<div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Payton Vincentia Halliwell</span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 13pt;">Getting ideas... bad ideas...</span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Tagged: Paisley</span></span></div><hr/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/kokotigress/Elliquiy/Ashley-Greene_5-1.jpg)</div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;"> Payton was grateful her sister hadn't laughed because really she still didn't find the situation humorous, only annoying and very embarrassing. It seriously made her wonder if she was going to need serious help or risk falling out all over the city because boy did her boss like sending her on seemingly endless missions. Though for the life of her Payton couldn't figure out what it was the woman actually did. Her tasks were always so random and more personal than professional... it actually scared her to even think about all the things the Dragon Lady might be up to.<br/><br/>Still staring at the ground, Payton shuffled her feet back and forth, no doubt making her socks dirtier by the moment but she didn't care. She heard what Lee was saying and really tried to believe that her sister was right and that she was just being silly, but she still a lot of lingering doubts about herself and her magic. And with her sister's offer to bring her a few of their mother's journals those doubts only increased. <br/><br/>As it was, she was insanely curious about her mother. She wanted to know everything about the woman—what did she sound like, what was her favorite perfume, how had she dealt with her damn powers?! All Payton had was a vague recollection of her presence and it seemed terribly unfair but she was terrified that if she started to uncover things that it wouldn't be enough. Maybe if she could figure out something with the book of shadows that would let her go back and keep them from binding her powers she could avoid all of this? <em>Stupid idea Pay. You can't change the past. If that was the case you could go back and warn mom.</em> She knew that one was a no go. The Elders hadn't saw fit to save her mother so they certainly wouldn't approve of her trying to do so.<br/><br/>Feeling even more miserable from her own thought patterns she nodded her agreement with her sister's suggestions. She wasn't ready to talk to their father so the journals it was, and time to de-stress in a buffered space would be very helpful. She didn't generally invade others' spaces but she would likely take Lee up on the offer. Sighing softly she watched her sister make her way over to the willow tree and do something that ended with her taking a chuck of the bark. <br/><br/>Payton listened to the older woman's admission about tampering with the tree and grinned though the offer of tea made from willow bark did cause her nose to crinkle, <strong>“bark tea? Sounds... lovely.”</strong> She amended the last word with a small smile and just nodded. Her sister knew far more about plants than anyone she knew and if she said it would get rid of her headache then she wouldn't argue.<br/><br/>The last suggestion caught her off guard though, scattering all her previous thoughts and leaving her in a state of confusion. She had no words for Lee as the woman disappeared through the doorway and simply stared after her for a long moment. Of all the ideas she had come up with, that particular one had never occurred to her—or at least she'd never acknowledged it. <em>Summon mom?!</em> She needed to sit down. </span></span>