Disclaimer; I don't own Charmed or it's characters


~*~ about 3 weeks later ~*~

Paige moved slowly though the manor door Tuesday morning. She then went to the kitchen to find Phoebe and Piper.

"Hey sweetie" Phoebe said getting up to greet her.

"You alright, cause you're not looking so hot" Piper said commenting on Paige rather sickly pale and thin visage and dull sleepless eyes.

"No, I haven't been feeling so hot lately which is why I'm here besides wanting to be with you guys" Paige said setting down at the kitchen table.

"What's wrong" Phoebe asked sitting down on Paige's right while Piper was on her left.

"I don't know exactly but for the past few days I've been sick" Paige said then explained that she had been lightheaded, fainted a few times that Henry didn't know about, she been getting headaches, hasn't been able to sleep making her tired, feeling extremely hot or sometime cold, being nauseous day and night and often being violently ill.

"You said you've been keeping the fainting from Henry, why?" Phoebe asked.

"Cause if he knew that then he would end up forcing me to go to a doctor" Paige said sounding irritated for some reason.

"Maybe you should cause this doesn't sound like a little bug that's going around" Piper said concerned.

"Yes but what if it's demonic whatever it is" Paige said.

"Could be has it affect your powers in any way" Phoebe questioned.

"I can't orb any place since I don't even get out of the room before I start getting violently sick" Paige said.

"Hmm, let's go check the book see if can find anything demonic sicknesses" Piper said getting up, Phoebe and Paige also got up. They head up the stairs to the second floor and where heading toward the attic stairs when Paige suddenly made a detour to the bathroom. The others stopped and watched as the door closed with a snap behind her.

"I'll stay with her you go ahead" Phoebe said heading toward the bathroom door.

Piper headed up stairs once there she grabbed a pad of paper and a pen and then wrote down all the symptoms Paige had listed. She then went through the book of shadows but didn't find any sickness or signs of possession that matched the list. She then went over to a shelf full of different book and started leafing through some them. She put the first book back and pulled out a second when she did a couple pamphlet fluttered to the floor. She placed the book on a cardboard box and was about pick them up when Phoebe called for her. She went to the stair where she found Phoebe at the bottom

"What wrong" Piper asked starting down the stairs.

"Paige passed out and I need some help getting her to a bed" Phoebe explained. They then carefully moved her to a spare bedroom and put her in bed. Piper placed a couple fingers on her neck

"Her heart's racing" she then placed the back of her hand against Paige's forehead then her cheek "she feels warm."

"She's really sick Piper" Phoebe said looking at her older sister for help.

"I didn't find any in the book but I'll keep looking you stay with her" Piper said and Phoebe nodded. Piper went the leave the room then turned back "we'll figure out what it is Pheebs" Piper said to her obviously frightened sister.

Piper then went back up stairs she didn't admit it but she was as scared as Phoebe. She went back to the book shelf pick the book she set aside before a flipped through it then another but found nothing. She then remembered the pamphlet that had fell and went to pick them up. The closest one had landed open she picked it up first. She read a little of what it said finding a list of thing to look for in it she grabbed the list she had made earlier and with the pen put a check next to each one that matched. It wasn't long before all of them were marked off; the list had also mentioned increased heart rate which Piper hadn't added to Paige's list yet. She hurried down the stairs.

Phoebe walked out of the room to speak with Piper who was excited about something. Piper hand the pamphlet, still open, to her. Having finished the list Phoebe looked up at Piper her eyes big.

"W...what is it" she asked a bit nervous.

"Read the front" Piper said exasperated.

"The early signs of ... oh my god" Phoebe reading part of the title out loud, it was a pamphlet on pregnancy that Leo had got for Piper when first started hinting that he wanted a family. "Do you seriously think that she is?" Phoebe asked.

"It's the best explanation, but we can't be certain without a test." Piper said.

"Do you have one" Phoebe asked.

"No, do you" Piper asked back.

"Not yet" Phoebe said moving quickly down the hall "you stay with her while I go to the store" Phoebe called as she rounded a corner.

About 30 minutes later she returned.

"Has she woken up yet" Phoebe asked Piper who had just walked out of the Paige's room having just checked on her.

"Not yet but she need as much rest as she can get so let's not wake her" Piper said.

"Okay what do I do with this?" Phoebe asked swinging the bag back and forth.

Piper grabbed the bag and walked down the hall and placed the box on the counter then returned with twisting the empty bag around her left hand.

"Sooo now what" Phoebe asked, Piper then motion for Phoebe to follow her to her room.

"We what for her to wake up" Piper said "and look weird by stand in front the door watching her."

"Yeah I guess so" Phoebe said sitting down on "what do you want to do while we wait."

"While if you want you can help me with Melinda's baby book if you want" Piper offered and Phoebe agreed. About 15 minutes they heard running feet and looked out the door in time to see Paige disappear into the bathroom after a little while Phoebe spoke.

"Think she found it?"

"Hey Piper" Paige's raised voice could be heard from the hall bathroom.

"She found it" Piper said then raised her voice "yeah?"

"This test on the bathroom counter is it all right if..."

"It yours if you want it" Piper said cutting off the rest of Paige's question.

"Thanks" Paige said.

"She sounds embarrassed" Phoebe said quietly.

"Yep" Piper said going back to work on her daughter's baby book.

Roughly 9 minutes later there was a surprised yell then a soft thump. Piper and Phoebe exchanged a look then got up and went down the hallway.

"Paige?" Phoebe said as they approached the bathroom.

"You okay?" Piper asked once they reached the door.

"Should we" Phoebe asked gesturing at the door. Piper answered by opening the door. They found Paige past out sitting on the floor her back against the wall. They knelt beside her Piper on one side Phoebe on the other. Piper found the test on the floor near Paige's right hand. She flipped it right side up read what it said and smiled inadvertently. This went unnoticed by Phoebe who was trying to wake Paige. Piper placed the test the counter.

"Come on Phoebes" Piper said and Phoebe put her arms under Paige's arms and lifted her up while Piper lifted her feet and walking backwards lead them out of the bathroom and then down the hall. They then maneuvered into the bedroom and were about to pout Paige in the bed when Piper stopped.

"Wait a minute" she said then gently place Paige's legs on the floor. She then pulled down the quilt on the bed and the sheet and then put Paige in the bed after which she pulled up the sheet. She turned to Phoebe who was giving her strange look since Piper wasn't normally that mothering.

"What I don't want the baby to get cold" Piper said softly so not to wake Paige.

"Baby" Phoebe said not following at first then she got it "you mean..."

"What also could I mean" Piper said raising her to a normal speaking voice. Paige shifted in her sleep. Phoebe and Piper quickly left the room turning the light off and shutting the door.

"You sure" Phoebe asked.

"The test looked as positive as possible so yeah I'm sure" Piper said as they walked toward the stairs leading down stairs.

"So what's the plan now" Phoebe asked following her down the stair and toward the kitchen.

"I'm going to fix up a remedy that helped me with nausea and such when I was pregnant with Chris who was the worst when came to that" Piper said.

"you may want to make a little extra strong since it looked to me that this baby may be worse than Chris was" Phoebe said which may Piper grimace at the thought of morning sickness being worse than what she had experienced.

A few minutes later Paige woke up. Before she opened her eyes all she knew was that she was lying in bed for a brief moment she thought that all that had happened was a dream. She thought this until she realized that Henry wasn't beside her and that this wasn't their bed. She opened her eyes and looked around the semi-dark room.

"So it wasn't a dream" Paige said happy that it wasn't since she really wanted to have the baby. She then got up to looked for her sisters; she found them in the kitchen.

"Hey congratulations sweetie" Phoebe said hugging her.

"Thanks I think" Paige said not entirely sure how they knew. She turned to Piper who was pouring what looked like tea.

"Here" Piper offered the cup to her.

"What is this" Paige asked excepting the cup.

"Something that should help your morning sickness" Piper said and Paige took a tentative sip.

"Pretty good what's in it?" Paige asked after taking a couple drinks.

"A bit of raspberry leaf, mint, lemon zest and some ginger" Piper told her.

"You'll have to show me how to make it" Paige said.

"I will but first let's see how while it works for you" Piper said.

"Okay" Paige said putting down the cup. She then orbed out and reappeared in the conservatory, she then orbed back to the kitchen. She swayed slightly feeling a little lightheaded from orbing so close together. "It works" Paige said ecstatic and hugged Piper.

The sisters chatted for a while in the front room before Paige decided to ask a fairly serious question.

"How do I tell Henry" her sisters didn't really have answer for her on that one. They batted around a few ideas and Paige started to think of one she really like but decided not to share it, at least not yet. After a while Paige looked at the clock it was a quarter past 5 how time flew when she was with them.

"I'm going to have to be going pretty soon, I want to be home before Henry gets home at 6:30" Paige told them.

"Oh but first I need to show you how to make that tea" Piper said remembering.

"Oh right" Paige then got up "let's do that now" Paige said standing up.

"Okay" Piper said also getting up as did Phoebe.

They started stood and started to head for the kitchen when they heard a soft thump from up. Phoebe was first to ask the others if had heard that, they had suddenly there heard a much louder thump. Paige started to quickly climb the stairs.

"Wait Paige" Phoebe said climbing after her with Piper right after her.

Paige walked in to the attic and found that the book of shadows was on the floor several feet from its stand she started to walk over to it when Piper and Phoebe reached the door way.

"Look out" Phoebe said but it was too late. Paige turned in time to see an energy ball come flying at her. It was too late to orb it back or escape it. All she could think about was her baby; she needed to protect her baby. The energy ball grow closer it was now lease than 4 feet away now, instinctively Paige throw her arm up in front of her and closed her eye tight. When Paige but her arms up Phoebe and Piper watched in shock as a blue light formed around her like half of a sphere. A second later the energy ball hit it, bounced off, hit the demon and killed him.

Paige blinked looking throw the clear blue half bubble after a little bit it dissolved.

"What the heck was that" Phoebe said walking over to her.

"I don't know" Paige said still a little stunned.

Piper walked over to the scorch marks on the floor. "I think I might" she said looking over at them.

"What" Phoebe and Paige at the same time.

"While it kind looked to me like Wyatt's force field"

"Wait how is that possible" Phoebe asked confused "did the baby do it?"

"I don't think so" Paige said also a little confused "it didn't feel like I used the baby's power."

"It possible that your powers a expanding" Piper said.

"Great a new power to figure out and a baby to plan for at the same time, this is almost too much of a coincidence to be one" Paige said.

Piper squinted her eyes for a moment "maybe you're right?" the other looked at her confused "maybe emerged because of the baby."

"I think your right" Paige said "I was thinking of protecting it and that happened."

"Back to the demon" Piper said after a moment "what do you think it wanted?"

Phoebe picked up the book of shadow "my guess is it wanted the book."

The others agreed and Phoebe put the book back on its stand and they then went back down stair. Piper should Paige how to make the blend for the remedy and gave her some extra ingredients till she could go get some herself.

Paige arrived at her and Henry's home about ten minutes before Henry was do home. She put away most of the ingredients away except some of each to make a cup and after finishing making the tea she head up stairs to a room that Henry and her had chosen for the nursery shortly after moving in. the room was pretty much empty except for a rocking chair, a side table and a few boxes. She placed her cup on the table and sat down in the rocking chair.

She placed a hand on her stomach and smiled even though the morning sickness was horrible she knew it would be worth it. She hummed for a while slowly rocking in the chair. After a minute she began to sing a lullaby.

Henry arrive soon after Paige had he opened the door and headed upstairs to look for his lovely wife. He knew she had gone to her sisters today to ask for help with whatever the sickness was and the fact that she had forced him to go to work still frustrated him. He was about half way down the hallway to their room when he heard her singing. He continued down the hall towards their room and the nursery which was across from each other. He pushed the half open door open wider and stood there for a while to listen to her. Once she had finished he spoke.

"So you know why you have been sick lately" he said walking into the room to hug and kiss her.

"Yea" she said getting up to hug him better "you're going to be a dad."

He held her to him for a while then loosened his grip slightly so that they could look into each other's eyes while he still had his arms around her waist and her arms around his shoulders, she pulled his head down and kissed him.

"I love you" he said to her smiling he then knelt down and hugged her waist and kissed it making her laugh "and I love you too." He then scoped her up in his arms.

"Hey, what are you doing" Paige laughed as he cared her across the hall to their room and gently placed her in their bed.

"I am pampering you" Henry said then kissing her. "Now my lady what is you wish?"

"How about dinner for starts?" Paige said.

"Done" Henry said he then kissed her and left the room returned with her tea cup and then left the room again.