Little Witch
Chapter Ten
Phoebe stood up like a shot, and Pippa blinked in surprise. Wyatt - who'd been in the room - looked at his mother very seriously. "You really found one of Cole's cohorts?" Pippa snorted, and they all turned and looked at her. "What?" she said. "He just said cohorts. Who the hell says stupid words like cohorts any more?" Piper had a bemused look on her face; Phoebe looked dimly amused; Wyatt seemed to be glaring at her through slitted eyes. Turning away from her, Wyatt repeated his question, saying accomplices instead of cohorts. He put thick emphasizing on the word, cutting her a look. Pippa just smiled cattily and looked at Piper.
"Yes, we found someone. But you won't believe who it is. It's -" She was interrupted by a crashing and a small explosion coming from the kitchen. They all ran to the area, piling over themselves to get in and see what'd happened. Paige was backed up against the counter, looking at a gruesomely bubbling kettle with dismay. Blackish, thick liquid covered the majority of the kitchen.
They all looked at her, waiting for an explanation. All she did was mutter "Damn" under her breath and start to clean up the mess the explosion had caused, occaisionally throwing something into the kettle. Phoebe cleared her throat and Paige seemed to notice them for the first time. "Oh. Ah...I had a little mix-up with the ingredients. Nothing major. Have no fear - I'll fix the potion and clean up the kitchen."
Pippa couldn't help but giggle. It was typical Paige to do something catastrophically wrong and pretend nothing happened, just try to fix it. Paige shot her a wry, knowing look while Wyatt raised an eyebrow at her. She felt a hateful jealousy rise up in her chest - she'd always wanted to do that. Phoebe and Piper just ignored her and shook their heads at Paige.
"Anyways." Paige threw another ingredient into the kettle. "I heard something about Cole's accomplices." She cut Wyatt and Pippa a look. Pippa giggled again and Wyatt rolled his eyes, scoffing. "Does that mean we know who it is?"
Piper nodded. "We do. It's Parrish Turner."