tight braid, and she was dressed in jeans and a bright yellow shirt. Her glasses were rested on her head and she raised her arms for a hug as she said, "How are my two favourite nephews?"
Chris hugged his Aunt as Wyatt asked, "Surely you aren't supposed to show favouritism?"
Paige withdrew from hugging Chris and said, "How many other nephews do I have Wyatt?"
Wyatt thought for a minute, then realised his only male cousin was Henry Jr., and as he was Paige's son, Wyatt and Chris were Paige's only nephews. He smiled as she bent down to give him a hug.
"So," said Paige, sitting down in the white wicker chair near the door, "what is so important that you boys needed my help with?"
Chris folded his arms and answered with a single word, "Skye."
"What about her?" asked Paige, simply.
Chris unfolded his arms. "Why can't you carry on being our Whitelighter Aunt Paige? Things were fine weren't they? You've been our Whitelighter until now."
Paige stopped and thought for a minute, considering her answer carefully in her head. "The Elders decided I had too many charges, so they took the pair of you off my list. I can still hear you call, but if it's for Whitelighter business, you have to go to Skye. You could learn a lot from her, and she could learn a lot from you. She's new to this, but she was really keen to take you on as her first charges. You'll have her all to yourself, so you won't need to worry about her being with another charge when you need her. Just try and get along with her? Please?" Paige aimed this last comment directly at Chris. She knew as well as he and Wyatt did that Chris wasn't very good at liking or trusting anyone right from the word go.
"Fine," snapped Chris. "I'll try. That's all I'll say."
He sat down on his original armchair and leaned back in it, in a similar fashion to Wyatt.
Paige said, "Thankyou," and orbed out.
Chris shook his head saying, "I still don't like it."
"Hey," said Wyatt, hitting his arm lightly, "you don't like anything."
I like the familiar, Chris thought to himself. And there was definitely something not right with that girl. I can't put my finger on it, but there was something, and whatever it was, I'm gonna find out.
Wyatt pulled himself out of the armchair and wandered into the kitchen. No sooner than he'd opened the fridge, Skye orbed in, shouting, "Demon attack on fifth! Twin girls!"
Slamming the fridge and shrugging at his brother, Wyatt began orbing out, followed closely by Skye, and then Chris.