<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/07/Charmed_helen_b.png)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">H</span><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">ELEN</span> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">B</span><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">RIANNE</span> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">M</span><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">ITCHELL</span> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 7pt;"><br/>          it is in you to carry on      |      it is in you to lay down fears that hold      |     it is in you to find your way home          </span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><em>dinner &amp; conversation, waiting to hear about wyatt's dream</em><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">   » paisley . payton . tragan </span></span><br/><hr/><br/>Brie could feel herself filling with warmth at the congratulations and warm welcomes from her brother, Melinda, and Paisley, and she quickly reminded them to ask her if they ever needed tickets to performances of anything in the city. With all the people she knew, it was usually relatively easy to find passes to musicals, plays, and of course dance performances. The smile on her face brightened considerably when Paisley offered her a place to stay.<strong>"I might come around for a day or two after my stay here. I've missed being able to set the table for more than myself."</strong>Paisley's place - gosh, how long had it been since she'd visited? - was always a peaceful, calming place. It had a soothing aura to it, mostly likely to do with Paisley's powers with plants. There was always sure to be green things nearby, if not in the apartment itself.<br/><br/>And it would be nice to catch up over food, and meals, and being able to cook together. Brie wasn't always at ease with sharing her life with people other than Tray, but Paisley was easy to get along with.<br/><br/>When Payton slid into the room, Brie smiled and waved her over to the table.<strong>"I hope you won't mind sharing the shower tonight, Payton - I'll be here for a couple of days while I recover from Vegas. My body just doesn't have the endurance for all night partying anymore."</strong>She continued the chatter with her female cousins, waiting until Payton took a seat before she dug into her food with all the gusto of a starving animal. Still, she managed to reach over and squeeze her brother's hand in between bites, telling him silently that she'd missed him. They didn't talk as much as they used to - probably her own fault, given how thin she was stretched these days - but maybe Tray had stuff going on that had been troubling him. He was usually at least better than her about keeping in touch.<br/><br/>While the other cousins talked, she leaned closer to his seat.<strong>"I've missed you too, Tray."</strong>His nickname for her was something only they shared - just like the way she called only Tray by a nickname, while she addressed everyone else by their full name.<strong>"You busy later? We should catch up."</strong>