A/N: Just to keep the confusion down the story starts in the present time but then it skips back to what happened a few hours earlier. It is not set in present time again until it says so.

Chapter 7: Two Steps Back

Henry stood in the doorway of Bianca's apartment looking into his intense brown eyes at the moment you could see into his very soul. He ran his hands over his face to fight off the fatigue he was feeling there was no way it was six in the morning meaning none of them had slept in over twenty-four hours. Now to top it all off he had to deal with this shit it seemed anymore that every time he took one step forward he was forced to take another two steps back. He figured he might as well orb off and give her time to think by herself after the day they had she deserved it.

A Few Hours Earlier

Twelve of the thirteen stepped back through the portal that had carried them back to Valhalla they were anxious to see if everything was ok so that they could get Bianca and go back home they all needed sleep and they needed food in the worse way possible. It was a small miracle Chuck hadn't passed out yet due to the fact that his feeding schedule had been disturbed. He was only seconds away from complaining about it but something told him that wouldn't be a very good idea with the mood everyone was in.

"So my question to you guys is this what do we do if B doesn't want to come home with us ?" Parker asked his motives weren't pure as the driven snow but they didn't have to know that. Sure he was just as worried about her as everyone else was. In the short time he had known her she had become one of his good friends not only that if she wasn't around there was no way he was taking his ass back to magic school the only reason he went was because she taught most of his classes.

"Parker I hate to break this to you but we don't always have all the answers just because some of us act like we do." Prue informed him her mood was on a steady decline she would blame on lack of food but that was only part of it. The other part was this was getting in the way of her plotting to get Wyatt and Liz together she needed a master plan but she wasn't sure what it was going to be yet. Sure she had ideas like always but she needed one good solid plan and she couldn't come up with one if she was stuck doing this. Parker just looked down at his feet he was sorry that he had asked now.

Henry shook his head this was his problem to deal with not their's Bianca was his girlfriend at least he thought that was the term for the relationship they had it wasn't like they ever went anywhere or did anything. He took that back on second thought they did things they just never did anything outside of the bedroom. "You guys leave B to me I'll take care of her I helped make this mess and I'll clean it up." he sighed hoping they wouldn't catch onto the dual meaning that sentence had. But he had no worries in that department they were all too tired to think too much.

"Well if you insist that is what you want to do Hank than more power to you I have to say though I do feel sorry for you right about now I wouldn't want to be the one who has to deal with a pissed off B." Troy said smirking and he dodged in time for Liz to miss him when she went to smack him. He stuck his tongue out at his little sister to taunt her.

"Troy when we get back home I want you out of my apartment go sleep on Ro's couch." Liz informed him they both knew that she didn't mean it she was just blowing smoke. But Troy pretended to scowl anyway.

"I don't think the two of you ever give it a rest do you ?" Calleigh asked her curiosity getting the better of her. She ignored the fact that Liz was looking at her through narrowed eyes for some reason the physic didn't like her. She chalked it up to the fact that she was close to Wyatt and he was her boyfriend. If only it were that simple she didn't know that her whitelighter and his best friend were blind to their feelings for each other.

Wyatt chuckled and smiled at Calleigh causing Liz to shoot him death rays with her eyes. He just rolled his blue eyes at her he didn't know what was up with Liz today but he sure didn't like it. "If they gave it a rest we would all worry about them because something would be seriously wrong." he replied there were only two other siblings he knew that fought as much as Troy and Liz and that was Prue and Jake.

"So I hate to tell you guys this but we should probably talk less and look for B more but that is just a suggestion." Jake put out there only to get withering glares from his sister and his girlfriend. He just shook his head there was no way he could win with them and he knew it more than that he knew he wouldn't be able to get away with lying to Lilly for much longer he was changing into his demonic form more and more these days it was only a matter of time before someone caught him in his lie.

Lilly rolled her brown eyes at her fiancé he knew them better than that they were going to talk no matter what they were doing something that got them into trouble a lot more than they cared to admit. "Relax Jakie B is in one of the safest places she can be right now. We have to worry more about if she will come with us or not." She reasoned with him sighing when she saw the look in his eyes she could only wonder what the hell it was that he was hiding from her this time.

"She is most likely with my mom and Aunt Kara you should be terrified. By now they probably have her talked into becoming a valkyrie trust me the two of them can be very persuasive." Calleigh chimed in her mother never gave it a rest she would be glad to get back to her apartment when this was over she had no desire to listen to her mom trying talk her into staying like she always did.

Chuck groaned Bianca was bad enough on her own when she made her mind up about something she didn't need any help if she had it she got so much worse than she was alone. "We better go find B then or we will never get her out of here I mean come on this is her kind of place. If we let her stay too long we will play hell getting her to come home." He rushed the words out of his mouth because no matter what Hank said this was all of their problem. Every last single one of them loved Bianca like a sister.

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Bianca was sitting in front of Freyja, Kara, and Mist in the training room while Kara was braiding her hair down her back in a long ponytail. Bianca had her eyes close she was enjoying this it was almost like she was a little girl again when her mother used to do this to her and her two sisters. What mom used to do before I managed to get Oriana killed by taking her with me that night. Now mom can barely even look at me without seeing what I did to her baby. She thought to herself. That was why she liked it here she could do what she was good at teaching people how to fight and she didn't have to think of any of the painful memories associated with her baby sister.

"Bianca where is your head at right now ? It doesn't look like you're here with us." Freyja asked not unkindly she had taken an instant liking to the girl she reminded her a lot of herself she was tough but yet she had suffered heartache.

Bianca shook her memories off before she turned to look the older woman in the eyes. "I was just thinking about my little sister the one I told you about and how today is her birthday and I didn't even get to go visit her grave because of demons. I think that if it is ok with you that I would like to stay here." she said she would gladly stay there if it meant she didn't have to live with the guilt that she was feeling anymore.

"Of course you can stay but you need to be sure that it is for all the right reasons and you're not trying to escape your feelings." Freyja cautioned her she had seen it happen before most notably by Piper Halliwell.

Bianca smiled at that "I'm sure I'm more sure of this than I ever have been of anything in my entire life." she assured the older woman she just couldn't stand to carry around all the guilt anymore and the truth be told she was only using Hank as an outlet that wasn't fair to him and it wasn't fair to her either. This was the life she was meant to live she was good at it and she never had to worry about getting hurt again.

"In that case we are more than happy to have you, you bring a nice skill set to the table." Kara said she wasn't as mistrusting of witches as she used to be considering the only person in the world she loved might as well be a witch.

"That would be because I taught self defense for years I know what I'm doing." Bianca replied she wasn't cocky or full of herself she was just telling the truth. She liked the way things were going right now this way she would never have to worry about not visiting her sister's grave again.

Her relief was short lived though because at that moment her friends came walking into the room. Her heart sank a little she knew that they would try to talk her out of this like they always tried to talk her out of everything she wanted to do that was considered to be unreasonable not that they had any room to talk.

Calleigh stepped up and addressed her mother "Mom there haven't been any more demon attacks here have there ?" she asked it was an important question they were sure that they had considerably weakened the collective of trackers so that they wouldn't be coming after them for a while.

"No it has been very quiet around here well as quiet as it can be with a bunch of warriors running around." Freyja replied giving her daughter a smile.

Roman threw his hands up in the air "Oh thank God that means we can go home now." he yelled out he was more than a little excited it meant he got to see Mel. He had been away from her longer than he liked seeing her was more important to him than eating or sleeping it was sick how they acted around each other.

"So how bout it B come on lets go." Henry tried prodding her gently but he knew that wasn't going to work her face was set in the expression she got when her mind was set on something.

Bianca shook her head at him and she saw some hurt in his eyes she knew that she had made the right choice because she couldn't stand to hurt him anymore than she already had. "Hank I'm not going back I'm staying here this is where I belong." she maintained.

Chris sighed he could see that his cousin wasn't going to have much luck with her "B come on lets go home you know that we need you." he tried hoping to get her to come around but she was just as stubborn as any Halliwell ever dared to be when she got her heart set on something.

"Chris don't make me fight with you I don't want to we have been friends too long for that. I'm staying here just accept that I'll come help you when you have to go after the source but that's it." Bianca argued with him she had things planned out she didn't need them trying to confuse her now.

"B we don't just need you for the prophecy you're our friend and we're worried about you just come with us." Wyatt supplied but he knew he wasn't going to have any effect on her they came to odds a lot because they were both so headstrong.

Bianca remained tight lipped and kept her face set in a stony expression she only shook her head no in response to his pleading.

"B this seriously isn't funny if we don't have you no one will correct our spells when we mess up and you know we mess up a lot." Jake said he was kneeling in front of her. He felt a strong connection to her because outside of Chuck she was the only other person who knew what it was like to have to fight against your true nature.

"Jake I can't come home I belong here you of all people should understand that I finally found a place where I can be myself without being evil." Bianca tried to reason with him and their eyes locked. Jake could honestly say that he knew where she was coming from but it didn't change the fact that they had to take her back with them.

Prue actually let out a growl Bianca was starting to piss her off to the point of no return. "Bianca Lyn Hoyt if you don't get your skinny little ass up and come with us now I will not be responsible for what I do to you." she threatened not that Bianca was scared of her but she had to try her luck.

Liz shot Prue a look that told her to tone it down some or they would risk losing B forever. She moved Jake out of the way so she could look her friend in the eyes. "Hey you, you know you have to come back with us. The B we all know and love is in there somewhere. If you don't come back what will happen to your students huh ? Or what about Lyn she loves you and I know you love her B? Not to mention Maria how will it feel for her to lose another sister ? And we can't forget Hank what about him he loves you ?" she asked gently she got a little bit of response to that but not much of one.

Bianca sighed Liz made valid points but those were all the reasons she had used for staying she didn't want to hurt any of those people anymore than she already had. "Lizzie I already thought about them and that is why I have to stay. I can't hurt Maria and Lyn anymore than I already have I was the one who put Oriana in that position to begin with. And as for Hank I love him too I always will but I know deep down he hates me I got his wife killed." she replied.

Henry looked at her with sorrow filled eyes but before he got a chance to reply to that Chris put a hand on his shoulder. "Hank we need to go something is going on at home and they need us there." he said looking at Bianca he had tears filling up in his eyes in one time line he had loved her he still loved her just in another way and it killed him to see her in so much pain.

Henry sighed he had just found out that he had always loved her and now this was what she wanted and because he loved her he wasn't going to press the issue with her right now. He kneeled down in front of her. "B I have to go now but I will be back to talk to you some more later sweety." he leaned forward and kissed her tenderly she returned it without any passion behind it at all.

They all stepped toward the portal that Calleigh had opened for them they hated leaving B there but they were needed at home they would come back for her later. Tears were falling from Prue's eyes because she could feel the pain her friend was in and it was killing her. Wyatt, Liz, and Jake weren't fairing much better than she was they were all misty eyed being empaths sucked when their friend was hurting they could feel it but they couldn't do anything about it.

"I hope that they are ok they have been gone awhile." Emily said both her brothers and her sister had gone on that little expedition hours ago and no one had heard from them since.

The junior varsity squad and their parents were sitting in the living room at the manor. There was nothing for them to do but sit and worry about the others they should have been back by now and truth be told everyone was a little on edge because of it.

"Don't worry about them Em they're big kids they know what they're doing they will come back just like they always do." Jack said slipping an arm around her to comfort her he was sitting on the floor beside her.

Alan gave everyone in the room a smile "Trust us on this one we have future knowledge here people we know these things." he joked weakly running his fingers through his dark brown hair he let his head come to a rest on the wall behind him.

"Still I can't help but worry as usual they went in there with a plan that had more holes in it than a golf ball." Grams said she was standing leaning against the mantle to keep herself from pacing.

Derek however wasn't being as calm he was pacing the room like he hoped to wear a hole in the floor. "If Chuck knows what's good for him he will come back here in one piece so that I can kill him myself. I know him he most likely started measuring swords with a damn demon because he said something about Prue." he raged sometimes he swore his oldest son didn't have a brain one in his head because he sure did some stupid things.

"Of course he did Derek that is what he and Wyatt do they have to protect all the younger kids." Leo agreed with his friend and Piper jabbed him in the ribs to stop his mouth.

"Lets just all calm down here people the kids are fine you all know as well as I do that demons never do things according to some master plan." Henry Sr chimed in he was just as worried that was his oldest boy out there putting his life on the line again.

"You know Paige I never will know how you do it with both your Henrys being cops you have to sit around and worry like this all the time." Eva pipped up if nothing else than to keep Derek from having a heart attack.

Paige gave a rueful smile "I don't have to worry because they both know what is good for them and they had better come back home to me at the end of the day." she replied leaning her head on her husband's shoulder.

"We can't be talking about Hank here that boy has a hero complex or I might have been imagining things and he didn't really just get shot." Phoebe mused she was teasing her sister.

"Oh no you didn't imagine that Phoebe he really got shot and I really had to have Andy heal him so he didn't die not that, that was not his fault that was all the elders on that one." Prue retorted she was going stir crazy and those won't even her kids.

"I bet poor Parker wishes he was still an only child." Coop said in passing to change the subject.

Andy rolled his eyes because the young man had said just that on several occasions. "And you would win that bet he said his life was simpler before he had sisters." he replied he couldn't help but worry about him he was just like a son to him.

"Well that little pain in the ass I will have to give him a piece of my mind when he gets back." Piper said she was smiling though.

Mel couldn't help but smirk at that "Mom you can't afford to give him a piece of your mind you don't have much of one left." she commented.

"Melinda Paige Halliwell that is no way to talk to your mother she had a mind a very good one I might add." Patty said to her granddaughter.

"Lighten up grandma we can't help but make comments like that they leave themselves wide open sometimes." Carly said rolling her eyes she didn't know what her brother was talking about she much rather deal with Grams than with her grandma.

Val shook her head "Alan I should warn you that you have an ass kickin' coming to you for getting your sister riled up the way you did earlier she hasn't stopped since." she warned her younger cousin.

"If you want to kick my ass you have to get through Jack first I will be using him as a human shield and I would like to see you try you have no active powers Ms Halliwell." Alan taunted bringing his cousin down with him.

"That is precisely what Charlie was talking about with you and your mouth earlier Carly you start shit like this all the time. I've never seen anyone other than Wyatt be able to get Liz worked up the way you do." Ricky said his eyes were closed and he was sitting against the wall for reasons he couldn't imagine he was tired.

"Then you obviously haven't met my daughter Ricky, Troy does a pretty good job of getting her worked up too." Nicole snorted that girl got more and more like the Halliwells everyday it was scary.

Suddenly and out of nowhere a soft golden light filtered through the room and washed over the faces of the older occupants. Before anyone had a chance to ask what it was it was gone. Billy looked at his mother to make sure she was ok and what he saw was a young woman not much older than he was. "Uh mom you might want to go look in the mirror trust me on this one." he stammered out.

Billie got up and walked to one of the mirrors so she could see just what her son was carrying on about. Instead of a thirty-eight year old woman looking back at her there was the eighteen year old girl she had been at the time of the ultimate battle. "Oh come on you have to be kidding me." she groaned the last thing she needed was to be an awkward teen again.

"Billie it can't be that bad." Victor said not knowing that he too looked to be about twenty years younger.

"Grandpa I wouldn't talk about it if I were you , you look like you've shaved a couple of years off too." Penny observed she didn't know what was going on but it couldn't have been good both the future boys were sharing a look.

"Relax guys apparently everyone forgot about the deal dad made with the elders they were going to make you younger so you could raise the power of twelve. This is a good thing it means me and Al are in no danger of not existing anymore." Jack said rolling his eyes he could talk about things they already know.

"And the smart ass blond boy would be correct that is what happened." Leo announced it wasn't that big of a deal . "Piper he is so your son I will gladly claim Chris and Mel but Wy and Jack are all yours." he bartered with his wife.

"Not happening as a matter of fact I'm in the market for a little trade. Eva I will trade you Wy for Lilly and Phoebe I'll let you have Jack while I take Ladybug." Piper bargained with her sister and her friend.

"Piper we'll take that trade if you're willingly taking Ladybug." Coop said not meaning it he loved his little girl.

"Please I'm only trading her for Patty." Piper retorted.

Henry held up his hands. "No way I can't have both Prue and Carly that should be illegal." he protested.

"Thanks dad I love it how no one ever wants to trade for me I mean I am an absolutely wonderful person." Carly said smugly causing her sister and cousins to roll their eyes at her.

"Carly you're a pain in the ass and you have a nonstop mouth so pretty much you're exactly like Grams that is not a good thing." Patty said to her twin sister who shot her daggers with her eyes.

"So as nice as it is listening to you guys trying to swap kids I think we should call the older ones back here now they should know about this." Prue said reasonably this wasn't a bad thing it just was different and it would take time to get used to.

"Allow me ," Derek said he was itching to get his hands on his son "Charles Derek Bradford you have five seconds to get your ass to the manor before I get really pissed off." he yelled out he was only a little pissed at the moment. Chuck had apparently already forgotten that it was prudent for him to listen to his father when he got in a mood like that because he didn't shimmer in within the time frame Derek had given him.

"Wyatt, Chris, Jake if you three enjoy drawing breath than I suggest you get your asses here right now." Piper yelled out if they didn't answer to that than they were in more trouble than anyone had thought.

A moment later eleven young people stepped out of the portal Calleigh being a master of those portals had sent herself back to her apartment. They all looked tired and haggard. Prue looked around at her family and she knew something was off but she couldn't really bring herself to care at the moment she was too damn tired "Before anyone asks any questions or starts explaining anything Ricky change the boys back." she said taking the pendent around her neck off she was standing in the clothes that she had been wearing before. She sat down in the floor her back resting on Coop's legs.

Ricky closed his eyes and pushed his palms out and the guys were all wearing the clothes they had been before they had him project onto them. "Ah that is much better I don't want to start sounding like Ladybug but my feet were really starting to kill me." Wyatt said he sat with his back facing the mantle and Liz having just transformed back into her other clothes sat between his legs. This caused Prue to eyeball them and roll her eyes they were slowly killing her.

"Can it Wy we went all day without hearing that from her and now you start." Chris bitched he laid out in the middle of the floor he didn't care if he got stepped on or not.

Hank was feeling very impatient he had a girlfriend to talk some sense into and their problems didn't seem to be very pressing. "I'll ask what the hell is going on here ?" he asked his annoyance apparent in his voice.

Leo signaled that he would take this question since the this was his doings "Uh well you guys see the elders decided since you all are going to have one hell of a fight on your hands that they would make us younger so we can be around for you guys longer. So at the present time most of you are older than your Aunt Billie and Paige isn't much older than Wyatt would be my guess." He explained.

"So they worked their magic on everyone that is interesting now I'm going to have to hire the hit man to kill my dad thanks Uncle Leo." Chuck said sarcastically.

"You better hire a hit man before I kill you for not being more careful." Derek growled at his oldest son causing Ricky to silently thank God he didn't get on his dad's bad side.

Phoebe was mentally checking all the kids over to make sure they were ok it was then that she noticed one of them was missing. "Alright I get that you guys probably sent Calleigh back to her apartment because you thought you were in trouble. But where the hell is B ?" she asked .

Troy groaned of all the things for her to ask she had to ask that "Oh still back in Valhalla she insists that she is staying there and of course we have to find a way to make her come back home now." he answered sounding flip.

"So basically she pulled a Piper just don't ask what that was supposed to mean." Paige said shaking her head she shared a look with Chris who was the only one of the kids who knew what she was talking about.

"I told you this is my problem I helped to make this mess now I'm going to go fix it and I have an idea so I need to go check on that right about now." Henry said orbing out before anyone could voice an objection to what he was doing.

Maria had been in a dead sleep when she was awakened by a loud banging on her front door. She had no clue who it could be at this time of night or morning rather it was two after all. As she wondered down the hallway the banging got louder. "Keep your panties on I'm coming." she yelled she figured whoever it was she had to know them for them to be outside her house this time of night. She threw open the door to see none other than Henry Halliwell standing on her front porch step.

"Maria you might want to put some clothes on this is about B." Henry said simply when he saw that like any reasonable person she was dressed for bed this time of night. But he didn't have that luxury he had always had to be chasing after some demon with his friends.

"Ok Hank you came to me tell what B did this time." Maria said when she had dressed in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt they were sitting in her living room facing each other.

Henry sighed his life was too complicated sometimes. "B has decided that she wants to become a valkyrie and she is currently in Valhalla she refuses to come home. She seems to think that she is causing you pain by being here so she is staying." he explained if anyone other than him could talk Bianca down on this it would be Maria.

"Damn it B," Maria flared her little sister was too damn stubborn for her own good sometimes " she is the female version of you, you're a match made in heaven. She has to know that I don't blame Oriana dying on her I almost lost both my sisters that night."

"There in lies the problem she didn't get to visit her grave today." Henry said he still felt like shit for not asking her to go with him.

Maria just looked at him sadly "The one day she goes no matter what I could see where she is upset but that is still no reason for her to be so damn stubborn all the time. Come on Henry take me to my sister so I can talk some sense into her I swear to my time that girl needs to let this go." she preached grabbing his arm so he could orb them.

Liz threw the keys to her apartment on the kitchen table so she would be able to find them later she just wanted to find something to eat then go to bed she was glad that Troy had decided to stay elsewhere for the night she couldn't put up with him right now. She was worried about B but she had to trust that Henry knew what he was doing and would call if he needed help.

"Lizzie you know what we should do right now don't you ?" Lilly asked her roommate excitedly she was too tired to sleep it sounded stupid but she had always been that way.

Liz sighed she was already wishing that Lilly had stayed with Jake. "Yes go to bed and try to get some sleep." she answered but she had to admit it she was almost too tired for sleep to come right away.

Lilly shook her head a big grin on her face. "Nope we should have a movie night right now pig out on junk food and watch old movies until we drop." she said it was more of an order than a suggestion.

Liz knew that her friend wouldn't give her any peace until she relented "Fine you get the food I'll put on the movie." she agreed reluctantly.

Lilly went to the kitchen and gathered up all the supplies they would need to eat things they would regret later while Liz put on a movie and threw herself across the couch. She now knew what it felt like when she forced Wyatt and Troy to do things like this with her.

"Hey Liz what was up with you and Wy today you guys seemed off ?" Lilly asked when she was sitting in one of their arm chairs.

Liz propped herself up on one of her elbows and looked Lilly in the eyes "I don't know it just seemed like he was paying more attention to Calleigh than he was to me today I guess it's because she is his charge after all." she said she didn't want to bring up the fact that she thought she might be in love with the twice blessed.

Lilly rolled her eyes it was plain to everyone but them that they belonged together she was glad that Prue was up to something to remedy that situation even if she wouldn't share the details with anyone else. "I think you might be jealous that Wyatt was close to a woman who isn't you." she taunted knowing it would cause Liz to fly off the handle.

Liz shook her head at the half gypsy. "Shut up I am not jealous I have no reason to be jealous of Wyatt and another woman it's not like we're together or anything like that." She replied but her mind was screaming at her that she was a liar she was hopelessly in love with Wyatt Halliwell.

"Well if you want my opinion I think that you like Wyatt as more than a friend." Lilly retorted cooly.

"Lilly I told you I got past that phase years ago I haven't liked Wyatt like that since we were fifteen that is the last time I tell you anything like that. I swear I have yet to live it down." Liz ranted.

"I was just saying there is nothing wrong with it if you do like him that way I think you would both be cute together." Lilly said somewhat lamely she was backing off some she knew how Liz got when she felt pressured about something.

"Lilly just let it drop ok I don't like Wyatt like that he is my best friend that is all." Liz didn't know if she was trying to convince Lilly or herself of that.

Wyatt propped his feet up on the coffee table in front of him Prue and Chris were sitting on either side of him on the couch they all knew they wouldn't be able to sleep until Henry came home and told them B was ok. Prue was now subjecting them to pure torture she was forcing them to watch chick flicks all night against their will no one else but Liz and Lilly would watch them with her sure she could have always got together with her sisters and younger cousins and have a girl's night but this was way more fun for her.

Prue had been waiting for a time when she could get Wyatt relatively alone so she could pounce on him and ask him about his feelings for Liz. In her hand she held various pictures of the two of them together in which they looked like a real couple. "Hey Wy what was going on with you and Liz today ?" she asked.

Wyatt looked confused he had no clue where his cousin was going with this one but he was sure he wasn't going to like it. "I don't know what you mean Prue there was nothing up with me and Lizzie we were fine we were acting like we normally do." he replied not knowing what she wanted him to say.

"What she means Wy is that you two seemed like their was a rift between you." Chris explained thinking that his brother gave blonds everywhere a bad name with how dense he was.

Wyatt shrugged he didn't know how to reply to that "I was just busy making sure that Calleigh stayed safe she is my charge after all." he answered that was the only thing he could think of to say.

"No Wy you two were down right cold to each other I don't think Liz liked it that you were paying attention to another woman." Prue rationalized with him when she really wanted to smack him for being so blind.

Wyatt scoffed at her comment "Don't be ridiculous Prue it's not like that with me and Liz and you know it." he countered he felt like he was being railroaded by his brother and cousin.

"Wy from the outside and even to us sometimes it looks like you and Liz are a couple." Chris chimed in this was going to be harder than they had thought.

Wyatt narrowed his eyes at both of them they just never knew when to give it a rest. "We are just friends you guys know that she is as much my sister as Mel is there is noting more to it than that." he said a touch of finality in his voice.

Prue took this chance to produce the pictures that she had in her hand. "I beg to differ with you on that point Wy I would like you to note this picture you two look like a married couple here." she said showing him the picture of him and Liz with Parker sleeping in between them.

Wyatt looked at it and his heart melted a little he remembered thinking he wished they were married and that was their baby but he also felt a little bit of rage his family had the inability to mind their own damn business. "So this only proves that one of you is seriously a stalker who goes sneaking around taking pictures of me and Liz while we're sleeping." he said.

"For the love of God Wy you're the only man I know who can sleep with a woman without having sex with her." Chris had a little outburst they were getting to him more than he wanted to admit.

"Hold that thought because I have more this one here is you two sitting right here on this very couch sleeping together." Prue said putting the picture in front of Wyatt. In it he and Liz were sitting straight up on the couch sleeping he had his arm around her.

Wyatt shook his head "Damn it Prue I wish you would give the nosey cupid act a break sometimes. All this shows is that I have no privacy." he raved he was not in the mood for this. Prue's only response was to throw another picture down on the table. In this one Wyatt and Liz were sitting on the front steps of the manor he was behind her with his arms wrapped around her.

"This one was a while ago I guess you guys were maybe twenty." she informed him she wasn't letting up until she got a little something out of him.

Wyatt looked at the picture and he knew when it had been taken and under what circumstances. "Nope we were twenty-one this was the day that she told me she was engaged." he said simply he remembered the jealousy he had felt hearing that from her that was his Lizzie no other man was good enough for her.

Chris took the stack of pictures from Prue and threw one in front of his brother "Wy I hope you don't try to deny this one." he said. In that picture Wyatt and Liz were staring soulfully into each other's eyes it had been taken on her twenty-first birthday before they went on an all night binge.

Wyatt sighed and ran his fingers through his hair he knew he was going to have to say something to get them off his case. "Alright guys I don't know what I feel for her anymore I hope you're happy now. But I'm telling you we are only friends let it drop." he raged.

"Just one more." Prue said and she laid down a picture in this one they couldn't have been more than eight she knew this because the smile wasn't reaching Liz's eyes it was taken right after her father left. "Wy come on you two have been in love since diapers look at this you were the only one who could make her smile right after her dad left." she reasoned giving him something to think about.

"Prue, Chris I love you both but for the love of Christ mind your own damn business. I am not in love with Liz I don't care if we have ten kids in the future I don't feel that way about her now." he ranted trying to convince himself more than them.

Chris shot Prue a look telling her to tone it down "Ok Wy were done we were just trying to help but we are through with it." he said giving Prue a look that she knew meant get your ass in gear and do something.

Wyatt smiled at them "Thank you now lets watch this movie that I know I'm going to hate. I can't believe I was bullied into watching a chic flick." he said ruefully.

Bianca was engaged in hand to hand combat with one of the warriors trying to teach him what he was doing wrong he threw a punch and she blocked it easily. "That was better than last time now try again you might land it this time." she said encouraging him.

"Bianca take a break for a minute someone is here to see you." Mist informed her.

Bianca had a scowl on her face when she turned to see Henry and Maria standing there "Well I have to hand it to you Hank you don't give up easily and you brought reenforcements this time hey Maria." she said sighing she couldn't fight both of them at the same time.

Maria locked eyes with her sister and she didn't like what she saw it looked like B had lost her will to live. "B I came because Hank was worried about you he said that you wouldn't come home." she explained her reason for being there not that she had to explain anything she was the older sister not the other way around.

Bianca rolled her eyes "I'm not coming home Maria I can't, I can't stand the way that mom and dad look at me like they blame me still for what happened to Oriana and I can't live like that for the rest of my life. Hell you should be pissed at me too I got your sister killed and left Lyn without an aunt." she tried making her sister see reason.

"Exactly B Lyn already lost one aunt she shouldn't have to lose another." Maria replied calmly that wasn't going to last for long Bianca could set her off like no other.

"B it wasn't your fault anymore than it was my fault you have to stop blaming yourself for this you didn't do anything wrong." Henry said they went through this same song and dance all the time with each other.

"Yes it was my fault Hank she was my baby sister I should have protected her better." she maintained stubbornly.

"B I know why your upset you didn't get to go to her grave today and that is my fault we always go together and I didn't ask you because we are dating now and I didn't want it to be weird for us." Henry explained but she wasn't listening at least not fully she was being a pain in the ass and he wanted to kill her.

Maria looked at Henry and just barely nodded her head. "B we tried doing this the easy way now we are doing this our way." she said and her and Hank each grabbed an arm he orbed them off before Bianca could protest what they were doing.

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Henry orbed them back in to the cemetery he didn't have to worry about exposure no one was around this time of day with good reason this was no place to be when it was dark but they had all done it before.

"Henry get your fucking hands off me right now and let me go back it's the only place I can't hurt the people I love." she said punching him in the chest.

"B you know you never really grieved for her and it's ok to be mad at Oriana I know I was for a while." Maria admitted she hated seeing her baby sister torn up inside like that.

"I can't hate her I never could stay mad at her not even when she set her sights on Hank and she knew that I wanted him." Bianca let that slip she had always been attracted to Henry but Oriana had beat her to the punch on that one now they were in this mess.

Henry smirked a little despite himself it was entirely possible he had been played "B yes you can be mad at her and you are if you don't let it out you'll never be able to move on trust me I just recently let it go and I have you to thank for that. Listen to me B you pulled me up when I was in that hole and now I'm giving you the line to pull yourself up with." he said.

"Go on B tell her how you really feel." Maria urged her sister.

Bianca kneeled down in front of the headstone tears of rage began falling down her face. "Oriana I don't know how you could do this to me you were my best friend we were supposed to get old and gray together you were supposed to bury me not the other way around. You never once thought about what I would do if something happened to you, you were my baby sister and I don't know how to function without you." she wailed Hank wrapped his arms around her from behind and let her cry herself out.

Maria looked at him to ask him if he was going to be ok with her. "We'll be fine I'll take her home." he said orbing her off to her apartment while Maria shimmered back home.

Present Time

Henry orbed into his apartment only to see Chris, Wyatt, and Prue asleep on the couch he pulled the quilt off the back of it and covered the three of them up. After that he stripped out of his clothes and crawled into bed he just wanted to forget that day had ever happened he would never know why when he took one step forward something forced him to take two back. He could handle this though he had been through worse he knew deep down this time everything would turn out alright.

Chuck shimmered Prue into the kitchen of the manor where the Charmed Ones and their husbands were along with Mel, Parker, Jack, and Alan.

"Hi daddy." Prue said sweetly to Coop she only used that tone with him when she wanted something.

Coop shook his head he wondered what it was she wanted this time "What do you need Ladybug ?" he asked afraid to know the answer.

Prue went to speak and Chuck looked uncomfortable "Lets say I know these people that are totally blind when it comes to their feelings and I wanted them to get together what would I have to do ?" she asked innocently.

Big Henry held up one finger "Do I know these people ?" he asked not knowing what his niece was up to.

"I would hope that you know these people Henry we see them damn near everyday." Phoebe said to her brother-in-law.

Leo smiled his niece was going to get herself in trouble meddling one day "Do both these people happen to be blond ?" he asked with an arched eyebrow.

"Both these people happen to have a terminal case of dumb blond." Chuck answered he felt bad for going behind his best friends' backs but this was for the good of the group.

"Prue I thought we were staying out of this." Hank said as he and Chris orbed in she had demanded they come to an emergency meeting.

Prue shook her head "No if you had witnessed what Chris and I did last night you would feel the same way as I do." she said she was going to get those two together if it killed her.

Chris smiled ruefully "I agree with Ladybug but hold that thought." he said and then he turned to Parker. "Happy birthday Parks." he said punching the younger man on the arm.

"Thanks Chris not so sure what is happy about it though I'm unemployed and living with my sisters." Parker replied shrugging,

Piper arched an eyebrow at him and tossed him a t-shirt "Here happy birthday kid." she said and she saw the look of confusion on his face. "Unfold it and you will understand."

Parker unfolded the t-shirt in his hands and saw the logo for Voodoo on there. "Thanks Piper." he said not understanding.

Prue rolled her eyes at her little brother. "Parker don't be dense Wyatt has the spot sewed up in this family." she said smiling at him she was trying to be nicer to him.

"Parker I'm down a bartender and you're a bartender without a bar you do the math." Piper said teasing him.

Parker's face lit up with a smile that showed off his dimples "No way Piper thank you so much you won't regret this I promise." he said hugging his sister tightly.

"I'm only ashamed I didn't think of it sooner." she said tossing a shirt to Alan and Jack as well.

"Gee Al just what I always wanted to be twenty-two and working at my mom's club." Jack commented dryly.

"Thank you Aunt Piper we could use a distraction sometimes." Alan said rolling his eyes at his cousin.

Mel had been waiting for this opening and took it she got up off her stool with her chef's jacket in her hands. She handed it to Piper "Here mom take this back we both know I'm not cut out for it let Ro have it he is so much better than I am and before you say it no it has nothing to do with the fact that he is my boyfriend." she said she couldn't handle the stress anymore.

Piper looked up at her daughter "Honestly I didn't think you would keep the job this long I could tell that you hated it. Don't do things just to make me happy anymore you're your own person I understand that." she said sincerely.

Mel sighed in relief "Thanks mom." she said hugging her.

"Ok dad answer the question." Prue said impatiently since her first idea had crashed and burned she had another plan still but she didn't want to use it unless she had to.

Coop could only roll his eyes he knew it was unless to try and change her mind once it was set on something. "I don't know Ladybug there are a lot of different things you could do." he answered lamely he really didn't want to do this.

"Here's a thought lets stay out of it like you swore we were going to." Henry suggested he wasn't in the best of moods right now and his cousin's insistence that they get Wyatt and Liz together was not helping any.

"I already tried that one on her Hank she isn't buying it." Chuck said sighing he didn't want to do this anymore than he did.

Prue whirled around to glare at her boyfriend "Chuck watch you're already on thin ice for giving me lip yesterday." she warned him.

Mel smirked at her cousin "Prue don't say things like that you sound like Grams." she said laughing at her own wit.

"You don't mess with me or you and I will no longer be having girl talk sessions and I think you need me for that you have two older brothers." Prue threatened her.

Chris shook his head leave to his cousin and sister to be having an argument about who was more like Grams. "Normally I would agree with my boys but not this time something has to be done about them." he said he couldn't stand it anymore between those two and the flashbacks he was going a little crazy.

"Who the hell are we talking about I'm so confused right now." Big Henry confessed he had no clue they were talking about Wyatt and Liz.

"Uncle Hen we are talking about Wyatt and Liz and how blind they are to their feelings for each other you have to be the only one who hasn't noticed." Jack pointed out they were driving him crazy too he had never had to put up with this before they were together when he was born he had only heard stories about how bad they were.

"Bullshit there is no way Wyatt and Liz are just friends." Henry Sr protested he was as blind to their feelings as they were.

"Uncle Henry I swear if you say that in front of them I will kill you and it won't be pretty. I need them to get together because they are driving me crazy try being an empath and a cupid with those two in the same room it isn't pretty. This coming from the man who thought the same thing about Patty and Ricky." Prue ranted that was proof enough that they were making her crazy.

"Prue I think maybe we should just stay out of it and let them work through their own feelings." Chuck tried suggesting again only to get a glare shot his way.

"Prue Wyatt is a warm blooded man try making him jealous of her I don't want to know the details just get it done and then if that doesn't work we will force your father to help you." Piper ordered her she couldn't take her son and Liz anymore either something had to be done and she was putting her foot down with them.

Chris rolled his eyes "If the stupid ass can even be made jealous we showed him pictures of them both this morning where they looked like they were in love and he was totally oblivious. I don't know if there is any hope left for him." he replied to his mother it shouldn't be this hard to get two people in love together.

"Call me stupid but I might be the only one who thinks there is something wrong with this picture." Andy said but he knew there was no use arguing with them.

Parker shook his head "No Andy you don't understand these two need an intervention it is bad you know how I am when it comes to women but this is even worse than that. If I can see they love each other then they are in bad shape." he protested Parker wasn't lucky in the love department but even he could see their feelings for each other hell he could feel their feelings and it plain sucked.

Mel and Prue smirked at each other "Funny you should say that because you have a date tonight me and the girls figured that we would help you out a little since you haven't been on a date in a while." Mel said winking at Prue.

Parker groaned this was so wrong on so many levels. "What did you guys do Mel ?" he asked rolling his eyes somehow he knew he wasn't going to like this.

"Lets just say that we asked Jake to help us out with setting you up he knows tons of single women so now you have to date tonight don't argue with me it will do you no good." Mel glared at him daring him to say something back to her.

Prue's eyes lit up she was thinking about something and no one wanted to know what it was. "Chrissy, Hank you know a bunch of totally hot cops right ?" she asked innocently enough not sure that they would like where she was going with this.

"Ask Carly or Mel they would know about those things better than we do we don't check out our coworkers like that." Chris answered only to be mortified when Mel went into her purse and came out with a phone book it wasn't very thick but it was enough to make him frown.

She started flipping through it and settled on a number "Here call Lance he is a fireman just don't ask me how I met him." Mel said handing the book over to Prue.

"On a hotness scale where do you rate him ?" Prue asked intrigued knowing that she would get the full story out of Mel later when the boys weren't around.

Mel smiled ruefully "Compared to Roman he's about a two but if I were comparing him to lets say Chuck he is a good solid eight." she said and Chuck scowled at her.

"Well where do I fall on this scale ?" Chuck asked once the Halliwell women got sidetracked on something they forgot about their men.

"You're a total hottie babe you're off the charts," Prue said batting her eyelashes at him she also smiled sweetly for good measure. "thank you Mel this could work well I'm off to do cupid like things you two boys hang loose I'll call you if I need you." she said getting Chuck to shimmer her out.

"Part of me thinks that we should warn Wyatt and Liz about this." Andy said he couldn't believe everyone else was going along with this.

"There is no way we are going to warn them about this it is for their own good and for everyone else's sanity." Prue set her husband straight.

Piper looked at her oldest nephew and she could see that something was wrong with him she would have wrote it off to lack of sleep but she saw something in his eyes she had seen there before. "So guys I don't mean to change the subject but how is B doing ?" she asked figuring whatever was wrong with him stemmed from that.

"B is at her apartment right now with her sister and she is doing fine she took care of what was bothering her and she should be ok from here on in. And well she broke up with me for my own good." Henry said looking down at his feet he would be ok he had just proved to himself that he could date again.

"Bubba she will come around you know you two really do love each other she just needs time." Paige assured her son he was most definitely a Halliwell he had their bad track record with love.

"I know that mom I'll be fine don't worry about me." Hank said giving her his best smile.

Liz was curled up in bed blissfully unaware of the world around her she planned on staying that way for most of the day at least until she had to get up and get ready to go out that night. She had her yellow bedspread pulled up over her head so she didn't know that anyone else was in the room with her until she felt them sit down on the bed.

'Troy go away I'm in no mood to deal with you right now I'm sleeping." she groaned thinking it was her brother coming to torment her.

"Nice try but I'm not Troy and I'm not going away." a chipper voice said pulling the covers off of Liz's head.

Liz looked up and groaned again "Oh Prue what do you want ? I need more sleep than this to deal with you." she said throwing a pillow at Prue.

Prue dodged it and laid down so that her face was only inches from Liz's "Lizzie tell me how much you love me." she demanded.

"Ladybug I love you like a little sister and you know it but right now you are pissing me off." Liz informed the younger girl sitting up on the bed to put some space between them.

Prue smirked at her friend "Good because I love you bunches too Lizzie so now there is no way you can get mad at me when I tell you what I have to tell you." she rambled on jumping up on the bed and putting her legs underneath her so that she landed sitting cross legged.

Liz just glared at her it was never a good thing when Prue asked you how much you loved her and then professed her love for you. "What did you do Prue ?" she asked with ice in her voice her normally warm eyes going cold.

Prue's eyes held the dangerous glint that they got when she was up to something. "Oh it was nothing much I just set you up on a date." she said giddily clapping her hands together.

"Prudence Elizabeth Halliwell I swear sometimes I think it would kill you if you were to mind your own fuckin business for two minutes." Liz raged she didn't need or want Prue meddling in her love life.

"But Liz do this for me I'm worried about you it has been too long since you've had date. There is no need for you to feel special either you're not the only one being forced into something like this I let loose my sisters and younger cousins on Parker he has a date tonight too." Prue said smiling only pissing off Liz more than she already was.

Liz sighed there was no winning this one and she knew it "Prue where the hell did you find this guy ?" she asked the resignation sounding clearly in her voice.

"Trust me on this one Lizzie he is a good guy not only that but he is a fireman you're guaranteed a total hottie there." Prue said excited that Liz was agreeing to this so easily.

"Prue answer the question." Liz ordered her gruffly.

"Through Mel it turns out our girl was quite the little party animal before she got with Ro. Don't worry though I checked him out before I set you up with him Uncle Glen vouched for him. He said he was a great guy." Prue explained.

"Prue Halliwell you have no idea how much I hate you right now." Liz said looking at her through narrowed eyes.

"No you don't you love me you just admitted to that a minute ago." Prue replied grinning from ear to ear.

Liz frowned at her but she was right that was what the purpose of her getting her to profess her love for her had been. "Ok tell me more about him." she relented this was going to be a long night.

"Where do I start here well he is twenty-three, about Jake's height , he has dark brown hair and blue eyes, and he sounded really hot on phone. And before I forget his name is Lance Sullivan." Prue started explaining. Liz was already regretting agreeing to this but you just couldn't say no to Prue when she got in one of these moods.

A few hours later Jake was getting ready to shimmer out of the condo and go over to Lilly's they were all taking Parker out for his birthday to make him feel like part of the gang. He was dressed to kill he had on a dark blue dress shirt with a black tie, black dress pants, and his black dress shoes. His shirt sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, he had his dark blond hair done up in spikes.

Phoebe was sitting on the couch snuggled up with Coop she let out a wolf whistle when she saw her son. "Damn Cupcake you look hot if I didn't know any better I would swear you were trying to catch a woman." she said grinning.

Jake held out his arms and spun around eating up the attention his mother was giving him. "No I'm just making sure I hold on to the one I already have." he said giving his parents a cocky smirk.

Coop could only shake his head at his only son "Now you see I don't think that outfit is complete yet it is missing something, something that is in this box I have right here." he handed his son a small square box.

Jake opened the lid on the box it held a ring that looked a lot like his father's but it couldn't be because it was on his finger. "Dad what is this ?" he asked his blue eyes sparkling with curiosity.

Coop smiled up at the young man "That is a cupid ring your grandfather gave it to me when I first got my cupid powers and now I'm giving it to you." he said talking to him like he was a small child.

"Dad I can't take this give it to one of the girls I'm not even half cupid I have no cupid blood in me at all. I'm half witch half demon I don't know the first thing about being a cupid." Jake said stammering over his words.

Coop shook his head no "No I don't want to give it to one of the girls I want you to have it you're my son just the same as they are my daughters this is yours. You have as much right to it as they do." he argued with Jake.

"Dad really I love you for this but I can't take it give it to Val she is the one of those girls who is most in touch with her cupid side." Jake maintained stubbornly he just couldn't help himself if he didn't want to listen to reason he didn't.

Coop took his son by the arm and pulled him down on his lap like he had done when he was a little boy he didn't care that he was a grown man. He grabbed one of his hands in his own. "I want you to listen to me Cooper Jacob Halliwell Jr you're mine in every way that counts if I didn't want you and love you I would have never let your mom give you my name. What you did for us yesterday shows that you know how to be a cupid. You're my little Coop you always have been and you always will be now I want you to have this so do this one thing for me without arguing." tears were shining in his eyes by the time he had finished speaking.

Jake took the ring out of the box and put it on his right hand "Thank you daddy you have no idea how much this means to me. My whole life I have wanted nothing more than to be exactly like you." he gushed hugging his father a stray tear falling down his cheek.

Phoebe looked at both the men in her life and she had tears flowing freely "Jakie I want you to listen to me you're a good boy and you have a heart of gold I don't even think about you being part demon. When I talk about your father I'm talking about Coop you were never Cole's and as for those blue eyes you have such a problem with times like now they look exactly like your grandpa's and your Aunt Prue's." she said tenderly wiping the tear from his face.

"I love you both so much I don't ever want to do anything to let you down I promise I'll always be the good guy you raised me to be." Jake said standing up wiping his face he didn't want anyone to know he had been crying.

Coop smiled and wiped the tears from his face "I love you too son I have no doubt in my mind that you'll always be a good boy. Now get out of here and go have fun and I am begging you to keep your big sister under control she is on a mission right now." he pleaded with him.

Jake arched an eyebrow "Now dad you and mom know that Prue takes that big sister thing seriously she will not let me tell her what to do. But I will try she has been on this Wyatt and Liz thing for a couple of months now. She even made me sneak into Liz's room and take pictures of them sleeping together I'm not proud of it but Prue scares the hell out of me." he rambled on like his mother.

"Cupcake I don't want to know anymore just go." Phoebe ordered him pointing to the door knowing full well he was shimmering. Jake got her point though and he shimmered out.

"Prue I look ridiculous here I'm not some doll you can dress up." Parker protested she had gotten a hold of both him and Liz dressing them for their dates like they couldn't do it themselves.

"Parker don't be so dramatic you look nice Val did a good job with you." Prue said giving him a once over she was double checking her sister's work she had bigger fish to fry so she couldn't deal with him herself.

Parker was dressed the nicest she had ever seen him look he had on a pale yellow button up shirt with a pink tie, he had on khaki pants and brown dress shoes. Val had done his hair in a messy spike that deviated from the normal side part he did it in. She had even attacked his bushy eyebrows with the tweezers. Prue really had to hand it to her he looked really hot.

"Parker, Satan over there is right you look hot I'm the one who looks like a joke." Liz said gesturing to herself. Prue had put her in a tight black strapless cocktail dress that stopped well before her knees and it showed more cleavage than she was comfortable with. Her blonde hair was laying in soft curls down her back. She had even dug up a pair of black heels for her to wear.

"Thanks Liz." Parker said smiling shyly so that his dimples showed.

Prue rolled her eyes at both of them she had no clue why they were being such babies about this they looked great and she was only doing it for their own good. Well in Liz's case she was doing it for her own sanity. "Parker go out there and sit with the others I have to do Lizzie's makeup and I can't have you bothering me while I do that." she said ordering him out of the room which he gladly left. She pointed to her bed "You sit there and I will hear no arguments out of you, you look fine." she ordered Liz who did as she was told.

Prue picked up her makeup kit and dumped it out on the bed she had damn near every color of the rainbow when it came to makeup. "Prue I'm warning you don't go overboard I do not want to look like a call girl." Liz whined.

Prue only shook her head at her friend "Lizzie relax I know what I'm doing here besides you don't even need that much makeup. I only have to do your eyes and lips now be still and stop bitching at me." she said picking up her eyeliner pencil.

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Parker sat down on the couch in between Henry and B he thought that it might be a good idea to keep them separated given the fact that they had just broken up. "Dude in the future just say no to Val you look like a used car salesman." Jake said laughing hysterically at his uncle.

"Cookie Dough the same thing could be said about you with Ladybug I can't believe you took pictures of me and Liz while we were sleeping." Wyatt raged at his favorite cousin who was whipped by his sister.

"Come on Wy we were only having a little bit of fun with you." Roman said he wasn't innocent in the matter and he knew it. But it couldn't be helped desperate times called for desperate measures.

Troy could see the argument looming between those two so he stepped in to end it before it started. "So what is Prue doing to my sister ?" he asked the girl was an evil genius and that was why they were best friends.

Parker rolled his eyes Prue wasn't his favorite person in the world right now "She was doing her makeup which is why I had to leave the room thank God I did not need to witness that." he replied.

"Hey Parks for what it's worth you look really hot." Bianca told him squeezing his hand.

"Thanks a lot B what about me ?" Henry asked indignantly but he was smiling he was about to let their break up come in between their friendship.

"I broke up with you so I could go out with him I needed a change." Bianca joked right back with him.

"I wouldn't doubt it Val did a damn good job with him she and Prue are both very gifted pains in the ass." Lilly said she was sitting with her feet in Jake's lap.

"You got the pain in the ass part right Prue is being down right bitchy these days." Chuck whined she was taking out her frustration with Wyatt and Liz on him and it just wasn't fair.

" I wish she would hurry up we're meeting Calleigh at P3 we need to get a move on here." Chris moaned he was like the time keeper of the group.

Prue came walking down the hallway a minute later she was standing in front of Liz so they couldn't see her until she was ready for them to. "Alright guys I want you to tell me what you think but be nice I played hell getting her into this outfit." she warned them stepping aside to reveal Liz. She had been very subtle with the makeup the little bit she had used made Liz's eyes pop and she had used a bright red lip gloss.

"Hey Lizzie I'm single now you can be my date." Henry offered he had to admit Prue had done one hell of a job with her.

"Damn Liz who knew that this was under all those jeans and sweaters you look hot babe." Lilly said causing Liz to glare at her.

Troy shook his head and groaned "Prue you made my baby sister look like a slut." he said incredulously.

"No I gave her a little bit of sex appeal." Prue corrected him she was going to get a hold of him for that comment later.

"You gave her more than a little for the record had you looked like this when we dated I would have never given Monica Palmer a second look." Roman said Prue sure did know her shit.

"Well don't look at me like that now I'll kill you if you hurt Mel." Liz threatened him.

"Don't worry I only have eyes for Mel." Roman assured the room.

"Liz you're smoking hot off the charts right now." Chuck said whistling at her.

"No joke cancel on your date and then we can go out." Parker said wiggling his eyebrows and Wyatt stared at him hard.

Prue couldn't believe Wyatt had yet to offer a comment about Liz's appearance. "Wy what do you think ?" she asked forcing him to speak.

Wyatt didn't know what to say his eyes were bugging out of his head he couldn't believe that Prue had set her up on a date to begin with he was feeling pangs of jealousy. He could not take his eyes off of her. "Wow Lizzie you look wow I mean you always look good but you look amazing." he stammered out his was feeling something he couldn't quite place.

Liz blushed she didn't know what to say to him he had never looked at her that way before and it made her unsure of what to say. "Thanks Wy you don't look so bad yourself." she said smirking at him.

"Good we all agreed Lizzie looks super model hot can we go now we're meeting Calleigh ?" Chris asked trying to usher them out of the apartment.

"Yes we can go but Wy is not driving Roman can this time." Lilly said smirking at her twin.

P3 was packed the gang was sitting at their usual table D.J. and Jason had come out with them. The tension between D.J. and Roman could be cut with a knife. Chris was standing off from the group at the moment because he was at the bar waiting for Calleigh. He waved her over to him when he saw her walk down the stairs.

"Hey I thought for a minute there you changed your mind about us and stood us up." Chris joked smiling at her.

Calleigh smiled back at him showing off her perfect teeth. "No you guys saved my life I couldn't stand you up. I just don't think that Wyatt's girlfriend likes me very much." she said inclining her head over towards Wyatt and Liz who was laughing because of something Wyatt had said.

Chris laughed very loudly at her mistake it only proved the point that he and Prue had been trying to make to Wyatt that morning. Calleigh looked at him like he had lost his mind. "Liz isn't Wyatt's girlfriend." he explained himself.

"Oh well I just thought because of the way they are always really close to each other that they were together." Calleigh said.

Chris just grinned at her. "Everyone but the two of them knows that for all intensive purposes they are dating. But don't worry about it Prue will love you for making that mistake." he said pulling her by the elbow over to their table.

"Finally you two come over here thank God I needed someone to save me from Prue she was trying to set me up with some woman at the bar." Troy said scooting over in the booth so both of them could sit down.

"She is on a roll today I better watch myself or she'll be trying to fix me up." Chris replied chuckling.

"Forget about Prue and her match making right now the last time I checked we have a whole lot of drinking to do tonight." Jake announced very exuberantly and he hadn't even had a drink yet.

Henry stood and picked up a shot glass that was on the table the other fourteen people followed suit. "So Parks we all know that you're twenty-two today but since we're a year late we have to give you your birthday binge tonight it's a tradition man. Anyway prepare yourself for the night of your life happy birthday man." he said holding his shot glass in his direction before he downed it.

Parker blushed and smiled so that his dimples showed. "Thanks Hank." he said simply no one had ever made that big a deal out of his birthday before.

Chuck consulted his watch it was still early he didn't want them all getting tanked here it was never a good idea to get lit in front of the parents. "So when we blowing this popsicle stand for another club ?" he asked.

Prue threw her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately. "Baby soon we just have to wait for their dates to show up." she said pointing at Parker and Liz who both scowled at her.

"Maybe some one should go save the future boys from the aunts they look pretty miserable." D.J. said pointing over to where Alan and Jack sat with the Charmed Ones and their husbands.

"Chris and Henry should go they're their little brothers after all." Lilly pointed out raising an eyebrow at them.

"I agree with Lilly go over and get them to come with us you boys haven't been very nice to them. Besides if I have to go on this date you two have to go make nice with your brothers." Liz said ordering them to go get their brothers.

Chris threw up his hands in surrender "Fine we're going come on Hank before Lizzie goes crazy on us." he said walking away with Henry following him before Liz had a chance to hit him.

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"It's good to see you two boys relaxing for a change for a while I thought I was going to have to ground your orbs just to get you to slow down." Prue said looking at her youngest two nephews.

Jack and Alan smiled at each other "No we don't need anything that drastic Aunt Prue we are slowing down a little right now because we are right on track with where we need to be." Alan answered he was the smooth talker out of the two of them Jack preferred Piper's approach of going in with guns blazing.

"Yeah what Al said we just got a little off task for a minute but then Vic reminded us of what we had forgotten we're good now." Jack agreed but he wouldn't be able to fully relax until he knew that they had stopped whatever had turned Jake.

Andy looked in between both boys with questioning eyes "So what you guys told your Aunt Prue about your cousin is she you know ?" he asked that he had been confusing him all day.

"Let me put it this way Uncle Andy she should be if we didn't change too much but I'm pretty positive that she is." Jack answered while Alan nodded in agreement.

"Ok what the hell are you four talking about ?" Piper asked it was like they all knew something that she didn't and it did not sit well with her.

Prue just looked at her younger sister. "We would be talking about me being pregnant but as you just heard Jack and Alan can't be sure." she answered eyeballing her nephews.

"If that damn love potion is any indication I would say that it did the trick." Henry snorted running his hand over his beard.

"Exactly my feelings on the matter Hen," Leo stated and he just had to ask a question "where the hell did you boys get that potion anyway ?" he expected an answer from them.

"Uncle Leo the less you know about that the better lets just say we had to do some things we aren't proud of to get it." Alan said leaving it there.

"So in other words it was one of those potions like the one Chris got when he went back to the past?" Phoebe questioned them she wasn't going to let them off the hook that easily.

"Yes Aunt Phoebe if you must know that is exactly what we did and trust me when I say you don't want to know anymore if you want to continue to view us as sweet and innocent." Jack replied.

Paige had to suppress a giggling fit "No one thinks of you two as sweet and innocent but when you put it like that we just rather not know what you did to get it." she said just thinking about it gave her all kind of bad mental pictures.

Coop smirked at the two younger men "I can't believe your idea of a good time is hanging out with us the other kids avoid us like the plague." he commented.

"Ha, ha very funny Uncle Coop we actually just came over here to remedy that situation." Chris said as he and Henry walked up to their table.

Henry had the fingers on both his hands laced together "Jack, Alan Chris and I just wanted to tell you guys how sorry we are for the way we've been treating you guys. But you know how we are we don't trust very easily but that is no excuse." he began.

"And as a peace offering we wanted to know if you two would like to hang out with us tonight ? Before you answer know that if we go back over there without you Liz might kill us." Chris picked up for his cousin.

Both Jack and Alan's faces lit up they hero worshiped their big brothers. "Well when you put it that way Chris I have to say yes and for the record you're both forgiven." Jack said punching his brother in the arm.

"What the hell it should be interesting to see Wyatt go out of his mind with jealousy. Because right now his eyes are bugging out of his head. Damn I think Prue might have hired a model to go out with her." Alan said pointing in the direction of his older cousins.

The guy that Prue had gotten to go out with Liz did indeed look like a male model he was 6'2'' with a chiseled body and ruggedly handsome features. His tight jeans clung to his ass perfectly. He had gray blue eyes that could look right through you.

"Damn Mel went out with him ?" Paige asked in disbelief he had player written all over him that was not the kind of guy her second oldest niece went for.

"Her and every other girl in the city that is Lance Sullivan he isn't half bad for a fireman but he has a way with women." Chris replied he personally didn't have a problem with the guy but Wyatt looked like he wanted to kill him.

Coop laughed "Damn I can't believe Junior got Stacey to go out with Parker she won't go out with anyone I have got to think about giving that boy a raise." he said pointing out a skinny little blond who was currently chatting up Parker.

Piper wanted to go over there and tell her to step away from her brother but she had to control her urges some. "All women should know there has to be at least thirty feet between them and my brother." she said fuming.

"That is where Wyatt gets it from," Hank chuckled and then he thought of something. " guys we better get back over there before Jason kills Lance. If I remember correctly he dated his sister Brooke and it did not end well Jason has sworn a blood oath on him." he gestured urgently for his brother and cousins to get a move on.

"Bye guys have fun don't get trashed come home making all kind of noise." Piper ordered her youngest son and nephew.

"Yeah we got it no drunk orbing into furniture Al and I do that once because we were stressed and we have yet to live it down." Jack said walking away to catch up with his older cousin.

"This is nice I almost forgot what is was like to hang out just us girls." Val said she was sitting with her feet on the coffee table the younger Halliwell cousins and Emily were watching old sappy movies on the big screen at the manner. They were sitting around in their pajamas and they had junk food laying out on the table.

"Well some of us who shall remain nameless decided it would be more fun to hang out with their boyfriends all the time." Emily said she was eating ice cream straight out of the carton.

"It is so not my fault that Roman is totally dependent on me to get through the day ." Mel said grinning but she was probably the one of them that had been the worst about blowing her girls off lately.

Carly rolled her eyes "It always comes back to him and I can't help it that if I don't go see Jason after school then I won't get to see him he works nights." she defended herself tossing a jellybean up in the air she caught it in her mouth.

"In my defense I always spent this much time with Ricky he is my best guy friend in addition to being my boyfriend." Patty pointed out and none of them could dispute that it was true.

"Your boyfriend who you slept with the other night and you didn't even bother to tell any of us about it." Penny said taunting her older cousin.

Patty shook her head she didn't know if her cousins had it in them to keep their minds out of the gutter. "The key word in that sentence is slept all we did together was sleep." she corrected them they were all laughing at her but she decided to zero in on Val for some reason. "Don't you laugh Val you have no room to talk I didn't have to be pulled away from Troy yesterday. We all know that deep down you really liked kissing him."

"So maybe I did like kissing Troy but we need to focus on Carly orbing out on us yesterday to go see Jason." Val said taking the heat off herself she didn't really want to talk about what she was feeling for Troy, Prue would kill them both if anything happened between them.

"We're not even going to concentrate on me and Jason, we need to think about how to get Em and Henry together since he is back on the market now." Carly said grinning at Emily who stuck her tongue out at her.

"So not happening I don't even have a crush on him anymore I've moved on." Emily protested it was true.

"She is right she did move on now she much rather flirt with Jack and more power to you Em if you want to be with future boy just know he will leave." Mel said seriously.

"I do not like Jack like that." Emily defended but she was blushing.

"Why is it that everyone I know must deny what the hell they feel for another person ?" Mel asked throwing her hands up in the air.

"Mel you're only being like that because you think everyone is going to forget about that new little power you got yesterday." Val said smirking at her cousin.

Mel rolled her eyes "For the last time Val I'm telling you I didn't get a new power." she maintained her cousins did not know when to stop.

"Mel face it girl you got another power one that works very well when you're pissed by the way." Patty chimed in.

"Exactly so lets see maybe if I start talking about D.J. we'll see what happens," Carly tried but she didn't get the results she was looking for. " ok then lets talk about Ro no he isn't a major button pusher for her. Oh I've got it lets try talking about how everyone knows that she had a thing with crazy Ken she didn't think the rest of us knew about." this time a glass that was sitting on the coffee table went flying but Mel froze it before it could break.

Mel glared at her cousins before she groaned "Don't say a word I know the elders hate me the last thing I need right now is a new power my mom is going to flip." she said she had so much on her plate there was no way she could handle a new power.

"Look at it this way at least you won't have to tap into my powers anymore when you need to move a demon." Patty offered her smiling.

"Yeah that is a great comfort Charlie thanks for that." Mel replied hitting her cousin with a pillow.

Patty chucked one of the pillows at her but she missed and hit Val. Soon the room was filled with the giddy laughter of teenage girls who for the moment were getting to be normal kids.

-End-

Guest Starring:

Piper Halliwell- Holly Marie Combs

Phoebe Halliwell- Alyssa Milano

Paige Matthews- Rose McGowan

Prue Halliwell- Shannon Doherty

Leo Wyatt - Brian Krause

Henry Mitchell- Ivan Sergei

Coop Valintine- Victor Webster

Andy Trudeau- T.W. King

Jack Halliwell- Jensen Ackles

Alan Halliwell- Chris Pine

Special Appearances By:

Penny Halliwell- Jennifer Rhodes

Patty Halliwell- Finola Hughes

Victor Bennett- James Read

Scott Jaeck- Sam Wilder

Billie Jenkins- Kaley Cuoco

William Jenkins- Nathan Kress

Derek Bradford- Dominic Purcell

Eva Nicolae- Eva La Rue

Nicole Shane- Maria Bello

Maria Hoyt- Kelly Monaco

Ben Turner- Chad Michael Murray

And

Greg Turner/Gorgon- Jason Statham

A/N: Another episode is done and out of the way there are some major surprises in store for the gang in coming episodes. But for now I think I'm going to let Prue torment Wyatt and Liz just a little while longer she has something up her sleeve to get them together. As for Gorgon and Ben they have something in the works to rock the Halliwell's world. At some point we will get back to what happened to Roman but not until the time is right remember only Alan and Jack know the truth. I'm thinking I'm going to give Chris just a little break from the flashbacks for now and someone else will find out next episode. I hope you enjoyed this so until next time please review.