AN: I do not own Twilight or Charmed but I do own Joey :) Hope you like this chapter, please read and review xoxox

Personal Gain and Arguements

"Now, there will be a new student here in a couple of weeks and I want you all to make her welcome"Mrs Wilson said just before the bell rang and Bella let out a sigh of relief. She ran out of the classroom before anyone else had moved from there seats. She ran down the corridor, hoping to catch Joey before class started.

"Joey!"she yelled when she saw him but he took no notice of her and continued to talk to his mate.

"Joey, can we talk?"she asked but he kept his eyes on the boy in front of him. The boy, Bella recognised as Tony, looked at Bella confused but didn't say anything.

"Joey. You can't ignore me forever. Look I'll be at Quake tonight, please come,"Bella said but still got no reply.

She sighed and turned around but before she entered the classroom she heard Tony whisper "thought you liked her."

"It's complicated,"Joey whispered back and Bella's heart dropped. Had she lost the best thing in her life because of three words?

xXx

"Here you go,"Phoebe said as she handed a menu to the man.

"Thanks,"the man said and Phoebe was about to leave but stopped when she recognised him.

"Excuse me, but aren't you Stefan?"she asked and he smiled at her.

"Yes. I'm sorry, do we know each other?"he asked and the women sitting next to him rolled her eyes sighing.

"Oh, highly doubtful. I'm just familiar with your work. Like everyone else in the world,"Phoebe said and Stephan's smirked wider.

"Well, I don't know about that. Well, I'll take a compliment from a gorgeous woman."

"I'm sure your girlfriend must appreciate that,"Phoebe said nodding towards the women but Stephan just leant forward.

"She's not my girlfriend,"he whispered.

"Then why are you whispering?"Phoebe whispered back.

"Excuse me,"the women said before storming off and Phoebe cringed slightly

"Ooooh, well it was nice meeting you,"she said but before she could walk away Stephan stopped her.

"You too. Listen, listen. I'm in town for a couple of days doing a Porsche shoot. If you're interested, stop by. I would love to photograph you. You do model don't you?"he asked and Phoebe's eyes widened.

"In my dreams, yeah."

Stefan smiled before writing down the adress on a nearby napkin and handing it to her. She smiled at him before walking away from him.

She hesitated, wondering whether Stefan was still looking at her.

"Hey!"Bella said happily when she saw her.

"Is there a man at the bar looking at me?"Phoebe asked quickly, Bella looked and then smirked.

"There's a lot of men at the bar staring at you,"she said and Phoebe rolled her eyes.

"The one at the far end. Tall, dark, brooding, very New York."

"Sorry, no."

Phoebe turned to see that Stefan was gone and she sighed before turning back to Bella.

"Why ain't you at school?"she asked trying to be stern.

"I have a free period and then lunch break so I came here. Do you think you can get me something for free? Piper never used to when she worked here,"Bella asked.

"I will if you drive me to the church, I need to deliver some food and the drivers called in sick. I'll give you free food and 10 dollars."

"20,"Bella said and Phoebe mock glared.

"15."

Bella thought for a while before saying "fine."

xXx

"Why can't the Elders know we are together?"Piper asked Leo as she sat in his lap.

"Because I'm a whitelighter and you're my charge. It's frobidden. I was meant to come here and lead you and your sisters on your way to become wiches...I wasn't meant to fall in love with you"Leo explained.

"What are we going to do?"

"The Elders will soon find out so I will have to leave soon,"Leo said and Piper held back the tears that were forming in her eyes.

"Will I ever see you again?"she croaked out and Leo held onto her tighter.

"One day, hopefully"he said kissing her on the head before orbing out making Piper fall onto the coach. She looked around making sure no one was around before bursting into tears.

xXx

"So how are things between you and Joey?"Phoebe asked as they parked in-front of the church.
"He's not talking to me,"Bella said sadly when they were walking towards the back of the truck.

"Then make him,"Phoebe said opening the doors and passing a crate full of food to a waiting man.

"I remember the attitude you used to have, use it! You've shielded yourself away from the world after Grams died and that's not just because your became a with and a shield,"Phoebe said before handing another crate to a man who had been standing behind her and she smiled at him. When he was gone Bella glared at her.

"Phoebe!"she exclaimed angrily and Phoebe rolled her eyes.

"What its not like he took me seriously!"

"You don't know he might have! We have to be extra carefull Pheebs!"

Phoebe frowned before looking at her sister concerned "there's carefull and then there's paranoid. Do you want to talk about it?"she asked.

"Talk about what?"Bella asked as Pastor Williams walked towards them.

"Hey Phoebe, I haven't seen you since you got back in town"he said and Phoebe smiled before hugging him.

"Hey,"she said still smiling.

"Say goodbye to the Big Apple did you?"

"Oh I ate the worm,"Phoebe said happily "I'm going to get some gum do you two want anything?"

"No thanks,"Pastop Williams said and Bella just shook her head.

When she was gone Pastor Williams looked at Bella expectantly and she sighed.

"Okay I have this friend, she has a little problem and I'm not sure what I can tell her"Bella said and Pastor Williams smiled kindly.

"Do you want to come inside?"he asked pointing to the church.

"No!"she said quickly and he looked confused so she said "I've got to get going."
"So what's the problem?"he asked and she sighed again.

"Well..she thinks she's a witch."
"Witches again?"

"Not good it is?"she asked sadly.

"It's not the sort of question I get everyday. Do you remember Sunday school lessons? I suggest 22:18. Thou shall not suffer a witch to live."
"Meaning?"she asked dreading the answer.

"If you go by the old school, it means put her to death. She's evil"he said in a dull voice and Bella flinched.

xXx

Phoebe hummed to herself as she picked up the magazine and gum and placed them on the counter.

"$3.52,"he man at the counter said and Phoebe searched through her bag.

"Should be used on grandchildren's birthdays?"an elderly man asked his wife from beside Phoebe, holding a lottery ticket and Phoebe looked up at him "It's a ten million dollar jackpot. Who knows? I mean, today may be our lucky day. If not, we're gonna lose our house."

Phoebe touches a lottery ticket on the counter and is pulled into a premonition.

"4, 16, 19, 30, 32 and 40. Those are the winning numbers"she said to herself.

"Do you want this stuff or not?"the man asked impatiantly but Phoebe turned her attention back to the elderly man.

"4, 16, 19, 30 and 40. Trust me sir. Today is your lucky day,"she said and the man looked to his wife who shrugged. Phoebe smiled when he began writting the numbers down and she picked up another lottery ticket.

"I think I'll buy one of these aswell,"she said handing it to the man at the counter who smiled sarcastically at her.

Once she had payed for everything she got back into the truck where Bella was waiting.

"What are you smiling about?"Bella asked when she saw her.

"Nothing,"she said still not able to get the smile of her face, Bella shrugged before drving back to Quake.

xXx

"Any look at finding a job?"Prue asked as she sat next to Piper at the bar.

"No, I've had other things on my mind then job hunting"she said before going back to her drink. Prue frowned but decided not to ask.

"What's Phoebe doing here?"Prue asked when she caught sight of her sister.

"Didn't she tell you? She's working here...well she's meant to be but at the moment she's flirting,"Piper said as she watched Phoebe smile at the man next to her.

"She's working?"

"Yeah saving up for Bella's birthday."
Prue raised her eyebrow at Piper before saying "Phoebe gets cards three days late."

Piper didn't say anything so Prue looked back at Phoebe "where did she get that dress? She's wearing Armani!"

"Not from my closet,"Bella said from behind them making both Prue and Piper jump.

"Don't do that!"Piper said and Bella smirked.

Prue walked towards Phoebe who smiled when she saw her.

"Hey Prue. Stefan this is my sister. Prue this is Stefan the photographer,"Phoebe said while Stefan and Prue shook hands.

"Nice to meet you,"Stefan said.

"Likewise,"Prue said before looking towards Phoebe and saying "nice dress."

"Don't worry, it's not yours."

"I know, I can never afford it."
"Could you excuse us for a second,"she said to Stefan before leading Prue to the kitchen. Piper and Bella, who had been watching carefully, sensed danger and followed them.

"How are you going to pay for that, your broke?"Prue asked as soon as the kitchen doors closed behind them.

"Not for long,"Phoebe said.

"What does that mean? You're using the money from this job for Bella's birthday,"Prue said not hearing the door open behind her.

"WHAT?"Bella yelled.

"Well done, there goes the surprise!"Phoebe said annoyed.

"Why do we have to do something for my birthday? What's so special about it?"Bella asked.

"Back to the subject!"Prue said before an arguement about the 'importance of birthdays' broke out "you didn't use your powers again?"she asked Phoebe.

"Maybe,"Phoebe said rolling her eyes at her sister.

"What, did you go to the tracks, play the market, what?"

"The lottery."

"Phoebe!"Bella excliamed.
"What? Most of it's going towards Bella's birthday anyway! This place is awful, don't know how you did it Piper,"Phoebe said looking around the kitchen in distaste.

"We're not aloud to use our powers for personal gain, thats what the book of shadows said!"
"Not so loud!"Piper said looking around causiosly.

"We need money right? Well I'm getting some!"Phoebe said.

"That's what this job is for!"Prue shouted.

"I'm using my mind instead!"

The kitchen door opened again and Joey walked in.

"Bella?"he said walking further into the room but accidently bumps into a guy holding plate.

"Watch out!"Bella said holding her hands up quickly and everything froze "oh no, not again!"

"Now look what you've done!"Prue snapped at Phoebe who looked confused.

"This isn't my fault!"Phoebe snapped back.

Piper ignored them and looked out of the kitchen door.

"Nothing is frozen out here,"she said and Bella sighed.

"Oh this is not happening!"she said.
"It will only last for a few seconds,"Phoebe said reassuringly.

"No thats Pipers power, mine is completely different! A couple of weeks ago I froze Joey and he didn't un-freeze for an hour!"Bella said hysterically.

"Calm down, it's going to be okay."

Suddenly everything un-froze and the plate fell to the floor, smashing.

"Sorry,"Joey said bending down to help pick up the broken glass.

"I hate being a witch!"Bella hissed to her sisters.

R&R