Old habits, die hard...or do they

[Patrick]

Another quick, humorous shorty.
note: i love Charmed and all the characters, the jokes made in here are not my personal views.

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Old Habits Die Hard...Or Do They?
a shorty by Patrick

Phoebe pulls up to Aviva's house and gets out. They were going out for a girl's night out. She haven't seen Aviva in years and she wanted to stay in touch.

She knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. A lady finally came to the door and greeted Phoebe, "Hello. You must be Phoebe, Aviva has told me so much about you. I'm her Aunt Jackie."

Phoebe looked at the woman weirdly.

"Is there a problem," Aunt Jackie asked.

"No, it's just that I've could have sworn I've seen you somewhere," she backed up to check the address. This lady looked a lot like her boss, but she swore her boss did not live here. "Is this your house?"

Aunt Jackie shook her head, "Somewhat. It's actually a-lease."

Phoebe nodded as Aviva came running past her aunt, "Bye Aunt Jackie. Come on, Phoebe, she can talk for hours."

"Bye," Phoebe waved to the woman as they walked back to her car.

"Oh my god, Phoebe, it's been so long." Aviva was so giddy with excitement.

"I know," she said. "Hey do you mind if I stop by the house for a second, I forgot the cream cheese."

"Sure, what do you need the cream cheese for?"

Phoebe hushed her lips, "You'll see."

Deciding not to argue with her, she just sat back into her seat as they pulled up to the manor. "Come on, I'm sure Piper is dying to see you."

Aviva shot the house a resentful look, "Exactly what I had in mind."

"Hey!" Phoebe protested, "Now you swore you would behave, okay."

Aviva nodded, "Right. Sorry, old habits, you know. Just as long as Prue doesn't give me any more BS."

"Oh, you don't have to worry about that," Phoebe said proceeding up the steps, "She's dead."


"Aviva!?" Piper was already in the foyer, putting up a photograph when they walked in. "Phoebe, you didn't tell me you were bringing her over here."

"Surprise!" Phoebe said her big white teeth shining.

"Oh, Piper, your pregnant," Aviva noticed. "Who's the father?"

Leo then came in from the other room. "Oh, Phoebe, you brought company," he then noticed the familiar face when Paige came in from upstairs.

"Who's this," she asked.

Leo answered, "Oh, this is Phoebe's friend from her lesbian support group. Uh, Phoebe, are you still...."

Phoebe shook her head and laugh, "Don't be so silly, Leo. That was four years ago. This is my friend, Aviva. A fellow witch who we saved from the terrible grasps of evil."

Paige gave Aviva a timid smile.

"Oh, and this is our half sister, Paige. We found her almost a year ago," Phoebe explained.

"Nice to meet you, Paige," Aviva said as she walked over to the closet and peered inside.

"What are you doing," Piper asked.

"Oh, I was just looking for your bathroom," she said.

"Oh, why didn't you say so," Piper laughed. "Actually, this used to be a bathroom until the producers changed it into a closet, how weird, huh? But the bathroom's upstairs."

"Thanks, " Aviva said as she ran up the stairs.

"Don't kill anyone this time," Phoebe shouted after her, sharing an inside joke with her friend.

Paige looked extremely confused. "Is there something I should know about?"

Piper snorted, "Oh please, like there's nothing you already don't know. Paige, your as clueless as Alicia Silverstone."

"Piper! That wasn't nice," Leo said.

Piper waved him off. "Don't start with me, Leo. I mean, do you want me to give you a magical castration or not?"

Leo backed off and went into the kitchen to cook, since Piper took up the role of Man of The House and left Leo with the chores.

"Piper, this whole feminism thing has gotten completely out of control, Abigail Adams wouldn't approve of it."

"Ah, you know how much I hate alliterated names, as well as acronyms, Ms. P.M. Don't be late for tonight's dinner," Piper shot back. She turns and walked into the kitchen to tell Leo how bad his cooking was and tell him to start over.

Phoebe shook her head, "What is she on?"

Paige shrugged, "I don't know, but I thought she used wax for the floor, right?"

Phoebe stared at her sister disbelievingly, "Paige, I am so glad you joined the family or I still would have been the dumb one."

Paige nodded slowly, not fully getting why Phoebe would be dumb, I mean, to Paige she was soooooooo smart. She patted her shoulder, "It'll be okay."

Phoebe didn't know what the hell Paige was talking about. Then Aviva walked back down. "Ready, Pheebs?"

"Sure, come on."

"Umm, didn't you need the cream cheese?" Aviva asked.

Phoebe thought about running in and getting it when Paige spoke up, "Ooh, I could orb it from the kitchen, you know how much I just love to use my powers for personal gain."

Phoebe thought about it, Leo was in the kitchen, and it was a bad idea for Paige to call for the cream cheese right now, her powers were tied to her emotions (and psyche), wouldn't want something else getting orbed.

"Nah, we wouldn't want Leo to finally have the castration Piper always threatens him with."

Phoebe and Aviva walked out the door and left Paige standing there. "Why am I always left alone," she asked the empty foyer as she picked up her clown friend, Slappy. "Oh well, time to party!"