Here's Book 2 of Charlotte and Cooper the Fairytale Series,- Mirror Mirror On The Wall

Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Private Practice. The characters belong to the show and ABC.

Book One is titled Char&Coop: A Dream Is A Wish A Heart Makes. You can scroll down and look for it or you can find it on my profile page.

Book 2 begins two months after Book One ended. Charlotte just found out she was pregnant again and Cooper was regaining some movement in his legs.


-BOOK TWO: CHAPTER ONE-


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Two months later:

Charlotte's just arrived home from work at OCW. She's three and a half months pregnant now and working full time. You can barely notice the petite blonde is even pregnant at three and a half months. She has a small baby bump that's easily concealed by her clothes.

"Coop! I'm home" Charlotte yells as she drops her purse down on the couch.

"Momma! Yay! Momma home!" Two and a half year old Bryce runs to hug his momma. Charlotte bends down and gives the mini Cooper a hug. Bryce has dark hair with curls that fall just past his shoulders. Cooper has threatened to cut it every time some old woman calls his son a cute little girl but Charlotte won't let him chop away at those beautiful locks. So Cooper dresses his son in all boy clothes, sport outfits and caps. This way the old ladies can't mistake him for a girl.

"Where's daddy Bryce?" Charlotte picks him up, He's too cute not to with those bright blue eyes that remind her of his daddy whenever she looks at him.

"Daddy in kitchen." Bryce points in the direction.

"Well okay then, let's go find him." She says as she shifts his weight on her hip and walks in the kitchen."You're gettin' heavy kid." She tells Bryce and he giggles.

Cooper's got his back to them as they enter the kitchen. He's flipping something on the stove. He hears them come in. "You're late. I fed the kids already." Cooper's stands supporting himself with one hand on his walker and flipping a tuna steak for Charlotte with the other.

"Sorry but the new doctor started today. We all had to lend a hand helping him adjust." Charlotte sits at the table with Bryce on her lap. She twirls one of her little boys' curls between her fingers.

"You mean the new pediatrician? Cooper turns around to look at her as he's cooking. "My replacement?"

"He's not your replacement. He's only temporary until you can come back to work. Hopefully we only need to keep him around a few months." Charlotte puts Bryce down. "Find Allison and tell her she can go now, Momma's home."

"Kay" Bryce scoots out of the kitchen looking for his babysitter. Coop's home all day but he requires leg braces and a walker to support himself while standing. He doesn't have enough strength in his legs yet to hold the kids while standing so they hired, Allison, a twenty two year girl to help out. He goes for physical therapy everyday. They arranged for him to get a ride there since he can't drive. They were going to order him a custom made car but canceled the plan since they anticipate Cooper will be driving again in less than a year. Cooper hardly goes anywhere besides physical therapy anyway. He's self-conscious about the walker and leg braces.

"I like the new look, by the way." Charlotte notices Cooper's hair is much shorter and neater than when she left him for work this morning.

"Allison insisted on cutting it again. You think it looks good?"

"She does good work. Any chance you'll go back to your old hairdresser now that you're out of the chair?" Charlotte asks.

"Not until I get rid of this thing." He rattles his walker. "How's the new doctor treating my patients?" Cooper puts the tuna steak on a plate and carries it to the table in one hand while pushing his walker along.

"His name's Dr. Todd Turi and he's okay. He's fresh meat, right out of residency, so we've got to keep on top of him." Charlotte picks up her fork. "He's full of questions."

"Why'd Sam and Addison hire a kid out of residency?" Cooper goes back to the stove and fixes himself a plate always holding on to his walker for support.

"He's not exactly a kid." Charlotte tells him as she eats. "He's twenty eight and they hired him because he's cheap. It's his first real job. They didn't want to hire someone with experience that they have to pay top dollar. Plus the guy has to hit the road when you're ready to come back, Todd's just looking to get some experience."

"Hmm. I see." Cooper says sitting down with his plate." Eat your greens, they're good for the baby."

"I know Coop. It's the third time I'm pregnant in three years." Charlotte puts a forkful of broccoli in her mouth. "I can do it with with my eyes closed now." The phone rings.

Cooper picks up the cordless phone next to him. "It's St. Ambose again. They called earlier looking for you." He hands Charlotte the phone.

"Hmph! Wonder what they want?" She takes the phone from him, "Dr. King speaking."

While Charlotte's on the phone, Allison comes in the kitchen carrying Savannah with Bryce trailing behind. Allison's twenty two with long brown silky hair that reaches her waist. She's pretty with a shapely figure. Charlotte teases Cooper that that's the reason he picked her out of all the candidates. But the truth is she doted the most over the kids during the interview. He has to leave them alone with her a little over an hour each day while he goes to the hospital for physical therapy.

"Put Savannah in the high chair Al, I'll give her some desert." Allison places ten month old Savannah in her high chair. "As you see, Char's home so you're free to leave."

Charlotte hangs up the phone.

"Goodbye Dr. King" Allison waves a hand.

"Bye Allison. Thanks again" Charlotte notices the cute purple sundress the babysitter has on.

"Bye Al, we'll see you in the morning." Cooper calls out after her. Allison gives him a wave with her hand as she walks out the door.

Charlotte picks up her water to drink. "Oh it's Al now? You gettin' chummy?"

"I'm with her all day Char, from morning til dinner, it's hard not to get chummy."

"Not too chummy I hope." Charlotte puts her water down teasing. She trusts Coop.

"She's a kid Char." Cooper feeds Savannah mashed bananas for her desert as he eats his own dinner.

"She's not built like a kid. That's for sure." Charlotte kisses Savannah on the cheek as the baby slobbers down her bananas.

"I'm forty two. She twenty two. That's a kid to me, besides she sees me as an old guy with a walker." Cooper tastes a spoonful of bananas. "You've got nothing to worry about my dear."

"I'm just teasin' ya." Charlotte takes a bite of her tuna steak. She wants Cooper to feel like he's still attractive. His self esteem has been pretty low since the accident and he's dependent on the walker.

"Let me tell you, the kids love her." Cooper takes a bite of his tuna steak then feeds Savannah a spoonful of bananas; airplane style. The baby giggles for him.

"Why do you say that?" Charlotte watches Cooper play with the baby as he feeds her.

"She keeps them smiling all day." Cooper tastes a another spoonful of bananas. "You should see her; she's awesome." Cooper brags about the babysitter. "She gets down on the floor with them and entertains them with puppet shows."

"Does she entertain you too?" Charlotte quirks an eyebrow up.

Cooper just looks at her for a moment. "The kids love her Char. ...What? Don't you like Allison?" Cooper goes back to feeding the baby.

"I don't know." Charlotte answers honestly. "I know she's great with the kids and that's why she's still around but I'm not sure that I like her." Charlotte thinks Allison gets involved too much with Coopers' business; cutting his hair and all. She's being paid to take care of the kids; not Cooper. Then again, she is home with him all day. How could they not become friendly? They're both talkative types of people, she thinks to herself.

"Why?" Cooper shrugs his shoulders. "What's wrong with her?"

"I don't know." Charlotte takes a bite of her tuna steak. "Just a personality clash, I guess."

"That's you Dr. King." Cooper smirks. "You have a talent for personality clashes. Making friends has never been your specialty."

Charlotte gives him a disapproving look. "Not funny, Cooper." Charlotte's aware she's always had a harder time making friends than Cooper and she harbors a sensitive spot about it.

Cooper knows he hit a nerve and decides to change the subject. "What did St. Ambrose want?"

Charlotte's eyes light up bright. "You're not gonna believe it. Dr. Peters resigned and they offered me my old job back as Chief of Staff."

"You're kidding?" Cooper's surprised. "What'd you say?"

"I said I'd get back to them about it. I wanted to talk to ya first." Charlotte's eyes are beaming with excitement.

"I know this is what you've been waiting for Char but you've got your job at Oceanside. We hardly see you as it is. Not to mention you're pregnant again."

"I could do it Coop. I'll cut my hours at Oceanside. Sam and Addison would be fine with it; means a smaller paycheck they need to dole out. I'd be home every weekend as Chief of Staff." Charlotte's talking fast with excitement."Looks like you've got your mind made up." Cooper throws his napkin on the table. "We hardly see you. I don't like it. I don't want you to do it."

"I thought we agreed to compromise in this marraige?" Charlotte puts her fork down.

"I have compromised. I agreed to let you go back to work. Remember?" Cooper's getting loud.

"You let me go back to work because you can't work." It's getting heated.

"I told you I was okay with it before the accident." Cooper raises his voice even louder, " I was going to let you go back anyway!"

"You were going to let me? I'm an adult if I want to be the Chief of Staff at St Ambrose I don't need you to let me!" Charlotte gets up and leaves the kitchen.

"Why momma mad?" Bryce looks at his daddy with big bright eyes. His desert's smeared all over his face.

"Sometimes momma's and daddy's get angry Bryce. Momma will be happy again tomorrow." Cooper says under his breath, "I hope" as he hears Charlotte slam the bedroom door.

"It's not going to be a fairytale ending tonight kid." He tells Bryce as the toddler munches down his desert.


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