Chapter 4One Big Family
Paige smiled at Henry as she watched him sleeping. He looked so peaceful. Henry Jr. lay in the bassinet beside him. She gently tucked his blanket in around him as she stood up going to get her close for a nice hot shower. It had been a quiet night. She was grateful for that. Being a witch had always been stressful, but now it meant that Henry and her baby were both in constant danger. She sighed as she started for the bathroom. As she opened the door she could tell Piper was awake. The smell of bacon and eggs filled the air. She breathed in deeply and continued for the upstairs bathroom. The door was slightly cracked so she pushed it open. There in front of her was Prue, kneeled down in front of the toilet.
"Does she have to cook breakfast every morning?" Prue's face was pale and she looked very weak.
"Aw honey, morning sickness?" Paige knelt down beside her, brushing a strand of hair away from her face.
"Why do they call it that? I've been in here since two this morning. Some idiot guy must have named it that."
Paige couldn't help but smile. She remembered the feeling Prue was having right now. "It'll pass sweetie, I promise." She stood up and helped Prue stand.
"I'm going back to bed." Prue stumbled down the hallway.
"Try some crackers." Paige called out behind her as she pulled the door closed.
"Crackers, some idiot guy thought of those too." Prue mumbled as she walked down the stairs. She felt her stomach turn as she walked into the kitchen, the smell of Piper's cooking even stronger in there.
"Good morning." Piper turned to smile at her sister as she handed Wyatt a cup. He sat there in his pajama's waiting impatiently on breakfast. Leo and Chris were still sleeping.
"Whatever." Prue grumpily walked over to the sink and fixed her a glass of water.
"Morning sickness?"
"If that's what you call puking at all hours of the night, not being able to eat your favorite food and feeling sick at the smell of any kind of food."
"I'm sorry. It gets better."
"Easy for you to say. You know I think this is my punishment."
"Punishment?" Piper raised an eyebrow.
"The elder's knew Andy and I were together. I think they voodooed me with some kind of morning sickness curse."
Piper couldn't help but laugh. Prue was never the perky one, now that she was pregnant, she was even less than happy all the time. "It's just normal pregnancy problems." She tried to sound reassuring. "Damn it." Piper grabbed the pan of fried eggs that were just about to burn. She tried to turn one but ended up bursting the yellow instead, causing it to seep into the pan around the other eggs.
Prue put a hand over her mouth as she turned and ran for the bathroom.
"Sorry!" Piper called out behind her. Wyatt giggled as he watched Prue run from the kitchen. "Wyatt, sweetie, go wake up daddy and Chris. She watched as he orbed out of the kitchen.
Blue and white orbs filled the room behind her. She was preparing to fuss at Wyatt for not doing what she asked him, but was relieved to see it was Andy. "Morning."
"Good morning, seen Prue?"
"She would be the woman hugging the toilet in there."
"She's still sick?"
"Yea Andy, it kind of lasts a while." She watched as he stood there, it looked almost as if he debated on whether or not to go in there with her. "What are you waiting for? Go check on her."
"Do I have to?" Andy reached and scratched the back of his neck.
"Andy!"
"Well, she's mean Piper. Last night she threatened to orb away my orbs."
Piper laughed at the thought. "Well, at least she can't blow you up."
"You thought of blowing Leo up?"
"Constantly. But when I was pregnant with Wyatt, he got a taste of being pregnant."
"Huh?"
"Long story, but in the end Leo saw how it felt to have no control over his emotions or over his body."
"You guys won't cast a spell to do that to me, right?" His voice almost sounded scared.
Piper wet a wash clothe and handed it to him. "Not if you go in there right now and take care of my sister." She pushed him toward the doorway. Slowly he started walking.
He could hear her before he made it to the bathroom. "Honey." He opened the door and walked over to her.
"Don't honey me." She didn't even look up at him.
He walked over and placed the clothe on the nape of her neck. He hated seeing her like this. "Can I do anything?"
"Yea, you can tell the elders to make me stop puking."
He sighed as he sat there, helpless. "You know I'd make it stop if I could."
"I know. I'll just be glad when this part is over."
"Me too." He placed a hand on her shoulder.
Wyatt orbed in on the bed beside Leo. He smiled as he jumped on his chest, nearly knocking the breath out of him. Leo's eyes opened widely and a grin crossed his face. "Good morning little man."
"Mommy said get up." Wyatt jumped up and down a little.
"I'm up, I'm up." Leo playfully rolled his son over tickling him. Soon Wyatt's laughs filled the air. It wasn't long after that Chris came running in.
"Me turn daddy, me turn." Chris held up his little hands.
Leo tossed him on the bed and started to tickle him too. "Ok boys, want to help daddy?"
They both nodded in unison.
Wyatt blinked his eyes and to Leo's surprise Melinda was orbed onto the bed, already awake and smiling at her big brother.
"Wyatt." Leo scolded.
Coop opened his eyes and saw Phoebe sitting there in the rocking chair, feeding Payton.
"I didn't know she was up." He rolled over to the other side of the bed closer to his two girls. He loved feeding his daughter. He felt closer to her when he held her.
"You looked peaceful sleeping, I didn't want to wake you." She pulled the bottle back. "Want to burp her so I can get dressed?"
He nodded as he sat up and reached out for his baby. "How's daddy's girl this morning?"
"She was hungry this morning. She's had almost an entire bottle."
"That's my girl." He couldn't help but smile as Payton looked up at him with her big brown eyes. She returned his smile, cooing at him.
"Something smells good." Phoebe wrinkled her nose up in the air. "I love waking up here. You can always count on Piper's breakfast."
"How come you never fix breakfast like Piper does?"
"Probably because I love my family too much to poison them, plus I wouldn't want to burn our kitchen down." She playfully hit him on the leg as she walked over to other side of the room. "I do fix dinner every now and then."
"Honey, opening a can of ravioli doesn't count." He smiled as he watched her get dressed.
"See, you're not playing fair. You've got Payton, which means I can't come over there and beat you up."
"You know I'd win." He smiled as Payton let out an adult size burp. "Goodness." He said in a baby voice as he pulled her from his should to look at him. She smiled a cute toothless grin.
Paige was just finishing her shower as she reached to cut the water off. She reached outside the curtain grabbing a towel. Steam filled the room as she wiped the water from her eyes. She quickly pulled her towel tightly around her as she saw the familiar sight of orbs coming to view in front of her.
"A little privacy please." She thought for a second it was Andy until the orbs finally ceased. Her jaw dropped at the man standing before her.
"Hi Paige." He blushed a little.
"Kyle? What are you doing here?" She wrapped the towel even tighter, feeling as if it would cut her circulation off.
"We need to talk." He looked awkwardly at the floor.
"Now?"
"Well, it's important."
"Listen buddy, you can't just orb into someone's bathroom. Could you at least wait until I get dressed?"
"Paige, there's nothing here I haven't seen before." He smiled a little at the thought.
"Yea, well, I wasn't married then either."
"Married?" Kyle looked confused. The elder's hadn't let him keep in touch with Paige. They wouldn't even let him look in on her. They sent him here and didn't even bother to tell him that the one person he had ever fallen in love with was now married.
"Yes, married, as in married to a cop who carries a gun. Not that it would hurt you, you're already dead, but still it will sting like hell." Paige was beginning to ramble.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know." He tried to hide the hurt in his expression. "Well, do me a favor." Kyle looked around him nervously, almost expecting some big cop to walk in behind him. "Call me when it's a better time." He smiled slightly as he orbed out.
"You better not be lingering." She called out to the room. Nervously she started to get dressed. She couldn't deny though it was good to see him again. She shook the thoughts from her head. She was married now. She couldn't think of another guy that way.