"Leo, what's wrong?" Piper asked as Leo walked into the room with an upset look on his face.
"Well, I have some news" Leo said.
"And from your face I can tell it's not good" Piper commented.
"Well, that's open to interpretation" Leo replied.
"Oh really, so what's the news?" Piper asked.
"Well, the elders have decided to assign a white lighter specifically to magic school. That demon getting in there worried them. So they felt that maybe having a white lighter whose only duties were watching the school might be a good idea. So he'll be living there from now on" Leo told her.
"Well that's not really what I'd call bad news" Piper said.
"Well that's not the real news part, or the part that might be badly interpreted" Leo informed her.
"Alright, so what the bad part?" Piper asked him.
"Well the bad news is who they choose to send" Leo said.
"God, who now?" Piper asked.
"Kyle" Leo told her.
"As in Kyle Brody?" Piper asked shocked.
"Yep, the one and only" Leo said "The elders thought it might be nice to assign someone who we knew since he would be living in my school and spending a lot of time with me."
"Gee, how thoughtful of them" Piper muttered.
"So you see why this may not be a good thing" Leo said.
"Ya, I defiantly can see how this could be very very bad. Paige won't take this well. I mean she just lost her husband, and to suddenly have Kyle come back, that could be disastrous. She could either decide that its fate that he suddenly shows up, or decide to have a fling with him to try to get over Henry. Or she may freak and feel totally guilty if she starts to like him again. Dammit, there doesn't appear to be an upside to all this" Piper snapped.
"I know, so I was thinking, maybe we shouldn't tell her. I mean from now on we could just have Prue be the one who goes to and from magic school. And maybe for awhile, at least till Paige has started healing, we should just keep him far away so as to not complicate things" Leo said.
"Ya, I think that might be best. I think, it's for her own good, I hope" Piper said.
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Meanwhile downstairs Prue rushed to answer the door.
"Justin Harper?" Prue asked incredulously.
"Yep, surprise" Justin said.
"Ya, no kidding. What are you doing here?" Prue asked.
"Well, I know its been years, but I never was able to completely put you behind me. I know we did not have some long term thing, but I always felt a spark. I liked you the moment I saw you, way back in high school. But once I finally got a chance to be with you, I just was not at a place to keep your attention. I know that now, I just was not the type of person you could be with, and you were right to end thing. But I've changed, and I'm sure I can be the type of person that you would want to be with, so I'm here to ask for another chance" Justin answered.
Prue just stared at him, not knowing what to say. Finally she said "What?"
"Well way back, when you told me that you did not want to see me again. You told me that you were looking for something else, someone more spontantious and less predictable. And I admit; now looking back I see your point, but I've changed. Not actually for you, but still, I've changed and I just think we'd click better now" Justin answered.
"Oh my gosh, wow, I'm glad you did not change for me, that would be strange. But I don't know what to say, I mean, well I don't know" Prue stated.
"Yeah, I understand, you're not sure that I've changed. But I have. I got sick of my life, basically I thought the same as you, things were just so predictable and boring. So I moved, changed careers and all that. I'm now a private investigator, and I've been living in Seattle for the past fifteen years" Justin told her.
"So what are you doing back here now?" Prue asked.
"Well, my dad just died. Which made my mother have a complete nervous breakdown, so I've moved back up here to take care of her" was Justin's response.
"Oh, wow. I'm so sorry" Prue told him.
"Yeah, thanks, me too. But it brought me here, where I'm actually in a position that I feel I can ask you out, again I mean. I mean assuming you're not married with three kids or something. Which I know, you probably are. I mean it's been thirteen years; even I was married, briefly. And well, its you, so how could you not be married. But I had to try" Justin told her.
"Well, actually you are in luck, I'm not married, I never got married" Prue told him.
"That's impossible, what on earth have you been doing that could keep the guys away for thirteen years, you're much too beautiful for that to be true" Justin said.
"Well, actually I've been in a coma for the last thirteen years. I got in a car accident about six months or less after the last time you saw me. And only this month did I actually come out of the coma. So ya, hard to pick up guys when you aren't conscious" Prue said hating lying to him.
"Oh my god. I'm so sorry, that's horrible" Justin said.
"Yeah, I mean, I certainly think so. I just missed so much. I missed all kinds of important moments with my family. Finding out I had a new sister, don't ask, long story I'll explain later. I missed Piper and Phoebe having kids. I missed Phoebe's wedding and all kinds of things like that, so ya, its sucks" Prue informed him.
"Wow, Phoebe is married? And both of them have kids?" Justin asked.
"Yeah, Phoebe is kinda married. I mean I actually missed three weddings for her; she is currently in her third marriage. Or rather she is in the process of getting out of her third marriage" Prue said.
"Oh wow, hasn't had much luck with marriage I see" Justin remarked.
"Yeah, not really. But she does have three beautiful daughters to show for it, so that's great. And Piper has two sons and a daughter. And my new sister Paige is married, no wait she's widowed, her husband just died a few weeks ago. But she also has three kids, two girls and a boy. And somehow we are all living here, unbelievable that we all fit" Prue said.
"Why are you all living here?" Justin asked.
"Well Piper, Leo and their kids have always lived here. And I live here because well, I haven't gotten around to finding a place to live. Phoebe moved back in here with her kids a few months ago when she got divorced, she needed the support and hated the memories associated with her house. And Paige just moved in a few weeks ago when her husband was killed, she couldn't bear to stay in the house her husband was murdered in" Prue told him.
"Her husband was murdered?" Justin asked sounding shocked.
"Ya, he was a police officer or something, and well it looks like someone decided to get revenge. He was stabbed, apparently is was very ugly and bloody. Paige walked in right after it was done, and saw all the blood and so she just did not want to go back there" Prue said, again hating the lie.
"Understandable. Wow, so it looks like life is going very interestingly in your family. I mean Phoebe getting a divorce and Paige getting widowed; sometime you'll have to introduce me to her. And also them getting you back, I mean a lot seems to be going on" Justin remarked.
"Ya, that's for sure. So ya, enough about me" Prue said.
"Ya, lets get back to the original subject. Since beyond all hope you are actually not married, I insist that you come to dinner with me tonight" Justin told her.
Prue hesitated thinking of her new semi-relationship with Bane. But nothing was official there, so going out with Justin couldn't hurt. So she said "Alright, that sounds great. Why don't you pick me up at six?"
"Great, I'll be here Justin told her.
"Great" Prue said, flashed him a smile, and closed the door.
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"No Coop, there is not a chance in hell of you getting joint custody. You'll have nothing further to do with my children. You lost that right when you agreed to that scam, that makes them barely even your children" Phoebe snapped.
"Well barely or not, they are my children too, you can't just not let me see them again" Coop snapped back in a rare show of temper.
"Oh hell yes I can. You forget that I've worked with cupids before, and the last time we worked so save one, so I saw the way that you can be killed, and don't think I won't. Any love or fondness I once held for you is so far gone it's like it never existed, actually it didn't, it was all fake after all. And I won't have you in my children's lives playing games with their heads too" Phoebe told him.
"I love them Phoebe, I'm not playing games with them" Coop said.
"Ya, that's what you said about me too, and look how that worked out" Phoebe yelled.
"I do love you Phoebe, maybe it was a scam at the beginning, but in the end I did fall in love with you" Coop told her.
"No, the altered you, that was fixed to fit me fell in love with me, and loved my kids, but that's not who you really are. And I'm not willing to take that chance with my kids. Any person who is devious enough to agree to some sick plan like you did is not the type of person I want near my kids" Phoebe snapped again.
"They are my kids too" Coop yelled.
"Not anymore" Phoebe yelled back.
"You can't just arbitrarily decide that they are suddenly just yours" Coop yelled again.
"Hell yes I can. Its over, completely, you will have nothing further to do with me or my children" Phoebe told him coldly.
"Come on Phoebe, at least allow me to have some kind of visitation rights" Coop pleaded.
Phoebe looked unhappy with the idea and said "I don't know…"
"Please, I love them, don't take them away from me. Don't take away their father, I love them" Coop interrupted.
"I just don't trust you with them" Phoebe said.
"Then you can supervise the visits if necessary" Coop offered.
"I don't want to be near you to have to supervise" Phoebe snapped.
"Well then have one of your sister's supervise or Leo, anyone, just please please let me see them" Coop begged.
Phoebe sighed looking highly unhappy but also resigned and finally said "Fine, but if you blow it, even once, it's over, forever. Understood?"
"Absolutely, thank you so much Phoebe" Coop said.
"Don't thank me; I'm not doing it for you. I'm doing it for them, I know what its like to grow up without a father, and if I can I'd like to prevent my children from having to know what that's like" Phoebe told him.
"Well, even so, thank you anyway" Coop said.
"Ya, whatever. Also just be at the courthouse tomorrow at noon for the final signing of the divorce forms" Phoebe told him.
Coop looked sad and nodded and with a burst of a pink heart he was gone.
"I really hope I'm doing the right thing allowing him to visit them" Phoebe said to herself.
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Phoebe walked into the house and saw a tall, huge man standing in the entryway, the man turned upon hearing her footsteps and she saw that his eyes glowed red, not a man at all.
"Demon!" Phoebe yelled to her sisters.
Paige and Piper ran out of the kitchen and Piper threw her arms up to blow him up, and she blew up his head. Phoebe looked relieved but the look on her face changed as she saw the demons head reforming again.
"Piper, he's getting better" Phoebe yelled.
"Dammit" Piper yelled and blew him up again, and this time he reformed quicker. Phoebe tried a roundhouse kick, but he grabbed her leg and threw her violently across the room and she slammed into the wall.
"Phoebe" Paige yelled and orbed over to check on her, as Piper continued to try to blow him up, each time he just regrew whatever body part she blew up, no matter how fast she did it, he still kept healing.
"Guys, get over here, I think this is a problem" Piper yelled.
Paige grabbed Phoebe's hand and orbed them both over to Pipers side.
"Ok, so now what?" Paige said.
"I don't know, he's immune to my power" Piper said.
"Duck!!!" Phoebe screamed.
Piper and Paige hit the ground and an energy ball flew right over their heads, exactly where their heads had been moments ago.
Phoebe rushed to help Piper up and turned to help Paige up, but not quick enough, as she was getting up the demon fired off another energy ball hitting Paige in the leg, she fell heavily. Piper raced to her side and Phoebe and her tried to get her up, and were only somewhat successful.
"Piper, what now?" Phoebe yelled in panic, and Piper gave her a hopeless blank look.
They both turned as they heard something of a battle charge and watched in horror as Prue threw herself at the demon, wrapping her armed around it, as if to chock it.
"Go get upstairs" Prue screamed at them.
Piper and Phoebe dragged Paige part way up the stairs, but turned as they heard a scream and saw Prue being thrown down the length of the entry, and she hit the door hard and kept going, the door shattering on impact. They stared in horror as Prue lay unmoving on the porch.
"Prue!" Piper screamed and made a movement as if to go to her.
"No, dammit, we can't. Come on we need to get to the attic" Phoebe yelled at her.
Piper looked anguished but quickly helped drag Paige up the stairs, moving as quickly as they could since they could hear the demon coming.
"Shut the door, and move stuff in front of it" Phoebe yelled as she dropped Paige on the floor and ran to the book.
Piper looked utterly panicked and pushed a dresser in front of the door and dragged Paige closer to the book.
"Phoebe, she's not conscious, what will we do, we'll need her to say the spell with us" Piper said.
"No, we won't. It probably better that she's not conscious, this will hurt a lot less this way" Phoebe said.
"What! You sound like you're giving in" Piper exclaimed.
"More like we are beaten" Phoebe said "He's an upper level demon, Corgantaz."
"So" Piper yelled and screamed as they heard an energy ball hit the door, which was smoking.
"So, upper level demons can only be vanquished with a potion of their own flesh, don't you remember" Phoebe said "Like it was with Belthazor."
Piper looked horrified and scared. "So what do we do?" She yelled.
"Nothing, there is nothing we can do, and with Paige out of commission, we can't even escape" Phoebe yelled as the door exploded open.
"Wait" Piper screamed her voice tinged with panic, you said like with Belthazor, call him, he's an upper level demon too, he can fight…" Piper did not get to finish but was hit with an energy ball, collapsing, her weight pulling Phoebe down with her.
"Piper! Piper wake up! Paige!" Phoebe screamed trying to get Piper off of her.
Phoebe jerked her head to the side barely avoiding being hit with another energy ball.
"Say goodnight witch" the demon taunted.
Cole, she thought, hoping to god that Prue was right about a connection between them. She was not sure if she believed it, but now it was that or nothing. He came the last time. Phoebe closed her eyes and concentrated with every fiber of her being on Cole, calling Cole.
"And Thus ended the Charmed Ones" the demon said with an energy ball resting in his hands.
Phoebe turned her head away, pulling Piper close to her and cringed waiting for the blow that she knew was coming…
I've decided to leave you with a cliff hanger. And also I want your opinion, I've introduced two guys to Prue, Bane and Justin (For those of you who don't remember Justin, he was in season three, in "Coyote Piper") So let me know which one you think I should have her end up with, I'm still undecided.