Chapter 9
September (The school year begins)
It was seven in the morning, Piper, Leo, Phoebe, Coop, Paige and Henry were getting their children ready for school, and they had to get ready for work too. It was the first day of school, Wyatt was starting grade two and Chris was starting grade one. Melinda, Tamora, Kat and PJ, were starting their second and last year of pre-school. Henry Jr. was starting pre-school for the first time. Prue was up with Payton who was crying.
Andy was getting Henry Jr. ready because Paige and adult Henry were busy trying to get the twins into their outfits.
"I don't want to wear that dress" Kat screamed.
"I don't want to wear this dress" Tamora screamed.
"Why not" Paige said frustrated.
"Because that's my dress, and this ones Kat's dress" Tamora said.
"Oh, were trying to dress Tamora in Kat's dress, and trying to dress Kat in Tamora's dress" Paige understood.
Paige and Henry switched dresses and the twins allowed their parents to dress them. Meanwhile Piper was brushing Melinda's hair that had gotten pretty long again.
"How would you like your hair" Piper asked her daughter.
"Pony tail" Melinda responded.
Piper nodded and tied Melinda's hair into a ponytail. Meanwhile in PJ's room, Coop was attempting to brush PJ's long hair.
"Ouch daddy, that hurt" Melinda said when Coop hit a knot in her hair.
"Sorry honey, I'll be more careful" Coop said.
"Ok all done, would you like me to tie it for you" Coop offered.
"Yes, I want two pony tails on the sides" PJ requested as usual.
Coop attempted to do this but managed to make the ponytails uneven. PJ knew he didn't do it right and beamed in her mom. Phoebe took over, and Coop went to tend to Parker who had just woken up. Phoebe undid Coop's failed pony tails and redid them properly.
"Tell daddy, he's fired" PJ said and beamed out.
Meanwhile Paige and Henry had just finished brushing the twin's hair.
"Ok how would you two like your hair" Paige asked.
"Two braids on the sides" the twins answered together.
"I'm sorry girls, but I can only make small braids, your hair is still a little too short for long braids" Paige said.
"Small braids are fine" Kat said
"Yep fine with me too" Tamora agreed.
Meanwhile, Wyatt and Chris met Piper in Melinda's room, already ready for school.
"You two really need haircuts, I'll make you an appointment this weekend" Piper decided.
"Ok but not to short" Wyatt agreed.
When it was time to go, Piper brought the boys to the bus stop, while Phoebe dropped off the girls and little Henry at pre-school, on her way to work. The school bus came, and the boys got on after hugging their mom. Then Piper picked up Coop and drove the both to work (Piper's restaurant.)
Leo, Paige and Henry then went to work. Prue and Andy were the only ones home to take care of Parker and Payton. Prue had decided to wait a while before going back to work as a photographer, at least until Payton was a year old. Prue didn't feel comfortable with leaving Payton with a babysitter just yet.
When Wyatt and Chris got to school, they ran up to Wyatt's friends. Wyatt thought Chris could be friends with his friends, since Chris's friends were only in senior kindergarten. They met up with Kennedy and Dakota at the playground.
"Hi Wyatt, hi Chris" Dakota and Kennedy said.
"Hi girls, are out other friends here yet" Wyatt asked.
"Not yet, but here come a bunch of them" Kennedy said pointing to a group of kids running towards them.
"Hi Liam, hi Austin, hi Carter, Hi Lucy, hi Rebecca" Wyatt said to the group of kids once they had reached them.
"Hi Wyatt, Hi Chris, hi Kennedy, hi Dakota" Liam, Austin, Carter, Lucy and Rebecca said.
"Come on let's go play on the playground" Wyatt said.
At pre-school Mrs. Grace called all the kids onto the carpet. She sat on a chair in front of them and spoke.
"HI kids, If you don't know, I am Mrs. Grace."
"Let's get to know each other, we have new friends, so if you were here last year, raise your hands" Mrs. Grace said.
Melinda, Tamora, Kat and PJ raised their hands with the other children who were in their second year of pre-school.
"OK, if your hand is up, I want you to tell us your names. Let's start with you" Mrs. Grace instructed pointing to Melinda.
"My name is Melinda."
"My name is Kat."
"I'm Kat's twin sister Tamora."
"I'm PJ."
The rest of the returning children introduced themselves.
"Ok, now I would like all our new friends to tell us their names," Mrs. Grace instructed.
A few of the new children introduced themselves.
"I'm Tamora and Kat's little brother Henry" Henry Jr. introduced himself.
The rest of the new children introduced themselves. Meanwhile at the elementary school, the kids had just gotten into class. Wyatt's teacher waited till his students were all seated then he spoke to them.
"Good morning children, welcome to grade two, I'm your teacher Mr. Andrews. I hope we have a great year together."
"We are going to start with attendance, so when I call your name, raise your hand" Mr. Andrews instructed.
The attendance was taken alphabetically, by the first letter of the children's last name. Wyatt was an H, so the teacher went through the letters A- G, before he was called.
"Wyatt Halliwell" Mr. Andrews called out.
"Here" Wyatt said with his hand raised.
"Wesley Hamilton" Mr. Andrews called out.
"Here" Wesley said calmly with his hand raised.
Wyatt didn't care that his arch enemy from kindergarten was still in his class, Wesley didn't bug him anymore. The teacher called out the children whose last names started with the letters I- R.
"Dakota Sanders" Mr. Andrews called out.
"Here" Dakota said with her hand raised. Dakota sat beside Wyatt on his right side.
"Kennedy Wild" Mr. Andrews called out.
"Here" Kennedy said from beside Dakota.
"Last but not least, Liam Zales" Mr. Andrews called out.
"Here" Liam said from beside Wyatt on his left side.
Meanwhile in Chris's class, his teacher Mrs. Cannon took attendance. Just like Wyatt, Chris had to wait until the kids whose last name started with the letters A-G- were called.
"Chris Halliwell" Mrs. Cannon called out.
"Here" Chris said with his hand raised.
Meanwhile at the pre-school, the girls were attempting to train little Henry how to cause trouble.
"Ok Henry, this is easy, go to the sandbox and throw the sand on the floor" Kat instructed.
"No" Henry Jr. refused.
"Why not" PJ asked.
"That's bad" Henry Jr. explained.
"Yes it is bad, that's why it's fun" Melinda explained.
"No" Henry Jr. stated.
"Oh brother" Tamora said and dramatically covered her face with her hand.
"Are you sure you want to be good" Kat asked.
"Yes" Henry Jr. replied.
"Ok, but you're going to miss all the fun" Kat told him.
The girls took each other's hands and walked over to the sandbox. The girls threw a bunch of sand onto the floor, and were caught by Mrs. Grace.
"This is not a good way to start the year" Mrs. Grace told them as she put them on time out.
Henry Jr. then walked over to them.
"I told you so" Henry Jr. teasingly said.
"Oh please, we do not stay on time out" Melinda told him as he left.
"We need a big plan to have fun today" PJ said.
"You're right, and I know what to do" Tamora said.
"Kat, I want you to use your power to freeze everyone in this room, then Melinda you and PJ will orb or beam every one out of the room" Tamora whispered.
"No the teachers wouldn't know how they got out of here, it would tell them we can do magic" Melinda whispered.
"You're right, Tamora you set a small fire to the garbage can in the hall, and I'll tell everyone about the fire" Kat started.
"I know what you're thinking, the teachers will leave the room to stop the fire, then Melinda you will use your power of Telekinetic orbing to close the door and one of us will lock it" Tamora finished after reading Kat's thoughts, (which was a power they had because they were twin witches.)
Melinda and Tamora snuck out of time out and went to the classroom door. Melinda was just tall enough to reach the door knob and opened the door. Tamora swung her hands forward and set the fire to the garbage can.
"Help Fire" Tamora shouted which caught Mrs. Grace and the other teacher's attention.
The two teachers ran into the hall to put out the fire.
"Door, close" Melinda ordered.
The door closed in a wave of light blue light. PJ beamed the key into Melinda's hands. Melinda had to levitate to reach the lock, and then placed the lock in the key whole and locked the door. Then they turned around to find all the children watching them. Even though they were only three, they knew that mortals were not supposed to know about magic.
"What are we going to do, they'll tell everyone" PJ stated.
"No one will believe them" Melinda pointed out.
"True, no one believes the things little kids say" Kat stated.
"I'm telling mom" Henry Jr. threatened.
"Oh no, mom will believe it" Kat stated.
"Oh please he's two, he can't even remember who brought us here" Tamora stated.
"Yes I can" Henry Jr. insisted.
"Ok who was it" Tamora asked.
"Mommy" Henry Jr. replied.
"Wrong, it was Auntie Phoebe" Tamora corrected him.
"Ok we have nothing to worry about" Kat realized.
"They're trying to get in, let's go have fun" PJ said at the sound of the teacher slamming on the door asking for help.
The girls went around the classroom making a mess out of everything. They threw all the toys on the floor, cleared the bookshelves, emptied out the art supply bins and much more. They were having so much fun they forgot to let the teacher back in, and they lost the key to the door. The teachers finally gave up trying to get the kids to open the door, and went to the office to get the spare key.
"Ok, who did this" Mrs. Grace asked.
"They did" Henry Jr. tattled tailed pointing to his sisters and cousins.
"I should have known, did you four lock us outside too" Mrs. Grace asked the girls.
"Yes, and we lost the key" Melinda admitted.
"Ok that's it, I'm calling your parents" Mrs. Grace said.
"You can't" PJ said.
"Why not" Mrs. Grace asked.
"They're at work" Melinda answered.
"Ok fine, I'll call your emergency contact" Mrs. Grace said.
"Hi is this Billie Jenkins" Mrs. Grace asked over the phone.
"Yes, who is this' Billie asked.
"I'm Hannah Grace, the teacher at Sunshine pre-school, would you be able to pick up Melinda and PJ Halliwell, as well as Tamora and Kat Mitchel" Mrs. Grace asked.
"Yes I can pick them up, did they do something wrong" Billie asked.
"Yes they did, I'll have it all written down on a paper that you can give to one of their parents" Mrs. Grace replied.
"Ok I'll be right there" Billie answered.
Billie was their number one emergency contact because she lived closer to the pre-school than Victor and Darryl did. Victor was their second emergency contact, and Darryl/Sheila was their third. The children except Henry Jr. got ready to go, while Mrs. Grace filled out the paper on why they were sent home. Billie arrives shortly and put the kids into her car.
"Ok is someone at the manor" Billie asked.
"I think Auntie Prue is home" Melinda replied.
"Ok I'll bring you home and see if someone is home, if not you can hang out at my place until your parents can pick you up" Billie told them.
Billie pulled up at the manor, and the kids followed her to the front door. Billie knocked on the door and Andy answered.
"HI its Billie right" Andy asked.
"Yes, the children were sent home, here's a paper telling you why" Billie said handing him the paper.
"OK I'll give this to one of their parents, thanks for dropping them off, would you like to come in" Andy offered.
"Sure, I guess I can stay for little bit" Billie said and escorted the children inside.
Andy and Billie sat down in the living room with the children and Prue and read the paper. The babies were in the play pen.
"You locked your teachers outside the class room and then destroyed the class room" Andy said shocked.
"Oh just wait until your parents get home" Prue warned them.
"Until then, rooms" Andy said and waved his hand at the children.
At his command the children orbed into their rooms. While they waited for the adults to get home, Prue, Andy and Billie chitchatted. The adults were all home by two, and when Andy told them what the kids had done, Piper blew up the living room lamp.
"OK Piper, why don't you just go pick up Henry. Jr and the boys and bring them out for ice cream since they were good today, the rest of us will deal with the kids" Leo suggested.
Piper agreed and left the manor to pick up the good children. The others went upstairs to deal with their children. To apologise, Coop and Paige went to the pre-school and helped clean up the mess the children had made. The kids were definitely in trouble big time.