Chapter 3

March (Just their luck part 2)

"No mommy, I want to wear my Minnie mouse dress" Melinda told her mom.

"Right sorry, how can you have a Minnie mouse birthday party without the dress" Piper said as she dug out Melinda's mine mouse dress out of her dresser.

It was Melinda's fourth birthday and her Minnie mouse themed party was going to start that afternoon. Piper dressed Melinda and added Minnie mouse's bow in her hair. Melinda than orbed down to the kitchen leaving Piper behind. Piper had to take the long way down because of it.

In the kitchen eleven month old Payton failed to get her mother's attention by pulling her hair. In a second attempt, Payton orbed her bowl of oat meal on Prue's head.

"Payton again? That's the tenth time this week" Prue said as the oatmeal dripped down her face.

"She did try to get your attention by pulling your hair" Phoebe pointed out.

"She did? I'm sorry baby girl" Prue said as Andy orbed the oat meal off of her.

"Why are you so distracted this week" Piper asked.

"My boss called, I guess the elders did some magic to make him think he sent me out of town for all these years on a project" Prue explained.

"Now he wants me to come back to work and give him that project, problem is I wasn't doing a project, I was dead" Prue finished.

"I can bring it up with the elders, maybe they can do some magic to change why your boss thought you were out of town" Andy offered.

"Thanks honey, and this time make sure they chose something I don't have to show for" Prue stated.

Andy kissed Prue and then kissed his daughter and orbed up to the elders. That's when a fight broke out between the twins.

"Hey that was my glass of orange juice" Tamora whined.

"It was my glass too, you said we were sharing" Kat reminded her.

"I changed my mind" Tamora decided.

"You can't do that and not tell me" Kat said.

"I don't have to share my brain with you" Tamora argued.

"Girls stop it, Kat I will get you a glass of juice" Paige said and got up.

"Tamora, you need to learn how to share" Henry told his daughter.

For the past two weeks the twins had been getting into constant arguments over not sharing. Tamora was in a selfish stage and Kat refused to share with her time to time to get revenge. Darryl and Sheila had told Paige and Henry this was a normal stage for kids Tamora and Kat's age and was even more common in twins.

Paige returned to the table and gave Kat her own glass of orange juice. As Paige sat back down at the table, Andy returned from up there.

"Ok honey, now your boss thinks you were out of work because of family and personal issues, and then Payton arrived" Andy said.

"However he thinks you did take some photos while you were off, so here the elders made you some to give to your boss" Andy said and handed Prue some pictures that were created by magic.

"Thanks, I'll call him back and let him know I'll start work tomorrow" Prue said.

"Really, are you sure you're ready to work" Andy asked.

"Well Payton is almost a year old, I think I'm ready" Prue decided.

"Who's going to look after the children" Leo asked.

"I'll do it, sorry Piper I quit" Coop offered.

"I was hoping you'd quit" Piper teased.

"And I'll help when I'm around" Andy stated.

Time flew by as it always does and it was time for Melinda's party. Melinda's friends from pre-school and their parents arrived and gathered in the living room. Victor, Billie, Darryl and his family also came of course.

"So how's it going with the twins" Sheila asked.

"Same, they had a fight during breakfast, Tamora said she would share her juice with Kat then changed her mind" Paige informed.

"It's good that you allowed her to share when she said she would, what did you do when she changed her mind" Sheila asked.

"I got Kat her own cup of juice" Paige responded.

"Ok, next time ask Tamora to share, try to convince her, it sometimes works" Sheila suggested.

"Ok I'll try that next time, thanks" Paige said.

Piper watched Melinda and noticed Melinda played with a little girl named Allie more than the other children. Piper soon realized Allie must be Melinda's best friend.

"Hey Sheila, Melinda seems to be playing with that little girl more than the other children, could It be they are best friends" Piper asked curiously.

"Most likely, it's very common for young children to bond with one specific person in a group" Sheila replied.

During the beginning of the party, Tamora didn't want to share with anyone and Kat refused to share too because she was in a mood. Henry put Kat down for a nap and Phoebe turned on Melinda's favourite Minnie mouse episode. Coop and Andy also had put Parker and Payton down for naps. While the children were occupied with the TV and the adults were talking among themselves, Piper ordered a pizza, which is what Melinda had asked for supper.

When the pizza arrived, the guests were seated at the table or in the living room and the pizza was served. Melinda sat at the table between Allie and her other friend Amanda. Kat, Payton and Parker were up from their naps and were eating at the table as well.

Like on all birthdays when everyone was finished eating, Piper and Leo brought out the cake and sang happy birthday while they carried the cake over to Melinda. Melinda blew out her candles and the cake was served and eaten. Then it was present time and eventually the party was over.

"I don't want to share my room anymore" Tamora whined when Henry and Paige tucked Kat into bed.

"Why not" Paige asked her.

"I just don't want to" Tamora whined.

"I'm sorry honey, but you don't have a choice" Henry said.

"Plus it's fun to share a room" Paige stated.

"How" Tamora asked.

"Well every night is a sleepover, and you have someone with you when you get scared" Paige said.

"Well ok she can stay" Tamora agreed and closed her eyes.

Paige and Henry left the twins room and closed the door. They then high fived each other and went to bed. Meanwhile P.J. was not too happy with Parker who was screaming.

"Parker be quiet, I'm sleeping" P.J. said with her hands on her ears.

"Just because you're a baby doesn't mean you have to cry like one" P.J. stated.

P.J. got enough and beamed her sister to Payton's crib. In Prue and Andy's room, Parker's crying woke up Payton who had just fallen asleep. Knowing Phoebe and Coop were out on a date night, Andy calmed Parker down and orbed to P.J. and Parker's room and placed Parker back in her crib. Parker fell asleep and P.J. fell asleep to at last.

On St. Patty's day, Billie was up in the attic looking through the book of shadows with Piper. There was a potion Billie needed to make. They came across the page of the wizard who had cursed the twins the previous St. Patty's day.

"I never noticed this necklace before" Piper stated.

"I've seen it before in this book" Billie said and carefully flipped the pages.

"Here it is, the necklace of luck" Billie pointed out.

"You're right, this necklace contains luck that gives the user luck, if it breaks any magic he or she has done will be erased" Piper read out loud.

"That's good news, the boys were just cursed the same way the twins were" Leo said as he entered the attic.

"That's not possible Leo that curse only works on twins because of their connection to each other" Piper reminded him.

"How about for brothers who've always been close" Leo asked.

Piper flipped back to the page on the wizard and read the information about him. Piper looked up at Leo and nodded to let him know it was possible.

"Paige" Piper called out.

"What is it" Paige said after orbing in.

"It's a long shot but I think I've found a way to undo the twin's curse" Piper said and showed Paige the page on the necklace.

"Might be possible, it says here the necklace doesn't disappear when the user is vanquished" Paige said.

"Stay here, I'll orb to the cave and look for it" Paige said and orbed out.

"I'll go with her" Leo said and orbed out.

Piper and Billie waited around for Leo and Paige to return. When they did return, Paige held up her hand to reveal a green gem on a silver chain. Without warning Paige threw the necklace out the window. The adults ran to the window and look down, they spotted the gem broken in two

Suddenly the twins orbed into the attic with their father.

"Paige, the twin's necklaces just disappeared" Henry informed.

"I guess that means it worked, the twin's luck curse is gone" Paige announced happily.

Paige filled Henry in on what had happened, Leo began his search for the wizard behind Wyatt and Chris's luck curse, and Piper helped Billie make that potion she needed. When Leo orbed back to the living room he wasn't alone, the wizard had followed him. Leo didn't have time to call for Piper and her sisters, so Wyatt, Chris and Melinda used their power of three to vanquish him, using a simple vanquishing spell that works on most demons.

"Thanks kids" Leo thanked and hugged his children.

"No problem daddy that was fun" Melinda stated.

"Looks like those magic lessons paid off" Piper said as she and the other adults came into the room.

Leo threw the luck necklace into the air and Piper blew it up, this undid the boy's curse. Leo orbed back to the cave and set the leprechauns free. To celebrate this lucky day, Piper brought the whole family out for supper at her restaurant.