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I'm SO SO SO SO sorry for such a long wait for the update, but I got promoted at work about 2 months ago so I've been so busy it's ridiculous. Plus my beta was on a trip so it was hard for him to get my chapter. Ill try harder to get them up faster. Anyways hope it was worth the wait.

Two weeks had passed since Peyton had been in the hospital, and she had made a full recovery. No demons since then had reared their ugly heads, but the Charmed Ones knew all too well that they would show up eventually. Apart from school, Peyton had been spending a lot of time with Thomas, Steph and Charlie, well, to her mothers knowledge anyway, mainly it was just Thomas. The two had been going steady for 2 weeks, just after their kiss Thomas had called her and asked her to be his girlfriend, which she accepted with no hesitation. There was still the small matter of breaking the rules; she knew she was bound to get found out eventually.

Lying on the bed, lips locked with the TV playing in the background, Peyton gazed up at Thomas and smiled.

Thomas mumbled between kisses: "Your mums going to walk in and then were screwed"

Peyton smiled as she said: "She's at work, Dads not home, Phoebe and Cole are away to the movies, Leos up there, which leaves Aunt Piper and she'd never come into my room without knocking or something first, so were cool"

Thomas: "I'm glad, hey, what time is it?"

Peyton turned to the alarm clock sat upon her bedside cabinet: "its 6.30" she sighed and pulled apart from Thomas.

Thomas: "What's up?" he said with a confused look upon his face.

Peyton sighed, not meeting his eyes as she said, "My mum will be home any minute, I thought we had longer, I'm so sick of sneaking around, I don't like lying to her"

Thomas: "Then don't, why don't you just tell her"

Peyton looked away as she said: "Because number one, I'd get grounded for breaking the rules. Number two, I'd get a huge lecture for lying, and number three, she'd make me stop seeing you" she looked down at the floor miserably...

Thomas rose up and lifted her chin and kissed her, when he pulled away he spoke gently: "But when she finds out eventually, which she will, don't you think it will be a worse scenario?"

Peyton crossed her arms, defensively: "Yeah I suppose, ok I'll tell her, but this is not going to be fun" she answered with a frown.

Thomas laughed, uplifting the mood in the room: "Your mum's scary when she's mad"

Peyton snorted, as she said: "You think!"

The two chuckled slightly and Thomas wrapped his arms around her before the slam of a door pulled them apart.

Prue yelled: "I'm home!"

Thomas sighed and said: "I guess that's my cue to go" he said getting up.

Peyton: "Don't you want to stay for dinner?" she looked up hopefully.

Thomas shook his head: "No thanks, my mum will be making mine as we speak, besides, your going to get this done and over with" he said firmly.

Peyton said biting her lip, an anxious expression on her face: "I'm scared of how she'll react"

Thomas said reassuringly, "I think she'll be ok with it, don't worry too much, ok?"

He placed his hands in hers before kissing her goodbye.

Peyton smiled sadly: "Bye"

Thomas smiled and exited the bedroom.

As Peyton waited for dinner, she sat fretfully with her stomach in knots over what she was going to say to her mother.

Peyton heard a knock on the door, which was followed by her Aunt Piper's head poking round the door.

Piper: "Dinner will be ready in five minutes, go wash up"

Peyton mumbled, without looking up: "Ok"

Piper said with a little frown: "Is everything alright?"

Peyton: "Ask me again in a couple of hours"

Piper said as she raised one of her eyebrows: "Bit cryptic," she said sitting down on the bed.

Peyton took a deep breath, might as well start this slow and take pointers on the reactions, she thought, "Well don't say anything, but me and Thomas have been going steady for two weeks now, and he wants me to tell mum. I know she's going to find out eventually so it's better to tell her now, but I'm terrified of how she's going to react" Peyton looked her aunt in the face, trying to decipher any feelings of disapproval or horror, but none came.

Piper said gently: "Honey, she's your mum and she'll be ok with it, she'll appreciate that you told her, instead of lying and going behind her back"

Peyton nodded, relieved that Piper had a positive reaction to it, "Thomas said that too, so she'll be fine?"

Piper smiled, and went back to her chipper self: "Of course she will be, now come on, dinner will be burning on the stove"

Peyton grinned, followed her Aunt downstairs, and sat next to Phoebe and opposite to Prue at the table.

Everyone was there apart from Cole.

Peyton said looking around: "Where's Uncle Cole?"

Phoebe: "Stuff to do in the underworld"

Peyton smirked: "Cause that doesn't sound dodgy" she laughed as Phoebe elbowed her in the ribs.

Peyton said cheerfully: "Ow!"

Phoebe a smile evident on her face: "Serves you right"

Peyton returned her comment by sticking out her tongue.

Prue: "How was school today?"

Peyton: "Good, although we had algebra which sucked"

Prue: "I see Thomas was over again"

Peyton's face went red and she started to stutter: "Y-yeah he was here just f-for a little bit"

Prue stared at her hard, trying to make out her expressions: "Not anything I should know?"

Peyton's heart was hammering in her chest but at that moment Piper walked in with dinner so the conversation halted as they tucked into their food.

Once dinner was over Peyton washed up the dishes since she was on dishes duty this week.

Piper looked at her and said: "Are you going to do it now?"

Peyton: "I've been thinking, it's her birthday tomorrow, and rather than have her pissed off on her birthday, I should just leave it till after"

Piper said raising an eyebrow and giving her an amused smile: "You have a fair point even though you're delaying it more for your own sake than hers"

Prue walked in behind them and spoke causing them to jump: "What you two talking about"

Piper and Peyton immediately said: "Nothing!"

Prue smirked: "Discussing birthday presents are we" she smiled and raised her eyebrows.

Piper and Peyton laughed nervously while sharing a glance between themselves.

Piper said hurriedly: "Of course"

Peyton smiled a little too broadly: "You know us too well"

Piper looked up, glancing at the clock: "I need to go now; I have to go help out at P3, ill see you all later"

Prue and Peyton bid her goodbye before Prue turned to Peyton.

Prue: "What are you doing tonight?"

Peyton: "I don't know, what times Dad finishing?"

Prue: "No clue, he said he'll be late though. Do you want to watch a movie? Get some popcorn, laze on the Sofa in front of the TV"

Peyton: "Yeah that sounds like a plan, has to be sweet popcorn though"

Prue, '' Of course. Wait, do we have any popcorn?"

Peyton: "We do" she smiled as she bent down to the cupboard which is normally home to the pots and pans, but after reaching her arm in as far is it could go and moving it a round a bit, she pulled out a box of microwave popcorn.

Prue raised her eyebrows, pleasantly surprised: "Did you hide that in there?"

Peyton: "Yeah! Otherwise Aunt Phoebe would've eaten it; you know what she's like with the stuff"

Prue nodded: "Good point, go pick out a movie then"

Once Peyton had picked the movie, Drop-dead Fred, she went to the sitting room where her mum was already waiting.

When it finished they decided to put another movie on. Prue was sitting with her knees up on the sofa and Peyton was lying with her head on Prue's legs, halfway through the movie, Peyton had fallen asleep.

The front door opened and shut quietly, Prue turned to find Andy walking towards her, he bent down and kissed her, then smiled down at his daughter who must've heard him come in because her eyes were half-open.

Prue: "Come on sweetie, time for bed"

Peyton nodded and sleepily said goodnight before making her way to bed.

When morning came Peyton was the first one up and dressed, by the time everyone had come down she had made breakfast.

Phoebe smiled as she looked around the delicacies that lay waiting to be devoured: "Oh this is a nice surprise"

Peyton smirked, obviously pleased by the reaction: "Don't get used to it, its just cause its my mums birthday" she beamed at Prue who had just sat down in her seat.

Peyton walked over with Prue's bacon and egg rolls and poured coffee into her cup.

Peyton: "Leaded, just as you like it. Happy Birthday Mum" she smiled as she kissed her mum on the cheek and gave her a hug.

Prue: "Thanks sweetie"

Once everyone had eaten, Peyton did the dishes while everyone got ready.

Just as she was finishing Steph walked in.

Steph: "Are you on dishes duty all the time?"

Peyton: "No just dinner dishes this week, but its my mums birthday so I made them breakfast and I'm cleaning up after them as well"

Steph: "Glad you reminded me" Steph said as she went into her backpack and pulled out a card and a little gift box.

Peyton: "You got my mum a present?"

Steph: "Of course, your mums cool"

Peyton rolled her eyes as Prue walked in.

Prue: "Morning Steph"

Steph: "Morning Miss Halliwell, Happy Birthday" she smiled as she handed over the card and gift.

Prue smiled as she pulled out new camera film from the box.

Steph: "Its not much, I spent all of my allowance, but Peyton told me you liked photography so I thought it would be funny, but also something you could use"

Prue beamed: "It was very sweet of you Steph, thanks"

Peyton: "I'll give you your gift later; we gotta go to school now. DAD!"

Andy orbed in: "Ready to leave?"

Peyton: "Yes please, bye mum, have a nice day, love you"

Prue: "Thank you, love you too"

Just as they were orbing out Prue shouted: "Wait!"

Peyton: "What?"

Prue: "Do you have your inhalers?"

Peyton: "Of course Mum, goodbye"

Both Peyton and Prue's days went by quickly and by 5pm they were both home, Prue had gotten away early from work.

They had all decided it would be nice for Andy, Prue and Peyton to have a meal out together as a family for Prue's birthday, so Andy had made dinner reservations for 6, all Peyton and Prue had to do now was wait on him returning from work.

Peyton: "Can I give you your birthday present now?" she smiled excitedly.

Prue: "Yeah but sweetie you shouldn't have got me anything"

Peyton ran upstairs and returned with two envelopes.

Peyton: "Ok this one first" she said handing her the envelope.

Prue opened it up and had a card with ' To the best mum ever, Happy Birthday' printed on the front. Her eyes were filled with tears as she read through it.

Peyton: "Is it not good, I'm sorry, I knew I should have picked the other one" Peyton said slightly frustrated with herself.

Prue: "No sweetie, I love it, they are happy tears, I just never thought this day would come," she said wiping the tears away.

Peyton smiled and hugged her mother tightly.

Peyton: "Now open this one" she grinned.

She handed her the second envelope, which when Prue opened, she found vouchers to get professional photos taken.

Peyton: "I overheard you saying to Dad that you'd like photos done of the 3 of us, so I got the vouchers"

Prue: "Peyton, this is amazing, thank you so much! But how did you afford this?"

Peyton: "I saved my allowance"

Prue: "I don't give you an allowance" she said with raise eyebrows.

Peyton shrugged: "Ok well Dad helped out a bit, and Aunt Piper and Aunt Phoebe, I used what savings I had"

Prue wrapped her arms around her daughter and kissed her on top of the head:" Thank you"

Peyton: "No problem"

Prue: "Can I ask you something?"

Peyton: "Shoot"

Prue giving her a stern look said, "Is there something going on between you and Thomas?"

Peyton said immediately, "No, of course not" she laughed nervously.

Prue: "Because you know what my rules are Peyton"

Peyton looked miserable: "I know, and I wouldn't disobey them" she lied.

Andy walked through the door then so Peyton left the room to leave them alone for a bit before they went out. She felt so guilty for lying.

They went out and had their meal, the three of them really enjoyed themselves and the meal was delicious. After the meal they went back to the manor and everyone settled in the living room with a drink, Peyton's being non-alcoholic, talking about various different things, the room filled with laughter over some of their past. A knock at the door seen everyone's heads turn towards it but no one moved.

Peyton: "Ill get it then"

When she opened the door, Thomas was standing and he leaned in to kiss her but she pushed him away.

She turned to everyone :" Ill just be one second" she said holding up a finger, then stepping outside and the door shutting behind them.

Peyton whispered: "What are you doing here?"

Thomas: "I came to see you, why are you all dressed up?"

Peyton: "My mum's birthday remember?"

Thomas: "Oh sorry, I totally forgot!"

Peyton smiled: "Its ok, I'm glad to see you, I missed you"

Thomas: "I missed you too. How did your Mum take it when you told her?"

Peyton looked uncomfortable and looked away from him: "Welll..."

Thomas: "You didn't tell her did you?"

Peyton: "I wanted to, but I didn't want to have her pissed off on her birthday"

Thomas nodded: "Ok, fair enough, I'm just surprised she doesn't suspect anything"

Peyton gave him a matter-of-fact look: "Oh she does, she asked me earlier if there was anything going on between us"

Thomas looked surprised: "Peyton!"

Peyton: "What?" she jumped startled.

Thomas shook his head disapprovingly: "That should have been your cue to tell her! She's now going to be majorly pissed when you do tell her because you blatantly lied to her"

Peyton: "Just let me worry about that ok. Look I need to go back inside now"

Thomas: "Ok, Bye"

He wrapped his arms tight around her, leaned in, and kissed her.

Indoors Prue was wondering what was going on.

Prue said with a frown on her face: "What is she doing out there?" she said standing up.

Piper stood up immediately: "She's probably just talking to him, just leave her, stop being paranoid"

Prue: "If theyre just talking then they can come inside and do it"

Piper: "Prue she's not a kid"

Andy: "Yes she is Piper, now step out of the way"

Prue: "What do you know?"

Piper looked frustrated: "I cant tell you without betraying her trust"

Prue pushed past her and opened the front door to find Peyton and Thomas, lips locked together. Upon seeing her, the two jumped apart, both startled. Prue looked furious.

Peyton looked aghast: "Mum I can expl..."

Prue said in a deathly cold voice: "Thomas, I think its time you went home. You, get in now" She said looking at Peyton.

Peyton looked as though she would burst open any moment: "Mum please..."

Prue looked coldly and in a excruciatingly calm voice: "Don't make me ask again Peyton, I'm warning you"

Peyton tried again: "No mum, would you just listen!"

Andy stepped outside, his jaw clenching and unclenching with rage: "Young lady if you do not get in this house right now you will regret it"

Peyton was stunned by her father's harsh words, she looked sadly at Thomas before turning and walking in. Thomas walked away, his thoughts with Peyton.

Inside Peyton was sat on the couch, Piper had her arm around her, and she was sobbing silently.

Prue: "Could you just leave me alone with Peyton please"

Everyone got up to leave but Piper seemed reluctant.

Peyton: "Just go Aunt Piper, I don't want you in anymore trouble"

When everyone had left the room, Prue sat opposite Peyton.

Prue: "Look at me"

Peyton looked up, but she couldn't look her mother in the eyes.

Peyton said sincerely ashamed, "Mum I'm so sorry, I know that I broke your rules, but I really like him, he's not like all the other boys. And I know I should've told you, but I was going to, tomorrow, I didn't want to ruin your birthday"

Prue looked disappointed and heart broken: "The fact that you lied to me hurts me more than you breaking the rules Peyton. I thought there were to be no more secrets between us"

Peyton: "I know but I was scared of how you'd react"

Prue: "That doesn't matter Peyton. You shouldn't have broken my rules in the first place and when I asked you about it you could have told me then, instead you blatantly lied to my face"

Peyton shook her head still crying.

Prue: "I don't want you seeing him Peyton. Now go to your room"

Peyton: "What? I just wont go out with him then, we can just stay friends"

Prue: "I don't trust you enough to believe you. Now go to your room!"

Peyton ran upstairs crying her heart out, while Prue sat with her head in her hands.

The next again morning no-one spoke to each other, when Steph came she knew just to greet them and that's it, as Peyton had spoke to her the night before to tell her what happened. Andy had already left in the morning and Prue wouldn't even look at Peyton. It was Leo who had to take them to magic school. As soon as Leo dropped them off and had orbed out Thomas speedily walked to Peyton and she fell into his arms crying.

Thomas: "Shhh, its okay, its gonna be okay" he said while stroking her hair.

Peyton: "No..its...not" she said between sobs.

Thomas: "What happened?"

Peyton told him everything that happened after he left.

Thomas: "You're not allowed to see me anymore?" he said.

Peyton shook her head sadly.

Thomas looked at her for reassurance: "You're still going to though right? We can still see each other behind her back, she wont know"

Peyton said desolately, "Thomas, I love you, but my Mum means the world to me, and I need to make things right with her, I'm sorry"

Tears streamed from her eyes as she turned and walked away from him, Thomas's eyes also filled with tears, as he called out her name, but she just kept walking.

Before Peyton knew it, it was time to go home. She hadn't spoken to anyone since that morning, and her friends tried to get her to eat, but she ended up walking away and ignoring their protests. Her father picked her up from school, he had said hello, but she just stared blankly ahead. As soon as they were home, Peyton went to her room, and cried into her pillow.

A knock on the door was followed by Piper going into the room, when Peyton realized who it was she shot up from the bed and ran into her Aunts open arms.

Piper: "You okay?" she asked once Peyton had calmed down.

Peyton shook her head: "I don't know what I have to do to make it right"

Piper said to her gently: "It wont happen overnight sweetie, your just going to have to show your mum she can trust you again. Have you spoken to Thomas?"

The mere mention of his name caused more tears to roll down her cheeks, and she nodded in response.

Piper gave her a sympathetic and understanding look: "I know its hard sweetie, but you gotta be strong, if you want things to work with your mum this is what you have to do"

Peyton: "Yeah, your right"

Piper: "Come down, dinners going to be ready soon"

Peyton: "I'm not hungry, ill eat something later"

Piper: "Ok but ill hold you to that"

When Piper left the room, Peyton turned over again, as glistening tears slowly rolled down her cheek.

When Piper went back downstairs everyone sat at the table, eyes moved to Peyton's empty chair.

Phoebe: "Where's Peyton?"

Piper: "She's not hungry just now" she said not looking up from her plate.

Phoebe said biting her lip, looking really worried: "Is she ok?"

Piper: "Yeah she's fine" she smiled softly but sadly.

Prue: "Is she really fine?" a look of concern upon her face.

Piper: "No Prue, not really, she's heartbroken because she cant see Thomas, she's hurting because she knows she hurt you, and she's so frustrated because she doesn't know how to make it right"

Prue: "She should've thought about that before.."

Piper looked at her angrily, her voice rising: "Don't you dare! She's fourteen years old Prue, are you telling me you never broke the rules at that age? She still doesn't deserve this. She's done what you asked, she's not seeing Thomas anymore, yet you still wont even look at her"

Tears had started to cloud over Prue's eyes.

Prue said, " I don't care that she broke the rules, I care about the fact that she lied to me. Those rules are in place for a reason though, do you think, I want her to go through what me and Andy went through?"

Piper: "Don't you think she knows this though! She's a sensible kid, she may not seem like it sometimes but she is"

Prue: "I'm done having this conversation, this is between me and Peyton" she said as she slammed her knife and fork down.

Piper: "Good, so go speak to her then" she said almost as if it was an order.

Prue just glared at her and walked off.

Peyton head her bedroom door creak open and she turned to find Prue in the doorway.

Prue: "Peyton, I..." she stopped looking lost for words. She then turned and walked out the room again.

Peyton sat looking confused, and the tiny bit of hope that had brightened her eyes when her Mum walked in, had now faded and disappeared.

Later on after everyone had gone to bed, she lay in the darkness, and growls erupted from her stomach.

Peyton: "I gotta eat something" she said with her hand on her stomach.

She tiptoed downstairs and into the kitchen where she found her dad having a cup of coffee.

Andy: "What are you doing up?" he asked.

Peyton: "I'm hungry" she mumbled as she walked past him to the fridge. She pulled out a plate that had two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, on it was a post it that had Peyton's name on it, she smiled to herself, her Aunt Piper knew her too well. She filled a glass with milk and sat opposite her Dad.

Andy: "You know we only do it because we love you" he said taking her hand.

Peyton pulled her hand away and continued eating.

Andy sighed: "I know your mad, but we just want what's best for you, when you first came here your mum put rules in place to try and keep you safe"

Peyton: "I know Dad. But its just now I've done what she asked, and she still wont talk to me! I love her so much and I hate this! Then I hate myself even more because its me who caused it! I'm the reason she's hurting, and I'm the reason I'm hurting"

Andy: "She just doesn't know what to say Peyton"

Peyton shrugged and got up, put her plate in the sink and went walk past her dad when he pulled her in tight to hug her, she wrapped her arms around him too.

Andy: "I love you Peyton"

Peyton: "I love you too Dad"

Andy: "Off you go to bed, I've got to go to work now, ill see you in the morning" he smiled gently as he kissed her on the forehead.

As Peyton walked towards her room she her Mum sighing, she walked back a bit and opened the door ajar, without even thinking, she walked in and closed the door behind her.

Prue: "Who's there?"

Peyton didn't answer and climbed into the bed beside her. Prue was lying on her side and Peyton snuggled right in so her head pushed again her Mums shoulder.

Prue smiled: "Peyton"

She could feel Peyton's head nodding in agreement but she couldn't speak, as tears spilled over her eyes. Prue pulled her in tight, her arms cocooned around her.

Prue: "Sshh baby, its gonna be okay"

Peyton: "I'm so sorry"

Prue: "I know you are, its okay sweetie"

Peyton fell asleep quickly, Prue followed not long after, and before long it was morning.

Peyton opened her eyes to find her Mum smiling down at her.

Peyton: "Morning" she smiled.

Prue: "Morning"

Peyton sat up: "What time is it?"

Prue: "10.30am"

Peyton jumped out the bed fast as lightening: "Crap I'm late for school!"

Prue: "Peyton, its Saturday" she laughed.

Peyton: "Oh, really?"

Prue: "Yes really"

Peyton: "Don't you have to work today?"

Prue: "I should, I'm not going to though"

Peyton: "Why not?" Peyton said as she sat back down onto the bed.

Prue: "I think we should spend a day together, just me and you"

Peyton: "What about Dad?"

Andy: "I can allow you a girl's day," Andy said walking into the bedroom.

Peyton: "Are you just home from work?"

Andy: "Yeah there's been a string of murders through town"

Peyton: "Demonic?"

Andy: "No I don't think so. Anyway enough of work talk, what have you girls got planned for today?"

Peyton shrugged and looked at Prue.

Prue: "Shopping!"

Peyton: "Sounds great to me" she grinned.

By the time, they were up and dressed Piper had made breakfast for everyone. Seeing Prue and Peyton walking down together made Piper smile.

Piper: "Everything ok now?" she whispered to Peyton when passing her.

Peyton gave her a thumbs up in reply.

At the mall, they were having a great time, it had been a while since they had connected like this.

Peyton: "Did you hear Aunt Phoebe snoring last night? Seriously we have to do something about that!"

Prue: "I don't understand how Cole can sleep beside her, that in your ear all night"

The two giggled together as they walked out the shop.

Peyton: "I gotta run to the bathroom, be right back"

As she walked in a demon shimmered in behind her.

Demon: "So you are the child of the charmed one?"

Peyton turned around: "What is it with being attacked in bathrooms? Its kinda creepy on your behalf"

Demon: "I'm sick of talking, more fighting"

Peyton: "If you insist"

She smiled sweetly before using her telekinesis to knock the athame he was wielding, as she went to use her telekinesis, again, he lunged forward at her, grabbed her head and hit it off the wall. He picked up her limp, unconscious body and shimmered out.

Back in the mall Prue was wondering where Peyton had gotten to. She walked to the bathroom and couldn't find her there. After looking around and getting no answer from her cell, she got into the car and drove back home.

As she walked in the immediately started calling, Peyton's name and Piper ran through upon hearing this.

Piper: "What's going on?"

Prue: "Have you seen Peyton?" she asked, worry clear in her face.

Piper: "I thought she was with you"

Prue: "She was, then she went to the bathroom and she never came back. I've tried calling her cell and its going straight to answer phone"

Piper: "Leo!" she yelled.

Leo orbed in: "What's up?"

Prue: "Peyton's missing"

Leo: "I would try and sense her but she's not my charge, and she still hasn't been assigned to a whitelighter yet, although Andy might be able to"

Prue: "Andy!"

Andy ran down the stairs.

Prue: "Peyton's missing, can you try and sense her?"

Andy stood with his eyes closed, concentrating hard.

Andy: "I can't sense her"

Piper: "Maybe she's at Thomas's? I would think she knew better but then again you never know"

Prue: "Ill drive over to his, Piper you come with me. Leo you go to the elders and see if they know anything. Andy you contact Cole and get him to go to the underworld and see if he can find out anything down there"

Prue and Piper left and about 10 minutes later, they were outside Thomas's house.

Prue knocked on the door and it was Thomas who answered.

Prue: "Is Peyton here?" she asked pushing past him into his house.

Thomas: "No, she stopped seeing me yesterday"

Piper: "She's missing Thomas, are you sure you don't know anything"

Thomas looked instantly worried "What do you mean she's missing, is she ok"

Piper: "We don't know, that's why were here"

Thomas: "Look if she was here, I would tell you, but she's not, she made it clear yesterday that she couldn't see me anymore because she didn't want to jeopardize anymore with you" he said looking at Prue.

Prue: "Look if you hear from her, let us know ok"

Thomas: "I will"

Thomas: "Wait!" He yelled as they were walking out.

Thomas: "I can try and find her"

Prue: "How?"

Thomas:" My father was a cupid, so its in my blood. If I concentrate hard enough, love may lead me to her"

Prue rolled her eyes but Thomas spoke again.

Thomas: "You can roll your eyes Miss Halliwell but I do love your daughter"

Piper: "How does it work?"

Thomas: "I just need to concentrate hard, think of her, and how much I love her, then it should take me to her"

Prue: "Ok then try it please" she spoke a bit nicer to him.

Thomas: "Take a hold of my hands both of you so that if it works you will come with me"

They both grabbed his hands and he stood with his eyes closed, and smiled when he said "Peyton".

They hearted out and appeared in the underworld where Peyton was in a glass box, still unconscious.

Thomas: "Oh my god, Peyton!"

He ran over and as his skin closed contact on the box, sparks fizzled before electricity surged through his hands and body.

Thomas: "Shit!" He said jumping back, his hands were badly burnt.

Prue ran over: "Are you ok?"

Thomas: "Yeah ill be fine, we need to get Peyton out of there though"

Piper: "How can we break it open?"

Prue: "Cole, he'll be in the underworld somewhere, we can get him to throw an energy ball or something at it. COLE!"

Cole shimmered in: "You found her, how?"

Prue: "No time for that, look, can you break that open with an energy ball?"

Cole smirked: "Of course"

He threw it and the glass around Peyton smashed, but at the same time, a high-pitched alarm started going off.

About ten demons shimmered in, ready to attack.

Another demon walked in, and the other demons bowed down before him.

Jordanux: "Ahh, the charmed ones, well two out of three anyway, come to rescue your daughter? You want to her, well you gotta go through my boys first"

The demons started attacking, Piper started freezing them while Prue used her telekinesis to reverse the fireballs back on the demons, and Cole used energy balls. Before long only Jordanux was left, a smile spread on his face.

Piper: "Why are you smiling? We just took out all your 'boys' now what you gonna do? Huh?"

Jordanux: "I managed 14 murders before the charmed ones caught on, that's partly why I'm smiling, and many demons thought I wouldn't have even managed that. Nevertheless, I used my brains unlike the others, I see the confused looks upon your faces, yes 14 killings, and do you know why? I made the murders look human"

Prue looked horrified: "The string of killings Andy was investigating, they were demonic"

Jordanux nodded his head: "After killing them in the box, all I had to do was make it look like I had strangled them, or used a gun to kill them...something human"

Piper: "The glass box though, why use the glass box to kill them in the first place"

Jordanux: "I need the box to survive, the humans slowly die in there, and as life is drained from them, it enters my body. Anyways, I've had enough of talking! I forgot to tell you the other reason I'm smiling, in all the commotion that you've been caught up in, none of you have noticed that you have left Peyton without protection"

They looked around and he was right, no one was standing guard over Peyton, the events that followed happened so quickly, he threw a fireball at her, and quick as he had done that Cole formed an energy ball and threw it at Jordanux, resulting in his demise, but the fireball was still headed straight for Peyton, just before it got to her a body had thrown itself in front and taken the fireball themselves.

Crumpled next to Peyton with a gaping hole in there arm was Thomas.

Prue: "Oh my god"

Piper: "Cole shimmer us all out now!"

They appeared in the living room of the manor, where Leo was already sitting"

Leo: "What happened?"

Piper: "No time for that, heal" she said pointing to Thomas.

Andy ran in and healed Peyton's head.

Once Leo finished healing Thomas, he sat up smiling.

Thomas: "Wow, I feel fine, you even managed my hands" he smiled.

He looked over at Peyton who was in Prue arms on the couch, with Andy's glowing hands over her head.

Andy turned to Leo: "Whys it taking so long?"

Leo: "The closer to death they are, the longer it takes"

As Andy finished Peyton sat up and gasped for air.

Prue's body jumped slightly startled.

Prue: "Shh, take it easy" she said rubbing her back.

Peyton looked around confused.

Peyton: "What the hell happened? Thomas what are you doing here?"

Thomas looked sadly at her: "You know, I was just leaving, ill let your parents explain ok" he walked over and took her head gently in his hand, bent down and kissed it, then turned for the door.

Prue stood up: "Thomas wait"

He turned and looked at her.

Prue: "I want to thank you, for everything you did today, you really do love her don't you"

Thomas nodded.

Prue: "And you love him?"

Peyton smiled: "I do, Mum"

Prue looked between Peyton and Thomas sadly.

Prue sighed with dramatic finality: "Then I'm not going to stand in the way, I've seen firsthand today how much you care for her, you have my permission to go steady" she smiled.

Peyton grinned and flung her arms around her before running to Thomas. He picked her up and as he lowered her down, he kissed her.

Andy looked very uncomfortable: "Ok I'm happy for you guys but please, a father doesn't want to see his baby girl with her tongue to down a boy's throat"

Peyton blushed: "Dad, ewww!"

Prue nodded: "He right, there will be rules ok?"

Peyton: "Ok" she smiled up at Thomas.

Thomas: "I have to go, my mum will be wondering where I am"

Peyton: "Okay, text me?"

Thomas: "Of course"

He kissed her on the cheek before saying goodbye to everyone and leaving.

Peyton dreamily walked back to the living room and sat herself down in between her mum and dad.

Peyton: "Seriously though, what the hell happened?"

Everyone giggled at her sudden snap back to reality.

Just then, Phoebe walked in and went over to Cole and kissed him.

Phoebe: "What happened to your shoulder?" she said as she looked at the burnt fabric.

Cole: "Hah, one of them must have just missed me"

Prue: "Looks like it"

Phoebe looked around at everyone: "What did I miss"

Peyton: "Don't ask me, I don't know, I'm trying to find out though!"

Prue: "I'm hungry, are you hungry?" she looked at Andy with a smirk on her face.

Andy: "Yeah I'm hungry, lets go get something to eat" he laughed.

Piper and Cole also agreed.

Peyton: "No way" she stood up and pointed to each of them.

Peyton: "Sit down"

They all laughed in their seats.

Peyton: "Will one of you tell me what happened?" she said stomping her foot.

Prue: "Okay, okay, were sorry. Sit back down and we'll tell you"

She sat back down and between them all apart from Phoebe, she got the story of what happened.

Peyton sat back stunned.

Peyton: "He took a fireball to save me"

Prue looked pleasantly surprised: "That, he did"

Phoebe: "That's so cute"

Peyton: "So that's why you let us be together?"

Andy: "It is"

Peyton nodded to herself: "Okay"

She stood up and went to walk out the room.

Prue:" Where you going?"

Peyton: "I got the story, I'm happy now. And you may have been kidding earlier but I'm actually really hungry so I'm going to raid the fridge"

Piper: "Why don't we all go out for dinner, I think were all hungry aren't we?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Everyone grabbed there jackets as Peyton gave her hair a quick brush.

Prue: "We ready?"

Andy: "Yup"

Peyton: "Lets go then" she grinned.

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