Piper: what time is it? *She mumbles to herself as she tries to focus her eyes. *
Ugh time to throw up!!! *Grasping her mouth with her hands
She runs out of the bedroom and throws up in the bathroom. *
Phoebe: are you ok!!! *She shouts from downstairs. *
Piper: I thi….. *Carries on throwing up. *
Phoebe: I take that as a NO. *(laughing)*
Piper finishes and washes her mouth out.
Piper: bleugh,
The smell of cooking breakfast makes her feel worse but she feels really hungry.
Piper: what are you cooking?
Phoebe: the usual morning breakfast piper. Toast, bacon, eggs….
Piper: I think I've lost my appetite for breakfast. *She says wretching. *
Piper clambers down the stairs and collapses in a heap on the couch.
Phoebe: have you figured out what's wrong with you yet?
Piper: yes, every morning and every night I am violently sick!!!
Phoebe strolls into the living room holding a tray full of food.
Piper: ugh, get that away from me. *She says clutching her stomach. *
Phoebe: you've got to eat something honey. You need something in your system. It'll make you feel better.
Piper: I would feel better if I could sleep for the whole day without having to go to work!!
Phoebe: true.
Just then Paige flaunts down the stairs looking dashingly gorgeous dressed up in a pink summary outfit and her hair up.
Piper: what are you looking so happy about today??
Paige: take a guess.
Phoebe & piper: is it something to do with a guy.
Paige: BINGO!! You know that cute guy Max that I met at your restaurant piper. He phoned me this morning and asked me out on a date!!!
Phoebe: to where? sesame street! Paige you look like someone has just auditioned you for the sound of music. Dress more casual honey.
Paige: I dress to impress. And I like what im wearing and you cant stop me. And as a matter of fact he is taking me to 'Le Boughe vies' restaurant for lunch.
Piper: whatever! Anyway Paige it is in the middle of winter, you'll freeze!!
Paige: I'll wear a big coat, and I have got Max to hug me. *She says turning her back on her sisters and heading for the kitchen*
Piper and Phoebe shoot a glance at each other and laugh.
Piper: I'm gonna call in sick for work, I cant go in like this, whatever I have anyone could catch it.
Piper strolls along to the phone and dials up her work number.
*Ring ring*
Glen: hello.
Piper: hi, it's me.
Glen: oh, hello Piper. Are you still up to cooking and preparing the buffet this evening.
Piper: oh my god, the buffet. I totally forgot, but that's what I called up for, I have some sort of flu or something, I don't really think I should come in today.
Glen: cant you rap up, take some medication or something like that, we're short staffed and we really need you.
Piper: hmm… *wincing* all right I'll be along in a while.
Glen: we need you here in 20 mins. The guests will be arriving at 2:00.
Piper glances at the clock. It is 10:40.
Piper: right. I…I'll be along as fast as I can, …bye. *She hangs up the phone*
Phoebe: is he not letting you stay off?
Piper: no, I can't stay off because I've got a buffet for 200 people to prepare today!! It's a wedding celebration.
Piper bolts upstairs and feels a sudden rush of dizziness. She holds onto the banister and gently walks the rest of the way.
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Meanwhile Paige is singing to herself in the kitchen.
Phoebe: so what's this guy Max like then? *She asks disapprovingly*
Because I know what your guys turn out to be…jerks!
Paige: well, the only jerks I have been out with were, James, Hart, Mitch, Damien… when I come to think of it…all the guys I have been out with were jerks.
Phoebe raises an eyebrow at her.
Phoebe: are you sure that max isn't one too, I mean Hart turned out to be a demon and we killed him, Mitch was gay and James…I wasn't too sure about him…the word drag springs to mind.
Paige: well, maybe I don't have all the good taste you have, but I have a good feeling about max.
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Upstairs Piper gets the last of her clothes on and freshens herself up. Her stomach starts to hurt, she clutches it tightly but it only feels worse.
Just then Leo appears in front of her and touches her cheek with his lips.
Leo: are you ok Piper, you look a bit dazed.
Piper: just a sore stomach, nothing else. Oh, plus I've got to be at work in 10 minutes!!!
Leo: I'll drop you off there. Hold onto my hand.
Piper shouts down to her sisters.
Piper: BYE!!! Leo is taking me to work.
There's no answer, just voices of the two of them bickering about max.
Piper: I love you's too!!
Leo and piper close their eyes and end up at the entrance to Quake, piper's restaurant. Luckily no one was around to see them.
Leo: I gotta go now, white lighters need me.
He goes to kiss piper and disappears just as their lips touch.
Piper: why does he always do that!! Men!
Glen bursts through the door and grabs piper by the arm. He heads towards the kitchen.
Piper: what's wrong.
Glen: Changes of plan, the guests are arriving earlier.
Piper: how earlier?
Glen: *scrunches up his face* 12:00
Piper: I'll get moving then.
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Back at the house phoebe and Paige are still arguing about max.
Phoebe: he could do anything, find out anything, and say anything. For all you know he could kill you.
Paige: well that makes me feel better. A lot better.
The doorbell rings.
Paige: that'll be him. *She squints her eyes at phoebe* I will be fine.
She grabs her coat and greets max. The door slams behind her.
Phoebe: oh well, it's just…
Cole: you and me.
Cole puts his hands down on phoebe's shoulders and smells her hair.
Phoebe: Cole, you scared me, you should stop popping up like that, and you could do me some damage.
Cole: what like, stopping us from seeing each other. *Giggles lovingly*
Phoebe: no, to the baby. *She smiles*
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At quake, stress is high and so is piper, with pain.
Piper: glen I really don't feel right, my stomach is killing me, but the buffet is all prepared, all then is needed are the chairs and the tables, Nick could do that.
Glen: hmm… you're right, you look as though you could do with time off, go on, off you go, don't come In tomorrow either. You need rest.
Piper: *thinking to herself* he seems awfully nice today. Usually I would lose my head, and so would he.
She swipes her coat from the coat rack and slides her long, silky brown hair out from under the collar. She waves a goodbye to everyone and walks out of quake.
Piper: Leo!! Leo!! *She shouts to the sky*
People draw her funny looks as they walk by.
Piper: Le… oh, hello. A cab.
A cab pulls up to the pavement and half soaks piper with a puddle.
Piper: thanks! *Sarcastically* to the Halliwell manor please. *She asks politely*
Andy: hello, piper is it. Long time no see.
Piper: oh, Andy, how have you been?
Andy: all right I suppose, still can't believe prue's gone. But that's in the past. How are you? *He leans one shoulder on the back of his seat and turns to face piper.
Piper thinks he still looks as handsome as ever, his swiped black hair and bulky body…bliss!
Piper: im ill. I don't know what it is though. I have been feeling and being sick all the time and I have been really moody to everyone.
Andy: must be due. *Giggles to himself*
Piper blushes madly.
Piper: oh, Andy. You shouldn't know about that stuff.
Andy: don't worry, I wont say anything. So where is it you are wanting to go.
Piper: home… she drifts away into a daydream and thinks about her and Leo being together, holding each other, kissing each other and making l…
Oh, my god!!!! *A thought struck her*
*Thinking to herself*
Im due, I haven't had one yet, I have been sick in the morning and I have been as hungry as I've ever been
Take me to the chemist please! *She panics*
Andy: are you ok there piper. You're very red all of a sudden.
Piper: oh I'm just really hot, oh the lights are bright. *Sweat starts pouring down her forehead. * Just take me to the chemist.
Andy: ok then. He swivels round and puts his foot down.
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Meanwhile Paige is on her way to 'Le boughe vies' with max. They are walking hand In hand past the pier.
Paige: isn't this romantic. *She sighs*
Max: hmm, it is. You know, I don't really fancy going to that restaurant any more, it sounds too fancy. Lets go to mango.
Paige: what and where's that?
Max: it's a nightclub.
Paige: but it's not nighttime yet.
Max: I have to sort something out there though.
Paige: well if you had something else to do, then why did you ask me out in this date? *Fuming*
Max: I'll only be five minutes, and then we can dance till we drop!
He had an unusual look in his eyes when he said that. It was kind of… evil.
Paige: *thinking* please be a normal guy. She prays.
Max: come on, let's go.
He puts his hand in hers and leads her towards mango.
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Phoebe and Cole are holding each other and swaying from side to side in a dancing motion. Cole has his hand on phoebe's stomach.
Cole: just think phoebe, in a few months you are going to be a mother.
Phoebe looks at Cole a bit miffed.
Phoebe: *sighs* yes and you are going to be a dad.
Cole: how are you going to break this to your sisters? Do they already know?
Phoebe: no, they don't know, and I'm not sure how I'm going to tell them.
Cole: why not tonight when they get home? I'll go and you can sit down and tell them.
Phoebe: *slightly unsure* ok, I will tell them tonight.
Cole: that's my girl, now you go and have a nice relaxing bath. *Kisses her on the cheek and disappears in a cloud of black smoke*
Once again phoebe sighs and drops her head to look at her stomach. She gives it a light pat and smiles. She turns and heads up the stairs. At the foot of the stairs she gets a rush and sees a vision in her head of Paige standing alone on a dance floor and a group of big bulky men, bald men, creeping up behind her… the vision ends.
Phoebe: that cant be her, she'll be ok. Ah well, warm, stress free bath, here I come.
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Piper: *at the chemist desk* hi, em, do you by any chance sell pregnancy tests here?
Woman behind desk: yes, would you like one?
Piper: *thinks about changing her mind* hmm, yes please.
The woman hands her one over. Piper grasps it tightly in her hand and hands over the money.
Woman behind desk: there you go. Bye.
Piper: thank you, bye.
She walks out the door. All of a sudden a boy on a bike comes racing round the corner, just as he was about to collide with piper, she held out her hands and he froze.
Piper: whew! That was close.
Leo appears in front of her and sees the frozen biker.
Leo: are you ok? Did you get hurt?
Piper: no I'm fine, really.
Leo spots the chemist bag in her hand and gets a bit curious.
Leo: what's that you've got there?
Piper: oh nothing, just…uh… a pressie for phoebe.
Leo: well let me see then, what did you get her?
Piper: oh I can't show anyone now; you will have to see it when she opens it.
Leo: hmm ok then. Are you going home?
Piper: yes, but I have a taxi.
Leo: I'll take you home, never mind about the taxi.
Piper: but I haven't payed for it.
Leo: so, a free ride. Come on, let's go.
Again they hold hands and close their eyes. They end up back at the manor.
Leo: there you go, I have to g…
Piper: oh, please don't disappear again. Let us kiss first.
They kiss and he disappears.
Piper laughs to herself.
Piper: right, I need to check if I am right.
She runs upstairs and bursts into the bathroom with the test in her hand. And of course phoebe is in the bath.
Phoebe: piper! What have you got that for? You're not are you?
Piper: i…I don't know, that's why I've got it. You're not upset are you?
Phoebe: of course I'm not, I just wondered why you couldn't have told me before.
Piper: but I never knew, I just realized that I might be pregnant just as I left work.
Phoebe: oh well then sugar, get peeing, we've got a baby to find.
Piper: well..you, you've got to leave the room first.
Phoebe: oh, oh yeah. Sorry.
Phoebe wraps a towel round herself and creeps out of the bathroom.
Piper sits herself on the lid of the toilet and thinks to herself. She runs her hand through her hair and stares at the box of the test.
Piper: right, I've got to do this.
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paige and max enter mango. The place is packed full of biker boys and girls. There are people at the front of the club sharpening knifes with their teeth!!!
Paige: em, max. I don't think I like the look of this place. Plus I don't fit in.
Max: you'll be fine, come on, it's only a night club.
Night was falling and the club was getting cramped. Paige was still standing at the entrance to the club staring at everyone. Max had long gone, she didn't know where but she felt scared. She tries to look over the bobbing heads to see if she could see him, no sign of him anywhere.
1st bald man: excuse me mam. Could you step outside please.
He slams his hand on her shoulder and pulls her out the front door.
Paige: max!!! max!!! help!!!
2nd man: he cant hear you.
The 2nd man goes round the corner and comes back with max tied up and a piece of cloth stuffed in his mouth.
Max: hmmph, mmmm!!!
Paige: we'll be ok. What do you guys want anyway, why have you dragged us into this?
1st man: we want your POWERS!!!
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phoebe sits exitedly on the couch, fiddling with her hands, waiting for piper's verdict.
Phoebe: are you almost ready piper??
Piper walks down the stairs holding the tube in her hand.
Piper: so if there is one line, then
Phoebe: that means you're not pregnant.
Piper: but if there are two lines, then
Phoebe: that means you are, come on piper, tell me!!
Piper: drops her head in disbelief… she throws her hands up in the air and screams
Piper: I am, I am. I am going to be a mum! Can you believe it?
Phoebe: I can, oh I can. But I have something to tell you too.
They both break down in tears.
Piper: what is it pheebs?
Phoebe gets another vision in her head, this time more powerful. Paige is getting held down on a table and two men are forcing a knife into her heart.
Phoebe: paige is in trouble!!
Piper: what?
Phoebe: my preminition is telling me she is in danger. We must go and find her.
Piper: is that what you had to tell me?
Phoebe: no, but I'll tell you after, we need to go. Call a cab and I'll get you in a minute.
Phoebe goes upstairs and changes out of her towel. Piper calls her down.
Piper: pheebs!! Cab's here.
She runs down stairs and both of them rum out the door. Forgetting to lock it.
Andy: hello again piper, where did you run off to?
Piper: uh, sorry about that, em, can you take us into the city please? We're in a bit of a rush. Oh, and here is the money from earlier on.
Andy: thanks.
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The men hit paige over the head and knock her out. They throw her in the back of a van marked brotherbald inc. and drive away.
Paige comes to about half an hour later and finds herself in a pitch black room tied to a table.
Paige: help!! Can anybody hear me?
Both men appear from the darkness and strike a match.
Both men: we can!! Now, SHUT UP!!
The room suddenly glows with candle light