“Pssst.” Brooke tried to attract her cousin’s attention through the banisters. It didn’t work. Apparently, cartoons were more interesting than she was. When that didn’t work, she raised her voice. “Wyatt!!!”

He snapped his head around to face and gave her that ‘shut-up-or-else’ look. Phoebe, Piper and Leo were in the kitchen. When he was satisfied she’d got the message, he turned back to the TV. He should’ve known it’d take more to keep her quiet.

She put on her ‘cute and innocent’ face and pouted. “Wyatt, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?”

“What?!”

‘Hehe’ she thought, ‘it worked’. “I found a spell” she announced. In the book.”

He looked worried and rushed up the stairs joining her. “Where? In the book? You know you’re not allowed upstairs.”

She shrugged. “I know. I didn’t go upstairs.”

“Well, you’re not allowed to stand at the bottom of the stairs and float things down either.”

“Well, I didn’t exactly find it.” She shuffled nervously. “I wrote it.”

“So you have no idea whether it will work or not?”

“Please, Wy Wy!” He slowly began to turn pink with anger at being called her baby name for him. Not quite red yet, he was used to her and knew how to cope.

Brooke grabbed his sleeve and dragged him up the stairs. “C’mon, it’s fun!” she stopped on the landing and bounced up and down grinning. “Let’s do magic!”

“Nooo….. I don’t wanna get in trouble.” He stopped. “Again.”

She rolled her eyes and put her hands on her hips, much like her mother did when she was trying her patience. “It’s not like last time. No setting fire to the curtains. I promise.”

“Or throwing my Daddy’s suit out the window?”

“Nope!”

Wyatt had to admit he was intrigued. Any spell that Brooke wanted to do that didn’t involve house hold destruction or breaking the law might, just might, be interesting. Still, he didn’t want to let her know she was convincing him, then there would be no stopping her.

Brooke saw that he was cracking and smirked. After all, he was taller. He could reach things in high places that she wasn’t meant to. She gave a little mischievious grin at the thought of things she could get up to.

But no, later. They had more important things to do now.

“So, what’s this spell then?”

“A seeing spell!”

Oh god. That sounded ominous.

She continued, either not noticing his hesitation or not caring. The latter was probably the most likely. “I wanna see inside your mommy’s tummy! I wanna talk to baby!”

* * *

Paige walked into the kitchen and flung her bag down on the sofa. “It’s quiet in here” she said suspiciously, placing her bag on the table, where the other 3 were sitting.

“I know” said Piper, cupping a mug of coffee in her hands, “We were just thinking the same thing.”

“Shouldn’t someone go and see what the kids are up to?” She began to turn towards the door. Phoebe stopped her, placing a hand on her arm.

“No, it’s fine. We’re ready if they’re up to anything.”

“If? Don’t you mean when?! Am I the only one who knows what your kids are like?”

The other 3 said nothing. Wyatt and Brooke tiptoed into the door way, the adults continued to talk, pretending they weren’t there but Piper gave Leo a knowing wink.

“Brooke, if you’re gonna do it, do it now before they see us!” He looked paranoid at the group sitting at the table.

“Chill out” she said, thinking of a new wintry word to use. She took the crumpled paper and bag of purple powder out of her pocket.

They looked up again to make sure no one was watching and began to chant the spell. Wyatt had trouble reading Brooke’s messy writing but they managed.

“So, what happens now?” he asked his little cousin. He was older, but sometimes it felt as if she was in charge

“We wait!”

“For what?”

“Shhhh!”

“Uh, Piper?” Phoebe looked across at her sister who had got up to get another drink.

“What?” she asked, looking confused.

“You’re glowing.”

She looked down. Sure enough, a bright white light surrounded her stomach. She rolled her eyes towards the doorway to see two giggly faces smirking at her.

“Kids!”

“Don’t be mad aunt Piper” said Brooke, running into the room over to her. “I only cast a spell!”

Piper glared at her niece. “What kind of spell?”

“A seeing spell” replied Wyatt, the sensible one. “I checked it, it won’t do any harm.”

“So what exactly have you done?”

“Nothing aunt Piper, I only wanted to talk to baby. And see her!”

“Her?” Leo looked at the little girl, smiling.

“Yeah! She says hi!”

Brooke nuzzled her face into Piper’s stomach. “Hello baby! I’m Brooke!”

Leo looked across at his wife and nodded. “See, I told you it was a girl!”