Chapter Four: A Huge Surprise and Some Mean Teasing

Wyatt stood in front of his cake as his family sung an embarrassing version of Happy Birthday. He stood silently, waiting for it to be over. When it finally was, he blew out his candles. Wyatt wished for the battle to turn out okay. The young man then took a knife to cut the cake. He looked up at the clock, wondering where Kate was as he cut out pieces for himself and his family.

As Patty walked by, she whispered into Wyatt's ear. "Don't worry. She will be here soon." Wyatt wanted to yell at her for intruding on his emotions again, but her words were actually quite comforting. He smiled at her as she walked away.

Wyatt was cutting a piece for his mother when Kate orbed in. He was torn between running up to her and staying here to help with cake. Piper nodded, pushing him toward his wife as she took the knife from her son.

"Go ahead. I can handle this." Piper said, gently. Wyatt smiled.

"Are you sure?" Wyatt asked.

Piper nodded once more. "Yes. Go have a good time. Birthdays only come once a year." Wyatt walked up to his wife. He wrapped an arm around her and they sat down on the couch.

"Wy, I have to talk to you." Kate said, seriously.

"Yeah. Yeah. I know about the battle. Don't worry. It's nothing." Wyatt began.

"Wyatt..." Kate started again, but Wyatt kept talking.

"My cousins and I have it handled. The Power of Nine. We start training later." Wyatt began to ramble.

"Wyatt. You aren't listening to me." Kate said firmly.

"Kate, don't worry about it. We have the power. Plus most of the demons, we have already vanquished at least once." Wyatt continued.

"Wyatt! I'm pregnant." Kate practically shouted. The whole room quieted down.

"You're what?" Wyatt asked, stunned. He noticed everyone staring and told them to mind their own business.

"Wy, I'm pregnant. I found out last night. I didn't want to tell you until I knew for sure." Kate explained.

"First Nikki and now you? Did you take the doctor's test? Are you sure?" Wyatt asked.

"Yes, I just got back from the doctor's. Wyatt, the test was positive. You are going to be a father." Kate confirmed, with a huge smile. She placed one hand on the middle of her stomach.

"Kate, we have to talk about this. I mean, I don't know if I'm ready to be a father yet. With this battle, it might not be very smart to have a baby around or a pregnant woman either." Wyatt explained, concerned.

Kate looked like she was going to cry. She put another hand on her stomach, protectively. "Wyatt, this is your son or daughter you are talking about. The one that is growing inside me whether you like it or not. I refuse to not go through with this pregnancy. I will not abort him or her, nor will I give him or her up."

"I'm only concerned about his or her safety and yours too. The time this battle will go down would be right around your due date. I just don't think it's safe right now." Wyatt said, reaching out his hand to touch Kate's stomach.

Kate pulled away. "So what are you saying? I have to get rid of him or her?" Kate began to cry. The tears poured down her soft cheeks. Wyatt felt bad now. It wasn't what he meant, but in some way, it kind of was. He just majorly messed up and wasn't sure how to fix it.

"No. No. No. Kate, you know I love you and I always will. I will love him or her too. I promise. We just have to be careful. I don't want him or her or you to get hurt." Wyatt explained.

Kate looked up, hopeful. "You will?"

"Yes, of course I will!" Wyatt confirmed.

Kate scooted closer to lean into Wyatt's shoulder. "I'm sorry. You are right. He or she will be born around the time of the battle. What are we going to do?"

"I don't know. I honestly don't know. We will just have to take life as it comes at us. Okay?" Wyatt asked.

"Okay." Kate said, breaking into tears again. "What if you don't make it back? Or we hurt him or her in the process?"

"We won't. Honey, he or she will be born just fine. I will make it back. I won't leave either of you. I promise." Wyatt encouraged as he pulled her close and kissed the top of her head. "I still can't believe that first Chris's fiancé gets pregnant and now you. You women have terrible timing." He teased.

Kate smirked. "Well, you will just have to put up with us."

Wyatt chuckled. "Yeah. I guess so." He smiled and pulled her closer. Kate smiled and turned in his lap to kiss his lips, softly. Wyatt placed a hand, gently on Kate's stomach. Kate tensed for a second before calming down and snuggling back into Wyatt's shoulder.

Piper watched from the living room. "Oh, they look so cute together." She murmured.

Phoebe turned around. "Yeah, they look just like you and Leo when you were their age."

Piper shrugged. "I guess. I cannot believe I will be a grandmother already. I will have two beautiful grandchildren to spoil. They are just so young."

"Piper, they are 25 and 23 now. Not 16." Phoebe rolled her eyes.

"I know, but my sons will always be my little boys, no matter how old they get." Piper explained, as if it were obvious.

Patty groaned as she rubbed her temples. "I hate being an empath! There are too many emotions in this room!" She announced, irritated. "I will see you all later." With that statement, Patty orbed out.

Penelope released a sigh as she placed her head on the arm of the chair. She watched Wyatt and Kate with a smile. The 14 year old watched all the cute little things that they did. She was happy that Wyatt had found true love. Patience snorted when she noticed how Penelope was so engulfed in the emotion between the couple. She walked up behind her younger sister and grabbed the back of her neck. Patience then quickly ducked behind the chair as Penelope squealed.

Everyone turned to stare at Penelope, who flushed a deep red. "I-I'm... uh... sorry!" Chris frowned, disappointed that he wasn't the one to get the squeal out of Penelope. They loved to mess with her. Patience smirked from behind the couch. She crawled away silently to the sun room. Rose gave her a high five.

"That was awesome! Very well done." Rose smirked, clapping.

"Thanks, Rose. Was I too mean about it?" Patience asked, unsure.

"No. We have pretty much left her alone for days. She must have known it was coming." Rose replied.

"I still feel a bit bad for scaring her so much." Patience replied, felling guilty.

"You guys are mean! Look at her! She is terrified. I can't believe you did that. Especially you, Patience. She is still your sister!" Peyton lectured.

"Pey, don't lecture me! You are only one year older. You sound like my mother! She can't be that freaked out. I barely made her jump." Patience replied.

Peyton moved so they could see Penelope, who was almost in tears. "Does that look like she is okay? You really hurt her." Peyton explained before walking away.

Patience now felt really guilty. She walked up to her younger sister and wrapped an arm around the girl. "Hey, Pen. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you so much. I only wanted a little fun. Are you okay?"

Penelope looked up at her older sister and smiled. "I know. I just overreacted. That's it. I'm fine."

"No, It's not okay. You had every right to react the way you did. I was the one who tried to scare you. I shouldn't have and I did. I'm sorry." Patience explained.

Penelope pushed a light brown lock of hair out of her eyes. "Okay. I accept your apology. Just, please, don't do it again. Okay?"

"Okay." Patience agreed as she helped her sister up. "What do you want to go do?"

"I'm not sure. Whatever, I guess. What about you?" Penelope replied.

"Well, I have an idea..." Patience replied with a smirk.