Halliwell Manor, San Francisco, Saturday afternoon

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Wyatt had tried not to get his hopes up, but he was still disappointed that there was no sign of Victoria. It wasn't fair that all the weird stuff followed them from Fandom, but not the good weird stuff like adorable future children. Isabel was disappointed, too, so they tried to distract themselves by snuggling on the couch and watching a marathon of Deadliest Catch.

And maybe occasionally grabbing the laptop to replay Chris's performance at Caritas. That would never get old.

[For phone calls from weetiny relatives!]

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[flamingorbs.livejournal.com]

Phyre got bored at the beach and begged Chris to let her orb back to his room. After making promise after promise about what she wouldn't do, he finally let her.

Of course, none of those promises involved not using his cell phone to call people.

People like Uncle Wyatt, whose phone would be ringing just about now.

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Wyatt had changed the ringtone on his phone for Chris to his perfomance at Caritas, so he knew without looking who was calling. Or so he thought. "What's up, Starina?" he said as he answered the phone.

[flamingorbs.livejournal.com]

"Who's Starina, Uncle Wyatt?" Phyre demanded.

She hoped it wasn't ANOTHER little girl she would have to share her Papa with.

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"That's just my nickname for your dad," Wyatt snickered, unfazed by the "Uncle Wyatt" because he knew what date it was. "Who's this?"

[flamingorbs.livejournal.com]

"Phyre," she said, clearly exasperated. "You don't remember me either?"

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"I just didn't recognize your voice," Wyatt lied. "How you doing, kiddo?"

[flamingorbs.livejournal.com]

"It's weird here, Uncle Wyatt," Phyre complained. "Papa is living with Aunt Summer instead of Daddy. And there's another little girl here calling him Daddy. And I don't like it."

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It was very very very hard for Wyatt not to burst out laughing, but he did his best. "Where's your Daddy?" he said in a Very Concerned voice. "Who is the other little girl?"

[flamingorbs.livejournal.com]

"Daddy was in bed with Aunt 'vannah," Phyre said. "'Cept he says I shouldn't tell everyone that. Oops. And the other girl is named Matilda."

[doublemagic.livejournal.com]

Sean would probably regret putting all the Halliwells' numbers in his phone's address book. Especially since Psyche had just gotten hold of it and called someone.

"Hiiiiii!"

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"Hiiii," Wyatt said back. "Who's this?"

[doublemagic.livejournal.com]

"It's Psyche, Cousin Wyatt!"

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Cousin, which meant she belonged to Phoebe or Paige? "Hi, sweetheart," he said. "How are you?"

[doublemagic.livejournal.com]

"I'm good. How are you?" Psyche asked politely.

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"I'm fine," he said. "How are your mommy and daddy?"

[doublemagic.livejournal.com]

"Daddy's good," Psyche said. "Mommy's got a headache now. I don't know why."

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"She probably needs to rest a little bit," Wyatt said, figuring whoever her daddy was was covering for mom not being around. "Magic can take a lot out of you sometimes."

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Isabel had been half dozing, half listening to one side of the phone calls.

During a lull in the calls, she opened one eye and peered at Wyatt. "Do I want to know who's calling and how they're related? Or is it going to break my brain?"

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"Here," Wyatt said, handing her the phone. "You have to talk to Phyre. Really."

[flamingorbs.livejournal.com]

"Hiya, Aunt Izzy," Phyre said cheerfully. "How comes you're visiting Uncle Wyatt?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Because I needed a break from school?" Isabel offered, slightly afraid of why she'd need a reason.

[flamingorbs.livejournal.com]

"School?" Phyre asked. "But you plan big parties. In London."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You never stop learning," she said quickly, trying to cover. "So I'm going back to school for a while. Besides, London's too rainy."

[flamingorbs.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, Daddy always complains about that too when we come to visit you and Aunt Parker."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel's eyebrows raised as she glanced towards Wyatt. "Me and Aunt Parker?"