CHARMED A NEW DESTINY

EPISODE SEVEN: BRAIN DRAIN

[Scene: Manor. Kitchen. Piper and Payson are looking in the oven.]

Piper: Damn it! These ones are burnt too. I'm losing my touch.

(She pulls a tray of cookies out.)

Payson: Oh, no, it's okay, sweetie, they're just a little crisp. (Piper puts the tray on the table.) You know, personally I am glad that you're not a chef anymore. I'd probably be 300 pounds.

Piper: Maybe I should make another batch.

Payson: Um, Piper, remember when you told me to tell you when you're obsessing?

Piper: I'm not obsessing. I just want everything to be perfect, that's all.

Payson: Yeah, but Piper, it's a baby shower, not a Royal wedding. Besides, don't you think you're doing enough already? (She gets a glass out of the cupboard.) For god sakes, you're hosting the thing and you're not even close to Wendy anymore.

Piper: That is precisely why I'm doing all of this. I swear to god, in the last couple of years we've vanquished more friendships than we have demons.

(Payson takes an empty milk carton out of the fridge.)

Piper: Got milk?

Payson: Somebody forgot to put it on the list again.

Piper: Okay, well, we have to be patient. You know, it's gonna take Paige more than a week to adjust to living here.

Payson: Still, there are common courtesies, common sense, rules.

Piper: Yeah, but you have to admit, it's nice to have the Power of Three under the same roof again.

Payson: Right.

Piper: Grab those.

(Piper walks out of the kitchen. Payson picks up two baskets filled with baby stuff.)

Payson: So cute. (She follows Piper into the dining room.) Aunt Payson sure would like to throw one of these for you one day.

(Piper knocks over a chair.)

Piper: Damn it! Paige!

Payson: You're changing the subject.

Piper: No, I'm ignoring you.

(They walk into the living room.)

Payson: Well, you can't ignore that beautiful little girl of yours that we saw in the future, and if my math is right, you and Leo better start, you know, right about now.

Piper: Payson, we saw a lot of things in the future that won't be happening now.

Payson: I know. But that doesn't mean you can't have kids. I mean, don't you wanna little kid?

Piper: Not with demons dropping in all the time, (Cole shimmers in.) I don't.

Cole: Payson?

Payson: Hang on a second, Cole. Piper, I understand, I do. But generations of Halliwell's fought demons and had kids. It didn't stop them, why should it stop you?

Piper: Did it ever occur to you that maybe this is none of your business?

Payson: Oh, that's besides the point.

Cole: Payson.

Payson: How does Leo feel about this?

Piper: I haven't talked to Leo about this.

Payson: Well, don't you think you should?

Piper: I-

(Cole puts his fingers in his mouth and whistles. The girls yelp.)