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First Floor Lobby, Early Monday Afternoon

Piper regretted casting that damn truth spell. She really should have thought about the personal gain side effects.

She was on her way back from her workshop which had been interesting. Now, she just wants to hide in her room for the rest of the day. At least she wouldn't have to worry about blurting out random information there.

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After the interesting revelations of the previous night, Veronica decided to spend the morning relaxing in her room.

She finally decided she needed to get out and was heading in to town for coffee when she ran into Piper.

"Hey," she greeted her friend. "You are not going to believe what happened to me last night."

"Hey Veronica," Piper replied, wanting desperately to get to her room. "Around here, I can believe anything."

"I was having dinner with Archie last night, and thanks, by the way, he really enjoyed it," Veronica said. "But it was the weirdest thing. He asked me why I wasn't drinking my wine and I ended up telling him about everything that happened with Duncan and a bunch of other stuff. And he told me a bunch of stuff too."

Piper looked at Veronica in horror. "You randomly started telling each other the truth?"

Veronica nodded. "It wasn't like I wasn't planning to tell him that stuff, but I hadn't intended to blurt it out the way I did. Luckily, he took everything really well."

"Oh no," Piper said quietly, kind of wanting to disappear right now. "I sort of cast a spell last night that was only supposed to affect me, but if it affected you and Archie, that means it could have affected the entire dorm... And that would be really bad."

She wished she would stop talking.

"You cast a spell?" Veronica asked. "What kind of spell?"

"A truth spell," Piper mumbled, hoping Veronica couldn't quite hear her.

"Did you say a truth spell?" Veronica repeated. "As in, anyone effected by it has to tell the truth? Can't you fix it?"

"Yes, I said truth spell," Piper said, nearly flailing. "I can't fix it. It just has to wear off on its own. It's a 24 hour spell."

"And you cast it last night?" Veronica said. "So I just need to avoid anyone I don't want to tell the truth to for the next few hours."

"That's what I plan to do," Piper said. Then she gave Veronica an apologetic look. "I am so sorry about all of this. You probably weren't ready to talk about everything and I kinda forced it to happen."

"Don't worry about it," Veronica said. "I'm sure you had a good reason for casting it. And it was stuff we needed to talk about."

"I cast it because I wanted to find out if Bel was hiding anything from Phoebe," Piper blurted. "That's not a good reason and it just screams personal gain..."

Then she facepalmed. "That must be why it effected everyone."

"Oh no," Veronica groaned. "He is hiding some things from her, but it's nothing bad and it's for good reason," she blurted.

Piper blinked. "Wait, you know about that?"

"Yes," Veronica admitted against her will. "We talked a couple of times and he told me. Well, the Angel thing I figured out on my own, but the demon-y thing I had to force him to tell me."

She paused. "But we're not sleeping together!"

"I know that," Piper said. "I believed you right away when you told me before that nothing was going on. And it's not like I really believed it anyway. Well, maybe a little."

She sighed when she added that last bit of information.

"What? You actually thought I would sleep with a guy that tried to kill me twice? Geez, nice to know what you really think of me."

"Veronica, it wasn't like that," Piper tried to explain. "I only thought about it when I heard the radio that night. Then I thought about Phoebe and I was concerned, so then I jumped to the wrong conclusion...And I really need to stop talking."

"Whatever, it's not like I'd really ever be able to stay mad at you anyway," Veronica said, blinking. "But I'm disappointed that you would have believed that for even a second."

"Well that's good to know," Piper said. "And you should be disappointed. I guess I just don't want Phoebe getting hurt by someone close to her again...like I hurt her."

"Piper, you didn't hurt her on purpose, you didn't know," Veronica said. "If anyone's to blame for hurting her, it's me for being stupid enough to try to blackmail Bel with the fact that I knew."

"But I understand why you did that. You felt you were in danger. I'm not mad about that anymore. Besides, I could never stay mad at you either," Piper said honestly. "I still think I should have told Phoebe. She should have heard it from me."

Piper shook her head, not even realizing she still felt guilty about this.

"I can't disagree with that. I'm still mad at Logan for telling her the way he did, even though I know he was trying to protect me," Veronica admitted. "But it's in the past and she forgave you and you can't feel guilty about it forever."

"It's hard not to feel guilty for hurting family, you know?" Piper said. "But it's not something I constantly think about. Guess the spell is kinda bringing it out."

Piper really hated personal gain side effects.

Veronica sighed. "I know. I can't help but feel guilty for keeping so many secrets from my dad. But what he doesen't know can't hurt him. Unless he finds out."

"I don't even want to think about what would happen if my grams knew all the things I'm keeping from her," Piper added. "If we don't plan to visit them in the next few hours, we should be okay."

She couldn't help snickering a little at that.

"I didn't even think of that. I won't be able to answer my phone if my dad calls."

Yes, that would be a look of abject horror on Veronica's face.

"Yeah, not answering the phone would be a good idea. I plan to do the same if Grams calls."

"Well, I think I'm going to skip going to town for coffee today, just because I never know who I might run into," Veronica said. "I'll be in my room if you need anything."

Piper nodded. "I'll be in my room, too. Talk to you later."

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