Forever Charmed

Parental Advisory

"I don't see it," Carmilla insists.

"Neither did I, at first," Laura admits, stuffing popcorn in her mouth, growing agitated. "But I'm telling you, Fuffy is real! Faith and Buffy were meant to be!"

Carmilla snorts out a laugh and Laura slowly looks over, realizing dawning on her face.

"You're teasing me, aren't you?" Laura huffs, eyes narrowed in a glare.

Carmilla nods, biting her lip and chuckling. "Laura, anyone with eyes or ears could see Faith had a thing for Buffy. And probably vice-versa."

"Oh." Laura giggles.

"Now, Swan Queen on the other hand... not seeing it," Carmilla deadpans.

Laura's mouth drops open and popcorn falls out of it as she gapes at Carmilla.

"Kidding."

Laura bunches up her face. "Carm! So not funny!"

"It's kinda funny," Carmilla says, smirking. "And by 'kinda,' I mean very."

Laura pouts and grabs a fistful of popcorn, lobbing it into Carmilla's face.

Carmilla scowls, narrows her eyes, and casually flips the entire bowl over into Laura's lap.

"Carm!" Laura squeaks.

Orbs light up the room and they freeze as Kirsch appears with Danny in tow.

Kirsch is the first to react and bursts out laughing. "What a waste of popcorn, bros!"

"She started it," Laura grumbles.

Danny snickers, glancing at the paused Netflix episode. "Lemme guess. She doesn't ship Fuffy."

Carmilla lets out a snort. "Maybe those of us you've yelled at over your ships should form a support group, eh, cupcake?"

Laura rolls her eyes. "Bite me."

"Maybe later," Carmilla teases.

"As fun as watching this gross banter is," Danny interrupts, "we just need to know if either of you guys have seen J.P."

Carmilla and Laura shake their heads.

"Okay, well, if you do, can you tell him we're looking for him or let us know? He's MIA," Danny says.

Kirsch frowns. "No, he's J.P., not Mia."

The entire group stares at him in silence for a few seconds.

"Do you think if I kill my whitelighter, they'll give me a new one?" Danny asks rhetorically, making Laura giggle.

"I-Is she serious?" Kirsch whimpers.

Danny rolls her eyes. "Come on, Kirsch. Back to the others."

"If I orb you back, you won't kill me?"

"I didn't say that," she says, her snicker fading away as they orb out.

Carmilla clicks her tongue. "Yikes. We're about to have two missing whitelighters," she jokes.

"I wonder where J.P. is," Laura says, standing up. "He's always punctual and available." She heads over to the kitchen. "Want any hot cocoa?"

"Yes," Carmilla calls out. "And don't skimp out on the marshmallows."

Laura rolls her eyes. "Would a 'please' kill you?" she grumbles, loud enough for Carmilla to hear.

She starts getting the cups and the powder out while heating up the water. There are no more marshmallows in the pantry so she huffs and returns to the living room.