A/N: My vision for Matthew is baby Matthew in 'Reckless Abandon' just 'cause I kinda got my whole idea form that episode and I luved the bond that him and Prue had so hopefully you guys get the same feeling!

Chapter 12: Baby

Prue sat on the couch next to Andy watching one of her favourite movies. She was leaning on Andy eating popcorn. Andy had been pampering her non-stop ever since she had taken maternity leave. Andy sat there and stroked her hair when suddenly Prue jumped.

"What? What's wrong?" he asked alarmed.

"Nothing's wrong, give me your hand." Andy gave her his hand and she placed it on her stomach. "Do you feel that?" Andy smiled brightly.

"That is so cool! Is he kicking?" Prue nodded. They still didn't know what the baby was yet but both Prue and Andy had just taken to calling it 'him'. Prue loved how involved Andy was with the pregnancy. He always wanted to know what was going on and how it felt. After about two minutes the baby stopped kicking and Andy put his hand back on her head and stroked her hair.

"Do you think I'll be a good mom?" she asked looking up at him.

"I think you'll be a fantastic mommy and I know our baby will love you just as much as I love you." Prue smiled.

"I love you too," she said reaching up and kissing him. Andy returned the love then placed his hand on her stomach. He couldn't wait to be a daddy.

"Hey are we gonna have a baby shower before or after the baby's born?" he asked her.

"Um I don't really know. When do you think we should?"

"I kinda want it before the baby's born."

"Okay well maybe we can have one in a couple weeks then. We still have a little bit of time." Andy nodded and the two went back to watching their movie, 20 minutes later, falling asleep on the couch. Andy woke up an hour later and smiled, finding Prue asleep on top of him. He picked her up gently and carried her off to bed. She had been getting so tired lately. He turned off the lights then too, got into bed.

The next morning Andy awoke to the sound of the phone. Prue of course was still sleeping so he answered it.

"Hello?" he asked groggily.

"Hey Andy, just the person I wanted to talk to," Phoebe said.

"Oh hey Phoebs um what did you want to talk about?"

"Prue's baby shower."

"Oh yeah we were actually talking about that last night. We kinda want to have it before the baby's born.

"Great 'cause I'm already on it. So here's the plan; next week we give Prue a surprise baby shower. I've already invited everyone so you don't have to worry about that. I just need you to make sure Prue doesn't find out and then get her to the manor next Thursday at 2. Okay?"

"Sure but you know she's gonna find out about it; she always does. It's impossible to keep a secret from her," he said watching her.

"Well we can try right? Please Andy? C'mon I'm saving you all the trouble of organizing it and everything. Please?"

"Fine but I got to go. She's starting to wake up," he said clicking off. Andy walked into their room with a cup of coffee at hand. "Hey beautiful," he said.

"Hey, who were you talking to?"

"Just Darryl. He was filling me in on a case since I haven't been there much lately."

"I'm sorry, that's my fault." Andy put his cup down and sat on the bed next to her.

"No it's not. This is where I want to be, here with you." Prue smiled.

"So what's Phoebe planning now?"

"What do you mean?"

"Andy drop it. I know she's planning something."

"Okay but you can't tell her I told you or she'll hate me forever."

"Fine is it a baby shower?" Andy nodded. "Figures."

"Hey at least we don't have to do anything." Prue rolled her eyes.

"Yeah I guess you're right," she smiled, "he's kicking again." Andy smiled and placed his hand on her stomach.

"That is the coolest feeling!"

"Yeah it feels a whole lot different inside here." Andy smiled.

"Do we have everything ready for him or do we still need anything?"

"I think we have everything we need for now besides we're going to get more at the shower."

"Yeah, okay. What do you think of the nursery?"

"I like it. The green will work for a boy or a girl even though I'm quite sure it's going to be a boy."

"Good, besides we're going t have to move out of here soon if we expect to expand our family."

"Yeah. Hey can you get me some tea?"

"Sure how about some breakfast instead?" Prue smiled.

"That would be nice." Andy nodded and got up to fix her some breakfast. He came back 10 minutes later with a platter of pancakes and sausages. Prue smiled.

"You're an angel."

"Well if you don't mind I'd like to share some of that," Andy said raising an eyebrow. Prue squinted at him and shook her head.

"Fine." Andy smiled and dug in.

The next week, Prue pretended to play along with the whole surprise baby shower thing. Her sisters had been trying to surprise her for years but it never worked. Prue and Andy arrived at the manor at exactly 2 o'clock. She opened the door and found all her friends there, not to her surprise of course.

"Surprise!" Everyone screamed. Prue smiled trying to convince everyone that she was surprised.

"Wow this is a surprise," she said.

"Ha! We got you!" Phoebe screamed.

"Yeah, you got me." Prue smiled and enjoyed herself. She got a whole ton of gifts for both her and the baby. After all the guests had left, Prue and Andy decided to head home.

"Oh my god, we have so much stuff!" Prue exclaimed, helping carry all the things into the nursery.

"Yeah well at least we won't run out of anything," Andy said with a smile. Prue rolled her eyes and walked into the bathroom to have a shower. It was still quite early but she was exhausted. After a nice, hot shower, Prue crawled into bed next to her fiancée and dozed off.

Prue awoke that night at midnight, feeling wet. She got up quietly and realised that her water had broken. Don't panic, she told herself. She looked over in search of Andy but he wasn't there. She looked over and saw a note on the bedside table.

Prue,

I had to go into the station for a little while. I won't be long so don't worry.

Love Andy

Great, she thought to herself. Prue took a deep breath then got up and grabbed the phone. She dialled Andy's cell phone number and waited. It rang and rang but still no answer. Prue ran through her options and realised, she was screwed. Piper was working late at Quake tonight, Phoebe was on a date. The phone was disconnected at the manor and Andy wasn't picking up. Prue started to panic. What if Andy doesn't make it and I have the baby right here! That thought just made Prue panic more. Then Prue remembered Piper's cell phone number. She picked up the phone again and began to dial the number but it didn't go through.

"What the hell?" she said out loud. Then she realised that the power was out. "Shit!" she said out loud again. Prue began to shake and tears fell from her eyes. She didn't know what to do. Everyone was gone and she was basically on her own. She scrunched her face up as a contraction passed. Great, now I'm in labour!

Back at the station, Andy and Darryl were going over a case. Darryl thought he had cracked it and he had asked if Andy could come to the station for a little bit just to make sure he was right about it. It was only right considering they were partners and both of them technically shared the case.

"Well Darryl, I think it's him. I think we got him." Andy said.

"What do you say we go arrest this son of a bitch?" Darryl asked.

"Sounds good to me," he said grabbing his jacket. The two headed over to the guy's house and knocked on the door.

"Police," Darryl called outside the door, "we have a warrant." Finally the door opened.

"Jerry Topper?" Andy asked.

"Yeah what do you want?"

"You are under arrest for the murder of Lisa Wilcox," Darryl said handcuffing the man.

"What? What the hell are you talking about?" the man asked.

"We can discuss this elsewhere sir." Andy said pulling him to the car and putting him in the back. They drove back to the station and brought him to the interrogation room.

"Now what the hell is this about?" the man demanded.

"It's quite simple really. Lisa Wilcox turns up dead, we find the murder weapon, match your fingerprints to it and voila, we find the killer," Andy said. The man just stared to the floor.

"Well then it looks like we're done here. You have a hearing next month but until then, have fun in prison," Darryl said smiling. The man glared at him as another officer dragged him away.

"I love watching those guys go to prison," Andy said happily.

"Yeah me too. Thanks man."

"Okay well I should probably get back to Prue. It's been a while and I don't want her to be worried about me."

"Okay, I'll see you later." Andy nodded and got back into his car, driving back home.

Andy unlocked the door and walked in only to hear Prue's screaming. Andy ran into the bedroom to find Prue covered in sweat and a look of sheer pain n her face.

"Prue what happened?"

"I...I tried calling you but you didn't answer and then I went to call Piper's cell phone but the power went..." Prue screamed again.

"Prue how long ago did you..." She lifted up 4 fingers.

"4 Hours?" Andy asked bewildered. Prue nodded. "Shit we gotta get you to the hospital! Where's the baby bag?" he asked. Prue pointed at the closet and Andy pulled out a small duffel bag. "Okay um do you remember your breathing exercises?" Prue nodded and started doing her breathing exercises. "I'm going to go get the car started okay?" Prue nodded again. Andy came back a few minutes later and carried Prue into the car. Once she was in, he ran over to the driver's side and put on his cop lights. Hey it was an emergency! They arrived at the hospital minutes later and Andy rushed in carrying her. He stopped at the receptionist's desk. "Hey, hey look my wife's having a baby!" he yelled frantically.

"Okay one moment please," the receptionist said.

"No dammit not one moment! Now!" She nodded and paged a doctor from the maternity ward. Andy watched as a couple doctors came with a stretcher and ran her up to the maternity ward. He then dialled Piper's number on his cell phone.

"Piper listen Prue's in labour and you gotta get here like now!" he said.

"Okay I'll be right there with Phoebs and Grams," she said before clicking off. Andy then rushed up to the maternity ward and found Prue's room. He rushed over to her and squeezed her hand. The doctor then checked to see how far she was.

"Okay Miss Halliwell you're fully dilated; it's time to bring this baby into the world." Prue nodded. "Okay on your next contraction, I'm going to need you to push as hard as you can okay?" Prue just nodded and as a contraction came, she pushed as hard as she could. "That's it Miss Halliwell, one more push." Prue nodded and pushed again. "I can see your baby's head one last push c'mon Miss Halliwell." Prue screamed as she pushed for the final time. The doctor smiled as he pulled out the baby. "Sir would you

like to cut the cord?" the doctor asked Andy. Andy smiled and nodded as he cut the cord. The doctor then handed the screaming baby to a nurse so that he could be weighed and cleaned off. The nurse then handed the baby to Prue.

"6 pounds, 5 ounces, a beautiful baby boy," she said handing him to her. Prue took the baby and held him gingerly.

"Shhhh Mommy's here," she said soothing her son. Andy then leaned in and kissed Prue's forehead.

"I'm so proud of you honey," he said gently, "he's perfect."

"Yeah he is, isn't he?" Just then Piper, Phoebe and Penny bolted through the door.

"Where's the baby!" Phoebe screeched. Prue smiled.

"This is Matthew Andrew Halliwell," she said pointing to her sleeping son.

"Aw Prue, he's adorable!" Phoebe said excitedly. Prue smiled.

"What made you decide on Matthew?" Piper asked while admiring her nephew.

"Matthew means gift of god; I thought it fit him quite well don't you?" Piper nodded.

"Yes he's definitely a gift of god."Penny just smiled. She was just happy he was healthy.

"He sure looks like his mother," Penny said smirking.

"Yeah I guess he does, doesn't he? He reminds me of you though," she said looking up at Andy. Andy smiled. "Anyone want to hold him?" Prue offered. Phoebe of course, was the first to jump so Prue handed him over to her. Phoebe held him lovingly then walked over to the window sill with him. She whispered a bunch of things to him that nobody else could hear. Everyone else just chuckled. Phoebe had been so excited for her little nephew and now that he was finally here, she wasn't gonna waste a minute of it. After about 10 minutes of bonding, Phoebe finally handed him off to Penny who held him just as gingerly as she had Prue, Piper and Phoebe when they were born. Penny turned around with the baby still in her arms.

"Thank-you for being born," she whispered to Matthew quietly. Penny held him for a few minutes longer then handed him over to Piper.

"Hi baby, I'm your Aunt Piper," she said to the baby upon receiving him. Finally Piper handed him back to Prue who admired him lovingly. Andy then picked him up and watched as his son's eyes fluttered open.

"Hey buddy," he said softly. Matthew smiled and cooed back at his father.

"I think he likes you Andy," Phoebe said smiling. Andy beamed and went back to admiring his bundle of joy. Prue then began to doze off. She was exhausted after delivering him. Matthew too let out a yawn,

so Andy put him back into his little bed and watched as the nurse wheeled him back to the nursery. The sisters and Penny also left Andy and Prue and headed back home. Of course Andy wasn't going anywhere, so he pulled up a chair and sat next to Prue eventually falling asleep.