A/N: Thanks to Thunder903 for reviewing.
Chapter 2: The Calm Before The Storm
"Honestly I don't know how to act knowing that we are free of Paige for a whole entire day." Jack said as he and his boys made their way to the kitchen.
"I know what we're not going to do today. We're not going into the underworld to demon hunt, we're taking a well needed break." Alan said with a touch of finality in his voice.
"You'll get no arguments out of me on that one." Dom told him.
"Shit, no demon hunts and no Paige I really don't know what we're going to do with ourselves." Brady chimed in.
"Hi boys I'm a little surprised to see you without Paige." Piper greeted them cheerfully when they walked in the kitchen.
"That's because I did a bad thing Aunt Piper." Dom replied with a little smirk on his face.
"Don't tell me you finally killed her." Prue said sarcastically.
"No I did worse I dropped her off at her mom's apartment. So you can see where she may see that as a bad thing." Dom laughed.
"Oh, God it will be a miracle if they don't kill each other." Paige said rolling her eyes.
"Paige is too sick too really put up a good argument point and case Dom got her to go to B's without an argument." Alan pointed out.
"Trust me I'll pay for it later right now I'm fairly sure that the girl is cooking up ways to torture me just as soon as she feels better." Dom said shrugging like it was no big deal.
Jack walked to the coffee pot shaking his head to himself and he had a smirk on his face. "What's with Jackie?" Leo asked trying to make sure that his son hadn't lost his mind.
"Let's see he's smiling like a fool and shaking his head. He must be having a telepathic conversation with Emily. If no one has noticed he has it bad for the girl." Brady explained.
"I would say that he has it about as bad for her as his brother has it for my sister." Dom observed.
"Not even possible Dominic your sister and Wyatt have a love unlike any I have ever seen." Nicole corrected her son.
"Trust me Nic we all know that." Piper rolled her eyes at the thought of those two.
"At least they don't do to my empathy what a certain half witch and a half whitelighter do to it." Alan said looking pointedly at Dom.
"Don't look at me like that I don't know what you're talking about." Dom told him.
"Well you were the half witch in that sentence so yeah I'm gonna look at you." Alan informed him.
Dom shook his head at how crabby Alan could be sometimes. "Al you do know that if I were to ever use my demonic powers on you that it wouldn't end well for you don't you?" he asked.
"You wouldn't dare because Uncle Cole would kick your ass if you even thought about doing something like that." Alan reminded him.
"Alan I say this because I love you but you need to get laid." Brady pointed out to him.
"Seriously Brady in front of our mothers?" Jack asked him incredulously he had tuned back into what the rest of them were doing.
"I don't know what you're talking about you have the same problem he does." Brady replied.
"Uncle Derek I swear I haven't touched her." Jack stammered out when Derek more or less growled at him.
Derek glared at him like he was trying to bore holes in his forehead with his eyes. "Just so long as you respect my daughter and don't make her do anything she doesn't want to you and I won't have a problem."
"Derek leave him alone." Eva scolded her husband.
"I would never make Em do anything that she was uncomfortable with. She however does not share the same sentiments when it comes to me. She sent me to the store the other day and I'm not going to say anything more than that." Jack replied wanting to change the subject.
"Dude you are so whipped." Alan said shaking his head he knew damn good and well what Jack was talking about.
"Being whipped isn't a sign of weakness it's a sign that a man knows what's good for him." Jimmy spouted off with some of his southern philosophy.
"Damn Jimmy I'm going to have to write that one down that was good." Coop told him.
"I try all I know is it was enough to keep Grams amused so it must be pretty good." Jimmy mused.
Derek looked at him with mock indignation. "That's it Jimmy you and I are going to fight you have been putting the moves on my girl." He said referring to Grams.
"Derek you can have her I was merely trying to make things easier on myself." Jimmy said throwing his hands up in a sign of surrender.
"Ignoring those two, what is on the agenda for you boys today?" Coop asked his son and nephews.
"I am staying as far away from Aunt B as possible because she may want to hurt me for dropping her daughter off." Dom said his self-preservation instinct kicking in.
"I don't know dad we are just kinda playing it by ear." Brady replied.
"Well beings that I have no id and I work at my aunt's club as a I bartender I figure I'll go count booze bottles until I get bored." Alan said sarcastically.
"Al I talked to the other elders about it and we're working on it." Leo informed him.
"I figure I'll just go help them move shit and flex my muscles a little for Em. And then I'll possibly get my ass kicked by my brothers. All in and all that seems like a pretty good plan for the day." Jack said with a shrug.
"Your brothers won't touch you as long as your sister is sitting right there." Piper told him.
"Wyatt wouldn't but Chris isn't scared of Mel." Jack pointed out.
"So are the elders going to bring down that prophecy since they can't figure it out?" Alan asked since they more or less had the situation with Jake under control he needed a new project.
"Yeah they said that they'll bring it down tomorrow morning." Leo answered his nephew.
"Hmm, that has promise at least it will be something for me to do." Alan said stroking his chin thoughtfully.
Brady shook his head and rolled his eyes. "That's it I am so getting you a date I don't know how but it is happening. You have no life."
"Again ignoring those boys, I'm really worried about Val moving out by herself with this threat from the triad." Phoebe said.
"Pheebs it's not like she is completely alone B is right next door to her." Prue told her baby sister trying to make her feel better.
"I would just feel better knowing that she wasn't going to be there by herself all the time." Phoebe said.
"If it makes you feel any better it's not like Troy isn't going to be there a lot more than she would like you to know." Nicole pointed out to her.
"I wish that Mel would move in with her." Phoebe said wistfully.
"Pheebs that wouldn't be any better Mel works nights she wouldn't be there most of the time." Piper told her.
"Pheebs I think that you're having trouble letting go right now. Prue just got married and now Val is moving out on you. I can see where it would be hard. I'm not going to lie to you and say it's easy. I cried for three fuckin' days when Hank moved out." Paige explained to her sister.
Phoebe scoffed at her "Oh, Paige it is nothing like that. I'm just worried about her."
"The hell you say Phoebe Marie, I feel the exact same way my three older kids are grown. If I didn't have Jackie I would be going out of my mind right now." Piper called her sister on her bullshit.
"Ok, so maybe it's a little hard on me realizing that they're not babies anymore. I mean it's only a matter of time before Jakie moves out and Penny is hardly there anymore. Phillip is the only thing keeping me sane right now since I know that's he's not leaving me anytime soon." Phoebe admitted.
"Pheebs I don't think you have to worry about Coop going anywhere any time soon. He has never even mentioned moving out." Henry pointed out to her.
"I don't even want to think about it. I'm upset with him right now anyway." Phoebe huffed.
"Phoebe I really don't understand how you can be worried that he will move out in one breath and then mad at him in the next." Cole chuckled.
"Cole if your son were maybe a little less like you then I wouldn't have to make my son be nice." Phoebe told him.
"So, it's my fault that Coop and Greg don't get along?" Cole asked just to be sure.
"Yeah it's your fault. Greg is exactly like you Cole he is cocky and stubborn and he doesn't know when to quit. And I'm fairly sure that he could sell a bible to an atheist he is so charming. Jakie happens to be a little rough around the edges when he wants to be so they get along about as well as Prue and I get along." Phoebe explained to him.
Cole bit his tongue to keep himself from telling her that Jake and whatever faults he might have was better than Greg and his seemingly perfect qualities. "I'm not all that bad Phoebe and you of all people can't talk about someone being stubborn."
"Cole believe it or not I'm the only sister who isn't stubborn to a fault." Phoebe defended herself.
"Phoebe Marie you may have calmed down with age but you used to be terrible don't even tell that lie. Cole don't even let her get away with that one." Prue interjected.
"Forgive me Prue we all couldn't be perfect like you." Phoebe argued.
"Paige it's your turn to stop them I did it last time." Piper said looking at her baby sister.
"Coop, Andy control your bitches they are getting out of hand again." Paige said dryly and then she looked over at Piper. "The situation is under control General Piper, Sir." She was being a smart ass. She even threw her sister a mock salute.
"And then you wonder where Carly gets it." Henry laughed at his wife.
"No I don't wonder I know that it is the combination of Phoebe and me in her. I hate to say it but poor Charlie is Piper and Prue made over." Paige replied seriously.
"Actually you're pretty right on with that. Trust me I grew up with them both I would know." Andy agreed with her.
"I swear you people would drive my daughter into having fits with the way you jump around topics." Lyn said shimmering in the room.
"Lyn it's always good to see you but what are you doing here?" Paige asked.
"Well I heard that Jimmy was back and I just had to come see for myself." Lyn replied.
"Hi Lyn," Jimmy drawled out.
"Shit, the two southerners have been reunited they can talk about us and we won't know what they're saying." Lyn joked.
"Lyn I say this with the utmost love and affection I can muster but go fuck yourself sugar." Nicole told her playfully. When she said the word sugar it sounded more like 'Suga' with her accent.
"Well at least you were sweet about it you did call me sugar." Lyn laughed.
"Ok, who the fuck are you and what did you do with Lyn Hoyt?" Piper asked it had become very rare for Lyn to joke since losing her daughter.
"Well I just found out that it is once again permissible for me to check up on my middle child so it has me in a very good mood. And truthfully I thought that Frank Jr. might have her ass over here." Lyn informed her.
"She was over here earlier but she is over with all the other kids helping Val move." Coop explained to her.
"B is going to have a shit fit when she finds out that you're checking up on her." Prue informed her.
"I don't care I'm her mother it's my job to annoy her. I've already annoyed the hell out of Chase today so B was next on my list. Maria is the only one of my children that doesn't mind my presence and that is because she needs me to babysit from time to time." Lyn replied.
"Jimmy speaking of mothers being annoying you need to call yours and let her know that you're back." Eva told her former husband.
Jimmy groaned. "Eva I don't wanna call momma she will drive me crazy. But I know I have to because she'll find out and then I'll be in trouble."
Andy looked at Jimmy and laughed. "Eva are you sure that you didn't clone Jimmy to get Roman? Because I'm pretty sure he couldn't more like him if he tried."
"No I didn't but sometimes I think I did. Ro doesn't even realize that he's that much like him. I remember when he was a teenager there would just be some things he would do and I would tell him 'you better cool it Jimmy.' And I swear there are times now when he will just stare off into space with whatever is going on in that head of his and it's the same look that Jimmy gets on his face when he's doing the same thing." Eva replied.
"I don't think Huckleberry is that much like me. I think you exaggerate. Or I could start going into great detail about the things that Lilly does that remind me of you Eva." Jimmy countered.
"Why is he Huckleberry but she is Lilly?" Eva asked him.
"Because I don't want to get killed my first week as a whitelighter I'm fairly sure she wouldn't take it well if I called her Clementine." Jimmy replied he wasn't stupid.
"I'm fairly sure she wouldn't take it well if she knew her full name." Piper chimed in.
"Roman knows what his is and he seems to be ok with it." Eva replied shrugging.
"Which is why Jimmy wins the contest for which of us in more southern." Nicole laughed.
"No I win because Alabama is a hell of a lot more southern than Georgia. Let's face it Sweet Home Alabama is a way better song than Georgia on My Mind." Jimmy said he had refined their battle to songs.
"Jimmy you may have been raised in Alabama but your mom is from New Orleans so from where I stand that makes us about even on that front." Nicole argued.
"Mom your dad is from Louisiana too I don't even know how this is an argument." Dom said in disbelief.
"I agree with Dom I have heard you two have this argument time and time again. It's time to get over it." Paige said unable to contain a smirk. Jimmy and Nicole just shrugged in response.
"I wonder if I should go over and check on Paige." Bianca said as she set one of the boxes she was carrying down.
"B she's fine I promise I was just over there and she was sleeping sure she was tossing and turning but she was sleeping none the less." Chris assured her.
"B you have a baby monitor you would hear if she needed you." Liz said rolling her eyes.
Lilly looked at Bianca and shook her head. "B why do you have a baby monitor anyway?"
"It's for when Lyn sleeps over I wake up before she does, I turn this on so I can hear her." Bianca explained.
"B the girl is fine you're worrying over nothing." Prue told her.
Bianca sighed she knew she wasn't being rational right now but she couldn't help it her baby was sick. "Prue I'm about to lay some Lyn Hoyt logic on your ass so listen good I don't say my mother is right often. But one day when you're a mother you'll understand what I'm going through right now." she cringed when she heard how much she sounded like her mother.
"B's right I'm not being as crazy as she is right now but I'm worried too. The girl may be a pain in the ass but she's still my little girl I don't like her being sick." Chris agreed with her.
"See I moved out to get away from parents so if you two could tone it down that would make me really happy." Val said sarcastically.
"Val you moved out so no one would know what time you finally decide to come dragging ass home at night. And I will admit that it is a pretty good plan." Penny corrected her sister.
"That is very true Penny and because I'm sorry but your mother has a tendency to smother people." Val said truthfully.
"Don't act like she's just my mother she's your mother too and what's more she was your mother first." Penny wasn't going to allow her to dump Phoebe solely on her.
"Actually she was Prue's mother first so she can claim her." Jake said butting in before those two got into a really heated argument.
"That actually seems very fair." Val agreed.
"Yeah that was pretty good thinking Jakie." Penny chimed in.
Henry came in carrying four boxes at once and they didn't look like they were very light from the way he was sweating. He set them down and shook his head when he saw the word 'Shoes' scribbled on the top. "Val how many fucking shoes can one person have? Because I'm not going to lie that was like carting around a few hundred pounds of bricks."
"I'm pretty sure those are just my heels I still have to bring up my tennis shoes and my various other shoes." Val replied.
"Let me rephrase the question how many fucking shoes does one person need?" Henry asked arching his eyebrow at her.
"Oh, I need them all trust me I have to coordinate with my outfits." Val informed him like he was talking crazy.
"I don't think I'll ever understand her and Carly's compulsive shoe fetish." Mel said shaking her head.
"Good we have an understanding then neither of us understand your attachment to the hobbit." Carly smirked at her.
"Really I'm not as short as you people make me sound." Roman protested.
"I've learned to just let them say what they will because they're going to do it anyway." Huck told him with a shrug.
"Nobody says anything about you that isn't true you are an idiot and that is what I normally say." Hailey pointed out to him.
"And you are entirely too uptight for your own good you need to learn to relax sometimes." Huck countered.
Hailey glared at him. "So what you're saying is I'm just supposed to put up with your exceeding juvenile behavior?" she asked.
"I don't behave like a juvenile you are just about as much fun as a little old woman." Huck argued.
"Hailey you have my permission to smack him if he gets on your nerves too badly." Calleigh said she knew first hand how annoying her brother could be.
"Holy shit I never thought it was possible but those two fight almost as much as Prue and Roman do." Liz said in amazement.
"Roman and I don't fight that much." Prue said even as the words left her mouth she knew that that was a lie.
"Prue I once listened to you two argue about the right wording of a spell. So it's safe to say that you fight a lot." Troy told her gently. The ironic thing about that statement was neither Prue nor Roman had any business discussing the wording of a spell.
"Troy you're supposed to be on my side." Prue argued with him.
"I really like it if we didn't argue about how much we argue because I would really like it if we could finish moving this shit. I have to work later." Patty said trying to get them back on track.
"Charlie it's not going to happen I've seen them get off topic with a lot worse than this. You should be thankful that the level of their distraction is so mild." Rachel advised her.
Ricky came in with his shirt off, sweat covering his body, lugging two boxes. He grunted as he sat them down. "Val what the hell is in these boxes?" he asked.
"Those would actually be my books and I know there are two more boxes like that save those for Hank. He is about the only one who can cart them up here without hurting himself." Val replied.
" Val you read?" Wyatt asked his little cousin like the thought blew his mind.
"First of all I'm going to let it pass that you of all people don't think I can read. But yes I do read all the time. I fit it in between my partying and otherwise badass ways." Val informed him staring him down.
"Val when you're done trying to scare Wyatt I have something for you." Parker told her.
"What Dimples?" Val asked him with a smile.
Parker handed her a box. "Now I know that I shouldn't be doing this but every self respecting college student needs to have a decent stash of booze. In that box is everything you'll ever need."
"Parker my mom will kill you if she finds out about this." Jake told him.
"I am not scared of Phoebe she knows how Val is so she is not likely to kill me. On the other hand I would think twice about giving something like that to Mel, Piper terrifies me and she's my boss so I try to toe the line with her." Parker chuckled.
"And yet mother knows that I'll do what I want to do anyway." Mel pointed out to him.
"Shit, I still say that you're stupid to cross swords with Aunt Piper. That would be like me trying to win an argument with my dad it's not going to happen." Emily replied.
"Emily you just have to know how to manipulate dad if you're good and ask nicely I'll show you sometimes." Lilly told her sister.
Emily cocked her eyebrow at her older sister "Please, Lilly I don't need lessons when it comes to honing my skills of manipulation. I got Jack to go to the store and buy me tampons the other day. I just know how to pick my fights with dad."
"Emily you undoubtedly have skill, I was with Jake for three years before I could get him to go buy tampons for me." Lilly said with a hint of admiration in her voice.
Wyatt stuck his fingers in his ears. "I am not hearing this conversation because there are things I don't want to know about."
"Real mature Wyatt, I can't believe they are going to let you be a doctor." Chord shook his head not that he had any room to talk about Wyatt.
"Yeah but he isn't going to be a 'baby doctor' as he called it so I don't think we have to worry." Chris chuckled he loved the innocence that his older brother exuded and he just couldn't wrap his brain around the fact the big teddy bear had been evil once upon a time.
"Well I couldn't say gynecologist in font of mom and the aunts." Wyatt defended himself.
"And I would really appreciate it if we could change the topic now that I have drug myself off of the couch to offer my assistance." Paige said standing in the doorway she still looked like shit and she sounded even worse. She had liberated one of Hank's sweatshirts from her mom's bedroom and it was about three sizes too big for her.
"I don't think so I don't want you overdoing it Paige you should still be sleeping." Chris told her staring her down sternly. He tried to not to let a grin come to his face because he knew he would be doing the exact same thing if he were in her shoes.
"It's kinda hard to sleep when you're teeth are chattering so hard that the noise keeps waking you up." Paige replied sarcastically.
"So that required you stealing a sweatshirt from your mother that she had already stole from me?" Henry asked in her a light tone.
"Yes because I am fucking freezing Uncle Hank." Paige bitched.
"Would a hug from your uncle the gorilla make it any better?" Hank asked holding his arms open to her.
Paige just nodded her head and stepped into his embrace. "This is a little bit better Uncle Hank."
"Well let me see what I can do about that." Hank pressed a quick kiss to her temple and wrapped his arms around her tighter.
Chris cocked his eyebrow at the scene "I should be jealous that she went to you over me but something tells me that that would just be uncalled for."
"I still love you daddy but Uncle Hank's monkey arms are pretty warm right now." Paige replied.
"I don't have monkey arms silly I have gorilla arms." Hank joked while he continued to hold her.
"She was right about one thing though those arms do feel pretty good wrapped around you." Bianca said with a grin.
"I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. I need an eight letter phrase for that was nauseating but about damn time." Carly said pretending to gag.
"Hank and B." Mel answered without looking up from the box she was unpacking.
"Mel you've got to stop being so quick with the damn word games all the time. You're starting to make me and Hank look bad." Chris teased his sister.
"It's not my fault that my brain decodes things faster than yours. And this is just you being jealous because Sarge told me I was one of the best rookies he's ever had." Mel stuck out her tongue at him in retaliation.
"He only says that now because you still like to do things pretty by the book. In time you will realize there are going to be times when you have to throw the book out the window." Hank informed her. He was still holding tight to Paige. "Jesus kid you should still be on the couch." He said he could feel her still shivering.
"And like I told my father I would still be there if I didn't feel like hyperthermia was setting in." Paige replied.
"Well Bianca you can't say that she isn't a lot like you because she is." Lyn said standing in the doorway.
Bianca groaned to herself. "Mom to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" she asked mildly sarcastic.
"A mother can't just drop in on her daughter?" Lyn asked innocently.
"Not when that mother's name is Lyn Hoyt no." Bianca replied she really hated dealing with her mother she much rather her father bug the living shit out of her.
Lyn gave her a sheepish grin "So maybe you caught me I'm checking up on you."
"As you can see I'm fine you have done a great job of annoying me and since I'm in a good mood I'll even give you my permission to do it again tomorrow." Bianca had a fake smile plastered on her face.
Chris went over to Lyn and hugged her. "I don't care what B says Aunt Lyn I'm happy to see you."
"Chris, I don't take much stock in you when you start being charming. You buttered me up often enough when you were growing up and that was mostly so you could drag my daughter off demon hunting with you." Lyn joked with him.
Chris put his hand over his heart like her words had hurt him. "That hurt Aunt Lyn, I'm charming with you because I love you. B and I only got into situations that you and mom had to bail us out of a couple of times. The whole let's piss off demons and get them after us was more Wy, Chuck, Liz, and Maria even though she likes to act like she's innocent."
"Right because you and Bianca are pure as the driven snow?" Lyn asked him fighting off a smirk.
"Of course Aunt Lyn, B and I always had pure intentions. We never went after a demon unless it came after one of us first." Chris explained giving her a charming smile.
"That's not exactly accurate Chris there were times when we had to go after demons that Wyatt and Chuck pissed off." Bianca reminded him.
"You're right as usual when it comes to such things but for the most part you and I were good. I mean there were times when I've had to drag you out of demonic bars because you were doing a pre job assessment but other than that we were angels when compared to some of the other people in this room." Chris replied.
"I just want you both to know that this is where I get it from so you can't get mad at me when I'm all on my demon hunting kicks." Paige pointed out to both her parents.
"Paige you're supposed to learn from my mistakes do as I say not as I do." Bianca told her with a little smirk on her face.
"Baby we only want you to be careful it's not the demon hunting that's the problem. The problem is that you have a blatant disregard for your own safety. Point in case is you're sicker than you should be because you don't take care of yourself like you should." Chris told her and then he cringed when he heard how much he sounded like Piper.
"Chris you guys tell me this all the time so I see it as my duty to tell you that you sounded just like mom when you said that." Mel laughed at her brother.
"The way I see it she is Chris and Bianca getting paid back for every gray hair they gave me and Piper." Lyn told her.
"Grandma I'm not that much like my mom thank you very much." Paige protested but it wasn't up to par with the way it usually would be. She sounded like she had a frog stuck in her throat.
Lyn walked to her granddaughter and brushed a stray lock of hair out of her face. "Paige trust me you're a lot more like you're mom than you're willing to admit."
"I don't even have the energy to argue with you right now so I'm going to let it go." Paige sighed leaning into Hank.
"Paige let me see something for a minute." Wyatt said he went to her and put his hands on either side of her neck. "Jesus, Paige your glands are swollen to the size of golf balls. It's a wonder you can even talk without being in pain. Never mind your sore throat, I really think your bronchitis turned into pneumonia. I will tell Aunt Eva and get her to proscribe you something stronger they don't let me write my own prescriptions just yet."
"Uncle Wy I don't care as long as I don't go from freezing to burning up in five seconds." Paige told him.
"You're a woman that is going to happen to you a lot no matter what I do." Wyatt informed her.
"I don't know why that is but Wy you're right. I have been burning up for the last ten years." Lyn agreed with him.
"Mom trust me I know I had to live with you and O with your constant battles over the climate control. Honestly I didn't mind that you kept the house the same temperature as a meat locker from time to time I thought it felt good. But Jesus, you about froze Oriana out of the house. She would go walking around in I shit you not flannel pajamas, those ugly ass winter boots she insisted on wearing, a scarf, a jacket, and sometimes gloves. I would look at her and ask her how the hell I was related to her." Bianca rolled her eyes. Henry scoffed at that. "I take it I struck a nerve Hank." She smirked knowing damn well that she had.
"Oh, B don't get me started. She would burn my ass up. She would come to bed wearing those damn flannel pajamas and socks then she would snuggle up next to me. I'd have to pull off my shirt in the middle of the night and climb out from under the covers. I had to switch to sleeping on top of the covers in nothing but boxer briefs because I didn't sweat as bad in those. Finally I had to tell her O, baby you're going to have to lose the snowsuit when you sleep or I'm going to have to start sleeping on the couch where I won't die of a heatstroke." Henry replied going off on one of his tangents.
While those two were talking Prue got a gleam in her eye and elbowed Chris in the ribs. "Oh my God, Chris I really think both of them are finally better. I'm so excited I can barely contain myself right now." she squealed mentally to her older cousin.
Chris shot her a dirty look for screaming in his head before he stuck his finger in his ear trying to dispel the noise she was making. "Ladybug for starters don't scream in my head I get enough headaches from the flashbacks without you adding to them. But I'm really glad that they both are getting better. I never thought I would hear either one of them say her name so easily. I was worried about my two best buddies." He gave her a grin though.
"Sorry Peanut, I forgot about that. I'm just really excited right now." Prue was smiling like mad and Chris could hear how giddy she sounded in his head.
Chris brought his thumb up to his temple and rubbed it. He squinted his eyes like the lighting in the room was suddenly giving him a headache. Wyatt noticed something off about his brother and he looked at him his blue eyes shining with concern. "Baby bro you ok?" he asked.
Chris sighed in exasperation. "Wy for the last time I'm not the baby that's Jackie. And I'm fine I just have a little bit of a headache. I'll take some pills and it'll be fine, actually I don't think I even need those today. I'm fairly sure that it's just a tension headache I do get those from time to time." He explained.
Wyatt shrugged in his direction. "Chrissy you're my baby brother it is my job to worry about you. Just like it's my job to worry about Mel and Jackie. Even though Mel does have a tendency to ignore my calls, and blow me up when I check up on her. Still I'm the oldest and I have to make sure all you guys stay safe." He said unapologetically. He hadn't pushed him about the flashback thing because he knew Chris if he felt cornered he would clam up on him. But he was getting fed up with having to treat him with kid gloves because his temper would explode. He needed to know that he was ok. Because he hadn't forgotten that something had been going on with Chris for the last year that had him keeping him at arm's length and he didn't think it had anything to do with those flashbacks he was just keeping something from him.
Chris's head hurt too bad to argue with his moronic older brother. Really Wyatt was harmless but when he started in like he was now Chris had to resist the urge to hit him. "Wyatt like I said I have a headache right now, which you're only adding to with the fifth degree you're giving me." Chris told him pinching the bridge of his nose.
Hank pulled a plastic bag out of his pocket and orbed it into Chris's hand. "C. Perry you can take two at the most it's not bad enough to warrant three. Besides you act like a drunken fool when you take three."
Chris made the sign over the cross over in Hank's direction. "Bless you my son you will be rewarded in heaven." He took the last two pills out of the bag and swallowed them without any water.
"Chris you really need to carry those around in the bottle you can get arrested having them in that bag." Wyatt said scrunching up his face.
"He only keeps five pills in there at all times because we can't have anything with our name on it while we're working." Henry pointed out to his cousin.
"I'm just saying that is a narcotic." Wyatt said simply.
"Wy we know that we are narcotics officers that is why there is no danger of us getting in trouble. But thank you for the concern old man." Chris ribbed his brother.
"I'm not that old I'm only a year older than you." Wyatt protested.
Chris smirked at him. "My point exactly you're only a year older than I am Wyatt. So in the future if you don't want to be called an old man you can refrain from calling me a baby." He offered.
"I will take that offer into advisement and get back to you on that later bro." Wyatt said giving him his hand to shake.
"It's a deal then Princess Wy." Chris said sticking his tongue out.
"I'm not quite sure I know how to act right now all the older kids are out of the house and the babies are taking a nap. I don't think that has ever happened before." Piper said when she heard the quiet that had settled over the manor.
"That's because it doesn't happen often so we better enjoy it." Prue pointed out to her sister.
"And for once in the last year we know that they aren't up to anything. Piper I think you should be pretty happy about right now." Paige offered her.
"Paige Alexandra I'm going to kick your ass for saying that to her. Now we get to listen to the rant." Phoebe sighed.
"Paige you should know just as well as I do that when we get five seconds of normal something comes along and fucks it up. So I've learned to be a little worried when things go too well right now is one of those times. We managed to get Prue and Chuck married without a single demon attack and now we have peace and quiet." Piper ranted.
"Paigey I think that I'm going to have to help Pheebs when she kicks your ass." Prue told her baby sister sweetly. Paige flipped her off in response.
"Pip things aren't exactly going that smoothly. The younger kids have that prophecy and I can't get Jake and Greg to get along." Phoebe informed her.
"First of all don't call me Pip only Parker can. And for us those things are normal." Piper told her.
"Piper I think you need to chill out for five seconds everything always works out." Eva said trying to placate her.
Just then Frank shimmered into the kitchen he was in his demon hunting clothes. He had on a skintight black button up shirt and a pair of jeans. He had on a pair of beat up boots too. His hair was mussed and he had a thick dusting of five o'clock shadow on his face. He was all dusty like he had been down in the underworld for a while.
"Frank I thought you gave up demon hunting because Lyn doesn't like for you to?" Leo asked his friend.
"What Lyn doesn't know won't hurt me." Frank replied.
"Is there any special reason that you're risking the wrath of your wife?" Coop asked.
Frank pulled a knife out of his belt and sat it down in front of Cole. "Have you ever seen a knife like this before?" he asked ignoring Coop.
Cole conjured the exact same knife out of thin air. "You mean this knife?" he asked answering his question with a question of his own.
"Yeah what's the deal with it?" Frank asked referring to the tribal markings that were carved into the handle.
"This is the knife that the triad gives to their assassins. I would know because I used to be one." Cole informed him.
"Damn it all to hell Bianca Lyn. I swear I wish I knew what the hell my daughter did to get herself into this situation. " Frank cussed.
"See there Frank just proved my point for me." Piper said giving her sisters a smug smile.
"Frank what's going on?" Henry asked him. He knew that his son wouldn't be able to stand it if something happened to the woman he loved he had barely survived it the first time.
" Well I used to be an alpha and I still have some friends left over from those days. So I got a call and all he told me was B is in trouble because there is an assassin after her. So I go and hunt him down and kill him. I thought there was something off about the knife so I brought it to you guys." Frank explained.
"Are you sure about it being the triad Cole?" Andy asked.
"I'm positive." Cole answered without hesitation.
"I'll say this for my daughter though I don't think she did anything this time. I don't think she even knew she had someone after her. For B that is rare. She couldn't be more like Lyn if she tried sometimes. That's how I met Lyn I saved her ass from some assassin she had after her and she didn't know." Frank sighed.
"Frank why do you think that she would know if someone was after her?" Nicole asked.
"Besides the fact that she is Frank Jr. and she is really good at what she does. Michael taught her everything he knows and she improved on that. And B was really, really close to being made an alpha before she gave it up. Hell her being my daughter and Mickey's niece is almost enough to have someone after her. But something tells me that this has nothing to do with her being a Hoyt." Frank went on.
"I could understand the triad being after the younger kids because they are supposed to defeat them but I don't quite understand why they would go after the power house older kids." Jimmy mused.
"It could be that they are working for the one the older kids have to beat and they are trying to get rid of them." Derek offered.
Cole cleared his throat he knew what he was about to say would upset them but he had talked it over with the kids already. "I have some ideas about that. I think you guys should hear what I have to say."
"Go on Cole." Piper urged him.
"Ok, if I were trying to be source and I knew that they were the only ones who could defeat me I would take them out first. Except I would do it in a calculated attack." Cole said and he paused to let that sink in.
"Tell us how you would do it Cole." Phoebe said she wanted to hear this.
"Let me explain it like this with the thirteen there is a well built formation. They have the stronger witches on the outside of the formation, the slightly less powerful in the middle, and then as the last line of defense they have the power of three. Now I wouldn't just try to defeat them I would try to dishearten them first. That seems like what this guy is trying to do. He went after B first she is one of the strongest witches in that group. But she is an easier target then taking out the power of three first because she doesn't have charmed blood in her. Are you guys following me so far?" Cole asked.
"Yeah keep going." Leo said.
"On the front line of the battle is B, Coop, Chuck, and, Parker they are the most powerful other than the power of three and Wyatt. So after B they would go after Parker because he is the weakest on that front. Next they would deviate and go after one of the witch's in the middle it doesn't matter which one. But that would go on and on until they got to Henry and Chris. What these demons fail to realize though is Prue is the biggest threat to them." Cole went on.
"Explain that statement Cole." Coop said cocking his head to the side.
"Leo is always preaching the whole your powers are tied to your emotions thing and it's true. But a normal witch can override the emotions thing if they are really in tune with their powers. Prue isn't a normal witch she is half cupid really all of her powers are based on her emotions. The stronger her emotions are the more powerful she is. That is if she can figure out how to harness those powers." Cole explained.
"Well they need to know that they have something else to worry about." Paige said.
Eva shifted uncomfortably in her chair and rubbed a spot on her back. "Yeah and they are just going to love that." She said with a groan.
"Baby are you ok?" Derek asked her.
"I'm fine I'll just be glad to get this kid out of me." Eva replied.
"You only have three more weeks right?" Phoebe asked.
"Yeah but I'm hoping for a miracle." Eva replied sarcastically.
"Lilly and Ro were three weeks early weren't they?" Leo asked.
"Yes but that was normal they're twins the fact that I carried them that long was good. Ricky bless his soul was right on time like always. Emily on the other hand was five days late and she will be late for the rest of her life." Eva replied.
"Lilly had to come early you know that she needed those three weeks and two years to prepare for the damn sales at the mall that she and Prue had to get to." Derek joked with her.
"Derek don't even start my credit cards can't take the memories." Coop said.
"You're not the only one Coop. Oriana almost drove me to financial ruin shopping with those two. Hank used to joke that it would take five U-Hauls just to move her clothes." Frank laughed.
"Shopping is an addiction for my daughter and I really think that she needs help." Coop couldn't keep the smirk off of his face.
"So I guess we'll give them tonight to be normal and then we'll break this to them in the morning. The older kids are going to be here in the morning to get the prophecy from the elders anyway. " Piper said heaving a sigh.
"Whatever goes on in the morning I want in. No one goes after my Frank Jr. without dealing with me." Frank said a cold steel in his voice.
"Trust me no one wants to deal with your Frank Jr. she's just as likely to kill them as she is to talk to them. And good lord no one wants to deal with my Henry Jr. If they mess with his woman he'll kill them without asking questions first." Henry said. He knew that his son would step in front of her and take a bullet if he had to.
"You're in Frank there is no question about it. If B doesn't like it she can deal with me and I assure you she doesn't want to do that. She would go up against Piper before she would go up against me she knows I won't play games with her ass." Paige swore to him. Her and Bianca had had an understanding since she got her off the bottle.
"I just wish that the kids got to finish out their teenage years without this shit. The older kids at least got that much." Eva said wistfully.
"I know Eva but this is what makes them who they are they have to take the good with the bad." Derek said philosophically.
"This discussion will keep until the morning right now let's just enjoy the calm before the storm." Leo sighed putting his head in his hands.
A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Nothing too big went on this chapter it was just a filler until the good stuff starts next chapter. It will be a miracle if B doesn't kill Lyn for driving her insane those two have a very volatile relationship. It is good to see that Hank and B can talk about Oriana without going to pieces. We had some more banter from the sisters that is always funny. You have to love the way that Dom is fearing for his life now because he dropped Paige off a B's. Jimmy and Nicole together seriously crack me up arguing about who is more southern. Alan seriously needs to take a chill pill he and Mel are just too crabby lately but they do both have good reason to be that way. Leave it to Parker to give Val a box full of booze that is the last thing that she needs. Piper just might be on to something with her worrying when things get too calm. With Frank you can honestly see where B gets a lot of her shit from she is just like him. With her being sick a lot more of B is coming out in Paige even though she keeps insisting that she is nothing like her mother. Wyatt and Val's semi argument over him thinking that she couldn't read was pretty funny too he has no room to talk about anyone. I fear that Wyatt and Chris are going to have to talk about his flashbacks soon just to get things between them cleared up. I think Greg will make an appearance next chapter he hasn't been heard from in awhile. Until next time please review.