"I can't believe we weren't there for this." They were looking at a YouShare video of Piper's and Prue's wrestling match. "Damn, they beat two guys with nothing but their wits." Both Phoebe and Paige were away in another world, while their sisters were forced to live without magic.
"Prue and Piper were always the strong ones." Phoebe's powers were getting stronger, but compared to her sisters, she still felt inferior. "Damn I miss her." Prue completely disappeared, the last thing she sent was a message, that she and Andy had to go into hiding, saying that Andy was getting watched.
"Yeah, but after all the stories you told us, she'll be back eventually." They watched the after interview, Piper was telling the audience how it was important to win their match at all costs. Prue was off camera, she was busy signing autographs for their new fans. "Imagine if they signed that contract. They'll probably be Tag Team Champions."
"Then we'll won't have Mel here." Phoebe picks up her niece. "How's my little warrior." She tickles the baby making her laugh. "She's growing up so fast." Mel already outgrew her clothes, her parents had no choice but to buy toddler sized clothes, since she was so big. "You think I'll have my own someday?"
"Obviously."
"That is just a television show." Phoebe felt stupid knowing her fate beforehand.
"Yeah, but it had a happy ending. With human writers." They still had the nightmares, both were vigilant with their training. "Those kids may not be your kids." Luckily it didn't show much, Phoebe refused to watch that show. "Your firstborn might be a son."
"Maybe." Phoebe coos at Mel. "How's Mason?" He was Paige's new boyfriend.
"He's good." Paige liked him a lot.
"Is he coming to your graduation?" Paige's graduation was tomorrow, Phoebe, Piper, Sam, Dean, Jenna, Victor and even Daryl were coming to watch.
''Yep. Officer Matthews reporting for duty." Paige couldn't believe it. "Shame that Prue couldn't make it."
"Yeah." Phoebe missed her terribly.
Their conversation was interrupted by Piper and Sam.
"I already apologized! Besides, you were no saint yourself! You were willing to kill me!"
"Don't you dare walk away from me!"
"Not again." Ever since Sam came back, all he and Piper did was fight.
"I had to be neutral! Besides, would it have worked? You were soulless!"
"Okay. Time to break this up." Phoebe carefully puts Melinda into her crib. "Get some sleep, once Mommy and Daddy stop fighting."
Her and Paige open the door to see Sam stomping away from his wife.
"Get back here! We're not done!"
"And we'll never be! Sam do this, Sam I have to fight this demon! What about me?! I have a job too remember!"
"You're never home!"
"I'm never home?! What about you? Power of Three. You never do things yourself!"
"What about Dean?! He gives you one phone call, you're gone! Talk about codependency issues!"
Sam who was about to go into their bedroom turns around and stomps in front of her, staring furiously into her eyes.
"Look who's calling the kettle black! Who's codependent? You run to San Francisco as much as you could! What? Uncle Daniel's house is not good enough for you?"
"Don't you dare drag my sisters in this!" Piper looks at a silent Phoebe and Paige. "Right?"
Both sisters look away in awkwardness.
"Right. Like you never make a decision for yourself!"
"You have a problem with them?!"
"No! It's you!" Sam stomps over to their bedroom and slams the door.
"We're not done yet!" She furiously points a finger, and inadvertently blows up the door and half the wall with her powers.
"Whoa." They knew how strong Piper was, but she always controlled it. Even Sam was shocked, he never saw Piper's emotions take over her magic.
Piper was staring at the hole in disbelief.
"My baby." She rushes to Phoebe's spare room.
Sam silently grabs a pillow and blanket to sleep downstairs. He wanted to see if Mel was okay himself, but didn't want to chance hurting her with his presence.
"You sure this marriage counsellor is legit?"
"God I hope so." Great. This will cost a fortune to fix, guess she had to rent out her condo again.
Everyone was sitting on chairs or bleachers, they were watching the ceremony. Jenna was sitting with Dean, with Laura napping in her stroller, Phoebe was sitting next to Victor, while Paige was next to Daryl who flew in for the ceremony. Mason couldn't make it, he had a last minute emergency with a custodial agreement. As for Sam and Piper, both were sitting far apart from one another on opposite sides. Mel was being held by Phoebe, both parents were nervous about hurting her.
"Officer Tyler Brown."
"That will be you in a few months." Victor said proudly. Phoebe was graduating in June, she was incredibly nervous.
"Yeah, will we have to call you Dr Halliwell?" Jenna teased.
"I can't believe you will be a doctor. Will you have time to do your full time job?" Daryl was one of the few who knew their true identities, he used to help them with cases, till they took it too far.
"Someone has to. Besides being a witch is who I am, I have to balance both." Phoebe was determined to make this work.
"Officer Carol Lypton."
"Just don't try to analyze me." Dean still didn't trust doctors, especially shrinks.
"Shh." Piper scolded. Paige's name was about to be announced. She flinched when Sam snorted.
"Officer Paige Matthews."
Paige's face was bright red hearing the shouts and cheers. But per protocol, her face was blank. She slowly walks across the stage with a stiff walk, saluting The Chief of Police when she got her diploma.
"Officer David Nolan."
Later that day, Paige was in her uniform talking to her family and friends at a restaurant.
"Looking forward for your first day?" Paige wasn't working at Ian's district, the Metro Division, instead she was working at the Golden Gate Division as a beat cop.
"Yeah, can't be any different than my old job." Meaning a witch. She was careful on what to say, this was a public place. "I can't believe I'm actually a cop." She never expected this. "I can save and protect, openly."
"Serve and protect, you mean." Paige froze at Sheridan's voice. "Shame I won't be working aside you, but I'll tell your bosses to keep an eye on you."
"C'mon, this is a celebration. Remember our first beat. I had to ticket cars for a year before getting a route." Daryl knew how tough Sheridan was, she had a similar nickname in New York.
"Just keep your nose clean and you'll have a long and fulfilling career. If you excuse me." She goes to talk to the Mayor who was having a drink.
"Hard to believe she knows what a hunter is. Does she know about witches, particularly us?" Phoebe whispered.
"I don't believe so. But be careful." Daryl warned. Sheridan did cover for hunters, but only in extreme cases. She knew what witches was, but never encountered one in person. "She won't hesitate to make your lives a living hell."
"Not yet anyways." Paige saw Mason walking in and waved to him. "Don't wait up."
"Lucky Paige." Phoebe never saw Coop since he brought her home, his new 'career' kept him busy 24/7. She blushed remembering how he smelled. Even in Heaven, he had that scent. Seeing a cute guy smiling at her, she brushed back her hair. "Speaking of guys, I better make some friends, just in case." Since Coop wasn't around at the moment doesn't mean she couldn't be friendly. She walked up to a guy and introduced herself.
"I forgot what it was like to casually date." Piper was almost envious. "I remember Prue helping me pick outfits and choose my makeup." She sighed. If only Prue was here to give her advice about Sam. She was holding Melinda's stroller, Sam was on the other side of the restaurant with Dean and Jenna. Looking at her watch, she swore. "Crap!" Her appointment was in less than an hour. "Daryl tell my sister that I have to go, come for dinner before you go. I'll make you your favorites." Melinda was going to be babysat by Dean and Jenna, she and Sam didn't want her crying during their meeting.
An hour later her and Sam were sitting uncomfortably across from the doctor.
"Phoebe told me so much about you." Dr Berenson says greeting them with a pleasant smile.
"Uh, like what?" God she hoped Phoebe didn't say too much about their life.
Dr Berenson smiles kindly.
"She was my intern in Chicago last year for a few weeks. She told me everyday how she missed her family." Dr Berenson took in grad students as interns in his hometown in Chicago, he came here to San Francisco to work part time on occasion.
"Right. She spent a semester in Illinois for school." Piper wasn't living in San Francisco anymore, but understood how Phoebe felt.
"Anyways, what brings you here?"
Piper and Sam look at one another.
"You want to start?" Sam didn't flinch at Piper's glare.
"Me? I'm not the one that cheated!"
"Right. Ms Self-Righteous. I forgot you're perfect and magical." Sam said sarcastically.
"Don't you dare start!" Both flinched hearing the doctor clearing his throat.
"Maybe we can start with your childhoods. According to your files, both your mothers died in tragic accidents?" As he poured them glasses of water.
"For gods sake." She freezes him, the poured water frozen in mid air.
"Piper! We are paying by the hour!" This therapist was considered the best, if not the most expensive in the city.
"Then we'll book a counsellor in Lawrence. Way cheaper." She stands up. "I'm writing a spell." No way would one session would be enough, their marriage was in trouble.
"A spell." Sam would have rolled his eyes, but didn't. "Magic won't fix our issues."
"But it's a start." She was glad Prue wasn't here, she'll lecture her on the consequences of personal gain.
Meanwhile Paige was kissing Mason.
"What happened with your appointment?" Mason said he'll be busy all day.
"Dad referred them to a professional." He grins sexually at Paige making her blush. "That uniform. Sure fits you well."
"Just wait till I take it off." She said lustily. Her and Mason pulled apart seeing Sheridan glaring at them. "Ahem. Want to get outta here?"
"We can go to Biggerson's" Naming a popular restaurant chain.
"Biggerson's?" Paige was disappointed.
"I know. But I'm on my lunch break and have to get back at the office soon." Biggerson's was close by.
"Might as well. It's the most popular place for coffee other than doughnut shops." She went there on occasion with the other cadets for coffee.
Phoebe was talking to Daryl, who was cooing at Mel.
"What a big girl you are!" She was so cute. "Is she a..."
"From both sides." Sam and Piper were both witches.
"Will she be okay?" Daryl knew about the future, but wished he didn't. He and his wife made sure they were ready, they even signed their kids up for self defence classes.
"I hope so." Mel and Laura deserved better.
"I wish I could stay, but I want to see some friends before I head back to the hotel." Daryl was here only for today, he had to work to get that promotion, he was in the running for Chief of Police back in New York.
"I won't keep you then." Phoebe took Mel back. "Want to go home? It's almost time for your nap." Melinda was falling asleep. She went to meet Dean and Jenna at Biggerson's, Dean hated being around law enforcement, especially Sheridan. She made him nervous.
"Hey. What's going on?" Dean was glaring at a waiter who stormed off. Paige and Mason were sitting in the booth with Jenna and Dean.
Jenna shrugged. She knew Dean was in a bad mood, but only because of Sam.
"It's nothing." Jenna had her share of bad customers, she used to work as a waitress back in college. "Hi. I'm Jenna." She saw Mason, but hadn't been properly introduced.
"Mason. Is that your baby? Hi." She was so cute in her High-chair. "What's your name?"
"Did you order yet?" Paige looked at the special. "What's the Turducken?" Looked good, but she wondered how many calories were in it.
"It's pretty good, everyone at work orders them." Mason was smiling at Laura's giggles. "I think you are too young for that." Laura was staring hungrily at the burgers everyone was eating.
"Not a bad price." Under five bucks.
"You promised Dean." Jenna scolded. It was bad enough Dean drank, but his diet was really unhealthy.
"I know." Dean hated salads. But he promised to eat better for Laura's sake. "I'll order a chicken sandwich then." Once the waiter came back, they gave their orders.
"A soup for Black Panther, sure."
"Hey!" Mason said bristling at the racist undertone. "You have a problem with me?" The waiter ignored him.
"A stirfry for Miss Piggy. A bawk bawk sandwich for Ken Doll, a organic salad for Washed Up Influencer, and a applesauce for Brat."
"Dean!" Dean got up to the rude waiter's face. His fists were clenched.
"You have a problem with my family and friends? If you do, you'll be a Turducken Slammer yourself." Dean was itching for a fight.
The rude waiter swallowed. He wanted to say something more, but instead storms away.
"Sit down!" Jenna hisses. There was cops looking at them. ''Sorry." She says to a embarrassed Paige and Mason. "We can go somewhere else."
"We'll get ours to go." Paige usually didn't care what others thought, but she saw Sheridan walking in. "I'll tell the waiter to box it up instead."
Phoebe sang to Mel who was falling asleep in her crib.
"Hush little baby, don't say a word, auntie is going to buy you a mockingbird. Mel, what is a mockingbird?" She smiles at her breathing. "Have a good sleep." Hopefully Sam and Piper worked out their problems.
"Phoebe! Are you home?"
"Shh. Shh." Mel squirmed in her crib. "Go back to sleep. Dammit Paige." She goes downstairs to scold Paige. "Shh! Mel's asleep!" She scolds. "Where's Mason?" She thought she saw Mason arrive after the ceremony.
"He had to get back to work. I have some lunch. Want to share?" Dean and Jenna declined to come over, they didn't want to stress out Sam and Piper who were currently fighting. They were staying at a hotel in town with their daughter.
"Is it vegan?"
"Yours is." Paige wasn't a vegetarian, but did enjoy her greens. "Just let me change my clothes first. Have some forks?"
"This is a bad idea." Sam knew first hand how risky magic was.
"Trust me." Piper had to get to the root of their problems. She knew it wasn't all Sam's fault, she did contribute to their problems as well.
"What do you think they're talking about?" Paige was curious about their appointment.
"I don't know. Hopefully they talk out their problems." Phoebe was dying to know, but she knew how important doctor-patient confidentiality was. "Let's hope for the best."
"Move over. You were sitting far from me. Don't roll your eyes."
Sam grunted as he moved over.
Piper looks over her spell.
"What do you want to watch Dean?" Jenna looking through the hotel's movie menu.
"I dunno. You pick." Dean wasn't in the mood. Instead he opened up a case of beer.
Jenna shakes her head.
"You should really cut down on the alcohol. I worry about your health."
"Yes dear." Dean says with mild sarcasm. He knew she was just worried about him, but he wasn't in the mood.
"Ba ahh blah."
"I get her." Dean puts down his beer. ''You need a diaper change?" He feels her butt. "You don't feel wet, but just in case, I'll get you a fresh one." He needed to get her a portable toilet, she needed to be toilet trained soon.
"Remember our wedding? Where did they get that cake topping?" Jenna loved that small replica, it looked exactly like Dean's Baby.
"Probably custom made." Dean grunted. "Phew. Looks like we need to buy a bigger size." Looks like they had to add training diapers to the list.
"What about Titanic?"
"Sure." He liked Winslet's rack. "But order me a pizza. Man needs his fuel." He wished he ordered that sandwich back at Biggerson's, it smelled incredible.
Back in the Manor, Mel wakes up and hears her aunt's voices.
"If only we can see where it all went wrong."
Laura lights up at the light that appeared. With her hands, she reaches for it.
"We won't end up like them. Right?" Jenna smiles when Dean pulls her on his arms.
"The movie is starting." Forget Winslet, Jen's had a better view.
Piper lights up a candle. Then picks up her paper.
"Let The Truth Be Told,
Let Our Lives Unfold,
So We Can Relieve Our Memories,
"So We Won't Be Enemies."
Melinda blinks at the light that appeared in the room. She was debating on crying for her aunts to check, but changes her mind and falls asleep instead.
Piper takes her spell and burns it in the candle's flame.
"No risk, it's just us." She quickly puts the candle away, the doctor was about to unfreeze.
Dr Berenson finishes pouring the water, unaware of how much time has passed. But the smell of fire drew his attention.
Sniff sniff.
"You smell something burning?"
"Nope. Doctor, skip the childhoods. Yes our moms are dead, but we dealt with their deaths long ago. Can you help us."
"Um, we had counselling when we were very young." Sort of, but John Winchester's idea of counselling was chopping monsters to death.
"Okay. Now tell me, how did you meet?"
Laura saw the light getting brighter. Melinda was asleep, but the voice was soothing.
"Don't worry, Mommy and Daddy will be okay."
Laura didn't blink, the light didn't hurt her eyes. But she saw things change. Sleepily, she falls asleep.
"What the..."
Both sisters were looking confusingly at the kitchen.
"Did you redecorate?"
"In one second?" Phoebe looked around. Hearing voices, she goes to the kitchen/living room door entrance.
"FBI. I'm Agent Rose. This is Agent Hudson."
"Oh my god." She quickly closes the door.
"Phoebe?" She walks towards her. "What's going on?"
"Shh!" She pulls Paige away from the door. "Paige!" She whispered in a loud tone.
"What the..." She opened the door to see their younger selves putting a magical cage around a younger Sam and Dean. She didn't protest when Phoebe pulled her away. "What's going on?"
"Wish I knew." She slowly backs away. She looked around. "I remember this." This was the Manor before they redecorated.
"So do I. But when are we?" Paige peeks out to see what was going on.
"Dammit!" Young Dean swears as his gun was taken away. "Castiel!''
An man wearing a trench coat appears in the living room.
"Your spells won't work on me." He then freed the two men in the cage.
Paige slowly closes the door.
"Phoebe. What's going on?"
"Must be Mel." How powerful was their niece? "But why?" She gestures to Paige to hide in the basement. They were in the past, and had to hide from their past selves.
"Mel did this?" Paige was in awe. "She can time travel?"
"Guess so." She was so young. Even their ancestor Melinda Warren didn't have that ability. "Be careful!" She whispered. Paige absently picked up a random tool. "We can't change history!" One wrong move, then they were in trouble.
Paige immediately puts the tool back, hoping it was in the exact same place and position.
"Then how do we get outta here?" She whispered back. They could hear their past selves walking around upstairs.
"We have to get to Melinda. Oh crap!" If they were down here, Mel was most likely in her crib upstairs. "If they find Mel."
"I can orb." Paige grabs Phoebe's arms. Nothing. "My magic."
"Our younger selves must be counteracting it." God she hoped Melinda didn't wake up crying. "We have to get upstairs." They had no choice but to wait, they couldn't be seen.
"We can go out the window." The basement had a small window.
"My bedroom. I used to sneak out when I was a teenager." Mel was sleeping in Phoebe's old bedroom. They sneak out the basement window.
"Our meeting wasn't exactly love at first sight. She trapped me and my brother in a cage!" Sam wasn't happy remembering that.
"A cage?" Dr Berenson was taken aback.
Piper cleared her throat.
"What he means, that he and Dean walked in a trap. We had our shares of break and enters."
"I see." He takes a sip of water. "And you remember your conversation?" Both said their sides of the story, with both retelling their sides.
"Of course." Piper's spell was flawless. Her and Sam remembered every detail like a video.
"She is a powerful woman. Like yesterday, she nearly blew up half the house!" Sam joked sarcastically.
"Blew up the house." The doctor was debating on cancelling his later appointments.
Piper laughed nervously.
"What I mean, she has her tempers." Sam always was careful not to piss her off, her and her sisters magic was tied to their emotions.
"No I don't!" Piper protested. "Okay. Maybe a little. But I never hurt anyone!" She was careful, very careful. She did take her anger and frustration at evil though.
"Now where are we?" They were climbing up the vine, to get to Phoebe's window, next thing they knew, they were in another place.
"Hide!" She pulls Paige in a closet, luckily her past evil self's and past evil Piper's backs were turned. "Piper sure was pissed." She remembered this.
Past Ruby was startled when she saw who was on the other side of the motel room door.
"What do you know. It's the demon slut Ruby.'' Past Warlock Piper says with disdain.
"Fuck you whore." Past Blonde Ruby tried to sound tough, but present Phoebe could hear the fear in her voice.
"Ooo." Paige couldn't help but peek out at the fight. "Damn. Piper sure hated her." She seen Piper fight, but the way she hit Ruby, she had a vendetta against her.
"Even as a warlock, Piper hated her guts." Her memories as a warlock was hazy, but remembered this fight.
"That's gotta hurt." Past Piper froze Past Ruby in a case of ice. "Ouch." Past Phoebe then kicked her in tiny bloody pieces.
"Slut." Past Piper tells the bloody mess. She and Past Phoebe stomp over her remains.
"Did she know about what's her name again?" Paige couldn't remember that actress's name. She didn't attend that party Phoebe went to in that hard universe.
"I don't know." Phoebe whispered. She saw the smoke of Past Ruby leaving the room. "Dean said that in another universe Ruby cheated on Sam with an angel."
"Why are you bringing up Ruby? I barely knew her!" Sam was pacing up and down the room. "I doubt any of the women I was with was her. Believe me. The stink of Hell is unique."
"Ruby? Was she an ex?" Hell?
"It's complicated." She never met Jared or his wife. "All I know she was a snake. She hated my guts. Believe me the feeling is mutual." She smiled remembering shattering her vessel in ice.
"Sam, you said women as in plural."
"It's a long story." Sam had some memories, but barely. "Believe me Ruby wasn't one of them." He stopped pacing and sat down beside his wife. "Ask her about Model Dan." He frowned seeing her pink face. He was considered good looking, but Dan looked like a chiselled model made out of clay.
"I had amnesia. I didn't know who I was."
"Now where are we?" They found themselves in a library. "Piper was in a wheelchair?" Past Piper was putting away books.
"Remember when that djinn kidnapped Piper? And left that shapeshifter behind? Piper got amnesia from that." Phoebe grabbed a book to hide her face.
"Damn. What a fox." Paige was peeking her face out from her book. "I seen him in Charmed, but in person he's even more good looking!" Past Dan was greeting Past Piper/Jamie with a kiss. "Where's Piper going?"
"I think I know." Piper filled them in when she came back. "I need a spell."
"We're pretty far from California." The Book of Shadows. Paige wished she had a digital copy.
"We're in a library. There has to be a book somewhere." Most spell books printed were nothing but tall tales, but she knew there was some that were legit. "Let's see." She takes Paige to a New Age section. "Ah ha!"
"What is it?" Paige was looking over her shoulder. They concluded Mel was okay, otherwise they'll be lost forever. What they couldn't figure out is why she insisted on showing Piper's past.
"You have cash?" Phoebe rarely carried cash, but she knew Paige always did.
"Only a few."
"We need to get ingredients." She copied what the spellbook said. "Lets go." She just hoped they didn't run into Jaime.
Later that night, they were cooking ingredients in a pot in a random motel kitchen.
"What exactly are we making?" The spell Phoebe chosen didn't make any sense. Phoebe explained that most modern spellbooks were written backwards or in code.
"A calling potion. It is made specifically to call Piper."
"I thought it was Mel doing this." Paige threw in a herb in the boiling pot.
"That's what I thought too, but Mel is too young to talk. But her mom is the next best thing."
"How can we make sure we reach our Piper?" This was a big risk. Piper told them about her time being a reaper. As far as they knew, the Astral Plane existed outside of Time.
"That's why I'm making this. Pass me that ladle." This spell was tricky. "Bottoms up." They drank out of their cups.
"I was neutral. You were soulless. We're even." Piper and Sam explained how Piper nearly reaped him and Bobby in a way that made sense.
"Okay." The poor doctor was kind of lost. "So you were both separated?"
"Yes." Neither could remember much about their time apart. This time it was Piper pacing. "Since then, its been one big misunderstanding again and again." She realized she loved Sam. "I don't want to lose him. That's why I'm here. But." She stopped pacing. "It's been hard."
"I don't want to lose her either. But our jobs, between our marriage and our baby, it's like we lost our way. Even during our wedding."
Neither were surprised to see where they went. But seeing they were practically exposed, they quickly run behind a wall.
"Prue!" Past TJ, a guy Prue had a fling with drives off with her past astral self, but not before ruining her wedding cake and reception.
"God. I wish I didn't see this."
"Our memories are too good." They peek around the corner to see Past Piper sweeping the floor in her wedding gown. Even with a veil, they both could see the vein in her neck ready to explode. They waited a few minutes, they knew Past Piper was gonna take off right away, but not before stealing Past Dean's keys.
"That's it! I can't take it anymore! Everyone out! Wedding is over! OUT!" The wedding guests leave in awkward silence, with the exception of Past Phoebe, Past Victor, Past Paige, Past Sam and Past Dean.
"Piper sweetie. Calm down." Past Phoebe begged.
"I can't believe Prue ruined her sister's wedding. Poor Piper." Paige watched with sympathy as Past Piper stormed out after talking to Past Sam. Hearing the rumble of the Impala taking off a few minutes later, they stifle their giggles at hearing Past Dean's swears.
"No she didn't."
"Three, two, one.'' Paige never got tired of this.
"Here it comes."
"Son of a bitch!"
"Just like clockwork. C'mon." They had to go to the Book upstairs to find the spell to call their sister. Plus to see if Mel was here.
"His brother's wedding went without a hitch. But mine was ruined." Piper was still bitter.
Dr Berenson saw Sam rolling his eyes.
"Sam? You have something to say?"
"We wanted nothing more than to have Dean and Jenna to have a nice wedding." Sam held his wife's hand. "We gifted them a custom wedding topper."
"A replica of his beloved Baby." She was resentful about her friends having a perfect wedding, but feeling Sam's hand, she realized a wedding was just one thing.
"We'll make it up. Maybe we can hit Vegas this time. Anything goes wrong, there is always insurance."
"I'm starting to feel sick." Paige never got nauseous orbing, but this time travel was making her dizzy. "Any idea where we are?"
"I don't know." Nice car. Phoebe absently picks the toy up, she, like Paige was exhausted. Hearing voices, she accidentally drops the toy car with the tiny bride and groom in the sink.
"Quick! Hide!" This time it was Paige that grabbed her away. Once they hid what they assume was a janitor station, they peek out the crack of the door. "Any ideas?"
"Oh crap." She saw one of the caterers throwing food stuff in the sink and turning it on. Hearing a crunch, she remembered where they were. "I think we just changed history." The caterer looked puzzled. He put his arm down the garbage chute and pulls out a mangled miniature Impala. He then tosses it in the nearest garbage can.
Jenna gasps as she clutches her chest. Her heart, it felt like something was ripped out of her.
"Babe? You alright?" He seen this dozens of times, Leo was frozen solid, with Winslet crying frozen tears.
"I don't know." That feeling was of...loss?
In their home in Lawrence, their wedding topper disappears.
"Babe?" Dean takes her hand.
"I feel cold." Jenna didn't understand why. Hearing Laura crying, they both pause the movie.
"We're at the Manor again. This is getting old." They hid in the basement, they couldn't change more than they already did.
"I know." Paige was listening hard for anything upstairs. After a few minutes, she gestured for Phoebe to follow her. "I don't hear anything."
"Go slowly. We may not be back yet." The basement looked the same, but who knows.
Once they get upstairs Phoebe looked disappointed Mel wasn't in her room.
"Dammit."
"Maybe she's in Piper's old room?" Once they did a through look over, both were in the attic looking through the Book of Shadows. As for their past selves, they hoped they were all gone for a day.
"Any ideas?" Phoebe usually was the one that flipped through the Book with answers, but this time she had no clue what to do.
"I was hoping you'll tell me." Paige didn't know what to do either. She looked thoughtfully Penny Halliwell's old couch. "I don't remember seeing that couch when I moved in."
"Because we got rid of it when Leo bled all over it." That wasn't fun, their new whiteligher became human for a short time and almost died.
"Leo was human? Huh. So many stories I don't know about you guys."
"Yeah. Wait a minute." Phoebe closed the Book. "Does everything have a pattern?"
"Besides jumping through time?"
"Piper. Everything has to do with Piper."
"Except Vegas. We were at Dean's and Jenna's wedding." Paige recognized the bright lights from the window from that kitchen. A tiny Impala was hard to miss.
"But Piper and Sam gifted that to them." Phoebe looked up. "I think we're under a spell. Talk about memory lane." Everything had to do with her and Sam.
"Talk about issues." Everything they seen had to do with them. "Ruby? Dan? They were barely a blip. Leo and that Amelia woman would make more sense." Leo and Piper were engaged, and they heard stories Amelia was deeply in love with Sam.
"But neither met the other one. Leo was an Elder and was forced to leave Piper, and Sam had amnesia when he met Amelia." It kinda made sense, both were working through their trust issues. Ruby and Dan were the perfect scapegoats. "This will take more than one session." Phoebe took a course in couple's counselling, a relationship in trouble like theirs, it would take months.
"Let's just hope we're not caught up in the crossfire this time."
"You okay?" Piper talked briefly about Leo, how she channelled his powers onto hers to heal him from bleeding to death.
"Metaphorically of course." She wondered why Sam brought him up, Leo had nothing to do with their problems.
"Leo. Was he your partner?"
"Long, long ago. He saved my life several times, and, well..." Piper looked down. "He died saving mine." She missed him everyday. She heard Sam's scoffs. "Please. At least Amelia is alive and well."
"I see." The doctor wrote down his notes. "Is trust a issue with your relationship?"
"Yes." Followed by Sam's "No."
"Do you even remember their names? I never slept with Dan!"
"Like I said, I don't remember any of them! I seen the video! Did you see me having sex with that woman, no, I didn't." The pictures and video were pretty incriminating, but it mostly showed Sam watching the woman touching herself, or the woman posing nude for Sam's pleasure. Sam was 100% sure he didn't cheat.
"Ew. I don't want to see this." They were in Piper's and Sam's bedroom in Lawrence. Based on the decor, it was before Piper moved in. Past Piper and Past Sam were telling each other how much they loved one another.
"Relax, they'll be going to the bedroom soon." Phoebe saw the candle lights, the rose petals and unfinished dessert. "This may be the first time they were together."
"How romantic." Paige sighed. Sam sure well all out. Mason and Paige had sex in the men's bathroom at a bar their first time.
"I know." Phoebe sighed dreamily. They get out from behind the couch once they go into the bedroom.
"Sam. You sure have a great memory about being with Piper your first time. Your memories are excellent." Sam went into detail how much her wanted to prove what she meant to him. "Sure this isn't codependency issues?"
Piper had to hide her smile while Sam was taken aback.
"Good thing you can orb again." They were back in the attic.
"I didn't have a choice, I don't want to be responsible for ruining the moment." Paige was wiping up her tears from what she saw.
"Talk about true love." Phoebe already knew, but she agreed it was better than any movies out there. "Here." She handed Paige another tissue. "Don't throw those out, put those in your pocket." She went to the Book.
"We already checked the Book." Good thing Paige had pockets.
"I know, but I may have overlooked something."
"I'm codependent? What about you! Power of Three."
Piper threw up her hands.
"Sammy!" She says with a deeper voice. "We have a job. BOOM. You're gone. Talk about being a workaholic." Dean saw Sam more than her.
"We had the option to quit! You rejected the offer!" The Angel of Destiny gave them the chance of a normal life, but the Sisters rejected it. "You work the same field of work as I do!"
"Because we had no choice!" Piper was tempted. Really tempted. But they knew it wouldn't last. "We freelanced, so did you." They didn't go out of their way to fight evil, but to tie up loose ends.
"Maybe we should take a different approach." Dr Berenson gestures both to sit down. "Is there any positive memories of you both faced together?"
Paige and Phoebe watch as Past Sam and Past Piper head in the theater for their first date.
"I need a break." Paige was exhausted. And hungry. "Lets get some popcorn and drinks." Who knows how long this memory will take.
"Sounds good to me." Phoebe didn't care what was playing, she was ready to pass out.
"Aww." They watch as Past Sam kisses Past Piper goodnight. "Talk about a great first date."
"It is." She forgot how young they looked. Young Sam had that shaggy hair, and Young Piper had bangs. When the scene changed, Phoebe wasn't surprised.
"Now where are we?" They didn't recognize this place. Seeing Past Jenna and Past Piper with Past Sam and Dean, they wondered where they were. Once they looked around, they couldn't believe it.
"No way." This was that bunker from Supernatural.
"What does this have to do with Sam and Piper?" Phoebe was wondering why Piper was thinking about this. They both listened to their conversation behind a bookshelf.
"Is that...Charlie?" They weren't alone, Alternate Past Charlie was having a conversation with them.
"Guess Piper missed Sam more than she thought. But why is Sam's hair in that bun?" Past Piper was smiling at this world's Past Sam, but she had this look of longing.
When the memory changed, both were getting exasperated.
"Okay. I'm done. I can't take this anymore." God knows how much time passed in the real world. "This is a good memory?" Where were they now?
"I think this is Hollywood." Paige recognized the set of 'Dr Sexy.'
"This is probably where they had their honeymoon." Piper mentioned she and Sam went to Hollywood for a romantic vacation. "Holy crap, I just saw Tara Benchley." She was about to ask for a autograph, till Paige pulled her away.
"Can't change history, remember?" They ran behind a set. It was tempting to walk around, no one gave them a second look, but they couldn't be seen. Hearing a woman's scream, they wondered what was going on.
"Probably a murder." Both were away in another world at that time. There was no magic, and both wondered if their sisters were okay while they were away. Luckily Past Sam and Past Dean didn't see them, they were running towards the scream.
"What a hero." They peek out to see Past Sam holding his wife. Past Jenna was in Past Dean's arms, they were spooked that their wives body might have been one of them. "Imagine how Sam felt if that was Piper's body underneath that table." Security was rushed over to shoo everyone away. They smile when Past Piper gets enveloped underneath Past Sam's chin. "Sam looks like a giant compared to Piper."
"Yeah, but if only everyone knew Piper could kick ass." She didn't need magic to win that wrestling match. At that moment, they both found themselves inside a wrestling arena. They quickly duck down in their seats, afraid that the cameras would catch them on film. "Oh wow."
"No kidding." They were slumped down their seats, Past Sam and Past Dean were two seats down from them. Luckily there was a large television playing on top of the arena, both sisters were watching the screen from their positions. There was footage of Past Piper punching a huge wrestler in the face.
"C'mon Piper! Take those assholes! You are a winner! My winner!" Past Sam screamed.
"Sam was her cheerleader. Look, she's kicking ass now." Phoebe remarked. As temping is was to stay, it was way too dangerous. Luckily the scene changed again. Unfortunately, it got worse.
Both Phoebe and Paige immediately duck down all the way to the car floor, they were riding in a car with Past Sam and Past Piper. Luckily, neither saw them from the rearview mirror.
"Witch or warlock?"
"We had no heard of the Legend of the Blood Countess?"
"Who?" Paige whispers.
"Heard of Elizabeth Bathory? She was the one that slaughtered all those virgins." Phoebe whispered back.
"Right." This was a good memory for them? They listened to their conversation, it was too good not to miss. Then before they could hear the end of the story, they were in a random bar watching Past Piper dancing sexily on the bar to screaming men. Both sisters saw this scene on 'Charmed,' but this was Piper herself dancing, not a fake.
"She wasn't kidding about proving she changed since high school." Paige was impressed.
Both Sam and Dr Berenson were looking at Piper with disbelief.
"I had a little too much to drink. Next memory."
Past Sam was pacing back and forth, in the Halliwell Manor. He was terrified on what he was about to ask. Tonight was the night he was about to propose. He wanted to wait till Valentine's, but after what they went through these last few days, there was no time to waste. He already told Piper's sisters what he was planning to do, so they all left for the night.
Both Phoebe and Paige found themselves in the closet down the hall.
"I hope this is it."
"Since I'll be paying for renovations, I'm gonna turn this into a walk in closet. Move over."
"I'll try." They were in a literal closet. Paige pushes herself back a bit so Phoebe could peek down the hall by opening the door a tiny bit, just enough so she can see what was going on.
"You see anything?"
"Shh!"
Phoebe already knew how this ended, but she couldn't help but swoon. Past Sam was on his knee, holding a small box.
"What's happening out there?" Paige was squished, she was dying to get out of there. She hated enclosed spaces.
"Sam's proposing." She said dreamily. God was Piper lucky. Phoebe always wanted her own proposal, Cole didn't count.
"What! Let me see." Before they can move, they found themselves back in the attic.
Phoebe was wondering how much more memories Piper had. What was next? Her wedding? Watching Melinda's birth?
"Aw. I wanted to see her answer!"
"You know what she said!" Phoebe says with impatience. She sighed. "God. I really hoped nothing went wrong with Piper's spell." Personal gain always had consequences.
"Other than us getting stuck here?" Paige was hoping to go 'home' soon, she wanted to take a nap.
Jenna and Dean were wondering why Laura wouldn't stop crying.
"She's not wet, or hungry. Maybe she's teething." Dean was young, but remembered Sam's tantrums.
"She probably had a nightmare." Jenna was trying to soothe her, but Laura kept crying.
Meanwhile at the Dr Berenson's office, both Sam and Piper were holding hands.
"You two went through so much. You two, despite working full time with Sam being on the road a lot, manage to keep your relationship intact. Long distance relationships are hard, especially those that are married with a child." Sam and Piper look at one another with affection.
'Piper! Piper!'
"Phoebe?"
"Excuse me?" Dr Berenson says before Piper froze him.
"What is it?" Sam asked with concern.
"Shh!"
'Piper! Can you hear us! Get us out of here!'
"Paige?"
"Did she answer?" Phoebe and Paige were exhausted from yelling. They already knew they were alone, they remembered their past selves went to Lake Tahoe to get their magic back, so no one was home.
"I hope so." Phoebe was using her psychic bound to reach present day Piper, hopefully Piper heard them.
"Phoebe? Where are you?" Piper closed her eyes. "You gotta be kidding me."
"Are they okay?"
"Talk about being a little too close." Piper loved her sisters, but this was too much.
Later that night, they were in the Manor eating pizzas and talking about their adventures. Jenna and Dean were there as well, with both their kids napping upstairs. Daryl left a few hours ago, he loved Piper's cooking.
"That's kinda creepy when you think about it." Dean says with amusement. "The entire time your future selves were listening to your past selves."
"You didn't see anything, personal. Did you?" Piper was embarrassed. Thank god she didn't say anything about their sex life.
"Other than your wrestling match, and Sam proposing, nah." Paige assured them.
"You sure you don't want to book more appointments? Dr Berenson is the best."
"I'm sure. I don't want anyone to spy on us again. Thanks." Piper held Sam's hand.
"Well, I'm glad we talked things out. But we better not take each other for granted again." Sam swore to be home more often.
"Amen." Hearing Laura crying, Jenna excuses herself.
The light was gone, instead there was now a dark shadow. Laura cried with fear.
Lawrence, Kansas
The cake topper that was displayed on the fireplace was no longer in its proper spot, it was like it was never meant to be.