Alone... So I Thought (Piper/Open)

[Athena Angelark]

Chloe orbbed into P3. She saw that it was empty and smiled. She then looked to the stage to see that the band from earlier had left a piano. She walked over to it and stand down as she thought of a song she liked. She smiled as she began to play Vanessa Carlton's "White Houses" on the piano. She began to sing with her angelic voice:

Crashed on the floor when I moved in
This little bungalow with some strange new friends
Stay up too late, and I'm too thin
We promise each other it's 'til the end
Now we're spinning empty bottles
It's the five of us
With pretty eyed boys girls die to trust
I can't resist the day
No, I can't resist the day

Jenny screams out and it's no pose
'Cause when she dances she goes and goes
Beer through the nose on an inside joke
And I'm so excited, I haven't spoken
And she's so pretty, and she's so sure
Maybe I'm more clever than a girl like her
Summer's all in bloom
Summer is ending soon

It's alright and it's nice not to be so alone
But I hold on to your secrets in white houses

Maybe I'm a little bit over my head
I come undone at the things he said
And he's so funny in his bright red shirt
We were all in love and we all got hurt
I sneak into his car's cracked leather seat
The smell of gasoline in the summer heat
Boy, we're going way too fast
It's all too sweet to last

It's alright
And I put myself in his hands
But I hold on to your secrets in white houses
Love, or something ignites in my veins
And I pray it never fades in white houses

My first time, hard to explain
Rush of blood, oh, and a little bit of pain
On a cloudy day, it's more common than you think
He's my first mistake

Maybe you were all faster than me
We gave each other up so easily
These silly little wounds will never mend
I feel so far from where I've been
So I go, and I will not be back here again
I'm gone as the day is fading on white houses
I lied, wrote my injuries all in the dust
In my heart is the five of us
In white houses

And you, maybe you'll remember me
What I gave is yours to keep
In white houses
In white houses
In white houses

A tear ran down her face as she stopped.

[Taylor Townsend]

Melinda walked into her mum's club, She heard a voice siniging and glanced round she saw chloe and smiled weakly. So her mum would proberly yell at her for been here but Melinda liked it here. She pushed the white streak in her hair behind her ear. "Hey..."

[Phoebe Halliwell]

Piper was in her office tryingn to sort out some papers when she heard a piano and someone singing faintly in the background. She came entered through from backstage, the girl's back to her. "We're closed," she said, though not rudely. She saw Melinda. "And you, missy, are underaged."

[Athena Angelark]

Chloe looked up to see Melinda, her mother and smiled weakly. "Hi." She said. Chloe then turned around to see Piper and almost fell off her seat. 'Oh nuts' was the first thing that jumped into her head when she saw her Grandmama. "Oh, I'm sorry." She apologized. Chloe stood up and walked off the stage.

[Taylor Townsend]

"Not open yet mum so i techincally can be here." What Melinda could be a smart ass when she wanted.

[Phoebe Halliwell]

"Well no because all the alchol and everything is still here. Until you turn 21, technically you can't be here at any time," replied Piper. Melinda had to inherit it from somewhere.

[Athena Angelark]

Chloe laughed. She knew how much of a smart ass her mother could be. She got her sense of humour from her according to her dad. "Nice." She sai to herself.

[Taylor Townsend]

"Mum its not like i'm going to drink any of it. you would kill me first." She smiled "Plus if anyone does come i can just disappear in that special way that i do."

[Athena Angelark]

"I wouldn't do that if I was you.," Chloe suggested, smiling in the same cheek way Melinda does. "Risk of exposure." She said, heading for the exit.

[Felicity Halliwell]

Felicity was tired of sitting around wondering what to do. She had heard of the Halliwells from her mother of-course though didn't know what they looked like. She knew one of them worked at P3 since she heard of demons that were always going to P3. She shimmered in but hadn't expected to see three people there.
"Closed I'm guessing?" asked Felicity smiling uncomfortably to the eldest who she guessed was an original Charmed One. Then she realized-she shimmered in. Oh boy.

[Phoebe Halliwell]

Piper was about to respond to Melinda and Chloe but then Felicity shimmered in. Wait- shimmered? Even with the typical bad-girl blonde hair she looked innocent. And the smile. It was uncomfortable, but not demon-like. "Who are you?" She didn't make her voice sound kind, nor rude but said it firmly still.

[Felicity Halliwell]

"Felicity Stepcon...I should have shimmered outside and came in," said Felicity then quickly added. "I'm not here to attack you, I need help." And then she remember what her mother had said abotu demon and witches working together. That witches don't usually work with demons because it could turn them evil and/or they're afraid they're being led into a trap. "I'm half witch as well...I can prove it to you if you don't believe me," said Felicity hoping Piper believed her because if not she'd have to use her empathy powers, and she hated those powers.

[Phoebe Halliwell]

"Yea you should've," said Piper looking her over wearily. She should be used to this by know, why did it bother her? "SHimmering is Demon. Half Witch Half Demon? You're joking, right?" asked Piper, not buying it.

[Felicity Halliwell]

Felicity looked in Piper's eyes. All she got was doubt and that she was guarded, great. It took her a bit of concetration to keep eye contact and in a shaky voice she said, "No I'm not kidding. Empathy is a witch power. I have empathy...not lke your sister, I have to look in someone's eyes." She knew that once she heard that Piper would probably break it herself but then she'd have to admit that she believed she's half witch.
"You know I've heard good things about the Charmed Ones, but it isn't all about fighting demons is it? I would have thought that you would help me, was I wrong?" said Felicity slowly not being able to take the shakiness out of her voice. She almost never used her empathy power on purpose, and she found it very hard to use it when she even wanted to.

[Phoebe Halliwell]

Piper broke eye contact with her the second she heard that. It was annoying when Phoebe had it, as she could say things about her that even she herself wasn't sure about. She listened to what Felicity had said next and took it as an insult. She desevered it though- Piper was never the most trusting of the three sisters. Well Prue used to be the least trusting but somehow it passed onto her a year or two after Prue had died. "No you're not wrong. It's just after being attacked by demons for so long we have to be a bit careful," she said but in a gentler voice this time.