Chapter Three
"Paige!" Piper shouted walking into the Manor, Phoebe was right behind her. They both stopped in the hallway and Paige hadn't appeared yet. Phoebe glanced into the living room and saw Chris's stuff all over the couch, some of which had fallen onto the floor. "Well, Chris is here at least." She said.
Piper followed Phoebe's gaze and saw the mess. "Chris!" she shouted, "Get your ass down here and clean up this mess you made!" A few seconds later he appeared at the top of the stairs.
"What?" he asked looking innocent but knowing exactly why she was mad.
Leo appeared seconds later. "Leo, hi, what'd the other Elders have to say?"
He sighed, "Well apparently Chris was right, Kathryn's supposed to become a witch. And she isn't in San Francisco, apparently she was born out here and her parents died when she was a toddler still. They lost track of her after that. The Elders have been trying to find her for years. No one knows what happened to her. If she had died then we'd know, but she's still alive and out there somewhere."
"Well that doesn't necessarily mean she's not in San Francisco anymore." Phoebe said.
"Yes it does." Chris said walking down the stairs. "I know her in the future...she never told us much about her past but I know she didn't grow up out here."
"Well how are we supposed to find her then?" Piper asked. "We can't exactly scry for her since we don't have something of hers and she isn't a witch yet."
"But she's going to be one eventually doesn't that count for anything?" Phoebe asked.
"Your best bet would be to write a spell to take you to her. Scrying is a long shot and you need to get to her, now." Chris said.
"Alright...Phoebe you start working on a spell and Paige...where is she?" Piper asked. "Paige!"
Seconds later Paige appeared, "What? I was a little busy! I'm just got a new temp job and I was trying to do my work." She said clearly annoyed.
"Leo, fill her in...then you can go back to work, we don't need you...yet, but we probably will later on. I'll go upstairs check out the book for that demon Phoebe saw attacking her. Chris, you clean up that mess you made."
"Where am I supposed to put it? There's no room for me here, not with Phoebe and Paige living here too."
"Oooo, he's got a point there Piper. It's already kinda crowded here." Phoebe said.
"So we'll figure something out! For now just....pick it up so it isn't all over the living room."
"I don't see why Chris has to move in here at all." Leo said.
"Ya know what for once I agree with Leo on this one, why should I move in at all? Nothing's changed!" Chris immediately joined in. She wouldn't tell him like this, in front of everyone.
"Because Leo, he just does. Everything's changed now and don't you argue with me! Leo when everything cools down we have to talk, me, you, and Chris. Phoebe come on, we got work to do!" Piper said walking up the stairs.
Leo looked at Chris and was about to say something but Paige cut him off, "Ya know Leo, for once lay off on Chris. He didn't do anything, now what's going on? I gotta get back to work."
"Thank you Paige." Chris said walking into the living room.
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"So Kit, how are things going with Mike?" her friend Missy asked her.
Kathryn smiled, "I don't think that's any of your business, Missy."
"Oh please it's always the best friends business!" The two girls started laughing together.
"Well, I hate to break it to ya hon, but that's business that's gonna have to wait for another day. I gotta get to work." Kathryn replied as they reached her car together. It would be a beautiful day if it weren't so damn cold outside. Kathryn hated winter with a passion. Why she lived here of all places, she didn't know. The two girls gave each other a hug and said goodbye. Kathryn turned and went to open her car door and jumped slightly gasping. Missy looked back at her, "You ok?" she asked.
Kathryn frowned as she opened her eyes, "Um...yeah...I think...just got really light headed there for a second." She replied smiling, "Probably just need to eat something."
Missy laughed to herself, "Girl don't do that to yourself! Eating's a good thing remember?"
"Yeah I know, don't worry. I'll be fine." Kathryn said getting into her car. She sat there for a moment unsure of what had just happened. She closed her eyes and shook her head, nothing felt too out of the ordinary. But what had just happened wasn't really a light-headed feeling, it was more like a jolt, and images were appearing but she couldn't make them out. "You're making something out of nothing, everything's fine." She said to herself. But was it really? All day Kathryn had the feeling like something or someone was following her. She shook her head again and started the car. Seconds later she drove away. Little did she know she was being followed, by the same boy who had stared at her while she sat in class.
*****
Leo walked into the attic, "Ok Piper, Paige is up to speed on what's going on and is back at work. What did you want to talk to me about?"
Piper looked up from the book at Leo then over to Phoebe on the couch. "It's ok Piper, go. I still gotta finish this spell before we can get to her." Phoebe said.
"Is Chris still downstairs?" she asked.
"Yeah, I wouldn't let him leave, even though he wanted to." Leo replied.
"Figures he would...come on Leo, downstairs come on." She said walking towards the stairway. Leo followed her and a few minutes later they were in the living room with Chris.
"Do I really have to be here for this?" he asked.
"Chris, this concerns you as much as it concerns us, it's about you!" she shouted.
"You didn't need me around the first time you told him!" he said.
"Told me what?" Leo asked clearly confused.
Piper sighed and closed her eyes thinking for a second, Chris was right. If Leo wanted to talk to him afterwards then they could get him from upstairs, "Fine, go upstairs and help Phoebe but don't go too far Leo may want to talk after this."
"Talk about what?" Leo asked.
Piper waited for Chris to orb upstairs (she didn't think he could have done it any faster), she then looked at Leo and asked, "Remember what happened when we were stuck on the ghostly plane? What we did?"
"Piper you said you didn't have any regrets and I don't see what this has to do with Chris."
"You're right, and I don't especially since...," she put her hand to her stomach and glanced down at it, then back at Leo. "...especially since we conceived our second child that night."
Leo's confusion was quickly replaced with complete surprise. "Wh...(slow breaths)...what?" he asked.
"I didn't know until Phoebe and Paige said anything and even then I did a pregnancy test to be sure about it, in case they were wrong. But I am Leo....I'm pregnant with Chris, our second born."
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"Phoebe, come on do we really have to go down there now?" Chris groaned. She had just finished the spell.
She rolled her eyes, "Fine I'll leave you up here, but like or not you're gonna be alone with him now." She said standing up and going towards the stairway. She disappeared downstairs.
He sighed, "Not if I can help it." Chris definitely didn't want any heart to hearts with Leo now that he knew, especially after Piper. He looked around the attic, then orbed away.
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Phoebe appeared on the stairway, "Paige!" she shouted and Paige appeared seconds later as Piper looked back at them. "Come on, spells finished and we don't have much time!" Phoebe said.
Piper looked back at Leo still sitting there shocked about what she had just told him. "Leo, I gotta go but we'll finish this later." She said getting up but not wanting to go.
"No...no it's ok Piper." He mumbled. She stared at him a few seconds and then walked over to Phoebe and Paige. Phoebe held out the spell and together they read:
"Bring us to a future witch in need of aid
So we may save her from a dark foe
About to take her from her destiny.
Help us find her now
So she may fulfill what he wishes she will not."
They disappeared leaving Leo alone in the living room.
"Paige!" Piper shouted walking into the Manor, Phoebe was right behind her. They both stopped in the hallway and Paige hadn't appeared yet. Phoebe glanced into the living room and saw Chris's stuff all over the couch, some of which had fallen onto the floor. "Well, Chris is here at least." She said.
Piper followed Phoebe's gaze and saw the mess. "Chris!" she shouted, "Get your ass down here and clean up this mess you made!" A few seconds later he appeared at the top of the stairs.
"What?" he asked looking innocent but knowing exactly why she was mad.
Leo appeared seconds later. "Leo, hi, what'd the other Elders have to say?"
He sighed, "Well apparently Chris was right, Kathryn's supposed to become a witch. And she isn't in San Francisco, apparently she was born out here and her parents died when she was a toddler still. They lost track of her after that. The Elders have been trying to find her for years. No one knows what happened to her. If she had died then we'd know, but she's still alive and out there somewhere."
"Well that doesn't necessarily mean she's not in San Francisco anymore." Phoebe said.
"Yes it does." Chris said walking down the stairs. "I know her in the future...she never told us much about her past but I know she didn't grow up out here."
"Well how are we supposed to find her then?" Piper asked. "We can't exactly scry for her since we don't have something of hers and she isn't a witch yet."
"But she's going to be one eventually doesn't that count for anything?" Phoebe asked.
"Your best bet would be to write a spell to take you to her. Scrying is a long shot and you need to get to her, now." Chris said.
"Alright...Phoebe you start working on a spell and Paige...where is she?" Piper asked. "Paige!"
Seconds later Paige appeared, "What? I was a little busy! I'm just got a new temp job and I was trying to do my work." She said clearly annoyed.
"Leo, fill her in...then you can go back to work, we don't need you...yet, but we probably will later on. I'll go upstairs check out the book for that demon Phoebe saw attacking her. Chris, you clean up that mess you made."
"Where am I supposed to put it? There's no room for me here, not with Phoebe and Paige living here too."
"Oooo, he's got a point there Piper. It's already kinda crowded here." Phoebe said.
"So we'll figure something out! For now just....pick it up so it isn't all over the living room."
"I don't see why Chris has to move in here at all." Leo said.
"Ya know what for once I agree with Leo on this one, why should I move in at all? Nothing's changed!" Chris immediately joined in. She wouldn't tell him like this, in front of everyone.
"Because Leo, he just does. Everything's changed now and don't you argue with me! Leo when everything cools down we have to talk, me, you, and Chris. Phoebe come on, we got work to do!" Piper said walking up the stairs.
Leo looked at Chris and was about to say something but Paige cut him off, "Ya know Leo, for once lay off on Chris. He didn't do anything, now what's going on? I gotta get back to work."
"Thank you Paige." Chris said walking into the living room.
*****
"So Kit, how are things going with Mike?" her friend Missy asked her.
Kathryn smiled, "I don't think that's any of your business, Missy."
"Oh please it's always the best friends business!" The two girls started laughing together.
"Well, I hate to break it to ya hon, but that's business that's gonna have to wait for another day. I gotta get to work." Kathryn replied as they reached her car together. It would be a beautiful day if it weren't so damn cold outside. Kathryn hated winter with a passion. Why she lived here of all places, she didn't know. The two girls gave each other a hug and said goodbye. Kathryn turned and went to open her car door and jumped slightly gasping. Missy looked back at her, "You ok?" she asked.
Kathryn frowned as she opened her eyes, "Um...yeah...I think...just got really light headed there for a second." She replied smiling, "Probably just need to eat something."
Missy laughed to herself, "Girl don't do that to yourself! Eating's a good thing remember?"
"Yeah I know, don't worry. I'll be fine." Kathryn said getting into her car. She sat there for a moment unsure of what had just happened. She closed her eyes and shook her head, nothing felt too out of the ordinary. But what had just happened wasn't really a light-headed feeling, it was more like a jolt, and images were appearing but she couldn't make them out. "You're making something out of nothing, everything's fine." She said to herself. But was it really? All day Kathryn had the feeling like something or someone was following her. She shook her head again and started the car. Seconds later she drove away. Little did she know she was being followed, by the same boy who had stared at her while she sat in class.
*****
Leo walked into the attic, "Ok Piper, Paige is up to speed on what's going on and is back at work. What did you want to talk to me about?"
Piper looked up from the book at Leo then over to Phoebe on the couch. "It's ok Piper, go. I still gotta finish this spell before we can get to her." Phoebe said.
"Is Chris still downstairs?" she asked.
"Yeah, I wouldn't let him leave, even though he wanted to." Leo replied.
"Figures he would...come on Leo, downstairs come on." She said walking towards the stairway. Leo followed her and a few minutes later they were in the living room with Chris.
"Do I really have to be here for this?" he asked.
"Chris, this concerns you as much as it concerns us, it's about you!" she shouted.
"You didn't need me around the first time you told him!" he said.
"Told me what?" Leo asked clearly confused.
Piper sighed and closed her eyes thinking for a second, Chris was right. If Leo wanted to talk to him afterwards then they could get him from upstairs, "Fine, go upstairs and help Phoebe but don't go too far Leo may want to talk after this."
"Talk about what?" Leo asked.
Piper waited for Chris to orb upstairs (she didn't think he could have done it any faster), she then looked at Leo and asked, "Remember what happened when we were stuck on the ghostly plane? What we did?"
"Piper you said you didn't have any regrets and I don't see what this has to do with Chris."
"You're right, and I don't especially since...," she put her hand to her stomach and glanced down at it, then back at Leo. "...especially since we conceived our second child that night."
Leo's confusion was quickly replaced with complete surprise. "Wh...(slow breaths)...what?" he asked.
"I didn't know until Phoebe and Paige said anything and even then I did a pregnancy test to be sure about it, in case they were wrong. But I am Leo....I'm pregnant with Chris, our second born."
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"Phoebe, come on do we really have to go down there now?" Chris groaned. She had just finished the spell.
She rolled her eyes, "Fine I'll leave you up here, but like or not you're gonna be alone with him now." She said standing up and going towards the stairway. She disappeared downstairs.
He sighed, "Not if I can help it." Chris definitely didn't want any heart to hearts with Leo now that he knew, especially after Piper. He looked around the attic, then orbed away.
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Phoebe appeared on the stairway, "Paige!" she shouted and Paige appeared seconds later as Piper looked back at them. "Come on, spells finished and we don't have much time!" Phoebe said.
Piper looked back at Leo still sitting there shocked about what she had just told him. "Leo, I gotta go but we'll finish this later." She said getting up but not wanting to go.
"No...no it's ok Piper." He mumbled. She stared at him a few seconds and then walked over to Phoebe and Paige. Phoebe held out the spell and together they read:
"Bring us to a future witch in need of aid
So we may save her from a dark foe
About to take her from her destiny.
Help us find her now
So she may fulfill what he wishes she will not."
They disappeared leaving Leo alone in the living room.